Reposted by Conor McKeeverNatasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 24/04/2026I’ve been hearing so much anger and disappointment from frontline workers about the BBC investigation into fraudulent asylum claims. One of the most damning responses has come from one of the experts they interviewed, solicitor Ana Gonzalez. It’s really worth reading her response in full: 4520461181
Reposted by Conor McKeeverMelissa Barber @mbarber.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Today, MSF is going public with something we've been fighting behind closed doors for months: Gilead will not sell us their new HIV drug, lenacapavir. The sticking point isn't even price, they just refuse to sell. Open letter linked + explainer 🧵1/ www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gilea...doctorswithoutborders.orgGilead refuses to sell groundbreaking HIV prevention drug to MSFBlocking humanitarian organizations from accessing a medical breakthrough puts vulnerable people across the world in danger. 2217121361
Reposted by Conor McKeeverConor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 16/03/2026🌈 Pride in STEM (@prideinstem.bsky.social) turns 10 this year! Join us on 17 April at the Royal Society of Chemistry for an evening of celebration, community, canapés - and cake. 🎟️ Get your free tickets before they're snapped up, and see you there! www.outsavvy.com/event/34281/... 0167
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 16/03/2026🌈 Pride in STEM (@prideinstem.bsky.social) turns 10 this year! Join us on 17 April at the Royal Society of Chemistry for an evening of celebration, community, canapés - and cake. 🎟️ Get your free tickets before they're snapped up, and see you there! www.outsavvy.com/event/34281/... 0167
Reposted by Conor McKeeverEmma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Oh boy! What a headline... Ask yourself: "What am I being asked to believe?" "Who am I being told to blame?" Take a few seconds to imagine what the Daily Mail (And Telegraph, GB News and Express) WANT you to think is going on. Let's see what's ACTUALLY happening...🧵 1/21 49880464
Reposted by Conor McKeeverGreg Gentry @greggentry.bsky.social · 04/03/2026How does Benjamin Ryan think therapy works? Here he’s challenging @michaelhobbes.bsky.social claim that therapists know the difference between gay kids and kids who are trans. How do therapists know a kid is depressed other than “trusting the kid?” 4176179
Reposted by Conor McKeeverSooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Joani Reid who suggested Corbyn was a Russian asset despite zero evidence? Her husband? Ah fuck, she's gonna be LIVID. metro.co.uk/2026/03/04/l...metro.co.ukLabour MP's husband arrested on suspicion of spying for China 23557156
Reposted by Conor McKeeverLaura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 26/02/2026It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sportserininthemorning.comKansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses"The legislature did not include a grace period." 22593674555
Reposted by Conor McKeeverAssigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 26/02/2026Many news outlets are reporting that some trans Kansans received letters warning that their licenses were being invalidated overnight. This morning, Evan Urquhart spoke with a trans woman who found out on Bluesky that it would be illegal to drive her car. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...assignedmedia.orgHer License Was Invalidated For Being Trans — Assigned“I wish I could convey to them that the people they’re hurting are real human beings,” says Juniper, 24, of Witchita Kansas. 341134498
Reposted by Conor McKeeverConor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their work making change for LGBTQ+ people in STEM? Nominate them for a #PrideInSTEM award! 🏆 077
Reposted by Conor McKeeverJim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 22/02/2026London’s “worst mass eviction in recent history” is underway; hundreds of households across London told to get out of their homes this week by the same landlord, ahead of the renters rights act. The landlord? Billionaire Asif Aziz’s Criterion Capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/asif-aziz-...londoncentric.mediaWho's the billionaire behind London’s biggest mass eviction?He's the London philanthropist who says he's committed to solving homelessness. So why is Asif Aziz's Criterion Capital rushing to make hundreds of Londoners homeless in the coming weeks? 561026812
Reposted by Conor McKeeverNatalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 22/01/2026The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...amnesty.org.ukGuidance for responding to 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement' consultationWe are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights. 2215227
Reposted by Conor McKeeverDr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Academics vying for a spot in Epstein‘s world. There are so many. I feel the need to make a thread, so I don’t keep confusing them. 1/ 7529001423
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Do you know someone who deserves recognition for their work making change for LGBTQ+ people in STEM? Nominate them for a #PrideInSTEM award! 🏆 077
Reposted by Conor McKeeverSooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Can't stop laughing at Keir Starmer's defence being "I asked the Prince of Darkness 'are you telling me the truth?' and he said 'yes' and now I have discovered that I was LIED to by the Prince of Darkness! The Prince of Darkness LIED to me!" 51943172
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Oh my goodness Anson, this is amazing news! I'm so happy for you and David ❤️ 010
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 30/01/2026media.tenor.comtwo women are standing in a living room and one of them says that 's not how this worksAlt: two women are standing in a living room and one of them says that's not how this works, that's not how any of this works 060
Reposted by Conor McKeeverPride in STEM @prideinstem.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Just a reminder that we have a new newsletter (and there's some fun stuff coming out tomorrow)! #PrideinSTEM 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️📧 You can sign up here: prideinstem.org/newsletterprideinstem.org| Pride in STEM 0107
Reposted by Conor McKeeverEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Here's a regular white guy (literally "Chad") not a protester. because, "It seemed pointless, or just a way for people to expiate their sense of guilt." Chad witnessed something shattering. And, that all changed in a moment. Excellent article! 64101833484
