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Val Dobson

@valdobson.bsky.social
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Great-grandmother who is sick of being sick. Compulsive factchecker and hunter of lies. I support womens' and girls' rights. Current abode: the armpit of England.

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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Yes, there are many people born with a DSD. But they're still less than %1.7 of the population, and the vast majority do not have ambigous genitalia.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
XYY is extremely rare, about 1 in a thousand *male" births. Your brain, along with the rest of your body, is still male. But neurodivergent traits, interestingly enough, seem to be higher than average in people with a DSD.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Women are NOT safe around men.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Blame tthe idiots and fascists who use the English flag as an excuse for racisim.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The RNLI aren’t traitors; they’re heroes writesbright.substack.com/p/the-rnli-a...
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The RNLI aren’t traitors; they’re heroes
📝 A guest essay...
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not read the article, but are Generation Z really thinking that food storage boxes have only only just been invented?
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Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.eu · 26/09/2026
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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026
Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.”
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Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk · 16/09/2026
I spent 8 years living in a village in the middle of nowhere not far from an immigration detention centre. On one evening I was locking up the pub (for clarity I worked there I hadn’t just broken into it) Two men appeared from the pub car park shadows. They were walking slowly towards me
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Former Gender Clinician: "It's pseudo-medicine" genderblog.net/former-gende...
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Former Gender Clinician: “It’s pseudo-medicine”
Shortly after publishing the piece which flagged the Welsh Gender Service as a potential Service of Concern (now a fully fledged Actual Concern) I received an email from a former gender clinician I…
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Call for action as stats reveal close to 100 sex crimes at Scotland's swimming pools and leisure centres
Almost 100 sex crimes including rape and assaults have been recorded at swimming pools and leisure centres in Scotland, figures reveal.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026
Excellent letter in The Times. "Greater hate hath no person than to accuse those who put their lives on the line for others of being traitors."
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
They're now just targeting random groups of dark-skinned people. What's going to have to happen before the government starts taking this seriously? www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politic...
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Protestors confuse Pakistan cricket team for migrants after gathering at hotel
Misinformation caused groups of people to gather at The Marriott Hotel
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
It's the DWP. What disability benefits he can claim depends on his age. If he's over state pension age (66), he can only claim Attendence Allowance; if under, it could be either PIP or ESA. That's an alumium walking stick he's swinging around, not a cane - not heavy, but could still cause damage.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Stylish, definately. He still couldn't stop Frogface from getting in. (This is from the 2024 Clacton by-election, BTW.)
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Bash Back Threaten NHS Staff genderblog.net/bash-back-th...
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Bash Back Threaten NHS Staff
On Friday, NHS Wales confirmed they had cancelled all scheduled surgeries and paused all surgery referrals made by the Welsh Gender Service, pending an investigation. I speculated this might be abo…
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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Seeing this passed everywhere. Appears not to be a Nietzsche quote, which is not that surprising because it doesn't even sound like Nietszche? Like, was he on an episode of Reading Rainbow that week?
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/08/2026
Also, to all you SICKOS comparing the Hugo to a DILDO and making jokes about the FLARED BASE and all that DISGUSTING AWFUL STUFF: Yes, indeed, we've all been saying that for years, welcome
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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The fresh new anti-establishment faces of Reform UK... 🤔 Ex-Tory Home Secretary Ex-Tory Shadow Minister Ex-Tory Chairman and MP Millionaire rarely seen in Parliament Millionaire rarely seen in Britain Ex-Tory Councillor Ex-Tory Shadow Minister Ex-Tory Minister Vote Reform. Get failed Tories!
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 09/08/2026
The Great Farage Funding Timeline “He’s a symptom, not a cause.” Introduced by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social, all the facts we’ve unearthed about Nigel Farage’s biggest benefactor, Christopher Harborne, plus other key facts reported elsewhere, now in one handy forensic resource 1/
Who Funds Farage? 

Follow the money The Farage funding timeline. 

