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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 18m
other people. Disgust should not form policy. Disgust is what we’ve spent decades managing in terms of racism and other forms of bigotry. If this bigotry remains unchecked and protected, it won’t be long before another group has their existence questioned.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 18m
are the current Whitehouse’s and a lot of people are going to be harmed and lose their lives to a policy that has been enacted through cowardice, ignorance and worst of all - bigotry. What is happening to trans people is segregation to deter them from living their lives because it disgusts
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 18m
In the 1980s, Mary Whitehouse was seen as a virulent homophobe. She had the ear of government which enacted vile oppression on gay men and women which lasted longer than a decade. Her, and the people who enabled her, are looked back on with scorn. Forstater, Joyce, Rowling etc
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 32m
I think her mum has nothing to do with it and with her attitude she’s the kind of person who tells her elderly mum what she thinks
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 1h
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 1h
Oh I get that. I’m just trying to understand why it matters if I tell my GP that.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 1h
This is useful. Can you explain why we should say this to our GPs now?
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 2h
Posting without comment and looking at the NHS www.lbc.co.uk/article/live...
lbc.co.uk
'Live and let live' Burnham clarifies stance on single-sex spaces after backlash | LBC
The Greater Manchester Mayor said he thinks Britain needs to work on having conversations with compassion and without judgement
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 2h
I’m still guffawing at Burnham’s quote that people should “live and let live” when it comes to single sex spaces. Is this what live and let live looks like to anybody? Sure screams “live and let live… but not you people”
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 2h
I’m in the phase at the moment where it’s 50/50 that I get sir or madam. And I also think that’s largely because people assume I am a trans woman - as in they think the trans part is the identifier and not the bit after. Most people don’t know what a trans man or a trans woman is.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 2h
I do think though that trans men should consider malicious compliance. If we can’t change our sex then everyone should be ok with us on women’s wards
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 2h
The idea that we are seen as men if we pass as a massive hunky bearded man is a route you can take, sure. Not all of us look like that, I certainly don’t. So if I was to go into hospital they would now have no idea what to do and would delay my care while they try and figure it out.
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Lyra 💕 @lyra-scotland.bsky.social · 18h
The BBC here tells a damning lie by ommission "NHSE data shows that the number of breaches of the previous mixed-sex accommodation guidance has been growing every year since 2021" In this article it implies trans women- this stat is actually for CIS ppl. Trans women would not be counted in this
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 2h
The trans man gotcha doesn’t work for these reasons: We are not seen as men and with terfs we are seen as delusional butch women. Their goal is our punishment to get back in line. That’s why they don’t think about us. We are excluded from all spaces. That is our punishment for rejecting womanhood
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 3h
Leopards 🐆
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 3h
My point is, they no longer believe that we are real and they’re the institution who initially believed we were. That’s quite a claim for a medical profession who believes in science.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 3h
With respect you’re missing my point. We are “treated” by the NHS. They set up a clinic in the 1960s because it was recognised as something that can be treated to alleviate distress for the person with gender dysphoria. It’s the same NHS now believing it’s a fiction that people are trans at all.
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Sarah Viktoria 🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️⚧️🦗 @sarahviktoria.bsky.social · 5h
The UK is probably the only country in the First World with a nationwide ban on trans people being accepted into single sex spaces. How is this possible? Why is this being maintained by Burnham?
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 5h
But in the eyes of the medical profession, it is a condition. I don’t believe it is but the health service does. That was my point.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14h
It’s incredible to me the health service, the NHS, which has had a gender clinic since the 1960s, now thinks a recognised medical condition now means nothing. This monstrous policy is out of control and people will die. There should be no LGBTQIA organisation working with the NHS after this.
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 14h
I need to make my personal position clear on this change of guidance. It is not a theoretical for me as I have a serious and chronic health condition which causes me to be a regular user of NHS facilities which keep me alive. www.england.nhs.uk/publication/...
england.nhs.uk
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 17h
Not as far as I can see
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 17h
It’s certainly opening the floodgates for any and all beliefs to end up getting protected, isn’t it?
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 18h
Trans people, from schools as young children to the hospices they die in will now suffer indignity and discrimination at every term thanks to Labour. Going swimming, clothes shopping, to local organisations, to work, when they’ve been assaulted - all off limits for many people now
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 17h
Civil service guidance has also come out at the same time.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 17h
In 2026, this is the priority of huge chunks of the state. Any LGBTQIA organisation should be walking away from these organisations and the people who’ve enabled it
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 23h
Quite incredible to see Hungary make greater progress than the UK
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Research discussing the gender fascism unfolding in the UK since FWS www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
tandfonline.com
Trans lives and defiance following the For Women Scotland UK Supreme Court ruling
This article explores responses and strategies of UK trans and gender diverse (TGD+) people for dealing with the immediate aftermath of the April 2025 UK Supreme Court judgement in For Women Scotla...
