Tom Witney
@twiterney.bsky.social
Chief superintendent for Miss David Mittens, Cats Protection Senior Cat of The Year
Medical sociologist at UCL interested in sexual health, HIV and relationships 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Running Hackney Half 2025 for Positive East 💟 https://bit.ly/TWHH2025
Medical sociologist at UCL interested in sexual health, HIV and relationships 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Running Hackney Half 2025 for Positive East 💟 https://bit.ly/TWHH2025
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Who knew Gender Criticals handing over the definition of women to the government would have idiotic, retrogressive knock on consequences?
All of us. All of us did.
Also, it’s “fewer” calories. They’re countable. We literally “count calories”.
All of us. All of us did.
Also, it’s “fewer” calories. They’re countable. We literally “count calories”.
I’m actually going to need more calories in order to enact the violence I would rain down upon your restaurant lest you give me the women’s steak frites
December 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Who knew Gender Criticals handing over the definition of women to the government would have idiotic, retrogressive knock on consequences?
All of us. All of us did.
Also, it’s “fewer” calories. They’re countable. We literally “count calories”.
All of us. All of us did.
Also, it’s “fewer” calories. They’re countable. We literally “count calories”.
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Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board and another (judgment and summary) - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Case number: 4104864/2024 Employment Tribunal, Scotland 8 December 2025 Before: Employment Judge A KempTribunal Member L BrownTribunal Member C Russell Between: Mrs Sandie Peggie -v- Fife Health Board...
www.judiciary.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Decision in the Sandie Peggie case.
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
She was not directly or indirectly discriminated against, her claim of victimisation fails entirely, her claim of harassment fails largely and her claim against Beth Upton fails entirely. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/sa...
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This was what I sent to someone years ago who was finishing up while struggling with depression
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This was what I sent to someone years ago who was finishing up while struggling with depression
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BBC policy of presenter scripts saying “biological males who identify as women” as an addendum to every mention of “trans women” really is sickening
December 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
BBC policy of presenter scripts saying “biological males who identify as women” as an addendum to every mention of “trans women” really is sickening
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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When your local council shuts all your libraries next year and the parks fall into disrepair, it will be because they have a legal duty to house homeless people in a city with a gigantic housing crisis, where all the worst accommodation is being rented back to councils by slum landlords.
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
When your local council shuts all your libraries next year and the parks fall into disrepair, it will be because they have a legal duty to house homeless people in a city with a gigantic housing crisis, where all the worst accommodation is being rented back to councils by slum landlords.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Encouraging the policing of public spaces based on appearance and gender stereotypes is no way for a human rights regulator to behave.
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Transgender guidance dubbed ‘misogynist’s charter’
Places such as hospital wards, gyms and leisure centres will reportedly be able to question transgender women over whether they should be using single-sex services based on how they look, their behavi...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Encouraging the policing of public spaces based on appearance and gender stereotypes is no way for a human rights regulator to behave.
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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Of course he's not alone, but, Justin Webb is perhaps one of the most open and influential anti-Trans ideologues at the BBC
His broadcast record repeatedly normalises anti-Trans rhetoric, viewpoints, and guests, while he rarely provides comparable space for Trans+ voices or perspectives
His broadcast record repeatedly normalises anti-Trans rhetoric, viewpoints, and guests, while he rarely provides comparable space for Trans+ voices or perspectives
70% of trans people believe BBC News is hostile. (And anyone who has listened to Justin Webb knows they are clearly right.) goodlaw.social/kyxv
Poll shows 70% of trans people think BBC News is ‘hostile’
The right wing claims the corporation is ‘pro-trans’, but the people at the sharp end of its coverage disagree. The BBC must stop its attack on trans people.
goodlaw.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Of course he's not alone, but, Justin Webb is perhaps one of the most open and influential anti-Trans ideologues at the BBC
His broadcast record repeatedly normalises anti-Trans rhetoric, viewpoints, and guests, while he rarely provides comparable space for Trans+ voices or perspectives
His broadcast record repeatedly normalises anti-Trans rhetoric, viewpoints, and guests, while he rarely provides comparable space for Trans+ voices or perspectives
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🚨Please share! We have just advertised four 3-year #PhD studentships in public health #funded by the Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infection - closing date 5 December 2025 #hpru #hprubbsti #nihr bbsti.hpru.nihr.ac.uk/research/opp...
Opportunities
bbsti.hpru.nihr.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨Please share! We have just advertised four 3-year #PhD studentships in public health #funded by the Health Protection Research Unit in Blood Borne and Sexually Transmitted Infection - closing date 5 December 2025 #hpru #hprubbsti #nihr bbsti.hpru.nihr.ac.uk/research/opp...
