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StargazerKG 🦸🌠 Stellar Hero Vtuber @stargazerkg.bsky.social · 14d

Paypal is now playing harder ball on artists, going after anyone even mentioning commissions.

Artists, send invoices. That way, no one has to say what the money is for on Paypal's paper trail.

Customers, SAY NOTHING about commissions. Just say "thanks" on donos.

Everyone: INCREASE THE CALLS.

qdbuckwheat.bsky.social @qdbuckwheat.bsky.social · 15d

Sharing a helpful link, has other numbers and call scripts to use.
stop-paypros.neocities.org

Stop payment processors from censoring games!

stop-paypros.neocities.org

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Siobhan Craig - DarkEden21 @darkeden21.bsky.social · 6d

5) Wes Streeting

Gay man and previous ally, jumped ship the second it became expedient. Overseeing destruction of trans NHS access and treatment. Quisling in chief.

Constituency: Ilford North
Maj: 538

Suggested Vote: Your Party (presuming pact with Greens)

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 6d

I suspect the EHRC didn't do an Equality Impact report on the guidance because they either knew it would fail abysmally, or they were too arrogant / huffing their own transphobia in an echo chamber of transphobia to care!

They're now hoping political intervention will happen before they're rumbled.

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TACC @tacc.org.uk · 6d

So either the EHRC lied in our FOI request and have not done one, or they are also trying to withhold the Equality Impact Assessment from Parliament. /1

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 6d

A Whitehall source said: “Unfortunately this looks like the EHRC deflecting – they still haven’t sent ministers the information requested in order to assess the draft code. The EHRC should be cracking on with their job, not giving lectures on timing while government still awaits their material” 🔥

EHRC drops interim trans advice and urges ministers to act fast to approve its guidance

Equalities watchdog removes interim response to supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman from its website

www.theguardian.com

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Essence of Thought @essenceofthought.bsky.social · 6d

I will certainly look into it, but can't promise anything as I'm currently working through a backlog. Thank you for bringing it to my attention though! Might be worth a short 10 min piece.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

"The EHRC’s exclusionary interim guidance has had a devastating impact on trans people’s lives"

“Now the guidance has been withdrawn, so should the exclusionary policies that organisations rashly implemented in its aftermath. If not, they could find themselves in hot water.”

EHRC withdraws interim guidance encouraging trans exclusion

After six months of confusion and delay, the EHRC has taken down interim guidance rushed out in April. But the damage has already been done.

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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 6d

A VICTORY BUT OUR LIBERATION IS NOT YET WON

THE BUSINESSES THAT PUT IN POLICY BASED ON THIS GUIDANCE HAVE SHOWN THEIR TRUE FACE.

THE MPs WHO REVELLED HAVE SHOWN THEIR HATRED

THE EHRC CONTINUES TO PETITION FOR RESTRICTIONS ON OUR LIBERTIES

THE CYNICISM AND REVULSION PERSIST

WE RESIST NONETHELESS

Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6d

"The EHRC’s exclusionary interim guidance has had a devastating impact on trans people’s lives"

“Now the guidance has been withdrawn, so should the exclusionary policies that organisations rashly implemented in its aftermath. If not, they could find themselves in hot water.”

EHRC withdraws interim guidance encouraging trans exclusion

After six months of confusion and delay, the EHRC has taken down interim guidance rushed out in April. But the damage has already been done.

goodlawproject.org

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 10d

A handful of closer-up pictures of BASH BACK's paintings on the Brighton Centre.

A closer up view of the boarded up windows

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Calvinboo Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 7d

yall will not be using this ceasefire to whitewash Biden’s overt complicity in a genocide. not on my fucking watch

REPORT: Biden Officials Admit They Never Pressured Israel for Ceasefire, as Israeli
Leaders Boast of Playing Washington "God did the State of Israel a favor that Biden was the president during this period... We fought [in Gazal for over a year and the
administration never came to us and said, 'ceasefire now.' It never did. And that's not to
be taken for granted."
—Former Israeli ambassador Michael Herzog: A sweeping Israeli Channel 13 investigation has exposed the Biden administration's
complicity in Israel's 19-month war on Gaza. Nine top Biden officials acknowledged avoiding real pressure on Israel-even as the death toll surpassed 30,000. Israeli leaders openly bragged they dragged out the war,
playing for time until Donald Trump's return.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 7d

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

The European commissioner for human rights is in step with GLP’s ongoing legal challenge to the EHRC’s interim guidance, where we argue that the regulator’s approach would be incompatible with trans people’s human rights 👇

European human rights chief warns against trans exclusion in the UK

Human rights commissioner calls on parliament to make sure guidance following the Supreme Court’s decision in April promotes inclusion.

goodlawproject.org

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Essence of Thought @essenceofthought.bsky.social · 8d

I'm sorry for the hastily put together post.

I've been trying to make headway on a video covering Toni's murder and the wider history of Sodexo and HMP Bronzefield, but I keep breaking down, crying. I needed to get something out.

