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Holly Lancaster-Smith

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Lovely, but a mess… PoTS/ OH/ stuff they CBA diagnosing cos of the numbers and not the symptoms. 🌻♿

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
We can't seriously expect people to choose rail when it costs three times as much as flying. We need a clear duty on the Secretary of State and Great British Railways, to improve the affordability of travelling by train and make fares fair.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 14/10/2026
#ProtectTheDolls
Fuck the BBC. Protect the dolls.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 14/10/2026
Entitled Child Expects To Eat Lunch Every Day theonion.com/entitled-child-expects…
Entitled Child Expects To Eat Lunch Every Day
Girl Literally Wants Food To Be Handed To Her On A Plate
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 14/10/2026
The BBC doesn't want you to see this, but we do 🏳️‍⚧️ Our exclusive Christmas cards are available now, ready to fight hate and bring hope! 👇 goodlaw.social/ac3c35
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Mike (They/Them) 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @mxmike.co.uk · 11/10/2026
Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly
Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt Bethany Antonia rehearsing for Strictly Come Dancing in a Protect The Dolls t-shirt that’s been edited to look like a plain white t shirt
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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
END THE BBC
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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
hey cool that's awesome
Harriet Williamson • @harriepw
NEW: Home Office stats released today reveal that arrests for "terrorist-related activity" in the year ending June 2026 were up 1,553% on last year and 94% of the arrests (3,630 of 3,867) were linked to showing support for Palestine Action.
Figure 1.1: Arrests for terrorist-related activity, by legislation, years ending June 2002 to June 2026, Great Britain
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Other legislation
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Other legislation (linked to supporting
Palestine Action)
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 06/10/2026
Oh my god
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Nikola @greasyboiler.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Britain, from now until eternity.
The circular I Just Need To meme with austerity
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cheryl1878.bsky.social @cheryl1878.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)
Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.These arrangements expressly depend on internationally agreed human rights standards, applied by a supranational court. We detect no political willingness to excuse the UK from compliance with standards to which the rest of Europe already subscribes. As authoritarian powers grow more aggressive and democratic institutions face mounting pressure, Britain should not be abandoning one of its greatest postwar achievements.
The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the ECHR. It is whether, in an increasingly perilous world, we can afford not to.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Anderson of Ipswich, Sir Max Hill
Independent reviewers of terrorism legislation, 2001-18
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/10/2026
How about trying to deal with the platforms allowing this content? I'm fairly sure most adults don't want to see it, either ffs
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 04/10/2026
Go to get my (ill-timed) dinner out of the oven, expecting to see the Bills back in possession to see the pats go for it on 4th followed by a TD pass before I’d sat down. Bills making Sunday more interesting than it needs to be again. I hope. #BillsMafia
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 28/09/2026
These people are obsessive freaks.
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 27/09/2026
Set fire to these uniforms at HT!!! #BillsMafia
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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ @sloanelysbeth.northsky.social · 27/09/2026
andy burnham has no intention of rejoining the eu. if he did he wouldn’t have implemented segregation of trans ppl. that alone makes us ineligible to join. so if you’re a ‘sensible’ type who doesn’t care about trans ppl, but wants to rejoin the eu, you should start caring about us.
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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
His complete lack of shame is staggering.
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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
If you want a six minute summary of how to support trans+ fieldworkers, then why not check out this video we made (voiced by the incredible @izzyvalkyrie.bsky.social)?
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
‘Girls in the Windows’ - New York (1960) 📷 by Ormond Gigli (The building was demolished the next day)
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The Labour Party’s women’s conference on 26/9/26 was an embarrassing farce, with only 200 delegates of the 1,000 normal attendance (no major unions) in protest of the Labour Party’s shameful abandonment of trans people following the legally absurd ruling of the Supreme Court in FWS in April 2025.
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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Full interview (9 mins): youtu.be/H2rRf_f2hJs George’s recent article www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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LBC | Natasha Devon interview with George Monbiot
YouTube video by Broken Battery
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 26/09/2026
@natashadevon.bsky.social, thank you for giving George Monbiot ten minutes this evening.
