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NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee apologises for "distress" caused by a withdrawal of care but admits its "urgent review" had still not begun nearly a month after hundreds were denied care www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-wales-ap...

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NHS Wales apologises for withdrawal of trans healthcare, admits "urgent review" still hasn't begun

NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee apologises for "distress" caused by a withdrawal of care but admits its "urgent review" had still not begun nearly a month after hundreds were denied care

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 4h

And again, gender theory, queer theory, critical race theory - all university level subjects - you are not going to encounter them at primary or secondary levels. What these muppets want is to shut down any age appropriate discussion of sex, sexuality & identity in 1st & 2nd schools.

Cornell shows us we cannot keep telling our girls to be careful while teaching boys to be entitle

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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 5h

RMT calls for levy on record rolling stock company profits RAIL union RMT called for a levy on rolling stock companies today (October 2) as new figures exposed record dividend payments and seven figure salaries. rmtunion.org/4ecmv0v

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RMT calls for levy on record rolling stock company profits

RAIL union RMT called for a levy on rolling stock companies today (October 2) as new figures exposed record dividend payments and seven figure salaries.

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Andy Hearn 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈⚽️🎶🌈 @andyhearn24.bsky.social · 20h

Opposing a Genocide should not be this hard. Step one is calling it a Genocide because that's what it is. Step two is to stop arming and trading with the perpetrators. Many more steps can follow but I will never understand these two steps not being taken.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 01/10/2026

Andy Burnham has pledged to work hard for cross party support for moving Britain forward. Labour - anti trans Tories - anti trans Reform - anti trans Lib Dems - trans supportive but weak Greens - pro trans but nobody even counts then a worth listening to

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 01/10/2026

Graham Linehan is calling the people who murdered a trans man in cold blood, heroes.

Screenshot of an X post by Graham Linehan (@Glinner) commenting, "It looks like these two are heroes who may have saved some kids".
Linehan quotes a post by Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) that reads: "Damn. According to a witness of the shooting homicide of the trans New York Times executive in Dublin, Calif., the elderly Chinese grandparents calmly walked away after the exec was dropped to the ground".
Below the text are two police mugshot photos side by side: on the left is an elderly Asian woman with short, wavy gray hair wearing a white shirt, and on the right is an elderly Asian man with short dark hair, slight facial stubble, and a white shirt.

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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm so tired of "not far right, just right" Well, no. What you believe & your politics are far right. And if it upsets you to be correctly labelled then thats because you're offended by the optics of your politics but not the actual beliefs.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 01/10/2026

Is that the article that platformed an actual abuser telling lies about trans women?

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Sarah Viktoria 🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🦗 @sarahviktoria.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's worse than that. The Supreme Court is driving human rights and the justice system into the ground. This is the top court of the land and it's putting religious activists in charge of setting the limits of the human rights of all citizens, probably at the behest of a foreign power.

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 30/09/2026

The UK Supreme Court is violent towards LGBT+ rights.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 30/09/2026

...We have written a response to the Supreme Court calling for it to fully address our concerns, including additional concerns about how our complaint was handled. We have therefore requested a formal review.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 30/09/2026

The Supreme Court has responded to the complaint we have raised alongside @translucent.org.uk and @transparentaction.bsky.social and, as expected, they have failed to address the concerns we have raised...

"Dear Trans Advocacy & Complaints Collective, Transparent Action, and
TransLucent
Thank you for your complaint about the Court's new exhibition. I understand
your concern to be that the presentation of For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish
Ministers appears to be weighted towards the perspective of those who
campaigned for and celebrated the outcome, while giving insufficient
recognition to those who opposed it. You have confirmed that you are not
challenging the judgment itself or the inclusion of the case in the exhibition.
As Head of External Affairs and Communications, with responsibility for the
exhibition, I have been asked to respond to the matters you have raised. It may
be helpful first to explain the exhibition's purpose and approach.
The Law and Us features 70 appeals heard by the Supreme Court, the Judicial
Committee of the Privy Council and the Appellate Committee of the House of
Lords, the predecessor to the Supreme Court. The cases cover a wide range of
legal issues and were selected to illustrate both the breadth of the Court's work
and the ways in which the law affects people's lives. The exhibition also explains
the creation of the Court, the development of law in the UK and the role of the
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers is one of the 70 featured appeals.
As with the other case studies, it explains the background to the dispute, the"

