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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That's fucking rich from the person who said this. The left has not been saying that at all. The left has been saying don't support anti trans people just because they're Democrats. You're a liar arguing in bad faith like all the rest of you creeps telling us we have to vote for those who'd hurt us.

Screenshot from a couple of levels further up the thread:
But that's not what the Online Left has been saying all week. The argument has been "we should let Republicans keep control of the Senate and do material harm to trans people because of what a generally pro-trans politician said this week."

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just so many reasons to ignore your pathetic trolling even at a glance. 🤭

Screenshot of the above poster with the labels: Debate Lord, Liberal Apologia, Islamophobia, Leftist Scapegoating, Muted by "A Very British Bigotry" (transphobia mute/block list).

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It's easy to find immigrants if you just use this handy guide:

Family guy skin colour chart meme. Peter Griffin from Family guy is held up by a person holding a chart up next to his face. The chart has an array of skin colours on it with the lighter colours in an "ok" section and darker colours in a "not ok" section.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Fucking hell that's a nasty threat. "Undergo sex testing and leave if we don't like the results or we'll out you to the transphobic mob and you know what will happen then..." These people are horrific scum. Personally I feel for everyone caught up in this. 😞

“I acknowledge that if I fail to undergo [genetic sex testing] as requested by the WTA or compete in a WTA Tournament in which I, to my knowledge, am ineligible to compete under this Eligibility Policy, the WTA may take disciplinary action against me…I further acknowledge and agree that such action may result in (among other things) a specified period of ineligibility to participate in WTA Tournaments, which may lead to the reason for my ineligibility becoming public knowledge or being the subject of public speculation.” —Fragment of new document which must be signed by all WTA players.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I'm not convinced this guy is the guy to do a good revamp of AI usage in government:

Screenshot from video by Andy Burnham: "Rating AI posters of No 10 North" with Andy Burnham showing an AI picture of the door to 10 Downing Street placed in the middle of a pavement in a rainy, dystopian looking city. The caption says "look at this"

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ah yes, that's certainly Other People™'s fault, isn't it. You certainly did nothing to raise the temperature of this conversation, nope, not at all. <Insert hot dog man meme>

Screenshot from further up the thread where David Amerland says: That's idiotic thinking and actually I think the word "thinking" is doing a lot of charitable work in this sentence.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Every Indy pic reminds me of my dog Bailey. Indy's coat is curlier and he's much bigger, but the colour is almost exactly the same. Very cute and adorable.

An adorable little dog with blond fur laying on a duvet with a space theme. He's looking at the camera with his tongue every so slightly out.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I was going to say I'm a trans woman, but definitely not beautiful, but honestly I'm not too upset by how I look today. 💖

A trans woman with blue hair and wearing a blue dress with a rainbow flag in the background.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I'm quite partial to the Gerudo outfit personally.

Link in the Gerudo outfit from Breath of the Wild. The outfit is comprised of a veil, a headscarf, a crop-top with long detachable sleeves, cropped trousers, a belt, and slippers with lots of jewellery. Mostly in silk with turquoises, greens, purples, and golds.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I have 2 short nails which helps, but also I harden them with gel so they're not that fragile (my keyboard can attest to their sturdiness) and I also have a metal tool that's vaguely nail shaped I can use in some cases (it's actually a cuticle pusher, but it makes a great replacement nail).

A gaming keyboard with a rainbow LED pattern where about half the keys are completely haggered, many are illegible and a few have chunks or holes taken out of them.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

At least some of them were persuaded by a photoshopped picture to think soldiers in the American civil war hunted pterodactyls.

A sepia coloured photo of what appears to be a group of union soldiers from the US civil war era posing around a pterodactyl corpse with their rifles.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I saw this in the wild last year and while I didn't say anything it really made my week. Public, open support means a lot!

A carrying case for a large musical instrument placed on the floor with a sign on it that says "I just want to say if you are trans and reading this I love you & so do all my mates"

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Hmm. The classic game I think the most about is from from 93, but I did use computers from ~89 so it still counts I think: Betrayal at Krondor. If you specifically want pre-92 games it has to be Ski or Die.

