Dr Steven Di Costa 🍉
@stevendicosta.bsky.social
Reformed neuroscientist. Advocate for sexual health & sex worker rights. Often found in the park with the crows. I also like ducks 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (he/him) 🇵🇸
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In a climate of increasing hostility towards trans and gender non-conforming people it's never been more important to stand up for the rights of everyone to go about their lives in freedom and dignity without fear of violence or harassment.
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
In a climate of increasing hostility towards trans and gender non-conforming people it's never been more important to stand up for the rights of everyone to go about their lives in freedom and dignity without fear of violence or harassment.
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Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
HAPPY LIFE DAY✨
…from a visibly wasted Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford wishing he was literally anywhere else, and all the crew!
If you’ve never seen it, the Star Wars Holiday Special is a cursed abomination of TV that you must watch.
It’s about an in-universe holiday called ‘Life Day’ and includes:
…from a visibly wasted Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford wishing he was literally anywhere else, and all the crew!
If you’ve never seen it, the Star Wars Holiday Special is a cursed abomination of TV that you must watch.
It’s about an in-universe holiday called ‘Life Day’ and includes:
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
HAPPY LIFE DAY✨
…from a visibly wasted Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford wishing he was literally anywhere else, and all the crew!
If you’ve never seen it, the Star Wars Holiday Special is a cursed abomination of TV that you must watch.
It’s about an in-universe holiday called ‘Life Day’ and includes:
…from a visibly wasted Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford wishing he was literally anywhere else, and all the crew!
If you’ve never seen it, the Star Wars Holiday Special is a cursed abomination of TV that you must watch.
It’s about an in-universe holiday called ‘Life Day’ and includes:
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
New York Post (unintentionally) making the most joyful celebration cover 💪 🥰
November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
New York Post (unintentionally) making the most joyful celebration cover 💪 🥰
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From streets to supermarkets, global boycotts for Gaza have grown as a fragile ceasefire holds for now.
The rise of global boycotts against Israel’s genocide in Gaza
From streets to supermarkets, global boycotts for Gaza have grown as a fragile ceasefire holds for now.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
From streets to supermarkets, global boycotts for Gaza have grown as a fragile ceasefire holds for now.
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Gaza health chief says 170,000 wounded await care amidst hospital crisis - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-health-chief-says-170000-wounded-await-care-amidst-hospital-crisis
Gaza health chief says 170,000 wounded await care amidst hospital crisis
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<p>The health sector in Gaza is facing an unprecedented resource crisis, threatening hospitals' ability to continue providing services, Al Jazeera quoted Barsh as saying. </p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
October 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Gaza health chief says 170,000 wounded await care amidst hospital crisis - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-health-chief-says-170000-wounded-await-care-amidst-hospital-crisis
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It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content
Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.
ChatGPT just got filthy after new update lets it talk dirty to you
'You won't get it unless you ask for it.'
metro.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content
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"It feels as if everything has vanished. Not only the tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza erased without graves, without records, as if they had never existed – so many other things have been hollowed out: basic conceptions of morality, decency, compassion, humanity, hope, future."
Disappearing people, disappearing morals – how two years has changed Gaza and Israel | Orly Noy
There can be no healing until the world stares into and acknowledges the void torn open by this conflict, says Israeli journalist Orly Noy
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"It feels as if everything has vanished. Not only the tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza erased without graves, without records, as if they had never existed – so many other things have been hollowed out: basic conceptions of morality, decency, compassion, humanity, hope, future."
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“Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident.”
Oh dear, Cass.
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Oh dear, Cass.
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people
Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...
www.mja.com.au
October 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
“Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident.”
Oh dear, Cass.
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
Oh dear, Cass.
www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...
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This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.
October 5, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is grim & dangerous over reach.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
This is a government that have lost the moral argument & are still selling arms to Israel. Now further cracking down on dissent.
Absolutely the opposite of what they should be doing - so of course this is what the Labour Government choose.
