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Katy Jon Went

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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
What has America become? Live streaming an execution by firing squad, however heinous the crime, is a regressive act normally associated with totalitarian regimes First since a 1936 public hanging, first military execution since 1961, first firing squad since WW2 www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says (Gift Article)
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Margaret Hamilton, Software Engineer, 1936-2026 "Don't let fear get in the way and don't be afraid to say ‘I don’t know’ or ‘I don’t understand’ – no question is a dumb question." katyjonwent.substack.com/p/margaret-h...
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Margaret Hamilton, Software Engineer
Don't let fear get in the way of asking questions
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton is no longer working 9-5 RIP "I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is." "Find out who you are. And do it on purpose." youtu.be/UbxUSsFXYo4?...
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Dolly Parton - 9 To 5 (Official Video)
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Where is up north for you? When I lived in London it was Walthamstow, now I live in South Norfolk, it's Swaffham or even Hellesdon! I'm only 3 miles from Norwich but going in to the city is heading up north for me
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Bill Oddie has headed on to greener pastures. He was a goodun and a Goodie. He battled #Bipolar (as I do), had a mum with Schizophrenia, but found mental health relief in nature (as I do). #BillOddie #TheGoodies #Nature #MentalHealth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Obituary: Bill Oddie
Comedian and former Goodie who became a noted ornithologist and TV presenter.
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Love this. #Norwich was the site of the first purpose-built accessible public toilet in the UK and dropped kerbs. In the 1960s, Selwyn Goldsmith used Norwich as a test site for disability architecture. #DisabilityPride #NorwichPride www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Norwich's key role in helping disabled people hailed
Jenni Pettican says the work of Selwyn Goldsmith in Norwich has improved accessibility for everyone.
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
"#HolocaustMemorialDay is a time when we seek to learn the lessons of the past and recognise that genocide does not just take place on its own – it’s a steady process which can begin if discrimination, racism and hatred are not checked and prevented...
Bergen Belsen Memorial
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
I thought AI was the greatest threat to humanity but no, it's human intelligence that is.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 20/01/2026
Danish pension fund to dump US treasuries "The US is basically not a good credit and long-term the US government finances are not sustainable," says chief investment officer www.investing.com/news/stock-m...
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Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries By Investing.com
Danish pension fund AkademikerPension to exit US Treasuries
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The DJT Board of Peace to oversee Gaza will be run by a $1bn a ticket international members club chaired by Trump and anyone he appoints as his successor. It's mandate may go beyond Palestine to any conflict zone. Critics see it as a Trump-run rival to the UN. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
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What to Know About Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We will not let anyone “bring down the American Empire.” President DJT via Truth Social Trump shares photos of US occupied Greenland and Canada
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A 2004 satire, Team America World Police, feels more like a prediction now
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The 11th Airborne Division aka the "Arctic Angels" is a US Army multirole infantry division made up of light & airborne elite troops specialised in "arctic warfare, airborne operations, combined arms, maneuver warfare, & urban warfare," based in Alaska. Now ready-to-deploy to Minnesota or Greenland?
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
#MAGA spoof hats saying, ‘Make America Go Away.’ and ‘Nu det NUUK’, Danish for ‘Now that's enough (nok)’ a pun on the #Greenland capital #Nuuk metro-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/metro.co...
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Greenlanders hijack MAGA hats with their own message to Donald Trump
The US president
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"Putting American workers first" so long as they are white Christian heterosexual non-disabled and dressed appropriately for the 1950s. The US is currently a Back to the Future reboot with a Tesla instead of a DeLorean
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
President Trump is now claiming that one reason he is pushing to acquire #Greenland is that he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize, according to a message he sent to #Norway’s prime minister over the weekend. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/w...
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Denied Peace Prize, Trump Tells Norway He’ll Push for Greenland
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Kathy E. Gill 🏍️ @kegill.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Norwegian PM confirms message, says it was a text: www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new...
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Statement from The Prime Minister
Statement from Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre regarding communications with President Donald Trump.
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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 19/01/2026
Donald Trump’s duties on imported goods are paid almost entirely by American importers, their domestic customers and ultimately US consumers, a study from a think tank has concluded. Read more: bloom.bg/4jNnBRT 📷️: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
The fact that SecDef or SecWar as now known and the Commandant in Chief are prepping 1500+ soldiers for deployment to... Minnesota and perhaps Greenland, not N Korea, Russian border, Iran or some other usual suspects military arena. Who had Minnesota down as the start of the 2nd American Revolution
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Trump writes to Norway's PM, saying because they didn't give him "the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of peace...The world is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland" A sulky teenager wants to run the world
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Zitron sees #AI as the logical conclusion of neoliberalism "The biggest thing we’ve learned from the large language model generation is how many people are excited to replace human beings, and how many people just don’t understand labour of any kind" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’
His blunt, brash scepticism has made the podcaster and writer something of a cult figure. But as concern over large language models builds, he’s no longer the outsider he once was
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
America, we'd like to speak to your manager please... www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/o...
