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Peter Hollo @peterhollo.com · 01/09/2026

A couple of days ago, Australia post started a promo with HBO for the Harry Potter TV series. It you noticed the app logo changed to incorporate an owl, that's why. A bunch of people sent in complaints about the association with that revolting TERF JK Rowling. Today they replied. Partnership ended!

Screenshot of an email from AusPost replying to my complaint sent in yesterday. It reads:

Thank you for contacting Australia Post.

Australia Post is an inclusive organisation that values diversity and is committed to fostering a respectful and welcoming environment for all people, including LGBTQIA+ communities.

The Harry Potter Owl Post Experience was a promotional fan event delivered in partnership with HBO Max to celebrate letter writing and provide an engaging experience for Harry Potter fans.

We apologise if the activation has left you disappointed. We understand your concerns and your feedback has been heard and shared with the relevant teams. As a result, the partnership has now ended. Your feedback will also inform how we think about future partnerships and activations.

I highlighted "As a result" and added exclamation marks after the following sentence.

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ten years ago I saw Kit Harington in Doctor Faustus. At the time, I thought he was poorly cast as a man who makes a deal with the devil.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

These were really good. Made red lentil tofu (so quick and easy I’m annoyed I only just heard about it), then whipped up a quick Gojuchang sauce. Air-fried the tofu, gave it a super quick stir fry with the sauce, and oh my god it was all so very good. Absolutely making again, and again, and so on…

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 18/08/2026

We cannot let this story fall to the way-side. We need urgent press regulation. Sign the open letter for a public inquiry into Jason's death. Repost and tag friends in the comments. ⬇️ Add your name ⬇️ goodlaw.social/n1ck

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

This is brilliant. The writing, the anger, the holding of strength. Beautiful! 😍

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GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 17/08/2026

Forstater once asked who gets to decide whether someone looks "Is someone ‘less trans’ because they don’t pass? Isn’t this imposing sexist stereotypes about what it means to be a woman?".

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Maya Forstater and the Curious Case of the Two Different Rules

There is something rather fascinating about reading the writings of Maya Forstater over time. Not because they form a particularly coherent…

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It’s become increasingly obvious that it isn’t safe to divulge one’s trans status to anyone. Don’t do it on any online form, medical intake, or registration. Claim to have a hormone disorder or be intersex. This is the only way through this if you don’t pass.

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Helen @saagmum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If you are cis and see someone being challenged, push back, stand up for them. This is segregation, discrimination and wrong on every level imaginable. I’m so angry right now!

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The unworkable EHRC Code comes into effect today - A reminder to all my lovely trans+ fam… It’s designed for organisations, not you! It does NOT make it a criminal offence for you to carry on using whichever loo best suits you/ your needs. If someone complains, that’s the orgs problem, not yours!

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Don’t give in, never give up. Peefully protest today!

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

If the UK government can ignore the European Convention on Human Rights, then trans people can ignore the UK government. That code is not our law, and we can peacefully demonstrate against it every day with a mass movement straight into the nearest public toilet bowl. Fuck the EHRC!

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

You’ve already broken one code just by being true to you, my loves. Don’t let another code stop you. Pee where you belong, live as you know you should, and don’t let a stinking pile of terfs stop you, ever. Fuck the EHRC!

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 28/07/2026

“If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...

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The American Transgender Refugee Crisis

If this were occurring abroad, to an ethnic minority, we would call it ethnic cleansing.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

These are super duper fabulously fantastic!!! 🥰🏳️‍⚧️🩷

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 12/07/2026

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Building something wild. I call it a grammar checker for layout. It’s part of a full blown publishing system that does some very cool things. Too early to say much more though. Might post some pics later.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

To the fates: Graham and McConnell, a great start. Please make it a trifecta. You know what I mean.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

What was it again? Everything Trump touches turns to shit? That’s a stain that needs rubbing out.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Starting to see a future where everyone has lost the art of thought and the last of us are panhandling some sort of blockchain terminal begging for tokens.

