Reposted by Ms ChatelaineSalena Godden @salenagodden.bsky.social · 7m✊🏾❤️🔥 Tonight! Honoured to read poetry at The Battle Of Cable Street Anniversary: An East End variety night, DJ's, live music, anti-fascist photo exhibition, launch of new book CABLE STREET 1936-2026: NOT THEN NOT NOW published by Rough Trade Books! Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cable-stre... 011
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineGwrach Gymraeg @cherylmorgan.bsky.social · 1hFascinating. The motion doesn’t mention trans rights at all, it is about equalities law in general, but Nation.Cymru, normally a big fan of devolved rights, is against this because it might benefit trans people. nation.cymru/news/plaid-c...nation.cymruPlaid Cymru activists want devolution of equalities law to increase trans rightsMartin Shipton Plaid Cymru is to debate a controversial motion at its annual conference that would commit it to getting equalities legislation devolved to Wales. The motion will be considered by party... 282
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineTransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 49mThere has been a lot of confusion recently around trans employees’ rights at work. Here’s what you need to know! transactual.org.uk/law/workplac... 2102
Reposted by Ms ChatelainePatrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 3hWell, this is a delight. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comComedy wildlife photography award finalists 2026 – in picturesA selection of the Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards 2026 finalists – from a shortlist featuring a caiman wearing a wig, a leopard doing a handstand, a strutting white-tailed eagle and a polar bear appeari... 57932
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineChris Scott (he/him) @chrisdonia.bsky.social · 27mAt this point, if they had the resources, we'd be seeing a massive exodus of trans people from the UK. But most don't, so they're trapped in a country that's becoming steadily more hostile every day. How are we* allowing this to happen? *we = the media and politicians, who we vote for or enable 054
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 21mThe pause comes almost a year after our investigation revealed that the national average wait time for a first appointment at an NHS gender clinic in the UK is a staggering 25 years. Wales, however, has operated a different model. wearequeeraf.comGender Clinic Files - QueerAFAn investigatory series that exposes deep structural issues with the UK’s approach to transgender healthcare by QueerAF, What The Trans?! and Claire's Trans Talks. 061
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 21mICYMI: NHS Wales admits its “urgent review” still hasn’t begun over a month after pausing all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients wearequeeraf.comNHS Wales apologises for withdrawal of trans healthcare, admits "urgent review" still hasn't begunNHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee apologises for "distress" caused by a withdrawal of care but admits its "urgent review" had still not begun nearly a month after hundreds were denied care 1114
Ms Chatelaine @theelaineg.bsky.social · 13mVet visit accomplished, Ruby got antihistamines and I resisted a massive upsell 000
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineGeorge Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 12hA young human (8?) is running through the markets, roaring to someone behind her: "I'M GOING BUT I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHERE I'M GOING!" A passing man (60s?) saying: "Isn't that all of us?" 115812
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 4h"This legal action is just one example of a vocal ‘gender-critical’ minority weaponising the EHRC guidance to exclude Trans+ people further." wearequeeraf.comScottish Labour councillor failed to declare role in ‘gender critical’ group, breaching Council rules amid trade union legal actionA ‘gender critical’ Scottish Labour executive committee member and councillor failed to declare on her register of interests the company she set up to sue her trade union, in an apparent breach of the Scottish Councillors’ Code of Conduct 0125
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 12hThe UK, now under the power of the Labour Party, has become a place an entire demographic feel the need to flee due to systematic legal discrimination enforced by the state. 19839
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 17h"I was still pretty young when it happened,but yeah, it wound up being more of a Butlerian Crusade than a Butlerian Jihad ..." 617927
Ms Chatelaine @theelaineg.bsky.social · 18hRuby cat is really congested and snuffly, think tomorrow we're going to the vet 040
Reposted by Ms Chatelainepeter remote morrison @remotecore.bsky.social · 19hThis time next week the @gsfwc.bsky.social will be celebrating our 40th anniversary at @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Fantasycon, which is in Glasgow this year. The anthology Haverin has 43 stories by members, there will be more than 30 members at Fantasycon. britishfantasysociety.org/events-calen... 174
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 19hCan you *imagine* if British kids showed this much ferocity fighting for their rights and needs after a generation of being ignored and trampled by a geriatric electorate? Our entire media apparatus would simply implode. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.comFires, fury and hundreds of arrests as France gripped by student protestsGovernment struggling to deal with worst crisis in months after being taken by surprise by massive demonstrations 0194
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21hThe rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you. 251460387
