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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🤔 Protester Terrorist
Hundreds of protesters, dressed in black and wearing face coverings, blocked roads in the Port of Dover and chanted "stop the boats" on 6 September 2026. There were no arrests.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8znyzgkjjo?app-referrer=deep-linkPicture from sit-in protest in Parliament Square over the banned group Palestine Action in August 2025 showing middle-aged lady being carried away by police. 522 demonstrators were arrested on suspicion of breaking terrorism laws - more than double the total such arrests in 2024.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3wn5gdv0wgo
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Miguel González | #TranslatorsInTheCredits @miguelgonzaleztrad.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wow, that's something of a clear picture, innit? As much as the EU deserves criticism, the right-wing exit proposed by ghouls like Farage and Johnson was never a decent prospect for anyone but them. Now please fix it, I want to be able to visit my friends without needing government approval.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
in a world of JK Rowlings be a Dolly Parton
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Jan Scott @thisjanscott.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I just contributed with @FWDDEM.COM: Help us stop Reform. Contribute here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
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Help us stop Reform
The worrying rise of the far right makes for painful election results for a lot of progressive voters. It’s clear that Labour lost ground, while the Liberal Democrats and Greens made gains. But th...
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The Fox and Goose @foxandgoose.org · 09/04/2026
Really positive news from our friends up the hill at Wadsworth Area Community Assets Limited as they look to save the Hare and Hounds pub for the community. ❤️ wacacoop.org.uk/current-proj... #HebdenBridge
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The Hare and Hounds Inn - wacacoop.org.uk
STOP PRESS! We have some really good news to share! Last week we were contacted by Rory Deighton, the owner of the Hare and Hounds Inn, who let us know that he has triggered the Community Right to Bid process with Calderdale and will soon be putting the property up for sale. This is a
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Jan Scott @thisjanscott.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
On 13 Feb the High Court ruled that a blanket exclusion of trans people would be unlawful. Despite this, the Gov still haven’t sent back the exclusionary EHRC Code of Practice. Will you join @genderedintelligence.co.uk & email your MP to ask them to reject the EHRC guidance?  gi.eaction.org.uk/EHRC2
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EHRC - Email your MP
Will you email your MP and ask them to reject the EHRC guidance?
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Calderdale Green Party @calderdalegreenp.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Hebden Bridge Town Hall is hosting a free screening of The People's Emergency Briefing, a 45-min film about the dangers UK communities face from climate breakdown, straight from the mouths of the experts. RSVP below and come along Thursday, 16 April!
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The People's Emergency Briefing on Climate & Nature - Calder Valley
An opportunity to watch and discuss a film by national experts about the risks to communities like ours from the climate and nature crisis.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/03/2026
Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."
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Catherine Mayer @mayeroflondon.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
An international women’s day message from my friend and partner in activism Sandi Toksvig #iwd #internationalwomensday
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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · 27/02/2026
Starmer's "If you don't like it, you can leave" will go down as one of the greatest political speeches in the Green Party's history
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Jan Scott @thisjanscott.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Wtf
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Let’s spare a thought for Chris Mason, who worked very, very hard over past 2 weeks, to build pressure for Starmer to resign.. all in vain❗️ He’s paid £270,000 a yr for it Fun fact- BBC is strictly required by its Royal Charter, Agreement, & internal editorial guidelines to provide impartial news 🤷🏼‍♂️
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Jan Scott @thisjanscott.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Transparent Action . Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
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Transparent Action
Transparent Action are parents of trans, non-binary and gender-diverse children and adults of all ages. They have come together to form a collective voice to take action in support of their children ...
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Kat Brown @katbrownwrites.com · 29/01/2026
