alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If you're my age, Bert Lynch was the police sergeant in Z-Cars. 100
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Problem with that is that what healthcare, for example, is provided is determined by what the public system can afford, and not by your needs. Availablity of procedures and treatments in the private sector pressures the public sector to provide them; otherwise you get a poor service for the poor. 020
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Your sample is flawed. At least one of the blokes is called Steph. 100
Reposted by alan_bjimbo3008.bsky.social @jimbo3008.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@moderation.bsky.app Please see the post below. There is nothing within @gudulemartens.bsky.app post that comes close to meriting a ban. 2112
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Today's tweets out now genderblog.net/livetweets/p...genderblog.netPeggie v RCN: Day 4 Mon 28 Sep 2026Nurse Sandie Peggie’s case against the RCN continues. Witnesses: Nurse Jennifer Melle, Nurse Bethany Hutchinson and Stuart Fraser, RCN Officer. 020
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Useful insight there, from your legal experience as well. 001
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 28/09/2026There was a corrected typo in the post above which didn't correct in the link. Should be genderblog.netgenderblog.netGenderBlogThe culture about gender 000
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Usually his live tweets appear on his genderblog.net website so that those of us who don't have a Twitter/X account can see them. Nothing today so far.genderblo.net 210
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Unfortunately, that would probably lead to it being adopted by Labour. 000
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Do you know that the blocker or lister sees your emojis rather than it simply going to the Listifications app, which will presumably ignore it? 100
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's called "Phobia Indoctrination". Good exposition here. substack.com/@sarahmitter...substack.comPhobia indoctrination and trans communitiesThere’s a name for what’s going on here—and it’s not ‘trans genocide.’ It’s called phobia indoctrination. 140
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I expect you'll be able to quote the section making asking a crime. 100
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 22/09/2026No, that's made up, like the rights of trans identifying males to use female only spaces and services. It is, however, illegal for someone to disclose another's GRC to someone else if the information was obtained in an official capacity. Section 22 of the Gender Recognition Act. 200
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We already know you're Scottish, no need to prove it again. 100
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"it is illegal to ask if someone has a GRC." No, it is not. 110
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Apotemnophilia. Have both your legs taken off. Or just one if you identify as a pirate. 🦜 250
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Looking at the post : blank screen. Clicking on the post : picture of a cat in a cat box. Back to the post in the feed : blank screen again. 111
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 11/09/2026... explanation of what was wrong with the current attempt (and is on special offer this month from Audible at £3.99). www.audible.co.uk/pd/Do-Not-Go...audible.co.ukDo Not Go GentleCheck out this great listen on Audible.com. A TELEGRAPH SUMMER READ OF 2026"Do Not Go Gentle is a bracing, often chilling wrestle with the ethical dilemmas surrounding the assisted death service - a d... 130
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I'm delighted it's been stopped, at least for the present. It was a poorly drafted bill with no answer to the possibility of coercion, no assessment of capacity to consent and no allowance for the effect of mental illness on desire for death. Kathleen Stock's "Do Not Go Gentle" is a very clear 120
Reposted by alan_bCupid Stunt @mary-hinge.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Please share, someone could be very upset by this and probably thinking it been binned. news.stv.tv/north/appeal...news.stv.tvAppeal to find owner of lost urn left on train from London to AberdeenOfficers say the small red urn is wrapped in purple and white artificial flowers and held by a small brown teddy bear. 013
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 05/09/2026That's going to go down well with the Guardian audience, when they notice. 171
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Sandie Peggie is appealing the parts of her tribunal claim which were rejected in the much changed judgement. The appeal will not be heard until next year. Michael Foran discusses the grounds of appeal. substack.com/@michaelfora... Grounds of appeal here drive.google.com/file/d/1t_PL...substack.comPeggie v NHS Fife Grounds of AppealA recording from Michael Foran's live video 031
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 15/08/2026"SS embodies the whole sorry mess" No, Stephen, she does not. None of us knows the full extent of that mess, and putting that on one of your former colleagues is wildly hyperbolic. A post on social media leaves little room for nuance, but FFS, man. 490
Reposted by alan_b𝚼𝖆𝖑𝖉𝖆 @yal-da.bsky.social · 12/08/2026The execution regime has executed at least 342 prisoners since March 21 (the beginning of Iranian calendar year 1405) to date. Among those executed were 10 women, 2 individuals who were children at the time of their sentencing, and 37 political prisoners…. wncri.org/2026/08/11/n...wncri.orgIran: 133 Weeks of No to Execution Tuesdays campaign in 59 PrisonsIn the 133rd week of the No to Execution Tuesdays campaign, political prisoners in 59 prisons across Iran staged a 11512
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 11/08/2026You might want to check the dates on the posts you are replying to. 000
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 09/08/2026An interview with sacked detective constable Rachel Fletcher by Jo Bartosch (in a publication I had not previously heard of). www.terftimes.com/p/the-thin-b...terftimes.comThe thin blue lie | TERF TimesAfter more than two decades in policing, detective Rachel Fletcher was sacked for gross misconduct over remarks about men. She tells Jo Bartosch why she refuses to recant. 243
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The "Donate now" button immediately under the statement was very tasteful, I thought. 020
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I thought he'd claimed to be in S Club 7? (I have no idea what I just said there). 110
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 04/08/2026👍 For some reason, several of us are excluded from the wisdom of supermathskid. 110
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Not everyone likes Stuart Campbell of Wings over Scotland. wingsoverscotland.com/the-plague/wingsoverscotland.comThe PlagueEver-alert Wings readers will be aware that for the past three and a half years or so I’ve been the target of a campaign by disgraced former policeman Lynsay Watson, who over that period has … 100
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"She" is a courtesy title. Also some US states have an expansive definition of sodomy. 210
Reposted by alan_bUnHerd @unherd.com · 04/08/2026‘Given that the police service is now recognised as one of the most institutionally misogynistic institutions in the land, it is ironic that a woman with previous exemplary service has been sacked for making off-the-cuff remarks about women’s rights.’ | Julie Bindelbuff.lyDoes the force fear feminists?(Credit: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty) 052
Reposted by alan_bRachel Fletcher @rachelsfletcher.bsky.social · 03/08/2026thecritic.co.uk/the-cold-bill/thecritic.co.ukThe cold bill | Josephine Bartosch | The Critic MagazineThe dismissal of DC Rachel Fletcher has given a boost to misogynists of all stripes — the old school men’s rights activists and their deranged offspring, the trans activists. On Friday… 031
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 03/08/2026static.klipy.comThis Is Bait: Fishing Hook and FishAlt: This Is Bait: Fishing Hook and Fish 110
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Bowing out at this point is an excellent idea. It would be a shame to be provoked into saying something that Bluesky's auto moderation system might take exception to. 100
alan_b @alan-be.bsky.social · 03/08/2026You're right, no one would ever take pleasure in insisting on being searched by a person of the opposite sex (not gender). 🤨 210
