Lizzie
@lizziecharlton.bsky.social
History geek, sewing devotee, fabric addict, sci-fi nerd, cat owner. Cis woman. Pronouns: she/her. 🩷💜💙 🐘: @[email protected]
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Yeah because the groovy white guy everybody fell in love with kicked Ted Cruz’s oh wait no.
She can run if she wants to and if she wins the primary your job is to shut the fuck up and support the shit out of her.
“Senior House Dem“ probably just voted to confirm a Trump judge. STFU.
She can run if she wants to and if she wins the primary your job is to shut the fuck up and support the shit out of her.
“Senior House Dem“ probably just voted to confirm a Trump judge. STFU.
Jasmine Crockett’s Senate bid is infuriating some colleagues.
“She might win a primary, but she ain't winning a general in Texas," said a senior House Dem.
Another House Dem told @axios.com: “Just look to see how many House members endorse her candidacy.” www.axios.com/2025/12/12/j...
“She might win a primary, but she ain't winning a general in Texas," said a senior House Dem.
Another House Dem told @axios.com: “Just look to see how many House members endorse her candidacy.” www.axios.com/2025/12/12/j...
"It's a bad decision": Jasmine Crockett enrages fellow House Democrats with Senate bid
"She might win a primary, but she ain't winning a general in Texas," one senior House Democrat said.
www.axios.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Yeah because the groovy white guy everybody fell in love with kicked Ted Cruz’s oh wait no.
She can run if she wants to and if she wins the primary your job is to shut the fuck up and support the shit out of her.
“Senior House Dem“ probably just voted to confirm a Trump judge. STFU.
She can run if she wants to and if she wins the primary your job is to shut the fuck up and support the shit out of her.
“Senior House Dem“ probably just voted to confirm a Trump judge. STFU.
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On the subject of BBC bias, I’d just say that I’m pretty sure they haven’t had the same kind of conversation with regular contributor Sharron Davies that they’ve had with Robin outlined below.
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
On the subject of BBC bias, I’d just say that I’m pretty sure they haven’t had the same kind of conversation with regular contributor Sharron Davies that they’ve had with Robin outlined below.
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To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social Blistering editorial in Slate on USTA's rolling back nearly 5 decades of progress on trans equity in professional tennis going back to legendary Billy Jean King standing up for Renee Richards right to compete as a woman in 1977.
The Disgraceful New Rule in Women’s Tennis
50 years of progress undone, just like that.
slate.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social Blistering editorial in Slate on USTA's rolling back nearly 5 decades of progress on trans equity in professional tennis going back to legendary Billy Jean King standing up for Renee Richards right to compete as a woman in 1977.
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Repealing Section 230 would chill free speech by allowing platforms, not users, to be held responsible for what its users say. Platforms will become much more censorious over what its users can post. This is extremely bad
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Repealing Section 230 would chill free speech by allowing platforms, not users, to be held responsible for what its users say. Platforms will become much more censorious over what its users can post. This is extremely bad
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
They're trying to rush it. Call your reps, don't let them
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Congress is trying to force through mass surveillance/censorship laws THIS WEEK
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
Bad Internet Bills
All of the bad internet bills. One website.
www.badinternetbills.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Congress is trying to force through mass surveillance/censorship laws THIS WEEK
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
BOOST THIS EVERYWHERE before it’s too late. 👇
www.badinternetbills.com
Call and tell your rep:
—NO to KOSA
—NO to Section 230 reform
—NO online digital ID laws
—NO age verification laws
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Indeed, one can even get combination tests that can distinguish between COVID, Influenza A, and Influenza B.
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Indeed, one can even get combination tests that can distinguish between COVID, Influenza A, and Influenza B.
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🎵 grahams making a list, he’s checking it twice. gonna find out who’s dating his ex-wife. santa claus is probably trans. 🎵
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🎵 grahams making a list, he’s checking it twice. gonna find out who’s dating his ex-wife. santa claus is probably trans. 🎵
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@fletchjack.bsky.social from the BMA explains they've been trying to get round the table with Wes Streeting for several months but Streeting didn't even bother replying to their letter
Now we're in Dec with a Flu epidemic & Streeting is accusing resident doctors of endangering patients
Now we're in Dec with a Flu epidemic & Streeting is accusing resident doctors of endangering patients
December 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
@fletchjack.bsky.social from the BMA explains they've been trying to get round the table with Wes Streeting for several months but Streeting didn't even bother replying to their letter
Now we're in Dec with a Flu epidemic & Streeting is accusing resident doctors of endangering patients
Now we're in Dec with a Flu epidemic & Streeting is accusing resident doctors of endangering patients
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Wes Streeting doesn't want to 'catastrophise' but says people could die because of the doctor's strike.
If they're that important, Wes, how about paying them properly?
If they're that important, Wes, how about paying them properly?
December 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Wes Streeting doesn't want to 'catastrophise' but says people could die because of the doctor's strike.
If they're that important, Wes, how about paying them properly?
If they're that important, Wes, how about paying them properly?
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Again, quite a good example of how the slow erosion of the right's firewall against explicit far right bigotry has wider cultural impacts.
This soft soap profile of a noted football hooligan who died whilst participating in an intimidation campaign is part of accepting "well, they have concerns."
