caitlin
@caitlinmc.bsky.social
Poet. Activist. Queer Feminist. Domestic Abuse Policy Lead at Cranstoun. She/Her, views my own.
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caitlin
@caitlinmc.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Labour has a chance to stop domestic abuse at its roots – here's how
Labour can tackle domestic abuse at its roots if it takes a whole-society approach to the issue, says social justice charity Cranstoun.
www.bigissue.com
In July, I wrote for @bigissue.bsky.social on the importance of treating domestic abuse as a problem to be solved rather than an inevitability.
As we await the new figures for domestic abuse prevalence, due out next week, I remain hopeful that change is possible.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/dome...
As we await the new figures for domestic abuse prevalence, due out next week, I remain hopeful that change is possible.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/dome...
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🚨 NEW FROM LIBERTY INVESTIGATES
Palantir wants to become the ‘default operating system for data across the US government’.
It now appears to be pursuing the same ambition in the UK.
Read the full story on @prospectmagazine.co.uk ⤵️ www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
Palantir wants to become the ‘default operating system for data across the US government’.
It now appears to be pursuing the same ambition in the UK.
Read the full story on @prospectmagazine.co.uk ⤵️ www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨 NEW FROM LIBERTY INVESTIGATES
Palantir wants to become the ‘default operating system for data across the US government’.
It now appears to be pursuing the same ambition in the UK.
Read the full story on @prospectmagazine.co.uk ⤵️ www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
Palantir wants to become the ‘default operating system for data across the US government’.
It now appears to be pursuing the same ambition in the UK.
Read the full story on @prospectmagazine.co.uk ⤵️ www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
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We have an incredible line-up of speakers for our upcoming Domestic Abuse Conference! 😁
With topics including vicarious trauma, coercive control and law enforcement’s role in ending domestic abuse, this event is not to be missed 🙌
Join us & get your ticket now👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cranstoun-...
With topics including vicarious trauma, coercive control and law enforcement’s role in ending domestic abuse, this event is not to be missed 🙌
Join us & get your ticket now👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cranstoun-...
March 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
We have an incredible line-up of speakers for our upcoming Domestic Abuse Conference! 😁
With topics including vicarious trauma, coercive control and law enforcement’s role in ending domestic abuse, this event is not to be missed 🙌
Join us & get your ticket now👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cranstoun-...
With topics including vicarious trauma, coercive control and law enforcement’s role in ending domestic abuse, this event is not to be missed 🙌
Join us & get your ticket now👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cranstoun-...
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Positive @davidgauke.bsky.social led review will confront 'penal populism' - longer & longer sentences, doing less & less good. Better sentencing = less crime. That's the goal. Not the political sugar rush of ramping up sentences every time there's a row. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
Prison system crisis due to overreliance on long sentences, says Gauke review
Successive governments’ ‘penal populism’ has driven England and Wales justice system to brink of collapse, report finds
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Positive @davidgauke.bsky.social led review will confront 'penal populism' - longer & longer sentences, doing less & less good. Better sentencing = less crime. That's the goal. Not the political sugar rush of ramping up sentences every time there's a row. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
"The reason they’re getting bailed out is because they ran out of other people’s money to line their pockets with. It’s only a matter of time before they end up on the edge of bankruptcy again."
'A national scandal': Thames Water secures £3bn bailout after 'disgraceful' court ruling
Outrage as Thames Water secures £3bn bailout after 'disgraceful' court ruling
Thames Water has won court approval to secure an emergency £3bn bailout – a decision slammed as a mere “stay of execution” for the company.
bit.ly
February 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"The reason they’re getting bailed out is because they ran out of other people’s money to line their pockets with. It’s only a matter of time before they end up on the edge of bankruptcy again."
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This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement
There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the
freemovement.org.uk
February 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join me and @goodlawproject.bsky.social in filing a complaint to Ofcom: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Join me and @goodlawproject.bsky.social in filing a complaint to Ofcom: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
action.goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join me and @goodlawproject.bsky.social in filing a complaint to Ofcom: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Join me and @goodlawproject.bsky.social in filing a complaint to Ofcom: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
I'm still processing how incredibly significant yesterday's event was. Listening to the Survivor Ambassador Panel & to Yasmin, Fawziyah Javed's mother, was deeply moving. The call to act was heard clearly - I am sure everyone who attended will have left a fierce advocate for a statutory definition.
We are attending Karma Nirvana's #Push4Change Westminster screening of The Push: Murder on the Cliff. This event aims to raise awareness about #HonourBasedAbuse and the need for a statutory definition for Honour Based Abuse.
Read more at: karmanirvana.org.uk/campaigns/cu...
Read more at: karmanirvana.org.uk/campaigns/cu...