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Everything should be an explosion of queer joy if you ask me. We’d all be better off 🥳
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
“It’s one louder”
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I’m of the mind that if political grandstanding is part of your art anyway, then fine. I don’t think any and all artists should pass a litmus test. Metallica are historically a bit knobby anyway but I’ve also never heard them take strong political stands beyond Ulrich’s war with Napster
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
If you have subscriptions to any US streaming services, now is the time to cancel them. Cancel the lot of them www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
theguardian.com
Ukrainian soldiers in combat have access to Starlink satellite internet restricted
Outage of terminals managed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX comes as Russia launches ballistic missiles at Ukraine without any advance warning from US
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
The irony that the cleaner in the local gym can self ID when cleaning the toilets… but the trans gym user….
Male cleaner in the female changing room sign on the door of the women’s changing rooms in a gym
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
I’d be concerned if I was any NATO ally…. And particularly Lithuania and Poland. The US have been supporting Russia since Trump came in. They’re now just explicitly showing their hand
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Seems a good idea to stop doing this then doesn’t it? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models ‘months away’ from self-replication on smart devices
Researchers say ‘AI worms’ could soon infiltrate internet-connected devices amid calls for increased guardrails
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Where do they get this BS from? Even when you look at Pollcheck the Tories are nowhere near being a challenger. They’re only polling well in the 65+ demographic on there. Still rooted in 20% in most polls
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Well, I’d say that between Johnson, Truss and Starmer, we’ve now thoroughly broken the seal on “any old clown can be PM so long as it suits a comparatively tiny number of important people in London”, so I’d say Prime Minister Badenoch - however unlikely - is by no means impossible.
Piers Morgan ® @piersmorgan
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Interesting. Been saying for a while that I think @KemiBadenoch will be our next Prime Minister. She speaks in common-sense language that resonates with voters, and is very likeable. Burnham already struggling, Reform/ Greens toast, Lib Dems irrelevant.
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YouGov - Sky - Times voting intention
LAB 24%(-3)
CON 23%(+3)
RefUK 21%(-1)...
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Well, you know what he did for Orbán…
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This is dreadful. Birds are the best thing about nature for me. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record
Nearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies say
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 13/10/2026
does anyone know what JK Rowling thinks about trans people? I feel like her views are so nuanced and complex that you’d need multiple hours and a crew of professional journalists to explain it to the layman
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
British Conservatives: "Russia has disgracefully interfered in politics in France, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and invaded Ukraine. They even meddled in the US elections." Also British Conservatives: "What? Russia! Interfere in Brexit? Ridiculous! Just a tired old conspiracy theory."
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Excellent piece, and ends with a quote from John Kenneth Galbraith: “People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.” Sums up a lot of what @astra.bsky.social have been writing about in ETF... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/o...
nytimes.com
Opinion | What Happens When You Can No Longer Fight a Wildfire? (Gift Article)
This year’s fast moving, virtually irrepressible events are not the seasonal burns of decades past.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The most boring upholders of gender stereotypes are cishet GCs. They’re angry because they don’t feel as good about how they look in their cis world. It’s jealousy.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust.
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Spooky Robb from 8/16/32bit @81632bitretro.com · 12/10/2026
The drop in bots over on X may be real, and not an AI generated graph afterall: www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
tomshardware.com
Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response ...
The world is getting a break from Russian bots thanks to Kyiv.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Zelensky: "When our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations... It’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from."
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I think people underestimate Russia’s interference. People voted how they voted, but some were also pushed. Look at the state of the world 10 years later - total division and disarray, the US is the biggest example of where that interference leads. They’ve been at war with us for some time.
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 11/10/2026
Resd here: www.thenerve.news/p/yuval-noah... // Sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date on our reporting on culture, politics and tech at thenerve.news
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Yuval Noah Harari on the threat of AI: ‘Fascism isn’t the worst-case scenario. Fascism is still human’
The bestselling author joined Nobel-winning journalist Maria Ressa and the Nerve’s Carole Cadwalladr for an in-depth and sometimes alarming conversation about humanity’s near future.
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Rivers @finl3y.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Traitor Trump
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