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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖

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Creator of good books such as Trans Britain and Pressing Matters. Lifetime Achievement Award PrideOfManchester 2021. Drove two Nissan LEAF EVs for ten years […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.green/@christineburns, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO @jmaris.me · 08/01/2026
I often hear Americans & rich brits justify buying oversized, polluting vehicles by claiming they need them because they live in the "countryside". I call bullshit, Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to introduce, the Citroen C15⬇
A Citroen C15 van
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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
This case is hard. The system has shown that it’s broken. Demonstrating that the U.K. has breached its human rights obligations could be the bigger win: bsky.app/profile/jess...
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Oh hi, there I am now. Come hear me talk. Online, 11.11.26. www.lexnetwork.org/lex-public-s...
A flyer for my LEX Public lecture featuring my photo and the abstract/info for the talk (it's also in the link so I won't type it out here). I am a white femme person with short brown curly hair and black glasses. I'm smiling at the camera wearing a multicoloured keffiyeh over a stripy top and one of my floral tattoos is just visible.
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Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @dgoldsmith.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
💯 this. Biden had one job and he utterly failed at it. Most of the Democratic Party still doesn’t understand this.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The curse of paying attention to the Trump admin is I now recognize these guys. Zampolli who pursued a teen model who flew to US on the Epstein plane, refused to marry her even when they had a kid, and then years later set ICE on her after she married someone else. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...
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Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child
Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
This thread is about the UK and specifically the guidelines around hospital stays that are making untenable situations for trans people based on the absurd idea that the mere presence of a trans patient on a single sex ward harms the cis patients. However, I wanted to share some broader thoughts.
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
And this is why I like Madtodon. Problem solved! Thanks for everyone’s input.
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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
"Health leaders from across Australia and the Pacific are warning that preparing hospitals and healthcare services for climate change will not be enough to protect people's health unless governments urgently phase outfossil fuels." www.azocleantech.com/news.aspx?news…
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Over 50 Health Leaders Warn Australia Cannot Protect People From Climate Change Without Tackling Fossil Fuels
Health leaders from across Australia and the Pacific are warning that preparing hospitals and healthcare services for climate change will not be enough to protect people's health unless governments urgently phase outfossil fuels.
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
"Haze from Indonesia's most intense El Niño-fueled wildfire season in 11 years ⁠has caused a spike in respiratory illnesses at home and a dramatic decline in air quality in Singapore and Malaysia, where schools in several ​states have been closed during the last few weeks." […]
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
This week the battery in the old radio controlled clock in my kitchen died and, when I replaced the battery, it just went back to showing 8 O’Clock all the time. I suspect this is a consequence of the UK turning off the BBC Longwave transmitters and, with that, the time signal. It’s sad because […]
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
A air to water heat pump that also does air conditioning? This is an interesting development from Samsung but keep in mind that first models are too big for the average UK home and they raise interesting questions for the UK’s boiler upgrade and air conditioning grant structure. Heatable […]
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
The far reaching and novel effects of Ukraine’s retaliatory strikes on Russian data centres. Paul Warburg makes the point that Ukraine’s action, taking out an estimated 70% of Russian data centre capacity, is amplified by Russia’s insistence that all domestic storage and compute should be on […]
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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
" "What is shocking to us is the true extent to which Prime Minister Carney has rolled back climate policies, largely in favour of the fossil fuel industry," said Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics." climateactiontracker.org/press/rele…
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Press release: Both Canada and the US roll back climate policies
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
Electric cars accounted for 42% of new vehicle registrations in France last month.
