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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
NEW: French researcher Stephanie Lamy exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey, and the media that fell into his trap. If you think the news cycle has “moved on” from this story, ask yourself why? broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin...
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The killing of a black man
A French researcher exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey and the media who fell into their trap
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
I. *presses finger to mouth* Do we still have Darwin Awards?
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Cwiar Cymru @cwiar.org · 03/09/2026
🏛️ Nearly every Plaid Cymru backbencher has demanded answers from the NHS on trans surgeries. In a joint letter, they asked what evidence, risk assessments, and consultations the NWJCC took in its decision. It's time for answers from NHS Wales.
Senedd Cymru
Welsh Parliament
Plaid Cymru
By email lan Green OBE
Chair
NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee
Cc: Suzanne Rankin, Chief Executive, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Kirsty Williams, Chair, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
1 September 2026
Dear Mr Green,
RE: Pausing of gender-affirming surgeries by the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning
Committee
We are writing to express our profound disappointment at the abrupt pausing of planned operations within the Welsh Gender Service. The sudden nature of this decision by the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee has left patients, many of whom have been preparing for surgery for months or years, without the care they were expecting and relying upon.
The impact on individuals and the wider trans community in Wales has been significant.
Understandably, this development has caused distress, fear, and a deep sense of uncertainty.
This comes at a time when the rights and dignity of trans people across the UK are increasingly under pressure. You will know that gender-affirming healthcare in Wales is clinician-led, patient-focused, and carefully paced; it is not rushed, nor undertaken lightly.
In light of this, we would like to raise the following urgent questions on behalf of our constituents and the wider community:
• Why has surgery been halted for a form of treatment that has among the highest levels of psychiatric screening and one of the lowest regret rates of any procedure offered by the NHS?
• What specifically is the cause for concern?
• What evidence informed this decision?
• Why were patient stakeholders not consulted before the decision was taken?
• Was any risk assessment carried out regarding the impact of cancelling treatment at such short notice? If not, why?
• What role, if any, did NHS England play in influencing or directing this decision?
• What is the scope of any review now underway, and when can we expect its conclusions?Senedd Cymru
Welsh Parliament
Plaid Cymru
• When can patients expect surgeries to recommence?
• What safeguards are in place to protect patients' mental health during this pause?
• What commitment can be given to the continuation of therapies and hormone treatment during this period?
Patients deserve clarity, reassurance and a clear pathway forward. We would be grateful for a detailed response addressing each of the above points, together with confirmation of how the Welsh Gender Service intends to support those affected during this period of uncertainty.
This letter is also being copied to Suzanne Rankin and Kirsty Williams, Chief Executive and Chair of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, given the board's role in administering the Welsh Gender Service.
We look forward to your reply.
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Nick Carter MS
Donna Cushing MS
Kerry Ferguson MS
Marc Jones MS
Lis McLean MS
Rebeca Phillips MS
Niamh Salkeld MS
Lindsay Whittle MS
Lyn Ackerman MS
Alun Cox MS
Safa Elhassan MS
Leticia Gonzalez MS
Kiera Marshall MS
Anna Nicholl MS
Sarah Rees MS
Elyn Stephens MS
Elfed Williams MS
Beca Brown MS
Sara Crowley MS
Sera Evans MS
Carrie Harper MS
Becca Martin MS
Peredur Owen Griffiths MS
Mair Rowlands MS
Elwyn Vaughan MS
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Adam Ellis @adamtots.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Helena Fitzgerald @hellafitzgerald.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
this is excellent
stigmatizing Rowling’s weaponization of childhood not only requires personal withdrawal for most people, it necessitates something much more difficult: being a giant fucking killjoy. You should tell people discussing the show that you’re not watching it, and why, and you should let yourself openly cringe at your sister-in-law’s Harry Potter tote bag, and you should bring up unprompted that the onslaught of legislation against trans people makes you sad and angry, presuming it does, and you should do this because, not despite, the fact that it will make you look annoying as hell and may make everyone present uncomfortable. (You probably won’t even get the kudos of looking like a cool ally, because you’re still ultimately talking about Harry Potter. Sorry about that.)