Also, yah boo sucks to Sex Matters and their mysterious bottomless pockets of their anonymous backers. You're weird! Nobody likes you! Go away and find a hobby that isn't picking on a marginalised community, and get some therapy while you're there. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Judge blocks charity’s challenge over trans people’s use of Hampstead ponds single-sex facilities
Judge says claim brought by Sex Matters should be made instead by individual who says they have faced discrimination
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Jan Scott @thisjanscott.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
I've just used Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe and let them know they don’t have to bend down to Sex Matter’s transphobic threats. The more they hear from us, the harder it’ll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
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Stop Sex Matters infiltrating the Council of Europe
In just one week, the Council of Europe will be voting to ban conversion therapy. This would be an incredibly important step to stop the rollback in the rights of LGBTQ+ people. But Sex Matters is inf...
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham tells Faisal Islam that Reform are “anti-North” over its plan to scrap the £45bn northern corridor rail link & “breathtakingly arrogant” to tell investors to shun the North of England. “Look at them… There’s nothing northern about them,” he said
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Following @jamesdaustin.bsky.social lead, here’s my starter pack of women journalists to follow. Apologies to any women I’ve inadvertently missed off. It’s not a slight. I’m just one woman, working in a specific area & region! go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
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Jan Scott @thisjanscott.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Our street built of stone setts is very picturesque/olde worlde. Until there's black ice when it becomes lethal. Just placed an order for food delivery from local shop 🤞🙏 The abandon with which I used to glide along ice slides in the playground has vanished at 74! #hebdenbridge #blackice #stayingin
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 05/12/2025
An event in Hebden Bridge celebrating 25 years of the CRoW Act spurs on the movement for further land access rights in England and Wales By Andrew Bibby yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/right...
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Right to roam: taking the next step for access to the countryside
An event in Hebden Bridge celebrating 25 years of the CRoW Act spurs on the movement for further land access rights in England and Wales
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Kercle @kercle1.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Autism is not a mental health condition in and of itself and ironically if we didn't have to fight to survive in a predominantly neurotypical world, most of us would not suffer with poor mental health at all!
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
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Andrew Bibby @andrewbibby-writer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Hebden Bridge Town Hall getting ready for our Freedom to Roam conf on Sat week. 25 years since the last access legislation, time for a new Act! @righttoroam.bsky.social @ramblers.org.uk @openspacessociety.bsky.social @philbrickellmp.bsky.social @andymacnaemp.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
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Jan Scott @thisjanscott.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
✨ Candlelight & Stars – A Winter Concert Join the Hepton Singers for a candlelit journey through 900 years of choral music. Tickets: ticketsource.co.uk/heptonsingers #HeptonSingers #CandlelightAndStars #ChoralMusic
A concert poster with a star-filled, nebula-like background. Large text at the top reads “Hepton Singers, Directed by Richard Bunzl.” The title “Candlelight & Stars” appears in bold yellow lettering. Below, the poster lists composers featured in the candlelit concert: Anton Bruckner, Hildegard of Bingen, Heinrich Schütz, Arvo Pärt, Caroline Shaw, Ola Gjeilo, Sally Beamish, and Kerry Andrew, along with “Stars” by Ēriks Ešenvalds. A simple line illustration of five singers standing together appears near the center. At the bottom, details include: Saturday 29 November, 5.30pm, Heptonstall Church, HX7 7NT, ticket prices £10/£8/£1 (under 18), and the website heptonsingers.co.uk for information and tickets.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
That awkward moment when your star columnist was responsible... and you have to write headlines around the Boris shaped elephant in the newsroom
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This statement is one line from the NION Women letter. If this reflects how you feel, add your name and join thousands of women standing in solidarity with trans people: change.org/nion_women 🖨️ Posters here: linktr.ee/nionwomen #NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #JoinUs
Those who continue to target this minority group of trans+ people do not speak for us or represent our interests. They never have. They never will.
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Rachel Holdsworth @rmholdsworth.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.
Screenshot of an email: Hi Rachel,
 