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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
“What happens in the Arctic is profoundly important globally, and change is occurring at pace. It should not be considered a remote and frozen wilderness, way over the northern horizon, of little relevance to most of humanity.” www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/w…
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Here’s what a world without Arctic ice would actually look like | BBC Science Focus Magazine
The Arctic is losing ice at an alarming rate, and the consequences could be dire
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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Jocelynephiliac :reclaimer: @twipped.twipped.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
I just found out that the people who created the Mandarin Chinese translation of the Gender Dysphoria Bible thought I was trying to claim that all trans people need dysphoria to be trans. That’s actually the opposite of the book’s thesis, which now has me worried that they translated it wrong […]
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Fife4Europe #FBPE @fife4europe.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
The Ferret revealing the Conservative Party treasurer operates an offshore-linked firm behind Scotland's mega AI data centre at Chapelcross exposes the nexus of money and power. Offshoring profits while privatising critical energy infrastructure is wrong. Why tolerate tax havens? […]
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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
"Climate Central says climate-warmed Gulf waters made Isaias’s winds 7 mph stronger than they otherwise would have been. This would result in over a doubling of the hurricane’s damages, because of the exponential rise in damage with winds. The price tag for the hurricane will likely be several […]
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Tim J @timtfj.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Bring back þe letter þ. How can you þrow out þe only rune in your alphabet? Also bring back ð. But ðis time, except in very common words like þe which look nice þe oðer way round, don't treat ðem as interchangeable. Use ð for þe voiced one and þ for þe unvoiced one, like ðey do in Icelandic […]
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
As a young fan of Round the Horne in the mid sixties I love listening to all the original old shows each time they come around but I recall being frustrated that I missed this TV recreation when it was broadcast about twenty years ago. Now, thanks to the algorithm, I’ve been able to enjoy it […]
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Andrew_European — RLS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @andy-s-64.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Aaah… so *that’s* why Burnham is supporting a bent football club. Labour has sold its soul. Why on earth are you still voting for it?
TOP OFTHE LIG

EXCLUSIVE

Fury as Labour MPs blag nearly £300k worth of freebies including flights & footie tickets from UAE & under-fire Man City
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9 Oct 2026, 20:59 | Updated: 10 Oct 2026, 10:09
LABOUR politicians have received nearly £300,000 of freebies from the UAE and its under-fire football giant
Manchester City, a Sun probe reveals.
They include VIP tickets for deputy leader Lucy Powell to watch the Gulf state-backed club, who were found guilty last month of widespread financial rule breaking
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CelloMom On Cars @cellomomoncars.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
With every outlandish claim you need to ask: What is it they don't want you to pay attention to?
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This (post and thread) gets at what I meant when I said any evidence of machine consciousness in AI models would need to be separate from language and responses to prompts. Because we know those things have been programmed to mimic human consciousness.
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Following up on the opening of Tim Walker’s exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, here is the perfect coffee table book for you or someone you love this Christmas. An inch thick book of colour plates of all the queer people featured in the exhibition […] [Original post on mastodon.green]
The cover of Tim Walker’s ‘FAIRYLAND Love and Legends’ features a hugely whimsical portrait of a dark skinned man in a violet dress with huge yellow flowers. There’s a full range of portrait styles inside but this captures something of the photographer’s influences.
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Janko Luin :terminal: @gufo.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
Oh my goodness. OpenAI just lobbed 400 huge slop grenades onto the mathematics community just so they could make a press release. Seemingly without even trying to check the results?! Absolute madness. The only reasonable response here is a huge “nope” […]
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 09/10/2026
A Tennessee appellate court has ruled that the killing of a woman may have been justifiable because she was trans. The court reversed a conviction, stating that the killer could have a new trial because the jury did not know the woman killed was trans. Trans panic in the modern era.
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Killing of Woman May Have Been Justifiable Because She Was Trans, Tennessee Court Rules
The case is a bitter reminder of the ways LGBTQ people have had their identities weaponized by the courts in the past, most notoriously through a legal defense tactic known as gay or trans “panic.”
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 09/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn… …seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
I’ve just returned from photographer Tm Walker’s extensive exhibition of queerness at the National Portrait Gallery. Famous trans icon April Ashley has a very prominent place
April Ashley face on to the camera. She is wearing a plain white dress offset with a pink brocade on her right shoulder and a diamond necklacePeter Tatchell in a triptych of left and right profiles and a face on shot. In each one his face is obscured by one hand bearing parts of a slogan
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It's never too late.
