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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So, imposing insane restrictions on what the defendant can tell the jury is now a pattern in the UK. This is scary.

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Bittersweet milestones - our 2020 article "TERF Wars: An Introduction", published in @thesociologicalreview.org, just hit 600 citations on Google Scholar, and has over 100,000 views. I would love for it to become irrelevant. However, given the state of the world, I'm grateful it remains useful.

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TERF wars: An introduction - Ruth Pearce, Sonja Erikainen, Ben Vincent, 2020

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This just leaves me wondering, if the person who wrote the comment read, say, "The Desire to be Gisella" by David Grossman (from "Writing in the Dark", 2008), which reflects on the storytelling instinct among other ideas... How would that article resonate with them? Would it strike as pretentious?

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Person: so what are you planning to do after getting your degree? Me: i have a choice between getting my mental health destroyed by either academia or the rest of society

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Gotta love how "social contagion" has become the catch-all answer to whatever is perceived to be wrong with "young women".

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I started following UK media more seriously 10 yrs ago when I was contemplating writing my thesis on the Brexit coverage (ended up changing the subject). Haven't been keeping a close eye on it all this time but can say the last few years especially have seemed absolutely unhinged in so many ways.

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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Parliament returns from recess in a few weeks. We cannot let our rights quietly slip off the agenda. Several hundred of you have signed up already. Will you join us? www.transsolidarityalliance.com/mass-lobby-2...

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Mass Lobby for Trans Equality - 9th September 2026

The law around trans equality is fundamentally broken. Government inaction is hanging trans people and organisations out to dry - with a confusing mess of challenging rules and lawfare.

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

On Valentines Day this year, women across the UK sent us messages of love, hope and belonging to share with the trans+ community. We post them again now, because we want trans+ people to know that in these difficult times you are seen, valued and never alone. 💗 #WithTheT

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

“In particular the apology fails to recognise that those most severely impacted are the staff (...) and the many women who need and use the service.” We know the "anti-rights" designation is bc of JKR, the founder & funder of Beira's -- not its staff or users. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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JK Rowling centre says Amnesty apology does not solve ‘reputational damage’

Beira’s Place was among organisations labelled ‘anti-rights’ in a briefing document.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 31/07/2026

1. Amnesty International has withstood threats from death squads and dictators. But it could not stand up to JK Rowling and the anti-trans movement she finances. It has apologized for calling those groups "anti-rights" after legal threats. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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Amnesty International UK Caves To JK Rowling, Issues Apology For Calling Anti-Trans Groups "Anti-Rights"

The organization has stood up to dictators and death squads, but Rowling and the UK's anti-speech laws were apparently too much.

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Andrea James @jokestress.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I've spent weeks profiling orgs listed in Amnesty UK's reports. Methodology, definitions, & inclusion criteria should have been explicitly stated. They could've republished a revised version with that included. Instead, they capitulated to anti-rights bigots. www.transgendermap.com/issues/group...

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2026 Amnesty International UK anti-rights reports – Transgender Map

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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social @nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A pleasure to help put this campaign together with the Good Night Out Campaign 🏳️‍⚧️ With the EHRC Code about to roll out, please put these posters up in your venues and help us spread the message: Pee in Peace 💖 #PeeInPeace #GoodNightOut #TransRights #TransInclusion

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

I am hoping/assuming the European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights (EPF) will address the backlash against AI UK's reports on the anti-rights / anti-gender movement as well as the leadership's subsequent attempt to disown them, in a future publication. Certainly, this episode >>

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Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Oh look, JK Rowling's chequebook-waving has emboldened the ADF, a Christofascist hate group that has been pouring millions into the UK to fund court cases and lobbying against abortion rights, equal marriage rights, Pride events etc., to go on the attack as well. Top standing up for women, Joanne!

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Christian charities challenge Amnesty report labelling them ‘anti-rights’

A letter led by ADF International UK urges the Charity Commission to affirm that charities may engage in public debate without being labelled a threat to human rights

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Aidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Make no mistake, what the "gender critical" movement wanted was to force Féile Belfast into compliance through lawfare. That is their modus operandi when it comes to dealing with any org that shows a scintilla of support for trans people. They lost this time, and they're struggling to cope with it.

Tweet by Heather Binning, founding member of the so-called "Women's Rights Network."

I am disappointed but not surprised that the men of the Feile team took to social media to gloat and crow about their intransigence. There was no win for them and representing it that way is disingenuous.

WRN wished for Feile to WANT to reinstate our panel discussion rather than be FORCED to.

However despite cancelling our event, Feile provided us with a platform far bigger than merely west Belfast to get our message heard across Northern Ireland and further afield. Conversations about whether women have the right to speak openly and honestly, about whether a publicly funded organisation - regardless of its origins - should ensure it represents ALL lawful viewpoints and experiences, and demonstrate for the world to see just exactly who is trying to marginalise who here.

Who knew women were such a threat!

Respect, rights and reality - I’ll buy you a dictionary.

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It almost never is "just" trans people. The conservative right consider trans people as part of a wider "woke" threat (LGBT+ & feminism), while left-wing anti-trans sentiments seem to function as a pipeline into other forms of bigotry (per similar logic) and towards a hardening of political views.

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Rob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 30/07/2026

They, and all AI apps, could have done this from day one, but of course they didn’t because they know most people “writing” with prompts would have no ideas other than to mimic real creatives. For OpenAI to be voluntarily removing this capability so late in the game means the lawsuits are working.

