Jane McLaughlin
@jmclaug.bsky.social
Creative strategist and communicator, writer, entrepreneur, music lover. Working with cities on climate neutrality and innovation. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Nothing will happen quickly. But with the BBC, important because it is utterly dominant in the news market, pumping out transphobia and misinformation and growing increasingly bold in doing both it is not easy to see how things get better and very easy to see how they get worse. Sorry but...
December 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Nothing will happen quickly. But with the BBC, important because it is utterly dominant in the news market, pumping out transphobia and misinformation and growing increasingly bold in doing both it is not easy to see how things get better and very easy to see how they get worse. Sorry but...
I imagine someone at @theguardian.com thinks this is funny as a campaign- it’s not. The lack of irony and self-reflection is quite something too, given how intolerant and appalling they have often been with regards to trans people - actively contributing to the ramping up of hate and misinformation.
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I imagine someone at @theguardian.com thinks this is funny as a campaign- it’s not. The lack of irony and self-reflection is quite something too, given how intolerant and appalling they have often been with regards to trans people - actively contributing to the ramping up of hate and misinformation.
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"Britain’s persecution of trans people is not a reflection of an informed public demanding action. It is a reflection of a political and media establishment desperate to avoid scrutiny, eager to misdirect public anger, and entirely comfortable punching down when it suits them" 👏👏👏
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"Britain’s persecution of trans people is not a reflection of an informed public demanding action. It is a reflection of a political and media establishment desperate to avoid scrutiny, eager to misdirect public anger, and entirely comfortable punching down when it suits them" 👏👏👏
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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It's time to talk to you about my cat.
Vital Cat Update
It’s time to talk about my cat. To which you might be saying, “Chuck, I didn’t know you had a cat!” and I’d respond with, “I didn’t know I had a cat either…
terribleminds.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
It's time to talk to you about my cat.
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On behalf of trans men everywhere: This blows. It is much worse to be included as women than excluded from women-only things. None of us want this.
I'm sure it's all well intentioned by Girl Guides, but it's transphobic to say "if someone's biologically female they can join".
Trans men are men. They are not women.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/g...
Trans men are men. They are not women.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/g...
Trans boys can join Girlguiding under new policy, organisation confirms
Following a ban on trans girls getting involved in Girl Guides, Girlguiding has confirmed it does not apply to trans boys.
www.thepinknews.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On behalf of trans men everywhere: This blows. It is much worse to be included as women than excluded from women-only things. None of us want this.
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It’s frightening that it only takes one sinister, undertaxed billionaire and a tiny minority can be so easily demonised and dehumanised. Maybe people will learn when it’s their turn to be on the receiving end of this. Of course it will be too late by them.
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It’s frightening that it only takes one sinister, undertaxed billionaire and a tiny minority can be so easily demonised and dehumanised. Maybe people will learn when it’s their turn to be on the receiving end of this. Of course it will be too late by them.
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Joanne will never run out of money because people keep buying her stuff, and so this will keep happening. SLAPP after SLAPP until trans people are completely drummed out of public existence and nobody will do a thing about it
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Joanne will never run out of money because people keep buying her stuff, and so this will keep happening. SLAPP after SLAPP until trans people are completely drummed out of public existence and nobody will do a thing about it
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
Still impossibly gorgeous …
youtu.be/LSOwqL9_aZg
youtu.be/LSOwqL9_aZg
The Associates - Breakfast (14 - 01- 1985) • TopPop
YouTube video by TopPop
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November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Still impossibly gorgeous …
youtu.be/LSOwqL9_aZg
youtu.be/LSOwqL9_aZg
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This feels like a @nickharkaway.com or @cstross.bsky.social plot twist.
"The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru."
www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...
"The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru."
www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...
Ukraine Is Jamming Russia’s ‘Superweapon’ With a Song
A few years ago, Putin hyped the Kinzhal hypersonic missile. Now electronic warfare is knocking it out of the sky with music and some bad directions.
www.404media.co
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This feels like a @nickharkaway.com or @cstross.bsky.social plot twist.
"The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru."
www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...
