Holly Lancaster-Smith
@holly.lancaster-smith.me
Lovely, but a mess
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I just watched Rogue One, then went on Twitter to see the fallout from Elon’s hint about removing the Block feature.
It’s like I'm still in the evac scene. Tense levels of distribution of codes to ensure the Trans-Twitter rebels’ safety before its destruction!
Rebellions are built on hope.
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It’s like I'm still in the evac scene. Tense levels of distribution of codes to ensure the Trans-Twitter rebels’ safety before its destruction!
Rebellions are built on hope.
🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
profanity.accountant I don't even post, but I am a potty mouth. It's the meds, you see…
profanity.accountant
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
profanity.accountant I don't even post, but I am a potty mouth. It's the meds, you see…
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The trans community’s trust in the NHS’ new puberty blocker trial is low and I can’t help but wonder whether they could have prevented that by involving ANY trans people in its design or operation, and maybe not involving several people who have attended conferences of anti-LGBTQ hate groups
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
The trans community’s trust in the NHS’ new puberty blocker trial is low and I can’t help but wonder whether they could have prevented that by involving ANY trans people in its design or operation, and maybe not involving several people who have attended conferences of anti-LGBTQ hate groups
AI companions are the new Internet Explorer toolbar sprawl.
I just sat at my desk and said, "What should I do now?" under my breath, and ten tabs gave their opinions! 🤦♀️
I just sat at my desk and said, "What should I do now?" under my breath, and ten tabs gave their opinions! 🤦♀️
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 AM
AI companions are the new Internet Explorer toolbar sprawl.
I just sat at my desk and said, "What should I do now?" under my breath, and ten tabs gave their opinions! 🤦♀️
I just sat at my desk and said, "What should I do now?" under my breath, and ten tabs gave their opinions! 🤦♀️
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If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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Oscar Isaac says he's 'not so open to working with Disney' right now
"If they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great"
(via GQ)
"If they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great"
(via GQ)
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Oscar Isaac says he's 'not so open to working with Disney' right now
"If they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great"
(via GQ)
"If they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great"
(via GQ)
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So far, only 2 players have scored for Everton at each of the last 3 stadiums that have been their home ground - Anfield, Goodison Park and Hill Dickinson Stadium:
Michael Keane and Idrissa Gueye. #EFC
Michael Keane and Idrissa Gueye. #EFC
November 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
So far, only 2 players have scored for Everton at each of the last 3 stadiums that have been their home ground - Anfield, Goodison Park and Hill Dickinson Stadium:
Michael Keane and Idrissa Gueye. #EFC
Michael Keane and Idrissa Gueye. #EFC
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BBC Director General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness have both quit. Getting rid of a former Tory candidate and the woman who wanted to change output to gain the trust of Reform voters should definitely sort out any left wing bias.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
BBC Director General Tim Davie and news CEO Deborah Turness have both quit. Getting rid of a former Tory candidate and the woman who wanted to change output to gain the trust of Reform voters should definitely sort out any left wing bias.
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When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
November 6, 2025 at 4:33 PM
When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo
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Almost 60,000 women have signed this petition by @nionwomen.bsky.social women to say that the transphobes do not speak for them. Meanwhile the Daily Express front-pages seven transphobes, falsely claiming that they “represent women”. If they do not represent you. Please sign.
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Almost 60,000 women have signed this petition by @nionwomen.bsky.social women to say that the transphobes do not speak for them. Meanwhile the Daily Express front-pages seven transphobes, falsely claiming that they “represent women”. If they do not represent you. Please sign.
notinourname.org.uk
notinourname.org.uk
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The news story that reveals Wes Streeting’s puberty-blocker ban to be nothing to do with “protecting children” and everything to do with Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer being deeply transphobic bigots…
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
The news story that reveals Wes Streeting’s puberty-blocker ban to be nothing to do with “protecting children” and everything to do with Wes Streeting and Keir Starmer being deeply transphobic bigots…
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
www.itv.com/news/2025-10...
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Saw a news report yesterday about children as young as 9 being given weight loss jabs on the NHS, and I think it shows just how utterly bullshit the “lack of research into long term impacts” excuse for banning puberty blockers for trans kids really was. It’s purely ideological.
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Saw a news report yesterday about children as young as 9 being given weight loss jabs on the NHS, and I think it shows just how utterly bullshit the “lack of research into long term impacts” excuse for banning puberty blockers for trans kids really was. It’s purely ideological.