Thank you for contacting us about the article you’ve seen.
 
We want our stores to be inclusive and welcoming places for our colleagues and customers. We have written to this customer and explained that our colleagues typically work across all departments in our stores and customers can always ask to speak to the colleague they feel most comfortable with.
 
We also explained that our colleague was asking a customer if they needed help; they were not working on bra fit or offering this.
 
Thank you again for getting in touch.
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Trans+ Solidarity Alliance @transsolidarity.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Did you know trans+ people in the UK are facing a bathroom ban, without a vote in Parliament? Learn how you can help stop it... 🧵
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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 31/07/2025
Placing England’s “largest windfarm” on a critically protected Site of Special Scientific Interest would be one of the most mindnumbingly stupid things the Government could do. West Yorkshire has tonnes of wind farms already. Other counties need to step up. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Calderdale Council 'will play key role' in new wind farm plan
Walshaw Moor in Calderdale could become home to 41 wind turbines should the plans be approved.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 17/07/2025
📺 NEW 📺 TalkTV keeps broadcasting anti-trans views with nobody in the studio to push back. It’s up to us to stop them. Write to Ofcom here: goodlaw.social/66f6a3
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Ofcom: stop TalkTV broadcasting hate
TalkTV is Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News for the UK – a constant source of toxic hate and far-right lies. Over the last 11 weeks, TalkTV has been spouting transphobic hate again and again – totally ignorin...
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Awake at 6 to find we’re still needing 60 signatures by 0820 to hit our daily #parkypetition100K target - please sign! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Not In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
More support very much welcome. We have, so far, 36k+ signatures to our letter from women saying ‘Not in our name’ - in response to the horrific demonisation of trans people under the guise of “protecting women”. Help us get to 100k by signing and/or sharing… 🩷 www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
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Sign the Petition
Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
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Yorkshire Bylines @yorkshirebylines.co.uk · 26/06/2025
✍️ Should trans people have fewer rights? ‘Not in our name’, say over 35,000 women Women tired of being told that their rights are threatened by trans people are using a petition to stand up for inclusive feminism By Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social
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Should trans people have fewer rights? ‘Not in our name’, say over 35,000 women
Women tired of being told that their rights are threatened by trans people are using a petition to stand up for inclusive feminism
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 11/06/2025
It's just absolutely insane watching all the "Gender Critical" people in government repeating the word "clarity" at each other without any of them being able to explain literally anything about how their hateful policies will work
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
If your MP is concerned by what BPAS think should happen to abortion law, tag them so they can see their campaign about why we need the Northern Ireland human rights framework extended to England & Wales. Then ask them to co sign NC20 to make this happen. bpas-campaigns.org/campaigns/ti...
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Paul M 🇮🇪🇨🇦🇫🇷🚲🍉 @onebiskuit.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Well, you know the saying - you campaign in poetry, but you govern in prose. In Reform’s case, the poetry is William McGonagall.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
To mark the 1st day of my 4th year without Alice I have an announcement: I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings. Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️
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Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Jan Scott @thisjanscott.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The Boss is wise.
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Jack Wallington @jackwallington.com · 17/05/2025
Emergency measures to conserve water and help plants in hot weather www.wildway.info/p/gardening-...
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Gardening in drought
Emergency tips for the continued dry spell
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Reform are preposterously beatable. This flag policy should be called what it is - a Ukraine flag ban - and be an intense focus of attack from other parties www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform accused of seeking ban on flying Ukrainian flags over council buildings
Hard-right party says only St George’s and union jack flags to be permitted on or in its English council properties
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Jacqice @jacqice.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
This has sinister echoes of section 28. Very abhorrent indeed to expose trans children to this hostility. I feel sick. Britain is sick
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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · 22/04/2025
This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic www.crabmuseum.org/visit 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

• Al Overview
The idiom "you can't lick a badger twice" means you can't trick or deceive someone a second time after they've been tricked once. It's a warning that if someone has already been deceived, they are unlikely to fall for the same trick again.
Here's a more detailed explanation:
• Licking: "Licking" in this context means to trick or deceive someone.
• Badger: The badger is a wild animal, and the phrase likely originates from the historical sport of badger baiting where dogs were used to harass
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Christyn Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Trans people in the UK are (finally) getting organized! This letter, started by a single passionate ally, has garnered nearly 1000 signatures in just a few days. Now, two trans rights orgs are throwing their weight behind it, demanding MPs act Sign it. Share it. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Re Operation of Single-Sex Services after the Supreme Court Ruling
Explainer: FGEN (feministgenderequality.network) and TransActual (transactual.org.uk) have thrown their support behind this letter and want to make it an official petition for a face to face meeting ...
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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
A statement from the Board of Trustees of the Vagina Museum regarding trans inclusion.
The Vagina Museum Board of Trustees response to the UK Supreme Court ruling 

In light of the UK Supreme Court ruling, the Board of Trustees of the Vagina Museum wish to express their unequivocal support of and solidarity with their trans staff, volunteers, community partners, visitors and wider audience. 

From the outset, the Vagina Museum has always been trans inclusive. An important part of its mission around spreading knowledge and raising awareness of gynaecological anatomy and health has been to challenge normative assumptions around our bodies and how they may or may not be connected to experiences of gender, gender expression and broader sexuality. 

In doing so, we highlight that sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation and other characteristics related to sexual identity exist in various different combinations and their relationship to one another is never clear cut. What is clear to us is that everyone, regardless of their body parts, are deserving of human rights, dignity and the power to identity as they wish to. 
Just as we act as a forum for women’s reproductive health and rights from a feminist, inclusive and intersectional perspective; we will continue to advocate for trans+, non-binary and queer communities and rights. 

We cannot talk about feminism unless our feminism includes trans folks. 
We cannot talk about reproductive rights without trans rights. 
We cannot advocate for human rights without trans rights.

The ruling comes amidst an increasingly frightening climate for trans people in the UK and globally. We will continue to abide by our values, and ensure that the Vagina Museum remains a space in which trans people are included, welcomed and celebrated. 

In solidarity.
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Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
AFAICS there is **nothing** in yesterday's UK SC ruling that licenses or justifies this change of policy by the British Transport Police. (Though clearly the ruling is creating a space for all kinds of horrible behaviour, bullying, and poltical opportunism.)
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Trans women to be strip searched by male transport police after court ruling
British Transport Police, the force that polices Britain's railways, is adopting an interim policy while it digests the Supreme Court's ruling that the definition of a "woman" under equality laws refe...
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Biggie @biggienotsmalls.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
One is made a national story every single week and the other is shhhhh.....
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