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Nancy Kelley

@nancymk.bsky.social
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Human rights geek | 'might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb' |

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Labour's immigration/asylum policies are profoundly racist and xenophobic. They embolden far right, undermine international law and violate basic human rights, while being even more hostile than the previous government. They can't be tweaked. They need to be scrapped. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Angela Rayner criticises worker visa plans on eve of Labour conference
The housing secretary says the government's plans to change wait times for permanent residency are unfair because they "change the goalposts".
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🧵Must read on discrimination against older jobseekers 👇 i gave up my job to give myself breathing space after cancer treatment and the deaths of my dad and brother (yes in the same 6 months)...
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Lots of nonsense gets brought up in Parliament. Some end up having negative consequences, such as when this is placed into context of how barbers and beauty salons are already framed in terms of immigration and how this could be used to fuel further attacks on the rights of people working in them 1/
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧵Yesterday hundreds of trans people, family and friends queued for *hours* to exercise their democratic rights -lobbying their MPs to stand up for trans people's right to live as free and equal members of society. This is me and my wonderful friend Alex after a day of running (another) mass lobby 👇
Two women smiling broadly with their arms around each other holding up small signs.  One says "Mass Lobby for Trans Equality" the other says "Trans people deserve real equality".  The woman on the left has short grey hair, and is wearing a short sleeved light blue shirt. The woman on the right has long black wavy hair, and is wearing a red t shirt and a high vis.
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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 10/09/2026
This photo by David Bird shows the huge line of trans + people and allies outside parliament yesterday.
A huge line of people waiting to enter the Palace of Westminster for the 2026 trans lobby of parliament.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Thank you so much to the hundreds of trans people and allies who joined today's mass lobby! The queue stretched across both sides of the road outside Parliament, and so many MPs participated in meetings and responded to green cards. Together, we delivered a powerful message for change 🏳️‍⚧️
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
When your ideal date is running a mass lobby for trans equality @transsolidarity.bsky.social 😂
Two women in a car, smiling. Passenger has short hair, glasses and  a pale blue shirt, driver has short hair and a black linen shirt.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today’s the day: Are you feeling mass lobby ready? Tag us in your best #transontrains pictures and we’ll see you soon!
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Astrid @astridsramblings.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Organising - why bother? Lots of despair from trans folks on the tl and other places of late. Things are horrible and scary. I also think we’re doing brilliantly at fighting back given the asymmetry of arms at play. We are so deep in a pit at the moment in terms of trans rights in the UK.
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This week, trans children all over England are starting the school year in schools that have been told to segregate them from their friends and peers. If they are brave enough to do that, every single cis ally should be brave enough to show up at a lobby for trans equality 👇👇
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Please read, and consider that it is a failure to act by cis "allies" that has left trans people in the UK in this direction position.
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
One of the things us an industry need to stop doing is perpetuating the 'they say this on social media, but they're a sweetheart in real life' about awful people I've had other journos say this to me about some of the most pernicious grifters over the years, some of who crossed many lines this week
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Its (finally) raining, so my children are cool and still fast asleep, my world smells and sounds *amazing* and I just learned the word "petrichor" ❤️
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New from 404 Media: we solved which AI company is buying massive shipments of rare books, scanning and destroying them to train AI. We put an Apple AirTag in a rare book, followed it. It ended up at an Amazon facility. Its logo is a dinosaur ripping through a book www.404media.co/we-tracked-a...
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We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility
We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.
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Paul Duane 🥔 @paulduane.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Seeing as how the UK news media's focus is now on blaming Cambridge for Arday's ordeal, this piece needs to be shared widely.
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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
We have just witnessed an incredible A/B test showing how plagiarism allegations at Cambridge University play out depending on how racialized the subject of the allegations are and it says nothing good about our society or the state of "race relations". O'Reilly is still in post.
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Plagiarising professor stays in post and threatens student journalists
More than twelve pages of an article published under O’Reilly's name had been lifted almost word for word from two essays by one of his students
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Waking up to our extraordinary annual water bill and sitting thinking about all of the other 4 person families who simply cannot afford a bill like this. Water is a basic human need. It should be free to all.
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Really recommend watching this @jamellebouie.net vid. Much of it very much applicable to the state of journalism and politics here in the UK...
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
it's always odd when "you should expose yourself to more diverse ideas" always means a certain kind of conservatism instead of like, Indigenous art, new fusion foods, math paradoxes, or the Dvorak keyboard layout
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Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 06/08/2026
I've been using a rollator for the past few days and it's been really helpful. I've been able to stay out longer, go more places, and paid less for it in pain and fatigue afterwards
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Things do not have to be this way. It’s a political choice, in the hope we go away quietly. Will you join us in showing up to demand better? 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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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
🧵3 month assessment on the Australian social media ban is in: very little change, and no change in practical outcomes for children and young people - no mental health or family relationship improvements, no differences in leisure time, same degree of harmful access, like loosing sleep to scrolling 🚨
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Great thread (and even better linked essays) on the evangelism of AI in big tech
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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Hornier for trees than you would expect:
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🗓️ Save the date: 9th September. Join us in Parliament, we have to fix the law. Read more: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/post/ehrc-co...
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EHRC Code to come into force: what now?
The current Minister for Women and Equalities, in one of this government's last acts before a change of leadership, has made an order to bring the EHRC's harmful Code of Practice into force.The order ...
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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This is actually CRAZY work - we are more anti trans than several countries including the US, which are arguably not even liberal democracies
Views on Access to Facilities
Matching Gender
Identity
By Country
0. How much do you agree or disagree with the following?
Transgender people should be allowed to use single-sex facilities (e.g., public restrooms) that correspond to the gender they identify with


(Great Britain is at bottom of list of 26 countries)
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🧵Aug: the Code of Practice comes into force. Sept: safeguarding and RHSE guidance in English schools. The net result will be pervasive segregation of trans children and young people that cuts across every part of their lives outside of the home. So: I'm asking you to donate to LGBTQ+ youthwork now⬇️
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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)
In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of:

improved recognition
changing help-seeking behaviour
institutional incentives
pressures within existing service pathways
Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including:

real increases in distress in some groups
improved recognition of previously unmet need
changing expectations about support
systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance
Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need. In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services.

