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k1956

@k1956.bsky.social
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We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars. Revolutionary socialist, Jewish woman she/her, daughter/granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. Never Again means never again for anyone #FreePalestine

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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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k1956 @k1956.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
They know that they can't win democratically in the unions so are relying on courts - disgusting and shows exactly who they are.
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Robin Moira White @robinmoirawhite.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘Answer came there none’ It is now more than 13 weeks since Translucent provided the attached letter as agreed with the Equality & Human Rights Commission. Translucent is still waiting for an answer. Are the questions too hard, EHRC? translucent.org.uk/translucent-...
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TransLucent Letter to the EHRC dated June 14th 2026
TransLucent Letter to the EHRC dated June 14th 2026
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k1956 @k1956.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Solidarity!
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k1956 @k1956.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Happy Birthday!
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Emily St. James @emilystjams.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I used to frame this as: If we could pass a constitutional amendment guaranteeing trans people access to comprehensive gender-affirming healthcare, the bathroom of their choice, etc., in exchange for us giving up sports, do you think the people who don't want trans people in sports would go for it?
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thank you so much to the hundreds of trans people and allies who joined today's mass lobby! The queue stretched across both sides of the road outside Parliament, and so many MPs participated in meetings and responded to green cards. Together, we delivered a powerful message for change 🏳️‍⚧️
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today’s the day: Are you feeling mass lobby ready? Tag us in your best #transontrains pictures and we’ll see you soon!
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Important to remember today: If ANY Labour MP talks about “respecting” the Supreme Court misjudgement, they are *lying* to you. Parliament can overturn ANY SC decision & the government can amend the Equality Act to include trans people. The SC misjudgement still stands because Labour WANTS it to.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The man who beat two female protesters with his cane at the Reform conference has been identified as Stephen Cooling - it’s actually there on his conference tag - former UKIP candidate for Erdington and now member of Reform’s Sutton Coldfield branch. Presumably West Mids Police have enough info now
Snarling man with cane in Reform shirt, showing conference badge
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Let’s focus on the real threats, which we see around us, every day, online and offline. Let trans+ people live their lives safely, peacefully and joyfully. We have work to do elsewhere
"A change of narrative because trans women are not a threat to cis women. In turn that should allow trans people to live their lives without fear, something every person deserves."

#WhyWeSigned
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Reform UK Conference 2026 This is all it will be remembered for.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 03/09/2026
So, JL PartnersP, a pollster frequently used by the anti-trans hate group Sex Matters, is implicated in the Reform scandal. No one would really be surprised that the British public is much more trans-inclusive than their fake polls may portray.
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Helpful if you can sign and share this please 🙏
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Can't get a moment's peace on this bloody planet.
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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
You know, I do think that if I was a British "journalist" and my entire cohort had spent a week denying a young black man's achievements, only for it to turn up that there were newspaper articles confirming them that other, less shit journalists easily found, I would just shut my fucking mouth.
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Owen Exie Hurcum 💜🤍💙🍉 @owenexiehurcum.com · 29/08/2026
Since I started my PhD which covers transphobia in the UK the following has occurred: 1. A ban on life-saving puberty blocker medication 2. An unprecedented Section 35 Order to block Self-ID in Scotland. 3. Prohibition on teaching about trans identities in UK schools. 4. A Supreme Court Ruling...
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In 1976, during an unforgettable episode of her syndicated television variety show Dolly!, Dolly Parton welcomed her close friends and fellow music icons Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt to share the stage.
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Thank you to all the women and allies who are still signing our letter, sharing our articles, commenting on our posts or donating to our campaign. This is a groundswell of love for the trans+ community and a way to unite women around the real issues that harm us 🙏 www.gofundme.com/f/notinourna...
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#ISignedTheNIONLetter
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Micah @rincewind.run · 27/08/2026
jk rowling, you will never be dolly parton
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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 27/08/2026
We’ve written to the UK Supreme Court with a formal complaint about its permanent “The Law and Us” exhibition and its presentation of For Women Scotland TACC, alongside @translucent.org.uk and @transparentaction.bsky.social, are calling for a full review of its wording, imagery, balance and context
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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Go and check your workplace Harassment and Bullying Policy. 1) have you got one? 2) what does it say? 3) can you use it to stop a transphobe or a racist? 4) what could you report them for? 5) when? What’s the trigger? “They’re terrible” is true but it doesn’t cut it.
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k1956 @k1956.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I would add to keep notes with dates on.
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Aidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Schrödinger's "gender critical" celebrity: Simultaneously a pariah everywhere they go, but, also, completely vindicated on trans rights. You never know which one you're going to get, it depends on the day you ask them and what narrative they need to spin.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So being pro-labor, pro-education for the poorest, pro-vaccine, and pro-LGBTQIA is a “neutral” position🤔
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Waltham Forest SUTR @sutrwalthamforest.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
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k1956 @k1956.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Rowling is so attention seeking - she always finds a way to make it about herself.
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猫好きな人 @valoisdubins.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is a very good letter setting out the problems with Cofnas’ appointment and behaviour that justify action. It helpfully points out (with evidence) that these concerns about Cofnas pre-date the Arday affair; Cofnas’ racist commentary superfluous to any whistleblowing has added to the problem.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 26/08/2026
Friends, I think Ghent University should hear from us as the eugenicists are out in full force. This letter is from academics there to counter the ridiculous letter supporting the white supremacist now being called a "whistleblower" by his ilk You can add your name👇🏽 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open letter on the suspension of Nathan Cofnas at Ghent University
***Version française en dessous*** We, colleagues of Nathan Cofnas - supported by many colleagues internationally - want to respond to the negative and incorrect framing of Ghent University’s decisio...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The most racist, bigoted person you've seen on your timeline who regularly calls for the government to slash funding for charitable causes: "Genuine tears for Dolly Parton passing. She stood for so much."
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton used her gift for music to highlight the challenges of poverty, inequality, and struggle in ways that uplifted and inspired working people. “And I told 'em all the story / Momma told me while she sewed / And how my coat of many colors / Was worth more than all their clothes”
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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Notable how a not-insignificant number of the signatories on the letters supporting a racist signed on to letters supporting anti-trans extremists in 2018 or are high-profile anti-trans extremists themselves, almost as if there’s a connection between ‘everything is gender’ and ‘everything is race’
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
You can always tell when someone is getting it right; UK mainstream media will lie about them…
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Good Law Project leader hits resists "intellectually dishonest" Daily Mail smear piece
Daily Mail — to no one's surprise — neglected to mention the full statement issued by Good Law Project leader, instead cherry-picking quotes
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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Some news. Would appreciate help not tooling around on socials as i enter the home stretch which is scary. www.thebookseller.com/rights/priya...
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Priyamvada Gopal’s ‘landmark' history of colonialism goes to Allen Lane
Allen Lane has acquired Priyamvada Gopal’s On Decolonization, described as a “landmark new history of how colonialism continues to shape our world”.
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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 24/08/2026
Professor Michael Biggs, first on this list, is an Oxford Sociologist most notable for his work attacking the trans community after he was outed for running an anti trans troll account. Work he's done has been influential in British trans health and legal policy.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 24/08/2026
Despite what they like to think, it's still a crime to abuse trans people in parts of the UK. For now, anyway. Scotland - Woman ordered to pay compensation over ‘horrific’ transphobic messages www.thepinknews.com/2026/08/24/s...
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Woman ordered to pay compensation over transphobic messages
A woman in Scotland has been ordered to pay compensation after admitting sending a series of "horrific" transphobic messages.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I don’t mean to be rude here, but we *already* had the peer review on these racist doctrines decades ago. Hence why ‘race realism’ is a paradigmatic instance of pseudoscience: it’s been thrown in the dustbin of history long before many of us were even born. We don’t have to have this same ‘debate’
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GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 22/08/2026
Maya Forstater has joined the bandwagon of bigots showing their support for the racist Nathan Cofnas...the bigots that support her have called her out on this...bigotry runs deep in these 'big players' of the gender critical ideological movement.
"Academics can sign this open letter opposing Ghent university's punishment of Nathan Cofnas for whistleblowing  about academic misconduct. 