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The Scales ⚖️ @shakethescales.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The myth of a 'free press' holding government to account disguises reality: five billionaires (& Parliament) control news in the UK. A barrier to truth, distracting us with hate, polluting national debate on dozens of issues to maintain the grip on power. Meanwhile: www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

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Starmer's last power-grab will slaughter British free speech

Starmer's terrifying new authoritarian law promises to crush not only life-saving humanitarian aid, but also the journalist who speak up

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Out of my splint. Got tons of physio to do to get my fractured wrist working again, and two months further to wait before riding a bicycle again, but it’s a good day.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

@scottishtrans.bsky.social Hey, instead of saying “expect to wait 163 years,” maybe just go with, “will die before they are seen.” Who waits 163 years?

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Incarcerating trans women prisoners in men’s prisons isn’t “protecting women”. It is state-mandated rape.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

There’s no getting away from this.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Brianna Ghey wasn’t killed by social media. It was far worse. She was targeted by people who knew her, that went to school with her.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Says the person not actually doing any of the manifesto promises they were elected to do, and arguably making most of the issues worse.

Speaking to reporters at the G7 summit in France, Sir Keir reiterated his intention "not to walk away" but to "carry on with what I was elected to do".

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UK Prime Minister, Some Say Sinister @joemuggs.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Apropos of nothing, some stone cold classic albums for the ages from the 2020s so far.

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Painful Enlightenment, by Jana Rush

11 track album

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

'We are clamping down on the harm caused by social media. 'Read all about it on the Nazi pogrom deepfake abuse website'

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Cal Horton (they/them) @fiercemum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Update: Young people & families today received shocking & transphobic letters from NHS. These letters tell people that endocrine care (blockers / HRT) is being fully withdrawn in 7 weeks time (July 31st). Forced medical detransition. This country is a danger to trans children & young people.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Probably the only time I will ever link to Steve Braunias without saying something snarky, but this is a lovely tribute to the work I didn't know much about - I knew Keely designed book covers but I only saw her at parties and dinners and weekends away. We should talk about stuff before people die 😞

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Keely: portrait of the artist

Five authors thank NZ's most artistic book cover designer, Keely O'Shannessy (1976-2026)

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Bridget Phillipson’s transphobic EHRC guidance as it is currently configured, will mean a lot of trans women dying because they will not be allowed to get breast cancer screening. Labour’s transphobic policies are literally trying to kill trans women.

The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP
Minister for Women and Equalities
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London
SWIP 3BT
3 June 2026
Dear Minister,
Re: Equality and Human Rights Commission's Draft Code of Practice
I am writing to you regarding the Equality and Human Rights Commission's (EHRC)
Equalities Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice which was laid before Parliament on 21 May 2026 in response to the Supreme Court's judgement that, for the purposes of the Equality Act, "sex" refers to an individual's identified biological sex, at birth.
Constitutionally, it is the role of the Supreme Court to interpret the meaning of legislation and in this case Parliament's understanding of the word at the time the Equality Act was passed.
Given that the minister responsible for the passage of the Equality Act has confirmed that the ruling reflected the intention of the then-Government, the Court's judgement was correct in legal terms. I would note, however, that given it is for Parliament to determine what the law should be, the ruling does not absolve the Government from a duty to form its own opinion.
Regardless of whether or not the ruling was correct, the current issue is that parts of the EHRC'S guidance are clearly unsustainable in practice. This is evident when reading statements within the draft guidance regarding the healthere required by trans women under Codes 13.152 and Code 13.153.
The example provided under Code 13.153 states that "only women and trans men need to use" the services provided at Obstetries and Gynaecology (OBGYN) outpatient service". The guidance goes on to state that: "The outpatient service does not offer any treatment which is suitable for a man or a trans woman and therefore can refuse to treat them. The hospital can also refuse to adjust the way in which it provides the service."
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (ROG) published a draft consultation document entitled "Care of Transgender and Gender Di…

