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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 13/10/2026

You know, the thing is, I had drafted this piece a month ago, and then never published it, because I thought maybe it was too mean.

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Rev. Poppy Haze 𓅋 @poppyhaze.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

every “ancient tradition” was invented between 1848-1870 and every “modern perversion” is so ancient as to predate writing

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 20h

The Susan Stryker event is part of the two week extravaganza which is Glasgow's Trans History Festival! We'll have a bunch of events running from 22-30 October. Mega props to @echomikeromeo.bsky.social and our friends at Category Is Books for leading on a big team effort.

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Trans History Festival | Linktree

22–30 Oct, University of Glasgow & Category Is Books, all events free!

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 20h

I'll be in conversation with Susan Stryker next week in Glasgow - and you can join us! Friday 23 October, 2pm-4pm at the University of Glasgow. It's free to attend, but please register if you want to come, so we know numbers and can share more information with you.

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Prof Susan Stryker in conversation

Join founding figure of trans studies Susan Stryker for a wide-ranging conversation about her career!

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 19h

That sense of 'ha ha, we didn't mean YOU, it's okay that freaks have freaky bodies, but not normal people, it's shameful when it's normal people, but I'm totally your friend, it's all cool' URGH

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 19h

I don't know if there's any way to talk about this without instantly being cast as an hysterical scold, but...yeah.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 19h

The disconnect between cis people saying they support trans and intersex rights and then making dick size 'jokes'/insults And the inevitable 'I don't think it's shameful to have a small dick, but that cis man does, so I'm hitting him where it hurts'

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Here's the in person event link: www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting... And here's the online event link: www.eventbrite.com/e/supporting... All thanks to @freelancersmake.bsky.social and Barbican for incredible volunteer and in kind work and support. Please help us spread the word - thank you

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Supporting trans freelancers in the wake of the EHRC Code of Practice

IN PERSON: Confidential, trans discussion and generation sessions

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

We urgently need to speak back to the anti-trans EHRC guidance and stand firm for the rights of trans people in the arts. I'm running two in person sessions at Barbican on Oct 22nd, and two online - Nov 10th & 16th - listening, gathering data, creating a joint Call to Action - will you come?

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Supporting trans freelancers in the wake of the EHRC Code of Practice

IN PERSON: Confidential, trans discussion and generation sessions

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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 10/10/2026

She is even more beautiful in person.

Sleeping Hermaphroditus, zooming in on her face

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

What good thing can you make stronger?

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

There are a lot of decent people doing good work right now, and hope is breaking through. As a result, our enemies are thrashing about and lashing out in extremely dangerous ways. We must be alert and aware and resist overwhelm and panic. Where can you contribute?

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Some of the escalations we're seeing, including the attack on Ilhan Omar's home (I will not pretend this act was "investigatory"), are desperate acts. But we must remember that desperate people can be very dangerous. A domestic abuse victim, for example, is in the most danger when trying to leave.

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It is impossible not to notice the rise in casual antisemitism online and in person. If you don’t see it, you’re lying to yourself.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Article 14 - Prohibition against discrimination - transphobes always like to fall back on how being "gender critical" is a protected belief, while at the same time actively discriminating against the trans and non-binary individuals, as the EHRC code does, and claiming we don't even exist. 4/

ARTICLE 14
Prohibition of discrimination
The enjoyment of the rights and freedoms set forth in this
Convention shall be secured without discrimination on any ground
such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other
opinion, national or social origin, association with a national
minority, property, birth or other status.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Article 11 -Freedom of assembly and association. Trans individuals are denied this in practice as the ban excludes us from facilities in workplaces, community venues, clubs or public services can make it harder for trans people to participate in social, cultural and civic life. 3/

ARTICLE 11
Freedom of assembly and association
1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and
to freedom of association with others, including the right to form
and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
2. No restrictions shall be placed on the exercise of these rights
other than such as are prescribed by law and are necessary in
a democratic society in the interests of national security or public
safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection
of health or morals or for the protection of the rights and freedoms
of others. This Article shall not prevent the imposition of lawful
restrictions on the exercise of these rights by members of the
armed forces, of the police or of the administration of the State.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life. Trans individuals are denied this by dint of being forced to disclose private and personal information in order to use the toilet. Effectively this guidance forces some trans individuals to "out themselves". 2/

ARTICLE 8
Right to respect for private and family life
1. Everyone has the right to respect for his private and family
life, his home and his correspondence.
2. There shall be no interference by a public authority with the
exercise of this right except such as is in accordance with the
law and is necessary in a democratic society in the interests of
national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the
country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection
of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms
of others.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The EHRC chair either does not understand the principle of rights, or has decided to gaslight trans individuals while stripping those rights. The EHCR code undermines, and, arguably in several ways, outright violates rights for trans individuals, including Articles 8, 11, and 14 of the ECHR. 1/

EHRC chair: Trans activists wrong to claim single-sex code limits rights

Guidance on single-sex spaces based on the Supreme Court judgment still protects transgender people, Mary-Ann Stephenson has said

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Destroying one of the UKs most successful sectors just to be racist.

