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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 2h

Sadiq Khan is promoting a franchise owned by a transphobic genocidal bigot by allowing Harry Potter to take over the Christmas lights in Oxford Circus. We all know how he'd react if Tommy Robinson waved pork chops in front of Muslims.

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 3h

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Media Diversified @writersofcolour.bsky.social · 4h

The far-right smashed up a HMO housing asylum-seekers last night.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 4h

Conviction-led Reform government? Aye, you're the leading party for convicted members that's for sure.

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This analysis of the far right in Brasil is spot on - and to me it also describes the politics of ressentiment in the UK and the US as well. It is just that in these two countries, it is targeted at migrants. www.equator.org/articles/bra...

Ever since Brexit and Trump, when the political weather changed so dramatically, the left has responded with two narratives: we either paint the far right as a revolt of the elites without a real popular base, or as a revolt of the left-behind, of a working-class betrayed by liberal elitism.

Neither of these narratives persuades me. Rather, I believe the contemporary far right is a cross-class phenomenon. One way to understand it is as a movement that brings together an underclass that has given up waiting on the promises of modernisation – formal work, accountable institutions, real equality before the law – and an elite who no longer even pretends those promises are on offer.

Between them lies the hardest core of true believers – not the largest group statistically, but the most passionate – which I call, borrowing a phrase from Orwell, the “lower-upper-middle class”. These are people who fall between two stools: they have a good standard of living but lack the assets or social capital of the true elite. They are not only haunted by the fear of downward social mobility, but also threatened by any minor upward mobility achieved by those below them, as during the Pink Tide in Latin America, when the poor became less poor – began attending university, travelling internationally and so forth. This generated a feeling of resentment that was easily instrumentalised.

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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 13h

I can't think of a single non-malevolent reason they would do this.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 8h

The Guardian is describing Mumsnet as a "long-established forum, which is known for its frank discussions of family tensions". That's a polite way of calling them moonhowling transphobes who conspire to make trans lives and trans kids lives miserable!

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 10h

Zoe Williams of The Guardian weighs in on the Jaguar Type 01. * Zoe Williams is not a car journalist. * A Guardian reader is not the target market. And: * Complains the Type 01 is too big for UK car park spaces at 2x5.2 metres. Wait for it... * The Rolls Royce Spectre is 2.08x5.453 metres.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.com · 11h

'The evils of which our 'democracies' suffer are primarily evils related to the insatiable appetite of oligarchs' Jacques Rancière stated the obvious 20 years ago in the Hatred of Democracy. The issue was never democracy, the issue was always oligarchy and those who sold it as sensible management

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 11h

Neither politicians who claim to be allies nor trans NGO's and various foghorns are doing psychological positioning or perception change correctly. In many cases it's absurdly wrong which is why we keep losing and the narrative hasn't budged.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 13h

Iron Dome is a Mooncup for Tories.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 13h

Blair, yesterdays man and hired gun for dictators who started an illegal war in Iran races to defend a genocidal apartheid state. Phillipson, playing fluffer is an arch bigot in breach of the European Convention and European Court of Human Rights. Labour, eh? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

independent.co.uk

Blair warns Burnham: Don’t do coalition with the Greens

Intervention by former prime minister follows warnings by senior Labour figures in The Independent that ‘Zionism is racism’ vote should disqualify Greens from major public office

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 13h

On the anniversary of the Hamas attack, I will mostly be forgetting that my former schoolmates said I marched through a village shouting Hitler Youth songs, hung around outside Jewish prayers to abuse Jewish boys by making hissing noises and singing “gas ‘em all”.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 13h

Moments after a tantrum over "Zionism is racism" The Guardian are buffing Harry Potter. Isn't it strange how Zionists and transphobes are often the same person? The stage play has been cut down in size for the iPad generation. Yes, it's smaller. 😂 Rupert Grint is a multimillionaire landlord. 🤢

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Scuzzy Mortspider 🕷️ 🎃 @jussienorthside.bsky.social · 14h

Who’s George actually addressing and what’s he signalling here? I doubt all this is really for the consumption of his readers and their welfare. It’s for the consumption of his bosses and his welfare. He’s the undercover cop waving his badge when the uniforms arrive.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 14h

The right wing are like dogs. We say "A decent society requires positive action which cannot be achieved by tax cuts and being horrible". They hear "Wah wah wah wah wah TAX CUTS wah wah" in the same way a dog hears "Wah wah wah wah DOG BISCUITS wah wah".