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Opinion | Dear America, We’d Like to Speak to the Manager
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Watching Daredevil Born Again, it's dark, Fisk is policing by paramilitary force. It's Marvel fantasy, right, but it's less shocking because it feels like the news coming out of America with ICE and National Guard mobilisations. Dystopian fantasy and reality have become one
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Discussed curiosity over judgement and more with The Octopus Movement for non-linear thinkers🎙 www.youtube.com/live/vyY87jG...
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Why We Judge in Microseconds (and How to Unjudge Fast) | Katy Jon Went, Human Library UK
YouTube video by the Octopus Movement
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
“Targeting a reporter in their own home as part of a federal law enforcement action is an extraordinary escalation that strikes at the heart of press freedom." Read PEN America's statement on FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home here: pen.org/press-releas...
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FBI Search of Washington Post Reporter's Home Strikes at Heart of Press Freedom
PEN America expressed alarm today over the FBI’s search of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, saying it “strikes at the heart of press freedom.” The Post reported that federal agents sei...
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Omaha mum goes viral for wanting to unsubscribe from 2026 after the 7-day free trial! Definitely feels like a drunken signup to a random Amazon Prime streaming channel and now we're living in a dystopian B-movie
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Trump’s plan to own the Western Hemisphere and Greenland is not what Americans want @cnn.com Americans were about evenly split on the Venezuela operation. While 33% approved, 34% disapproved edition.cnn.com/2026/01/06/p...
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Trump’s plan to own the Western Hemisphere and Greenland is not what Americans want | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s decision to remove the head of a sovereign country over the weekend was a hugely significant operation. But it was perhaps even more significant as a statement of intent.
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Japan company Qnote hosts 10 #cat ‘staff’ – office clerk, auditor, even ‘chaircat’. Reducing staff stress and 'loving cats' being a key job requirement. South China Morning Post share.google/a95LXcFO7bkg...
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Japan firm wows social media with more than 10 cat ‘staff’ including ‘chaircat’
A company in Japan has gained viral fame thanks to its unique “cat staff”, which includes a 20-year-old feline that hilariously outranks all the human employees.
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Another 24hrs. Aboard AF1 Trump suggests Cuba will fall without a "need" to intervene; he's threatened Iran again with action should reform protests there be targeted; Colombia he suggests is next on what is seemingly a list and maybe Mexico; Greenland he hints has 2 months or less.
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
“If I thought it would improve the country I’d welcome it,” Leandro a 20-something Venezuelan said. “But I don’t believe this will happen. If they wanted peace, this isn’t the way to achieve it.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Few in Caracas are celebrating as they face an uncertain post-Maduro future
Stockpiling not partying is the priority for Venezuelans who say they fear crackdowns by the regime the US left in place
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Fascinating read on The Real Reason the Pentagon Approved #Venezuela: Critical Minerals (beyond oil) and Adversary (China, Russia, Iran) Expulsion renegaderesources.pro/p/the-venezu...
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The Venezuelan Oil Narative is PURE THEATRE
The Real Reason the Pentagon Approved Venezuela: Critical Minerals and Adversary Expulsion
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
We've forgotten the rest of the Epstein files now, right?
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
The US is going to "run" Venezuela "until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition", "we're not afraid of boots on the ground" says DJT No more foreign wars and US boots on the ground just got overturned as the new Donroe (DJT's framing)/Monroe Doctrine of US interventionism?
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
"They basically said he was a drug dealer because he was the president of the country," Trump said, and a "Biden administration set up" 1 December 2025 Change the month, the country, & the President Now it's Maduro I wonder when political convenience will pardon him? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Honduran ex-president Juan Orlando Hernández released from US prison after Trump pardon
Hernández was found guilty in March 2024 of conspiring to bring cocaine into the US, and of possessing machine guns.
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Trump announces on Truth Social US military incursion into Venezuala, air strikes and the capture of President Nicolas Maduro & wife in the name of U.S. law enforcement. The war on drugs has become, just, war, or rather an unjust war
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
President Trump ordered strikes on sites inside Venezuela, including military facilities, US officials tell the BBC's US partner CBS News. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5... Venezuela latest: Explosions heard as smoke rises in Caracas - BBC News
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Venezuela latest: Explosions heard as smoke rises in Caracas
Footage appears to show smoke rising in multiple locations in the Venezuelan capital.
