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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

“Hidden” if you’ve ignored every other scandal, act of violence, whistle blown. Horrific but sadly not “shocking” as Starmer says - it’s exactly what you’d expect based on recent evidence. Let’s see how long it takes govt and police to forget and move on this time www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Secret BBC filming exposes hidden culture of racism and misogyny inside Met Police

Panorama undercover investigation captures evidence that

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I feel like this hasn’t been said loudly enough: if you want to protest and do so at the place of residence of people with no power or influence, that isn’t a protest. It’s intimidation and harassment, and inherently violent

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Mark Grimshaw @markgrimshawtism.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Reckon we’re around two days from JK Rowling insisting she can’t be anti-asexual because of the existence of the asexual character, David Virgincunt, a third year Hufflepuff student.

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

“In 2023 in the UK, there were 6,522 stories relating to trans+ people in mainstream titles. That's almost 18 stories a day with a majority having negative framing.” Why are brands still advertising on these platforms??? www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/time...

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Time for Sky to get its head out of the clouds

Pressure mounts on Ofcom and Sky to take action to end GB News’ campaign of hate.

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Of course, refusing to work with extremists is much more likely to bolster, legitimise and spread their views than working with them in a way that bolsters, legitimises and spreads their views

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The word ‘laws’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Fourteen hours before the crash. 👇

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 31/01/2025

The project, which asked autistic subjects for their saliva for reasons that definitely have nothing to do with eugenics, honest, announced yesterday that it was closing the doors to its creepy basement lab (probably) after autistics responded with a resounding “ew, stop it.”

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Spectrum 10k: “And we would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for you meddling autistics”

The minds behind the now-cancelled Spectrum 10k project are really quite ticked off that their totally non-creepy plan to collect autistic DNA has been scuppered by a gang of scrappy autistics, it has...

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KimothyMack @kimothymack.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

They are just trying to get us used to the idea that the military can just enter states and do what they are ordered to - normalizing it!

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

In-work benefits are employer subsidies. Make employers pay workers enough to live on. Be honest about employer subsidies and apply your sanctions and regulations to them

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Pronouns in your bio = bigot repellent

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you believe a world is possible in which everyone is doing more or less ok, you’re an unrealistic dreamer. Because people are conditioned to believe that mass human suffering is inevitable, and it’s just a question of who (so just make sure it ain’t you)

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

People are saying the policies are more important but the reason this is so scary is it encapsulates the point we’ve reached: where the US government know they can Nazi salute without consequence, and global leaders adopt a policy of appeasement

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I suppose so. The official reports I’ve seen say there are so few trans prisoners that such data is statistically insignificant, so they don’t provide it

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Do you know where the official data is? I can’t find the source

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

He doesn’t care if it’s true and neither does the Telegraph. It’s about creating a narrative to manipulate people. It’s the repetition that’s effective, not the credibility of the lies

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

They want to make sure GPs are too scared to prescribe (the few who haven’t already been scared off). It doesn’t matter that they don’t have a case; no GP wants to risk being taken to court over this

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Because UK billionaires are benign influences on our democracy and it’s just those pesky foreign ones we need to stop

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The more people say this the more I hear: “It’s fine for rich people to buy our democracy - as long as they’re not foreign.”

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

I don’t want billionaire Brits buying our democracy either. Let’s just fund political parties centrally

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Their contempt for the working classes is visceral

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I think Badenoch said she likes a Scrooge story. It’s almost like a book’s message can be completely lost. One of the problems is our education system is very prescriptive and doesn’t teach or encourage analytical thought. So the message you take is the one given in the curriculum

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Animal Farm is on the GCSE curriculum

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Another useless distraction. We can’t even stop teens drinking and smoking, so how is a social media ban going to work? Just make it safer for everyone by regulating the platforms

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Libs: Trans people and allies are biased towards supporting trans kids Trans folk: Yes, so we look objectively at the research as we want trans kids to get safe, effective treatment Libs: Can’t listen to you then. We’ll listen to people who want trans folk not to exist - they say they’re not biased

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

The UK courts rule on legal matters, not on the quality of medical research or reviews

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

If the evidence pointed to blockers being unsafe I’d want people to know that. Making a thorough analysis and coming to a conclusion based on the evidence isn’t bias. There are ideologues opposed to the existence of trans people who make the research fit. And people who assess evidence objectively

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

It is always good to verify what you read online though. This provides a link to both the review and critiques from doctors and specialists. You can verify Cass’s proposition to remove bodily autonomy from trans adults under 25 in the review itself transactual.org.uk/advocacy/cri...

