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Richard K Broughton @richardkbroughton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Quite emotional to report that we've just found our amazing survivor Marsh Tit, still here in his ancient woodland kingdom. He's now 11 yrs 4 months old, survived the 2026 heatwaves/drought and smelt the wildfires of nearby Holme Fen. I ringed him in my 30s and I'm now in my 50s.
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This is weirdly (or maybe not so weirdly) reminiscent of the Democratic Party - the apparent belief that all you are there to do is run election campaigns and have no power outside of that - but it’s somehow even more annoying given Labour is in power _with a massive majority._
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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...
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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’
‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Section 28 3/4
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Jules @jules111985.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Poorly timed notification from the range there 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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oneoneoneone @oneoneoneone.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Wild times on the UK MOTHS Facebook group.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
As of Friday 7th August Wisley, Surrey went gone 50 consecutive days without rain, London has gone 40 consecutive days without rain. In farming Cereals and oilseeds, an estimated 2.5 million tonnes less than earlier forecasts. Wheat yields, currently estimated at about 6.8 tonnes per hectare 1/2
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James Austin @jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Once again, I come back to the fact these guys have created a situation where one of the UK's leading, cis female athletes is scared to go to the loo alone, and the fact that they are celebrating this as a step forward for women's rights.
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Jez Kemp @jezkemp.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Wheeling out this classic. RIP Anne "Bone Farmer" Widdecombe
"Bone Farmer" comic by Mattie Lunchansky. Brief summary (sorry!): Two young-ish adults are commiserating the death of the "Bone Farmer", a terrifying monster who breaks into people's homes and steal their skeletons. They say while they didn't agree with him ideologically "in regards to skeleton ownership", they respected his tenacity (and look at his little bow tie!). The last panel is someone without a skeleton in a large vat saying, unsurprisingly, that they disagree.
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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 22/06/2026
We polled Labour members for their preferred choice to replace Starmer, and these were the results
A screenshot of BlueSky's trending box, it reads

1. Burnham
2. Zelensky
3. Alan Greenspan
4. Game Development
5. Wes Streeting
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Signal @signal.org · 08/06/2026
Our statement on the UK gov't's demand that all content on all devices sold or used in the UK be scanned, on the presumption of nudity, using a dystopian combination of age verification & content scanning. This proposal will not safeguard children. It endangers us all. signal.org/blog/pdfs/20...
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tara 🏳️‍⚧️ @tarabomp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Hastings museum had an LGBT history exhibit and there was a bit on a trans guy and a cis woman who married in 1954 that I found moving
UNCLE VIC & AUNTIE JOAN

Remi Graves

Victor Kenneth Jones and Joan Jones (née Lee) met in 1950 at a telephone exchange in Catford, where they both worked. Vic was 22 and Joan 17. They married on 25 September 1954 at St Luke's Church, Downham, with family, and friends in attendance. Joan's family supported their relationship and respected Vic's identity as a trans man. After a honeymoon in Hastings, the couple settled there.

In 1954, they were publicly outed and fined £25 each (around £900 today) for what authorities ruled an 'illegal marriage' because Vic was trans. They also became the subject of national newspaper coverage. Despite this, they lived together in Hastings until Vic's death in 1991. Joan remained in their home until 2023, when she passed away at 90.

The photos and objects on display were shared by Joel, Joan's nephew. After Vic's death, Joan gave him Vic's archive, asking him to do as he wished. Joel brought Vic's wedding ring to the Collective's 'Queer Lives. Queer Queer Objects' gathering in March 2025.

