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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

“holding a bible”, such a grifter 🤣🤣

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Emotional support llama

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As somebody who grew up during the era in which there was a massive public push to reduce teen pregnancy, it’s absolutely wild to me to see people on Fox News now complaining that not enough teens are getting pregnant.

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Claire Mullaly @clairemullaly.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

N. Ireland is being flooded by violent extremists. UK Gov permitted Proud Boys' entry only weeks after the pogroms to hang out with pogromists & make a hate documentary. Absolutely no Government body is looking into international dark money flowing to the far right & paramilitaries here.

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Ok, time to delete my last quote post!

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

As you say it’s a separate but overlapping issue that we send more people to prison than any of our peers, in that my rough estimate last time I looked properly is that full three-quarters of all women in British prisons would not, *in the United States* be there.

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A reasonable policy by FAW (aligned to therapeutic use exemption concepts) and a so called “women’s rights group” is objecting to allowing trans men play in men’s competitions and clarifying T limits for women’s competition - pure transphobia nation.cymru/news/faw-acc... and faw.cymru/handbook/

Extract from trans policy explaining eligibility for trans men who are taking testosterone

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Heartbreaking and incredibly powerful - she’s amazing

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Jon Holmes @jonhholmes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

🏑🏳️‍🌈 The #HockeyWorldCup starts this weekend - there’s never been an out gay or bi player in the 55-year history of the men’s tournament, but Nico Keenan is about to change that. 🗣️ “If I can help the next generation of little Nicos with my visibility, I’ll do it.” For @outsports.com #LGBTQ #HWC2026

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Nico Keenan will make LGBTQ history at men's Hockey World Cup - Outsports

The Hockey World Cup has never featured an out gay or bi man. Nico Keenan changes that in the Netherlands, where his fiancé is Prime Minister.

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It’s not broken FFS… 🤦‍♀️

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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Absolutely heartbreaking in Lebanon: ‘the FT saw entire villages with barely a building left standing: historic markets, squares and winding streets reduced to a sea of concrete. The sound of blasts, apparently from building demolitions, continued through the day.’ as.ft.com/r/153a7c25-e...

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How Israel is making southern Lebanon ‘unliveable’

Israeli forces have systematically destroyed homes, roads, farmland and forests despite ceasefire with Hizbollah

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

They’re doing a smaller Billy Bass 2.0? That’s bold!

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Bass Solo

ALT: Bass Solo

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Gerard Cunningham @faduda.eurosky.social · 01/08/2026

"Ireland doesn't have a far-right problem"

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Boatsim Boosterism @beasmeeply.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

the party accepted this framing, too. I remember very pointedly that obama avoided mention of queer rights in his 2008 campaign until his victory speech. he said something like "all americans, black or white, gay or straight," and I sat up like oh he can say that now

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The Londoner @the-londoner.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

In November 2023, police discovered the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market. She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her. It was as if, in her far too public death, she entered the public record for the first time. Who was she?

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The body in the wheelchair: How did a troubled family get lost by the state?

A decayed corpse was found being wheeled through the centre of Walthamstow. Who was she? And who is to blame for her death?

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Slightly diminish a book The Lion, the Witch and the Bedside Table

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Had the misfortune to walk past a (very) small “Justice for Enoch” protest outside Leinster House - justice for that bigot is being served (for his continued contempt), he is quite literally a kiddie botherer with his attempts to enter a school without permission and in breach of an injunction

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 02/04/2026

As Iranian drones target the UAE, Bellingcat reveals a number of instances where authorities downplayed damage and mischaracterised interceptions. Meanwhile the UAE’s attorney general warned that publication of images or videos of strikes is illegal. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...

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The War You’re Not Allowed to See: How the UAE Rewrites the Story of Iranian Strikes - bellingcat

A review of official statements shows that the public account does not always align with what can be observed through open sources.

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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 21/03/2026

Memories from the heart of the Aids crisis Gideon Mendel’s The Ward began in 1993 when he spent a number of weeks on the Charles Bell wards in London’s Middlesex Hospital. All the patients on the ward were dying with the knowledge that there was no cure for the disease. gideonmendel.com/the-ward/

a man lying on a hospital bed hugging another man in the bed

an older woman, holding tha hand of an emaciated man lying on a hospital bed

nurse leaning in and kissing a person on a hospital bed

man holding the hand of an man in a hospital bed, they are gazing at each other lovingly

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Hmm, don’t think rounds 4 and 5 of F1 season will be happening as planned as it stands

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed

Picture from a beach in Southern Thailand at night, with stars and eerie green lights from fishing boats between Krabi and Phuket

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Benjamin Welby @bm.wel.by · 14/02/2026

The unimaginable cruelty of the not-that-distant past brought home by the caption on a photo by Ian Beesley: Dolly was incarcerated in the Moor Psychiatric Hospital Lancaster for having an illegitimate child in her early teens. She never left and died 18 months after I took her photograph in 1994.

A framed black-and-white photograph displayed on a white brick wall shows an elderly woman with curly white hair and glasses holding up a large printed image of a baby’s face in front of her own. She points gently toward the baby’s cheek, visually linking youth and old age. Reflections from gallery lights are visible on the glass. The handwritten caption beneath reads: “Dolly was incarcerated in the Moor Psychiatric Hospital Lancaster for having an illegitimate child in her early teens. She never left and died 18 months after I took her photograph in 1994.” A signature appears at the lower right of the mount.

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Elle @elle-g.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Heathrow in a nutshell

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

"The win had changed her life, but not in the ways she had hoped." A devastating, deeply moving story by my dear friend @caseyparks.bsky.social about how poverty, politics, and cruelty shaped a trans teenage runner's world.

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For young transgender runner, racing wasn’t the hardest thing

Verónica García overcame poverty to become a high school track champion — twice. It made her famous for all the wrong reasons.

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/12/2025

For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths. Talya Zax on the instructive history of the institution that inspired America’s Federal Theatre Project:

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The Pro-Democracy Case for a National Theater

For 100 years, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre has shown that a publicly funded troupe can deliver cultural riches and hard truths.

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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

shout out to @katharinehorgan.bsky.social who is mere inches away from finishing the Berlin marathon. I walked half that distance yesterday and I'm knackered so, kudos (Repost and follow her eh? so i can say i did something useful)

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 19/09/2025

Including gillick competence in the heritage paper attempting to define so called trans motivated violence as terrorism is a huge tip that some british knobhead wrote it. Gillick isn't an American thing, it's a UK thing.

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Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

This, 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”

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Elle @centristmum.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Awful, awful story. There seems to be a chronic lack of accountability in the UK state at the moment. And if you can't trust the courts, where do you even start?

bbc.com

Courts service accused of covering up IT bug that caused evidence to go missing

Sources say judges in courts and tribunals will have made rulings when evidence was incomplete.

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