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Our horror at the genocide in Gaza, at the mass murder of civilians on Oct 7 2023, and at today's atrocity in Manchester, comes in each case from the same, inherent part of our shared humanity. We need to assert that shared humanity as loudly as possible, and in as many practical ways as we can.
October 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Our horror at the genocide in Gaza, at the mass murder of civilians on Oct 7 2023, and at today's atrocity in Manchester, comes in each case from the same, inherent part of our shared humanity. We need to assert that shared humanity as loudly as possible, and in as many practical ways as we can.
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literally no correlation here except to massage the notion that the cause of palestinian liberation is antisemitic and to manufacture consent for genocide from jews (which, itself, places jews in harm’s way).
Home secretary says pro-Palestine protests in wake of Manchester attack are ‘un-British’
Home secretary says pro-Palestine protests in wake of Manchester attack are ‘un-British’
Shabana Mahmood calls for demonstrators to ‘take a step back’ and call off planned protests after Thursday’s deadly attack
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
literally no correlation here except to massage the notion that the cause of palestinian liberation is antisemitic and to manufacture consent for genocide from jews (which, itself, places jews in harm’s way).
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If you use, or would like to use, the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds, it is absolutely worth your time to respond to this consultation.
www.hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is
www.hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is
Future access to the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds
Inviting feedback from pond users, the local community, and stakeholders on how the Kenwood Ladies’, and Highgate Men’s ponds should operate in the future.
www.hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is
October 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
If you use, or would like to use, the Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds, it is absolutely worth your time to respond to this consultation.
www.hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is
www.hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is
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🔊 'A number of the elements of this proposal are things that Israel has repeatedly and publicly said it is not at all prepared to do.' Listen to the Reuters World News podcast for more on the details of Trump's 20-point Gaza plan reut.rs/3Ir2vLc
September 30, 2025 at 10:37 AM
🔊 'A number of the elements of this proposal are things that Israel has repeatedly and publicly said it is not at all prepared to do.' Listen to the Reuters World News podcast for more on the details of Trump's 20-point Gaza plan reut.rs/3Ir2vLc
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Recognition is no doubt significant but it will be a hollow gesture if the UK does not also seek to end Israel's genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people.
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September 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Recognition is no doubt significant but it will be a hollow gesture if the UK does not also seek to end Israel's genocide, illegal occupation, and system of apartheid against the Palestinian people.
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20 days.
We have just overtaken the Lib Dems both in polling and in members.
We're just getting started.
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We have just overtaken the Lib Dems both in polling and in members.
We're just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Politics doesn’t have to stay broken. Inequality doesn’t have to win.
We’ve got something better to offer — but we need you with us.
Join the Green Party today at join.greenparty.org.uk
We’ve got something better to offer — but we need you with us.
Join the Green Party today at join.greenparty.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
20 days.
We have just overtaken the Lib Dems both in polling and in members.
We're just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We have just overtaken the Lib Dems both in polling and in members.
We're just getting started.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
As an Australian I welcome this positive step in the right direction. It is FAR from enough.
My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.
September 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
As an Australian I welcome this positive step in the right direction. It is FAR from enough.
Dating Clinic this Sunday with @thelovetankcic.bsky.social 💕
Details and tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/29588/...
Details and tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/29588/...
September 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Dating Clinic this Sunday with @thelovetankcic.bsky.social 💕
Details and tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/29588/...
Details and tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/29588/...
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BREAKING: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a team of independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s Human Rights Council concludes.
Human rights experts join rising chorus that accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza
A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.'s Human Rights Council has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
bit.ly
September 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
BREAKING: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a team of independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s Human Rights Council concludes.
London this evening 🇵🇸 protesting the visit of Israeli President Herzog.
September 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
London this evening 🇵🇸 protesting the visit of Israeli President Herzog.
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The Palestinian-led BDS movement has updated our priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets.
September 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The Palestinian-led BDS movement has updated our priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets.