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@transgruber.bsky.social
Forty-something trans exile (he/him) and Die Hard anti-fascist. Menace to society (allegedly). Inconveniently British. Woke but very tired
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i don’t think the intention of noting the victim’s citizenship is to imply that one life is more valuable, but rather to shake anyone out of complacency and apathy if they assumed their passport would shield them from the violence and brutality of their own government
January 10, 2026 at 7:00 PM
i don’t think the intention of noting the victim’s citizenship is to imply that one life is more valuable, but rather to shake anyone out of complacency and apathy if they assumed their passport would shield them from the violence and brutality of their own government
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The gamerculturification of the American right has made it so that a federal agent can kill a queer woman while calling her a fucking bitch and antisocial, angry streamers and politicians will unanimously agree she deserved to die because of pronouns and nose rings and being a woman.
January 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The gamerculturification of the American right has made it so that a federal agent can kill a queer woman while calling her a fucking bitch and antisocial, angry streamers and politicians will unanimously agree she deserved to die because of pronouns and nose rings and being a woman.
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This is why MPs get thrown off balance when they come on Bluesky.
They aren't slavishly followed but still get engagement and held to account by real people and they've totally forgotten that a) people exist independently of the media class and b) they *talk*.
They aren't slavishly followed but still get engagement and held to account by real people and they've totally forgotten that a) people exist independently of the media class and b) they *talk*.
The idea that journalists, politicians, groups or - you know, women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ people - should "stay on the pitch" doesn't really hold up.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
Foreign Minister's account has 60k followers - 40 likes, 13k views?
Blue ticks straight to the top of the queue with misogyny, bile.
This is the 'engagement' that the Irish government has been using to justify remaining on X. These are the top replies to a randomly chosen recent post.
January 10, 2026 at 10:33 AM
This is why MPs get thrown off balance when they come on Bluesky.
They aren't slavishly followed but still get engagement and held to account by real people and they've totally forgotten that a) people exist independently of the media class and b) they *talk*.
They aren't slavishly followed but still get engagement and held to account by real people and they've totally forgotten that a) people exist independently of the media class and b) they *talk*.
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If the line isn't "I'm not willing to share the pitch on a site that is not just hosting, not just creating but also now monetising non-consensual images of women and girls" - then there is no line.
January 10, 2026 at 9:27 AM
If the line isn't "I'm not willing to share the pitch on a site that is not just hosting, not just creating but also now monetising non-consensual images of women and girls" - then there is no line.
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When non-genetic cis fathers can be named on their children’s birth certificates but not trans dads, that is blatant transphobic discrimination.
It is transphobic discrimination for them, their partners & most importantly for their sons, daughters or non-binary children.
It is transphobic discrimination for them, their partners & most importantly for their sons, daughters or non-binary children.
January 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
When non-genetic cis fathers can be named on their children’s birth certificates but not trans dads, that is blatant transphobic discrimination.
It is transphobic discrimination for them, their partners & most importantly for their sons, daughters or non-binary children.
It is transphobic discrimination for them, their partners & most importantly for their sons, daughters or non-binary children.
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So what?
Vote Labour, get transphobic genocidal racist eugenics. Vote Reform, get the same.
Labour are not the anti-Reform party. They're Reform in red rosettes.
Vote Green and get the fascists out, fascists of all three - red, blue and whatever colour Farage Ltd is this year
Vote Labour, get transphobic genocidal racist eugenics. Vote Reform, get the same.
Labour are not the anti-Reform party. They're Reform in red rosettes.
Vote Green and get the fascists out, fascists of all three - red, blue and whatever colour Farage Ltd is this year
January 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
So what?
Vote Labour, get transphobic genocidal racist eugenics. Vote Reform, get the same.
Labour are not the anti-Reform party. They're Reform in red rosettes.
Vote Green and get the fascists out, fascists of all three - red, blue and whatever colour Farage Ltd is this year
Vote Labour, get transphobic genocidal racist eugenics. Vote Reform, get the same.
Labour are not the anti-Reform party. They're Reform in red rosettes.
