Amy Stanley
@adstanley.bsky.social
Autistic writer, C19 cautious. Aussie in the UK, tofu eating wokerati. She/her.
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Amy Stanley
@adstanley.bsky.social
· Nov 30
About me:
Aussie, living in Manchester UK. I'm autistic, and I'm a writer. Professionally, I proofread and edit academic work, and I'm building a business to teach core intellectual skills for university and beyond. I care deeply about social justice and equity, which is why I'm Covid cautious.
Aussie, living in Manchester UK. I'm autistic, and I'm a writer. Professionally, I proofread and edit academic work, and I'm building a business to teach core intellectual skills for university and beyond. I care deeply about social justice and equity, which is why I'm Covid cautious.
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I’m going to put together the Polari long listers (sans Boyne) who were deprived of their chance to win the Polari Prize, along with their nominated books. Once I’ve done it I’ll post it up on here and on Twitter.
Boyne’s gloating at book sales while others have suffered is a bit tacky tbh.
Boyne’s gloating at book sales while others have suffered is a bit tacky tbh.
August 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I’m going to put together the Polari long listers (sans Boyne) who were deprived of their chance to win the Polari Prize, along with their nominated books. Once I’ve done it I’ll post it up on here and on Twitter.
Boyne’s gloating at book sales while others have suffered is a bit tacky tbh.
Boyne’s gloating at book sales while others have suffered is a bit tacky tbh.
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Unfriendly reminder: the Polari is a prize one submits one's book to (correct me if I'm wrong, but this is from listening to nominees & looking up the procedure), which means Boyne or someone acting on his behalf submitted to an LGBTQ+ prize not believing LGBTQ+ is a community then got mad about it.
Boyne now denying that the LGBTQ+ community exists because he doesn't get to win a prize for his book. I'm starting to wonder whether he genuinely thought proclaiming himself a TERF would have no blowback or whether he's just pretending.
Polari Prize: John Boyne says ‘there is no such thing as LGBTQ+’
Gay 'TERF' author John Boyne has said 'perhaps there is no such thing as LGBTQ+' after the 2025 Polari Prize was halted.
www.thepinknews.com
August 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Unfriendly reminder: the Polari is a prize one submits one's book to (correct me if I'm wrong, but this is from listening to nominees & looking up the procedure), which means Boyne or someone acting on his behalf submitted to an LGBTQ+ prize not believing LGBTQ+ is a community then got mad about it.
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what a ridiculous statement. in the liberal mind the only thing that you can ever do is vote. so wildly ahistorical. so wildly self-defeating.
Exactly. All we can do is vote. We’re not prepared for a civil war
August 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
what a ridiculous statement. in the liberal mind the only thing that you can ever do is vote. so wildly ahistorical. so wildly self-defeating.
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normal people don't say "triggered" or "heteronormative," they say they gave their life to christ in a cracker barrel parking lot
August 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
normal people don't say "triggered" or "heteronormative," they say they gave their life to christ in a cracker barrel parking lot
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Masked raids are tools of fear, not freedom. Despite what this administration wants you to believe, they are not about “safety.” They are about letting ICE agents hide from accountability while carrying out inhumane acts.
August 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Masked raids are tools of fear, not freedom. Despite what this administration wants you to believe, they are not about “safety.” They are about letting ICE agents hide from accountability while carrying out inhumane acts.
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www.reddit.com/r/transgende...
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
From the transgenderUK community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the transgenderUK community
www.reddit.com
August 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
www.reddit.com/r/transgende...
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
Guess what?
The story about the trans M&S employee and the bra fitting is a pack of lies and distortions.
Want to know what really happened and how colleagues stood up for her?
Read her own account here.
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It was @annieknk.bsky.social on Manclan who first made me aware of the intersectional nature of bigotry. Accepting hierarchical discrimination in one instance makes you more likely to accept it in others. It's not a coincidence the terfs are zionists, it's a natural consequence of them choosing hate
Y'know, I stand with Palestinians because it's right, but it's not for nothing that every single "Gender critical" ideologue also seems to be a committed Zionist, the same people loathe and dehumanise us both, and in that the Palestinian people have my solidarity.
August 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It was @annieknk.bsky.social on Manclan who first made me aware of the intersectional nature of bigotry. Accepting hierarchical discrimination in one instance makes you more likely to accept it in others. It's not a coincidence the terfs are zionists, it's a natural consequence of them choosing hate
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Basically I am still incredibly angry with M&S even if they're supposedly supporting the trans woman here and not actually making any negative policy changes, because they've avoidably allowed a piece of propaganda to fester which, despite being a lie, has indelibly entered people's consciousness
August 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Basically I am still incredibly angry with M&S even if they're supposedly supporting the trans woman here and not actually making any negative policy changes, because they've avoidably allowed a piece of propaganda to fester which, despite being a lie, has indelibly entered people's consciousness
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Terrorism used to be when you killed people.
Now terrorism is when you try to stop people being killed.
Now terrorism is when you try to stop people being killed.
August 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Terrorism used to be when you killed people.
Now terrorism is when you try to stop people being killed.
Now terrorism is when you try to stop people being killed.
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Information relating to the M&S complaint, reportedly from the trans woman whom the complaint was about. Almost everything claimed in recent articles is extremely inaccurate. 1/
August 19, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Information relating to the M&S complaint, reportedly from the trans woman whom the complaint was about. Almost everything claimed in recent articles is extremely inaccurate. 1/
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The opera house has set sail
Wow check out this real picture of Sydney harbour that UTS used on their website trying to attract international students
web.archive.org/web/20250616...
web.archive.org/web/20250616...
