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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🤮 TERFs are coming to Manchester!
NORTHERN INDEPENDENT LADIES IN ACTION CONFERENCE
Grassroots campaigning for women's rights in the UK
Lecture theatre
Workshop room
Amazing speakers
Panels
Debates workshops
Banner & bag making
Self-defence
Stalls
Famous Manchester raffle!
NILIA
The inaugural women-only conference
Single sex in accordance with the EA2010
MANCHESTER Sat Nov 14th '26
10am-5pm
TICKETS HERE
Central Manchester location to be announcedWhat to expect
Central Manchester Venue (TBC) Northern Independent Ladies In Action, for grassroots campaigning for women's rights in the UK
Welcome to NILIA 2026.
The inaugural women only conference by N-Events.(Single sex in accordance with the
EA2010.). Great discussions on topics within the women's rights arena in our lecture theatre, and engaging and interactive workshops in the workshop room, with crafts and activities available all day for a small donation and the famous Manchester Raffle.
Lecture Theatre topics:
• Repeal the GRA
• Conversion Practices Bill
• Lesbian Erasure and Language
• The Impact of Technology on Women's Rights.
Workshop Room Topics:
• Activism with #199DaysLater Group
• Banner making with Women Won't Wheesht
• Self Defence with Amazonia-School of
Self-protection
• Sharing our lives Stephanie Davies-Arai