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
UK Quakers commit to continued, explicit trans inclusion. "...toilet facilities labelled with a 'female' sign remain available to cisgender women, trans women, and others for whom those facilities best align with their lived experience."
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Quakers reaffirm commitment to trans inclusion in the wake of EHRC Code of Practice
Quakers in Britain has refreshed and reaffirmed its commitment to providing trans-inclusive facilities across its buildings.
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I signed this. If you're in the UK, I think you should too. goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Here is Gaslighting PART TWO - about how the anti trans gaslighting gave them victory (though that didn’t mean the end) #gaslighting #translivesmatter #lgbtq #bbcradio4 #psychology www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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To the End - Gaslighting Part Two | Robin Ince
Where were we? Are yes, we’d just got to here. This was when I would start having people come up to me after gigs and say, who is that perso
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Bex @bexg93.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
🚨 The archived version of the suppressed Amnesty report into the anti-trans network operating to dismantle human rights in the UK has been "excluded" from the Wayback Machine. JKR is working very hard to scrub its existence from the eyes of the public. Thankfully, I kept screenshots.
A screenshot of the Wayback Machine page when trying to access the suppressed Amnesty report into anti-trans organisation and networks in the UK saying "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine".
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Tom Usher @tomusher.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
No coincidence that a large amount of terfs joined in and revelled in the Arday pile on btw. Once the press said that bullying a certain kind of people wasn’t only just acceptable but actually a moral crusade it all became a valiant hobby for some of the worst, most brain rotted people in existence
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Orcspiration @orcspiration.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
PUT AWAY YOUR SPEAR, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DESPAIR. AND YOU WILL WIN.
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FunnyVia @funnyvia.com · 17/08/2026
I've told my cat a million times to stop opening interdimensional portals in my house....
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Chhhrist almighty this is sad. :(
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
You can demand a return to "Christian values", or you can attack empathy as "suicidal". You cannot do both.
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Philosophers often bring up the "principle of charity": a willingness to assume good faith in an interlocutor and treat them accordingly. It's good to do in many circumstances. But it is worth formulating a principle of not being a fucking mark. If not during the rise of fascism, then when? 12/
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Zero when I was at Cardiff (CS) and zero when I was at UCL (Finnish).
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Lucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
One of the sad things about the death of writing is that we are going to be taking life advice primarily from visually attractive people now who don’t know shit. ideally you want the world filtered through awkward homunculi filled with rage who know the plural of homunculus
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026
Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible
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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I genuinely don't know how Britain can move forward as a society with our toxic press culture dragging us down at every step, poisoning everything.
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 29/06/2026
TOTAL VICTORY FOR LARRY
A very handsome photo of the new British Prime Minister, Larry the Cat
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Cao Cao Power Hour Enthusiast @statsboyandi.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I cannot impress upon people enough that being a teenage gay person now is unrecognizable to what it was like in the 90s and early 00s
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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
“You do know it’s just telling you what it thinks you want to hear…” From the latest Private Eye, out now.
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David M, translator ordinaire @deijoubu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
After all these years, I've discovered my enjoyment of a manga project is inversely proportional to the number of times I have to translate "お疲れ様".
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Welcome to la Cymru.
An NHS Wales poster reading "Le plîs" instead of "Ie plîs".
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Madeley @madeley.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I fucking love how, whatever else the fuck that piece of shit guidance is meant to be, it treats disabled people as a separate, quirky, strange unknowable third thing, of no fixed gender, and no importance or concern whatsoever.
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Madeley @madeley.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I've seen some unenforcable pieces of legal horseshit bobbins in my time but this latest load of underheated pisswater masquerading as guidance takes the biscuit, the biscuit tin, the factory the biscuits and the tin were made in, along with the entire small town that grew up around the factory.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Roy Jenkins: “I vacillated about going against Harold Wilson as a cautionary tale.” Wes Streeting: “At last, we will recreate the legendary Roy Jenkins leadership tilt from the iconic book ‘For the love of god do not recreate the first Wilson government’”
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Ash @queerash.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Labour MPs calling for an orderly transition but unfortunately their government needs to be at least 18 years old with four doctors to sign off first
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
With 34 MSs and 29% of the vote Reform will undoubtedly be delighted, it is worth noting, however, that this is below the 32.46% recorded by the Brexit Party when they won the 2019 European Parliament elections in Wales #senedd26 #senedd #devolution
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 08/05/2026
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Dyma ganlyniad terfynol Etholiad Senedd Cymru. Plaid Cymru yw'r blaid fwyaf, gyda Reform yn ail gan wthio Llafur Cymru i'r trydydd safle
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
The two Green MSs in Wales right now are: - Anthony Slaughter - Paul Rock Rock and Slaughter is the 1980s cop duo we never knew we needed.