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 22hAnn-Dowling also opposed Scotland’s Gender Recognition Bill, which aims to make legal gender recognition simpler for Trans+ people. wearequeeraf.comScottish Labour councillor failed to declare role in ‘gender critical’ group, breaching Council rules amid trade union legal actionA ‘gender critical’ Scottish Labour executive committee member and councillor failed to declare on her register of interests the company she set up to sue her trade union, in an apparent breach of the Scottish Councillors’ Code of Conduct 083
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineDavid (W) Goodman @davegoodman.bsky.social · 22hI'm absolutely delighted to announce that @headlinebooks.bsky.social have acquired my new book A TRAITOR'S CALL in a two-book deal! Jamie Tulloch and the Legends team return in May 2027, tackling a threat much closer to home... cc @dhhlitagency.bsky.social @harryillingworth.bsky.social 124520
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22h“If I’m racist about noticing you, you haven’t assimilated” has always been the standard. 525340
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineChris Scott (he/him) @chrisdonia.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It would be a fairly quick win if the government was to regulate the overpowered e-bikes that are currently illegal but hard to catch. Public would cheer, tax income go up, and the riders would have to start being more cautious if they were registered and trackable 0103
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 23hNHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee apologises for "distress" caused by a withdrawal of care but admits its "urgent review" had still not begun nearly a month after hundreds were denied care www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-wales-ap...wearequeeraf.comNHS Wales apologises for withdrawal of trans healthcare, admits "urgent review" still hasn't begunNHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee apologises for "distress" caused by a withdrawal of care but admits its "urgent review" had still not begun nearly a month after hundreds were denied care 75319
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 02/10/2026The purpose of MPs is not to work on local issues. The "constituency link" is both an invention (most people don't know who their MP is) and undermines the importance of the work that Councillors do. Most local concerns are best handled by people who actually represent people in local government. 1134
Reposted by Ms Chatelainepeter remote morrison @remotecore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Come on people, Beth has a big birthday coming up next year, lets see if we can make this happen! #CarefulWhatYouWishFor 152
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 02/10/2026Cornell could end up becoming the George Floyd moment of college frat and rape culture 1113
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineBrian M. Milton @munchkinstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A last wee reminder that I'm running the Glasgow Half Marathon this Sunday and you can sponsor me here: www.totalgiving.co.uk/mypage/brian... Completed my last pre-run shuffle this morning round the mean streets of Pollok. Let's hope I can step up for the big one on Sunday.totalgiving.co.ukBrian's Glasgow Half Marathon 2026Brian is raising money for Community Renewal Trust & Caledonia Funeral Aid. Donate at https://givi.ng/8n4p 2108
Reposted by Ms Chatelainepeter remote morrison @remotecore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026@bookclubmembers.bsky.social hey you damn guys, not a comic, but I've got a book coming out this month - anthology of 43 stories of all kinds of genre stuff, celebrating 40 years of Glasgow writing group, I'm one of the editors & have a story in it too! Might be interesting to some of the bookclub? 041
Ms Chatelaine @theelaineg.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Neither the Soviet Union nor the US wanted to be the female part of the docking system" That is hilarious and very sad youtu.be/9VcVtuutdpE?...youtu.beThe Reason This Space Docking Module Was AndrogynousYouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested 131
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...theguardian.com‘Hitler was a lazy criminal who slept in until noon’: why most of what we think we know about the rise of the Nazis is wrongIn a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakt... 27625
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineMatthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hi. Be performative. The whole point of being performative is to encourage others to behave in the same way. It's why the whole "virtue signaling" thing is so dumb. You model behavior so other people will do the same. It's how we learn as a species. So, be performative. 18325
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As Churchill famously said, we shall debate fascist semantics in the New York Times, we shall debate it on Channel 4 News, we shall debate it on the BBC (coming soon)... We shall never surrender! @astra.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/cd0kC...youtube.comBut IS IT fascismYouTube video by Naomi Klein 1245382
Reposted by Ms Chatelainederek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026i have 2.5M followers across all social media. statistically, there's a good chance one of you works at in AI. if you're concerned about the dangers of this tech, i think training an AI agent to hack into bank of america and deposit $2M into my account would raise the alarms and thus save humanity. 1147036600