While I appreciate that the RCOG has not yet published a finalised version of this document, the suggestion that OGYNservices do not offer any treatment which is suitable for...a trans woman" does not appear to be correct.
1am also concerned that - under Codes 13.152 and 13.153 - women's health clinics offering breast screenings would be unable to provide this service to trans women. This is despite the fact that trans women who have had more than five years of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy (GHAT) are forty-seven times more likely to develop breast cancer than men.
Additionally, 1 share the concerns expressed by many of our colleagues and my constituents regarding the practical implementation of this guidance in certain instances. Codes 13.123-13.126 appear to indicate that there could well be situations whereby there is no obligation to provide access to - for example - toilets for transgender individuals:
"However, it may be that offering alternative arrangements is not reasonably possible for the service provider (including a person providing a service in the exercise of public functions) or that doing so would undermine the service that is being provided. This may be because of the type of service being provided, the needs of the service users, the physical constraints of any building, or because of the disproportionate financial costs associated with making those arrangements" (13.126).
This appears to suggest that in situations where, due to physical constraints... or because of disproportionate financial costs" (13.126): a service provider decides it cannot also provide toilets in individual lockable rooms with handbasins" (13.123); is unable to extend access to an "accessible toilet with baby changing facility so it can also be used as a mixed-sex toilet"
(13.124); that transgender men or women could be left without access to a provision as basic as toilet facilities under the draft guidance.
Finally, it is not clear how the safety of individuals within p…

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

My wife did this. I applaud. Or I would if I had two working hands.

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Alongside colleagues, I have tabled a motion to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for Services, public functions and associations. We cannot support it, and we have a responsibility to our trans constituents to resist it. Please email your MP asking them to sign EDM 240.

Motion to reject the EHRC's
Code of Practice
Alongside colleagues, I have tabled a motion to disapprove the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations. We cannot support it, and we have a responsibility to our trans constituents to resist it.
This motion is currently the only available mechanism through which Parliament can reject the EHRC's Code of Practice; if it is debated and passed within the 40-day scrutiny window, it would prevent the Code from being issued by the EHRC and coming into force.
Please email your MP asking them to sign
EDM 240.

The Code will exclude trans people from services and facilities that they have long used without issue, putting them at increased risk of harassment and violence, and effectively pushing them out of public life.
It ushers in an era of enforced segregation for trans people, the policing of which will be outsourced to service providers, including businesses, charities and public bodies.

In the statement to the House of Commons yesterday, the Minister even suggested that where members of the public are unsure of someone's gender within a single-sex facility,
"most people will have the common sense to step in where necessary or, if they are concerned, to alert a member of staff."
Meanwhile, this guidance does not give clarity and confidence to organisations that want to be trans-inclusive. Its impact also extends beyond the rights of trans people.
The government's own Equality Impact Assessment warns that "women who are considered masculine may face greater scrutiny" and that disabled people could face adverse impacts.

The Code represents a profound rollback of rights, which will affect trans people directly and erode the principles of inclusion, dignity and equality upon which all our rights depend.
This guidance must not become statutory; the government should withdraw it and instead legislate to clarify and protect trans people's rights, privacy and inclusion.

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Phoebe du Maurier @thejoytuckclub.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Everyone in this thread seems oblivious that this is exactly the strategy used against trans people here, it’s just at an earlier stage. Amazing.

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Leah.... @tilly.northsky.social · 31/05/2026

A former aide to a Labour MP has avoided a jail sentence after he admitted possessing more than 500 indecent images of children.... Give a bj and dont tell them you are trans = jail time F*cks sake...... www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Stevenage MP's aide McGrath spared prison over child sex images

He avoids a jail sentence after admitting possessing more than 500 indecent images of children.

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Emma Williams @emanemz.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Please can you give this a boost ❤️

Two women one in a yellow and multi coloured dress the other in a white suit being interviewed by a man in a grey suit

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 28/05/2026

🚨 Opposing the EHRC guidance – we need your voice MPs will decide on the guidance in the next 30 days — and we need to show them the reality We need you to tell us why it is unworkable and the real life impact it will have on you in your workplace 📩 Email us: out@unison.co.uk

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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Delighted to see NION women Australia launch overnight. Started by one of our UK team, who took it with her when she moved, and surrounded herself with good people. Please welcome @Nionwomenaus over on Instagram, share their letter and sign if you’re based there 🙌 actionnetwork.org/forms/nionwo...

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Not in our Name Women Australia

We are women from every corner of society - mothers, daughters, friends, sisters, grandmothers, partners, colleagues, caregivers and leaders - united in rejecting the discrimination and exclusion of t...

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Scottish Trans @scottishtrans.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

After taking a few days to read and process the EHRC’s new Code of Practice we have produced an in-depth summary of its changes & what we believe they mean for trans people & organisations who wish to be inclusive. You can read it in full on our website here: www.scottishtrans.org/supreme-cour...

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