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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 3h

What makes you proud to be British? For me, this is right up there.

A one-star review from a Texan tourist visiting Liverpool:

freddytexan (16 reviews)
“My wife and I visted Liverpool for our 30th wedding anniversary from Texas. Our evening was ruined when a man dressed as an adult baby called my wife a "Mad yank slut" because she'd never heard of a band called Steps.”

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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 32m

She was making a joke about herself and you responded by joking that you'll hunt monogamists for sport.

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Indigo (it/fae) 🔮 @indigofatale.me · 11d

I still have 30+ mutuals with this transphobic cis woman (not Delilah) and I'll have to start unfollowing people if you're going to ignore the blatant hatred she's been posting for the last couple of days

bsky.app/profile/envy...

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Matilde Enevoldsen 🏳️‍⚧️👩‍💻 @tillywittrup.bsky.social · 5h

Due to the UK Supreme Court ruling, my partner and I are leaving Britain as soon as we can. If you can help I would appreciate it.

I will still try to help from abroad and expose the horrors this government is putting us through.

Ember @epicember.bsky.social · 5h

I’ve created a GoFundMe to help me leave the UK. I’m vulnerable because of my phsychotic disorder, which makes the current political situation for trans people much more dangerous for me. If you can, please consider donating. If you can’t, please share my campaign. Thank you.
gofund.me/a4584264f

Donate to Help A Vulnerable Trans Woman Leave The UK, organized by Amber Johnson

My Story & Why I Must Leave Hello, my name is Amber Johnson, and I’m here… Amber Johnson needs your support for Help A Vulnerable Trans Woman Leave The UK

gofund.me

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Kristen Immoor @kristenimmoor.bsky.social · 1h

Enjoyed the New Yorker interview with Tim Curry, a free-wheeling conversation in which there were several sensitive questions about his paralyzing stroke. But oh my goodness, why was there no follow-up at all to this staggering answer? www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Screenshot of text from the interview:

You’ve always been an incredibly physical performer: your strut during “Sweet Transvestite” in “Rocky Horror,” or the way you run around unfurling the mystery at the end of “Clue.” Do you still feel that in your body? Does that live somewhere in you still?

I think it does, but it’s angry. My mobility is angry to get out. But it’s not happened yet. I do a certain amount of physical therapy. I did a whole bunch of it at Cedars-Sinai, and I got very close, I think, to walking. That was tantalizing. For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw. And I have a visiting physical therapist now, but I can only really do exercises from my bed, which is pretty pathetic. It’s not going to get me walking, I don’t believe.

[I have underlined the sentence "For insurance reasons, I had to withdraw."]

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 2h

Every JD Vance interview:

REPORTER: The president literally declared war on Democrats to military leaders. Do you agree?

JD VANCE: Umm haha what I DISAGREE with is Chuck Schumer telling the American people they have to give their cars over to immigrants. But you wont report it!

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 3h

The ‘Transit’ gender clinic in Spain has a 3 WEEK waiting list! 😳😳😳

It covers a population of 8 million, (equivalent to the population of Scotland & Wales combined, or 1/7th of the population of England) It has a total of 43 staff, a majority of whom are part-time, working 6-7 hours per week!

Trans health waiting lists are a political choice

I’m just back from an awesome trans healthcare conference in Norway (blog on that to follow). Here I wanted to share information from a presentation by the founder of the transit trans health…

growinguptransgender.com

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Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social · 4h

On November 5, there’ll be a charity screening of A Monster Calls at the Arzner Cinema in London (SE1), London’s only queer cinema! I’ll be doing a q&a after, and all proceeds go to Queer London. Join me!

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 4h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 6h

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

“The African American unemployment rate has surged over the past four months, from 6 to 7.5 percent, while the rate for white people ticked down slightly to 3.7 percent. On top of a slowing economy, the White House’s actions have disproportionately harmed Black workers, economists said.”

Black Unemployment Is Surging Again. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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Rose 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 @anaemicroyalty.bsky.social · 5h

Finally there are no bombs dropping, food is entering and prices are lowering, but the people of Gaza still need our help.

Food being available and lower in price doesn't mean much if you still don't have money.

And they need medicine. If you can donate, it will help.

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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t know, maybe not a good thing that consumer spending is being completely driven by a billionaire class, jobs are being shed at breakneck speed, and the entire economy is resting on a historically large and precarious bubble.

It’s almost like capitalism is inherently self-destructive.

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C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 13h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

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Celeste Trianon @celeste.lgbt · 6h

Safe to say, with these changes, people with “X” gender markers will no longer be able to travel to or even from the U.S. starting October 14.

www.visaverge.com/passport/cbp...

CBP Enforces Binary Sex Codes and Enhanced US Passport Validation in APIS

CBP enforces binary sex codes and stricter US passport validation in APIS effective October 2025. Key compliance updates for business travelers and airlines.

www.gtlaw-insidebusinessimmigration.com

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Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · 7h

I still need 147 sign-ups to make rent and cover bills this month.

You get literally 1000s of posts, over 900 recipes for £5 and more added every day.

16% off if you sign up annually!

Please just give it a try. You improve my life and can cancel anytime.

Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · Jul 24

I'm a black trans woman fighting poverty and homelessness.

To support myself, I set up a patreon where you can get access to all my recipes, poetry, artwork and photography for just £5.

Something new EVERY SINGLE DAY. You won't regret it.

http://patreon.com/fightingpride93

Hot dog with caramelised onions and cheese

Pasta with sliced hot dogs in a tomato sauce

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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 7h

the UK isn't as far down the road of institutional collapse as the US, but i'm increasingly thinking we should be *even more* afraid here

for one thing, we don't have the same institutional constraints, checks & balances, once we start they'll be nothing stopping the slide

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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 5h

Every day I grow more tired of men.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 9h

Perhaps by listening to @quietriotpod.bsky.social around them?
It all sinks in.

Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · Jul 17

Parents of 12 year olds!

Your children will be able to vote at the next General Election.

Please make sure they’re getting a rounded education about politics from today.

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Anne 🩵🩷🤍 [נעמי יעל] @tranniehathaway.bsky.social · 6h

'According to one Reddit user, who was in attendance at the concert and recorded the concert on their phone, Case told the crowd: “Guys, there are men on every side of this room with a gun and I am not comfortable playing this show, I’m sorry. It’s not okay.”

Far Out Magazine @faroutmagazine.co.uk · 1d

Neko Case ends show early after armed guards refuse to leave stage

She is yet to comment on the incident. The post Neko Case ends show early after armed guards refuse to leave stage first appeared on Far Out Magazine.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 22h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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@richardkelham.bsky.social @richardkelham.bsky.social · 9h

For years the people of Britain ached to be rid of the Tories. Finally in July 2024 they got their wish; Starmer marched into the smoking ruins and ... carried on with the same old shit. And he wonders why he's the most unpopular PM ever?

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AnnT @lucyannd.bsky.social · 8h

“If you start to look into citations in LLM chatbots, you're going to see that sources have gone from journalism sources to marketing sources…”

www.cnet.com/tech/service...

AI Is Eating the Internet, but Many Are Hopeful Human-Made Content Will Win Out

Publishers, including CNET's owner, are taking a wide range of approaches to try to make it through AI's changes.

www.cnet.com

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 12h

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 19h

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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