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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 1h

On Twitter by the end you'd pretty much every day be fed posts from people you hated sayings things you hated in order to bait you into dunking or rage-replying. Not one feed I've ever used here does that

Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 1h

I see a lot of comments on here along the lines of "what made Twitter bad was actually the algorithm". That's only half true: what made Twitter bad was *Twitter's* algorithm. None of the leading algorithms available here amplify toxicity in the same way and offer benefits over chronological-only

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 3h

soz lads but if you're still on X you're feeding into Musk's wealth which is being used to fund Tommy Two Names' legal fees, and if you still continue using X, you're fine with that

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 2h

Good will prevail in the end

Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 12h

Some good news from the employment tribunal, but it does make me wonder why is Royal Mail so bad at trans rights?

www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-postal...

Trans postal worker wins discrimination case against Royal Mail

A trans postal worker has successfully sued Royal Mail for harassment and discrimination after enduring repeated abuse from colleagues, in what is being hailed as a landmark legal victory. Sophie Col...

www.scenemag.co.uk

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 4h

Quite a bodying, here, for the UK, from the Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe.

🏮 He points out the Supreme Court ignored human rights (which breaches its legal obligations)
🏮 He says, in effect agreeing with Lucy Powell, Parliament should be involved...

rm.coe.int/letter-to-pa...

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 3h

Surprisingly this is getting reported by the Times, Telegraph and Guido already—in the past they've conspicuously ignored any such CoE statements. Obviously they think it helps their anti-ECHR propaganda

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 3h

Despite that I think they're aware that they'll be relying on "it's us or Reform" to bring people back. But having left the ECHR or pledged to do so that'd be very unlikely to work given avoiding leaving the ECHR would be a big part of why LDs/Greens/etc would want to vote tactically

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 3h

My hunch is that No.10 want to do what they did in 2002, i.e. wait for the ECtHR to force them into changing the law and then begrudgingly changing it while saying "not our fault guv". Not sure the right-wing press would be quite as forgiving this time but hey

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 3h

Indeed—the debate has sadly deteriorated to the point that it's a possibility. Good luck to Labour ever winning again if they do though and they'll be aware of that

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 3h

One heck of a shot across the bows to the government from the CoE here—looks very likely they already know full well the coming EHRC guidance will be found to be in breach of ECHR Article 8

Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 5h

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

Jenrick is absurdly incoherent on principles of free expression because he wants immediate arrests for "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great) while turning up to court to defend shouting "Fuck Islam" while burning a Quran

www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

Robert Jenrick criticised for saying people shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ should be arrested

Tory leadership candidate’s comments around far-right protests described as nasty, divisive and ignorant

www.theguardian.com

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 6h

Starmer being bumped off the lectern abruptly by Trump is humiliating, sure, but come on, it's clearly Trump's fault

Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 17h

X is quite literally funding the defence of the domestic extremists the government is prosecuting but they still won't stop using it

Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 20h

If true, it's an open question which of them this reflects more badly upon.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins

Far-right activist is accused of refusing to comply with counter-terrorism police request at Channel tunnel

www.theguardian.com

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 18h

I don't dislike Polanski (I mean at least he's not Corbyn) but a lot of the breathlessly excited stuff on here does have unfortunate echoes of Swinson 2019

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 21h

Not to worry, I'm sure our hyper-patriotic right-wing press will be all over this

HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 21h

Reform UK's deputy leader has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register hospitality. So what's the story with Richard Tice, the French villa and the ex-Kremlin minister?

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 22h

Sooo 20th century. Move fast and break things!

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 22h

Even better, they'll be subject to absolutely none of the burdensome regulation of terrestrial television. So excited

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 22h

Hey LinkedIn! Delighted to announce my first day working as a senior dev at Vodafone. Just made a minor aesthetic code change, nothing that could be a probl—

The Independent @the-independent.com · 23h

Vodafone has stopped working in a huge technical problem

www.independent.co.uk

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 23h

Private schools are often much worse for bullying, *especially* if you're perceived to be "the poor kid"

Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 1d

This. And not only this: when Trump first won in 2016 it was a truism that "the UK would never vote for Trumpism" and now an openly Trumpian party is polling 10-15 points ahead. This country has already undergone measurable right-wing radicalisation that has gone largely unnoticed

Sarah has a suggestion @goatsarah.org · 1d

With all due respect to Tom (seriously, not being sarcastic), I think he's wrong. Anyone who thinks this has not paid attention to how the successfully completely reversed the trajectory of trans equality in the UK in only 10 years.

They will probably manage the same with abortion.

Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

Right-wingers who think tactics they've used to criminalize abortion in the US will have the same kind of traction in the UK fail to grasp that religious fundamentalism is widely viewed as nuts in the UK, & has been for many decades, if not centuries.

As much chance of abolishing UK gun controls.

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 1d

I've been tempted to try it recently, but—and this is admittedly a silly reason for not doing so—the name gives me the ick

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 1d

THEY’RE HERE PETE!

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 1d

I'd be interested to hear his thoughts on whether all the Adolf Hitler Straßen should've been renamed

Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 1d

have u tried

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Hughster @hughster.bsky.social · 1d

Just one rude comment, my lord