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 15h

I've noticed a loose correlation between people being Zionists and people being transphobic. The shoutiest Zionists are almost always overtly transphobic, and almost all openly right wing.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 16h

I was generally a fan of the Jaguar advert and positive about the Type 00/01. However... * The exterior design needed to be more feminine. * The interior is trying too hard to be an Aston Martin Lagonda and ends up looking like a cramped Apple iPod. * No rear window and a wanky looking sunscreen.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 16h

The Zionists in Labour are hyperventilating over equality law? The same party which is shamelessly pushing apartheid and genociding trans people in the UK? As for the Greens trans rights were not one of their red lines so they were already in my bad books. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Labour figures rule out working with Greens after ‘Zionism is racism’ vote

Minister says they could not see parties cooperating, while official says coalition should be formally ruled out

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Holly 🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @mxhollyclara.bsky.social · 16h

Everything about our society is now designed to result in worse economic and life outcomes. Regulators that are intrinsically corrupt and incompetent are a key part of the problem they complain about. Ofsted, Ofgen, Ofwat, Ofcom - you name it, they’ve fucked it.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 17h

Turn Left are playing games with trans rights: On the "Zionism is racism" issue they leaned in firmly calling out genocide, and strategised how to move political and media discussion forward. Last month on trans rights they argued for being more low key for electoral reasons. Cis "allies". 🫤🙄

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 17h

With regard to the "Zionism is racism" motion you're damned if you do and damned if you don't so better reload, get stuck in, and give the right wing parties and media both barrels.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

King Charles side-gig Camilla is praising adulterer and serial liar Jeffrey Archer merely months after dishing out a photo-op to transphobic bigot and serial liar JK Rowling. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Jeffrey Archer: Queen Camilla pays tribute to 'irrepressible' author and former politician

The bestselling author and former politician died on Monday at the age of 86.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Burnham's been quiet. Obviously up to no good!

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Penelopie l @penelopiebikes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Fuck, mamdani fucking over trans kids health and now this Mamdani is evil and tricked everyone, he's not nice

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Tories have really been hammering away at racism and transphobia and digging up the corpse of Thatcher. They're so predictable and boring.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Double Down News is going large on "Zionism is racism". They've never covered transphobia. Until they do they're just a load of Corbynite style conspiracy nuts

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Can any politician or NGO or lawyer or high traffic activist honestly say there is genuine hope for trans women in the UK in the foreseeable future or are they all just peddling hopium so you give them attention and votes and money?

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rabbit2025.bsky.social @rabbit2025.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

lnkd.in/p/dKT79nby UK delegation to the OECD, taking about inclusion of LGBT+, their human rights, forgetting he is talking about LGB excluding T+, as this government does. No word about the EHRC guidance nothing about exclusion of trans people from society/aiming at annihllating them.

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#oecd #inclusion #equality #lgbtiq #humanrights #publicpolicy | UK Delegation to the OECD

Can legal rights alone deliver equality for the LGBTIQ+ community? At the UK Delegation to the OECD’s 2026 Paris Pride Event, guest speaker Marie-Anne Valfort presented the forthcoming second editio...