https://johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/letter.php?campaign=cofnas
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Here is the full letter from Ghent University suspending Nathan Cofnas. It is shocking.
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Here is the full letter from Ghent University suspending @nathancofnas. As you can see, it’s one long heckler’s veto: the decision is not so much about Cofnas’ actual violations as about the flood of complaints and protests the rector has received, the reputational damage to the""Bernie wilde
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Seriously Maya. I usually have such a lot of respect for you but defending this racist is not on!""
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Hi.he isn't the sort of individual that we should be defending . He holds extremely racist beliefs and that is why they have taken action"
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I am hooting and hollering that Alex Byrne, the MIT philosopher that collaborated with the Trump regime to provide justification for stripping away healthcare from trans Americans, was the sixth signatory on a statement in support of Cofnas
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
A screenshot of an email viewed in dark mode with the subject line "Google DMCA Violation." The email from Google informs the recipient that they have received a notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that some of their materials allegedly infringe on copyrights. It explains the removal process, mentions that notice details will be posted on Lumen, warns against repeated violations, and lists one affected Google Drive URL at the bottomA nearly identical mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It shows a search for the same Amnesty International UK resources URL, resulting in the same message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."A mobile browser screenshot of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. A URL for an Amnesty International UK resources page is entered in the search bar, but the page displays the message: "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine."
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 21/08/2026
#OtD 21 Aug 1917 Antonia Ugeda Fuentes, a Spanish furniture worker, nurse, anarchist and civil war militant, was born. Imprisoned for years after Franco's victory, upon release she joined the underground struggle against his regime stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9348...
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
UK Quakers commit to continued, explicit trans inclusion. "...toilet facilities labelled with a 'female' sign remain available to cisgender women, trans women, and others for whom those facilities best align with their lived experience."
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Quakers reaffirm commitment to trans inclusion in the wake of EHRC Code of Practice
Quakers in Britain has refreshed and reaffirmed its commitment to providing trans-inclusive facilities across its buildings.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 20/08/2026
It's like Amnesty International UK have never heard of the Streisand Effect. I fully intend on challenging this DMCA strike and force them to litigate this in federal court in the US if they want to take it down. This is squarely fair use.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 21/08/2026
Wizard Glinner being ratioed by racists over on the main Nazi bar as they try to explain to her how 'sex realism' and 'race realism' are basically the same thing and she's treating Cofnas the way trans people treat her. Amazing stuff. What a world.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A large group is outside Preston Combined Courts in support of the Barclays 5. 5 anti-genocide protesters are potentially facing being sentenced as terrorists despite never being convicted on any terrorism charge. Both the jury and the defendants had this move hidden from them.
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k1956 @k1956.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Yup - and it's not young HP fans!
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k1956 @k1956.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
AS of this morning her tweet has less likes than Cofnas one - she doesn't understand her far right base clearly.
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NION has now hit the 111,000 signature mark. So thank you to everyone who has signed their letter. But this is not over; we need more women to say that they stand with trans people in this current climate of discrimination. So please sign if you haven’t already done so. And do tell your friends!
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