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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026

Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

banned from the r/unitedkingdom subreddit for suggesting that Wes Streeting should be bullied for the content of his character rather than his sexuality, and by that measure he's not bullied nearly enough. apparently that's hateful. well, maybe it's hateful towards Wesley, but I'm ok with that.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I can't be trusted to reliably remember my meds (thanks, ADHD!) so I made a stupid little app to send me reminders. in case anyone else would find it useful: apps.apple.com/gb/app/simpl...

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SimpleHRT App - App Store

Download SimpleHRT by MAE LAUREN SMITH on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like SimpleHRT.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

did a march with some good friends, was briefly interviewed by the amazing and utterly delightful @jessothomson.co.uk AND had a tiny bit of battenburg. I honestly couldn't imagine a better day. 🏳️‍⚧️

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

ACAB includes toilet police 🏳️‍⚧️

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

in other news, I've been forgetting to take my HRT and other meds so regularly now that I've forced myself to learn a bit more swiftUI and have a reminders app going through review and available soon! I just needed something simple to bully my ADHD-addled brain into gear and I think I've nailled it.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

trans pride in London today so to paraphrase my friend Matt - I hope nothing goes wrong with the internet today, everyone who can fix it will be busy there for a bit 😘

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I need a get-rich-quick scheme I think. all my current schemes seem to fall in the get-even-more-skint-quite-slowly category.

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Wes Streeting should be held accountable for the deaths of children he caused by removing their medical treatment on ideological grounds, despite warnings from experts. His resignation is not enough, he should be prosecuted for the deaths he's responsible for.

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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The new Rainbow Map is out. The UK used to be a beacon for LGBTQ+ rights in Europe, topping the list in 2015, but over the last decade we have dropped year on year. We are now barely scraping a score above the continent’s average.

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Rainbow Map

Europe's LGBTI Rights Rankings 2026

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I don't know about you but I'd quite like to see a crime-fighting pope. Hell, I'd pay good money to see a Batpope.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Right. Let's go do a protest, shall we?

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The problem with being a uh "destinctive looking" 6ft tran with multicoloured hair is that everyone in the office knows who I am and I spend the first 30 seconds of a conversation bewildered and confused trying to work out who this person is based on a tiny Teams version I've seen of them before

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Dr. Skylar Grayson @skylargrayson.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Pub anyone? I need to drink away any memory of this week. Get me on a tube to Chalk Farm.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

So, so close to finishing my new portfolio site. Does that mean I can have a night off as a treat? 🥺

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Well, I managed a few weeks without obsessively listening to Ethel Cain's last album, and over the last two days it's snuck back into heavy rotation...

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Sherry CD-ROM 🏳️‍⚧️ @sherrycdrom.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

transgender for everybody ✊

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Mitch McConnell's shambling corpse 🧟‍♂️ @checarina.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

in 2026 we are NOT hustling, we are NOT grinding, we are doing just enough Job to have money for Video Game

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DESIGN THINKING! Comic @designthinking.lol · 19/12/2025

It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Guy Segal @guysegal.com · 18/12/2025

You can only call it “design system” if it comes from the System region in France. Otherwise it’s just “sparkling component library”.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

I know I'm very very late to this party, so apologies to everyone who's seen this post before - but I've finally got the Liquid Glass update to my iPhone and it's worse than anything I for have imagined. Genuinely outrageously ugly.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

The BBC reporting the Sandie Peggie case as her "winning" when in fact she lost against the poor trans Dr who had done nothing wrong - and in fact was a victim of Peggie's hate campaign - is nothing short of shameful. I'll never pay the lisence fee again. The BBC should be defunded.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

the high-pitched squeal you hear while watching formula e is not from the cars, it's the sound of all the children's souls trapped inside the trophy. It's colossallly, terrifyingly ugly.

The formula e drivers championship trophy. If you are brave enough to look directly at it, you'll see the no-longer-used Berlin track configuration on the front, but then your soul will trapped in one of the many blue layers at the back. Best look at it in a mirror, or even better - not at all.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Formula E's first free practice session of the year has been delayed by an hour - which has led to some great off the cuff TV coverage by Sam Bird in particular. Much more technical insight than usual. Love it.

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The Design Systems Horse, est: 2008 @horseds.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Design systems were built for a world where humans made every pixel by hand.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

the best goth weddings are in churches playing Skinny Puppy on Halloween (Congrats Steve and Mari! 🖤)

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Gourdo! 🎃 @posting.fan · 05/10/2025

ACAB includes Inspector Gadget

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Natsuka @octopodeeznuts.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

ACAB includes reporting posts to moderators

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

ACAB includes the numbers in paint-by-numbers

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

@deirdrecostiganmp.bsky.social Hi, I noticed your Labour colleague has shared their thoughts on the EHRC consultation outcomes regarding transgender rights. As your constituent, I’d be interested to know if you share similar views on this issue?

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I've discovered how to make a passable Deadsy synth-guitar tone with my music rig so I'll be spending the rest of the week covering Commencement note-for-note (and continuing to ignore the fact I should be making my portfolio website)

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MARA9 @maranine.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

🔮 ACAB includes car alarms

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

ACAB includes race marshals with blue flags.

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Crystal Frasier @amazonchique.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

If “changing your sex” were impossible, they wouldn’t need to ban it.

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Jane Ball (living dead girl) @jane.inurhead.lol · 28/07/2025

i don't know who needs to hear this but ACAB includes alarm clocks

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Watching the Odido guys talking through thier multibrand design system - and while it's great, all it's doing is reinforcing to me how ahead of the curve my old design systems team at Vodafone UK was when we were all still together. Robyn & Alex crushed this same setup a year and a half ago

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

ACAB includes secret shoppers

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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Schools are banning discussion of trans identity and the Online Safety Bill will restrict access to social media based on age. The obvious end goal of this is to hide any mention of trans rights (and eventually all LGBT content) behind an adult-only moderation filter.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Waiting for it to cool down so I can have a run. Hoping that happens before I'm collecting my pension.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Everyone should read this THREAD by @goodlawproject.org in conjunction with my own research on the effects of the puberty-blocker ban. All Labour MPs supporting Starmer-Streeting transphobic assault on the lives of trans children are responsible for the ongoing deaths of trans children.

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Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban

This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Been staring at all of the implementations of the EU Energy Rating cards I can find across mobile phone retailers today. Why are they all such inaccessible garbage? If we're not careful this will become another well-meaning EU rule that makes the internet worse, not better.

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Lauren LoPrete @laurenloprete.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Call me old and grumpy but liquid glass makes me want to quit my job and learn to farm.

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

On my way to #ConfigLondon2025 ! I'll be awkward but happy to chat design systems if you see me, come say hi 😆

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Mae Smith @maehemm.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

This is an absolute scandal - the flawed justification for denying trans youth any reasonable healthcare, spiking suicide rates in that demographic. A reminder that this Labour government can't be trusted.

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