The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.
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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Not getting the whole 'Politician consistently voted against abortions and LGBTQ issues but they were *lovely* to their gay friends, of whom they had many' thing.
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Tonight @allsortsyouth.bsky.social is running a 💫magical💫 prom for LGBTQ+ young people. Its the prom they deserve. 📣 We are a small community charity, so please consider donating or fundraising for us so we can keep building queer joy allsortsyouth.enthuse.com/profile
Iridescent silver sticker with cartoon globe and sash in black outline. Text says "Queer Prom. Allsorts Youth Project"
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
I am hoping with every fibre of my being, that the good people pf Clapton do the right thing and vote Binface!
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This 👇👇
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🧵Yesterday government published a new version of KSCIE - its safeguarding guidance for English schools and colleges. In broad terms, it is trying to make every school and college adopt the practices of the most unsupportive schools (the schools supportive parents avoid!) tinyurl.com/43rmtczm
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 06/07/2026
In the press and online, trans children are increasingly treated as a "controversial issue" while facing a wave of policy attacks. What can we do to support them? From @nancymk.bsky.social ✍️
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Trans kids are being hit by waves of hostile policymaking - they need our help
Trans children and young people don’t need our sadness; they need our power and our solidarity
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Timeline clense: snoozing
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The NHS was founded 78 years ago today. It was built after the devastation of the Second World War when the country was bankrupt - but when the people demanded a society built on fairness and dignity for all. Today, we must defend the right to healthcare and rebuild our social security system.
Photo of Nya Bevan with a quote saying: "Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared by the community."
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 03/07/2026
🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?
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I stand with trans people | Good Law Project
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 01/07/2026
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...
a chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforea chart showing google's rising energy consumption - huge, and rising faster than ever beforeGoogle's total energy consumption more than new zealand
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
This literally makes me want to cry. Im not safe on the roads b/cars treat mobility scooters like shit. Im legally not allowed in bike and bus lanes. And pavements where I live are already like an obstacle course. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Ministers likely to support law change to allow delivery robots on England’s paths
Exclusive: Safety campaigners concerned about plan for widespread deployment on already crowded pavements
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Of all the idiotic and irresponsible ideas this government has come up with this must take the cake. A self selecting group of people massively undertrained and under prepared to evaluate what are often nuanced and complex situations for asylum appeals. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Public to decide asylum cases as Mahmood pledges to speed up decisions
The Home Secretary will set out plans for a new independent body made up of people from a range of backgrounds with training similar to magistrates.
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
🧵New report from the @childrenscomm.bsky.social shines a bright light on a broken care pathway for children and young people experiencing gender dysphoria. Most get nothing. Only 15% get referred on to the Gender Service, and only 15% assessed / treated for co-occurring mental health need.
Text reads: Children also faced long waits for treatment for gender discomfort issues despite the relatively low number of children being referred for support via CYPMHS.  70% of children referred for gender discomfort issues were still waiting at the end of 2024-2025.  Children experiencing gender dysphoria (described in the data as gender discomfort) are referred through CYPMHS or community health services to children and young people's gender services and may also have a co-occurring mental health condition they may need support for via CYPMHS.  The data the Office received does not necessarily bear this pathway out.  Only a small proportion (15%) had their referral closed (referral closure can indicate a referral on to specialist gender service, and only a small proportion received treatment or assessment for co-occurring mental health needs (15%)
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Not to labour a point, but this is not a "new scheme", or a "Canada style scheme". It's an existing scheme which has been around for years that Labour are just tweaking, and is designed to take responsibility for supporting people seeking safety away from the state. 1/ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Home Office has vowed to introduce new "capped safe and legal" routes for asylum seekers to arrive in the UK later this year.

The department said it would allow organisations like universities, community groups and businesses to sponsor refugees who applied to come to the UK, a model based on Canada's asylum system.Screenshot from gov portal. 
Apply for community sponsorship

Community sponsorship is a way that community groups can be involved in supporting the resettlement of vulnerable people fleeing conflict.

From:

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Published

19 July 2016
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Colin Yeo @colinyeo.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This is absolutely damning.
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Nancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I've spent years working towards a ban on conversion practices, hoping to see a bill published. Today, I just feel so profoundly sad. As many others have noted, the draft has a carve out for "healthcare" so broad it makes a mockery of the idea this is a 'ban'. 1/2 www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Conversion practices draft bill
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We’ve had quite a few abusive and angry emails about this decision. Just to explain it a bit further, this decision was a delicate balance. We knew many people would want to go whatever we said - and would struggle to get refunds on booked travel - when the weather warning was still Amber. …
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Important mass lobby update: With a red weather warning in place for the day, it will not go ahead. We are reaching out to participants with further detail and actions, but please do not travel. We are arranging a future date and will update ❤️ www.transsolidarityalliance.com/post/weather...
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Weather update: Mass lobby postponed
With a red weather warning now in place for the day of the planned Mass Lobby for Trans Equality on Thursday 25th June 2026, we are cancelling the lobby on the day and advise people do not travel to W...
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Simon Cox @simonfrcox.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
European “centrists” have promised / threatened us for 30 years that more deportations will appease people to their right. Didn’t work for Obama (massively increased deportations). Didn’t work in Europe. Celebrating, promoting deportations tells people far right are correct.
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