Reposted by Steph MelnickJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Found out yesterday that one of the first pet cats whose name we know belonged to Crown Prince Thutmose of the 18th dynasty pf Egypt. She was named Ta-Miu, which translates, roughly, as "Miaow Girl". 1154977
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“It’s “acceptance” until a disabled person who has a development disorder can’t understand boundaries or appropriate topics of conversation. It’s “acceptance” until a disabled person with mental illness has a manic episode in public.” - @thinkingautism.com thinkingautismguide.com/2026/10/how-...thinkingautismguide.comHow Should We Be Talking About The Peter Pan Girl? — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISMNon-disabled people need to do better by disabled people, and that includes coming to terms with their discomfort around disabled behaviors. 020
Reposted by Steph MelnickOwain Sutton @owainsutton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026400 online attendees left immediately after that vote. Twice the majority by which it passed. Entryism at its finest. 1116532
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This article is from August 2025, but it is what made me sceptical of Polanski before he even became GPEW leader. I do NOT trust anyone who self-identifies as any flavour of populist. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukThe Green Party is at a crossroads. Is it time they get angry?Ahead of the upcoming leadership contest, some within the Greens are asking why they haven't better capitalised on discontent with the traditional parties 130
Reposted by Steph MelnickKenny Stewart @kennystew.art · 04/10/2026The thing about states committing genocide is that I just don’t think you need to introduce any other language to condemn them, unless it’s not really their genocidal actions you’re primarily seeking to condemn. 13110
Reposted by Steph MelnickAndrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Having seen lots of commentary on it, I've finally read the 'Zionism is Racism' motion before Green Party conference. Its main flaws: 1) Badly written 2) Conflates zionism with Israeli Government actions (about as logical as conflating socialism with the USSR) 3) Defines a contested term singularly 310828
Reposted by Steph MelnickJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I cannot help but notice that leftist groups do not, for the most part, demand that all lefty Catholics only attend churches that dissent from the teachings of the Church hierarchy on abortion and queer rights. They broadly understand that sometimes one has a cultural link to people with bad views. 12568100
Reposted by Steph MelnickPeople's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026the other thing is that a lot of gentiles, from what i can tell, simply do not understand that asking a jewish person, even an anti-zionist, to never interact with members of the community who are in fact zionists, is really fundamentally antithetical to the nature of jewish communal life 1061168
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026WHY is someone setting off fireworks?? It is full daylight, and pouring rain at that. 010
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I was reading, and then suddenly it was 2:30am. Oops? 111
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 26/09/202690% of the discourse is people talking about stuff that doesn’t actually matter as if it’s life or death. I cannot be bothered. 000
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I have video autoplay off everywhere because I get photosensitive migraines, but this is also very helpful in avoiding having to see AI slop videos. 000
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026As an SNP member, we need to remember that we lost the 2024 UK general election. If we had run it as a de-facto referendum, as was suggested and thankfully scrapped, we WOULD HAVE LOST. Please can we stop pushing the idea of WM elections as de-facto referendums? It could lead to disaster. 350
Reposted by Steph MelnickMichael G @indymichaelg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Not on this particular committee but many inaccuracies here. 1. 50 branches, but not listed in any of the leaked briefings? Are the 50 in the room with us? 2. From what was reported, It wasn't competent. It was basically highjacking another resolution and doing a delete all, replace with... 131
Reposted by Steph MelnickRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/202690 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵) 4123711265
Reposted by Steph MelnickOut for Independence @outforindy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Thank you to @kaukabstewart.bsky.social, our former Equalities Minister, for this powerful intervention. www.thenational.scot/politics/265...thenational.scotScottish Government's failure to ban conversion practices is a dereliction of dutyTHE Scottish Government’s failure to introduce its long‑promised bill to end conversion practices is more than a legislative delay – it is a… 033