"legal questions considered, the Justices' decision and a subsequent reflection
from a Justice or another person connected with the law. Images relating to the
appeal or its wider context were selected to help visitors understand the issues.
...You suggest that the headline, "When the law says 'woman', what does it mean?"
could imply that the Court went further than the judgment itself. The headline
refers expressly to the meaning of terms used in law. The question before the
Court concerned the meaning of "woman" and "sex" in a specific piece of
legislation. This is made clear in the case study under the paragraph heading
"The heart of the case". The display does not suggest that the Court provided a
general definition outside of the legislation it was considering.
Regarding your concerns about the images used - which you say "reflects the
perspective of those who celebrated the judgment" while largely ignoring those who
did not - the display features an image of the Scottish Government alongside that
of For Women Scotland, thus representing both parties in the appeal. This is
consistent with the approach taken across the exhibition. Their purpose is to
illustrate the case and its context, rather than to represent every individual or
organisation with an interest in the wider debate. The inclusion of any image
does not signify the Court's endorsement of any person or organisation
depicted. We did not visually represent the interveners; however, details of them
as well as the judgment, are available on the Court's website, along with the
recordings of the hearing and written_legalarguments.
Lady Rose's contribution is a personal reflection on the atmosphere in
Courtroom 1 when the judgment was handed down. It does not endorse a
particular position or present the outcome as a cause for celebration. The
exhibition also states that, when handing down the judgment, the Court
emphasised that trans people remain protected from discrimination under the
Equality Act 2010.."

"private room, and seats were not allocated according to the position an
individual supported in either case.
I have carefully considered the matters you have raised, examining the wording,
images, personal reflection and contextual material in the exhibition. I am
satisfied that the display accurately explains the issue before the Court, the
judgment and its legal context, and is consistent with the approach taken across
the exhibition. I am also satisfied that the arrangements for members of the
public who attended the judgment hand-down were professional, impartial and
transparent.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling or outcome of your complaint, you may
request a review within 14 days in accordance with the Administrative
Complaints Policy, details of which are available on the Court's website.
Yours sincerely
Bom Mema
Mr John McManus
Head of External Affairs & Communications
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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The genuine head up arsedness of some of you is actually baffling to witness. You look at people entirely legitimate in their hatred of labour and act like they're doing it to be edgy political commentators. If half of you had to live under the hatred trans folk face you'd be dead.

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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

... Do some of you just not realise that Labour have literally, in law, made trans people second tier citizens and contributed to the hate and marginalisation They face? Do you see queer people complaining about this as just being negative without ever asking about their reality?

Sarah Murphy says:
"some v negative responses to posts about Burnham. I understand the cynicism. What I don't understand is the refusal to wait and see and to look for the positives.
Politics cannot be about perfection. It's compromise. It's effective communication... and persuasion. Why not prepare to be persuaded?

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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Until we have a conversation about the British nationalism that drove Brexit, killed Jo Cox and infected our politics like cancer, I don’t really give a shit about anything wider. We’re cowards if we don’t get real about how a campaign that was a woman die still won and led to talk of remigration.

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Owen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk · 30/09/2026

Judo fighter banned for life after breaking gay Olympian’s jaw in post-match attack earlier this month Akaki Japaridze, the athlete who put gay Olympian Timo Cavelius in the hospital, has received a lifetime ban. That's just the beginning. www.outsports.com/2026/9/29/24...

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Akaki Japaridze gets lifetime ban after judo post match attack - Outsports

Akaki Japaridze, the athlete who put gay Olympian Timo Cavelius in the hospital, has received a lifetime ban. That's just the beginning.

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Mourning NAVALNY😢 @jan-readsalot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I can’t wait for this day.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026

Strikes start today at Nottingham. “These are not cash-strapped universities.” Dr Jo Grady on R4 this morning. 700 jobs. 48 courses. All to drive a surplus. Show your support. ✊

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 29/09/2026

Riley Gaines, famous for turning her 5th place tie with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas into a far-right career agianst transgender people, has officially had her lawsuit against the NCAA thrown out by a judge today. The judge found no evidence for her claims. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Riley Gaines' Title IX Lawsuit Against The NCAA Struck Down After Judge Finds "No Evidence" Of Funding Claims

Gaines’ attorneys argued her civil rights were violated because she competed against a transgender athlete.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 29/09/2026

I don't mean to be that person but this is a Labour event and Labour are the government and Labour appointed the chair of the EHRC and Labour could stop this all any time they wanted.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Not in Burnham’s speech; -rent controls -measures to address the climate crisis -preserving freedom of speech/protest -rejoining the EU -measures to end government transphobia & trans section 28 -taxing the mega-rich -getting big/dirty money out of politics -protecting Gaza -real hope

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GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 29/09/2026

I have written to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to ask some important questions relating to her appearance and comments on The Daily T's Sunday Showdown, where she stated she was "a woman, defined by my biology", and that a women’s refuge should be for those of us who are “biologically women"

"... When asked whether you would have allowed a trans woman fleeing domestic abuse into the women’s refuge you once managed, you answered: “No.”

