Reposted by What a Duck Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 15/10/2026The NHS is already one of the biggest perpetrators of anti-trans violence in the UK. This new guidance, which refers to trans people using slurs, demands that we be segregated and abused. I’ve said it before: senior NHS managers must be sacked and punished for what they’ve done to us. 3236631052 0
Reposted by What a Duck Curb Your Malthusiasm @manuclearb0mb.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Essential @ahjohnson.bsky.social here; I totally forgot how all the media lost their shit when Trump raided John Bolton which stands in severe contrast to their silence regarding Ilhan Omar theintercept.com/2026/10/15/i...theintercept.comTrump Is Targeting Ilhan Omar. Where’s the Elite Media Outrage?Unlike the raid on John Bolton, which was roundly condemned by corporate media, NYT, Washington Post, and WSJ are silent on Trump’s overstep with Omar. 09933 0
Reposted by What a Duck Shady Inference 🌫️ @blot.city · 12/10/2026If you're a black person accused of academic fraud, the british press and political elite will harass you until you kill yourself. If you're a racism denialist accused of sexual crimes against children, the british press and political elite will *immediately* deploy the wall of silence. 91267432 0
Reposted by What a Duck Chad @kitation.co.uk · 11/10/2026About 10ish years ago I was co-running an event to teach coding to women and nonbinary people and the local BBC station interviewed me to help advertise it. It was prerecorded. Every mention of nonbinary was edited out. 0378 0
Reposted by What a Duck Mike (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🏴 @mxmike.co.uk · 11/10/2026Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly 10658071559 0
Reposted by What a Duck Pyke Redrock @pykeredrock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Gavin Newsom, who allowed this merger to go forward, was credibly alleged of interfering in the state’s lawsuit against Activision / Kotick for sexual discrimination—alleged interference for which his former Chief of Staff is now facing criminal charges over. Just putting that on the table. 320098 0
Reposted by What a Duck Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Here's a handy guide. If the media are saying a politician is doing socialism, they're not doing socialism. If a politician is doing socialism, the media is telling you they're doing islamic terrorism, destroying western civilization, turning your kids gay and in league with china. 8637188 0
Reposted by What a Duck Duncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 28/09/2026For all that it's been barely reported in the UK press, it's still hard to understate the importance of the stance @labourunionsuk.bsky.social has taken on trans and non-binary rights this week. Every single trade union affiliated to the party of government has stood up and said we will not comply. 121068394 0
Reposted by What a Duck Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026The before and after it's even more haunting. 3529111647 0
Reposted by What a Duck Kor Bosch @korbosch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Sometimes when you see an image you have an irrepressible immediate association. 1353 0
Reposted by What a Duck shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 23/09/2026it is incredibly fucked up that the UK government and police consider it a much worse crime to wear a t-shirt or wave a placard with 'palestine action' on it than to block ports and attack lifeboats 172595443 0
Reposted by What a Duck Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 23/09/2026*horrific racist fascist blackshirt actions* UK gov official: first of all, they are correct in their beliefs, however they should trust us to enact the violence and racism, can’t they see how good we are at it Burnham on tiktok : hey kids check out this barm! What am i like eyy up 1382101 0
Reposted by What a Duck Spookably UnAwake @lamentablyawake.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Piddington getting a "we're listening and you have valid concerns" from Nandy is yet another reminder Labour are a far right party. Grannies and vicars holding anti-genocide signs? Terrorism. A village doing far right sedition? Support and indulgence. 310132 0
Reposted by What a Duck edeath @edithcharles.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Holy shit, I am pleasantly surprised by the news for once? For friends abroad, that’s the UK’s national federation of unions. It’s about time the beast awakened.leftfootforward.orgTUC votes to condemn EHRC code of practice and back self-ID for trans peopleDelegates backed a motion branding the EHRC guidance 'discriminatory and unworkable' 51378401 0
Reposted by What a Duck Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is also a genocide btw 027787 0
Reposted by What a Duck Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 11/09/2026It’s been 53 years since the US backed military coup of Allende’s government in Chile. A democratically elected socialist was attacked. the fascist Pinochet took power and then tortured, arrested and killed socialists and teachers and labor leaders around the country. youtu.be/IZVWOWA2Hpk?...youtu.beAllende's Last Words: The First 9/11YouTube video by PlasticPills 9811346 0
Reposted by What a Duck Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 07/09/2026‼️Statement RE my suspension from the Greens. I was suspended for the 'crime' of being a trans woman who ran for a women's place. The "media interest" in my gender was cited as the sole reason for my suspension. 30676253 0
Reposted by What a Duck Brendan Hark! T'is nearly Halloween. @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026No arrests for this by the way 26925 0
Reposted by What a Duck sinéad @transsexual.bsky.social · 04/09/2026To confirm - they don't have evidence that even 1 person was referred inappropriately - they don't have evidence that even 1 person underwent surgery inappropriately - they don't have any evidence of safety concerns - healthcare for trans people has been completely banned until further notice 3341148 0
Reposted by What a Duck Stefscribbles @stefscribbles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026pigeons be like 213938819 0
Reposted by What a Duck Jonathan Cook @jonathan-cook.bsky.social · 31/08/2026The UK isn’t a dispassionate arbiter of justice in prosecuting anti-genocide activists. It has been aggressively colluding in Israeli crimes. That huge conflict of interest is the elephant in the room. Matthew Alford reads my latest: jonathancook.substack.com/p/listen-the...jonathancook.substack.comListen: The British state has lost the argument, even as it rigs the trials of genocide opponentsRead by Matthew Alford 22722 0
Reposted by What a Duck Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Americans will say things like "We must starve Cuba to death with our embargo. Do not let China rescue them with food and energy" and still think people around the world hate them for their freedoms. 172112662 0