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kind of annoys me when people use the aesthetics of graffiti to show they're edgy and cool while also calling for more punitive laws, which punish the graffiti artists who give that aesthetic its cultural meaning
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 PM
kind of annoys me when people use the aesthetics of graffiti to show they're edgy and cool while also calling for more punitive laws, which punish the graffiti artists who give that aesthetic its cultural meaning
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🧵 / YouGov's new study finds Britain's ethnic minority communities now tend to have a negative view of the Labour party
Greens: +17 net favourable
Lib Dems: +1
Labour: -19
Conservatives: -44
Reform UK: -62
Breakdowns by individual ethnic group in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Greens: +17 net favourable
Lib Dems: +1
Labour: -19
Conservatives: -44
Reform UK: -62
Breakdowns by individual ethnic group in chart 👇
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
October 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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There is a moment at this time of year when the word ‘apricity’ really comes into view. For those who don’t know it, it was recorded only once, in 1623, before slipping out of view. Apricity is the warmth of the sun on a chilly day.
October 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
There is a moment at this time of year when the word ‘apricity’ really comes into view. For those who don’t know it, it was recorded only once, in 1623, before slipping out of view. Apricity is the warmth of the sun on a chilly day.
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Austerity. Brexit. Transphobia. Racism. For too long, politics in the UK has been about being horrible to people. Time to change that.
Hope, not hate.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Hope, not hate.
join.greenparty.org.uk
" @greenparty.org.uk have hurtled past 130,000, eclipsing number of Conservative members. One poll already puts them on 15%, more than double last year’s 6.2% & tied with Labour. To call that a political phenomenon is not hyperbole."
✍🏼- @owenjones.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
✍🏼- @owenjones.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The politics of despair have engulfed Britain. But Zack Polanski is offering a way out | Owen Jones
The leader of the Greens wants to focus on battles that unite – such as taxing wealth – without yielding an inch on minority rights, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Austerity. Brexit. Transphobia. Racism. For too long, politics in the UK has been about being horrible to people. Time to change that.
Hope, not hate.
join.greenparty.org.uk
Hope, not hate.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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1/🧵 I am viewing a never-before-seen file on “gender reassignment” or trans inclusion policy at the National Archives, Kew. The Supreme Court should start sweating. A bagful of receipts!
October 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
1/🧵 I am viewing a never-before-seen file on “gender reassignment” or trans inclusion policy at the National Archives, Kew. The Supreme Court should start sweating. A bagful of receipts!
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The next time a woman's assault by a hate-filled man manages to get widespread coverage in the press, and the story sets out all the warning signs that were ignored, the free speech warriors can pat themselves on the back saying "We did that so that Graham Linehan could abuse trans kids on Twitter."
October 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
The next time a woman's assault by a hate-filled man manages to get widespread coverage in the press, and the story sets out all the warning signs that were ignored, the free speech warriors can pat themselves on the back saying "We did that so that Graham Linehan could abuse trans kids on Twitter."
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3,000 years and we were alive to see the end. Imagine the odds. 🤡
Trump: "I think China is in big trouble. I'll be honest with you. I don't know that they even make it."
October 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
3,000 years and we were alive to see the end. Imagine the odds. 🤡
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I’ve been asked about the attached.
Of course, if the facilities are gender-neutral, or separated by gender not sex, or provided in areas that the Supreme Court ruling had no relevance to, like workplace facilities under the 1992 Regulations, no one is ‘flouting’ any law to be inclusive.
Of course, if the facilities are gender-neutral, or separated by gender not sex, or provided in areas that the Supreme Court ruling had no relevance to, like workplace facilities under the 1992 Regulations, no one is ‘flouting’ any law to be inclusive.
October 19, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’ve been asked about the attached.
Of course, if the facilities are gender-neutral, or separated by gender not sex, or provided in areas that the Supreme Court ruling had no relevance to, like workplace facilities under the 1992 Regulations, no one is ‘flouting’ any law to be inclusive.
Of course, if the facilities are gender-neutral, or separated by gender not sex, or provided in areas that the Supreme Court ruling had no relevance to, like workplace facilities under the 1992 Regulations, no one is ‘flouting’ any law to be inclusive.
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So the word “every” does not include… whom?
October 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
So the word “every” does not include… whom?