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Misinformation-Superhighwayman @damienwise.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Vale Margaret Hamilton. She was a Software Engineer. She was the _first_ Software Engineer because she defined the term, Software Engineering: "When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before, at least in our world. It was an ongoing joke for a […] [Original post on aus.social]
A B&W photo of a person standing next to a stack of printed paper as high as the top of their head. This is Margaret Hamilton, at work as a Software Engineer and the leader of a team of extremely specialised programmers who worked for NASA. The photo was taken in 1969, and it shows a physical form if her work since she joined the Apollo project in 1965 (she joined at the age of 29 by my calculation). My interpretation of the expression on her face is a mix of pride and mild amusement.  She has glasses, long, straight hair, and neat office attire. Margaret Hamilton has her hands placed gently on the stack of printouts to keep it all balanced upright. The pages appear to be arranged in bundles, ranging from 8-10 centimetres thick, to 20cm thick or more. The resulting stack of printouts is physically impressive for being an unusual feat, and it represents something even more impressive: it's the printed form of the source-code she and the team she led wrote for the NASA Apollo project. Their software ran on the Apollo Guidance Computer that was that on board each Apollo command module and Apollo Lunar Module. The Apollo Guidance Computer onboard the Eagle was an essential flight instrument for Neil Armstrong when he piloted the craft to land on the surface of the moon.
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Riki Wilchins @rikiwilchins.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Oct Trump uses anti-trans slur, "Annie tr*nnie" to attack Dem SC Senate candidate Dr. Annie Andrews as Reps add millions to their ad spending in effort to drag his handpicked GOP candidate, Sen. Darline Graham, over the line. www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/p...
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Trump uses anti-transgender slur to attack South Carolina Senate nominee | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Monday used an anti-transgender slur to attack Democratic South Carolina Senate nominee Dr. Annie Andrews, as he tries to push his handpicked GOP candidate, Sen. Darline Grah...
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Louise Locock @proflouisel.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Annual reminder for National Trust members to vote in the AGM to keep out the so-called 'Restore Trust' Tufton Street right-wingers. Best way is to use the quick vote tactically to prevent fragmentation of the progressive vote. But if you wish to choose yourself, AVOID the following candidates […]
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 @lazarou.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
"This doesn’t feel like a high-octane meeting of a party preparing for government. More like a home counties meeting of the Rotary Club. On current evidence, if there is a general election next year – as Kemi Badenoch is trying to convince us there will be – then the Tories won’t be active […]
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 05/10/2026
This weekend at a political rally for Republican Senator Jon Husted in Ohio, Donald Trump took to the stage to rail against Democrats and transgender people. He falsely claimed Democrats "mutilize" transgender kids to "make them transgender." Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Trump Claims Democrats “Mutilize” Kids To “Make Them Transgender” In Ohio Rally For Jon Husted
Anti-trans campaigning has reached a fever pitch in Ohio.
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Michel Patrice @michelpatrice.jasette.facil.services.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
#AOC #Climate #Climatechange
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 05/10/2026
Start your week in trans news here! In CO, the largest organization of physicians in the state voted to oppose a ballot initiative that would ban gender affirming care for youth in the state. Plus, Riley Gaines' lawsuit tossed out and protests continue in NY. assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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Colorado Doctors Oppose Gender-Affirming Care Ban - Assigned Media
Leading Off: The Colorado Medical Society opposes Proposition 135, Elliot Page supports the continuing protests against NYC hospitals, Riley Gaines' lawsuit gets thrown out. Our top headlines as we st...
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Some of you are going to die but that is a sacrifice I’ve got to make.
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Strypey @strypey.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
When people ask why it matters if species go extinct, when most of us have never even heard of them and they don't seem to do anything for us, here's a way to answer. Point out that there are plenty of components in their computer, or their car, that they've never heard of and don't know what […]
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Consider: My trans journalism was well within the mainstream consensus 10 years ago. I covered niche science and medical questions, sometimes a bit of culture or workplace stuff. The politics came for me. I stayed with my community and the truth rather than moving with the crowd.
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Hands up who remembers Charlie Drake in ‘The Worker’? I look back and see aspects I was too young to appreciate at the time when it was first broadcast. youtube.com/watch?v=sIn6jHfECk8&is=…
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
I was surprised to see that September’s new car sales analysis is already out from the SMMT. The top headline for me is that almost 100,000 EVs were delivered in a month of 350K sales overall. Battery electric vehicles were the second most popular vehicle […] [Original post on mastodon.green]
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Joe ❌👑 @not2b.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
LLM-based agents don't have to be super-intelligent to cause massive damage. After all, the Black Death killed 1/3 of Europe and no one thinks it was conscious. It suffices to have large numbers of agents pounding away at the Internet, powered by millions of dollars in compute power, trying to […]
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️‍⚧️📚⧖ @christineburns.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
I never realised how good my phone’s camera is at macro photography. This is the skin of my smooth forearm.
Extreme closeup showing the pores and furrows in human flesh
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