"The Ukrainian Army is knocking a once-hyped Russian superweapon out of the sky by jamming it with a song and tricking it into thinking it’s in Lima, Peru."
www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...
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Farage is a racist, you say?
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Farage is a racist, you say?
This is an absolute disgrace. Catastrophic damage to incredibly delicate ecosystems.
"According to Southern Water, the [Camber Sands] spill was caused by a mechanical failure at its Eastbourne sewage works"
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is an absolute disgrace. Catastrophic damage to incredibly delicate ecosystems.
Many of the writers and staffers at the @guardian should actually read this and think about how they have contributed and supported this narrative.
Transphobia now threatening to derail work on tackling climate change.
Billionaires who own super yachts and fly in private jets overjoyed at the distraction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Billionaires who own super yachts and fly in private jets overjoyed at the distraction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Many of the writers and staffers at the @guardian should actually read this and think about how they have contributed and supported this narrative.
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More evidence that the "gender-critical" transphobes are working with fascists including Russia, Iran & Saudi Arabia. All countries where women are treated very badly.
"Gender-criticals" are not feminists & they do not "protect women"
They are trying to hold the COP 30 to ransom to be transphobic
"Gender-criticals" are not feminists & they do not "protect women"
They are trying to hold the COP 30 to ransom to be transphobic
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
More evidence that the "gender-critical" transphobes are working with fascists including Russia, Iran & Saudi Arabia. All countries where women are treated very badly.
"Gender-criticals" are not feminists & they do not "protect women"
They are trying to hold the COP 30 to ransom to be transphobic
"Gender-criticals" are not feminists & they do not "protect women"
They are trying to hold the COP 30 to ransom to be transphobic
Amazing few days in Umeå…
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Amazing few days in Umeå…
“In a world where trans people already face exclusion on so many levels, such acts of solidarity and allyship are a beautiful reminder that division and exclusion are always a choice we can do our best to reject” great piece from @uglastefania.bsky.social
Another amazing article worth a read and share!
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/c...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/c...
Cyclists have just proven that including trans women isn’t hard
Cycling UK have gravely misjudged the people they claimed to represent.
metro.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“In a world where trans people already face exclusion on so many levels, such acts of solidarity and allyship are a beautiful reminder that division and exclusion are always a choice we can do our best to reject” great piece from @uglastefania.bsky.social
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“MPs’ problem with the EHRC guidance was not that it failed to address every conceivable scenario, but that it set out fundamentally unworkable instructions to businesses that go far beyond what the supreme court actually ruled, and which places them at risk of costly litigation.” - Rachel Taylor MP
Equality commission’s guidance after sex ruling is fundamentally unworkable | Letter
Letters: The EHRC has ignored warnings about the contradiction between possibly being sued for challenging someone’s gender versus being sued for failing to, says Rachel Taylor MP
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“MPs’ problem with the EHRC guidance was not that it failed to address every conceivable scenario, but that it set out fundamentally unworkable instructions to businesses that go far beyond what the supreme court actually ruled, and which places them at risk of costly litigation.” - Rachel Taylor MP
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Reform-run Council Cancels Christmas... And, at significant cost.
I would say you couldn't make it up. But unfortunately Reform can and did. ~AA
I would say you couldn't make it up. But unfortunately Reform can and did. ~AA
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reform-run Council Cancels Christmas... And, at significant cost.
I would say you couldn't make it up. But unfortunately Reform can and did. ~AA
I would say you couldn't make it up. But unfortunately Reform can and did. ~AA
To ALL the politicians, media and commentators who have stoked anti migrant racist xenophobia - this is on you:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
To ALL the politicians, media and commentators who have stoked anti migrant racist xenophobia - this is on you:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
Very sad. RIP
Very sad news…
The incredible D’Angelo has died.
A pioneer of the neo-soul movement, he was 51.
His musical legacy continues to have a massive impact today.
This means that his son, Michael, has lost both his mother, Angie Stone, and his father within just a matter of months.
The incredible D’Angelo has died.
A pioneer of the neo-soul movement, he was 51.
His musical legacy continues to have a massive impact today.
This means that his son, Michael, has lost both his mother, Angie Stone, and his father within just a matter of months.
October 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Very sad. RIP