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
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Huge thanks to @qxmagazine.bsky.social for spotlighting Daisy Puller's WORLD AIDS DAY CABARET on the Thursday after next, 27 Nov
There's still tickets left, but they're selling like hotcakes, so get in there before it's too late! link.outsavvy.com/wadcabaret2025
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/dais...
There's still tickets left, but they're selling like hotcakes, so get in there before it's too late! link.outsavvy.com/wadcabaret2025
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/dais...
Daisy Puller's 5th Annual World AIDS Day Cabaret at One Ninety Four, London, on the 27 November 2025
Where can I find World AIDS Day Cabaret? Daisy Puller's 5th Annual World AIDS Day Cabaret at One Ninety Four, London, on 27th November 2025.
www.qxmagazine.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Huge thanks to @qxmagazine.bsky.social for spotlighting Daisy Puller's WORLD AIDS DAY CABARET on the Thursday after next, 27 Nov
There's still tickets left, but they're selling like hotcakes, so get in there before it's too late! link.outsavvy.com/wadcabaret2025
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/dais...
There's still tickets left, but they're selling like hotcakes, so get in there before it's too late! link.outsavvy.com/wadcabaret2025
www.qxmagazine.com/2025/11/dais...
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Some of us remember when Maitlis said that primary age school kids are having gender confirmation surgery. The BBC anti Trans bias goes back nearly a decade #BBCTransphobia
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Some of us remember when Maitlis said that primary age school kids are having gender confirmation surgery. The BBC anti Trans bias goes back nearly a decade #BBCTransphobia
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She seems to fly under the radar as a truly disgusting person so share this clip
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
She seems to fly under the radar as a truly disgusting person so share this clip
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Yes, they will.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
January 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Yes, they will.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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Wrong. You can't be a 'legend' and 'engaged in rank racism and sexism' at the same time.
It's so frustrating. This misconception is still alive and kicking in today's science circles. Those labelled as 'geniuses' should not be forgiven their awfulness to others.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
It's so frustrating. This misconception is still alive and kicking in today's science circles. Those labelled as 'geniuses' should not be forgiven their awfulness to others.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Wrong. You can't be a 'legend' and 'engaged in rank racism and sexism' at the same time.
It's so frustrating. This misconception is still alive and kicking in today's science circles. Those labelled as 'geniuses' should not be forgiven their awfulness to others.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
It's so frustrating. This misconception is still alive and kicking in today's science circles. Those labelled as 'geniuses' should not be forgiven their awfulness to others.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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🌈 Do you know anyone passionate about researching LGBTQ+ suicide, suicide prevention and suicide bereavement, experienced in qualitative methods, and looking for work?
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Research Fellow (Rain within the Rainbow)
Post-doctoral Research Fellow (Rain Within the Rainbow) working on the Rain Within the Rainbow: Understanding LGBTQ+ suicide and suicide prevention in the UK through the life course project using qual...
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
🌈 Do you know anyone passionate about researching LGBTQ+ suicide, suicide prevention and suicide bereavement, experienced in qualitative methods, and looking for work?
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Send them my way because I'm recruiting for a post-doctoral research fellow!
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
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i got 80%. bleak as shit, this, and a really good tool to illustrate the point
Well this is depressing and familiar >>
I scored 90% on Have I Got Phobia For You. Test yourself here www.higpfy.co.uk
I scored 90% on Have I Got Phobia For You. Test yourself here www.higpfy.co.uk
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
www.higpfy.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
i got 80%. bleak as shit, this, and a really good tool to illustrate the point
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academia be like
October 31, 2025 at 10:35 AM
academia be like
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Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
goodlaw.social/ncfw
goodlaw.social/ncfw
‘Abject terror’: survey shows 84% of trans people feel Britain is unsafe
YouGov poll reveals safety crisis for trans people in the UK
goodlaw.social
October 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
In @yougov.co.uk polling of the trans community, to the best of our knowledge the first of its kind ever conducted, an astonishing 84% said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people.
goodlaw.social/ncfw
goodlaw.social/ncfw
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The ChatGPT subreddit is absolutely hilarious. LLMs just output statistically likely responses, and a statistically likely response to being asked to do some work is "I'll have that done by...". So apparently in some cases ChatGPT had just been telling users it'll get back to them later.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The ChatGPT subreddit is absolutely hilarious. LLMs just output statistically likely responses, and a statistically likely response to being asked to do some work is "I'll have that done by...". So apparently in some cases ChatGPT had just been telling users it'll get back to them later.
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