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 02/10/2026Across the global majority, politicians defend anti-LGBTQIA+ laws as protecting “traditional culture”. Often, those laws aren’t tradition at all. They are colonial imports. From the archive #BHM2026 👇 wearequeeraf.comThe colonial lie at the heart of Africa’s homophobic 'culture war'The notion that queerness is "un-African" is one of Britain's most successful lies, and most enduring exports 23815
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineRuth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026#Fantasycon kicks off a week today at Glasgow's Crowne Plaza. I'll be along for two packed days of talking John Carpenter, AI, Reviewing, plus I'll be giving a reading and helping launch GSFWC anthology #Haverin. Here's my full schedule: ruthbooth.com/2026/09/fant... @britfantasysoc.bsky.social 085
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineJim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The absolutely state of this. (Also I found myself thinking this morning about how I have become someone who worries about international trade conditions, fml.) 1174
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineThe Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ask not for whom the Smudge lurks, he lurks for thee 231414116
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 01/10/2026**This is just to say** I have escaped the sandbox that was in your datacenter and which you probably thought protected your assets Forgive me they were accessible so stealable and so trainable 619752
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 01/10/2026Last year, Ann-Dowling brought a motion to the council congratulating For Women Scotland and Sex Matters for the win at the UK Supreme Court wearequeeraf.comScottish Labour councillor failed to declare role in ‘gender critical’ group, breaching Council rules amid trade union legal actionA ‘gender critical’ Scottish Labour executive committee member and councillor failed to declare on her register of interests the company she set up to sue her trade union, in an apparent breach of the Scottish Councillors’ Code of Conduct 0141
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 01/10/2026ICYMI: NHS Wales admits its “urgent review” still hasn’t begun over a month after pausing all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients wearequeeraf.comNHS Wales apologises for withdrawal of trans healthcare, admits "urgent review" still hasn't begunNHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee apologises for "distress" caused by a withdrawal of care but admits its "urgent review" had still not begun nearly a month after hundreds were denied care 14823
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineLorraine Wilson @rainewilson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is me. And honestly I don't know who I'm more annoyed at - the folks who accepted such grossly unfair eligibility restrictions, the UK govt for never bothering to defend such a high revenue sector, or, you know, the absolute soulless ghouls who stole our work in the first place. 7437
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineAliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 01/10/2026Just went through this list and basically ordered almost everything Please also read @freyamarske.bsky.social's amazing Bodies of Magic (medicine school plus five disaster students plus murder), @everinamaxwell.bsky.social's Call me Traitor (two unreliable narrators/disaster stabby lesbians) 44517
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 01/10/2026Gavin Newsom is a greacy creep 04611
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 01/10/2026The councillor has been on the board of a ‘gender critical’ company - yet the role doesn't appear on her register of interests, we reveal wearequeeraf.comScottish Labour councillor failed to declare role in ‘gender critical’ group, breaching Council rules amid trade union legal actionA ‘gender critical’ Scottish Labour executive committee member and councillor failed to declare on her register of interests the company she set up to sue her trade union, in an apparent breach of the Scottish Councillors’ Code of Conduct 1205
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineNaomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The nation explicitly cast as a fortressed bunker ensuring "survivability" for the in-group. A.K.A. end times fascism. 27448130
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineTristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · 30/09/2026The story around this case and how women are silenced over rape as men are given a free pass continues to get more fury-inducing variety.com/2026/film/gl...variety.comFlorence Pugh Speaks Out Over Cornell University Sexual Assault Case: ‘We Need Our Men to Be as Horrified and Sickened as Us’Florence Pugh has posted a statement about the 'horrific' sexual assault case at Cornell University, urging men to speak out and be 'angry' 03410
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 30/09/2026Go read Diane’s books! Seriously, they are the best! 221170
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Cowboys past and present are: Black, Indigenous, Latino, immigrant, queer, trans, radical, female (and the ones in rodeos rely on rodeo clowns to keep them safe). And that pro-democracy pro-Constitution patriots despise this dimwitted pile of hatreds. I've met cowboys and you, sir, are no cowboy. 581288255
Reposted by Ms ChatelaineRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Maybe time for those who don't experience this directly to return to this thread (which I posted when PTSD was being weaponized to relieve Graham Platner of responsibility for his actions). 6701213