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Yeah because a summary of the review by the person who wrote it won’t be partisan at all lol. My breakdown is factual and simply outlines what’s in the review. The only part Cass would probably deny is her links to anti-trans groups, but there’s public evidence of that, inc Badenoch’s comments

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Lunch is for wimps. Politicians should just get on with the job and stop indulging in woke distractions like food

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Yes, Tavistock was quite extreme already in delaying access to puberty blockers against global guidelines (protocol unique to the UK). There seems to have been internal struggles between ideological practitioners trying to restrict access and those leaning towards recognised best practice

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Once kids got to GIDS (2-5yr wait) they were given at least a year’s assessment (depending on the assessor this cd be conversion based) before being considered for meds. The service needed reform, not shutting down with no service in place

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

There were big problems at the Tavistock and it needed reform to bring in line with global guidelines, research outcomes and best practice. There were claims blockers were given out too easily but the opposite was true

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

11. It’s been condemned by prestigious medical and scientific organisations worldwide. There’s more but that’s just off the top of my head. All the research points to blockers being safe and somewhat effective in lieu of HRT

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

9. Cass ignored the primary function of blockers (to suspend puberty) because she fails to understand the importance of that (maybe because she refused to speak to trans people). 10. Two recent large-scale studies (1 out before Cass, 1 after) undermine her conclusions and confirm previous findings

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

8. Cass says trans people probably shouldn’t have autonomy over their own bodies until they’re 25. If the glaring prejudice here doesn’t make you distrust the entire report I don’t know what will. Remember cis people have Gillick competence from as young as 12 and certainly as adults

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

7. Having thrown out all the research Cass made irrational statements as fact, suddenly unconcerned by lack of evidence. E.g. she says the fact almost all trans people on blockers go on to take hormones means blockers don’t provide thinking time! Rather than because most trans folk take HRT

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

A note here: Research reviews take an overview. There are often lots of small-scale studies which taken together are compelling. Replication is vital. You don’t just throw them out because they’re small. That’s the whole point of a review - compiling and checking for replication across studies

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

This is born out by the result. 5. Cass did not follow basic medical/scientific research protocols. 6. She threw out all of the research on spurious grounds (because they went against her ideology).

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

1. Badenoch admitted choosing Cass for ideological reasons. 2. Cass had links to anti-trans campaign groups. 3. Cass consulted anti-trans campaign groups with no medical knowledge/background. 4. Cass refused to consult patients/stakeholders (trans youth). All this points to an ideological basis

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

And of course, trans people turn from vulnerable, confused children into dangerous predators on their 18th birthday

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Their concern is only for suicides that could directly be linked to the ban - so those that immediately follow prohibitive change. They don’t give a shit about those pushed to suicide 20 years later as a direct result of permanent physical changes caused now. Harder to prove a causal link you see

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Wrong! Nothing to do with rapid withdrawal. This just highlights why politicians shouldn’t be making these decisions. You have no clue what you’re talking about. Leave it to doctors in consultation with the patients

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

This medication doesn’t have a direct psychological impact. That comes from the suspension of puberty. However, the promise of possible treatment could have a severe detrimental impact on mental health if a placebo is received instead - which is why such studies are unethical

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Saski Stevens @saskistevens.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

A double-blind study isn’t just unethical it’s impossible. Puberty blockers are extremely effective for their primary function (suspending puberty). They want trials to study secondary (psychological) impacts but due to the effectiveness of primary function everyone would know who was on a placebo

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