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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 16/10/2026

The UK is working to completely purge trans people from society. They are banning trans people from hospitals, banning their healthcare, banning them from bathrooms, protecting people that will harass them, and making it impossible to exist. This is all happening under Labour.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

So basically, yeah you can come out as trans but you will be harassed, discriminated against, and barred from using the toilet, and it's all on you. The persistent slide into an ongoing dystopian nightmare continues for trans and non-binary individuals.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 16/10/2026

no offence but why is the British public being asked about my medical diagnosis, would it also like to check out my ankles and my elbows to decide whether I really have hypermobile joints, should I cough on them next time I have a cold so they can confirm that I'm ill

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Watching British reality TV is often “Are you posh, or are you slightly drunk?”

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 08/10/2026

You probably think this is a touch of hyperbole. If you do, that just tells me not only are you not paying attention, you are actively ignoring all the trans people this has happened to. This is life in the UK as a trans person in 2026.

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Absolutely get this if you haven’t already read it, brilliant book.

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Does anyone else really like the murder mysteries in Ludwig, but have no interest whatsoever in the brother plot?

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Patrick W. Reed @patrickwreed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

between 15,000 and 20,000 jobs in UK universities are actively at risk of being cut, on top of the tens of thousands already lost. 50% of UK universities are actively cutting staff. Solidarity with anyone losing their job at the altar of corporate greed, but "some jobs are real jobs" indeed.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage

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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Slightly menacing email from the blood donation people.

A screengrab of the beginning of an email, reading "Dear Rhian, The need for blood never goes away."

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Now watching Celebrity Pottery Throw Down and where’s Siobhan?

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Watching Sugar. He’s a robot, right? (Do NOT tell me!)

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do.

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“I can’t believe he’s gone,” says Luke, far more upset about Ben’s death than he was that of the couple who had raised him his entire life.

A picture of Leia and Luke in Star Wars, with the text “When the your home planet exploded a few hours ago, but a guy you just met is feeling sad about his martial arts mentor”

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I honestly don’t understand how this isn’t the case.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"So a review commissioned in the middle of a media-fuelled panic looked into it, found the rates weren’t actually rising, and warned against oversimplification instead. That was not what the government was hoping for."

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Very much recommend this, great book.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I begged Woman’s Hour to cover Gamergate in 2014, when it was the NYT front page & UK women in games were living in terror. Gamergate became the model for MAGA. They said they didn’t think it was an important story. That week they covered women mountaineers of the 19th C & new ways with aubergine

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Juliet E McKenna @julietemckenna.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I really hope someone has the clout to sign off on them playing The Time Warp tomorrow!

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Tyson @lscpunk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Fab time marching at Bath Pride today.

A group of people in front of a tree holding a variety of trans rights signs, including Trans Liberation Bath, Trans Rights Are Human Rights, Protect The Dolls and more.

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 20/08/2026

Mid Century Modern tableware and where I think it would stand on trans issues, a thread

A Mid Century Modern ad for tableware, quirky hanging laps, weird wood paneled kitchen bar, oh yeah it's MCM as hell up in here (kinda love it)

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

That this is just randomly on the TV is really one of the greatest things about living in this country.

A TV showing the opening titles of the classic TV series I Claudius.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 19/08/2026

wrote about that ADHD documentary, my own life as someone apparently living the perfect life of the unmedicated ADHD poster child, and why no amount of "oh but the system should change, not the people" doesn't work: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Tripped over a curb walking home this evening and ow ow ow. Leg is now quite bloody and painful.

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Home alone for the evening so watching Poirot and look who's in it!

A TV screen paused showing a woman and a man in vintage outfits. The man is Jamie Bamber from Battlestar Galactica.

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Fabulous night last night and a very worthy winner.

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

On a train to London for the a Clarke Award and currently sitting at Swindon for about half an hour.

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

So, i have two books to read on the Clarke Award shortlist, The Salt Oracle & There Is No Antimemetics Division. I haven't read the book before The Salt Oracle, which I'd prefer to do... So I suppose the answer is to read the other one first? I might get through the three before Weds but might not!

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I must say, it’s very brave of people to come out publicly and say they admired Rod Liddle *because* he wrote stuff that was upsetting. Nice to know that we’re SO BBC-Balanced that we think a voice standing up for the virtues of paedophilia is not only necessary but actually noble.

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

More than that, we force non-academic kids to fail and fail and fail again before we allow them to try any other options, it's cruel and terrible for their confidence.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Geeeeeeet fuuuuuuucked Channel 4

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Will be in Cardiff for a couple of days next week. Any recommendations for must-visit spots? Museums, art galleries, bookshops (especially bookshops!), pubs, restaurants…?

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Amazing vox pop from a guy on ITV who said that Burnham would have to remember he was Prime Minister of England and not just the north.

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Sophia McDougall @sophiamcdougall.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Can the Society of Authors or someone put together a guide for how to answer the consultation, with keeping the heavy over-representation of ADHD and autism in our community in mind, along with wildly varying payments and often-delayed income making "forecasting" impossible?

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Anupama Ranawana @msamrc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Incredible statement from the Church in Wales on the ignominious Code of Practice: "The Church in Wales will not use equality law exemptions to exclude trans people from our worship, our sacraments, our pastoral care, or our common life." www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

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Statement of the Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales on the publication of the EHRC Draft Code of Practice - Church in Wales

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I know I’ve mentioned this before but US politicians really should have paid attention to what happened in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy when they got rid of the phone hygienists.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

This government would ban George from the Famous Five.

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

But arts and drama aren’t MANLY jobs like British Steel and Jaguar Land Rover. They can’t do a photoshoot in a hard hat at RADA

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Rhian Drinkwater @rhiandrinkwater.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

As a Welsh person who lives in England, the journey from wanting England to lose to wanting them to win is very relatable.

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