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Sam Weller @samwellerauthor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

No one is disposable, including the canary ❤️🦜✊

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

And long before Left Behind there was A Thief in the Night and The Late Great Planet Earth and “I Wish We’d All Been Ready”. The idea that the world is doomed is baked into the moment the Christian Right became a US political force. It means anyone trying to improve things is suspect by definition.

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m going to be thinking about this astounding short story for YEARS.

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This thread is just so satisfying.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

if it wrecks ONLY Mar-a-Lago and leaves everyone else untouched, I will convert and become a Protestant

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This is a Lan Wangji subtweet.

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Just finished this one and WHEW. I mean tbh I wanted to scream at the very premise of signing up for solitude and discovering precisely one (1) other person is there, so I should have known this would keep crawling right under my skin. Is “autistic horror” a genre?

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DAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Little known to many, on the 10th June, the government released the interim report on ADHD and neurodiversity services in the UK. It came out to very little fanfare. Why? Because it doesn't match the government & the press narrative on "an epidemic of neurodiversity diagnoses".

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

If you are unaware of just how serious recent changes to guidance for schools re trans kids is, read this thread. It is horrific. Stop worrying about what Reform would do if elected and start seeing clearly what this Labour government is already doing. 😡😢

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 07/07/2026

I feel like this image, alone, has the potential for tremendous usage in replies:

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

NION Women is proud to stand alongside a coalition of UK women’s organisations in a joint statement on the EHRC’s updated Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations. Read here 👉 notinourname.org.uk/womens-organ...

Women's organisations speak up against the EHRC's updated Code of Practice

NION Women are proud to be a joint signatory

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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Thomas Paine is my favorite founding father. He was famously abolitionist and one of the earliest voices to point out the hypocrisy of fighting for independence while keeping slaves. He also firmly believed that keeping any friendship which required compromising your morals made you a bad person.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 03/07/2026

🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?

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I stand with trans people | Good Law Project

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

crazy to me that rich people have been so successful in perpetuating the lie that the poor are stealing from everyone. they don't have any money. the rich people are the ones with the money! that's who stole the money

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Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh @rtie.org · 26/06/2026

Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh applauds the City of Edinburgh Council for voting, by an overwhelming majority, to condemn the transphobic new guidance from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. Zoe Harding delivered a blistering speech on our behalf: rtie.org/2026/06/25/e...

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Edinburgh Council condemn transphobic EHRC guidance

Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh applauds the City of Edinburgh Council for voting today, by an overwhelming majority, to condemn the transphobic new guidance from the Equalities and Human Rights…

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Kit Colliver @presentlyincorrect.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Edinburgh Council condemn EHRC guidance, passed 34 to 19. Thanks to excellent drafting by @alexstaniforth.bsky.social and four powerful deputations from @rtie.org @scottishtrans.bsky.social @transpridescotland.bsky.social and the Education Institute Scot democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s1...

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DFW Support Committee @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

please read this statement written by Benjamin "Champagne" Song and share as far and wide as you can: prairielanddefendants.com/defendant…

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kororā @davejac.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

My neighbor told me a cat keeps eating his british prime minister so I asked how many PMs he has and he said he just goes to the commons and gets a new PM afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding PMs to a cat and then his daughter started crying.

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Ballot Box Scotland @ballotbox.scot · 22/06/2026

For many LGBT folk like me, and especially trans folk, Keir Starmer will be remembered in the same way as Margaret Thatcher: with deep contempt for having overseen a deeply hostile, queerphobic government, which rolled back human rights and set society back by at least a decade. Good riddance.

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

I am completely obsessed with this chonky lil bumblebee and the people caring so well for her.

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I get the impression that some people aren't clear what this means. This is the UK state deciding to intervene directly in the healthcare of individual children, depriving them of medicine that their doctors have prescribed for their personal health & wellbeing, in defiance of global best practice.

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Finished The Girl With a Thousand Faces by @sunyidean.com and now I don’t know what to do with myself. My whole brain is Kowloon Walled City and water ghosts and Hong Kong resistance fighters now and I’m not ready to let it go.

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

This is a concrete action you can ask of your MP.

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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

this week's post is post-apocalyptic fiction, but describes how you can organize during collapse to build a Mutual Aid and Solidarity Society. So of course it's called How I Joined the Muppet Babies in the War Against the Cannibal Nazis From the Suburbs margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/the-end-li...

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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

THIS. Do I worry about the effects of social media on my 11-year-old? Obviously yes. Do I think she should be banned from it any more than young men falling into the manosphere on Reddit, middle-aged ladies being dragged into transphobia on Mumsnet, or pensioners radicalised by Facebook? 100% no.

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 25/05/2026

Calling all businesses (big+small). Please sign up to Good Wee Place to show that you are a safe space for the trans + community. Find out more here👇🏻🏳️‍⚧️ goodweeplace.com/forms?type=l...

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

This is so sad and beautiful.

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Omg the memories in these responses. Cheezburger. Cracked. Homestar Runner. The feminist blogosphere. Oooh Kate Harding’s old site! For the ”mordantly obese”!

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This is critically important data on the way the Xian Right have weaponised transphobia, and how the media have ignored trans voices entirely. @scottishgreens.org

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This whole thread is a good, clarifying summary of how we’re all being pitted against each other.

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

As an immigrant who went from work visa to study visa to post-grad visa to spouse visa to ILR to citizen, it is such a relief to have @qmanivannan.bsky.social as my MSP. Someone who actually understands my experience for once!!

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

How is there literally no bad Murderbot story in any format. Just one bullseye after another. ❤️🤖

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We voted out the Tories, only to find that, after a long 14 years of waiting, a Labour government adopts and extends some of their worst policies, while entirely failing to excite or inspire. Now Labour and its supporters on this platform blame us for turning away. What aren’t they seeing here?

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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Polls are open! There's just 1% between the @scottishgreens.org and Reform UK - use your regional (peach coloured) ballot to stop Farage & Offord in their tracks AND to ensure a pro-independence majority. Let's demand better - Vote Scottish Greens 💚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🗳️

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Sahar, a teacher, is a single mum to Ayham, who just turned 10 in January. We figured out our kids’ birthdays are just a few days apart. She’s had to switch fundraisers recently so would be good to share her new one! chuffed.org/project/help...

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Help Sahar and her Son Ayham Recover

My name is Meave Gallagher, and I'm raising money on behalf of my friend Sahar and her son, Ayham. Here is Sahar's story in her own words:

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

My contribution to the smoking discourse: the Allen Carr Easy Way to Stop Smoking books are deeply annoying yet super effective ime. Quitting’s pretty great. It is very fun to take great big full breaths, and to not stink, and not to have to plan around breaks all the time. 10/10.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 29/04/2026

This is coming from a place of warmth and acceptance… -It’s ‘sleight of hand’ -It’s ‘bated breath’ -It’s ‘lo and behold’ -It’s ‘one fell swoop’ -It’s ‘brass tacks’ -It’s ‘free rein’

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Erica Brooks @ebrooks.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Great description here. This is the whole tactic of the “just asking questions” lot. The questions all sound reasonable until you realise they’ve been answered many times over, for decades, and anyone genuinely curious could find that with a cursory web search.

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