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Saralexis

@saralexis.bsky.social

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She/her, AuDHD, trans rights enthusiast, socialist, feminist, eco-worrier. Fibre, yarn and thread glutton. Careful spoons manager. GNU Terry Pratchett & Iain M Banks.

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Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · Mar 24

In case its useful to anyone I did a little explainer on starting the Oslo stitch starting chain

#nalbinding #oslostitch

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · Mar 24

I did a little photo tutorial for you for the stitch. I’ll do another for the first chain.

Wrap the yarn twice round two fingers and hold the loops between thumb and forefinger with the end attached to the needle over your thumb

Two loops of yarn wrapped round two fingers

Two loops held between them and forefinger with end of yarn over the thumb

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 17h

The @newsagents.bsky.social framed the ADF’s growing presence in the UK as a surprising new export from the US, when they've been infiltrating the UK for YEARS!

It's willful blindness/ hypocricy by journalists who have amplified the transphobic narratives that opened the door to these groups!

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 1d

"The ADF has chosen Nigel Farage to focus on, building up this ally who has the potential to be a JD Vance-like figure in the future."

Can the Christian group that influenced the overturning of Roe v. Wade bring its extreme views to the UK?

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/is-n...

Is Nigel Farage being used as a pawn by US Christian extremists? | The News Agents

A New York Times report suggests Nigel Farage is being backed by Alliance Defending Freedom – a conservative Christian group dedicated to rolling back rights of many groups in the US. What does this…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 1d

Another one, I’m on a bit of a roll

Headband in a gradient of pink to cream with a pinky cream felted lining that has a pink flower with a yellow centre and a green leaved felted on to it

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 2d

It’s amazingly warm and snuggly!

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 2d

That’s what I’m hoping! It still stretches, probably not as much as it would without but still good

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 2d

Yup
I don’t know how it wears yet but it seems promising

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 2d

My latest obsession. I’m needlefelting linings into anything that stays still long enough :)

Another headband today…

Purple crocheted headband with purple felt lining

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 2d

Holy snuggle bunnies Batman this is warm and cosy! #crochet #needlefelting

Crochet headband in colour changing barn in pinks and earth tones, lined in felted pink fleece

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 2d

Another ULTIMATE hat, made by me from fleece to finish from the niece’s fleeces
#spinning #needlefelting #nalbinding

White woman with brown hair and glasses shown from the side wearing a grey, cream and brown hat in stripes with a point on top and turned up waffles showing stripy felted lining.

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Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · 2d

When someone defines a woman as an adult human female get them to define each word separately.

‘Biological Female’ is NOT a scientific term, it's a PROPAGANDA TERM used by Putin & other RWNJ politicians!

Kirsti Miller @kirstimiller30.bsky.social · Aug 5

Acknowledging sex is complex isn’t “unscientific.”
The fact is: sex has several domains:
-Chromosomes
-External genitalia
-Internal sex organs
-Sex hormone profile
-Neurological sex
Acknowledging complexity isn’t denying biology. It’s recognizing its reality.

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 3d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again and one song you can’t stand…

Custard
Eyes Wide Shut
“Pour que tu m’aimes encore”Celine Dion

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Aliza Adi (she/her) @alizaadi.bsky.social · 4d

🖐🏼 @london.gov.uk @mayorofgm.bsky.social @zoegarbett.bsky.social @carolinerussell.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social

Reject Streeting & Starmer’s anti-Trans+ crusade

Defend Trans+ kids, youth & adults - now

Be loud. Be clear. Be unambiguous

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 4d

To you Yarn Jesus, who dyed for all our spins, I offer up the hat. It is very warm.

The hat- it has a point on top, and broad stripes of three colours of natural fleece. Dark brown, cream and grey. The inside is felted cream fleece.

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 5d

This may be the Ultimate Hat. Made for the niece as a thank you for the fleece it is made from. Carded, spun, plyed, nalbinded and the lining needlefelted in… it’s the sort of hat to cause instant heat stroke #handspinning #nalbinding #needlefelting

Hat in three natural fleece colours- dark brown, cream and grey. The inside is lined with felted cream fleece

The same hat with three needle felted sheep in front of it in the same colours

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 5d

Where’s Freud when you need him?

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 5d

Really not good at all that the Christian Right feels emboldened enough to parade in Soho in paramilitary uniforms. www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/10/k...

