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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 2h

well they succeeded with trans rights.

we literally told you all this was coming.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 4h

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 2h

Given how the Respect Party started off (a well-meaning project between George Monbiot and Salma Yaqoob), and how it ended, the Galloway vibes (which some were thinking of earlier on) could be apt: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect...

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 3h

I like Sultana, but I'm getting SWP vibes off YP at this point.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 5h

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ruba. Ruba is 23 and has been studying to be a pharmacist. She has been living in tents with her family since this all began and her home was destroyed, this includes her niece Tulin, 8 her nephew, Mohammed, 4 and her father who is ill.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 5h

State power.

Mikey Brenndorfer XVX @mikeythenurse.bsky.social · 9h

God it's so gross hearing reporters talk about Israeli "hostages" but then refer to Palestinian "prisoners held without charge" like what's the material difference between these two categories?

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 6h

Sheer banality of evil stuff here

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 8h

While the perpetrators of Gaza’s genocide pose as its saviours, survivors return home – to a wasteland | Nesrine Malik

Western leaders attending the Sharm el-Sheikh summit have enabled and sponsored this slaughter. They are in no position to build a Palestinian future, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

www.theguardian.com

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 10h

Reminder that Alex Garland thanks Andy Ngo in the credits of Civil War, for his footage.

Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 1d

Oh nooo

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 1d

Good.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera

YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC

www.youtube.com

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: Spyware maker NSO Group confirmed to us that the company has been acquired by a U.S. investment group.

NSO's spokesperson said the group "has invested tens of millions of dollars in the company and has acquired controlling ownership," but declined to say who is behind the investment.

Spyware maker NSO Group confirms acquisition by US investors | TechCrunch

NSO Group confirmed to TechCrunch that an unnamed group of American investors has taken “controlling ownership” of the surveillance tech maker.

techcrunch.com

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 1d

Being mad at Ms Rachel is a pretty good tell that you're just mad that people care about Palestine at all— many such cases actually but in that context these people will die mad because people will always care

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 1d

I genuinely cannot express how vital it is that you train yourself to recognize AI-generated images and videos for your own good because none of this is going away and many, many people are counting on you to fall for their shit

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · 1d

If I see you posting AI slop, it's an instant block. Even if you think it's cute or says a lot about society. If you are purporting that some AI slop is real news, I will report you for misinformation, and then block you. Sloppers should be marginalised.

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · 2d

Regardless of what one thinks of the Greens and Zack Polanski, there is something refreshing and much needed about seeing a politician name far-right discourse as it is

No more euphemising, no more "populism", "legitimate concerns" etc - accurate & damning depictions instead as needed

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

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รℓσαɳε ℓყรɓεƭɦ 🏳️‍🌈 @sloanelysbeth.bsky.social · 2d

this is called 'corruption'.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Chris(tyn) Parkes @parkesland.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a crucial contribution.

Cass' zeal to deny trans healthcare to kids is a threat to trans healthcare to all, especially those 18-25. The conspiracy theories of 'rapid onset gender dysphoria' and 'social contagion' that Cass' work is premised on taints its approach to all trans people.

Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 2d

Part 2 of the Gender Clinic Files is out, looking at the impact if Cass recommendations for adult services were introduced, affecting more than 32k young trans adults just from the current waiting list.

Huge thanks to @wearequeeraf.com & @whatthetrans.com for their work on this series.

Majority of adults waiting for Trans+ healthcare are under 25

Two-thirds of Trans+ people would lose care if all Cass Review recommendations implemented

www.wearequeeraf.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 2d

Since Link is banned, his mutual aid Fridays have gone with him. This was one of the most altruistic things I’ve seen anyone on this site do.

In light of this, I’m gonna try to fill the gap.

Drop your mutual aid requests under this thread and I will repost them for as long as I can.

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 3d

Ahhh, our eyes, mate!

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 3d

That's exactly it, coupled with Manifest Destiny (even if they don't call it that).

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 3d

Pretty much. Aside from the SPLC, or Sarah Posner (whose work I've been following since she was w/ Religious Dispatches), there are a lot of former/ex-evangelicals on here that can attest to just how messed this sort of thing actually is.

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Ghost Coast. @spectralthrum.myatproto.social · 3d

What more than person has pointed out is that in the case of a lot of evangelicals, they're not actually familiar w/ anything Jesus said or did, even read the Bible/ the Gospels in their entirety. Instead, you have people that selectively read & discuss the fire & brimstone, & not-socialist aspects.

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