#watercolor #pleinair in hyde park

Are you yearning for hope? Do you need some friends in the resistance? It's time to pre-order your copy of "We Will Rise Again," a glorious anthology of speculative fiction and essays about political protest and resistance. Coming 12/3! Perfect the holidays! www.simonandschuster.com/books/We-Wil...

Bay Area friends! Where do we find the hope that fuels our resistance and protests? In stories! On Dec. 2, come out to @booksmith.bsky.social for an unforgettable evening with speculative fiction authors and activists, celebrating our new anthology "We Will Rise Again"! booksmith.com/event/WWRA1125

orange pots & pods Here you may notice that these fanciful pots full of abstract seed pods and blooms seem to defy gravity, leaping and hopping with sheer delight.  This is no ordinary still life.  Instead, this image is the expression of pure joy as the artist works in one of her favorite…

Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down. What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide... 🔥🧵

Island of strangers fella talking about toxic racist rhetoric 👀

Sea flowers. 20x15cm, ink, color pencils. #artonblsky #ArtYear #colourful #abstractart #painting #illustration

good morning 🍁 november winds sharpie on bristol, 11x7"

"parkruns are not races or athletic competitions... They are community-led, socially-focused events delivered with the aim of improving public health, and including as many people as possible." Jog on you sour-souled miseries. www.parkrun.com/blog/news/20...

As a trans person who has been attacked by the right-wing media, the attacks on @zackpolanski.bsky.social are more than familiar. It shows that the obscenely rich are running scared on him and take him seriously. Everyone should too. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘There’s a reason Russia has troll farms. There’s a reason people hire bots.’ Natasha Devon worries that people are getting ‘a completely false idea’ of Britain from Twitter.

Whether it happened recently or a long time ago, we're here for LGBT+ people who have experienced abuse or violence 🌈🏳️⚧️ Galop's National LGBT+ Abuse and Violence Helpline is free, confidential and run by LGBT+ people. 📞 0800 999 5428 📧 [email protected] 💻 galop.org.uk

Please do this 🙏. It's auto fill, you can write your own response or just send the letter already written by transactual. It takes less than 30 seconds, it can be done whilst waiting for the kettle to boil. 7,197 currently signed and sent.

I thought it meant that my kid got a eucalyptus & menthol sweet in their trick or treat haul. This is outrageous.

This is well done and shows why being on X is just helping to amplify right wing politics. Have a gander if you have the time to read through, it's good.

“Chalk drawings of David Bowie as Aladdin Sane”. 32” x 40”. 2025. Acrylic on canvas. #abstractart #art #acrylic #davidbowie #aladdinsane

something went very wrong with two recent rolls of 500t but i gotta post a picture of this incredible piece anyway the sith of november 📷minolta a9/af 135mm f2.8 🎞️kodak vision3 500t #filmphotography #streetart #streetphotography #london

I had zero sleep & feeling weird. I live in a basement flat, my toilet became the exit route for all waste. There was 2 deep meters of literal 💩 blocking & my toilet was the only exit left. I had to use buckets 🤢. Freeholders have paid to fix the problem, it's 💩 that they don't maintain anything.

There's a lot of fear of transphobia in the media. It's easy to think this is what people think, it's not, there's small number of emboldened bigots. If anyone's here in the UK, who is scared, alone & without community. Please reach out to Spectra, they run an online space, therapy & community.

There is a middle ground, it's not conceded ground that's moving the bar. All us humans all deserve human rights. Anyone who thinks that they can state what someone else's human rights should be, should just be ignored. My body my choice, your body your choice. That's it. No concession needed.

“The Turbulent Heart”. Acrylic on canvas. 32” x 40” 2025. #acrylic #acrylicart #art #painting #abstract #abstractart

This is good news. It's been 5 years since the harm report & a decade of contact at all costs. I knew a mother who's ex broke her arm in front of their child. There was court ordered contact from 8-11. The child was terrified, was harmed & still it took 3 years before the child was listened too.

