Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 36mTo be extra *fucking* clear: if you even remotely try to "both sides" or "play devil's advocate" in relation to the Cornell 57, as far as I'm concerned you may as well have been in that group chat, and I will be blocking you because I don't associate with rape apologists. 011
Reposted by Lee KennyAnarchy Goose @anarchygoose.northsky.social · 20hI think the reluctance to say that abusers shouldn't have positions of power comes back to Great Man Theory. There's a temptation to think that movements pivot on particular exceptional individuals and we therefore have to excuse their abuse in the name of their contributions to a higher cause. 413536
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The criticism: "pensioners have the triple lock to ensure they have enough money - workers don't" The intended outcome: "let's protect worker's pay so" The actual outcome "fuck pensioners" 100
Reposted by Lee KennyAnarchy Goose @anarchygoose.northsky.social · 02/10/2026It still very much remains to be seen if there will be any real consequences for him. Most likely he has hit his career high point, but there seem to be enough people going "HASN'T HE SUFFERED ENOUGH?" That even that is far from certain. Cancellation isn't real. 2524
Reposted by Lee KennyGender Liberation Movement @genderlib.com · 01/10/2026As hospitals across the country cave to the Trump administration’s threats to cut federal funding and abandon trans youth, actor Elliot Page speaks out. In New York City, NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and NewYork-Presbyterian abruptly ended care for trans kids in response to these threats. 101528526
Reposted by Lee KennyTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 40119203097
Reposted by Lee KennyElizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 01/10/2026y'all i'm working on this data collection project looking at dissertations & sometimes I get reminders that we are not all playing the same game (1999 edition) 1632552
Reposted by Lee KennyTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 30/09/2026I'll believe Burnham is a progressive when he brings forward laws to undo our historically hostile position against LGBTQ+ people, immigrants and refugees, and protesters. Until then he's just Blue Labour with better vibes. 732086
Reposted by Lee KennyPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Great news: the School has sacked a third of its academic but we've acquired 2 new interim managers on top of the extra permanent ones. Fine work all round. 1616741
Reposted by Lee KennyDAVIEWoOOoO 👻 🎃🕸️ @daviemoo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If you can't get a judge to jail a rapist, your society is broken. If the police won't even investigate an accusation of rape, your society is broken. If men think they can get away with rape because their mates will tell them "they deserved it", your society is broken. 1153
Reposted by Lee KennyAnarchy Goose @anarchygoose.northsky.social · 27/09/2026People are very resistant to the idea that patriarchy is about a relationship to power. Is every man abusive? No, plainly not. But patriarchy affords them the ability to misuse their power in a way that people of other genders cannot. So the more power they accumulate, the greater that temptation. 1410113
Reposted by Lee KennyTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 29/09/2026Burnham is stacking a whole lot of things under a list of "Todo, IF we win the next General Election" and quite a lot fewer things under "Todo, currently, whilst we hold power with a huge majority" 713030
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Actually, I do believe that "bright young men with potential" should have their lives forever ruined if they choose to rape someone. 001
Reposted by Lee KennyDaniel Lismore @daniellismore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bigoted fascist Bridget Phillipson says she wouldn’t allow a trans woman into a women’s refuge. www.attitude.co.uk/news/bridget...attitude.co.ukBridget Phillipson says she wouldn't allow trans women into a women's refugeMinister for Women and Equalities Bridget Phillipson has said she wouldn't let trans women into a women's refuge. 67615
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Once this thesis is finished, I never want to see Microsoft Word ever again. 010
Reposted by Lee KennyUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 28/09/2026Our members at Edinburgh University commence a 5 week strike today over crippling job cuts. Please show them solidarity as they head onto picket lines this morning. 37045
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I am growing angry at the reframing of education as "preparation for work". What kind of capitalist bullshit is that? Education is there to help you develop into a better version of yourself, to help you to grow and learn new ways of thinking. It's equipping you to navigate **life**. 100
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026People are posting "first they came for the RNLI and I spoke up because I read the rest of the poem" and I'm like: sweetie, they've been coming for trans people for a long time... and disabled people, migrants, the poor, people of colour... I don't think you understood that "poem". 010
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Dear corporations: Please stop trying to crowbar AI into literally fucking everything just for the sake of it? Kthanx 000
Reposted by Lee KennyLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/09/2026A caution! A fucking caution! Take yourself out tonight, grab a stranger and beat them with a metal stick in front of the police. Get a relative to report back tomorrow what happened after that... 18317119
Reposted by Lee KennyThe Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026At the moment, I'm regrettably not having cappuccinos and croissants in a quaint café in Vienna, so no, I'm afraid your email did not "find me well.” 1275658
Reposted by Lee KennyTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 22/09/2026Arguing for the mass deportation of British citizens based on their ethnicity should be considered a hate crime of a severity that is practically treasonous. Any party that does so should have been banned. 0396
Reposted by Lee KennyCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"so-called Mickey Mouse degrees" I mean, so-called... by you?? that's not what "so-called" means??? 610414