You said that alternative provision could be made, and that a women’s refuge should be for those of us who are “biologically women”.

That deserves considerably more scrutiny than another political soundbite.

You have chosen to justify your position by appealing to biology, so I would like you to explain what you mean by that claim in biological terms, rather than simply referring back to the law, the Supreme Court or the EHRC.

What, biologically, is a woman?

The scientific picture is considerably more complicated than the neat binary your statement suggests. Sex-related biology involves multiple characteristics, including chromosomes, gonads, reproductive anatomy, hormones and secondary sex characteristics. These characteristics do not always align in the stereotypical way, which is why medicine recognises differences of sex development. Contemporary scientific literature describes sex-related biology as involving multiple interacting characteristics rather than one single biological test that can infallibly sort every human being into one of two boxes.

You already know this. Biologists, doctors and other experts sent you an open letter specifically explaining these issues. They warned that reducing human sex biology to an immutable binary is an oversimplification and that policy built upon that oversimplification can cause real harm.

That does not mean biological sex is meaningless. It obviously is not. Female and male reproductive biology are real and medically important. But acknowledging that doesn't require pretending every human body is a perfectly standard biological specimen.

So let us get away from slogans.

You say that you are a woman “defined by my biology”. You say that I am not.

What, precisely, is the biological distinction you are making?"

"...And how would you establish it?

Would you take my blood? Sequence my chromosomes? Examine my gonads? Inspect my anatomy? Measure my hormones? Demand medical records?

Because the moment “biologically a woman” has to become a real-world test rather than a political phrase, the simplicity disappears.

And nowhere is that more obvious than in the refuge you once managed.

Imagine a woman arriving at the door after fleeing an abusive partner. She is terrified. She has no passport, no birth certificate and no medical records. She may have left everything behind to get herself and her children somewhere safe.

You have said the refuge should be for women who are “biologically women”.

So how does the refuge establish that?

Does she need to prove her chromosomes before being allowed through the door? Does somebody examine her body? Does she have to produce evidence of her reproductive anatomy? Or does a member of staff simply look at her and decide whether she appears sufficiently female?

Because the last option is not biology.

It is gender policing.

And then comes the question you cannot escape: how would you identify a trans woman without simply assuming that she is trans?

You cannot see somebody's chromosomes. You cannot see their gonads. You cannot see their hormone levels. You cannot see their developmental history.

If your answer is appearance, you have created a system in which women can be challenged because they are too masculine, too tall, too muscular, too deep-voiced, too gender-nonconforming or do not conform to somebody else's idea of what a woman is supposed to look like.

That is not a minor administrative problem. It is the policing of women's bodies, dressed up as biological certainty.

And feminism should recognise that for what it is...."

"...Sex and gender are related, but they're not interchangeable concepts. Sex encompasses biological characteristics and processes; gender also encompasses the social and personal dimensions through which human beings understand and live their gender. The scientific literature itself recognises that these concepts interact in complex ways rather than functioning as two completely separate boxes.
...You have experience running a women's refuge. You know what a woman arriving at that door needs. She does not need a politician's abstract definition of womanhood. She needs safety.

So I am asking you, as Minister for Women and Equalities, to answer some very straightforward questions.

What biological characteristics make you a woman and make me not one?

How would you establish that distinction in practice?

How does your definition account for women with differences of sex development?

What happens to women whose chromosomes do not fit the stereotypical XX model?

What happens to women who cannot produce eggs, who have no ovaries, who have undergone hysterectomy or who have otherwise experienced changes to their reproductive anatomy?

And most importantly:

How does a frightened woman fleeing domestic abuse prove that she is “biologically a woman” without being subjected to exactly the kind of bodily scrutiny and gender policing that feminists have spent generations challenging?

If your answer is that she does not have to prove it, then why should a trans woman?

If your answer is documentation, what happens to the woman who has none?

If your answer is appearance, whose idea of female appearance are you using?

