so I just sent someone a whatsapp DM saying keep safe from ICE while you're in America and she wrote back saying please delete because they'll check her socials and she doesn't want them seeing any expression of concern about that. so that's how free speech is going if you were wondering.

Academic writing that reads poorly is of far less utility than academic writing that reads well. Efficiency and readability are not mutually incompatible.

C'est tout simplement impoli.

A reminder that LGBTQIA+ orgs need you to follow them on Bluesky to free themselves of social media platforms that are getting harder to do meaningful advocacy on. I made a starter pack for you and them to make it easy. go.bsky.app/PSBhHbT

Wasn’t this a Big Bang episode?

In hindsight going into calorie deficit this morning and then compensating at lunch wasn’t a great idea. Big glycogen crash. Harrumph.

Gender Recognition Matters.

Gnocchi withe leftover curry from the fridge. Don't @ me. I was hangry, and now I'm not 🙂

You know that level of hunger where your brain becomes incapable of making a decision on what to eat, but you also know that you very much need to eat? That.

I'm not sure Phillipson or the EHRC would admit publicly that the Code has been returned for a re-write, even if this is the case. I don't think there's any statutory requirement for either of them to disclose, or even a precedent for this? And it would be a humiliating climb-down for both.

Bigots can use their power of advocacy to campaign for third spaces 😉

While I'm here, I'd also like to remind everyone of that time her fellow genital obsessive was caught reading fanfic child porn in public on the train...

Your infrequent reminder that darling of the "gender critical" mafia Maya Forstater once spent *days* losing her shit over a children's alien cartoon character because it was non-binary. And several more days over a trans police officer wearing nail varnish. Draw your own conclusions 😂

Aha. That explains the recent request for a live chicken 🙂

Phillipson will presumably offer to underwrite the costs of any employer who's sued because the legal situation is far from clear (as she has tacitly admitted here). No? Thought not.

What made you trans (wrong answers only) Pronouns and haircuts.

Feeling a bit better this evening. Hoping it’ll continue tomorrow. Thanks for your company today, phone friends 🙂

🧵 I’m actually shocked, despite all that we already know about Cass.

When I first decided to transition, back in late 2023 (there isn't really a date... it was a rolling decision), I was nervous and overwhelmed, but there was also a sense of possibility and hope for my future. It's been hard to hold onto that last part. Just doing my best. It's not always enough.

Carol Vorderman is backing the Green Party in Gorton and Denton as the only vote to stop Reform. You won’t read this in mainstream media…

Art 👇🏻

So fucking obvious I can't believe I'm posting it, but

My brain is a total bitch sometimes.

My brain, to me: pfft, don't bother. You're a waste of space. That deeply buried shame you feel? Deserved... My brain, trying to come up with a riposte: .... ... ... My brain: nope, I got nothing. You make a good point. 😑

Starmer: my father was a toolmaker Everyone: WE KNOW! Everyone: ... Everyone: <sotto voce> the evidence is right there in front of us...

I've got quite a lot on at the moment so I've been a bit quiet on here recently. No new work to share, but as the winter Olympics draws to a close, here's a suitably themed print...

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Political donations ensure that interests of the super-rich are writ large in govt policies. Capital gains & dividends are taxed at lower marginal rates than wages. No NIC is levied. Income of private equity bosses taxed as capital gains. Bribery pays but normal people can't play the game.

Final weekend. One last push. This is about whether you want local plumber Hannah Spencer or the extreme Reform candidate. It's hope vs hate. It's Greens vs Reform. Hope can win.

UK median annual wage for employees is £31,056. £25,880 after income tax and NIC. Graduates take home even less. Tax thresholds frozen since 2021. Millions can't afford to buy homes, start family or business. No govt curbs profiteering. Can't build sustainable economy without redistribution.

I don’t wanna get up 🥹

This series, based on a true study, was filmed in 2018. Things are *much* worse now. If you haven’t seen it, it’s worth a watch.

England water company bosses raked in £15m+ in pay/perks last yr. £900m dividends paid. Customer bills up 26%. Companies have 1200 criminal convictions. Fines not collected. Sewage dumping killing people. No exec prosecuted. End the scam. Must Nationalise.

A refusal to listen to trans voices is a pervasive thread that goes back decades. Marginalised people are often ignored; more so when *not* ignoring them might threaten the status quo in one way or another. But trans people don’t disappear if you deny them a voice, or healthcare. We’re real.

One of the things that I lose sleep over is wondering how things could have been different for me, when I was a kid. Because I *knew*. We have better understanding now, and yet the government is *choosing* to make life *worse* for trans kids. It’s unconscionably evil.

I solve this problem by never buying new cars…

Canada eh

What a pointless and tragic waste of lives.

@hedgehogsafety.bsky.social @brexitblocklist.bsky.social another obsessive transphobe for your consideration 👇🏻

The images in this video are unrecognisable to anyone under the age of about 50. It’s almost a Dad’s Army level of kitsch. Let him split the far right vote.

My brain is being an arsehole today. Second time this week. I’m not sure why, but I don’t like it.

Tedious single issue anti-trans burner account alert @brexitblocklist.bsky.social @hedgehogsafety.bsky.social

Neither trans nor a drag queen…

Girlduiding and Women's Institute say the law forces them to exclude trans women. But that's not true. We are offering to indemnify them against legal risk if they change course. If they remain trans exclusive, their members can know it's management's ideological choice.

I deleted my posts linking to an online article written by someone who, it turns out (I genuinely didn't know this), was... problematic (I still don't know all the details and I'm not sure I want to). We can't have any nice things, can we? Fucking arseholes everywhere.

Starmer's confected outrage at Reform's proposal to repeal EA2010 is quite something. We're all equal, eh Keir, except that some are more equal than others.

hey @emily4mk.bsky.social, ban x. ban it now. you all keep talking about the dangers of social media for teens. our entire political and media class are bathing in this poison.

Well I guess since this Labour government was happy to help facilitate the slaughter of thousands of Palestinian children, and see millions of British children go hungry, a few dead trans kids won’t really bother them very much. We. Will. Not. Forget.

If you're one of my followers who is skeptical about youth medicine (there's a few of you I know), you could pick a worse starting point than this article: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...