Jo Bartosch

Prof Kathleen Richardson

Jenny Gourley

Claire Berry

Carol Angharad

Chocolatey Clare

Julie

Julia Long

Sally Wainwright

Jo Brew

Still Tish
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Kate Barker

Kate Graham

Jenny Reilly

Amazonia school of Self Protection

Virago exhibition
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Immigrants, Disabled People, Old People is the fascists plan. So as soon as the immigrants are gone it's time to get rid of the Disabled People.
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GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 12/10/2026
Amazing complaint from @coramcgladdery.bsky.social raising some important points. I’ve also raised a complaint asking which part of the meaning of "Protect the Dolls" the BBC doesn't want to promote.
"I’m complaining about the BBC blurring “Protect the Dolls” on Bethany’s T-shirt during Saturday’s Strictly Come Dancing broadcast after deleting and reposting promotional footage that avoided showing the message. Apparently, even a message of solidarity with trans women was too much for the BBC. A spokesperson defended this, stating “appropriate steps are taken to reduce the inclusion of any overt branding or slogans”. But this isn’t branding. It’s a message of solidarity with transgender women, and the BBC knows exactly what it means. In a December 2025 article, the BBC itself described the phrase as calling for “the safety, visibility and respect of transgender women against anti-trans rhetoric and violence”. Those are your words, not mine. So which part of that message does the BBC not wish its audience to see? Our safety? Our visibility? Our right to be treated with respect? Let’s call this what it is: trans erasure. A message affirming the visibility and safety of transgender women has been deliberately obscured. At a time when trans people face relentless hostility, the BBC has chosen to hide a message of solidarity rather than let it be seen. Hiding the message doesn’t make us disappear, but it does raise serious questions about whose visibility the BBC considers expendable. A generic reference to editorial guidelines isn’t an adequate answer. Would the BBC treat a message supporting another marginalised group in the same way? If not, why are trans women being treated differently? I want the BBC to identify the specific editorial guideline that justified this decision and explain why a message advocating our safety, visibility and respect was considered unsuitable for broadcast. The BBC knows what “Protect the Dolls” means because it’s already explained it to the public. So why, having acknowledged the importance of our safety and visibility, did it choose to hide a message calling for precisely that?"
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Cora Peeta M 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇦🇶🇺🇳 💙💗🤍💗💙 @coramcgladdery.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Here we go again www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
YOUR COMPLAINT:
Politicised censorship of non-political views
I note that a worrying change occurred between issuing of promotional materials and ahead-of-time clips from this week's Strictly Come Dancing and actual broadcast.
Bethany Antonia, who is a proudly lesbian woman, was seen wearing a 'Protect the Dolls' t-shirt in earlier versions of rehearsals, which was blurred out in final broadcast.
Please indicate to me which rules or guidelines were breached which resulted in this. It is not commercial advertising and is not a political position by any reasonable definition. I would suggest it is covered as statement of a protected belief.
I quote your own explainer of it from December 2025 in a news article about the auction of a jacket worn https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgq39njk350
"Originating in the 1980s ballroom scene, the phrase Protect the Dolls is a phrase calling for the safety, visibility and respect of transgender women against anti-trans rhetoric and
violence."
I cannot see how this can be tied to any specific political movement or stance. It is a statement of social unity and community.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
For those following the erasing of the #protecthedolls t shirt on #strictlyballroom - I have seen close up how #BBC sides with transphobia and pretends it is balance www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po... www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po... #lgbtq
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The Gaslight Years - part one | Robin Ince
“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
To everyone in the trans+ community: your existence is not something to be debated. These words come from cis women who simply want you to know that your lives matter, and that you deserve joy, safety, dignity and belonging. Love is a doing word. All our love, NION women 💜
I am so sorry that life is so tough right now.
Sadly it seems that the world has become filled with hate and division. People who have never had the wonderful opportunity to meet you or any of your trans siblings are only hearing from the noisy, hateful ones.
I want you to hear from some of the other people on this planet who don't use social media to shout and spread hate.
#WithTheTDear beautiful you...please know that in this crazy world there are folk who cheer you, love you and embrace you.
Hold tight to who you are, and know that you are beautiful, are worthy, and are seen and heard. May the winds of time bring quietitide to your world and fan the wings of peace so that you can keep being you... beautiful! Xx
#WithTheTThank you for enriching our world and teaching us that there are many ways to be fully human. I'm sorry you have to endure the misunderstanding & mistreatment of those who can only imagine life in narrow lines of conformity. I remember, not so long ago, those of us who knew we were lesbians were afraid to say it, watching in silence and fear as we were punished for our difference.
I promise you, these times will pass. The LGB community survived - we are here and proud.
For the T community suffering right now - you already belong with us, and I know that broader acceptance will follow. Until then, please know that you have our love, acceptance and support.
- MD
#WithTheTI want you to know that I support you unequivocally and you must believe me when I say that there are many many people that share this view. Put simply - YOU matter, YOU are loved and YOU are supported.
Please, if you can, turn down the volume on those negative voices and amplify those who want you to hear messages of love and support. YOU are enough. YOU are valid.
YOU matter!
Best wishes,
Jacqui
#WithTheT
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
On Mental Health Awareness Day, we want to say women are tired. Tired of the hate, the debates and the harm. Today, we send love to each other, and compassion to the whole trans+ community, from the cis women who know you deserve better and so much more. We are stronger together 💜
Illustration of the Earth, smiling and wrapped in a green ribbon with the world’s World Mental Health Day 10 Oct. It’s on a purple background and has the Mental Health Foundation logo above it.
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Mike (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mxmike.co.uk · 11/10/2026
Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly
Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt that’s been edited to look like a plain white t shirt
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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Jason Reid @jasonreiduk.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Under ZP, the Greens are far more influential than the Liberal Democrats under ED (who are nigh on invisible).
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/10/2026
They haven't just started targeting adhd today..
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Tom (He/Him) @tomdhj.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Farage repeatedly lost attempts to enter Parliament as a party leader and I don't remember the media rushing to tell him to step down. If anything, they spent more time grilling whoever beat him over the increase in UKIP's vote and narrow majority and how they'd placate the Far-Right to combat that.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The coverage would be almost entirely about Reform almost winning and what this means etc. It would have downplayed the Labour victory. The fact that the Greens got closer to winning a seat that's been Labour for a long time is still significant.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 09/10/2026
Imagine if Reform had tripled their vote in this election and how the coverage would look...
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
On the day he is a main candidate in a very important by-election, Facebook has *suspended* Zack Polanski’s account. This ON ITS OWN should be reason to vote Green in Holborn & St Pancras. This is foreign interference in British democracy. And guess what, the media (and Labour) is silent.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 08/10/2026
You probably think this is a touch of hyperbole. If you do, that just tells me not only are you not paying attention, you are actively ignoring all the trans people this has happened to. This is life in the UK as a trans person in 2026.
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Shade Aurion @shadeaurion.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Criticizing zionism isn't anti-semetism. Nor is criticizing the actions of war criminals amidst a genocide. Locking up little old ladies with "I don't support genocide" signs won't save anyone. Mark white supremacy as terrorism. That'll shake shit up
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 08/10/2026
James O'Brien doing a phone in on the state of mental health in the UK due to all the massive shocks and all I can think is 'yeah, imagine going through all that AND being targeted by the media and politicians while they removed your rights and everybody gave no fucks'.
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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 07/10/2026
If your election-security plan begins by removing independent observers, the optics department has already called in sick.
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FRANCE 24 English @en.france24.com · 06/10/2026
'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands demand better education in France
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'Gen Z has risen up': Tens of thousands demand better education in France
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across France on Tuesday, as unions and teachers joined high school students who for days have been demanding better learning conditions in protests punctuated by violent confrontations.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 06/10/2026
Demonstrations swept across France on Tuesday as union activists rallied in solidarity with high school students who have spent two weeks blockading their schools over understaffing, overcrowded classrooms and dilapidated buildings. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/w...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 05/10/2026
Holy shit.
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Thank you @thenewfeminist.bsky.social for sharing a little on why we formed, what we’ve been doing and where we are heading thenewfeminist.co.uk/2026/10/meet...
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The allies that transwomen need, meet NION Women - The New Feminist
NION Women are a collective of cisgender women who are allies in the fight for trans rights, supporting trans people living freely.
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zach @extrafabulous.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When did it become so normalised to describe often far right thugs attacking people as "scuffles" but make out anyone just trying to seek safety is a threat to national security?
The Guardian

