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twitter refugee seeing what it’s all about. who are all these followers? go away please, I have nothing interesting to say

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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 11h
great list - can I add Funny Games, The Vanishing (original version), Happiness, Dogville, Antichrist and Elephant?
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 03/10/2026
EVERY UK MP needs to read this You are all part of a government that is creating a situation so hostile and unsafe that people are leaving the country This is not an isolated case. You have the power to do something about this.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keir Starmer wanted to be remembered as Prime Minister for building homes. Instead he will be remembered for his complicity in destroying them. #GazaGenocide
Rafah, in Gaza, on Google Earth, in 2022, left, and in 2026, right. (from https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/google-earth-gaza-images-update-b3057562.html)
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
As Eli Wiesel said: We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this.
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Quiet Majority @majorityquiet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We loved this so much we just had to put English subtitles on it, apologies to the French speakers for our translation. But this is what it would look like here in the UK if Farage or Lowe or another of their ilk got their own way.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you can, support the RNLI here: rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
The thing liberals fundamentally don't understand is that trans people are losing rights they already had. We're not asking for more, we're asking not to lose what we already had for decades. Most sports leagues and the Olympics had inclusion criteria for decades without issue.
Screenshot of an X (formerly Twitter) exchange discussing political pragmatism and the Overton window.
The initial post by onion person (@CantEverDie) reads:
> "doesn't matter, this is about what the right is able to push with the overton window. first its democrats needing to disavow trans women in sports to get elected, next it'll be agreeing to ban access to HRT to get elected. we've seen how this plays out"
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A reply from Nick Pappas (@NickAPappas) reads:
> "Are you insane? The Overton window didn’t even include this discussion until recently. The public has never been in favor of desegregating the sports by sex.
> Personally I’m glad Barack Obama ran against gay marriage in 2008. Not because that was the right position, or one he even actually held, but because he knew the public wasn’t with him on it. If he hadn’t won he wouldn’t have been able to appoint 2 of the justices who ultimately voted in the majority for Obergefell.
> Lincoln in 1860 didn’t even run on abolishing slavery! He just wanted to stop its expansion. And thankfully he did that and won because a more extreme and morally correct position would have lost. As a result he was able to win the Civil War and push through the 13 amendment.
> Political practicality is the entire history of progress in America. There’s no other way."
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Rupert Murdoch should be sent to the Hague
…and that overestimate sits alongside a third (34%) of the public believing there are “no-go” areas in London where Sharia law dominates and non-Muslims cannot enter. Virtually the same proportion (36%) disagree this is the case, while one in five (19%) say they don't know.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/09/2026
Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were.
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 06/09/2026
Patriot Platform, the far-right group whose black-clad masked members caused hours of disruption in Dover yesterday, calls itself a Christian “army of patriots” dedicated to protecting women and children. There’s a problem with that story.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 05/09/2026
There's an argument for calling them masked thugs, because that is factually true. There's an argument for calling them pathetic cosplaying loser incels, also true, and laughing at them damages their tough-guy self image and hurts recruitment. There is no argument for calling them protesters.
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
but yeah, it should be England’s Pelicot! one thing is press restrictions were in place for a while (see article). Also, unlike Gisele Pelicot, the wife is staying anonymous - very reasonably, but it means her husband has to be anon. It’s scary - how many cases like this are yet to be uncovered
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
it’s been covered in the guardian several times at different points in the case - the main coverage will come at the trial www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Paramedic and football coach among 13 men charged with abusing woman ‘drugged by husband’
Co-defendants in case against Stockport man in his 60s can be revealed after reporting restrictions were lifted
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Help the Greens protect trans members goodlawproject.org/s/6b3b53
goodlawproject.org
Help the Greens protect trans members | Good Law Project
The Greens took action to protect trans people. Now the party is facing legal action – so we’re defending them in court
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Retired man reminisces about his career in a sector he aspired to join since his childhood
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Ross Johnson @rosserford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We’re going to hear about how everyone loved Dolly, and that feels true. But it’s good to remember, and to her credit, that she was attacked for her AIDS activism, her vaccine advocacy, her LGBTQ+ support and even, more recently, for her reading initiatives. She ALWAYS stood firm when it mattered.
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
why don’t those guys cosplay as knights hospitaller instead for a change? the victorian chaps who did that took the whole thing seriously and bothered to set up an entire hospital in jerusalem, which seems a more constructive way to do the larping thing
