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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 1h

GB News viewers are, as always, having a normal one.

A screenshot of a GB News video of Zack Polanski speaking favourably about the trans community at the Green Party conference, posted to TikTok. The top comment, with 1,659 likes, reads “he’s more dangerous than Putin”.

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Tympanic & Frisketty @luckyerica3.bsky.social · 9h

I got hired in 2009 on this kind of scheme, the accountancy firm that hired me were awful people. They needed to replace a retired administrator on the cheap, they bullied me for months for my disability until I quit and ended up on a psych ward.

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Professor Boot @hamishboot.bsky.social · 10h

There was a similar scheme in Wales for hiring young people. Dodgy af small businesses (many of them unsustainable vanity projects) employed and exploited young people *just* for those 6 months, often then folding so even the reference is worthless. The politicians *know* this doesnt work.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 13h

“Should we do anything to help solve structural inequality & ensure workplaces are actually accessible to disabled people?” “Nah, let’s just bribe employers to hire them for a bit.”

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 13h

Cannot explain how much I hate the Labour policy suggestion of the government paying disabled employees wages for 6 months to encourage employers to hire out-of-work benefit claimants. Essentially admitted businesses will only hire disabled people if they’re free, & making the taxpayer responsible.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Really struggling on today’s Minute Cryptic. Thought the definition was “back to back losses in swimming races”, but there’s not enough letters for the answer to be Riley Gaines.

Today's clue
Spirits kept low by these back to back losses in swimming races (7)
1 October, 2026 • By Member: Cole Baron

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

My “I am a traitor” announcement has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my “I am a traitor” announcement. #CelebrityTraitors

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Really enjoying that Ross Kemp thinks everything is a sign of someone being a traitor, apart from them shouting “I AM A TRAITOR” immediately after being chosen as a traitor. #CelebrityTraitors

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Really struggling on today’s Minute Cryptic. Thought the definition was “back to back losses in swimming races”, but there’s not enough letters for the answer to be Riley Gaines.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I suppose the good news is that, very soon, the TV industry is going to have to take a chance on some up-and-coming talent, if only to have new people to send on a televised holiday a few years down the line.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Bridget Phillipson is obviously correct to say violence against women has been weaponised for political purposes by Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. Anyway, here’s Bridget Phillipson weaponising violence against women to justify her bigotry against trans people for political purposes.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I posted this in a Reddit discussion about welfare spending, and I’m sharing it here because, frankly, I feel like this is a reality that not enough non-disabled people seem to understand.

Here’s the thing - there’s this constant insistence surrounding the long term sick and getting them back to work. Yet, there’s never actually any acknowledgment to the reality of this, that long term sickness can affect your ability to do work, and, as a result, affects the willingness of employers to hire you. Sure, there’s anti-discrimination legislation to protect disabled people, but, the reality is, employers “hiring the best people for the job” can mean that many disabled people are shut out regardless.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Damn you know what else he is the same in as thatcher? Bringing in school guidance that opresses lgbt people Tho this time with actual segregation and conversion practices in the mix What a revolutionary what a guy Ey up

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This seems the inevitable result of putting a tech bro (former Google exec) in charge of the largest company within the creative industries in the UK.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Jeremy Allen White, whilst Aaron Sorkin Unusually Brown.

A picture of Mikey Maddison, Jeremy Allen White and Aaron Sorkin at the premiere of The Social Reckoning. Aaron Sorkin is sporting what can only really be described as a hefty tan.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 29/09/2026

I don't mean to be that person but this is a Labour event and Labour are the government and Labour appointed the chair of the EHRC and Labour could stop this all any time they wanted.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It’s so fascinating hearing right-wingers cry about “compelled speech” when they’re just asked to show trans people basic fucking respect, such as using correct name and pronouns, whilst having absolutely zero issue with genuine government issued compelled speech.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I mean, the government did recently accept a new EHRC Code of Practice, rewriting the Equality Act solely to legitimise “gender critical” anti-trans hate speech, so it’s kind of hard to disagree here, really.

Independent: Majority of Britons say government only protects free speech it agrees with
A survey commissioned by the human rights organisation Liberty and conducted by pollsters More in Common found 54 per cent of Britons believe the government only protects speech that it agrees with

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Genuinely don’t think it’s been discussed enough just how detrimental to workers generally it could be if Sandie Peggie is successful against the RCN - it crushes minority rights by enforcing unions to stand by and support bigots. It’s really fucking dystopian.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I find the insistence that racist and anti-trans nurse Sandie Peggie was owed any support by the Royal College of Nursing fascinating. It’s an insistence that this cis white woman and her bigoted views take complete precedence over any of the RCN’s staff from minority groups. It’s so wrong.

Daily Express: Two nurses have accused the Royal College of Nursing of abandoning them when they needed help the most, claiming the union failed to support female members in disputes over single-sex spaces and pronoun usage.
Jennifer Melle and Bethany Hutchison appeared as witnesses in colleague Sandie Peggie's employment tribunal case in Dundee against the RCN, the world's largest nursing union. Mrs Peggie claims she was discriminated against because of her gender-critical beliefs after the union refused her legal support during an NHS disciplinary dispute.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“So, who put themself down to sing Things Can Only Get Better?” *Every hand in the room raises*

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

“So, what should our slogan be for the Labour Party conference this year?” “Well, ‘hope’ has been so well received previously, so we should probably just use ‘hope’ again.” *Writes down “hope again” and sends it to the printer*

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would just like to clarify that this post about a Disnae World-related conversation disney refer to me.

