Alex
@akersley.bsky.social
Refugee from the Birds Nest Soup aka X-Twitter
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In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"
The resolution, though nonbinding, is a significant shot at those who seek to erode transgender rights on the continent.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:17 PM
In incredible news, the European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly for "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women."
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
Even the center-right European People's Party voted for the declaration.
It will form a foundation for their position at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Our latest.
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
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Went to Sale on Monday to drop a wholesale order off and popped into the British Heart Foundation chazzer.
This beauty was waiting for me. £210 and they delivered it on Wednesday.
It shows off my Thelma cushions a treat.
This beauty was waiting for me. £210 and they delivered it on Wednesday.
It shows off my Thelma cushions a treat.
February 13, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Went to Sale on Monday to drop a wholesale order off and popped into the British Heart Foundation chazzer.
This beauty was waiting for me. £210 and they delivered it on Wednesday.
It shows off my Thelma cushions a treat.
This beauty was waiting for me. £210 and they delivered it on Wednesday.
It shows off my Thelma cushions a treat.
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A very good evening to whoever organised this billboard outside of Old Trafford.
February 13, 2026 at 4:58 PM
A very good evening to whoever organised this billboard outside of Old Trafford.
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When people show you who they are believe them the first time. And then loathe them for their hateful race baiting bigotry, their craven lust in monetising job losses as a business plan through mass layoffs, and their utter hypocrisy when offshoring liabilities as a tax exile
February 12, 2026 at 9:02 AM
When people show you who they are believe them the first time. And then loathe them for their hateful race baiting bigotry, their craven lust in monetising job losses as a business plan through mass layoffs, and their utter hypocrisy when offshoring liabilities as a tax exile
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If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
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Ratcliffe is where populism leads. To multimillionaires spouting ignorant racist horseshit that divides us but unites the far right in their cynical bid to exploit prejudice for power. Ratcliffe will just shrug from his tax haven home. He doesn’t care. Farage laps it up. Everyone else loses.
February 12, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Ratcliffe is where populism leads. To multimillionaires spouting ignorant racist horseshit that divides us but unites the far right in their cynical bid to exploit prejudice for power. Ratcliffe will just shrug from his tax haven home. He doesn’t care. Farage laps it up. Everyone else loses.
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In 2022 Nigel Farage said “When I was leader of UKIP I had several conservative members of parliament who wanted to defect & sit as UKIP. I said to all of them the only acceptable way you can do that is to resign your seat and hold a by-election”
Where are the by-elections now?
Where are the by-elections now?
🚨VERY IMPORTANT!
ON 16 MARCH PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT
Contact your MP now and ask them to attend and support the petition
youtu.be/LPO_ZWlyb7Q?...
ON 16 MARCH PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT
Contact your MP now and ask them to attend and support the petition
youtu.be/LPO_ZWlyb7Q?...
🚨PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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February 12, 2026 at 7:19 AM
In 2022 Nigel Farage said “When I was leader of UKIP I had several conservative members of parliament who wanted to defect & sit as UKIP. I said to all of them the only acceptable way you can do that is to resign your seat and hold a by-election”
Where are the by-elections now?
Where are the by-elections now?
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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ICE just really not working out very well for the USA
Plans to invade Greenland have just been cancelled after this
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
ICE just really not working out very well for the USA
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Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
February 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude
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Pretty much summarized Trump's disposition towards Puerto Rico. Now, of course, it's blue states in general.
New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid share.google/QJBZz8ZqF0uE...
New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid share.google/QJBZz8ZqF0uE...
New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid
The Trump administration also obstructed an investigation looking into why it was depriving the U.S. territory of congressionally approved funds, the report found.
share.google
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Pretty much summarized Trump's disposition towards Puerto Rico. Now, of course, it's blue states in general.
New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid share.google/QJBZz8ZqF0uE...
New probe confirms Trump officials blocked Puerto Rico from receiving hurricane aid share.google/QJBZz8ZqF0uE...
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“The more Trump dominates the global agenda, the better Europe looks and the harder it becomes for Farage to argue that his brand of politics would make Britain safer, richer or more secure”
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
February 9, 2026 at 7:19 AM
“The more Trump dominates the global agenda, the better Europe looks and the harder it becomes for Farage to argue that his brand of politics would make Britain safer, richer or more secure”
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
Well yes. The longest - FFS, wake up! - call to British voters ever…
app.independent.co.uk/2026/02/08/2...
