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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 01/09/2026

So Keir Starmer has now completed the full Johnson cycle. From a thumping majority to too disgraced to remain an MP in a few years. The lawyer who made his career on human rights to then push through some of the worsts reversals in HR in the UK in living memory. Quite the legacy.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 31/07/2026

Every major organization and NGO dedicated to trans rights in the UK from Stonewall to Mermaids to Amnesty have been systematically attacked and neutralized. All that's left are severely underfunded trans led orgs that are systematically ignored by the British press and government.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Imagine what Mosley could have done if he'd had JKR's lawyers.

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 31/07/2026

This is an org which claims to be fighting the rich and the powerful but has failed to stand its ground after legal threats from a (in)famous billionaire. I think we need better advocates. Hopefully AI will respond correctly; the AIUK is embarrassing. www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...

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An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026

Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

In his time in office Starmer has overseen the largest rollback of migrants, trans and disabled rights in arguably a generation. He has gone further than the previous Conservative government on hostile policies and the demonisation and discrimination of marginalised groups.

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Robin Z @firepile.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Possibly the best way to phish academics would be to just send them email that looks like a request to review an article and embed your malware in the "decline to review" link

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 02/06/2026

Just the old eugenics. Been calling it for a while now…

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 01/06/2026

Pride month gaslighting already full steam ahead, folk! Labour should be ashamed of themselves and of the bad quality tribute act of the far right that they became.

Labour Party post on Twitter wishing a happy pride month.

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

We believe policies and campaigns for trans exclusion distract from the true causes of inequality and violence against women by scapegoating a tiny minority, create problems for cis and trans+ people alike, and divide communities that naturally stand together. notinourname.org.uk/targeting-tr...

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Targeting trans people, failing women - the EHRC Update - Not in our name

The EHRC's updated Code of Practice has just dropped. It affects how your gym, GP and local council treats those who use their services -...

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Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 21/05/2026

I don't think it's a good idea to legally privilege someone else's discomfort over another person's rights.

13.147 A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from a separate or single-sex service for their own sex might be to prevent discomfort or distress for other service users.

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This government’s defining quality is cowardice and now it has wobbled its way to a policy that 10 years ago was confined to the most extreme Republicans. Shameful

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 21/05/2026

People like Bridget Philipsson, Keir Starmer, Shabana Mahmood and Wes Streeting makes me think that it would probably be better to Farage as a PM. At least the Labour Party would fiercely oppose it…

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 14/04/2026

I left Labour altogether. It’s just too much. The transphobia, the xenophobia, etc. Not in my name!!

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 03/01/2026

Who needs international law, huh?

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 30/12/2025

During the holidays, really @plos.org? 🤬

Multiple Plos One e-mails with invitations and reminders to review a paper.

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Peter Kay @theonlypeterkay.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

A one man study in persistence of personality: Farage’s alleged behaviour as an adolescent is entirely consistent with that of a formed Callous and Unemotional personality. Farage stood in front of his infamous poster when he was 52 years old. He wants you to judge - judge him.

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 03/12/2025

'utmost regret and sadness’ feels like cheap PR to me. Say you agree with it or fight back any potential legal action threat!

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 01/11/2025

If you still don’t use VPN in 2025… Why?

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Tivadar Danka @tivadardanka.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Matrix multiplication is not easy to understand. Even looking at the definition used to make me sweat, let alone trying to comprehend the pattern. Yet, there is a stunningly simple explanation behind it. Let's pull back the curtain!

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Marcus De Matos @mvdematos.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

They support fascist ideas; They agree with historical fascism; They join fascist demonstrations; They believe in racist and supremacist ideas; But no one wants to call them what they are.

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 02/10/2025

It’s appalling that a former human rights lawyer is saying this nonsense. The level of misinformation coming from the Prime Minister is shocking - and no journalist will ever challenge it!! 🤬

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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

The real reason the Home Office keep losing cases.

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 26/09/2025

Starmer is uniting the country… Against him!!

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Quite. So many Labour people on this website visibly have no idea of just how bad things have got for ethnic minorities since they came on, and how their visible indifference lands.