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
BREAKING Peaceful protesters have revealed “terrorism” signs outside Preston Courts in support of the Barclays 5. The signs state “Saving lives is not terrorism - I support Palestine Action” This is in response to reports that the five may be unjustly sentenced as terrorists.
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jon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Maybe I'm in the minority here but if people who support AI are being shamed into silence then it's working. The shame is working as intended. The left's biggest problem is that it's afraid to hurt the feelings of folks who need to have their feelings hurt. Let them experience introspection for once
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Why on earth did you publish that terrible Lucy Mangan review? Why wasn't your science desk on top of this issue earlier?
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
You may find the creation of monstrous human-canine hybrids "cute", Doctor Moreau, but I beg to differ
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Every single journalist in Britain should read this searing essay by Will Self
willself1.substack.com
Jason Arday: J'Accuse the British Media
After the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when the media machine mistakes what interests the public for the public interest.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So often what are called “culture wars” are one set of people saying “please can we live without perpetual persecution” and another saying “no, f*** you” but the press considering the latter group have “legitimate concerns” and must be perpetually platformed
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 13/08/2026
The wealthiest man in human history—who clearly performed several Nazi salutes on Inauguration Day 2025—is directly responsible for the deaths of up to 14 million people, including 4.5 million children, by 2030. He's not "quirky" or "weird" or "awkward". He's a fucking monster.
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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Original North American movie poster for 1911’s “Homer's Odyssey” from Italy’s Milano Film.
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
bsky.app/profile/eliz...
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 05/08/2026
KNOWING YOUR RIGHTS AS A TRANS (YOUNG) PERSON
• Nobody has the right to harass, abuse or discriminate against you • You dont have to show ID to prove your sex • It is not a criminal offence for you to use facilities that reflect your gender
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The government’s transphobic code of practice is now up and running. But we’re not going to take it, we’re helping to fight back. Join us goodlawproject.org/s/485c4d
goodlawproject.org
Fight back against the code of practice
The government’s transphobic code of practice is now up and running. But we’re not going to take it, we’re helping to fight back. Join us
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Blue Oleta @blue-oleta.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
I haven't trusted Figes since the Amazon reviews scandal – and this is worth a read: lohttps://www.thenation.com/article/archive/orlando-figes-and-stalins-victims/
thenation.com
Orlando Figes and Stalin's Victims
A book by the famous British historian was not published in Russia because the Moscow publisher discovered too many errors and misrepresentations—not, as Figes suggested, for political reasons.
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Maybe this should be a nudge for some self-reflection. You might have been able to appreciate Liddle's "wit" and "warmth" in isolation – I guess he never violently assaulted you while you were pregnant – but you must surely have known the vile racism and bigotry he aired on multiple media platforms?
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Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants @jcwi-uk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This is not only tone deaf but actively dangerous language given 7 people were killed trying to cross the Channel in the last week, while French police attacked people on the beaches with tear gas. Borders kill. People need the same, safe routes as everyone else www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Burnham to be ‘relentless’ on small boat crossings after Ceuta crisis
Prime minister says UK needs to ‘bring back that control’ and safe routes for refugees are necessary to tackle trafficking
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
🔥 “I’m so sick and tired of you old people not giving a shit about what we’re telling you. We don’t have a future. We’re telling you what we need and you don’t give a damn.”
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I was not informed by the BBC that they would have a right wing political figure or lobbyist on after me to rebut what I said. The individual in question went on to spout lies about China, etc. to distract attention from the Trump administration's assault on climate action. This is unacceptable.
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Current govt plans imply deporting over five thousand scientists, about eight thousand assorted engineers, 1600 vets... for no reason, at all, except the appeasement of unappeasable racism.
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I'm a mammie @imamammie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
archive.ph/oQ2Cs Fabulous piece
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 27/07/2026
"What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority" great piece from Allison Morris in the Belfast Telegraph. Please support Allison as she will no doubt be targeted now. Archive link below. archive.ph/oQ2Cs
What Féile an Phobail row has shown is that women’s rights are at risk — just not from a tiny trans minority
Belfast Telegraph27 Jul 2026ALLISON MORRIS
I’ve thought long and hard about commenting on the controversy over the cancellation of the Women’s Rights Network (WRN) event at Féile an Phobail — not because I don’t have an opinion, but because it is a debate that attracts the most toxic elements.