#HisNameWasToniAsik
#HerNameWasTracyDyke
#HerNameWasAishaCleary

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Essence of Thought @essenceofthought.bsky.social · 8d

Where was the direct action by FiLiA? There wasn't any, because, contrary to Streeting's pretense, FiLiA is not and has never been a feminist or pro-women organization.

It is part of something known as gender critical fascism, an actual danger to both women and trans people everywhere.

Exposing the Fascism of Gender Critical 'Feminism'

YouTube video by EssenceOfThought

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Essence of Thought @essenceofthought.bsky.social · 8d

Conditions at this prison have not improved, with another victim of the state's violence, Tracey Dyke, having been killed by the state's neglect within just 24 hours of Toni's death.

As the View Magazine stated: "[HMP Bronzefield] is a place of systemic neglect and state-sanctioned trauma."

Sodexo limited, in the business of killing people

25 year old Toni Asik, a trans man, tragically died while in the care of Sodexo Limited, the private company running HMP Bronzefield. Toni, was consistently misgendered and mistreated by staff at the ...

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Essence of Thought @essenceofthought.bsky.social · 8d

Said prison has a decade long history of torturing ALL prisoners, including an 18-year-old pregnant Black woman who was abandoned as she pleaded for help whilst giving birth, forcing her to cut the umbilical cord with her own teeth before watching her baby die.

web.archive.org/web/20230921...

A screenshot of a BBC article which reads:

"A baby died after her "vulnerable" 18-year-old mother gave birth alone in a jail cell following "systemic failings" by state agencies, a coroner has said.

Aisha Cleary's mother Rianna Cleary made two calls to staff that went unanswered before her baby was born on 27 September 2019 at HMP Bronzefield.

The teen had to cut the umbilical cord with her teeth, the inquest heard.

Senior coroner Richard Travers said opportunities were missed to ensure she did not give birth alone in her cell."

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Essence of Thought @essenceofthought.bsky.social · 8d

It was BASH BACK who took direct action against Sodexo, the group who run HMP Bronzefield, after it tortured trans man Toni Asik to suicide. Even as questions began to be raised, prison staff felt protected enough to further torment Asik's friends, singing “Beautiful girls”, (‘you make me suicidal).

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Essence of Thought @essenceofthought.bsky.social · 8d

Wes Streeting once against demonstrating that he knows fuck all when he accuses @bashback.bsky.social of trying to 'intimidate women into silence'. Contrary to his drivel, BASH BACK are one of the few groups openly fighting real systems of violence against trans people AND cis women in the UK!

A post by Wes Streeting, sharing an article about BASH BACK trans vandalizing the FiLiA 'feminist' conference in Brighton, with Streeting adding:

"This kind of violent direct action is disgraceful. It is designed to intimidate people - in this case women - into silence and it must not be allowed to happen with impunity."

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Brigitte Empire @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 8d

Last month, Donald Trump and his cadre of grifters and fake experts got up in front of the world and declared that Tylenol (paracetamol) causes autism. It doesn’t. Here’s the proof that he was lying and why it’s so dangerous.

Why Trump Lied About Tylenol Causing Autism

YouTube video by Brigitte Empire

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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 9d

THE SAME PEOPLE CALLING US "VIOLENT" AND "DISGUSTING" ARE NOW MOCKING THE DEATH OF A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL

WHAT DO THEY EXPECT? FOR US TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP WHILE THEY MOCK US FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE? TO TAKE THE PUNCHES AND NOT RETALIATE?

NO MORE TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK.

www.transbashback.com

BASH BACK

www.transbashback.com

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Tansy 🔞 🔜 Furpoc, MFF, ANE! @tansy.bsky.social · 10d

Patches tank top. What are our thoughts

A tank top featuring several small drawings of my little dog comfort sona Patches alongside the text: I love vaccines, autism, abortions, queers, hormone replacement therapy, & crime!

This text is originally from a vintage punk button from the 70s and doesn’t belong to any particular person that is traceable. I changed a couple works, replacing “homosexuals” with “queers” and “sex changes” with”hormone replacement therapy.”

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Tansy 🔞 🔜 Furpoc, MFF, ANE! @tansy.bsky.social · 13d

I will have these big 3” button pins for the real abortion lovers out there at my Artist Alley table at Furpocalypse :)!

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to abortionfunds.org 💕

A big button pin design of my plushie puppy comfort sona Patches throwing his paws in the air and yelling I LOVE ABORTIONS against a pastel rainbow background!

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 10d

The counterprotest ends at Old Steine, where some protesters will continue onto the Clocktower for a protest at 12:00 in support of Palestine.

For those in Brighton this weekend, please stay safe; there is a large police presence and an even larger TERF presence out on the streets.

📍 IKEA Brighton

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 10d

The back entrance of the conference also has noticeable police presence (about 5-10 officers, and more stewards)

Backside of Brighton Centre, with a police vab

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 10d

One restaurant along the march route also has bunting in support of FiLiA.

The same bunting was reportedly seen at Brighton Railway Station yesterday, however today it is nowhere to be seen.

Bunting in TERF/suffragette coloures in front of a restaurant in Brighton.

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