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Alec Burrett

@alecjburrett.bsky.social

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Chronically ill aspiring Equity Analyst Apprentice Accountant 2019-2022 ReSkeet addict Lover of Neo-Keyensian economics Likes Warhammer more than bank account likes he/him

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Alec Burrett @alecjburrett.bsky.social · Jan 29

QSkeeting so I can 📌

Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · Jan 29

The BMJ journal Archive of Disease in Childhood has just published the epidemiological study done by York university that was commissioned as part of the Cass review into gender clinics in the UK.

It contains some STARTLING (and yet, unsurprising) revelations. 1/n

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Alec Burrett @alecjburrett.bsky.social · 1h

I think the issue is that Labour are assumed to be lying about banning conversion therapy trans people (given that the NHS is forcing conversion therapy on trans people right now) and improving GRCs whilst also implementing the Cass review. The Cass review wants conversion therapy.

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transsexual anarchy CEO 🔆🥦 STREAM DOOMSDAY CULTURE ($973/$1,800) @livinginjeopardy.blackskycomra.de · 2h

got a couple of donations, but the can only go so far. pls keep sharing

transsexual anarchy CEO 🔆🥦 STREAM DOOMSDAY CULTURE ($973/$1,800) @livinginjeopardy.blackskycomra.de · 1d

hi I took care of my phone problem, but now I have a hunger and lack of grocery problem. can y'all help me out here pls

venmo: blissbella512
cashapp: $livinginjeopardy
ko-fi: livinginjeopardy
paypal: [email protected]

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 2h

At one time in my life I wouldn't donate to fundraisers if I only had a little to give. It seemed too small to make a difference so why bother? Now I know that goals get achieved when LOTS of people give those small amounts! Let's smash this hay drive one $8 bale at a time. 🍂

Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 2h

Truly, every bale matters and you can give one today for only $8! donorbox.org/mmfs-2025-ha...

2025 Hay Drive | Merrymac Farm Sanctuary (Powered by Donorbox)

Hay, grain and supplements are the #1 expense at MMFS. It's part of the foundation of the farm's daily activities. As you may imagine, we go through a LOT of it, and it's not cheap - costing $8 per ba...

donorbox.org

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Jemma Forte @jemmaforte.bsky.social · 4h

1970's: CEOs earn 20 x more than average worker
2025: CEOs earn 122 x more than average worker
The richest 1% own 50% of entire country's wealth.

Obscene inequality has been normalised.

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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 5h

What's this? The data suggests the far-right agitators who talk London and the UK down are wrong?

Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 5h

Some politicians and commentators continue to denigrate London and talk our great city down, but the facts show a very different picture.

The number of homicides in London in the first nine months of 2025 was lower than in any year since monthly records began 22 years ago.

A graphic reporting: fewest homicides in London since monthly records began. The number of homicides in London between January to September 2025 is the lowest in the first 9 months of any year since monthly records began in 2003.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 4h

"why do you keep calling us Nazis?"

Because you're Nazis.

www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 5h

Figured out what this picture reminded me of...

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 7h

Grieving bingus report. Francie is doing okay but she definitely misses Fergus. He was like her kind, gentle dad. She’s keeps looking for him and has been extra clingy with me. 💔

Photo of my fluffy white cat Francie curled up by my side with one four leg draped across my chest like a hug.

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Alec Burrett @alecjburrett.bsky.social · 6h

Hoping GB Energy can give a leg up to this; www.bbc.com/future/artic...

There's one under construction in Greater Manchester and another two larger ones planned; Scotland and North Lincolnshire.

It's not just about increasing our renewables capacity, we need to increase our LDES too.

The liquid air alternative to fossil fuels

An overlooked technology for nearly 50 years, the first liquid air battery facility is finally set to power up in 2026.

www.bbc.com

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 7h

Our Young Make Votes Matter event with the London Assembly is starting now!

Watch the livestream here: www.youtube.com/live/BDnIo7W...

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 7h

Both knife crime and homicides are falling in London. This is thanks to our record funding in the Met, targeted police action and vital prevention work through London’s VRU. But there is still much more to do, which is why we won’t let-up in our work to build a safer London for everyone.

A graphic reporting homicides fall by more than a third since 2019.

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Alec Burrett @alecjburrett.bsky.social · 7h

Mahmood really needs to put on her big girl trousers and accept she's on the wrong side of history, before reversing course post haste. I doubt she will though.

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alaa2003.bsky.social @alaa2003.bsky.social · 2d

Hi everyone ❤️
I’m a medical student in Gaza 🇵🇸 trying to support my family and continue my studies despite the war and displacement.💔
I started a GoFundMe to help with food, medical supplies, and tuition.
Any help — donation or share — means so much to me.
Thank you ❤️🙏
gofund.me/733469e9

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Alec Burrett @alecjburrett.bsky.social · 8h

I do hope you are able to successfully convince the chancellor to double the online gambling levy & increase the banking surcharge back up to 8%. The extra £3.9 billion will more than cover the cost of removing the two child limit on benefits. Wishing you the best in your deputy leadership campaign.

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Stop Funding Heat @stopfundingheat.bsky.social · 9h

What #HelloFresh is helping to fund by advertising on X: Musk's data company that's spewing "smog-forming pollution" and whose main product is X's chatbot, Grok (article in Thread 2 👇).

Take action by DM'ing #HelloFresh, urging them to pull their ads from X 👉 www.instagram.com/hellofreshuk...

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Alec Burrett @alecjburrett.bsky.social · 9h

Because of the fact that Slough is drawing on more electricity that it can receive from renewables and, causing net zero to go into reverse, I believe the site should have to generate as much from renewables as it needs in electricity, over the course of a year.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Public inquiry for major data centre for Slough starts

The developer says the data centre in Slough would be of national and local significance.

www.bbc.com

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 10h

I'm on a panel 6pm, Thursday 23 October with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, discussing taking on Britain's fiercest libel law firm...

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Alec Burrett @alecjburrett.bsky.social · 10h

You say that, but he actually hates them as much as Labour. Besides, he's a Europhile begrudgingly.

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Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · 10h

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Trans people at risk of exclusion from many UK public spaces, rights expert says

Council of Europe commissioner voices concerns after April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman

www.theguardian.com

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Alec Burrett @alecjburrett.bsky.social · 10h

Surrey has never elected a Labour MP, despite 80,000+ votes being casted for Labour there at the last GE. Kent hadn't elected a Liberal MP for the best part of 100 years.

Bonkers.

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 11h

There are dozens of safe seats in the UK that have been held by the same party for 100+ years.

There are millions of voters who've never had the representation they asked for.

We can keep waiting. Or we can change our Victorian voting system. What do you prefer?

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 11h

Israel kills several Palestinians in Gaza strikes on.ft.com/3KPgE5w

Israel kills several Palestinians in Gaza strikes

Attack on Gazans inspecting homes comes days after fragile ceasefire goes into effect

on.ft.com

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Lucy Powell MP @lucympowell.bsky.social · 12h

Very informative discussion with Gordon Brown and the leading child poverty charities yesterday about the urgent need to lift the 2-child benefit cap.

Doing so would lift half a million children out of poverty.

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Alec Burrett @alecjburrett.bsky.social · 11h

This is most definitely a good start. 🥳

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 13h

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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