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When I told Stats for Lefties they had problematic positions and having media attention means they needed to be careful of their marketing nobody paid attention. Now the Greens have dropped the ball on trans rights and caused all manner of bother with the Zionism is Racism motion. Big told you so.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In two minds whether unfollow or block Toby Buckle. He has a nasty habit of talking over trans women. Once is bad enough but he's now making a religion of it to keep his "Vote Blue No Matter Who" argument going. Nah fuck it. he's been told. Block it is.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I usually buy tinned mackerel in brine and got one in tomato sauce as a tester. Got chili tomato sauce by mistake. 😬 Last night made a Thai/East-Asian/Indian inspired rice and mackerel combo to see what it was like. Not a big fan of chili and it was on the edge of acceptable so turned out okay.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The UK parliament currently does not have an openly out trans woman as an MP. This puts us behind Belgium, Spain, New Zealand, Brazil, and even the US.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The government cannot recognise trans people, asylum seekers, or disabled people are human because that would force them to accept that Palestinians are human too.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just rejoin the EU and fuck consensus. We were yanked out of the EU entirely by political blackmail, fraud, heaps of media disinformation and illegally funded social media disinformation operations, and abuse of public office. The people who made Brexit happen should be in jail not pandered to.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Labour party is openly transphobic, racist, and ableist and they're going to the cops over this?? The chair of the EHRC is openly transphobic and a parliamentary select committee determined before her appointment she is also clueless about racism. Burnham is a monster like Starmer.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The authoritarian ratchet only turns one way, and it is only ever towards tighter and nastier controls on e.g. people pointing out that several ministers from successive governments are going to need to be careful about which counties they book their family holidays in, for the next twenty years.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The NHS fucked up and has obstructed my trans healthcare for longer than Brazilian MP Erika Hilton has gender transitioned. She gets to live her life and even be an MP. I can't even step on NHS premises without being abused by staff let alone get any trans healthcare.

Black trans MP Erika Hilton member of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If UK Jews want to be safe why aren't they shouting their heads off to defend the Human Rights and Equality Acts, or getting more shouty about Reform or the Tories or even Labour undermining these?? Why is it the most Zionist politicians and media rags are also the most transphobic?

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As wonderful as it is some trans women have passing privilege and obviously had their trans healthcare it guts me out the NHS is so transphobic I can't even step on NHS premises let alone get the trans healthcare I need. In the UK the "got theirs" forget this. It's haves vs the have nots.

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Enrique Anarte @enriqueanartelazo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🇧🇷🏳️‍⚧️ Everyone's talking about Flávio Bolsonaro's win in the first round of Brazil's election, but don't miss the other big news the vote has brought us: Black trans MP Erika Hilton has become the most voted-for woman in the history of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Standards matter. This is why governance, science, law, guidelines, best practice, professional standards, media regulation etc etc matters. By any measure a cordon sanitaire should be around the likes of Reform and their ilk. Much like Trump Reform are telling on themselves.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Curiously the figure they plucked out of the air likely lines up with the swinging benefit cuts they want to ram through. imo this isn't about how much money but who gets it. Defence industry lobbyists have a slicker and better funded marketing operation and media contacts than people on benefits.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

If the usual suspects were genuinely concerned about antisemitism you'd think they'd be robustly defending the European Convention on Human Rights because they live here not making excuses for an expansionist genocidal apartheid state 2,200 miles away.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Woolly nonsense. You cannot have a viable "two state solution" when one side is a genocidal expansionist apartheid state. This pre-emptively excludes unification of the region under a single human rights and equality led state. From the 18th Century Zionism has always been a colonial project.

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Lisa Godson @lisagdub.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Jeffrey Archer dead - letter from the English Collective of Prostitutes following his conviction for perjury and a few months after Monica Coughlan's death

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The Guardian being openly racist in their defence of a genocidal apartheid state. Oooh, look at scary brown people... None of this is a surprise to anyone familiar with the Guardian's racist history. Also they're as transphobic as they were homophobic. Editor-In-Chief Katherine Viner must resign.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'm mostly a post WWII settlement, mixed economy, Keyne's/MMT type with modern human rights and equality bolt-ons. Hardly a screaming lefty. More a Macmillan Tory than a Corbyn. However inconvenient Israel is a genocidal apartheid state. There's no ducking that.

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