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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 15h

The NHS Guidance on trans people in hospital will protect zero women but will badly harm trans people. What a hateful disgrace and will be remembered by future generations as a stain on us all.

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Cannop Workings. @cannopworkings.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Some saucy Sunday stats. #sciart #truthexplained

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Maria Farrell @mariafarrell.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026

It is quite a day for craven displays of wanton spinelessness in UK publishing. The writer's union supports LLMs' theft of our work, and the publisher @faberbooks.bsky.social throws Sally Rooney to the wolves for her support of Palestinian people during genocide. Sickening.

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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I used to feel like half my time as an orchestra musician was spent patiently explaining, over and over, that no, orchestras have never in history paid for themselves through ticket sales; no, cutting concerts or auxiliary trumpets won't balance the books; YOU JUST HAVE TO RAISE THE MONEY.

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Eric Pazdziora @ericpazdziora.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"Opera doesn't make money. Opera’s what you spend money *on*.” “But . . what do you get out of it?” “You get opera. You put money in, you see, and opera comes out,” said Salzella wearily. --Terry Pratchett, 'Maskerade'

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Witchy Annie 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's so tedious having to listen to people say "if you don't Labour then our lives will be worse off" and then listing a handful of policies which make them feel better, while ignoring the far more substantial number of Labour policies which strip rights and make life worse for vulnerable groups. 4/

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Absolutely love this

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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

Standing up for people 'elected politicians' are supposed to serve puts O'Neill, like Jeremy Corbyn, beyond the pale. Unelected politicians such as Yaxley-Lennon or members of the House of Lords can do what they like, whilst Bryant's govt has criminalised peaceful protest and supported a genocide.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Extreme weather during summer 2026 is estimated to have cost the EU 180 billion Euros But still governments refuse to acknowledge the scale of the threat and turn away from any serious, effective, action Hard to comprehend really www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Burning forests, emptying rivers, €180bn in damage: Europe’s politicians face reckoning after ‘summer of truth’

Amid record-shattering heatwaves and popular demand for climate action, why are politicians often timid or in denial?

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Mark Berry @boulezian.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026

A salutary reminder, though alas we hardly need it right now.

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William Hayes @williamhayes.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

So if you protest a genocide you are automatically a "terrorist" but hold up a major shipping route while wearing balaclavas and you are a "protester" and the police "engage with you"? www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Disruption at Port of Dover as masked men hold protest

Images appear to show hundreds of protesters, all dressed in black and wearing face coverings.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

The government simultaneously telling people to stock up on food, and going ahead with extracting more fossil fuels from the North Sea www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... The fact that they are incapable of connecting the two, shows they haven't a clue about what climate breakdown actually means

bbc.co.uk

Jackdaw gas field set to be approved as soon as mid-September, sources say

The government is set to give the go-ahead for the gas field off the coast of Aberdeen, the BBC understands.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"In the UK, ministers are prioritising climate resilience after the UK’s hottest summer on record" If this were true, they would be on a war footing I see no sign at all of any serious effort to make the UK better prepared for the climate mayhem that's coming www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Minister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warning

Exclusive: UK government plans campaign urging citizens to prepare for national emergencies

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You have to choose. You can't be nice to everyone. Appeasing corporations and billionaires means abandoning everyone else. When it comes to policy, it's us or them. And for far too long political leaders in this country have sided with them. If Burnham is to survive, this is what he needs to change.

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EZRA 🗝 ROSE @sheydgarden.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

sometimes. you just gotta stop everything. & do miniature leather-working for a thrifted plush rat who was missing an ear (her name is Bugbane)

front view of a white plush rat with a leather ear prosthetic & leather belt with sword, keys & pouch, sitting on a stump outside

side view of a white plush rat with a leather ear prosthetic. a strap with a brass o-ring over the remaining ear holds the false ear in place. there's a plastic sword in a leather scabbard hanging on the rat's belt

back view of a white plush rat with a leather ear prosthetic and a plastic sword in a leather scabbard on a belt.

a white plush rat holding a plastic sword. the rat is wearing a leather ear prosthetic and a belt with scabbard, keys, and pouch

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Adapting to climate change without ending the fossil fuel industry.

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Caroline Coetzee @sunwitch.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The week started for me with Kendra Preston Leonard, then Dolly, now Tim Curry. The first of these is the most personal. Kendra played a major role in developing my confidence as a writer and was a brilliant artist, scholar & person. I'm not superstitious but I don't want to see what tomorrow brings

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 26/08/2026

It’s so intellectually dishonest for anybody to cast Dolly Parton as apolitical. It’s so cynical. It tells me that they think everybody’s values are aesthetic, just for show.

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Things you could do this week to honor the impact Dolly has had: *Donate to the Imagination Library or a local kids reading initiative *Read with a kid you care about *Support and protect LGBTQIA kids *Support a Black owned business *Schedule your vaccine appointments *Show up authentically as you

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

No, No, No, No, NO! Carbon capture and storage does NOT reduce emissions All it does is lock-in fossil fuel usage and infrastructure, and facilitate business as usual As far as tackling the climate emergency is concerned, it is a con trick www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Can Burnham justify giving the go ahead to oil drilling? Yes, but these must be the conditions | Michael Jacobs

Carbon capture and storage could make the Rosebank site compatible with UK net zero commitments – if its owners are willing to pay the price, says economist Michael Jacobs

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Caroline Coetzee @sunwitch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

So terribly sad to hear about Kendra Preston Leonard. A wonderful, talented person gone.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

It might be worth reminding ourselves that a person does not have to be saintly or error-free to not be hounded to death. That discourse can get very dangerous very quickly.