Screenshot from a fight in Betrayal at Krondor. There are 3 enemy pirates engaged with the player's party which consists of 2 swordsmen and 1 mage.

Screenshot from Ski or Die. The player is in mid air doing a trick ski jump with both arms out, one ski raised in front and one raised behind them.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Sometimes they're so close to the point they ironically need to dodge it Matrix style. I'm so shocked the misogynists agree with the oh so feminist GCs. 🙄

Screenshot from linked Mumsnet thread with the following highlight:
Unfortunately the younger group are more likely to have been influenced by the misogynistic manosphere stuff.
Full text:
Amongst my YPs’ groups I see that DC1s year group (aged 21) were fully captured and found it hard to dissent. They were at an interesting stage of their social development (15/16/17/18) during lockdown when they became very dependent on social media at a time when they ought to have been starting to have real relationships with other teens. . DC2 is just a couple of years younger at 19 and far fewer in that group think that it’s possible to change sex. Unfortunately the younger group are more likely to have been influenced by the misogynistic manosphere stuff.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

I think that's an oversimplification. Going on the actual interactive map it's pretty weird to mark it as Reform given their estimate is equal for Plaid.

Vote share (Lo-Hi)
Plaid Cymru: 28% (24-32%)
Reform UK: 28% (25-32%)
Labour: 15% (12-18%)
Greens: 11% (8-14%)
Conservatives: 9% (7-11%)
Lib Dems: 4% (2-6%)
Others: 5% (3-8%)

Seats (central estimate)
PC: 2, Ref: 2, Lab: 1, Grn: 1, Con: 0

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Huh. I only just realised not only can I dismiss all the Harry Potter advertising on Audible, but I can say it's because I don't like the author... 🤔

A feedback form after clicking "not interested" on a Harry Potter audio book with the options:
Not for me
Recommended to often
Topic isn't appealing
Not my language
Kids' fiction isn't for me
Don't like the author
Already finished

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I don't have a full length one, but definitely this. Sadly the picture doesn't do it justice with all its glittery blue and pink bits that go with my hair.

Vala (left with blue hair on top, pink underneath) in a dark dress with layers of sparkly blue and pink bits hugging her wife (right with ginger hair) in a dark dress with small glittery rainbow coloured dots and a silver tiara.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

That's not true, it's just a common misconception. You're only legally obliged to pay for the BBC if you watch (or record) TV live or if you watch BBC iPlayer. You can have and use a TV for consoles, streaming services etc. just fine, it's not about the device. Source: www.gov.uk/find-licence...

You need a TV Licence if you:

* watch or record live TV on any channel or service.
* use BBC iPlayer.

Note: You may be able to get a free or discounted TV Licence if you’re 75 or over and get Pension Credit, or if you’re blind or in residential care.

You do not need a TV Licence to watch:

* streaming services like Netflix and Disney Plus.
* on-demand TV through services like All 4 and Amazon Prime Video.
* videos on websites like YouTube.
* videos or DVDs.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Sarcastic pronouns like this is just a variant of The One Joke the right wing has about trans people ("I identify as ...").

Meme of Batman breaking a gun over his knees, bullets flying. He says "*This* is the weapon of the *enemy*. We do not *need* it. We will not *use* it."

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Search your first name then 'glamour shot' and post a photo Honestly 🔥

A dark skinned woman with gently wavy black hair and a glam black dress, huge beaded earrings and long gloves smiles from a raised platform among a crowd and 2 large rainbow pride flags.

A close-up shot of the same woman in front of one of the same pride flags from the side, facing the camera over her shoulder with a smile.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

It beats the hell out of the comments from the Kingdom Come Deliverance people. I've been supporting them from the original Kickstarter and I've loved both games, but I don't think I can see them in the same way after this one.

