Every time I think 'surely, surely now Simon Baron-Cohen has scraped the bottom of the barrel out for saying awful things about my community' the man breaks through and finds another barrel underneath to demolish.

Can anyone guess what he wants? Impossible to tell

It’s a surreal moment when you actually see Giant Sequoia in the wild for the first time Your mind is conditioned to nature on TV with music as a background. So when you finally see them close up, you kind of expect a fanfare of trumpets, but the silence is deafening

We are deeply concerned for the health of Qesser Zuhrah, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days. We join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.

I SCREAMED www.instagram.com/reel/DSaex-X...

Gonna be going to the girl guiding protest in London to do some live reporting. Should be interesting to see. One thing I learnt from my scout leader parents is that guide leaders and scout leaders can organise really bloody well.

We will be reporting on this protest today. Watch this thread at 12 as that will be when the protest is scheduled to start.

Folks, I'm genuinely so excited about this, please come along! We've got a whole bunch of very talented and very queer artists and makers together for a NIGHT MARKET in a LIBRARY and honestly if those vibes aren't IMMACULATE I don't know what is.

Brought to us via This Is Not A Drill: a toilet with the words "no trans segregation" & "where do we go now?" was left at the Labour Party office. Our MP Daniel Zeichner both-sideses emails about fascist nu-wave transphobia so we empathise with whoever did this! To read more see thisisnotadrill.info

I've had extensive conversations with Daniel Zeichner about the EHRC guidance and he just...does nothing. Seems I'm not the only one who is underwhelmed by his failure to speak up for his constituents who are facing segregation.

GIFTOWEEN VENDORS: part 1 of 4! Take a gander at the gorgeous wares of five of our 20 winter market vendors! Wintermas Giftoween Market: 6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December, Milton Road Library Access and travel info in our previous post about the market :)

I know other people have said this, but it's making me angry, so I want to rant about it more. If convicted criminal Graham Linehan's victim had been a cis person, there wouldn't even have been a debate that what occurred was a long, targeted campaign of harassment.

Hanging out with my bestie, and we turned up wearing the same outfit but just in different colours. Them with green hair, striped shirt, green dungas. Me, red hair, red shirt, black dungas. She's got a green tea-cosy hat on. I've got an orange one. Realise we are just Tilly and Tiny from Tots TV

Friends, I have a really absurd number of plants to give away, please come take some! They are all pretty resistant to neglect and very beautiful and will come with care instructions 🪴

Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!

Inside the Roman Catholic chapel at Biddlestone in Northumberland is an intriguing remnant from life on the home front during the Second World War. 1/6

Makers' Market! 6.30-9.15pm, Friday 12th December Milton Road Community Library, Ascham Road, CB4 2BD We're gathering 18 fabulous queer & trans makers under one roof! Find unusual, beautiful and strange gifts for your friends, lovers, and selves. Trinkets and treasures for all budgets.

Lenny says 'hi'

10/10 take. No notes.

I am continually impressed by just how much TLC does with a pretty modest budget - if you're able to chip in at all to their costs, I can guarantee even a small sum of money goes a really long way.

Medieval/early modern buds, you know what to do. Paging @onslies.bsky.social in particular

I am so angry that trans people have been excluded from Cambridge rowing, and so glad to see that so many other people are too. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

TLC AND FRIENDS DISRUPT CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE Here's our statement: Today we disrupted the University IVs Regatta races, preventing most of the boats from competing. By putting out an inflatable boat into the water for the duration of the racing afternoon, we left rowers unable to race.

Bit offended *I* didn't get the cheese talk

I am also one of the sewing machine gremlins who helps alter clothing! Trans and queer Cambridge friends, if you'd like your clothes to be More Gender, or repaired, or altered in some way, we will do it for free!

It's me, I'm the one who has been propagating cuttings of all my plants, please come to the plant swap and take them, every flat surface in my home has plants on it

Absolutely delighted to see this project go live. It's a community created directory of GPS in Cambridgeshire, rated according to how well they treat their trans patients. Please share widely - it will work best if as many people as possible can contribute to it. 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵

Clothes, am I right? You want different ones? No problem we've got you. 1.30-4.30pm, 18th Oct, East Barnwell Community Centre. Take what you like, give as you can! Access and more below 🧵

Trans + Queer speed friending! In Cambridge! Accessible, free, and neurodivergence-friendly! (I promise there's no weird awkward 2-minute long 1:1 conversations where someone rings a bell, those are weird)

*deep breath* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

Went to a beach known for its seaglass and filled our pockets, then sat in the sun and had a crow party about it, 15/10 strongly recommend

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

Alt pride variety show and picnic were both just so fun, weird, chaotic, uplifting things to be part of. The last bit of alt pride is the makers' market next week, so the final bit of furious linocutting frenzy awaits for my stall!

This reads like some real 'rules horror' stuff. Like, 'you can park in the beach car park but make sure you are gone by sunset. If you stay late, a guardian will greet you. Be grateful if all she asks you for is money.'

Friends, the good people of Trans Liberation Cambridge are putting on a show as part of Alternative pride, tickets are free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ... (venue has good wheelchair accessibility, toilets will be gender neutralised, free masks will be at the doors, pls do a covid test!)

"PhD-level experts in your back pocket" is a completely nonsensical description of AI but a pretty good description of social media if you follow the right people

No-one knows why, but some acorns are naturally shy ☺️

Experiencing the autistic meltdown known as 'three separate supermarkets are out of stock of the one specific type of squash you drink all day every day and have been for over a week' Own-brand quad strength lemon squash is all that stands between me and this

Please tell me it's SPICEWORLD

It’s Calvin & Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson’s birthday today. When I was a kid I was so obsessed with Calvin & Hobbes that I carried around a stuffed bear and called it Hobbes. There’s no official merch (which I love), so my grandma painstakingly crafted this for me. Pic of him from my mom today

You know the heat is intolerable as an autistic person when you’re thinking about standing in the supermarket

No court can erase the history of trans people existing. www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Turtle Mutual Aid:

Seen this going around but I’m Reposting it with the full alt text bc everyone deserves to read this glorious reply from Boy George

I currently have a broken elbow and can't cycle so I am relying on Cambridge buses. There are no live updates at my stop for how delayed the bus is, and it is usually anywhere between 10-30 minutes. This is an autistic nightmare. I just want to go places and be vaguely on time

At #UCU2025 we passed motions to reaffirm our commitment to trans rights. We’ll keep fighting for inclusive spaces, supportive policies and real solidarity. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #UCU2025 #UnionPower

Happy Glorious 25th of May! GNU Sir Terry Pratchett. How do they rise up? #Glorious25th #Discworld #TruthJusticeFreedomReasonablyPricedLove #Speakhisname

If experience of poverty conferred wisdom and sanctity, it would be impossible that the billionaire speaker of these words would photograph herself on her superyacht toasting the persecution and exclusion of some of society's most marginalised and poorest.

The new series of The Assembly dropped on ITVX at the weekend, starring David Tennant and Danny Dyer. Here’s an article I wrote last year about the show’s format and portrayals of autism on screen. medium.com/@elsalwillia...