Evangelical 'King's Army' group disrupts traffic in historic LGBTQ+ London district

A right-wing, evangelical group calling itself the King's Army blocked traffic on Old Compton Street in Soho while chanting anti-LGBTQ+ slogans.

www.thepinknews.com

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 6d

I will finish spinning the yarn for the hat I am Nalbinding as a thank you for the fleece it is made from…

Two colours of carded fleece in a white plastic tray- white and grey

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Causeway Pride @causewaypride.bsky.social · 7d

We are furious. Another life has been stolen, another trans or gender non-conforming person pushed past breaking point by a system that does. not. care. Let’s be absolutely clear: this is not some isolated tragedy, not some “unforeseeable” heartbreak. This is the inevitable, preventable result of deliberate neglect. We have been shouting about this for years, screaming into the void, and still, nothing changes. We knew this would happen. And we know it will happen again, because those in power have chosen not to act.

The so-called “blocker ban” was the final straw for many of us, a cruel, ideological assault dressed up as “concern.” There’s nothing compassionate about denying people the healthcare they need to survive. But the truth is, this system was already broken long before that ban. Gender-affirming healthcare in the UK has been left to rot, underfunded, understaffed, and deliberately obstructed. Waiting lists stretch not for months, but for years. People are humiliated by outdated, dehumanising systems, forced to “prove” their identity to strangers who treat them like problems to be managed instead of lives to be saved. Every single day, trans people are denied care, denied dignity, denied safety, and every single day, this cruelty drives more of our community to the edge.

And in Northern Ireland, it’s even worse. We have no functioning gender identity service to speak of. People are left stranded, forced to go private if they can afford it, or left to suffer indefinitely if they can’t. Sinn Féin, Alliance, the SDLP, and the UUP have all failed us. Every single one of them. They’ll show up to Pride, they’ll take their photo ops, they’ll tweet their “support,” but when it comes to actually funding services, standing up to Westminster, or protecting trans people’s lives, they vanish. Empty words and rainbow logos don’t save lives. Silence and inaction kill, just as surely as hateful laws do

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And let’s stop pretending any of this is about “concern” for young people. It’s not. It’s about power, control, and moral panic. It’s about a government, a media, and a healthcare system across the UK that do not value trans lives, that see us as something to be debated, restricted, or erased. It’s about a society that treats our existence as expendable.

We are done being quiet. We are done watching people die while politicians pat themselves on the back for “balanced discussion.” We are done pretending this is anything but institutional cruelty. We are tired of vigils. We are tired of mourning people who should still be here. We are tired. of watching our friends and siblings die because the care that could have saved them was locked behind bureaucracy, hostility, and hate. This isn’t tragedy, it’s policy.

Every single delay. Every appointment denied. Every headline dripping with manufactured fear. Every smug politician who chooses cowardice over compassion. They all have blood on their hands.
Every day that proper, timely gender-affirming healthcare remains unavailable in Northern Ireland, in England, in Scotland, and in Wales, more lives are at risk.

We are heartbroken. We are furious. And we will not be silent. We owe it to those we’ve lost, and to every trans person still fighting to survive, to keep shouting, to keep fighting, until this country treats trans healthcare as the emergency it is.
Trans lives are not expendable. This has to stop.

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Alex Mace @alexmace.bsky.social · 6d

Step 1: Watch Zack Polanski on Question Time tonight
Step 2: Join the Green Party at join.greenparty.org.uk
Step 3: Find your local party and get involved

The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 7d

⏰ Don't miss @zackpolanski.bsky.social on BBC Question Time tonight.

💻 BBC iPlayer at 9pm
📺 BBC One at 10.40pm.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 7d

If you can find the time, please share and fill out this survey for the James Lind Alliance. Mumsnet goons are apparently bombarding it with nonsense responses:

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/jla/youth-...

Let's improve care for young gender diverse people

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 7d

Any comment Wes Streeting? Or will you call the coroner a liar as well?

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 7d

www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/09/n...

17-year-old trans girl's suicide over NHS wait times was preventable says coroner

A 17-year-old trans girl's death by suicide over NHS wait times could have been prevented with swift intervention, a coroner has ruled.

www.thepinknews.com

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 6d

Fantastic

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 6d

“Why is it always hard choices for working-class communities — not for multimillionaires and billionaires?”

Zack Polanski calls for a tax on the super-rich on #BBCQT

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 6d

Out of curiosity, are BBC going to be acting as the government's stenographer like this for the whole year the utterly pointless PR stunt "one in one out" policy is running, or could they try actually ensuring context and balance in all stories about migration?
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 7d

That is enough French knots to give me nightmares! Well done!

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Debbie T Knits 🧶 @debbietknits.bsky.social · 8d

🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶🧶
#knit #knitsky

Saralexis @saralexis.bsky.social · 8d

And yarn!!

Some of the grey fleece from the previous post spun into single ply on the bobbin of a spinning wheel. The view is from above and the wheel, my feet and some other clutter is visible behind the bobbin.