Tweet from Daniel Vávra (writer, director, designer and co-founder of Warhorse Studios who make Kingdom Come Deliverance):
This AI hysteria is the same as when people were smashing steam engines in the 19th century. @LarAtLarian [CEO and Founder of Larian Studios] said they were doing something that absolutely everyone else is doing and got an insanely crazy shit storm.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Doesn't say it has to be of me. 🤭

Bailey (a small blonde dog) is lying on a black sofa with his head leaning up against the armrest. He's kicked a cosy blanket out of the way so it's half on the floor and is staring at the camera looking pleased with himself.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I thought I'd search for the original post quickly and cracked up laughing when I saw the suggested searches. 😂

Search result from the search "JKR Glamour UK". One result is from glamour.com ("JK Rowling - News, Tips & Guides")
Below it says "People also search for"
1. JKR Glamour UK magazine
2. I'm a TERF

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I haven't made any in a few months now, I really need to pick it up again. I've given away the ones I made, but I have some pictures.

A green crochet T-Rex with adorable little arms and teeth on display. There's a crochet gift box open in the background.

A crochet pigeon with a grey body and blue head (the head comes off, revealing it's actually a small birb wearing a pigeon disguise)

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

They're dreadfully close to realising there are some reasons people might want to turn replies off sometimes. 🤦‍♀️

A screenshot of the poster OP was responding to (Johnny G, @gothuncle.bsky.social). The text reads: "People on Bluesky love to misinterpret posts and tell you the same thing that 30 other people just told you." (This is a newer post than the one complaining about people locking replies)

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

I've only lived in Britain for 22 years so maybe that's why this orange thing passed me by... It doesn't seem like it's something people spend a lot of time thinking about actually.

Google search trend result for "half term orange". Interest over time is a completely flat line at the bottom until the last day or two when it's suddenly shot up. The highest amount of searches in a day is still below 50.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

That's 17 years younger than the first game I remember playing. 😬

Screenshot from the DOS game: Donkey (1981). The game consists of a road with 2 lanes, a race car, and donkeys. The car moves towards the top of the screen every time it manages to dodge a donkey that comes in from the top. There's a score showing how many times you made it to the top of the screen vs dying to a donkey and a single button (space bar) to switch lanes. That's the whole game.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

There's this one too. We need to be very thoroughly segregated apparently.

Twitter thread screenshot:
Martin A. Brooks: What work have you done so far on campaigning for a 4th space for trans people? This would need to be an entirely separate provision to those for males, females and disabled people.
Adnan Hussain MP: I agree.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

No cheating, post the last pic of your pet

A small blond dog lying down at the top of the stairs looking intently at the camera; the picture is taken from the bottom of the stairs so it's looking up at the dog.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

And JK fucking Rowling too. 🤦‍♀️

Life in the UK test question. Category: a modern, thriving society.
Which TWO of the following are famous British authors?
Highlighted answer: D Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and J K Rowling
Explanation: D - Correct. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish doctor and writer. He was best known for his stories about Sherlock Holmes, who was one of the first fictional detectives. J K Rowling wrote the Harry Potter series of children's books, which have enjoyed huge international success. She now writes fiction for adults as well.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Honestly, the main thing that has convinced me to start going for citizenship is that I'm getting ever more concerned that I might have to flee this country and it would be nice to be able to come back if it gets better. All the more reason shit like this is just downright insulting.

A practice question for the "Life in the UK" test:
Category: The values and principles of the UK.
Question: Is the statement below TRUE or FALSE? There is no place in British society for extremism or intolerance.
The answer A TRUE is highlighted and checked as correct.
Explanation: A - Correct. British society is founded on fundamental values and principles which all those living in the UK respect and support. There is no place for extremism or intolerance.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

They're having a very normal, very chill discussion in the comments...

Screenshot of a conversation between "Indy Refugee" and "Mustafa the Soft":
Indy: I get critiqued by good people all the time. You're just a bad person with [authoritarian] tendencies who would kill just as many people as the right because you don't like them or agree with them. (6 replies, 2 likes). Mustafa: nothing says reasonable discourse like jumping from you're wrong on the internet to you'd commit mass murder. ... Are you ok? Should I call someone? (1 reply, 44 likes). Indy: You got something right. Wow. The people you surround yourself with are championing my murder and the murder of others. Genocide. You are so righteously wrong it's comical. Quoted post by Evie Corwell: When will it become socially acceptable to say that people like this need to be killed?