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Dr. Rose Bridges (she/her or they/them) @composerose.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Anyway, every single time period has had its conservatives and its progressives, its crusaders for justice and its bigots. Actually not imposing modern standards on historical figures means taking time to figure out which one they are *in that time period*!

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Dr. Rose Bridges (she/her or they/them) @composerose.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I had a student once repeatedly insist “well he’s a figure of his time we can’t judge him for it” after I had repeatedly explained how Wagner lost friends and connections due to his antisemitism. It’s clear what the student (not Jewish) really meant was “can we talk about something else?”

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Dr. Rose Bridges (she/her or they/them) @composerose.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

One of my big beefs as someone who has spent far too much time reading about Richard Wagner is 99% “he’s a man of his time” is reflexive and meant to shut down conversation without actually considering “was he, though? Or did people think he was a bigot back then too?” (They sure did with Wagner!)

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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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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A real welfare state and universal health care require broad taxation, including the middle class. But high end wealth taxation is the kind of tax that protects democracy and the rule of law, and prevents aristocratic dynasties. It keeps us human.

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

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Emily Zhou @reversibledestiny.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

i remember finding out that the masculine voice of authority on the subway was voiced by a trans woman and being kind of annoyed about it. then i met her and she was really nice to me. the moral of this story is that nothing you think ever matters

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Could you help us spread the word to as many trans arts freelancers as possible? We urgently need an industry response and roadmap following the anti-trans changes made by the EHRC - so grateful that @freelancersmake.bsky.social is working with me to make this happen - please, join us?

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Literally right at this moment you could be watching five little cubs twitching their paws in their sleep, their tiny little ears flicking back and forth.

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

If you could use a pick-me-up, check out the Smithsonian’s live cheetah cub cam. The five-day old cubs are beyond adorable, and an important addition to the captive breeding program for this vulnerable species.

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Cheetah Cub Cam

The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.

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Katherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 08/10/2026

This is a moral atrocity and it needs to be loudly condemned as such. There is a reason that democracies *don't* do publicly televised executions (and why many don't execute people at all): it inculcates and rewards bloodthirst, which corrupts the spirit and corrodes the foundation of the polity.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Ivan Turgenev's "Execution of Troppmann" is a short essay, published in 1870, that gives a first-hand account of the writer attending a public execution in Paris. Turgenev's details how the drunk, unruly crowd turned a somber moment into a carnival. A deeply moving essay; I encourage you to read it.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

For some unknown reason woke up this morning and read an article about de Baen's 'The Corpses of the De Witt Brothers' then caught up on the latest execution news. Might print out the message below and pin it to myself as punishment.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Do, we want to be tied Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump’s brokenness?

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Second, the whole point of the lynching spectacle was to indict and implicate the white community involved the lynching. It tied them together; it implicated them; it bound them to each other in guilt and shame.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

@beaubaumann.bsky.social is right: everyday, until the supposed day of public execution, is a struggle over the message. I would add two things: First, when I say that the Civil War taught us No Kings, No Masters, this is what I mean. The master had sovereign authority over the plantation.

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Liliana Segura @lilianasegura.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I've been thinking and talking and writing about the death penalty for my whole adult life and the past week+ has been truly surreal and exhausting, not only because of the onslaught of horrors but because there seems to be so little historical memory of what this system is and always has been.

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is incredible. Brave, principled and will save people’s lives. Outstanding.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/10/2026

a livestreamed execution is just a lynching

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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The in-person sessions are fully wheelchair accessible, and the online sessions will have captioning. Discussion topics will be sent in advance, and you can come and go as needed. Please tell us about any other access needs when booking. For questions, contact hello@freelancersmaketheatrework.com.

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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In person at the Barbican Thursday 22 October 11am to 1.30pm or 2.30pm to 5pm Book an in-person session: buff.ly/5V388sy Online Tuesday 10 November, 1pm to 2.15pm Monday 16 November, 6pm to 7.15pm Book an online session: buff.ly/WJRqVvO

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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Led by CN Lester, the sessions will provide space to talk with others about the impact on your work and help shape what we ask of colleagues, arts organisations and funding bodies. Anonymised material from the discussions will inform an urgent Call to Action for the industry.

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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

‘Supporting trans freelancers in the wake of the EHRC Code of Practice’ offers four sessions, in person and online. You only need to attend one. These sessions are for trans freelancers, including non-binary and agender people, across all creative industries and roles.

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Freelancers Make Theatre Work @freelancersmake.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We’re working with Dr CN Lester (@cnlester.bsky.social) to bring trans freelancers together for confidential, supportive conversations about the impact of the EHRC Code of Practice and what support is needed across the creative industries.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Credit to the US for making the point the conference was trying to make about US foreign interference in European democracies for them, and bringing more attention to the conference and its themes than they could have possibly hoped for. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.com

EU, Canada and Lithuania pull out of disinformation conference after US pressure

The Trump administration was bothered by panels that referred to the U.S. as a disinformation threat.

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