Mark in front of the Disnae World castle.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I cannot stress this enough - the belief that trans women should be banned from women’s shelters is inherently bigoted because, to be frank, the only trans women entering shelters are victims of assault or abuse. Banning them from shelters is framing those victims as abusers. It’s utterly sick.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I do have to question how @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social can claim she believes trans people should be treated with “dignity and respect”, seconds before saying she would ban trans women victims experiencing rape or abuse from shelters. It’s just so fucking blatantly dishonest and bigoted.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is genuinely fascinating to me, the level that people have dehumanised trans people so much, that the only solution they see to any perceived conflict of rights is one of trans exclusion.

marsman on Reddit, responding to my last comment in the quoted post: I think you run the risk of simplifying here, the issue isn't bigotry its trauma, for all involved. I can understand why survivors of abuse might be wary, I can understand why trans women would find that excluding and hurtful, and trauma is irrational, maybe we should be looking for solutions that don't create more trauma.
Me, in response: Excluding trans women from support and safety after being raped or abused will cause a much greater level of real trauma than an anti-trans bigot demanding a space free from trans people will actually experience in the presence of a trans person. I'm sorry, I'm not going to bullshit here, to be frank, their irrational bigotry towards trans people should never take precedence over the real trauma being experienced by a trans victim.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Turns out this is now just making me have to spend time confronting people with their own inhumanity.

FornyHucker22 on Reddit: always going to be a tricky topic whatever people feel about it.
Me in reply: I actually think it's a very easy topic - stop being cunts to trans people seems like a very simple solution - but, unfortunately, this country seems desperate to make things needlessly tricky by catering to the whims of bigots instead.
evenifihateit replying to me: Women who are fleeing male violence are being cunts to trans people if they don't want to share women's refuges with males who identify as women?
Me in response: I mean, yeah, denying a trans woman who has been raped or abused safety, security and support in a shelter because of your own anti-trans bigotry is quite a cunty thing to do, yes.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Your autism is irrelevant to the fact you’re a massive cunt, to be honest.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Bible literally says that a woman can be created from a man’s rib, Janet.

Telegraph and Mail journalist Janet Murray on Facebook: Apparently the Church of England has ordained its first 'transgender woman' - following a 'gender transition'.
Now, I'm no biblical scholar. But I did go to a faith school, study compulsory RE until I was 16, and get an 'A' in Religious Studies (back when that was the top grade). So I'm scratching my head here.
Genesis says God created humankind "male and female". Where does the Bible say that men can become women? Sarah Jones is a man, not a woman.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Graham Linehan has said in a Telegraph article that, following the removal of an IT Crowd episode from streaming services, he told their Head of Comedy that he would never work for Channel 4 again. I really enjoy the fact that he seems to think that was in any way a decision made by himself.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Bible literally says that a woman can be created from a man’s rib, Janet.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is extremely fucking bold from @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, the woman who has weaponised violence against women to introduce the trans segregation that is the EHRC guidance.

Independent: Farage and Badenoch have ‘weaponised’ violence against women, warns Bridget Phillipson

Exclusive: Labour chair tells The Independent that the Tories and Reform are ignoring ‘the national emergency’ of women’s safety

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hell of a bad week for Ed Sheeran’s attempts to weather a storm.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is extremely fucking bold from @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, the woman who has weaponised violence against women to introduce the trans segregation that is the EHRC guidance.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I once had an interview where they told me to get my lunch whilst waiting due to them running behind schedule. They then interrupted me mid-lunch to say they were ready. I continued eating after the interview, whilst they checked my right to work documents. They deemed this unprofessional. I failed.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Hell of a bad week for Ed Sheeran’s attempts to weather a storm.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Andy Burnham: “Talking about the mass scale of cocaine usage is discriminatory against hardworking MPs just trying to make it through the day.”

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Andy Burnham: “Talking about the mass scale of cocaine usage is discriminatory against hardworking MPs just trying to make it through the day.”

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yeah, sure. This is the moment we’ve seen their true nature. Not in their actions, or their words, or their policies, but in this slightly uncomfortable photograph. Genuinely, what the fuck are you doing here, Seth?

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Look, it’s nice to see these centrist fucks finally opening their eyes to the reality of the impact of transphobia, but there is still something incredibly depressing about how they only now give a shit because the scope of bigotry is expanding to include other groups. Just trans people was fine.

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My “Am I a transphobe?” and “Is my castle mouldy?” website Q&A has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my “Am I a transphobe?” and “Is my castle mouldy?” website Q&A.

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Alcoholic is a protected characteristic under the equality act dont you know

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I see nothing on this sign saying adults can’t ride the trolleys.

A picture of some trolleys at Gatwick Airport. A sign above the trolleys reads “children must not ride on trolleys”.

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