Reposted by Steph MelnickThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The Scottish Government’s failure to introduce its long‑promised bill to end conversion practices is more than a legislative delay – it is a moral failure and dereliction of duty, writes Kaukab Stewart ✍️ www.thenational.scot/politi... 0208
Reposted by Steph MelnickStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Darth Vader briefly celebrated as a hero on Bluesky after it is discovered at least one insurance CEO or banker was on Alderaan but is swiftly cancelled upon the revelation he built a clanker as a child. 121027150
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I’m gonna be honest, this whole time I didn’t realise Zack Polanski wasn’t already an MP 140
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I clicked on an ASMR video on youtube and the top comment began with “hi it’s my 11th birthday”. NO. Please get out of the comments section it is not safe for you physically or mentally 😭 000
Reposted by Steph MelnickMichael "Fallen Coffee Pot of Shadows" Senters the Sigillite:ABD @mikesenters.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A VP isn’t a high level executive at BoA, it’s a middle management position and the fact so many people are frothing at the mouth on excitement over this is a really bad sign for the health of our society I think. 3865991
Reposted by Steph MelnickJohn C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Not worth my sanity but *Jesus Christ* some people here really love worshipping death 6535
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I’m now getting ads for an event my colleague was talking about at work today. Except I didn’t even have my phone on me, it was in the staffroom on a whole different floor of the building 😭 010
Reposted by Steph MelnickBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 29/08/2026okay but it is actually bad to finance the cartels that are literally enslaving people to do scams 314725
Reposted by Steph MelnickSam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I know a lot of people want a foreign actor to be the culprit behind a lot of this stuff but the datacenter backlash is genuinely home grown and largely a consequence of how a lot of AI developers talk like supervillains 29217
Reposted by Steph MelnickAndrew Facini @andrewfacini.com · 19/08/2026Honestly incredible time in this field when the President can say stuff to press like "North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons" and we still have to do tremendous amounts of work to figure out if that was a TS disclosure based on good (or bad) info he was briefed (or fed) or just something he made up 750789
Reposted by Steph Melnicksianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 15/08/2026🔴EXCLUSIVE🔴 I worked with @georgegreenwood.bsky.social & Tom Ball at the Times to expose how Farage’s “personal friend” John Mappin was a member of a far right conspiracist crypto scheme later accused of scamming investors www.opendemocracy.net/nigel-farage...opendemocracy.netNigel Farage denies link to crypto conspiracist John MappinNew investigation into Scientologist and QAnon enthusiast John Mappin raises fresh questions about Farage's allies 1185128
Reposted by Steph MelnickLauren Thoman @laurenthomanwrites.com · 15/08/2026I’m so tired of genAI apologists telling me I only hate it because I don’t understand it. I hate it *because* I understand it, you absolute toenail. 713686988
Reposted by Steph MelnickuosdɯᴉS ɐuɐꓷ 🦄 @danacorn.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Call me what you will, but I don’t really want to live in a society where the way we achieve our political aims is through extrajudicial murder. 712325
Reposted by Steph MelnickJoelle Maslak @jmaslak.bsky.social · 07/08/2026That's just one example. There are hundreds. Restaurants are louder. Our work is more micromanaged. Social supports are collapsing and cost of living is increasing. Autistic-friendly jobs have been eliminated. It's even harder to build friendships. Etc. 25516
Reposted by Steph MelnickAlexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’ 731718904
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Delighted to have been elected secretary of @ourrepublic.scot - in light of the royal scandals which have happened recently, it is more important than ever to campaign to get rid of the outdated institution which is the monarchy. Looking forward to working with the new committee! 030