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
2025 can f*** off but 2026 began, well ended, with a glorious sunset – a cold but beautiful day like the contrast between two ways of being in this world. Here's to more inner beauty towards each other and less cold-hearted savagery in the world
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Horrendous tragedy at Swiss ski resort NYE party leaving 40 dead and 100+ injured as bar turned into an inferno in the early hours 🇨🇭💔 Le Constellation in Crans-Montana, Valais Canton 55 🚑 and 🚁 attended the scene www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Switzerland resort fire latest news: 40 dead and 115 injured in Crans-Montana, as video appears to show bar ceiling alight
Police have ruled out an attack on Le Constellation bar as investigation starts into cause of fire
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Harvard, TSU & other universities have ended up policing a new conservative cancel culture, "enforcing ever-stricter bans on unauthorized dissent. A movement that once vowed to rescue higher education from ideological excesses is now perfecting and entrenching them." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
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Opinion | Harvard’s New Campus Orthodoxy Is Even More Stifling Than the Old
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Trump announces four day American Hunger Games, 2 athletes from each state and district What is the point of dystopian satire anymore? thehill-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/thehill....
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
A “brave and committed champion of peace” who “keeps the flame of democracy burning during a growing darkness”. Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace prize 🕊🥈 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
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Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live updates: Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado wins
Nominations closed in January but US President Donald Trump had led a public campaign to win the award.
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
First phase of Hamas peace deal with Israel agreed. Hostages to be released at the weekend. Gaza ceasefire to commence. Gradual demilitarisation/withdrawal. No disarmament yet, no limitless aid, no future governance plan. But it's a big though small step... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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‘First phase’ of ceasefire deal to end war in Gaza agreed by Israel and Hamas
Donald Trump announces all hostages will be released ‘very soon’ and Israel will withdraw troops to an agreed timeline
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
RIP Jane Goodall “The least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves.” “Let us develop respect for all living things. Let us try to replace violence and intolerance with understanding and compassion. And love.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...
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‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Words are every much a weapon of war as the bullets that fatally wound. Words start wars. Words can end them too. Speak carefully but speak free. "When discourse collapses into demonisation, violence stops being unthinkable" @lindacooganbyrne.bsky.social lindacooganb.medium.com/charlie-kirk...
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Charlie Kirk’s Murder and the Erosion of Civil Discourse
The American Sickness
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
“Crisis… is an attempt to dislodge us from a toxic status quo and constitutes an insistent call to rebuild our lives on a more authentic and sincere basis.” Wonderful wonderful read on the importance of breakdowns www.themarginalian.org/2021/10/13/a...
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Alain de Botton on the Importance of Breakdowns and Crisis as a Clarifying Force for Authenticity
“Crisis… is an attempt to dislodge us from a toxic status quo and constitutes an insistent call to rebuild our lives on a more authentic and sincere basis.”
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
"We see things not as they are but as we are" – Anaïs Nin We see the world through our eyes, not others A Talmudic referenced truism from Nin's Seduction of the Minotaur (1961) Quote Origin: We Don’t See Things As They Are, We See Them As We Are – Quote Investigator® share.google/IIMKRqLOWjdA...
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
More than 100 women's rights groups have warned "racist" attempts to link sexual violence with immigration are putting victims at risk. 87% of prisoners serving sentences for VAWG are white v 81.7% in UK. Perpetrators are disproportionately white (white British 74%) www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Linking sex attacks to migration is 'dangerous racist diversion' warning
In a letter to Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper, organisations including Rape Crisis England and Wales, the End Violence Against Women Coalition and Refuge called on ministers to stand up to the 'danger...
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Katy Jon Went @katyjonwent.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Ashamed to say that my time as an evangelical Christian was influenced by James Dobson. He was pro corporal punishment of children & pets, anti abortion, anti gay, anti immigrant, pro Reagan/Bush/Trump. He resigned from the APA over homosexuality being depathologised! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
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James Dobson, Influential Leader of the Religious Right, Dies at 89
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BOOKSNS @booksns.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Polari Prize halts 2025 competition following John Boyne ‘TERF’ controversy www.booksns.com/156628 Personally, I think this was their only viable option. They'd squandered the goodwill of pretty much everyone who was invested in the prize, and 16/24 of the nominees had withdrawn. I …
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Polari Prize halts 2025 competition following John Boyne ‘TERF’ controversy - Trending Books
Personally, I think this was their only viable option. They'd squandered the goodwill of pretty much everyone who was invested in the prize, and 16/24 of
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Trans Polari Prize nominee ‘heartbroken’ over decision to ‘pause’ awards
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Trans Polari Prize nominee 'heartbroken' over decision to 'pause' awards
Polari Prize's only trans author has said he is 'heartbroken' over the organisations decision to 'pause' the 2025 competition.
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