Lee Hurley
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Writer. Media critic. He/him. NUJ. I mostly moan about the media, politics & Arsenal. DailyCannon.com Co-founder transwrites.world. Trustee @essehouse.bsky.social. The Trans Agenda is currently on a break as I research trans history - transagenda.info
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It is true a sinking ship takes longer to turn around
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
It is true a sinking ship takes longer to turn around
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Welcome to the UK, where today transphobe Tanni Grey-Thompson, transphobe Sharron Davies and transphobe Toby Young have all taken their place in the House of Lords, where they’ll get to help decide our laws until they die, at our expense. Makes you sick, doesn’t it?
January 22, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Welcome to the UK, where today transphobe Tanni Grey-Thompson, transphobe Sharron Davies and transphobe Toby Young have all taken their place in the House of Lords, where they’ll get to help decide our laws until they die, at our expense. Makes you sick, doesn’t it?
I was not aware of this
For those unfamiliar with the Tim Allen child sex abuse images trial..he was convicted and freed. Darina supported him and is still his wife. Shame on any oireachtas committee sitting under her.
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
I was not aware of this
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The Reform Council in Worcestershire wants to ban trans people. In news that will surprise no one, it hasn't thought things through very well. So we've written to it to say, 'if you continue down this path we will sue.'
Reform’s new transphobic ban in Worcestershire | Good Law Project
The Reform Council in Worcestershire is trying to ban trans people from accessing services. We’re fighting back
goodlaw.social
January 22, 2026 at 3:21 PM
The Reform Council in Worcestershire wants to ban trans people. In news that will surprise no one, it hasn't thought things through very well. So we've written to it to say, 'if you continue down this path we will sue.'
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RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
January 22, 2026 at 7:47 PM
RFK Jr. appointee Kirk Milhoan has just clearly stated, out loud, that he wants to experiment on the people of the United States by seeing what happens as vaccination coverage plummets and infectious diseases spread.
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Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
January 22, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Help us make hope normal again.
Join the Green Party now.
Join the Green Party now.
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the woke mob is giving He-man pronouns
January 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM
the woke mob is giving He-man pronouns
I really recommend reading this
January 22, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I really recommend reading this
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I wrote on the shameful situation re: the recession of a deanship to Emily Suski at the University of Arkansas Law. What was the reason? Prof. Suski signed an amicus brief supporting trans rights. The Arkansas legislators admitted that was it! Horrible outcome. ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
A Law School Dean Signed a Brief Defending Trans Rights. She Lost Her Job Because of It
The revocation of Emily Suski’s job offer at the University of Arkansas sends a chilling message to law professors everywhere.
ballsandstrikes.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I wrote on the shameful situation re: the recession of a deanship to Emily Suski at the University of Arkansas Law. What was the reason? Prof. Suski signed an amicus brief supporting trans rights. The Arkansas legislators admitted that was it! Horrible outcome. ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
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With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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It’s the incredible thing about politics in the 2020s. Stuff that would’ve once made any of us sound like tinfoil hatted conspiracy theorists, and they’re just casually saying it to lobby journos like the most obvious thing in the world.
January 22, 2026 at 6:52 PM
It’s the incredible thing about politics in the 2020s. Stuff that would’ve once made any of us sound like tinfoil hatted conspiracy theorists, and they’re just casually saying it to lobby journos like the most obvious thing in the world.
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Your regular reminder that when they say “protect women and girls,” they mean, “I’m about to excuse something horrible by claiming it’s to protect women and girls.”
In our conservative estimate, 41 percent of Grok’s images — or 1.8 million — were sexualized depictions of women. Separately, CCDH analyzed how many were sexualized images across genders and ages. Their findings: an estimated 3 million images, including more than 23,000 of children.
January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Your regular reminder that when they say “protect women and girls,” they mean, “I’m about to excuse something horrible by claiming it’s to protect women and girls.”
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NEW: Premier League to launch new LGBTQ initiative in Feb to replace Rainbow Laces
“With Pride” to ask less of individual players - no rainbow armbands - & PL exploring Pride-themed football (logic being players can’t refuse to use a ball)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698... l
“With Pride” to ask less of individual players - no rainbow armbands - & PL exploring Pride-themed football (logic being players can’t refuse to use a ball)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698... l
Rainbow Laces out, pride-themed footballs in? Premier League to launch new LGBTQ+ campaign
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:38 PM
NEW: Premier League to launch new LGBTQ initiative in Feb to replace Rainbow Laces
“With Pride” to ask less of individual players - no rainbow armbands - & PL exploring Pride-themed football (logic being players can’t refuse to use a ball)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698... l
“With Pride” to ask less of individual players - no rainbow armbands - & PL exploring Pride-themed football (logic being players can’t refuse to use a ball)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/698... l
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So we have figures now.
Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X.
Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X.
Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:58 PM
So we have figures now.
Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X.
Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Grok created and shared 1.8m sexualised images of women between December 31 and January 8, after Elon Musk promoted the feature on X.
Overall, the Grok chatbot generated and posted 4.4m images — 41% were sexualised images of women
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
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Thinking of the film Lost Boys: Belfast's Missing Children (2023) today...
Boys snatched and murdered in N. Ireland during the conflict with evidenced police and state cover-up of the disappearances. Paedophile rings facilitated by the police to protect paramilitary state assets.
Boys snatched and murdered in N. Ireland during the conflict with evidenced police and state cover-up of the disappearances. Paedophile rings facilitated by the police to protect paramilitary state assets.
LOST BOYS: BELFAST'S MISSING CHILDREN | OFFICIAL TRAILER
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January 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Thinking of the film Lost Boys: Belfast's Missing Children (2023) today...
Boys snatched and murdered in N. Ireland during the conflict with evidenced police and state cover-up of the disappearances. Paedophile rings facilitated by the police to protect paramilitary state assets.
Boys snatched and murdered in N. Ireland during the conflict with evidenced police and state cover-up of the disappearances. Paedophile rings facilitated by the police to protect paramilitary state assets.
My 92yo granny just telling me how she thought the woman in the flat below was banging for help, she let herself in (she doesn't really know her) only to see the woman and her carer watching TV, then snuck back out without either of them seeing her 🤣
a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy yard
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy yard
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January 22, 2026 at 6:07 PM
My 92yo granny just telling me how she thought the woman in the flat below was banging for help, she let herself in (she doesn't really know her) only to see the woman and her carer watching TV, then snuck back out without either of them seeing her 🤣
Little min thread on what is happening with the postponed elections if you don't really know what's happening, like me, and just went 'wtf?!!'
This is because many, many councils are redistricting at the end of the year, and will have to do full new elections next year. Elections cost a lot of money to run, so councils have been given the option to not have to do elections twice in two years (normally once every five)
January 22, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Little min thread on what is happening with the postponed elections if you don't really know what's happening, like me, and just went 'wtf?!!'
🚨 LBC News with a brief breaking piece that Steve Reed has told MPs that 29 council elections scheduled for May this year will be postponed
January 22, 2026 at 12:04 PM
🚨 LBC News with a brief breaking piece that Steve Reed has told MPs that 29 council elections scheduled for May this year will be postponed
This is paywalled content. People pay actual money to read this stuff.
January 22, 2026 at 10:58 AM
This is paywalled content. People pay actual money to read this stuff.
"White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday falsely claimed that President Trump did not repeatedly mix up Iceland and Greenland"
He did it at least 3 times and it is on video.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
He did it at least 3 times and it is on video.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Karoline Leavitt falsely claims Trump didn’t mix up Iceland and Greenland at Davos
The president mistook Iceland for Greenland four times during a Wednesday speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos
www.independent.co.uk
January 22, 2026 at 10:24 AM
"White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday falsely claimed that President Trump did not repeatedly mix up Iceland and Greenland"
He did it at least 3 times and it is on video.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
He did it at least 3 times and it is on video.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
"Hamas were born with rifles in their hands" Donald Trump
January 22, 2026 at 10:20 AM
"Hamas were born with rifles in their hands" Donald Trump
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I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and have experienced some major cold snaps but this is the first time I've heard about exploding trees.
January 21, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I've lived in Minnesota my whole life and have experienced some major cold snaps but this is the first time I've heard about exploding trees.
I know someone struggling to get funding to fund their own job working at a charity that actually helps the community. They have about 2 months to find it or they're out of a job, yet these people just open up and get millions thrown at them.
3 employees and 5 trustees , yet recently gotten a couple million , you get the picture register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-s...
KINDRED SQUARED - Charity 1190581
Charity details for KINDRED SQUARED - Charity 1190581
register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk
January 22, 2026 at 9:01 AM
I know someone struggling to get funding to fund their own job working at a charity that actually helps the community. They have about 2 months to find it or they're out of a job, yet these people just open up and get millions thrown at them.
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3 employees and 5 trustees , yet recently gotten a couple million , you get the picture register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-s...
KINDRED SQUARED - Charity 1190581
Charity details for KINDRED SQUARED - Charity 1190581
register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk
January 22, 2026 at 8:58 AM
3 employees and 5 trustees , yet recently gotten a couple million , you get the picture register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-s...
Mail headline is "Massive rise in women prescribed medication for ADHD, study reveals"
Guardian headline: 'use of ADHD meds has more than tripled!! 😱😭🚨'
Article details: barely anyone who might need the meds has access to them 🤷🏻♀️
Article details: barely anyone who might need the meds has access to them 🤷🏻♀️
January 22, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Mail headline is "Massive rise in women prescribed medication for ADHD, study reveals"