Dan Lion
@aginginge.bsky.social
Tall. Ginger. Bent - the salty liquorice, fast walker, cat cushion variety.
AFOL, DRUK and BYOB. Left Twitter in the Great Exodus of 2024.
AFOL, DRUK and BYOB. Left Twitter in the Great Exodus of 2024.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Harassment, 'untruthful' evidence, and 'unusual' legal questions. Our reporter Xander Elliards looks at nine points from the Sandie Peggie ruling that the rest of the media has left out
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Harassment, 'untruthful' evidence, and 'unusual' legal questions. Our reporter Xander Elliards looks at nine points from the Sandie Peggie ruling that the rest of the media has left out
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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Labour reinstating a racist councillor in East Bristol because the Greens are one short of an outright majority and would absolutely smash them in in a by-election.
Bristol Labour councillor re-instated after racist comment
Fabian Breckels was suspended in October over a comment he wrote on Facebook.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Labour reinstating a racist councillor in East Bristol because the Greens are one short of an outright majority and would absolutely smash them in in a by-election.
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Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
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Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Emily Maitlis brags about her, Deb Cohen, and Hannah Barnes getting the Tavistock GIDS service shut down.
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
🔥🧵
What she doesn't talk about is how Newsnight journalists manufactured outrage and concocted "scandals" based on unethical journalism - which they were called out for, but tried to hide...
🔥🧵
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Footballer found guilty of offensive tweets
Prosecution lawyer: "Mr Barton is not the victim here….not the free speech crusader that he would like to paint himself to be … not some martyr to be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness. He is just simply an undiluted, unapologetic bully”
Prosecution lawyer: "Mr Barton is not the victim here….not the free speech crusader that he would like to paint himself to be … not some martyr to be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness. He is just simply an undiluted, unapologetic bully”
Ex-footballer Joey Barton guilty of posting grossly offensive messages on social media
The former Manchester City midfielder "crossed the line" with posts about Jeremy Vine, Lucy Ward and Eni Aluko, a jury decided.
news.sky.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Footballer found guilty of offensive tweets
Prosecution lawyer: "Mr Barton is not the victim here….not the free speech crusader that he would like to paint himself to be … not some martyr to be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness. He is just simply an undiluted, unapologetic bully”
Prosecution lawyer: "Mr Barton is not the victim here….not the free speech crusader that he would like to paint himself to be … not some martyr to be sacrificed on the altar of political correctness. He is just simply an undiluted, unapologetic bully”
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The Tories going from being in Government to 6th place, in a little over a year, is wild.
October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Tories going from being in Government to 6th place, in a little over a year, is wild.
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The bees have discovered Brutalism
September 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The bees have discovered Brutalism
Now 711k! 😀
Real good news/bad news thing for Starmer.
Good news: he got people to sign up for signing at a similar pace to Your Party's mailing list.
Bad news: It's opposition to his ID cards idea.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Good news: he got people to sign up for signing at a similar pace to Your Party's mailing list.
Bad news: It's opposition to his ID cards idea.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Now 711k! 😀
When your union backs a Zionist who hates LGBT+ people, are they still representing members?
NOPE!
NOPE!
UNISON has chosen to back Bridget Phillipson to become deputy leader of the Labour Party
September 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
When your union backs a Zionist who hates LGBT+ people, are they still representing members?
NOPE!
NOPE!
Bow Bells.
September 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Bow Bells.
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him
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i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
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My advice to people, take I'm angry at people not being paid as badly as me.
And turn it into, I'm angry at being paid badly.
Median wage 2008 - £24,769
Median wage 2025 - £29,600
Inflation from 2008-2025 - 70.51%, your wage should be £42,231
We should all be angry.
And turn it into, I'm angry at being paid badly.
Median wage 2008 - £24,769
Median wage 2025 - £29,600
Inflation from 2008-2025 - 70.51%, your wage should be £42,231
We should all be angry.
August 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My advice to people, take I'm angry at people not being paid as badly as me.
And turn it into, I'm angry at being paid badly.
Median wage 2008 - £24,769
Median wage 2025 - £29,600
Inflation from 2008-2025 - 70.51%, your wage should be £42,231
We should all be angry.
And turn it into, I'm angry at being paid badly.
Median wage 2008 - £24,769
Median wage 2025 - £29,600
Inflation from 2008-2025 - 70.51%, your wage should be £42,231
We should all be angry.
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
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Feel like this little sob story *could* have mentioned that Boyne's Polari nomination came five days after he wrote a piece referring to trans-inclusive women as the evil wives in the Handmaid's Tale, "ready to pin a handmaiden down as her husband rapes her".
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender-critical novelist urges writers to re-enter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Feel like this little sob story *could* have mentioned that Boyne's Polari nomination came five days after he wrote a piece referring to trans-inclusive women as the evil wives in the Handmaid's Tale, "ready to pin a handmaiden down as her husband rapes her".
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
The Greens won both by-elections yesterday. Both gains from Labour.
Watch how it is covered in the press vs if both went to Reform.
Watch how it is covered in the press vs if both went to Reform.
South Jesmond (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 36.4% (+15.2)
🔶 LDM: 33.0% (+7.3)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-25.3)
➡️ RFM: 10.9% (New)
🌳 CON: 2.8% (-5.7)
No SDP (-2.4) as previous.
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
🌍 GRN: 36.4% (+15.2)
🔶 LDM: 33.0% (+7.3)
🌹 LAB: 16.8% (-25.3)
➡️ RFM: 10.9% (New)
🌳 CON: 2.8% (-5.7)
No SDP (-2.4) as previous.
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Greens won both by-elections yesterday. Both gains from Labour.
Watch how it is covered in the press vs if both went to Reform.
Watch how it is covered in the press vs if both went to Reform.
Someone should do a scientific study about bald white men. The positioning themselves as the victim of made up aggressors is so bat shit crazy there has to be something scientific about it.
August 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Someone should do a scientific study about bald white men. The positioning themselves as the victim of made up aggressors is so bat shit crazy there has to be something scientific about it.
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Really exciting new archaeology report showing that two people who died in 7th century Kent had West African grandfathers. It’s suggested they’d travelled here as traders and settled thanks to the Byzantine Empire’s trade network that linked North Africa to Britain
August 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Really exciting new archaeology report showing that two people who died in 7th century Kent had West African grandfathers. It’s suggested they’d travelled here as traders and settled thanks to the Byzantine Empire’s trade network that linked North Africa to Britain
Polari Prize First Book Longlist:
2 authors (out of 12) remain.
Main Polari Prize Longlist:
6 authors remain (out of 11 - exc. Boyne).
3 of which have made statements outlining their decision to stay and supporting trans rights.
Judges:
2 (out of 5) have withdrawn.
2 authors (out of 12) remain.
Main Polari Prize Longlist:
6 authors remain (out of 11 - exc. Boyne).
3 of which have made statements outlining their decision to stay and supporting trans rights.
Judges:
2 (out of 5) have withdrawn.
15 of 24 authors, and two judges, have now withdrawn.
First Book:
Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Hanako Footman, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas
Main:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies
First Book:
Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Hanako Footman, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas
Main:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies
August 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Polari Prize First Book Longlist:
2 authors (out of 12) remain.
Main Polari Prize Longlist:
6 authors remain (out of 11 - exc. Boyne).
3 of which have made statements outlining their decision to stay and supporting trans rights.
Judges:
2 (out of 5) have withdrawn.
2 authors (out of 12) remain.
Main Polari Prize Longlist:
6 authors remain (out of 11 - exc. Boyne).
3 of which have made statements outlining their decision to stay and supporting trans rights.
Judges:
2 (out of 5) have withdrawn.
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14 of 24 authors have now withdrawn.
First Book:
Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas
Main:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies
Judges:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
First Book:
Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas
Main:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies
Judges:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
August 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
14 of 24 authors have now withdrawn.
First Book:
Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas
Main:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies
Judges:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
First Book:
Curtis Garner, Jason Okundaye, Sacha Coward, Sanah Ahsan, Amy Twigg, Mae Diansangu, Eleanor Medhurst, Ciara Maguire, June Thomas
Main:
Olumide Popoola, Robert Hamberger, Andrew McMillan, Rhian Elizabeth, Jane Traies
Judges:
Nicola Dinan, Bob Hughes
Tree love warms my cockles.
Back in May 2021 I posted on twitter about a journey I'd undertaken to find a tree that I can see from our bedroom window. I've decided to post it verbatim on here as lots of people really enjoyed it. So, here it is…
August 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Tree love warms my cockles.
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Let's get this to 10,000. Gender Critical (transphobic) beliefs should not be protected in law.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Stop "gender critical beliefs" being protected under the Equality Act
We think removing the protection of the Equality Act for "gender critical beliefs" could better protect trans, non-binary and gender diverse people. It could support organisations to properly protect ...
petition.parliament.uk
August 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Let's get this to 10,000. Gender Critical (transphobic) beliefs should not be protected in law.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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