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@tanngrisnir.bsky.social

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Glasgow, Scotland based SFFH fan and sometimes conrunner. Less so these days since disabilities have worsened. Happy to eat tofu, not ashamed to be “woke”. Trans rights matter, queer rights matter, if you think otherwise, awa’ an bileyerheid.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 5h

The transphobes always tell us that their individual bigoted and hateful transphobic opinions represent the views of "all women".

This is one of the key dishonesties of anti-trans campaigning.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 4h

Not something I’ve ever thought about. I think I was in a lift with Debbie Watling once…

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Jacey is a suitable combo of my actual name for privacy reasons @spacegrace.bsky.social · 5h

This reeks of desperation by a batshit, genitally-obsessed, hateful baroness. Sadly, it also seems like the sort of thing that an also bigoted Minister for let’s say Women and Equalities, would go along with as soon as a pesky failed attempt to raise her status within her party is out of the way…

Equality and Human Rights Commission @equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 6h

We've written to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to request the government to revoke the 2011 services code and make our updated version statutory. It accurately reflects the law and updated guidance is urgently needed: www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...

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DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 4h

Oh, hats *for* chocolate oranges — won’t that encourage them to melt?

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 10h

Zack Polanski: "If the straight question is, ‘would I abolish the monarchy' - yeah, absolutely.”
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Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence

The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.

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Fiona Moore 🇨🇦 @drfionamoore.bsky.social · 6h

I find myself increasingly looking to the Financial Times for reality checks. This week: no, the benefits system isn't "broken" and welfare costs aren't "spiralling", nor is there an employment crisis: www.ft.com/content/ee67...

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

www.ft.com

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DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 5h

Now, autocorrect, I’m sure division wasn’t exactly what I wrote there, was it?

DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 5h

Or a division of five, like something- 2.5 or 7.5…

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Mira of Kyiv 🇺🇦 @reshetz.bsky.social · 5h

Hey look russians are parading war crimes again and posting FPV footage of their attack on humanitarian convoys

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 6h

INCREDIBLE clip.

<Richard Holden MP shouts like an angry man in a pub>

Lisa Nandy: "Can you calm down a bit, mate? You're shouting like an angry man in a pub."

Richard Holden: "That's not fair."

<continues to shout like an angry man in a pub>

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DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 5h

All mammals do *not* menstruate. Not by a long way.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 11h

Someday someone might look into what Andrew did to girls when he was in NI.

No evidence, but I've heard stories from reliable people, about girls flown from NI to England and back.

Same playbook as with the boys that were abused through Kincora and beyond.

The News Agents @newsagents.bsky.social · 12h

"He told me that he was too honourable to break off a friendship in a text or a letter, and then that email says we'll 'play some more soon'," Emily Maitlis says.

"What does that even mean? It sends shivers down my spine"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/prin...

‘Prince Andrew’s Epstein email sent a shiver down my spine’, says Emily Maitlis | The News Agents

Prince Andrew is accused of maintaining a friendship with Jeffrey Epstein for at least a year later than he previously claimed to have cut all communications, suggesting he lied to Emily Maitlis…

www.thenewsagents.co.uk

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 10h

Suggesting that a certain population is uniquely prone to this pattern is just blunt racism. Come on, this is basic stuff.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 10h

If you cut off food and vital supplies to a place, leaving it besieged, then a small part of the population will start resorting to violence and extortion. It's a human nature constant.

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DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 5h

The less successful follow up to Ice Ice Baby.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 13h

Three panel cartoon by Wawa wiwa comics

An octopus, a shark and a jellyfish are talking to each other

Octopus: I once saw a human and peed myself

Shark: a human saw and peed himself

Jellyfish: a human touched me once and his friend peed on him

Octopus: dude…

Shark: what?

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DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 8h

Oh, I remember that bollocks.

DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 8h

How many buckets in a barkel, though?

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 9h

A former member of the world’s most sovereign Parliament glorifies the broken constitution of another country. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Paul Thistoll @pault.bsky.social · 4d

New Zealand doesn’t have a First Amendment — we have Parliamentary sovereignty and NZBORA. Our Parliament banned conversion therapy because it harms people. If Stephen Franks wants US-style “freedom” to abuse LGBTQIA+ kids, he can move there.

Absolutely, this dude utterly sucks!

Many will know a parent who may be doomed to this desperate state - with no way out. Even if they’ve only permitted or aided their innocent child’s groomers without authorising surgery or drugs, some will be haunted. Can they undo the harm? Could they have prevented it?

My firm is trying to help a number of parents who are doing all they can while they can to protect their deluded children.
It is an outrage that the Parliamentarians who passed the conversion therapy ban, despite its direct conflict with freedom of speech, are tolerating the prevarication of Minister Doocey over dangerous ‘gender-affirming’ hormone ‘therapy’ for children

The US Supreme Court is likely to invalidate conversion therapy bans shortly, as contrary to the First Amendment (freedom of speech).

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DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 8h

Well, that’s pretty explicit!

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🦇🤘 Rigg-or mortis 🔶️🏳️‍🌈 @rigg.lgbt · 8h

BMI was never designed to be used on individuals, it's a population measure. The way "healthy" BMI is touted to individuals is borderline abuse.

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 12h

Labour is telling you VERY LOUDLY who to vote for if you value human rights. And it's definitely NOT LABOUR.

Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 1d

Woah! So Labour's position really is, 'telling us off for breaching human rights undermines the case for human rights'? Proper Trumpian stuff from Labour's answer to Suella Braverman.

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DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 8h

Don’t use AI, kids?

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10h

NHS for pets, please.

Vets should be made to publish prices, competition watchdog says

Vet prices have risen at nearly twice the rate of inflation, the Competition and Markets Authority found.

www.bbc.co.uk

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DC @tanngrisnir.bsky.social · 8h

Very well done!