And if there is no practical biological test, then perhaps “biology” is not quite the straightforward answer you have presented it as.

Women fleeing violence need refuge workers asking whether they are safe, not whether they can pass an ideological biology exam....."

"...You have chosen to draw a line between yourself and me by saying that you are a woman defined by biology and that women like me are not. I am therefore asking you to explain where that line actually is.

Not in a court judgment.

Not in an EHRC document.

Not in a political slogan.

In biology.

Because if you cannot define the biological test, and cannot explain how it could be applied fairly to women standing at the door of a refuge, then “biologically a woman” is not the clear, objective safeguard you claim it is.

It is simply a phrase being used to decide which women are allowed through the door.

And when the woman on the other side of that door is fleeing an abuser, that is not an abstract debate.

That is somebody's life.

Yours sincerely,

A woman who apparently needs a biology exam to prove it,'

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Ian H 💚🇬🇧🏳️‍🌈🇪🇺 @muchechops.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Suicide is the leading cause of death for 16–35s in the UK — the highest rates in 30 years. Young lives are being failed. Please can you sign the petition calling for more investment in proven support that saves young lives. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

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Save young lives from suicide

Suicide is the leading killer of young people in the UK. Every day, an estimated 300 to 450 young people aged 16 to 35 attempt suicide, with rates now at their highest level in 30 years (Office for Na...

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Arbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The entire GOP are treasonous traitors who have betrayed America.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

THIS 👇 HERE IS SICKENING......

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Wait....So Jane Doe wanted to go home and heal, her parents tried to get their money back for the semester and Cornell said no so she was forced to stay at school with these boys. Are you kidding me? Post Anything Here: InteractInk.com

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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Homophobes are very grateful to the transphobes who pathed the way for this. The racists can’t wait to get their turn. It’s only a matter of time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Christian 'discriminated' against in job retraction over LGBT views, court hears

Felix Ngole was rejected for a job after his potential employer discovered his views on homosexuality.

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 29/09/2026

1/🧵 The grounds of appeal are horrifying, as it suggests that following the EAT victory, a rehearing on facts is unnecessary. This position is Forstater on steroids.

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Patrick @atreidesgray.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can go back to work on Friday.

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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A 94-year-old Jewish human rights barrister was among more than 80 people arrested outside the Labour Party conference in Liverpool while demonstrating in support of Palestine Action. The arrests came as Ed Miliband told critics of the government’s policy on Palestine: “We hear you. You were right"

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Why is the Government going after pensioners? It's time to tax the rich

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Mark Nixon @fatbadger442.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Oh, fuck off, #EdMiliband. The #PalestineAction ban was absolutely intended to criminalise opponents of the British government's support for the #genocide in #Palestine, "grannies" or otherwise.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Burnham said he would stand by the Labour 2024 manifesto. This is what the 2024 Labour manifesto says about the Pensions Triple Lock; “Labour will retain the triple lock for the state pension.” The fact that Burnham is EVEN CONSIDERING ending it tells you all you need to know about him.

Our system of state, private, and workplace pensions provide the basis for security in retirement. Labour will retain the triple lock for the state pension. We will also adopt reforms to workplace pensions to deliver better outcomes for UK savers and pensioners. Our pensions review will consider what further steps are needed to improve security in retirement, as well as to increase productive investment in the UK economy.

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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

What’s this even meant to do for us. We know we’re right. We’ve been right all along. You’re still arresting old ladies outside your conference as my friend just pointed out. Being right doesn’t bring comfort because the people who died are still dead.

'Palestine campaigners were right' - Ed Miliband says Labour was wrong on Gaza

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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Hey so when I keep talking, every day, over and over, about how we never confronted the nationalism that killed Jo Cox it’s not just for fun.

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Blue Turquoise @bluet-urquoise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How do we really feel? This is the time we all need to speak out the elections are up ahead and anyone that reads our comments will benefit.

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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now that Nigel Farage has had his demands answered in the RAF Fairford investigation can we all demand an update from the Parliamentary standards commission and Met police regarding their investigations into him and Reform.

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Patrick @atreidesgray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My knee is improving we are moving to more load baring and isometrics and hopefully back to work

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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Every day I wake up and see more horrific shit- far right winning elections, gaining support, violence on the streets, more anti queer rhetoric and queer rights going up in smoke and genuinely it gets harder and harder to sit at my desk acting like everything is normal- but I dunno what to do.

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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Genuinely if men don’t start dealing with the worst in our demographic then what will happen to them, happens.

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