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✨ Hamish Steele ✨ Go-Man Vs. the Star Dragon OUT NOW! @hamishsteele.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

In case it needs restating, autism isn't caused by Tylenol, or vaccines, or woke parents or whatever. It's not a disease, and it doesn't need curing. Eugenicists and fascists love to think of ways to eradicate us because they are unwilling to understand us. But we will outlive them.

Edit of a meme which says I'M JOINING THE WAR ON AUTISM ON THE SIDE OF THE AUTISM and beside it is a picture of GO-MAN, a red, white and blue superhero character with a big scarf and mask.

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

i feel like labour saying "they can't do it to EU citizens" and not say anything reassuring about non-eu people on visas is not a thing to be chilling out about tbh. like ok cool, it "doesn't cover all foreign born nationals". what about the rest of them?

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 22/09/2025

Yes, you can and should argue that Reform’s new policy would lead to an economic crash that could resemble a full-on depression, not just recession. But you should also be able to straightforwardly say it’s *wrong*. Not that it should matter but: It’s not even bad politics to say that!

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 20/09/2025

Over last few weeks I realised that the easiest way to be blocked by - self proclaimed - progressive types is talking about how pervasive white supremacy is. As a whole ‘whiteness’ will not want to be challenged in its ways and privileges. Even those who say ‘not me’ will react when challenged…

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 18/09/2025

Have they left already? 🍊

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I find these two men (particularly these two) telling us their approved version of parenting - deeply sinister. I hope their christofascist, MAGA-flavoured manoeuvrings backfire so dramatically, in our secular, progressive country, that they rue the day they decided to tell us how to live our lives.

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Garrett Reisman @astro-g-dogg.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

During a visit to NASA’s Johnson Space Center last March, I was confronted with an environment of fear, uncertainty and discrimination which struck me as a troubling moral issue that also raises serious safety concerns. Read all about it here: www.thespacereview.com/article/5060/1

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 15/09/2025

Updating Apple things... It's always a great day!!

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

There's no excuse of ignorance any more. Every single person on that fascist march knew who Tommy Robinson was and every single one of them knew why they were there. This isn't Brexit. People weren't conned. They willingly went out to join in, led by a five times jailed thug. Stop making excuses.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

luigi mangione murdered a healthcare executive and opposed "wokeism." i don't know why people insist that killers need some coherent ideology. most people don't even have coherent wardrobes, let alone a coherent worldview.

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 13/09/2025

Freedom for me but not for thee…

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I need you to understand what this country feels like right now for those of us who look different. I'm sitting here, trying to plan for Saturday, make sure I don't even need to go to the corner shop for milk, like it's Christmas Day or lockdown. Why? Because I live near where Yaxley-Lennon will 1/

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Republicans, in earlier eras, would have absolutely lost their collective sh*t if another country had the temerity to try & tell us how to run our own domestic courts & sought to impose international penalties on us for doing that.

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 11/09/2025

Brazil also just sentenced a 4-star general to 26 years. It is hard to emphasise how relevant that is in terms of South America, particularly considering the US-sponsored dictatorships from the 60s and 70s. The sentence was also given by a civil court!

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 11/09/2025

Bolsonaro just got sentenced to 27 years and 3 months for attempting a coup!!

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Deborah Leão 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @deborahleao.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Dear friends from other countries: please join the Brazilians as we celebrate this groundbreaking decision.

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 11/09/2025

Now watch and learn, US. That’s how you deal with tinpot dictators… You are welcome.

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Camarote da República @camarotedacpi.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

"O que há de inédito nessa ação penal é que nela pulsa o Brasil que me dói. A presente ação penal é quase um encontro do Brasil com seu passado, seu presente, e seu futuro" - Cármen Lúcia

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 11/09/2025

I really expected more of an international community response to this outrageous move from Washington.

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Lucas França, PhD @lfranca.uk · 11/09/2025

If your empathy has a rather restrictive colour palette, it’s not empathy; it’s white supremacy.

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