Illustration of Farage, smiling widely, with Harborne and Cottrell in the background and coins falling around him
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Of course they would! After all, what have Albanians ever done for us? albanianregistry.org/blog/famous-...
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Famous Albanians: 30 Notable Figures (Skanderbeg-Today) | NAR
30 famous Albanians across history, science, arts, music, and sports — Skanderbeg, Mother Teresa, Ismail Kadare, John Belushi, Dua Lipa, Mira Murati, and more.
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SMBC Comics @smbccomics.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
If there are ever time travelers from the Regency period they will be so confused by our robot butler discourse. COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/butling PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm... STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
2-panel SMBC comic update. A salesman is negotiating with a client, offering a robot. He says "I’ll sell you this perfect robot butler for a mere $100,000 dollars." The man takes it immediately. The second panels shows the man shortly later, alone with the butler robot. When he commands it to clean his room, the robot says "very good, sir. Please direct me to your maidservants and I shall have things arranged." The man reacts annoyingly, saying "son of a BITCH." The caption below the comic reads "Technically a butler is a chief of staff."
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
30-odd years ago I read a thread on the old Stormfront site, where the Einsteins of the British Nazi movement were arguing about whether Greeks could be considered 'white'. I'm quite amused that they apparently still can't agree on the matter.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I've just checked the segment on the BBC News app - no backgound music. It does however have the note "updated 43 minutes ago" (around 17.40 BST), so maybe the music was a technical error that's been corrected.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
The LGBAlliance letter:
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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Sex Matters Letter:
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Brap @brap.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Letter to Amnesty from Trans Widows and Children of Transitioners
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
I wonder why two women + one bloke seems to be the most popular "poly" configuration. It's a mystery....
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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Excellent scientific commentary by biologists correcting a number of myths about sex and sex development. www.uoaseen.nz/index.php/20...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Never mind 1776, here's the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The comments pretty well prove his point.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Not all "trans athletes" - just men. Women, however they identify will always be welcome, so long as they observe the doping rules around testosterone.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 28/06/2026
A promotional image for a padel club in Dubai shows a talented player, mid-swing and eyes locked on the ball. He’s also a key figure in the Kinahan cartel, the Irish organised crime group involved in drug trafficking, money laundering and arms smuggling. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...
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Poster Boy: Sanctioned Kinahan Cartel Lieutenant Found Playing Padel in Dubai - bellingcat
A trusted lieutenant of the transnational Kinahan cartel has been found playing padel in Dubai, where he has become a poster boy for the racquet sport.
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Blog Preston @blogpreston.co.uk · 28/06/2026
Over £4,000 has been been quickly raised to support the family of Kerry Coombes who died in an incident in Hoghton this week.
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Thousands raised for family of Kerry Coombes as community comes together in mourning – Blog Preston
<p>A JustGiving page launched by the chairman of Lostock Hall Juniors FC has raised thousands in a matter of days.</p>
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Katie Tiedrich @katietiedrich.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I was digging around on wikipedia today and happened to come across this very good painting of Fancy Men Bamboozled By Egg
Columbi ägg (1924) by the Swedish artist Nils von Dardel
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Will it include a recreation of the old Smithfield Market?
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 18/06/2026
A drug up to 40 times more potent than fentanyl and 500 times stronger than heroin is increasingly being detected in the US. Bellingcat produced the most detailed account yet of how nitazenes are infiltrating US borders and destroying lives. www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/06...
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Super-Potent Synthetic Opioids Spread Across US Amid Fentanyl Crackdown - bellingcat
New deadly drugs up to 40 times more potent than fentanyl and 500 times stronger than heroin have been found in 48 of 50 American states.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Because there's no such thing as the "wrong software" for brains?
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
What i find most amusing about this is that it appears to clear up the fact that the British government didn’t know about BlueSky until yesterday. 😂💔
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Talking Heads: David Byrne in Stop Making Sense
ALT: Talking Heads: David Byrne in Stop Making Sense
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"Get the kids off the street and into theatre clubs, drama clubs, sports clubs, youth clubs. Start funding them and then people won't be on their phones so much."
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Big John criticises government for 'gesture politics' social media ban for under-16s
John Fisher, a.k.a Big John, has called for more funding for youth, sport and drama clubs instead of a social media ban for under-16s.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Silly young woman posts about how TERFs are "sad old women" who will happily allow abortion rights to be rolled back. I remind her that these "sad old women" were fighting for abortion rights before she was born. Silly young woman instantly blocks me. No wonder this place is nicknamed "Bluecry". 🙄
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Who do you think were campaigning for abortion rights in the 1970s?
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
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J D Vance excluded from Beard of Summer shortlist
Beard Liberation Front 7th June The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that US Vice President JD Vance has been excluded from the Beard of Summer shortlist as o…
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Anniversary of "Tommy Robinson" celebrating the D Day soldiers who needlessly gave up their lives by running into the sea.
We Will Remember Them - over image of AI soldiers running off the beach into the sea
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Exactly what I'd expect from a priviledged young woman who has no idea that those "sad old women" fought for the rights that she enjoys today.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
LISTEN TO DAN - URINE (HOWEVER FRESH) IS NOT STERILE!
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 25/05/2026
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 25/05/2026
Would you prefer: 1. Migration down to zero? OR: 2. Functioning public services, a growing economy, pensions being contributed to, taxes being paid, universities staying afloat, care homes staffed and the NHS not collapsing into a smoking crater? One or the other - you can’t have both.
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The Great Migration Fannywobble
Net migration collapsed, the right got what it wanted, and somehow they became even angrier.
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Val Dobson @valdobson.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Clearly, you've never met a transman. Everything I listed is a physical characteristic possessed by the majority of women; not a sterotype, not a social construct. And most definitely not a description of 'femininity', whatever that is. I have met twinks. Some are very pretty, but obviously male.
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