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Jason @greedyrunner.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
This handy flowchart is for any fellow cis people out there who have someone in their lives who come out to them as trans.
Flow chart
Your friend or relative comes out as trans
Question. Does this harm you in any way?
If answered is yes, left to box that says, it doesn’t, then on to next question.
If answer is no, on to next question
Question. Are you happy for them?
If answered yes, on to final box that just says, sweet.
If answer is no, on to box that says, Why not? Get your shit together.
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 12h
BTW, Books.ie will ship Sally Rooney titles to the UK
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BOOKS.IE | Irish Online Bookshop
BOOKS.IE is an Irish based online bookstore offering a wide diverse range of books, new releases, bestsellers, bargains and rare books, with worldwide delivery.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 22h
Palantir didn't have to evade the UK's controls on lobbyists to get astonishing, unminuted access to government ministers and officials, or even to hire them to lobby their colleagues. Why not? Because there aren't any. My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Palantir is worming its way into the British state – it’s time to curb this controversial US company’s influence | George Monbiot
Tom Watson has said ‘mob rule’ must not decide public contracts. Perhaps he should take a look at his new employer, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Report about @london.gov.uk allowing a Harry Potter light display in Oxford Circus, when the proceeds of it are being used to inflict serious harm on trans people including children.
attitude.co.uk
Thousands sign petition urging Sadiq Khan to block Harry Potter Christmas lights in London
Backed by the Good Law Project, the petition calls on the Mayor of London to stop the Oxford Street display from going ahead.
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
To everyone in the trans+ community: your existence is not something to be debated. These words come from cis women who simply want you to know that your lives matter, and that you deserve joy, safety, dignity and belonging. Love is a doing word. All our love, NION women 💜
I am so sorry that life is so tough right now.
Sadly it seems that the world has become filled with hate and division. People who have never had the wonderful opportunity to meet you or any of your trans siblings are only hearing from the noisy, hateful ones.
I want you to hear from some of the other people on this planet who don't use social media to shout and spread hate.
#WithTheTDear beautiful you...please know that in this crazy world there are folk who cheer you, love you and embrace you.
Hold tight to who you are, and know that you are beautiful, are worthy, and are seen and heard. May the winds of time bring quietitide to your world and fan the wings of peace so that you can keep being you... beautiful! Xx
#WithTheTThank you for enriching our world and teaching us that there are many ways to be fully human. I'm sorry you have to endure the misunderstanding & mistreatment of those who can only imagine life in narrow lines of conformity. I remember, not so long ago, those of us who knew we were lesbians were afraid to say it, watching in silence and fear as we were punished for our difference.
I promise you, these times will pass. The LGB community survived - we are here and proud.
For the T community suffering right now - you already belong with us, and I know that broader acceptance will follow. Until then, please know that you have our love, acceptance and support.
- MD
#WithTheTI want you to know that I support you unequivocally and you must believe me when I say that there are many many people that share this view. Put simply - YOU matter, YOU are loved and YOU are supported.
Please, if you can, turn down the volume on those negative voices and amplify those who want you to hear messages of love and support. YOU are enough. YOU are valid.
YOU matter!
Best wishes,
Jacqui
#WithTheT
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
If the Greens has lost Holborn & St Pancras by one vote, the media would have called it a “crushing defeat”. The media is not neutral in its reporting, it is consistently and deliberately trying to destroy the Green Party because we are a threat to their power.
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Analysis: How close was the Holborn and St Pancras by-election?
Labour’s victory was not the ‘crushing defeat’ for the Greens that the media is making it out to be
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Though, cards on the table, in my ideal world we would have shifted those interceptor stocks and then told Ukraine to absolutely keep blowing the crap out of Russian oil infrastructure until every last Russian soldier was either off Ukrainian soil or buried in it.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This summer: Thousands of deaths from extreme weather. This weekend in the media: What's the point of the Green Party? This morning from the Labour party 👇
Ministers preparing to slash heat pump subsidies to fund defence spending
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God @thegodshow.com · 10/10/2026
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Nagasadri @nagasadri.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Cisformers ! No more than meets the eyes 🎶
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
You and I have a *very* different understanding of fascism.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
If Sadiq Khan is a trans ally, why is he allowing JK Rowling’s Harry Potter to take over the Christmas lights in Oxford Circus? Email him now and ask him to pull the plug on transphobia. goodlaw.social/e1ae3f
goodlaw.social
Sadiq Khan: Pull the plug on transphobia
Tell the mayor of London to switch off JK Rowling’s Christmas lights
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
One of the lessons of Athens must be that democracies can inflict atrocities just as well as autocracies. Our democracy does not make us moral; we must make moral our democracy.
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You won’t see this graph in mainstream media. Change in vote share in Holborn & St Pancras. Only one party increased its vote share…
Lab - 4
GRN + 22
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 09/10/2026
Text is a quote from Blindboy Boatclub: Things that were once accessed collectively and affordably are now being run privately for profit. Some billionaire has set up a toll booth between your taxes and that public service. Billionaires are stealing your taxes and using the money to fund far-right influencers who tell you that immigrants are stealing your taxes.
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
100% agree.
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Perhaps there's a post (/pre?) capitalist world where people don't need to be paid for their work.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're into the final 100 hours of the campaign for Holborn & St Pancras! Every leaflet & conversation can make the difference between Greens narrowly missing out or electing our 6th Green MP. Any time before Thurs you can help can make the difference. linktr.ee/HSP_6thGreenMP
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Overthrow their techno-fascist billionaire masters or die trying at the hands of their AI-powered autonomous weapons systems?