Reposted by Lee KennyChrystal Williams 🏳️⚧️ @chrystalwrox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“Video Games are for children” A sentence one can only make if the last game they played was when they were a child. It bothers me when people flat out dismiss an entire artistic medium. 60718102
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Why does refworks have *this* as an option, but doesn't have a template for citing video games or live performances?? If I could start again, I might just have done my PhD references manually at this point. 000
Reposted by Lee KennyDr Eric Farmer @himself132.bsky.social · 17/09/2026So the police can't maintain law and order, and a vital service can't be delivered because some far-right thugs put on masks? Some harsh sentences, like those imposed on peaceful Just Stop Oil protesters, are called for, 'pour encourager les autres'. 1276
Reposted by Lee KennyUnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.northsky.social · 17/09/2026Looks to be escalating. One to avoid. The EU need to cancel accession plans or take some other action. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...theguardian.comTurkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalistsProtesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’ 15313
Reposted by Lee KennyStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My (35M) support acts (43M, 29M, 37M, 24M) have unionised! 11911175
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 15/09/2026One thing that I will never understand is why people who hate trans people are so afraid of being called transphobic. 010
Reposted by Lee KennyDaniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes: 13598709
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Turning to my emotional support Korok to help me get my thesis finished. 010
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This sort of treatment is just evil. During the course of my doctorate my department has faced two redundancy processes and seen the teaching staff stretched beyond breaking point. I can't wait to finish this thesis and be an overqualified forklift operator. 140
Reposted by Lee KennySheffield Green Party @sheffgreenparty.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Today, we need to address the horrific situation in Turkey where over 50 LGBT+ activists have been arrested. Police have raided organisations and venues, blocking their voices online. This is a direct attack on their freedom to exist. #Solidarity with the Turkish LGBTQIA+ community! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 4356156
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I believe that there is some benefit in keeping the United Kingdom together... But at the end of the day that should be up to the people of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Frankly, the way that England has treated these nations I would be flabbergasted if they didn't choose independence. 000
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I agree, it really is that simple. Using psuedoscientific terms like "biologically male" to refer to trans women is semantically redundant, and more importantly, cruel. If politicians can't be trusted to be decent human beings towards trans people, they can't be trusted. 030
Reposted by Lee KennyBlairer @haggisblarer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The apartheid state engages English lawyers to proscribe #MedecinsSansFronteir This is unilaterally England. Take note. 👇👇 56687373
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This is where the UK is headed, and *rapidly*. The rhetoric, focusing on "protecting children and family values" is chillingly familiar. This is why pride matters. This is why staying silent is not an option. 020
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Somewhere between learning that Owl City has descended into MAGA territory and discovering that Pink has come out swinging for zionism... I'm just afraid to listen to music any more. 110
Reposted by Lee KennyKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If we are to truly resist fascism, we must reject the idea that only the strong survive. We must categorically reject any notion that worth is determined by physical ability or socioeconomic status or what you produce under capitalism. We must build networks of community care. 118763
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is how the descent back into fascism is being documented. What do you mean, "were the masked, uniformed paramilitaristic thugs intimidating?" They clearly fucking intended to be. 010
Reposted by Lee KennyCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026also incredible to have lived through multiple versions of the WAR ON DRUGS, when the coverage of these gangs never mentions the truly astonishing amount of cocaine that is fuelling all of this 114424
Reposted by Lee KennyChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary' 9259941594
Reposted by Lee KennyDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Plot twist: *Every one* of the tiny bets will change the world. Some of the payoffs will just be on a larger scale or more recognized than others. 4412127
Reposted by Lee KennyLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 07/09/2026'cosiness' They beat a woman with a metal pole, Peter. 18733132
Reposted by Lee KennyStéphanie says… 🏴☠️🦈🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 07/09/2026“The anti-gender ideology is one of the dominant strains of fascism in our times. So the Terfs will not be part of the contemporary struggle against fascism, one that requires a coalition guided by struggles against racism, nationalism, xenophobia and carceral violence…” 👇👇👇 17730
Reposted by Lee KennyM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It should be noted the BBC has filed this under “West Midlands” regional news 419054
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Surely, surely the BBC has better things to do than engage in petty gotcha headlines. God forbid they do some proper serious journalism. share.google/TOZRfi4bQpSH...share.googleGreen Party deputy leader Mothin Ali linked to property lets in LeedsMothin Ali, is linked to two rental properties via his company, but does not appear to profit from them. 000
Lee Kenny @leekenny.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Do I: a) get off my phone and finish this thesis /or/ b) start researching and preparing for a short video series I will never make where I buy used and worn paperback books from the charity shop and rebind them with a hand-painted hardback binding? 110