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 24/09/2026
I’m so tired. Of everything.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Until then the suicide rates of trans people like Alice will remain high as will the rates for: autistic people disabled people those of low socioeconomic status homeless people victims of csa, domestic violence and corporate bullying like the estimated 13 deaths from the post office scandal.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🔥This is how it’s done. Imagine if every anti-immigrant fearmongering liar was grilled like this. #ShowMeTheStats #GetYourPhoneOut 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (h/t @ukcameraman.bsky.social )
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Nitro 🐻‍❄️ 🔜 NFC @es.nitrobear.gay · 06/08/2026
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Hell-a Bambust 🏳️‍⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yes that's the point, it's not about fairness it's about making it so we can't exist publicly, we've been over this
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
a lot of people act like there's a trade being offered where we give up trans athletes in sports and in exchange fascism is defeated forever
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
[politics understander just read the niemoller poem] oh hell yeah thats loads of people before they come for me that will buy loads of time , sick
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Dianne Dupuis @iamfreetobeme.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Mariana Z @mariana057.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If we eat alphabet soup in the US, what do people eat in Japan? Ramen numerals.
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 13/09/2026
Bills defence come through at the death! I am so tired! 🤣 #goBills #BillsMafia
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 13/09/2026
2nd Quarter of Bills v Texans is like watching a highlight reel! Bonkers! #goBills
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Franchesca Ramsey @chescaleigh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“you still got my support, but you gotta do something” 🐆💀
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here's a French video (with English subtitles) about what would happen if the far-right racists got their way and all foreigners and people of colour were forced to leave.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Julian Assange warned us: Digital archives let them erase history with one click. One day: "Page not found." The next: "it never happened." They control what you remember. Save physical books. Archive offline. Don't trust the cloud. This is how 1984 wins.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The way British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires is simply obscene - and a direct result of Labour’s unforgivable inaction
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Burnham drops support for political funding cap aimed at curbing mega-donors
PM said he would set bar at £500k, but trade unions say funding reforms could undermine their ability to donate to Labour
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 12/09/2026
You can call this legal. You can call it a donation. But please don’t insult everyone’s intelligence by calling it a “level playing field”.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/09/2026
As gangs of masked men block Dover port, I will just leave this here www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 05/09/2026
This art is beautiful. It's called Tired Soul and resonates with me. Exhausted and empty. Created by Simone Wojciechowski www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/art/Sc...
A sculpture made of white wire depicting a woman with long hair sitting on a table, hunched over, arms out forward, palms down, with her head bowed down showing tiredness. Her left leg is bent at the knee and flat on the table. Her right leg is dangling down over the side of the table.
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 05/09/2026
OMG. People taking themselves so seriously reviewing Mayday. It’s very silly, with some good laughs. And having been to both capitals, it was nice to pick out lots of buildings I’ve been in.
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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
'Next time someone complains about singular “they” I’ll point them to this 17th century rant against singular “you”.' allthingslinguistic.com/post/1467718...
allthingslinguistic.com
All Things Linguistic
Next time someone complains about singular “they” I’ll point them to this 17th century rant against singular “you”. Here’s the original book the screencap is from.
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Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I'm not quite sure how to process the fact that we've had a over a decade of screaming at the left in the UK on behalf of making the ideology this guy represents basically illegal to criticise.
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 30/08/2026
Is it hot or cold this evening? Cos I’m both and neither. Can't get comfy at all.
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Lee @leewilliamdesigns.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I mean she was literally arguing over trans people being affected by the holocaust and had a Holocaust charity/museum tweet that trans people WERE targeted by the Nazis, not just by all the research destroyed but by being put in camps. But wealth means you can silence people and force apologies
Newspaper apologises for allegation that JK Rowling
'engaged in
Holocaust denial'
The false claim was included in a piece published by The Metro about actors being criticised for their roles in a new Harry Potter TV show.
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Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
whatever you think of the Ukrainian people, or the Palestinian people, or the Iranian people, or the trans people, or the homeless people, or the _______ people, you need to understand that they are people, with hopes and dreams, and none of us deserve this shit.
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B heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This week.. Andy Burnham U-turned on backing a donations cap In other news ⤵️ Burnham announced a workfare scheme for 10,000 young people to work for free in Sainsburys’ Burnham received a donation of £164,347 from Lord Sainsbury, who still owns 5.85% shares in the supermarket
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 28/08/2026
Preseason? Completed it, mate. 🏈
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Robin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
💙 @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
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Holly Lancaster-Smith @holly.lancaster-smith.me · 28/08/2026
It’s 02:35 in the UK and the food at the HighMark Stadium looks amazing! I need that beef!!!
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