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Is there a connection between an institution parading a lone Black figure as evidence of its munificence, & also turning a blind eye to 'racial science' networks on its campus, & accepting dodgy donations while having secret talks with Reform? You can decide.

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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If the government is allowed to send me messages telling me not to use disposal barbecues, can I send them messages. I have some thoughts.

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Caroline Coetzee @sunwitch.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

RIP John Crowley. Such a wonderful writer gone.

The end of Little Big by John Crowley:
Then there was a dark house made once of time, made now of weather, and harder to find; impossible to find and not even as easy to dream of as when it was alight. Stories last longer: but only by becoming only stories. It was anyway all a long time ago; the world, we know now, is as it is and not different; if there was ever a time when there were passages, doors, the borders open and many crossing, that time is not now. The world is older than it was. Even the weather isn’t as we remember it clearly once being; never lately does there come a summer day such as we remember, never clouds as white as that, never grass as odorous or shade as deep and full of promise as we remember they can be, as once upon a time they were.

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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This is fully deranged. Columnists reference Nineteen Eighty-Four all the time but this is Brave New World-esque; sorting children definitively into categories before we’ve even tried to give them a better chance.

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Aside from its obvious transphobia, this is easily the most misogynistic thing the EHRC has ever done. Women have to look a certain way or some whacko will demand to see your genitals. Congratulations. What a victory for feminism.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I know he has a lot on, but in the midst of a ferocious drought, fires, heat events and severe threats to food production, it would be quite edifying to hear Andy Burnham mention climate breakdown.

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Caroline Coetzee @sunwitch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The role of the r4 in radicalising boomers can't be underestimated. The people I've known for years who come out with unexpectedly right-wing opinions seem to have r4 on in the background constantly. As pernicious as facebook and more insidious. Just a gentle soundtrack of background fascism.

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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Like Corbyn, Zack Polanski is a soft left reformer whose economic politics would have been mainstream before 1980. Watching the establishment destroy his name with one hand, whilst skilfully relaunching the Labour neoliberal brand with the other, is an education in why we don't live in a democracy

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PoggleRebecca @pogglerebecca.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Trans people won't stop until we've got equal rights, and the Gender Critical movement won't stop until all trans people are dead. Why is it trans people are being depicted as the "evil" ones here?

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 26/07/2026

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

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dirt squirrel @dirtsquirrel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"I'd kill for my child" okay but would you put aside your preconceived notions of gender or sexuality for your child? would you apologize to your child when you're wrong? would you tell your child they can be whoever they want to be, and mean it? your child doesn't need more killing in their name

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We’re rapidly approaching a situation in which it becomes legally hazardous to express any criticism of “gender critical” views. The combination of well-funded lawfare and well-funded media moral panic is extremely dangerous to free speech for everyone, as well as obviously to trans people’s rights.

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

There are people who lost loved ones to the UVF or UDA and co and every year have to see their flags despite both groups proscribed as terrorist organisations. Meanwhile, the UK gov arrests nans and priests for supporting Palestine Action, a group that has never killed anyone.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

"Scrap" not "water down", and boot Mahmood out of position and onto the backbenchers, if not remove the whip, while he is at it. You cannot water down Labour's current hostile and xenophobic anti-immigration/anti-asylum policies. They are too far towards the extreme right for tweaks to mean anything

Labour MPs tell Burnham to water down Mahmood’s migration reforms
Backbenchers criticise Home Secretary’s ‘hostile rhetoric’ about immigration in letter to Makerfield MP

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Timeline cleanse: You're watching Mei & Kira, two sea otters (Enhydra lutris) at the Toba Aquarium in Japan, help clean the pool area after playtime. The reward is an ice treat. Enrichment activities like this promote mental wellness. Let's talk about the SUCCESS of sea otter conservation.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 02/07/2026

Politician unpopular because of her political views. Outrageous.

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Micro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 29/06/2026

When the selkie returned to the beach, a man was holding her sealskin. "Is this yours?" he asked. "May I borrow it?" "You want to be a seal?" "No, but when I take it off, I'll be a woman, right?" "My heart, you already are," the selkie said. "That skin is mine, but I can help you find yours."

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Keir Starmer is a bad person who used his power to make the United Kingdom a more unequal place and dismantle the possibility of opposing oppression and genocide, and to drive trans people from public life. If you think he is decent, I have news for you about your own moral judgement.

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Marie Phillips @mariephillips.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

No, it's because only 3.1 percent of the Dutch population live in poverty as opposed to 20 percent of the British population. The Guardian really needs to stop publishing irresponsible lifestyle crap as news. (The Avondvierdaagse is a nice tradition though.) www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Dutch children are unusually happy and healthy. Is it because of the Avondvierdaagse?

Once a year, Dutch kids, parents and teachers take part in a walking festival, heading out for four nights in a single week to explore their neighbourhoods, exercise and make friends. It’s a tradition...

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/06/2026

I'm in my 20s. I grew up with social media. Without that and video games, I would have been so completely isolated. We should be making the world safer for kids, not trying to ban them from it.

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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Erm, the suffragettes were not peaceful protestors, Jesus

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Sooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Things could have been so different if we'd had a FEMALE Pennywise.

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