I was moved by the lasting love Vic and Joan shared and the quietly defiant way they built a life together on their own terms. ers a rare glimpse into the life a trans ma part Hastings in the mid-20th century.
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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
If you’re MP wants a way to object to the updated EHRC Code of Practice (now laid in Parliament), please ask them to sign this Early Day motion calling for the Code to be rejected. If this EDM gets enough signatures it could become a fatal prayer motion🙏 edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
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Draft Code of Practice on Services, public functions and associations - Early Day Motions - UK Parliament
That the draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations, a copy of which was laid before this House on 21 May, be disapproved.
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Ed Jennings @edjennings.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
It's all kicking off in Canterbury.
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the mollster mash @ilikemints.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
it took me too long to realize that this was "horseshit" censored and not new slang i didn't know about yet where "horses" meant bad
screenshot of a variety headline which reads:
Robert Downey Jr. Says It's Absolute Horses— to Declare That Social Media Influencers Are the 'Stars of the Future'
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Hitch @anchorhitch.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Went for a walk and a pint and spotted the best example of free will I've ever seen
A thatched roof with 2 chimney pots. Atop the roof, instead of the usual duck or pheasant made of thatch, there stands a majestic T-rex
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Nik Sunil Williams @nikwilliams.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
My excellent colleague @katiedd.bsky.social has just published this remarkable investigation into rampant book banning in a Greater Manchester secondary school library. 193 books including The Da Vinci Code, Twilight, White Teeth and 1984 Graphic Novel www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
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School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship
A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women
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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
see? here's the thing. A lot of people are like, the earth is fucked, it's beyond salvation, it's hit the tipping point, but time and time again we see that if we just fucking fixed the problem, it rebounds so incredibly fast. Imagine what could be done if people actually cared
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Matthew Ponsford @interspecies.agency · 13/03/2026
Just incredible shoebill awareness-raising from this Hong Kong teens' magazine
Photographs of a dinosaur-looking bird, the shoebill, and popstar Sabrina Carpenter, overlaid with a height comparison showing both are 152 cm, with visual graphics saying the magazine's name SSWAGGER and some Chinese characters Photographs of a shoebill and popstar Sabrina Carpenter overlaid with a height comparison showing that, yes indeed, both are just 152 cmI can't even begin to describe this photograph. I think that might be Taylor Swift on a night out with Sabrina Carpenter. But Sabrina is photoshopped to have a shoebill face and talons, with wing-tips coming out her coat but still Sabrina's hair
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In a competitive field where it is hard to stand out, to truly shine for national transphobia, the UK and NHS are absolutely knocking it out of the park. They looked and looked and only found 1 study on puberty blockers + oestrogen Others try and transphobe but we are world class transphobes
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
There are two things you can do right now to support young trans people in England. 1) Engage in political advocacy and community support. I've got *loads* of advice on this in my blog post and zine "But what can I do? How to fight the trans panic".
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But what can I do – Dr Ruth Pearce
Posts about But what can I do written by Ruth
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
@greenpartyhan.bsky.social
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Eddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Just listen to what Andrew’s nickname was amongst royal protection officers.
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Timothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 14/02/2026
This is blackout poetry to me
I became Senior VP at a multi-million dollar company at age 26. My salary was $600k. This was in 2018.
How did I do it?

