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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 17h

Obfuscate. The very notion of deliberately making something tediously obtuse for selfish reasons actually offends me, so not only could I get on well without, I wished it didn't exist.

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 19h

Actor Alan Cumming says trans people are ‘vilified’ to distract from politicians’ ‘screwing up’

“We make it all about them, when actually it isn't about them. They are such a tiny part of our population and they are a population that we should respect and, in this case, celebrate. “

Actor Alan Cumming says trans people are ‘vilified’ to distract from politicians’ ‘screwing up’ | LBC

Hollywood actor and director Alan Cumming told LBC he wants to celebrate refugees, trans and queer people who are being used as a ‘smokescreen’ for political problems.

www.lbc.co.uk

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 18h

Does this man claim to be able to fly? Up north?

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 19h

It's not just immigrants he hates.
It's women.
It's poor people.
It's Disabled People.
He even hates the people who vote for him, just like Trump.

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 20h

So when did Rik Godfrey turn up here? He's not even Danish, just the weirdest attention-seeking creep who looks a lot better back on Twitter where nobody goes!

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SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 20h

However tomorrow goes, well done to Sophia Brooks for standing up against an absolute fucking monster, who is so utterly fucking deranged that his wife and kids had to flee from him.

snoopy and woodstock are holding a pink flag that says good luck

ALT: snoopy and woodstock are holding a pink flag that says good luck

media.tenor.com

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 20h

I actually enjoyed this at the time, I re-watched it quite recently and it was a lot more prescient that we'd have realised. Tempted, for an excuse to go to Manchester.

Cook'd and Bomb'd @cookdandbombd.bsky.social · 20h

With thanks to DBC: Cultplex in Manchester will be having a "Nathan Barley marathon" to celebrate the 20 year anniversary of Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker's sitcom.

Tickets and info here, Saturday 15th November:
cultplex.co.uk/Cultplex.dll...

Have fun.

#ChrisMorris #CharlieBrooker

"NATHAN BARLEY MARATHON (20TH ANNIVERSAY)

20 years since Channel 4 aired Nathan Barley, Charlie Brooker's "self-facilitating media node" has gone from absurdist parody to frightening reality.

Brimming with up-and-coming talent like Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh), and fellow Booshers Noel Fielding and Richard Ayoade, as well as some blink-and-you'll-miss-'em cameos from Stephen Mangan (Episodes), Mat Horne (Gavin & Stacey) and Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch, we think it's time Nathan Barley was given the praise it deserved!

A flop when it originally aired, but a cult hit on DVD, Nathan Barley is love-it-or-hate it telly from the minds of Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker, set in Hosegate, a metropolitan borough filled with twits, buffoons, imbeciles, gufftraps and fools.

All our screenings are 18+.
The film will begin at the advertised time above."

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 22h

Falkner not happy. She wants this new Code approved now 😬😬😬
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

EHRC guidance will help businesses comply with the law on sex and gender | Letter

Letter: Kishwer Falkner, chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, says its updated code of practice will balance the rights of service users and protect all from discrimination

www.theguardian.com

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 1d

A reminder that the UK’s ban on LGBT people serving in the armed forces was only lifted after a judgment from the European Court of Human Rights.

🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via www.bbcnews.com

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #Article8 #PrivateLife #MeddlingForeignCourt #CreditWhereItsDue

King unveils new memorial to LGBT veterans after gay ban campaign

A memorial is unveiled dedicated to gay military personnel and to those who served during the armed forces gay ban.

www.bbc.com

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 1d

Great work Gemma, tirelessly pulling all these strands together into cohesive threads.

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Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 1d

“They have straight up refused to pay millions of euros in compensation to the victims who suffered in the Irish Magdalene laundries scandal. And even here in Scotland, they refused to work with the Scottish Parliament to get justice for survivors of historic abuse.”

That’s who is working with her

Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 1d

An organisation that ran the hellish MAGDALENE LAUNDRIES. You couldn’t make this up www.thenational.scot/news/2557575...

Anger as Holyrood group backed by Magdalene laundries organisation

ASH Regan “owes the Scottish public an explanation”, campaigners have said, after it emerged a Holyrood group supporting her bill to outlaw…

www.thenational.scot

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 1d

Rather than actually take steps to keep women safer, these people want to shuffle the crimes to continue to impose their religious moral values on people.

Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 1d

Anti-abortion zealots Jeremy Balfour and John Mason are also involved in this. I can guarantee this won’t make women workers safer.

Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 1d

An organisation that ran the hellish MAGDALENE LAUNDRIES. You couldn’t make this up www.thenational.scot/news/2557575...

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible work, everyone!
Over 6,500 letters sent, which means (on average) over 10 letters per MP!
If you haven’t written in and still want to, you can find @transactualuk.bsky.social’s easy-peasy tool here: actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...

Screenshot of the landing page of the above link, showing the total letters sent sitting at over 6800

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 1d

"Some absolutely outstanding work by activists to sneak these wraparounds onto copies of the Daily Mail in shops."
via Ian Almond

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 1d

I may overcome my annoyance with indentation and dependency hell to re-think my opinion of Python.

Angie @myweebit.bsky.social · 1d

www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/p...

Python Foundation rejects $1.5M grant with no-DEI strings

: Foundation says it won't compromise policy of inclusivity even if that cash would've really helped

www.theregister.com

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 2d

It's not even just trans people who are affected. Anyone gender non-conforming, or just not particularly feminine or masculine, will feel intimidated or apprehensive, even if just fleetingly, going for a pee should not have to be an act of defiance!

TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 2d

The EHRC has sent a new draft Code of Practice which would lead to the exclusion of trans people from public life.

The decision now is up to this government, will they sign a trans bathroom ban in secret?

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-ba...

#ScrapTheBathroomBan

Image of a pink wooden sign that reads 'TOILET' with 'male' and 'female' toilet symbols. Text reads: Scrap the Bathroom Ban:
tell your MP to say no to segregation. The proposed bathroom ban will deny everyone the basic right to privacy and dignity: we should all be able to use the loo without fear or discrimination. Write to your MP:
tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 2d

#AbolishTheTheocracy

Make the UK a secular state.

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interACT Advocates @interact.bsky.social · 2d

Many of us are told a story our whole lives, one where the world has a neat sex and gender binary. This story oppresses intersex people—and to an extent—everyone. This #IntersexAwarenessDay, Sam invites you to disrupt your own ideas of sex and gender.
interactadvocates.org/disrupt-the-...

This Intersex Awareness Day, Disrupt the Sex Binary with Me

Growing up intersex was disorienting—but that helped me see the world in a new way. This Intersex Awareness Day, disrupt the sex binary with me.

interactadvocates.org

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Andy Churnwell @churnwell.bsky.social · 3d

Reform are a party for people who were radicalised during the pandemic by Facebook memes about there being black people in adverts these days.

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 4d

No, but associated with him (she writes his substack for him). She is an avid user of the notorious hate-fest that is k1w1 famrs

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 4d

The Chief Exec of NHS Lothian, Caroline Hiscox follows two non-health related Twitter accounts - JK R0wling and ripx4nutm3g.

She was fast-tracked into the top job.

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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 7d

SNP/Greens bottle return scheme was effectively sabotaged by the UK Government for political reasons 👇

talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/21/s...

SNP/Greens bottle return scheme was effectively sabotaged by the UK Government for political reasons

return scheme has claimed it was offered ‘unequivocal’ assurances that the plan would go ahead. Biffa Waste Services is seeking more than £166 million of reparations over the decision t…

talkingupscotlandtwo.com

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 8d

1/🧵 I am viewing a never-before-seen file on “gender reassignment” or trans inclusion policy at the National Archives, Kew. The Supreme Court should start sweating. A bagful of receipts!

A close-up, angled shot of a pink paper file cover from the UK "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH," resting on a light wood-grain surface. The "SUBJECT" is handwritten in large blue capital letters: "GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT".

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Mx Xs @jamtart.bsky.social · 7d

The monarchy and aristocracy own close to 45% of the UK, they are so much more powerful and influential than they try to portray.

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Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 7d

I couldn’t watch to the end. They are the Gestapo.

Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · 7d

🧵 1/2 WTF is wrong with these I🧊 monsters?

Bragging about dragging, smashing windows with pregnant women and children!

Do their families know how they spend their days?

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