Anti-migrant protesters scuffle with police in Gosport after Channel rescue

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Protesters scuffle with police as migrants brought ashore on south coast

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Protesters Scuffle With Police as Migrants Brought Ashore

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Three arrested at Portsmouth anti-migrant protest as scuffles break out

3 weeks ago
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/10/2026
"Transgender rights activists are spreading misinformation about guidance that protects single-sex spaces by claiming it erodes trans people’s rights, the equalities regulator has said." [Times page 2]
Trans activists ‘wrong over single-sex code’
Geraldine Scott - Assistant Political Editor
Transgender rights activists are spreading misinformation about guidance that protects single-sex spaces by claiming it erodes trans people’s rights, the equalities regulator has said.

Mary-Ann Stephenson, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said criticism of its updated code of practice had made the “real alarm” felt by trans people worse by wrongly suggesting they had lost protections or would face sex checks.

Stephenson said women had also been affected by not having access to single-sex spaces. She said: “Women who believe that their right to privacy, dignity or safety have not been properly protected deserve to have those concerns taken seriously too.”

Last week the Liberal Democrats passed a conference motion branding the code discriminatory and “unworkable”.

At Labour’s conference Joanne Thomas, the general secretary of the Usdaw union and chairwoman of Labour Unions, said the law and the EHRC code would hurt trans and nonbinary people and argued that rights had been rolled back.

Stephenson said the code did not create new law or abolish protections for transgender people.

She said: “Recognising women’s need for access to single-sex services doesn’t require us to dismiss the rights of trans people. And recognising the vulnerability of trans people doesn’t require us to dismiss women’s concerns.”

The EHRC’s code of practice came into force in August, 16 months after the Supreme Court ruled that sex in relation to the Equality Act must be defined biologically. This means single-sex lavatories, changing rooms, hospital wards and refuges must be used based on a person’s birth sex, not the gender with which they identify.