Blacked out lines

CEO (my dad) promoted me to SVP.
There are no gimmicks. There are no shortcuts.
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Chess.com @chess.com · 12/02/2026
We're working around the clock developing Chess 2
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Sarah Pyke @sarahpyke.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
anyway the consultation shuts tomorrow, one minute to midnight UK time: www.gov.uk/government/c... Amnesty have some good guidance here. Go on: media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Am...
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Sarah Pyke @sarahpyke.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
the whole thing is of course completely revolting. 20 YEARS to settlement for refugees? no settlement if you’ve ever had a criminal conviction or a tax debt? 10 YEARS added if you’ve ever received benefits? partners and children on their own routes to settlement? What are you even TALKING about
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 29/01/2026
Sex Matters tried to block a ban on conversion practices, but the Council of Europe has voted to make it illegal goodlawproject.org/council-of-e...
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Council of Europe votes for conversion therapy ban
Sex Matters tried to block a ban on conversion therapy, but the Council of Europe has voted to make it illegal
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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
To snatch a five year old carrying a school bag from the street and tell the parents nothing as you send that child to a prison thousands of kilometres away is unalloyed evil. Every person in this chain of command should be prosecuted. Every single one. They have to be.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21/01/2026
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 26/12/2025
Funny Numbers xkcd.com/3184/
Comic. [Banner: Mathematical Society: 2025 Meeting.] PERSON 1 with bun: Any other new developments from the year to cover before we wrap? PERSON 2: Oh, the teens picked a new funny number. PERSON 3 with short hair: Aww, I’m glad to hear they’re still doing that. PERSON 4 with ponytail: I’ll add it to the list. [List: 23 (skidoo!; 42; 69; 420; 1,337; 58,008; [circled]: 67]
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party. Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 05/12/2025
Despite the controversy, Horses is only shocking if you're unfamiliar with the history movies, theater, literature, or basically any art form that does not have stats. aftermath.site/horses-indie-g...
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Horses Is Tame
Horses, the indie game that is too scandalous for either Valve or Epic, is only beyond the pale if you're not familiar with any other art form.
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Julianna 💎 @batariangal.eurosky.social · 25/11/2025
I don’t like subtweeting people I consider online friends, but there is a subset of people who are very worried about the ongoing radicalisation of our political elite but won’t ever acknowledge the echoes with the radicalisation of their colleagues on trans rights
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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
A recipe for any company or organisation trying this nonsense to end up in court rightly accused of unlawful discrimination under the Equality Act 2010. www.acas.org.uk/religion-or-... Which the Supreme Court ruling explicitly says still applies.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
i've been asking this all along & critics accused me of exaggerating but that's just the logical consequence of their position - if trans people are to be barred from single sex spaces & a venue *can't* create a gender neutral space, then what? www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
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Britain’s Bathroom Ban
The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing an extraordinarily authoritarian one—without a vote.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
the ehrc leaked the draft guidance answers "what if a business doesn't have space to create gender neutral toilets?" then trans people just can't use the toilet there www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
As the PM heads to the Amazon for COP30, remember that Britain is also a rainforest nation. UK Ministers must support Brazil's plans to save the world's tropical rainforests. They must also set a goal to restore Britain's own lost temperate rainforests: lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/05/a...
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As the PM heads to the Amazon, remember that Britain is a rainforest nation
On Thursday, the Prime Minister will arrive in the Amazon rainforest for the COP30 climate talks, hosted this year by Brazil. As Keir Starmer composes his speech, he should remember that Britain, t…
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Bethany~ @picklebee.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Tired of people missing the point behind Lord of the Rings 😔
A drawing of a guy looking at the Lord of the Rings trilogy and says "Wow! War is bad!" While missing the point of "you should hike with gay people and have gay sex!"
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 22/09/2025
Seriously how hard is it to say “This is an outrageous attack on our friends and neighbours who are in this country legally and have followed all the rules to get settled status, who are valued members of our communities, get to fuck frog-face”?
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
"But now we shall both surely drown", said Sultana. "lol" said Corbyn, "Imao".
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 19/09/2025
Britain's chemical castration plan for sex offenders seems like the most obvious attempt to avoid doing anything about sex offending, while giving the govt an excuse to release large numbers of offenders despite the fact people can and do offend while chemically castrated.
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Jason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 12/09/2025
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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Trans Pride Surrey @transpridesurrey.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
🚨Meeting point and route change🚨 Saturday 13th September, Epsom, Surrey Trans+ Pride Surrey will assemble in the middle of Rosebery Park, Epsom from 12pm. The march will depart Rosebery Park’s west side at 12:30pm.
Trans Pride Surrey
13th September
Meet 12pm in Rosebery park.
March departs at 12.30pm

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///larger.clay.winter
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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I have been watching FOUNDATION Season 1, entirely unrecognisable from the beloved Kate Nash source material
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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?
Bram Stoker
1847-1912
A PENGUIN SINCE 1979
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