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thank you for clarifying. Doesn't that shift the problem from lobby groups to mass media though? I don't think that a referendum on e.g. minority rights is a good idea right now. With a sufficiently enlightened populace I might bite, but right now...?
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This sounds like a bad faith analogy - nobody wants to bail out a boat with a hole in it. What is "bailing out the boat" and what is "fixing the hole" in your view?
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You said it can't be fixed. What is your proposed alternative to representative democracy?
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So let's not bother trying?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Flying is officially on course to account for *almost all* the UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. Heathrow expansion alone would cause more carbon emissions by 2054 than *any other sector of the economy*. So why is it being contemplated? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it | George Monbiot
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
New blog: Leaving the UK with a heavy heart. growinguptransgender.com/2026/10/02/l...
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Leaving the UK with a heavy heart
Today, as a family, we have booked our flights and our one-way ticket out of the UK. This has not felt like a choice. This feels like fleeing to protect ourselves. For the past 7 years we have look…
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I actually would though. But that doesn't necessarily mean I think that you should state them publicly.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Labour are planning to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea despite the thousands of deaths from excess heat this summer. We cannot allow them to win in Holborn & St Pancras and think that they can get away with this. Vote Green. For our communities and our planet.
Labour are planning to extract more oil and gas from the North Sea despite the thousands of deaths from excess heat this summer.

We cannot allow them to win in Holborn & St Pancras and think that they can get away with this.

Vote Green. For our communities and our planet.
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U.S.B.W. Flora ⚧️Ⓐ‍☭ @trannyflora.myatproto.social · 24/09/2026
"parents know whats best for their kids"
US measles cases in 2026
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Wear The Peace @wearthepeace.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They've spent their careers working towards the destruction of our planet. Those jobs *should* be lost.
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm not sure that painting Saudi Arabia and Israel as allies makes much sense. Though in relation to Iran maybe it does...
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If it's needed to keep the whole world working then building consensus should be possible in the short term?
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
100% we should have done better in the past. The second best time to do better is right now.
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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 22/09/2026
“While the great recession of 2008 resulted in global GDP reducing by around $2tn, the 1997–98 super El Niño resulted in losses of $5.7tn.” That El Niño has already been surpassed by the current one. - @profbillmcguire.bsky.social via @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Jaw-dropping’ El Niño bursts through temperature record months before peak
‘Godzilla-level’ phenomenon is supercharging the climate crisis and will have a huge impact on communities across the world
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's a tough one and I'm no expert here. But I suspect building consensus through the rules based international order or offering to meditate between parties might be better than providing military support.
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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.cat · 17/09/2026
6/ The sole appropriate response is to restore the services at once, launch disciplinary investigations against those responsible, and then have the committee members resign in shame.
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Matt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The Beckstead/Musk line that poor people can just die because they aren't going to contribute to the far future, if not stopped, will most likely mean that in the far future we still have a huge majority of people suffering for the luxury of a privileged elite. Maybe with the same rationalizations.
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Remember the deal was: you give up collective bargaining and provisions to protect you in unemployment or ill health, and you gain cheap goods, social mobility and a house? And now nothing works, everything is expensive, the public realm is visibly degraded and about ten guys own the whole world.
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There are some really wonderful Christians in the world, but I remain unconvinced whether the whole project is net positive.
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ourkwest.bsky.social @ourkwest.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I came here to say something similar. Intelligence can find ways to make money.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 15/09/2026
A lot of people really have no idea what's coming with the energy crisis in the coming months. A lot of the crisis from the start of the war were postponed but those tricks can no longer work. We're about to see the worst energy crisis in 50 years.
Screenshot of an X post by The Hormuz Letter (@HormuzLetter) reporting breaking news about Saudi oil exports.
The post reads:
"BREAKING: Saudi Arabia has informed its European customers that late-September crude oil cargoes will be cancelled, due to the East-West pipeline being shut after last week's attacks and Yemen's Houthis taking over the entire Red Sea coast, per three sources to Reuters.
Yanbu had five to seven days of crude stocks left for export when the East-West line went down, per industry sources on Saturday, and cancelling late-September cargoes means Riyadh does not expect the line back before they run out. Europe has been taking Saudi crude through Yanbu because Hormuz has been closed since spring. On top of the pipeline, the Houthis appear to have struck the YASREF refinery at that same port this morning."
The post is dated 10:20 AM · Sep 15, 2026, with 155.9K views.
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She Guevara @sheg7.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Roses are red Violets are blue The singular "they" predates the singular "you"
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Seattle and Tacoma! THE PRINCE is on September 10-27 at Dukesbay Theatre! The show is already getting great reviews. Screaming Butterflies Theatre are doing an awesome job! Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-prince...
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The Prince by Abigail Thorn
Have you ever been trapped, playing a role that doesn't suit you? Jen and Sam are also trapped … in a multiverse of Shakespeare's works.
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John Marsham @johnmarsham.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why do BBC headlines always seem to be "What Reform says about what's happening", not "What is actually happening"?!
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Tom Walsh @tewalsh340.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Vince D. Monroy @vincedmonroy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Protester: “He’s just everything that is wrong in this kind of society, and he’s here. It’s just not right. I don’t know why we welcomed him here… We are a peaceful nation and he’s coming over here with blood on his hands from all the wars he’s doing.” 📍Ireland
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 12/09/2026
You’ve got priests, pensioners and disabled people who’ve been arrested for terrorism charges for peaceful protest, while the national public broadcaster is glazing a uniformed paramilitary for launching a campaign of attacks on infrastructure. Forgive me for seeing a scale and a thumb.
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I don't care about fairness in sports nearly as much as I care about fairness in bodily autonomy.
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