February 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm still processing how incredibly significant yesterday's event was. Listening to the Survivor Ambassador Panel & to Yasmin, Fawziyah Javed's mother, was deeply moving. The call to act was heard clearly - I am sure everyone who attended will have left a fierce advocate for a statutory definition.
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Fantastic! If you buy any children’s or YA book from Bookshop.org UK this month, 10% goes to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust, to give more children access to books 💜 🏛️ Here are my classics-themed suggestions to make the most of this scheme…
February 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Fantastic! If you buy any children’s or YA book from Bookshop.org UK this month, 10% goes to BookTrust and Scottish Book Trust, to give more children access to books 💜 🏛️ Here are my classics-themed suggestions to make the most of this scheme…
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Reading NAO report & brilliant @lexytopping.bsky.social
Discovered that "the Home Office underspent on its own VAWG budget by an average of 15% between 2021-22 and 2023-24".
Utterly bewildering and rage-making when the whole VAWG sector is on its knees.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Discovered that "the Home Office underspent on its own VAWG budget by an average of 15% between 2021-22 and 2023-24".
Utterly bewildering and rage-making when the whole VAWG sector is on its knees.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Epidemic’ of violence against women and girls in UK is getting worse – report
National Audit Office says government attempts to tackle misogynistic violence are hampered by poor coordination
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Reading NAO report & brilliant @lexytopping.bsky.social
Discovered that "the Home Office underspent on its own VAWG budget by an average of 15% between 2021-22 and 2023-24".
Utterly bewildering and rage-making when the whole VAWG sector is on its knees.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Discovered that "the Home Office underspent on its own VAWG budget by an average of 15% between 2021-22 and 2023-24".
Utterly bewildering and rage-making when the whole VAWG sector is on its knees.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
January 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Nazis: "that's a nazi salute"
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
Historians: "that's a nazi salute"
Average person: "that's a nazi salute"
The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."
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"The last Conservative government issued an “awful, inconsequential, insubstantial” response to a seven-year national inquiry into child sexual abuse, according to its chair." [Guardian]
January 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"The last Conservative government issued an “awful, inconsequential, insubstantial” response to a seven-year national inquiry into child sexual abuse, according to its chair." [Guardian]
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Sign the petition! Stop the Government from spying on all of our bank accounts 👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop the Government from spying on all of our bank accounts
Sir Keir Starmer is pushing plans we defeated under the Conservative Government - to spy on all of our bank accounts on the premise of dealing with welfare fraud and error.
It will force banks to fla...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Sign the petition! Stop the Government from spying on all of our bank accounts 👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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🚨NEWS: Government Announces Bank Spying Powers in New Bill.
We know this will disproportionately punish people left on the poverty line by the social security system - for the Government's own mistakes.
Read Big Brother Watch's full statement: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releas...
We know this will disproportionately punish people left on the poverty line by the social security system - for the Government's own mistakes.
Read Big Brother Watch's full statement: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releas...
Big Brother Watch response to intrusive powers in the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error & Recovery) Bill — Big Brother Watch
bigbrotherwatch.org.uk
January 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨NEWS: Government Announces Bank Spying Powers in New Bill.
We know this will disproportionately punish people left on the poverty line by the social security system - for the Government's own mistakes.
Read Big Brother Watch's full statement: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releas...
We know this will disproportionately punish people left on the poverty line by the social security system - for the Government's own mistakes.
Read Big Brother Watch's full statement: bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/press-releas...
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Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
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Every “journalist” using the transphobic phrase “lying about her gender” is encouraging another attack.
This is undeniable stochastic terrorism in UK mainstream media.
This is undeniable stochastic terrorism in UK mainstream media.
January 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Every “journalist” using the transphobic phrase “lying about her gender” is encouraging another attack.
This is undeniable stochastic terrorism in UK mainstream media.
This is undeniable stochastic terrorism in UK mainstream media.
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Fellow cis people, I'm talking to you:
This.
We do not need 'both sides.' We do not need 'balance everyone's concerns.' We do not need stupid thought experiments. All any trans person needs to hear from any cis person is 'we support you unconditionally against the people who want you dead.'
This.
We do not need 'both sides.' We do not need 'balance everyone's concerns.' We do not need stupid thought experiments. All any trans person needs to hear from any cis person is 'we support you unconditionally against the people who want you dead.'
I will say one thing re that Telegraph headline:
Do you get it yet, cis people? Do you see how actively they want us to die, how actively they want us killed? Do you see that what we say is not fucking hyperbole?
Do you get it yet, cis people? Do you see how actively they want us to die, how actively they want us killed? Do you see that what we say is not fucking hyperbole?
January 16, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Fellow cis people, I'm talking to you:
This.
We do not need 'both sides.' We do not need 'balance everyone's concerns.' We do not need stupid thought experiments. All any trans person needs to hear from any cis person is 'we support you unconditionally against the people who want you dead.'
This.