The Met have dropped charges relating to inviting violence/ hate speech. Linehan is still on bail for harassment & criminal damage. The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it will "no longer investigate non-crime hate incidents" What does that even mean. Hate crime incidents are criminal incidents.

Doomscrolling break...

Happy No Kings Day. Trektober 10 - Distress Call. India ink, Ernie, and Rubber Duckie on Bristol #trektober #startrek #sesamestreet #ernie #project2025 #nokings

The floodgates are open, use a blocklist or just be mindful its a wave that will pass. Don't engage just; Report, block & move on.

Some good news 🥳

The commissioner for Human Rights has explained aptly the problem: "I am concerned that a debate about violence against women, framed in a way that restricts the human rights and freedoms of trans people, risks undermining the comprehensive, evidence-based approach needed to address this epidemic"

Go on whilst having your coffee add your name. Takes less than a minute & it feels good to do good.

#birdtober day 14 Costa’s Hummingbird #birdtober2025

I wrote a little about some of the little details you might have missed in this video and why it hit me so hard as a trans person this morning: www.burnsnotice.com/you-have-to-...

Today, the counterprotesters have started giving out leaflets. This is because yesterday they managed to talk someone out of going to FiLiA, and they felt that leaflets could communicate such messages more effectively. They have also started giving out stickers promoting trans joy.

Unfortunately it's not about data. 45 years 13 people.

Respectfully submitted for your approval for “FishyFriday” completed oil painting of “The Guardian Of The Sunken Coral Temple”. I included the Grisaille and middle stage WIP of this painting. #art #artshare #artyear #sciart #fish #fishyfriday #blueskyart #paleoart #creatureart

Bash back have sent us this statement

This is completely unacceptable, Brighton is a safe space. thank you Sarah for being amazing, highlighting this & creating hubs of safe spaces in what was a safe city.

Vote for the iconic New Scientist podcast for Signal Listener's Choice awards! I write a monthly column for @newscientist.com and they are a bunch of lovely nerds who want to make you smarter and teach you a few dad jokes along the way.

"Can the greens – and the left more widely - now find the courage to bring those women inside rather than leaving them out in the cold?" Nope they can stay outside trying to convince people that only some human rights matters. @zackpolanski.bsky.social shared this, I hope he's not letting them in.

Some interesting thoughts from Claire. If you wanted Claire's analysis of the data from last year she wrote about it here: whatthetrans.com/reported-hat...

Manosphere podcasters who went a long way toward solidifying 47's support among large swaths of young men are now scrambling to break with his gov't. Their main beef is w/ the admin's authoritarian approach to immigration enforcement. Free link: archive.ph/3ggm0

Greta's been released thankfully. Of the 42 boats no aid made it through the illegal blockade. Another 9 boats are heading in, I doubt any will make it. globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/

"Thames Water’s creditors ask Ofwat, for up to 15 years leniency from rules on pollution of England’s waterways, arguing it would be impossible for the company to make upgrades across London and south-east England more quickly because of the scale of the work needed after years of neglect." FFS

Absolutely perfect no notes.

Breach but not fine. Ofcom is unbelievable.

So now the transphobes on Mumsnet are policing what women’s genitalia should look like. We have one questioning what an M&S model’s are, describing them as ‘bulgy’. They really are totally unhinged. www.mumsnet.com/talk/womens_...

Telegraph- Trans activists ‘hijack NHS study on gender-questioning children' - Archived 👉 archive.ph/0ssKk A study of 8 people, sex matters made sure one person who detransitioned is in study. Detransitioning sits at 1% they'd need to replicate that or it'll look like it's higher. Study👇

This is good, peer reviewed backed up with peer reviewed sources. The current UK study (pathways Horizon) to complete in 2030 & possibly extended after that. Trans Children will have to wait until after that point before possibly being allowed access to care dependent on the results.

The hypocrite that is Shabana Mahmood. Remember, someone always has the receipts. Do as I say, not as I do. #Gaza #UK

I like this shop and I cannot lie.