Reposted by Steph MelnickSNP Ukraine Solidarity Caucus 🏴🇺🇦✊️ @snp4ukraine.bsky.social · 14/07/2026This by @bellacaledonia.bsky.social is a very good summary of the intersection between the Kremlin, the Western far right, and the all too familiar sleaze around the British political classes. bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/07/13/f...bellacaledonia.org.ukFrom Russia with HateAs it emerges that Elon Musk’s family foundation took the far-right activist Tommy Robinson to Russia, for meetings with business and political figures and the rolling donations scandal threatens t… 255
Reposted by Steph MelnickAvery Edison @averyedison.com · 15/07/2026it really thrills me to see characters with superpowers slowly crawl their way to the obvious conclusion that in order to control their abilities they should focus on how they feel when they use them. my only fear is that I won’t get to enjoy this plot 9,000 times before I die 312717
Reposted by Steph MelnickThe Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 15/07/2026Neurotypicals said: “That guy being a bit of a tosser? Probably on the spectrum.”thedailytism.com“Everything we don’t like is on the spectrum” decide neurotypicalsNeurotypicals have helpfully decided that everything they dislike must be “on the spectrum,” it has been announced. Neurotypicals said: “That guy being a bit of a tosser? Probably on the spectrum.”… 010626
Reposted by Steph Melnick🌈 Buddy 🌈 & Gizmo 🦁🦁 @buddygizmo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026It’s finally happened…Gizmo’s whiskers are so long and curly some of them have met up!! The circle of whiskers are complete 😹😹🦁🦁 #WhiskerWednesday #teamfloof #CatsofBluesky 213010
Reposted by Steph MelnickChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Shabana Mahmood as Chancellor would mean zero pushback against the Home Office from HMT against restrictive immigration policies on economic grounds. It would therefore be a very bad thing indeed 1255
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I don't like being controversial against the wider left, but it's getting to the point where I have to share this: autiescot.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/w...autiescot.wordpress.comWhy I don’t celebrate people’s deathsOn the circles of the internet which I frequent, it has become common, even popular, to celebrate when a public figure whom one disagreed with dies. This is nothing especially new – back in 2… 000
Reposted by Steph MelnickPeople's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 14/07/2026while we're at it, i'll be frank: i simply do not agree with this belief, popular among some, that community organising in planning is literally always bad. it is bad if it organises for bad things, and good if it organises for good ones (or against bad ones) 1294
Reposted by Steph MelnickNina Jankowicz @ninajankowicz.com · 14/07/2026Sunday was a stark reminder that conspiracies aren’t the sole domain of the right wing. But your advocacy and your rage are better served when they are grounded in reality. open.substack.com/pub/wicziped...open.substack.comDon't Be A LoomerIn the wake of Lindsey Graham's death and Mitch McConnell's illness, speculation filled the void—and voices across the spectrum amplified it. 75413
Reposted by Steph MelnickPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Full piece on Palantir in UK - based on exclusive documents, new data and numerous sources - is in the latest @lrb.co.uk @foxglovelegal.bsky.social ‘s Rosa Curling says it’s ’the most important investigation on Palantir that I’ve read this year’ Judge for yrself www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 311756
Reposted by Steph MelnickFergus Murray @oolong.co.uk · 12/07/2026This is more or less the argument that Naomi Klein makes at greater length here, and I think it's one that isn't given enough prominence. youtu.be/iEf-MNsyUiE?...youtu.beNaomi Klein: AI is a fascist ideaYouTube video by The Maybe 0177
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 12/07/2026The likelihood that Andy Burnham will actually fix things is so slim. It would be one thing if he was likely stick to his principles, but the number of u-turns he’s made from past statements in the last month indicates otherwise. 000
Reposted by Steph MelnickRiker Googling @rikergoogling.bsky.social · 12/07/2026do jedi wear underpants 817922
Reposted by Steph Melnickroach 🪳 CEO of sallicole @lordcanti.bsky.social · 12/07/2026im a bit tired of low support needs autistic people reading an infographic on tiktok and self diagnosing themselves as having level 3 autism. just a bit. 2203
Steph Melnick @autiescot.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I’m sorry but some people on here seem desperate to prove horseshoe theory 000
Reposted by Steph MelnickPeople's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 11/07/2026It's actually legal to shove English people according to the laws of the Danelaw, which may be reinstated soon if England makes the mistake of winning this match 2678
Reposted by Steph MelnickMichael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 11/07/2026He was right to shove that man to the ground. It was self-defence. Everyone has the right to bear arms. 08517