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
💕✨💕
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Madeley @madeley.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Newport voting in two Reform Senedd members solidifies my view of that unredeemable shithole (is handed paper reading "and also voting in two Plaid members") as a proud, admirable, noble city
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
PC 3k ahead of Reform in Pen-y-Bont Bro Morgannwg.
media.tenor.com
a cat is standing on its hind legs next to a window .
ALT: a cat is standing on its hind legs next to a window .
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Breaking: it turns out that a strategy that literally every political scientist went 'No, don't do that. That's nuts!' is, in fact, nuts.
ft.com
UK elections: Reform surges in English local elections
Nigel Farage’s party has won about 300 seats in early results
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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 08/05/2026
Oh! That’s really not too bad, past me
A simple watercolour sketch showing a half-submerged Squirtle swimming through some lily pads.
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Kevin Bird @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Meme of a tabby cat standing between two arrows making a cycle, the top says “I wake up” the bottom  says “there is something wringer with Britain”
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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 08/05/2026
An autistic woman with auditory processing disorder who didn’t hear what you just said is about to take a risk and assume it was a joke, sources have revealed.
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Autistic woman who didn’t hear what you said about to chance it with a laugh
An autistic woman with auditory processing disorder who didn’t hear what you just said is about to take a risk and assume it was a joke, sources have revealed. Christine Smout, 40, can barely process…
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Callum May @callummay.co.uk · 08/05/2026
Election latest: A swarm of bees has arrived at Worthing Leisure Centre where counting for Worthing, Adur and West Sussex councils are under way. Returning officer Paul Brewer has advised everyone to REMAIN INDOORS
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
BBC: Labour sources confirming that, as polls had indicated, Eluned Morgan will lose her seat in the Senedd. This would be the first time *ever* that a serving Head of Govt in the UK (either at UK or devolved level) has lost re-election to their respective legislature #Senedd26 #Senedd
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Plaid think they are getting 3 seats in Caerdydd Penarth They said: "We hope and are confident this could be replicated throughout Wales. If that's the case it will be a great day for Plaid Cymru and a fantastic day for Wales."
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
brave brave sir nige
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Mel Owen is on this S4C panel and I'm pretty certain she's only been asked to speak once in two hours.
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Looking at these turnout numbers scrolling on S4C, it looks like turnout is through the roof everywhere except in places that were expected to go heavily Reform.
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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 08/05/2026
Every three minutes on Bluesky today: oh that's a delightful name for a town! Dudly-on-Friendton. I see they have voted for the Murdering Orphans party.
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Imagine being so racist that *your mates in Reform* chuck you.
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
ah yes, the social conscience of a dog on a croquet lawn.
Reform gains better for UK government bonds, investors say
An outcome of bumper gains for Reform, rather than the Greens, is viewed as a “less problematic scenario” for gilts, some investors are arguing this morning.
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Vashti @vashtijoy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Rough declaration times from S4C. #senedd
Casnewydd Islwyn - 14:00
Gŵyr Abertawe - 14:00
Sir Fynwy Torfaen - 14:00
Bangor Conwy Môn - 15:00
Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni - 15:00
Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd - 15:00
Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf - 15:00
Caerdydd Penarth - 15:00
Ceredigion Penfro - 15:00
Clwyd - 15:00
Pen-y-Bont Bro Morgannwg 15:00
Afan Ogwr Rhondda - 15:30
Gwynedd Maldwyn - 15:30
Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr - 16:00
Sir Gaerfyrddin - 16:00
Fflint Wrecsam - 17:30
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Newyddion S4C @newyddion.s4c.cymru · 08/05/2026
🗳️ Am yr holl ganlyniadau a diweddariadau, dilynwch ein blog byw Etholiad y #Senedd2026: newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/etho...
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