We do not need 'both sides.' We do not need 'balance everyone's concerns.' We do not need stupid thought experiments. All any trans person needs to hear from any cis person is 'we support you unconditionally against the people who want you dead.'
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"Lie" is absolutely disgusting framing. She had sex with a guy who turned out to be such a violent "Gender Critical" that he tried to kill after learning she was trans. I wonder why she had to keep her personal medical history from him huh?! As if you would tell a potential murderer your info. Sick
January 16, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"Lie" is absolutely disgusting framing. She had sex with a guy who turned out to be such a violent "Gender Critical" that he tried to kill after learning she was trans. I wonder why she had to keep her personal medical history from him huh?! As if you would tell a potential murderer your info. Sick
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So concerned about women in sport and an entirely made up threat to women in sport that they’ve decided to inspect the genitals of all women in sport
HR 28, the bill to require genital inspections in women's sports, passes with just two Democratic votes.
DOA in the Senate. #HoldTheLine
DOA in the Senate. #HoldTheLine
January 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
So concerned about women in sport and an entirely made up threat to women in sport that they’ve decided to inspect the genitals of all women in sport
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A year ago, when Suella Braverman wrongly said grooming is mainly undertaken by Pakistanis there was at least some outrage, some pushback, some degree of people standing up & reacting.
Now it is totally normal for politicians across the right to say it. www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
Now it is totally normal for politicians across the right to say it. www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
‘Inaccurate’ grooming gang claims putting children at risk, Sunak and Braverman told
Exclusive: Joint letter from organisations and experts says singling out British-Pakistani men draws attention away from other sources of sexual abuse
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A year ago, when Suella Braverman wrongly said grooming is mainly undertaken by Pakistanis there was at least some outrage, some pushback, some degree of people standing up & reacting.
Now it is totally normal for politicians across the right to say it. www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
Now it is totally normal for politicians across the right to say it. www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
I think the Birds feed is my favourite thing about Bluesky. It's so calming and lovely. Also look at this silly little round creature, how can that not make you smile?
January 10, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I think the Birds feed is my favourite thing about Bluesky. It's so calming and lovely. Also look at this silly little round creature, how can that not make you smile?
Coming back to this framing today, as so many point out the date of the fire in Parables & say she saw the future. Octavia followed the 'what next' thought process and had the wisdom to get much of it right. It's not magic, it's a skill she should be praised for honing that we can all learn from.
Can't stop thinking about a line in the Octavia's Parables podcast (recommended by @katierocheiniowa.bsky.social) - "she didn't predict the president, she predicted US". She chose to sit down, look closely and see where we were headed. A skill we could all do with developing.
www.readingoctavia.com
www.readingoctavia.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Coming back to this framing today, as so many point out the date of the fire in Parables & say she saw the future. Octavia followed the 'what next' thought process and had the wisdom to get much of it right. It's not magic, it's a skill she should be praised for honing that we can all learn from.
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love how google ai goes into detail for all the men, and then for the women, it just goes "eh, some broad"
January 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
love how google ai goes into detail for all the men, and then for the women, it just goes "eh, some broad"
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Lucy Grossmith, Mumurations over Fields
January 4, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Lucy Grossmith, Mumurations over Fields
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Can’t put enough emphasis on what the words “last medical facility” mean in the context of this genocide. It’s pretty simple to understand what happens when there’s no hospital available.
Fires broke out in parts of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, after the Israeli military ordered medical staff and patients to evacuate northern Gaza’s last medical facility, according to the report.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️ aje.io/7zkxmc
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‘End of humanity’ in north Gaza as Israel empties last hospital
Doctor in Gaza says deaths expected among over 70 remaining patients as they flee Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya.
aje.io
December 27, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Can’t put enough emphasis on what the words “last medical facility” mean in the context of this genocide. It’s pretty simple to understand what happens when there’s no hospital available.
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All of the rhetoric around Imane Khelif and "beating women" etc was inevitably feeding into this. This is a politics of confining women to the domestic sphere and removing us from the public one. It was never just about trans or intersex people - though if it were, that should have been bad enough.
The end game of this was always "we have to end women's sports to protect cis women from trans women."
I hammer at this periodically, but the fear-mongering here isn't just about anti-trans rhetoric, but about promoting an image of cis women as delicate flowers.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/dona...
I hammer at this periodically, but the fear-mongering here isn't just about anti-trans rhetoric, but about promoting an image of cis women as delicate flowers.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/dona...
Donald Trump tells rightwing group that he'll end women's boxing "very quickly" - LGBTQ Nation
He said the women's sport is ruining America's "spirit."
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 24, 2024 at 9:42 PM
All of the rhetoric around Imane Khelif and "beating women" etc was inevitably feeding into this. This is a politics of confining women to the domestic sphere and removing us from the public one. It was never just about trans or intersex people - though if it were, that should have been bad enough.