WRN NI was not a group I was familiar with beforehand, so I did some research.

No speakers were listed in the Féile programme for the planned event, which in itself is odd as there are for almost every other of the 90-plus debates and discussions.

The group has since announced who its speakers were to be in a series of online posts.

My research took me down quite the rabbit hole — a who’s who of the anti-trans movement not just on this island but Europe-wide.

I don’t pretend to understand their motivation.

In fact, I remain baffled as to why in one of the most dangerous places for women to live in Europe, the group — which has spoken out about femicide before — is obsessing about a small minority instead of the actual dangers we face from domestic violence and femicide.

I have worked for decades covering violence against women and girls in all the distressing forms that takes.

I know the names of every woman and child murdered in Northern Ireland in the last 10 years without even having to look them up.

Not a single one was caused by a trans woman — I checked the list twice just to be sure.

None of them were murdered in a public toilet either, which having looked at the online posts of WRN and their many affiliates, is apparently the most dangerous place on earth for women, with trans predators lurking in every cubicle.

Apart from the absurdity of much of the group’s argument regarding the perceived dangers of trans women, the claim that women are being silenced by Féile is the most disingenuous of them all.
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ashesashes @ashesashes20.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
which makes it extra fun that Richard Dawkins has endowed his AI girlfriend with consciousness
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Them Fatale, @mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
BBC burying the lede here until paragraph 3 - JKR bankrolled this and LOST. I repeat - JKR bankrolled this lawfare against the Belfast Film Festival and... LOST. It can be done! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Tribunal rules woman not unlawfully discriminated against over beliefs
Sara Morrison claimed she was forced out of her job at Belfast Film Festival for her views on sex and gender.
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augustadsays.bsky.social @augustadsays.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
what happened to her to make her such a damaged human being?
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Emmatyville □ feet @scary-lil-emma.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
This is the Amnesty International report on the anti-rights groups. These anti-rights groups have immediately engaged in lawfare to bury this report. *be a shame if people kept sharing it. drive.google.com/file/d/1UggI...
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Report_-_A_growing_threat__the_anti-rights_movement_in_the_UK_July_2026.pdf
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Miffythegamer @miffythegamer.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
In my opinion, this is litigious thuggery. Amnesty spoke their truth and it hurt the feelings of the anti-trans brigade. TERFs destroy everything they touch. I mean, imagine suing Amnesty, of all organisations?
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 13/07/2026
this is where your money goes when you buy harry potter stuff. rowling isn’t shy about it. amnesty wrote an even-handed report that laid out what anti-rights groups do; rowling uses her billions & clout to suppress it. when you give rowling money; she spends it on stealing people’s human rights.
jk rowling quotes an account called trans widows’ voices

rowling says: 
Should any of the women's organisations targeted by @AmnestyUK's recent 'anti-rights' blacklist wish to take legal action, applications can be made to the JK Rowling Women's Fund.

trans widows’ voices says:

Whilst I understand the detriment to Beira's Place is real, and focussing on @jk_rowling get clicks it's a shame that mainstream press coverage of the Amnesty debacle is not also focussing on us smaller groups listed who do not have the same power or influence to defend ourselves
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