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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 24/07/2026

EHRC interpretation of Equality Act becomes statutory, but uncertainty remains about application, and many trans people intend to ignore it | Jennie Kermode

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Feminists speak out as new code defining sex creates chaos - Bylines Scotland

EHRC interpretation of Equality Act becomes statutory, but uncertainty remains about application, and many trans people intend to ignore it

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Arja Vauhkonen @arjavau.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

”Kansakunta voi hyvin, kun se synnyttää lapsia ”oikeanlaisiin”, ”kristillisiin” perheisiin, joissa miehellä ja naisilla on patriarkaaliset sukupuoliroolit.” Lukusuositus tälle kolumnille, vapaasti luettavissa, ei maksumuuria www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...

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Kolumni | Sukupuolivähemmistöjä käsittelevä taide sisältää varoituksen, jota pitäisi kuunnella

Moni kesän aikana haastattelemani ihminen on avannut suunsa transihmisten oikeuksia heikentävästä politiikasta.

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Thank you. There are similar groups across the globe now, with 108k signatures in the UK and 58 UK women’s groups expressing their concerns on this joint statement. This is a movement that warrants more coverage notinourname.org.uk/womens-organ...

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Women’s organisations speak up against the EHRC updated Code of Practice - Not in our name

NION Women is proud to stand alongside a coalition of UK women's organisations in expressing concern about the EHRC's updated Code of Practice

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Great to see this letter exists, with more than 100,000 signatures already. I hope it'll significantly exceed its goal. And I hope it is only the beginning of a serious movement in the UK to push back against anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-feminist bigotry!

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 29/07/2026

If Amnesty is afraid to call anti-rights groups anti-rights, they are no longer fit for purpose.

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Libraries are one of the most beautiful institutions humans have created. Let's keep them thriving around the world. 💚

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I sometimes forget about my account here and sink into the toxic rabbit hole of that other platform. That happened again yesterday and I reemerged so exhausted and feeling "tainted". I just feel like here I'm a totally different person. That other place tho? It brings out the worst in me. Scary.

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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

If you try hard enough you can make any holiday, even Pi Day, about birds 😂 This is one of my older drawings; "pied" refers to something that has at least two different colours, in this case black and white! Happy Pi(ed) Day!

A light tan background with the words "Happy Pi(ed) Day!" at the top, and three digital drawings of black and whitr birds labeled with their names: a pied butcherbird, a pied avocet, and a pied crow

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I can't even express how horrified I am for every person in the US who may be affected by this. I can't imagine how it feels like to be an immigrant, an illegal, or apparently even a tourist in the US right now. It's never the actual criminals getting rounded up and thrown behind bars. Fuck this.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

I wrote about the kidnapping and potential deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, the histories of repression this case is built upon, and the new and horrifying moment we are experiencing.

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Mahmoud Khalil and the Repression That Was, Is, and Will Be

Do not wait until this violence comes to your doorstep.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Turnabout is fair play.

A tweet from Fernando Oliver, Esq. (@Fernand46357857) featuring a large billboard on the side of a building. The billboard reads: "IF YOU WANT RELIGION in Schools, I Want the IRS IN Churches." The words "RELIGION" and "IRS" are highlighted in red, while the rest of the text is black. The image captures a busy urban street with cars and pedestrians passing by.

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SuperNynny @supernynny.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Niin totta tosiaan. Biometristen tietojen avaaminen tarkoittaa, että kasvontunnistus kuvista/videolta helpottuu. Naamioituminen mielenosoituksissa entistä suositeltavampaa.

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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I wonder who may be responsible for this, Daily Mail?

A screenshot of a daily mail article that says “schoolgirls left horrified after football coach demands to see ‘evidence of their gender’”

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matt @mattxiv.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

by @juliusgoat.bsky.social

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I'm just sort of laughing at how I used to think that the USA was such an unreal, bizarre, nonsensical place that I wouldn't feel at all comfortable visiting, and mind you this was YEARS before Trump's first presidency. Now I honestly have no idea which one I'll travel to first, the US or Russia.

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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 30/01/2025

Erika Hilton, transgender member of the Brazilian parliament, reports that the National Congress Building is now illuminated with transgender colors. #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

The National Congress Building i Brazilia at night illuminated with the transgender colors.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

Posting this again because a lot of people said they found it helpful! Guide to ALT text: www.perkins.org/resource/how...

ALT text copied and pasted from the linked website: An infographic titled “How To Write Alt Text” featuring a photo of a capybara. Parts of alt text are divided by color, including identify who, expression, description, colour, and interesting features. The finished description reads “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Climate: More than half of the municipalities in the state of Amazônia suffered from drought throughout the year 2024.

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The power of seeing videos like this one ❤️

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Helmikuu on Helsingissä palestiinalaisen käsityön kuukausi 💚🍉

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 24/01/2025

The start of the specific 10 year period they chose was the point they reformed the service to actually start engaging with patients properly. It's notable that they've chosen to stop looking at 2021, rather than 2024, because the obvious leveling off effect would be even more obvious.

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Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 18/01/2025

Ahmed Qandeel is a construction worker who has been out of work since the genocide in Gaza began. He, his wife, and their baby son are fundraising to start their lives over somewhere safe. Please donate and share if you're able. @ahmedgaza0.bsky.social

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Donate to “A Humanitarian Appeal from Gaza: A Family’s Struggle for Sa, organized by Mohammed Qandeel

Hello everyone, I am Ahmed Qandeel from the Gaza Strip, speci… Mohammed Qandeel needs your support for “A Humanitarian Appeal from Gaza: A Family’s Struggle for Sa

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Laura Jalkanen (she/they) ✨ @laujalkanen.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Please help Osama support his family and rebuild his livelihood. Every small contribution counts. 🍉💚

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