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Nicky @nickycdr.bsky.social · 20h

them privately or if we refuse to take him to the gender clinic for "safe withdrawal" of meds. The head of the investigation admits the outcome for these children is "stark" but is going to do it anyway. They know that children are going to die and they are doing it anyway.

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Nicky @nickycdr.bsky.social · 20h

My son is caught up in this. They are forcibly detransitioning children who started blockers before the ban. No GP in the UK is allowed to continue prescribing for any under 16 year olds. We are being threatened with social services if we get...

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Talia "Estro Junkies" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 13h

Yeah it's because the common approach to queer politics these days is turning one's interpersonal beefs with specific groups into political theory, instead of like... observing the actual state of the world and our place in it.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 4h

I keep seeing supposedly progressive podcasts saying “the problem is that people feel like they just can’t talk about these issues” while these issues are frequently the *only* thing that people are talking about 😩

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Sep 17

Am struggling with the idea that people like me somehow don't understand the legitimate concerns of people who attended the Tommy Robinson march. I literally had National Front fliers through my letterbox in my childhood in Greater London and I went to school and university with actual fascists.

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 1h

It was the whiteness of the whale that above all things appalled me.

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Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 2h

I had a painter come into my flat to look at some walls my landlord wanted doing up and within five minutes he was explaining to me how he’s not a bad guy but he’s going Reform because lawyers care more about human rights for illegal immigrants than people like him. In my own home.

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 4h

I keep seeing supposedly progressive podcasts saying “the problem is that people feel like they just can’t talk about these issues” while these issues are frequently the *only* thing that people are talking about 😩

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · Sep 17

Am struggling with the idea that people like me somehow don't understand the legitimate concerns of people who attended the Tommy Robinson march. I literally had National Front fliers through my letterbox in my childhood in Greater London and I went to school and university with actual fascists.

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loki~ (he/it) @loki.moe · 11h

on the internet you can say something true like 'it is healthy to go outside and make friends and find community' and the someone will kick off discourse about how this oppresses ppl who live in rural areas or have disabilities that make it difficult as if the latter prevents the former being true.

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TheWitches @thewitches.bsky.social · Nov 1

gwen: its been said many times before but seeing politicians wear poppies as they justify/minimise Israeli war crimes and oppose a ceasefire really hammers home that the poppy is a symbol of militarism & bloodthirst & imperialism.

never forget indeed.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 1d

Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence

Reply to a post about the incident in Huntingdon from a US account: “ I cannot stress this enough to people. Carry a small canister of pepper spray and keep it accessible when you’re out in public especially trapped in a train. It’s an easy protective measure we can all take.”
Reply from me: “I cannot stress enough to you that pepper spray is illegal to possess, buy, or carry in the UK under the Firearms Act 1968. I strongly recommend anyone reading does not do this under any circumstances.”

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 1d

are we allowed to talk about how communism is good again yet or is that still, like, off limits

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Thomas Awkwafinas @cyberstalin.bsky.social · 1d

we also should fight for the return of live music and theatre as an affordable form of entertainment for the masses. opera should not be gatekept.

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