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February 7, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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And never forget that Dame Hilary Cass belittled as "shroud wavers" those of us asking, begging, for a regime that would keep trans children alive.
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 8:07 PM
And never forget that Dame Hilary Cass belittled as "shroud wavers" those of us asking, begging, for a regime that would keep trans children alive.
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Breaking: We have brought more than 140 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations together to urge our politicians to act and protect inclusive spaces from expensive lawfare ⚖️
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Protect inclusive spaces from gender-critical legal battles, Starmer told
Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer and Bridget Phillipson have been urged by more than 140 feminist and LGBT+ organisations to protect trans-inclusive spaces
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Breaking: We have brought more than 140 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations together to urge our politicians to act and protect inclusive spaces from expensive lawfare ⚖️
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Read more in @the-independent.com:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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I know I'm biased here, and that this is self-aggrandizing, but having taught digital comms for years, I'm pretty sure that if someone made a montage of images and events from Minneapolis and set it to this song—which everyone is free to use—it'd go viral on TikTok and Instagram.
I hope you will share this. It’s a message about Minnesota that ICE and MAGAs need to hear. (It can also be shared on any streaming platform.)
NEW: Lyrics below in thread.
NEW: Lyrics below in thread.
Minnesota
YouTube video by Hounds - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I know I'm biased here, and that this is self-aggrandizing, but having taught digital comms for years, I'm pretty sure that if someone made a montage of images and events from Minneapolis and set it to this song—which everyone is free to use—it'd go viral on TikTok and Instagram.
Can’t respond directly because I don’t follow so … isn’t Puerto Rico, as an unincorporated territory, a bit ‘Schrödinger American’? American when it suits the US government but not when it costs them money such as the aftermath of Hurricane Maria?
they fired everybody who knows that Puerto Ricans are American
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
February 8, 2026 at 5:29 AM
Can’t respond directly because I don’t follow so … isn’t Puerto Rico, as an unincorporated territory, a bit ‘Schrödinger American’? American when it suits the US government but not when it costs them money such as the aftermath of Hurricane Maria?
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Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
February 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
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@cnn.com @msnowreports.bsky.social @pbsnews.org @npr.org @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @lauracoates.com @kaitlancollins.bsky.social please don't stop covering MN just because Tom F. Homan claimed 3 and a half out of 3000 ice agents have been withdrawn. They are doing everything short of killing.
February 7, 2026 at 5:13 AM
@cnn.com @msnowreports.bsky.social @pbsnews.org @npr.org @nytimes.com @washingtonpost.com @lauracoates.com @kaitlancollins.bsky.social please don't stop covering MN just because Tom F. Homan claimed 3 and a half out of 3000 ice agents have been withdrawn. They are doing everything short of killing.
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Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 passed by parliament.
Restricts the right to protest outside animal testing facilities, now defined as “national infrastructure.”
I was the only Labour peer to vote against the govt.
Restricts the right to protest outside animal testing facilities, now defined as “national infrastructure.”
I was the only Labour peer to vote against the govt.
February 6, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 passed by parliament.
Restricts the right to protest outside animal testing facilities, now defined as “national infrastructure.”
I was the only Labour peer to vote against the govt.
Restricts the right to protest outside animal testing facilities, now defined as “national infrastructure.”
I was the only Labour peer to vote against the govt.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The genocide in Gaza never ended — and Britain is still complicit.
February 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The genocide in Gaza never ended — and Britain is still complicit.
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🚨 “This isn’t North Korea we’re talking about - this is state sponsored torture in THIS country - happening right now”
If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #IPPscandal watch this update
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If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #IPPscandal watch this update
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‘STATE SPONSORED TORTURE’ - the UK’s shocking IPP Scandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
February 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM
🚨 “This isn’t North Korea we’re talking about - this is state sponsored torture in THIS country - happening right now”
If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #IPPscandal watch this update
youtu.be/yo27emO72g8?...
If you are not yet familiar with the shocking #IPPscandal watch this update
youtu.be/yo27emO72g8?...