Reposted by Conor McKeeverMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 26/01/2026I posted a @zoebread.bsky.social video yesterday to underline the rot of the Labour party control of Manchester yesterday and I'm posting another today. Fuck Andy Burnham, and Labour collectively. 718258
Reposted by Conor McKeeverAshley Nova — Unfiltered, Unhinged, Uncaring @ashleynova.space · 04/12/2025Transphobes will never be content with excluding trans people from public life, they demand that everyone hate us as much as they do, that everyone should be elated by our absence and furious at our presence. They are utterly obsessed with us. 214737
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 22/11/2025"Honestly, we haven't been fed in yeeeears 🥺" #caturday 4422
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Just a few days left to get your (free!) tickets to the 2025 #LGBTQ+ #STEM Day celebration in London! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 084
Reposted by Conor McKeeverPolis Loizou 🐺🎃 @polisloizou.bsky.social · 13/11/2025The most wonderful time of the year! hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.comhiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.comPlay the Hidden Books Game from National Book Tokens!Guess all 20 book titles hidden in the picture. 183
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 08/11/2025At least you can bring two friends with you for reassurance 020
Reposted by Conor McKeeverThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/10/2025The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants. Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state. 2852371
Reposted by Conor McKeeverMatthias Eberl @eberlmat.bsky.social · 02/10/2025And why call it 'golden ticket'? Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children? A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted. 4,671. Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society? 1020485
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Sure, why not? They've already betrayed their voters, members and values, they might as well betray their very name as well. 040
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Maybe the driver is delivering a different kind of package to that person 👀 020
Reposted by Conor McKeeverLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 11/09/2025Boris Johnson says these are just common sense and reasonable statements 17306123
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 08/09/2025She's right though, the connections are often a little bit rubbish 020
Reposted by Conor McKeeverDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Long thread: There are two main "defences" I see put forward of Labour which crop up: 1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform 2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light. The thing is that neither of these are actually a defence of what Labour is doing. 1/23 425097
Reposted by Conor McKeeverNightmareliner Ontario @mostlyharmless.northsky.social · 03/09/2025The framing here is so catastrophically disingenuous. Linehan, for those who aren't familiar with this specific instance, publicly advocated violently assaulting trans women. To portray this as "transgender issues" is, frankly, contemptible. Fuck the Guardian and their "respectable" bigotry. 1458
Reposted by Conor McKeeverLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 02/09/2025The UK media will defend you on their front pages if you encourage people to set fire to hotels full of asylum seekers, or if you encourage violence against women because some trans women might get hurt but they will call for your imprisonment if you protest genocide or the destruction of the planet 332183
Reposted by Conor McKeeverDr Panti Bliss-Cabrera @pantibliss.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should 76118164113
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 02/09/2025I love this juvenile crow, thinking he's some mastermind who's tricked me into believing he's a duck 😂 (The excited little hippy hops he does when running off were a bit of a giveaway) 0100
Reposted by Conor McKeeverRose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 01/09/2025The Labour playbook is basically do the authoritarian fascism but shaking your head the whole time to show you dont agree with it 422037
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 31/08/2025The real shame was how they flattened Elizabeth's character - a lot of the whimsy comes from the increasingly ridiculous things she's meant to have done in life, yet still no one says "were you a spy?", and a lot of the pathos from how her secrecy keeps her hiding Stephen's condition from friends. 110
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 31/08/2025I wasn't expecting it to be a 1:1 recreation of the book, but there were so many changes I spent half the time thinking "I don't remember this happening" and the other half explaining logical leaps that didn't make sense without bits they'd cut. 110
Reposted by Conor McKeeverLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 31/08/2025I don't even 'identify' as an Arsenal supporter. I am an Arsenal supporter. We just don't talk like this in any other area and it needs to stop. "Jane identifies as a hairdresser" "John identifies as a father" "Jane identifies as English" "John identifies as a maths teacher". It's moronic. 1131642
Reposted by Conor McKeeverLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 31/08/2025Stop saying 'preferred gender' and just say 'gender'. I prefer butter over margarine. I do not 'prefer' to be be called a man. 17836147
Reposted by Conor McKeeverPatrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 28/08/2025This, from the Quakers, is worth reading. It's a serene, confident, utter rebuke of the hate and fear that's peddled by Sex Matters. The last two pages are smokin'. If you're on the wrong side of the Quakers, you really need to sit down and have a good chat with yourself. 724177
Reposted by Conor McKeeverAlexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”quaker.org.uk 6533391332
Reposted by Conor McKeeverDr Dan @dpdormouse.bsky.social · 27/08/2025I think I have 2 main concerns: 1) if you’re using chat GPT, I’d be concerned about easy accidental breaches of private information to ChatGPT 2) if you’ve trained it on your policies, you’re clearly not going to change your mind because the AI won’t so there’s no point emailing trying to do so 1217
Conor McKeever @conormckeever.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Blankets and reclining seats?! Very jealous 110