Vote Green and get the fascists out, fascists of all three - red, blue and whatever colour Farage Ltd is this year
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This is what we call "Facebook weather" because it's too scared to go to London, for zero logical reason.
January 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
This is what we call "Facebook weather" because it's too scared to go to London, for zero logical reason.
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I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
January 7, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
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one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
January 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
one takeaway from the grok noncon porn thing is that much of the media just isn't interested in an issue they can't pretend has two sides or that doesn't give them an opportunity to shit on the left. Also it would be uncomfortable to justify remaining on twitter after acknowledging it
“Gender-affirming military aggression”
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:30 AM
“Gender-affirming military aggression”
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sure sure you can have hegemony by trade, ideology and cultural influence, but does that make your dick hard?
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
sure sure you can have hegemony by trade, ideology and cultural influence, but does that make your dick hard?
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
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Toxic masculinity as foreign policy working out well I see.
January 6, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Toxic masculinity as foreign policy working out well I see.
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At the height of the British Empire, the conditions of the British Working-Class were atrocious with the riches of Empire going to the Aristocracy
Those in the American Working-Class cheering Trump/Musk should read history & realize that the Wealth plundered from Venezuela won't be going to them
Those in the American Working-Class cheering Trump/Musk should read history & realize that the Wealth plundered from Venezuela won't be going to them
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 AM
At the height of the British Empire, the conditions of the British Working-Class were atrocious with the riches of Empire going to the Aristocracy
Those in the American Working-Class cheering Trump/Musk should read history & realize that the Wealth plundered from Venezuela won't be going to them
Those in the American Working-Class cheering Trump/Musk should read history & realize that the Wealth plundered from Venezuela won't be going to them
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I have neither thrown nor received a real punch in my life but I kind of think the root sin of the social internet is letting people just say and do things that in the real world would get the shit kicked out of them
January 4, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I have neither thrown nor received a real punch in my life but I kind of think the root sin of the social internet is letting people just say and do things that in the real world would get the shit kicked out of them
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The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The end goal of Grok sexual harassment is to make women afraid to be visible. It’s a punishment for daring to exist in a way the perpetrators can’t control. There’s no one solution to this, because the problem isn’t just technological. It’s cultural. It’s misogyny. This is just one expression of it.
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The sooner you realise that "Who's gonna stop me?" is what motivates the bulk of conservative politics and animates today's male grievance movement, the better.
January 4, 2026 at 9:17 AM
The sooner you realise that "Who's gonna stop me?" is what motivates the bulk of conservative politics and animates today's male grievance movement, the better.
Me: 2025 was absolutely brutal… 2026 better be an improvement
3rd Jan 2026: *Trump invades Venezuela*
Me: FUCK IT I’m starting over
3rd Jan 2026: *Trump invades Venezuela*
Me: FUCK IT I’m starting over
January 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Me: 2025 was absolutely brutal… 2026 better be an improvement
3rd Jan 2026: *Trump invades Venezuela*
Me: FUCK IT I’m starting over
3rd Jan 2026: *Trump invades Venezuela*
Me: FUCK IT I’m starting over
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"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
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History will show this era as a massive political and economic fuck up for the ages, handing the global future to China on a silver platter in exchange for feeling good about persecuting a few dozen trans athletes.
January 3, 2026 at 1:48 AM
History will show this era as a massive political and economic fuck up for the ages, handing the global future to China on a silver platter in exchange for feeling good about persecuting a few dozen trans athletes.
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The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
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White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
85% of CEOs are white men.
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
All but one US President has been a white man.
65% of all elected offices are held by white men.
Roughly 30% of the population is white men.
WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TOPIC EVEN???
December 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
White men are 30% of the US and if they look around the room and see it’s less than 90% white men they think it’s affirmative action.
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Now: "grok apologizes for accidentally doing a racism and csam"
Soon: "nuclear launchers apologize for accidentally turning four countries into glass"
Soon: "nuclear launchers apologize for accidentally turning four countries into glass"
January 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Now: "grok apologizes for accidentally doing a racism and csam"
Soon: "nuclear launchers apologize for accidentally turning four countries into glass"
Soon: "nuclear launchers apologize for accidentally turning four countries into glass"
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