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Talia "AFAB" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 30m

I assume this article is a victory lap for y'all

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 51m

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

European Council commissioner voices concerns following April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman Transgender people risk being excluded from many public spaces as a result of the recent UK supreme court judgment and must be protected from discrimination, a human rights expert has said. Michael O’Flaherty, the European Council commissioner for human rights, said he had concerns about the climate for transgender people in the UK following April’s supreme court ruling that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 32m

Me: (political editor of the Times newspaper) The government has completely changed its justification for this highly dubious and obviously crooked scheme. How will that work out for them? Stay tuned to find out

Steven Swinford • @Steven_Swinford
x.com
The government reset of the case for digital ID continues
Having originally argued that it was necessary to crackdown on illegal migration - reducing the pull factor - it is now focusing firmly on better access to public services
Liz Kendall, technology secretary, says it is a
'digital key that unlocks better, more joined-up and effective public services'

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 32m

this isn't possible bcos that would make me really old.

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 3h

Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction' was released 31 years ago today

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 40m

10 yrs ago our, then tory, government issued a travel warning when north carolina implemented a bathroom ban.

that was a tory government.

now a labour government, under @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, are going to implement a bathroom ban to keep the far right christian group 'sex matters' happy.

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Even Spookier Malloy @spooksmalloy.bsky.social · 40m

The general tenor of this is so bad now that my sister is looking to leave the UK as soon as possible so she doesn't have to fear being assaulted in public again. The bastards in charge are driving my loved ones away from their homes and I hope they never know peace.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 51m

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

European Council commissioner voices concerns following April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman Transgender people risk being excluded from many public spaces as a result of the recent UK supreme court judgment and must be protected from discrimination, a human rights expert has said. Michael O’Flaherty, the European Council commissioner for human rights, said he had concerns about the climate for transgender people in the UK following April’s supreme court ruling that the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 refers to biological sex. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 40m

10 yrs ago our, then tory, government issued a travel warning when north carolina implemented a bathroom ban.

that was a tory government.

now a labour government, under @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, are going to implement a bathroom ban to keep the far right christian group 'sex matters' happy.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 43m

yeah. it sits on a spring. i figured it was cutting out and switching to 'warm' instead of 'cook' once the weight shifted sufficiently.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 44m

...and all bcos of jk rowling.

we live in an oligarchy.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 44m

but will @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social take note?

nope.

this government isn't trying to do right by ppl. it has a far right, christian evangelical, agenda.

the only way out is to vote green.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 46m

i like that you're highlighting the cons as well as the pros.

also catastrophic is a great word to describe starmer. 😭

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Varun 🍉🍁 @horribleaccount.bsky.social · 1h

My article about @zackpolanski.bsky.social's recent victory as Green Party Leader.

www.socialistparty.ie/2025/10/brit...

Britain: New Green Party leader Zack Polanski energises party with left shift

By Varun The Green Party of England and Wales has been energised by a new leader, Zack Polanski. Polanski secured 85% of the vote in the leadership election, with 20,411 compared to his rival Adrian R...

www.socialistparty.ie

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 57m

it's terrifying how many times i see a column, or a politician, say 'i have had a great idea!' and when i read, or listen, to their idea im like 'well, that would be nazism'.

like the nytimes recently saying autistic ppl should be further categorised.

'oh jus like how the nazis did?'

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1h

you know how you could beat reform?

stop constantly attacking minorities.

รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1h

tax wealth.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1h

tax wealth.

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Jeffy 🌿 @jeffreon.bsky.social · 1h

The social media scapegoat every time.

Like sure, social media is shit sometimes, but that's not why Labour don't like it. They don't like it because they don't control it.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1h

trolls are so gd boring.

old-codger.bsky.social @old-codger.bsky.social · 1h

As in, relatives will make sense of your life for you?

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1h

no. she's talking about her internal sense of self.

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 9h

"You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you."

- Miss Major, 2023 💔

One of the things I hear with some younger trans people I know is they feel, "I'm gonna get this surgery, and I'm gonna learn that way of speaking, and I'm gonna be done." You're never done. If you're a straight, cisgender person, you're never done. Things are always happening that have the potential to change you. So all I am today is not who I'm gonna be tomorrow, because of the things that happened to me today and later tonight. People forget that. "Oh, after I transition, I'm gonna be through." Well, good luck with that. 'Cause if you're through, then it's time to leave, you know, and I don't wanna go anywhere yet.
I'm in my seventies. Why didn't I stop? Number one is community. My gurls. I've had moments of thinking about stopping, but I didn't. I made sure I would step back, reju- venate myself, and then got back out there, and that's how you make a way. Our stories are not all the same, but the destination is: to get some place where we have some peace and harmony, and we can be at ease with ourselves and the people around us. You make the best of it all and hope you can help make it a little better for the gurl after you.

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geekylou.bsky.social @geekylou.bsky.social · 1h

So why are they getting advice on how to treat trans people from Mumsnet

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1h

we know why she doesn't care about that fact.

Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13h

Wow.

Keir Starmer's goons conned their way to power.

But now the chickens are coming home to roost.

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 13h

Wow.

Keir Starmer's goons conned their way to power.

But now the chickens are coming home to roost.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1h

reminds me of panhandle in the tv series 'cracker', about a criminal psychologist, and she admonishes him as an 'emotional rapist'.

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1h

i remember like 20 years ago when we all said these laws would eventually be abused to limit civil rights and free speech.

we had a labour government then too. 😑

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 1h

i got a cheap rice cooker and it cooks rice perfectly every time.

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