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Ashleigh Loeb (She/Her) @ashleighloeb.bsky.social · 15m

It's also the lack of blinking that is freaky.

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Martyn Brunt @skybluebrunty.bsky.social · 1h

"Look, we all respect the right to protest, but you need to do it in a much more easily ignored and minimally effective way."

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 15h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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Melissa Nadia Viviana @resistrebelrevolt.net · 13h

Amphifa: Amphibians Against Fascism 🐸

Fight psy-ops with psy-ops! Wear an inflatable costume on Oct 18th! ☮️

Vive la Révolution (des animaux gonflables)! ✊🏼

tinyurl.com/inflatableport

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Ashleigh Loeb (She/Her) @ashleighloeb.bsky.social · 14h

Is weird how Roberts used to be associated with Doctor Who and is now mostly associated with Transphobia and the far right.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening.

But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The truth about the green party's booming membership

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David Allsopp @doublehelix.bsky.social · 14h

The manosphere explained?

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 16h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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猫好きな人 @valoisdubins.bsky.social · 1d

This shows 2 things about the anti-trans “gender critical” movement.

1) They lie a lot
2) Their followers have been groomed via old-style far right propaganda tactics to be credulous idiots

Lia Thomas is notorious because <drum roll> she came joint 5th in a local race with a budding RW operative.

AAP FactCheck @aapfactcheck.bsky.social · 1d

Fabricated quotes claiming an Australian swimming star and a reigning Olympic champion has threatened to boycott the Los Angeles games over a transgender swimmer are spreading online.

www.aap.com.au/factcheck/fa...

Fake posts stir up fears of Aust Olympic swimming boycott

Fabricated quotes claiming an Australian swimming star and reigning Olympic champion has threatened to boycott the Los Angeles games over a transgender swimmer are spreading on social media.

www.aap.com.au

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William Elisabeth Cuthbert @willofwands.bsky.social · 20h

Though today is Ada Lovelace Day, my thoughts also turn to another incredible woman and scientist.

Her name is Lynn Conway - a trans woman who first designed the microchip allowing me to find Trans+ community online, and from there, do the work I do as a journalist.

#ALD25

We're stronger together, as Trans computing pioneer Lynn Conway shows with the Succesful Trans Man Archive

It became what is now an archived insight into trans masc stories from the 00s, with insights into the pivotal early work of many FTM rights and activism.

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Natasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 16h

So…..Starmer is moving to ban protests against genocide in order to root out the tiny contingent of antisemites who take part (reminder these marches also contain a large Jewish bloc/descendants of Holocaust survivors) but won’t ban future Unite the Kingdom rallies which are explicitly Islamophobic.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16h

Yeah, yeah, it’s nice for the morally superior people to point out that immigrants aren’t actually going to need A level English, but that’s not really the point. What’s the message?

The usual one: we’re going to be TOUGHER on those evil immigrants trying to infiltrate our precious bodily fluids.

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Cis PeeBee🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈BLM🍉 @peebeejaybee.bsky.social · 15h

Today's UK govt announcement that immigrants must attain A level English shows whoever's made this decision knows FUCK ALL about language assessment.

And I mean absofuckinglutely nowt

a clown with red hair and a white face

Alt: Pennywise the evil clown from It

media.tenor.com

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The Dreaded Lurgy @thedreadedlurgy.bsky.social · 16h

What about UK citizens?

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 17h

RIP to the incredible Drew Struzan. A true master.

A red poster with the black helmet of Darth Vader and two people fighting with laser swords in his silhouette

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Lewisham Foodbank @lewishamfoodbank.bsky.social · 23h

For those of you who are forward planners here is our Christmas shopping list. For those of you for whom Christmas is still a taboo word, sorry!

Any items would be much appreciated - we do love to treat our visitors at Christmas time.

#ThisMonthWeNeed

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 1d

On the 6th of October Israel had about 5,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Today, *after the exchange* Israel holds at least 9,000 prisoners, most of them have not been charged.
Conditions in prisons became intolerable after Oct 7. Torture and starvation are standard.

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 1d

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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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, the legendary transgender activist and veteran of the Stonewall uprising who dedicated her life to the liberation of trans people, especially Black trans women, has died at 78.

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 1d

Good column on Lime’s current “break things fast, establish market dominance, wait for regulation to entrench dominant position” attitude to London. Although I’ve found you can trick their AI-powered parking checks by just pointing your phone camera at a Google Image search for “Lime bikes”.

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 1d

Lime bikes need a tech fix in London, argues @johngapper.bsky.social. "Lime has made progress, such as using AI scanning built into its app to ensure that riders park safely. But its tech could surely do more to limit abuses such as....and leaving bikes tipped over.." www.ft.com/content/c9e4...

Lime bikes need a tech fix in London

The race among dockless e-bike companies to expand in the city is causing disruption

www.ft.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot

The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

www.theguardian.com

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 1d

Netanyahu's government, since 2010, propped up Hamas in Gaza to prevent any peace negotiations.
It now wants to go back to that arrangement, while occupying half of the Gaza Strip.
That's the default scenario.

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 1d

The Israeli government prefers a weakened Hamas in a besieged Gaza, to any alternative administration (including a neo-colonial one run by Blair).
A besieged, impoverished, ruined and unstable Gaza leaves open the prospect of ethnic cleansing and occupation.

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

bylinetimes.com

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Ashleigh Loeb (She/Her) @ashleighloeb.bsky.social · 1d

Feels appropriate that I finished reading my library borrowed copy of “Being Jewish after the Destruction of Gaza”.

I’m so thankful the hostages are home but no one is liberated until the Palestinians are also liberated.

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Fagatha Ghostie @joelnb.bsky.social · 1d

Don't make me tap the Robert Pattinson quote, Leto.

“I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an assholes,” Pattinson said in an interiew with Variety in November. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”

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Ashleigh Loeb (She/Her) @ashleighloeb.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently today is “holy crap“ day for me on bluesky???? 😖

Ashleigh Loeb (She/Her) @ashleighloeb.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap! These jeans just arrived and they‘re great! Feel great, fit great. I’m a D2(14) short btw.

snagtights.com/products/org...

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