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Since apparently they've deleted that already, disabled comments and disabled quote posts like the true champion of their convictions that they clearly are, here's a screenshot of a post with the exact same sentiment to the one I was responding to.

A screenshot from Bluesky:
@getrikt.com: So Threads is a place full of people willing to throw trans people under the bus to appease the mythical Messiah voter in Iowa? Yeah, cool, I'll continue avoiding the place.
@nerdypursuit.bsky.social: I'm sorry, but we need to wake the f*ck up. We are currently losing the battle for trans rights. Two-thirds of Americans want to ban trans athletes completely. The GOP doesn't even want trans people to exist at all. It's a losing strategy to demonize people who agree with 90% of your views.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

No arguments here. Mine is named Devin. 😂 (After this guy):

A tweet with a screenshot of a prior conversation between two users, "Nat" and "Devin".
Post by Nat says "I believe he can do it". The screenshotted conversation says:
Nat: END TRANS GENOCIDE NOW
Devin: Ok

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Yeah. I was much older. It probably would have happened slightly earlier if I'd kept reading Real Life comic.

A 4 panel comic by Real Life Comic where the main character (Greg, a young "man") is sitting at his desk.
1st panel: Greg is sitting there apparently browsing the Internet.
2nd panel: Shows Greg reading a post: Girl Inside shared a Twitter post. June 22, 2020: Kathryn (@TransSalamander) If you're under the assumption that you're a cis guy but have always dreamed of being a girl, and the only reason you haven't transitioned is because you're afraid you'll be an "ugly" girl: That's dysphoria. You're literally a trans girl already, hon.
Greg's expression is slightly changed.
3rd panel: Greg's expression is even more pensive.
4th panel: "Greg" has wide open eyes and looks shocked.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

It sure sounds like she thinks the crime I'm committing is what I'm thinking while doing it. I can't imagine anything else that makes going to the toilet a sexual act. But that can't be right, she's against people being punished for thought crimes, right? She seems to understand that's a problem:

Screenshot of a tweet by Maya Forstater quote tweeting Jean Hatchet:
Maya:
@JeanHatchet asked about what it feels like to be persecuted for the thought crime of transphobia: "vertiginous", "dizzying", "everything solid slips away".

We all describe the same well of dread, fear, shame and incomprehension.

Quote:
Jean Hatchet:
I wrote about the nightmare of being accused of “transphobia” … the “crime” you didn’t commit. Thanks to @MForstater @JoPhoenix1 @lnmackenzie1 and other women who shared their painful experiences with me. Solidarity with women going through this now...

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Yes. I'm old enough to remember that. Every time it came up on Twitter some dipshit would try to gaslight me into thinking it was made up, but not only was I there, there are publicly available records of newspapers talking about it from the time.

Front page news article from 1990 titled "Marina 'turns girls into gays'" that discusses the danger of lesbians like tennis player Martina Navratilova being in changing rooms with girls without supervision.

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Vala Selene 🏳️‍🌈 @vala.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Unbelievable. He thinks of this as some sort of prelude to actual segregation. Because people block him for views he absolutely holds and has admitted to holding. Wild. Sure buddy, people not liking what you have to say and choosing to never see your online drivel is barely removed from apartheid.

Screenshot of posts between Vala and Nick:
Nick: There really aren't ways to appeal it. The ultimate judge is the list owner, who made the decision in the first place. Moderation is fine, providing the buck stops with a Bluesky official. Otherwise you're beholden to some random's personal prejudices.
Vala: You're not beholden to anyone. You're not being blocked from Bluesky. People are actively opting in to not have to see people like *you* on their feeds. The list is working as intended. And just because you can't get off it with an appeal doesn't mean anything. I've seen people get removed. Cry more
Nick: The EU will have something to say about Bluesky enabling blacklisting by belief once it becomes large enough. We know where it leads..... So enjoy it whilst it lasts.
The last post includes an image in black and white of a sign that says "no Irish no blacks no dogs".

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