The Good Law Project, which is backing a legal challenge against the code, accused the EHRC of producing “discriminatory” and “unworkable” guidance and said service providers which followed it would be “helping to strip trans pe…
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Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pumpkin Month energy! Whatever else I do in 2026, I promise you this: I will always celebrate my trans family's thirst posts, W's, and little moments of joy. And I will always commiserate with y'all's losses, struggles, and pain. There's not enough of that in this world, and there should be. 💜🏳️‍⚧️
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Jason @greedyrunner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Do trans people "reject the science?"
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today is Andy Burnham’s first party conference speech as PM. We’ve taken your messages from the mass lobby on tour to Labour conference in Liverpool, with our friends at @transactualuk.bsky.social and @scottishtrans.bsky.social We aren’t going anywhere.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
​A screenshot of an online article headline from "Inspecting Gender" by Genspect. The main heading reads: "Germany: A Glimmer of Hope for Sex Realists?" Below the title, the summary text asks: "Is the victory of the AfD in Germany a dark day for democracy or a glimmer of hope for sex realists? By David Allison." The bottom metadata displays the Genspect logo, "5 hours ago," and a "Listen" audio option button. In the top right corner, there is a teal "Subscribe" button alongside a circular profile avatar.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 28/09/2026
Just like me – How t4t love is helping trans people heal what the world keeps breaking www.wearequeeraf.com/just-like-me...
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Just like me – How t4t love is helping trans people heal what the world keeps breaking
Whether t4t's growing visibility reflects preference, politics, or simply the search for relief, it points to something many trans people seek: the beauty of being able to just exist
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Lux 🌸 Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 28/09/2026
I feel pretty confident that the number of dyed in the wool transphobes is fairly small and the vastly majority of people don't think very much about trans people/are generally neutral to positive but have vague concerns born out of ignorance/lack of interaction with trans people
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Meh Pluribus Unum (Alli) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @pluribus-unum.co · 23/09/2026
And when Democrats join Republicans in discrimination against children, more children decide to take their own lives. "Suicide attempts increased among transgender teens when states passed anti-trans laws, study says" edition.cnn.com/2024/09/26/h...
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Suicide attempts increased among transgender teens when states passed anti-trans laws, study says | CNN
People in the United States who identify as transgender or nonbinary make up only a tiny fraction of the population, but they’ve been the targets of an outsized share of negative attention from lawmak...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Video of the fascist Danny Tommo slashing a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) boat rescuing migrants at sea www.instagram.com/reel/DdmJaD4...
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 21/09/2026
Wow! Did not see this coming. Transphobic Lliberal Voice for Women must be livid 😄 www.libdems.org.uk/news/article...
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Restoring Trans Rights
The Liberal Democrats will continue to stand in solidarity with trans and non-binary communities, defending equal rights, personal dignity and safety for all.
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Steven Perkins @stevenperkins.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
people in my gym keep doing that thing where they wander away from a piece of equipment to go and chat to their pals for five minutes and then come back after you’ve started on it to go “oh I was using that mate”. No you weren’t!
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 20/09/2026
Ban trans people from something else, that'll fix it
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
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Marcy @deadheadgirly.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
America's sweetheart has been a busy boy.
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Mr too tired for a halloween name @laotianrockrat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Ed Sheeran's agent: Ok fuck me that was a wild few days. Still we should be over the worst of it now...
Twitter post by that cunt Stephen Yaxley-Lennon expressing solidarity with Ed Sheeran (not reposting the exact text because fuck whatever he has to say)
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In panel one, we see a man sitting at a restaurant table. He is sweating. He says "Y-you have beautiful eyes".
The second panel zooms in on the man's face. He says, "I'm sorry. I'm just so nervous."
In panel three we see that a biblically accurate angel is sitting on the other side of the table.
In panel four we zoom in on the angel's face, who says "BE NOT AFRAID".
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chocolatefire.bsky.social @chocolatefire.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I love how the black man suddenly embodied Samuel L Jackson’s character from Pulp Fiction, and that he got cheered. But it sucks the racist looks in their 20s/30s. #StopAntiBlackRacism #EndRacism
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Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cancel culture for those who say “Free Palestine.” Free Palestine. Free Macklemore. variety.com/2026/music/n...
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Macklemore Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After ‘Free Palestine’ Speech
Macklemore has been dropped from the remainder of Ed Sheeran's U.S. Loop Tour.
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Marcy @deadheadgirly.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trans rights becoming a national talking point is bad for us. It's the worst kind of issue for cis people to get involved in: one they don't understand or really care about. There are no consequences for them. They can be face meltingly wrong and it doesn't matter; it won't affect them anyway.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The Cat Righting Reflex is the official name of the process cats use to automatically correct themselves mid-fall and land on their feet. It develops between 3 - 9 weeks of age, and is responsible for the greatest wikipedia gif of all time.
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