Reposted by What a Duck Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 26/08/2026This seems both factually incorrect and disrespectful to say about her given everything she did and when she did it but what you need to remember is that CNN wants you to know it’s good to like her, which you’re not supposed to do if she had strong convictions 211519196 0
Reposted by What a Duck Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 26/08/2026The reason why people think Dolly was “politically neutral” is because they don’t understand being political as a series of actions born of commitment to an idea. Being political as defined by the pundit class is to be in front of a microphone delivering sound bytes, it’s something to be devoured 22899588 0
Reposted by What a Duck onion person @junlper.beer · 23/08/2026nathan cofnas, the man who got jason arday killed, is an explicit white nationalist and race realist who has been cited endlessly in aporia, a propaganda network funded by the human diversity fund, rebranded from the pioneer fund started in the 1930s as an explicit nazi project 712625580 0
Reposted by What a Duck alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026much as the murder of Brianna Ghey mysteriously stopped being about the climate of transphobia in the UK and became about teen access to social media, the death of Jason Arday is, equally mysteriously, no longer about racism and is becoming about free speech in academia 1940281365 0
Reposted by What a Duck The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 21/08/2026No wonder Labour wants more drilling in the North Sea. 47430210 0
Reposted by What a Duck John Duncan @johntheduncan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026NEW VIDEO!!! I have been getting more and more annoyed at Burnham's cutsey ordinary bloke cosplay so i decided to look at how his re-industrialisation strategy just makes him a merchant of death within global US hegemony. Manchesterism is a death machine! (Link below) 46723 0
Reposted by What a Duck flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Every time the press lads disastrously and culpably fuck up, usually with malice of forethought. Every time, without fail. 4405101 0
Reposted by What a Duck Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Presenter: [The argument was put that DEI advanced people not on merit] Woolley: "There are 975 Professors at Cambridge. How many do you think are black? Paddy O'Connell: "Its a fair question you're asking me. So I am going to say 30%" Woolley: "I tell you: less than half a per cent" 21928230 0
Reposted by What a Duck Sinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 16/08/2026You don't hate the British press enough. 317145 0
Reposted by What a Duck George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1goodlawproject.orgJason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law ProjectCommission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death. 561478588 0
Reposted by What a Duck elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026A mum in Gaza whose son was disappeared by Israel found out her son is alive after IDF soldiers shared a video posing and having fun in front of him You can’t fix this fascist society with a different PM www.instagram.com/reel/Dbgwd47... 28742 0
Reposted by What a Duck Michael Pollak @mdpollak.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Every "moderate" group is backed by billionaires, corps & Gulf countries. How do they get the label "moderates?" "Status quo" with heavy irony might be appropriate: the powers who rule under current system who want to stay Usual good piece by @ahjohnson.bsky.social therealnews.com/media-electa...therealnews.comThe media’s go-to ‘electability’ experts are funded by Wall St., Amazon, and health insurance giantsThe media is propping up “centrist” analysts warning voters that the progressive and democratic socialist candidates winning elections are “unelectable.” But they’re not disclosing that those analysts... 08626 0
Reposted by What a Duck elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 09/08/2026You deal with global warming. Lebanon deals with global warming while having Israel as its neighbour. 4310196 0
Reposted by What a Duck Kay And Skittles @kayandskittles.bsky.social · 10/08/2026If you show the demons you are willing to suspend your critical thinking enough to see one thing as a social contagion, they'll try to convince you everything is. There are no real problems, everything is hysteria. The people talking about the problems ARE the problem! If we get rid of them? Peace. 04911 0
Reposted by What a Duck Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This is actually a long standing minor school of Tory weirdness: austerity denialism. Basically noticing that cutting spending to essential services doesn't actually reduce overall government spending, and saying "see, there was no austerity because it didn't work!" 211026 0
Reposted by What a Duck Return of the Cmonstermacques @cmonmaque.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Sometimes I think about this post and it makes me laugh and laugh and laugh 462649490 0
Reposted by What a Duck Terence Eden @edent.tel · 26/10/2025It's a lovely sunny day! If you're out for a walk, please take some photos of memorial benches and add them to openbenches.org We're *very* close to thirty-nine *thousand* benches mapped 😃 12311 0
Reposted by What a Duck Curse of the Libby Dead @captainlibatron.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Just seen this on insta and have submitted a listing for our bar openlavs.com 514355 0
Reposted by What a Duck Jack @jackinpogform.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Every far-right lobby group, every party and every billionaire will have seen Amnesty fold to the GCs and will be rubbing their hands. 27523 0
Reposted by What a Duck Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 31/07/2026Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...amnesty.org.ukAn Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full. 20832421349 0
Reposted by What a Duck Ben Dowsett @bendowsett.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Reminder that if Hamas actually bombed a synagogue in Israel, it would lead the news for multiple days. Israel would demand (and receive) billions more dollars in US tax support in response. But it's just the IDF. Move on with your day 25423 0
Reposted by What a Duck Kay And Skittles @kayandskittles.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This is extremely bad even for the UK. Even if this gets dropped (which if anything still even remotely functions in our legal system it will), this is sheer intimidation against prospective lawyers deciding whether or not to take jobs defending people being politically persecuted in this country. 212154 0
Reposted by What a Duck Kay And Skittles @kayandskittles.bsky.social · 29/07/2026A very underdiscussed element of quality of life is this kind of psychological bombardment. Being treated like a criminal when you interact with businesses, public spaces being designed for moving through and not being in, everything being cheap, shitty, and flimsy. 17827 0