This soft soap profile of a noted football hooligan who died whilst participating in an intimidation campaign is part of accepting "well, they have concerns."
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Again, quite a good example of how the slow erosion of the right's firewall against explicit far right bigotry has wider cultural impacts.
This soft soap profile of a noted football hooligan who died whilst participating in an intimidation campaign is part of accepting "well, they have concerns."
This soft soap profile of a noted football hooligan who died whilst participating in an intimidation campaign is part of accepting "well, they have concerns."
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"Have you written the guest list for the set tour of our fantasy series with a large cast of children, Joanne?"
"Yeah, with one of the most notoriously disgraced sex criminals in living memory 🥰"
"Yeah, with one of the most notoriously disgraced sex criminals in living memory 🥰"
I only found out via someone telling me Marie Claire reported it -
www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/ro...
www.marieclaire.com/celebrity/ro...
Princess Kate Barely Avoided Running Into Prince Andrew and His Grandkids During His "Strange" Visit to Harry Potter TV Set
A source said that "staff working on the set were stunned to see him there."
www.marieclaire.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"Have you written the guest list for the set tour of our fantasy series with a large cast of children, Joanne?"
"Yeah, with one of the most notoriously disgraced sex criminals in living memory 🥰"
"Yeah, with one of the most notoriously disgraced sex criminals in living memory 🥰"
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It's incredible this debate has even happened without seemingly a single mainstream British commentator noting that Scotland just made Scots and Gaelic official languages and *well over half* of Glaswegians speak Scots as their first language
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
It's incredible this debate has even happened without seemingly a single mainstream British commentator noting that Scotland just made Scots and Gaelic official languages and *well over half* of Glaswegians speak Scots as their first language
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This BBC article presents a big table of the symptoms of flu versus COVID before admitting that they are almost identical - then completely fails to suggest the (rather obvious) solution of taking a rapid test. You know, like we all did repeatedly, just a few years ago
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cold, 'super flu' and Covid symptoms: Expert advice and how to avoid the worst
BBC Morning Live's Dr Oscar Duke shares his advice on how to identify whether you have cold, flu or Covid and how to look after yourself.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This BBC article presents a big table of the symptoms of flu versus COVID before admitting that they are almost identical - then completely fails to suggest the (rather obvious) solution of taking a rapid test. You know, like we all did repeatedly, just a few years ago
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There was a really interesting comment from one of the lawyers who worked on the Sandie Peggie case (& others) which was that a significant factor in the decision was the demeanour of the ‘victim’. Even when a judge isn’t necessarily that sympathetic to trans people they can spot a bully a mile off.
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
There was a really interesting comment from one of the lawyers who worked on the Sandie Peggie case (& others) which was that a significant factor in the decision was the demeanour of the ‘victim’. Even when a judge isn’t necessarily that sympathetic to trans people they can spot a bully a mile off.
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NEW
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
My latest post for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
My latest post for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
NEW
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
My latest post for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The good, the bad and the ugly of ‘rebalancing’ the ECHR
Human rights law should be kept under review, but that does not mean it should be weakened
My latest post for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Wes Streeting talks about 'the collapse of the NHS' the same way a vulture would talk about a maimed deer.
December 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Wes Streeting talks about 'the collapse of the NHS' the same way a vulture would talk about a maimed deer.
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WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
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They have lost the plot entirely. Nevermind about the catastrophic collapse of the American tourist industry, this keeps expats and their families away from ever visiting the hellhole they're hellbent on creating.
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
They have lost the plot entirely. Nevermind about the catastrophic collapse of the American tourist industry, this keeps expats and their families away from ever visiting the hellhole they're hellbent on creating.
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It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
The "London = most dangerous place on the planet" discourse is still going strong on Twitter
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
I've actually been surprised by how little I've felt threatened as a woman in London (having lived in Tooting and Peckham)
I loved growing up in Nottingham, but I had much, much worse experiences there tbh
December 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
It's wild. We have so many real problems as a country, and instead a large chunk of our political class would rather hallucinate that one of the safest big global cities in the world is actually dangerous.
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Shiraz Fatehali Sachwani, 48, died in ICE custody last Saturday at Texas Health Huguley Hospital in Fort Worth.
He is the 28th person, that we know of, to die this year in ICE custody.
He is the 28th person, that we know of, to die this year in ICE custody.
December 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Shiraz Fatehali Sachwani, 48, died in ICE custody last Saturday at Texas Health Huguley Hospital in Fort Worth.
He is the 28th person, that we know of, to die this year in ICE custody.
He is the 28th person, that we know of, to die this year in ICE custody.
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[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
Want to travel to the US? You might have to give the Trump administration the last five years of your social media history.
US wants five years of some tourists' social media to enter the country
Digital rights advocates say it’s an affront to civil liberties.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
[12hrs into my ice interrogation]
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
agent: in 2021 you posted “they should call him matt hardcock am i right fellas” can you explain that?
me: do you know who matt hancock is?
a:…
[43mins later]
a: he had his own app? for parkour?
me: no the parkour was a separate issue
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Innocent people end up in our criminal courts.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Innocent people end up in our criminal courts.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
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This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
December 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is a really appalling editorial error on BBC Question Time
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"
"Apparently one in three children don't speak English as a first language, why does this matter?"
Chair says "have English as a second language"
Caption changes the meaning entirely
"Don't speak fluent English"