August 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The opera house has set sail
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Free speech to someone like this really just means "you should be forced to listen to what I say and can never disagree".
August 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Free speech to someone like this really just means "you should be forced to listen to what I say and can never disagree".
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The Polari Prize is fundamentally damaged, because Paul Burston, the founder of the prize, is a "gender critical" movement supporter.
No trans person can accept or take part in this award as long as Paul - or anyone with so-called "gender critical beliefs" - remains a part of it in any capacity.
No trans person can accept or take part in this award as long as Paul - or anyone with so-called "gender critical beliefs" - remains a part of it in any capacity.
August 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The Polari Prize is fundamentally damaged, because Paul Burston, the founder of the prize, is a "gender critical" movement supporter.
No trans person can accept or take part in this award as long as Paul - or anyone with so-called "gender critical beliefs" - remains a part of it in any capacity.
No trans person can accept or take part in this award as long as Paul - or anyone with so-called "gender critical beliefs" - remains a part of it in any capacity.
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Again, I am begging the libs to notice who it is that has been invading and shittifying their institutions and celebrations for years, and turning them all into weapons of bigotry and hatred, and to look at who has been supporting and encouraging them throughout. These people are your adversaries.
August 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Again, I am begging the libs to notice who it is that has been invading and shittifying their institutions and celebrations for years, and turning them all into weapons of bigotry and hatred, and to look at who has been supporting and encouraging them throughout. These people are your adversaries.
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Since John Boyne having said "all I will ever say" had the lifespan of a mayfly, here are the other Polari Prize longlist authors, with links to their books (article by @evanurquhart.bsky.social). Click the link in the opening para to go straight to the list.
Queer Authors Withdraw From Writing Prize En Masse Over Inclusion of Self-Proclaimed TERF — Assigned
A UK LGBTQ+ writing prize seems to be crumbling as the queer community protests the inclusion of an anti-trans writer on the long list. Trans prisoners in Georgia accuse the state of cruel and unusual...
www.assignedmedia.org
August 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Since John Boyne having said "all I will ever say" had the lifespan of a mayfly, here are the other Polari Prize longlist authors, with links to their books (article by @evanurquhart.bsky.social). Click the link in the opening para to go straight to the list.
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Oh look, Johnboy is doing the "I've been cancelled" meme, while being interviewed yet again. I saw one other author from the Polari prize write their own piece, I don't think I've seen any of the other authors or judges being interviewed
People not liking you is not being cancelled John
People not liking you is not being cancelled John
August 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Oh look, Johnboy is doing the "I've been cancelled" meme, while being interviewed yet again. I saw one other author from the Polari prize write their own piece, I don't think I've seen any of the other authors or judges being interviewed
People not liking you is not being cancelled John
People not liking you is not being cancelled John
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There is not yet wide evidence that "gen AI" actually enhances researchers' and developers' results. Some of the most headline-grabbing work that claimed it does is now actively disavowed by the institution under which auspices it was done. That is a MASSIVE ding on the reliability of that research.
This should get WIDE circulation:
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI
The retracted paper had impressed a Nobel Prize winner in economics.
gizmodo.com
August 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
There is not yet wide evidence that "gen AI" actually enhances researchers' and developers' results. Some of the most headline-grabbing work that claimed it does is now actively disavowed by the institution under which auspices it was done. That is a MASSIVE ding on the reliability of that research.
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I really hope the people who were "just asking questions" about trans rights are happy now the questions that are being asked are "do trans people have the right to any life outside their own homes", "who exactly gets to decide that someone doesn't look like a women" and "do trans people even exist"
August 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I really hope the people who were "just asking questions" about trans rights are happy now the questions that are being asked are "do trans people have the right to any life outside their own homes", "who exactly gets to decide that someone doesn't look like a women" and "do trans people even exist"
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Here’s a star Australian writer & speaker that would grace any arts event. Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has been targeted by unnamed people in a pressure group intent on censoring her, damaging her career, & restraining other writers. Any organisation which bows to this discrimination will be disgraced.
August 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Here’s a star Australian writer & speaker that would grace any arts event. Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has been targeted by unnamed people in a pressure group intent on censoring her, damaging her career, & restraining other writers. Any organisation which bows to this discrimination will be disgraced.
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The UK Supreme Court took representation from anti-trans groups but none from trans groups or people, before ruling that even trans women with a GRC can not access women’s spaces.
This creates unenforceable, dangerous and cruel restrictions on trans access to public space. It must be reversed.
This creates unenforceable, dangerous and cruel restrictions on trans access to public space. It must be reversed.
UK’s first transgender judge seeks rehearing of supreme court case on biological sex
Exclusive: Victoria McCloud says court undermined her rights to a fair trial when it refused to hear her evidence
www.theguardian.com
August 18, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The UK Supreme Court took representation from anti-trans groups but none from trans groups or people, before ruling that even trans women with a GRC can not access women’s spaces.
This creates unenforceable, dangerous and cruel restrictions on trans access to public space. It must be reversed.
This creates unenforceable, dangerous and cruel restrictions on trans access to public space. It must be reversed.
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Text version: pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/a...
AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever with AI God
(LessWrong! Yudkowsky! Rationality!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJI... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250817-ai-... - podcast
19 minutes, sit yourself down for this one
text version coming in a bit
(LessWrong! Yudkowsky! Rationality!)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAJI... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250817-ai-... - podcast
19 minutes, sit yourself down for this one
text version coming in a bit
AI doomsday and AI heaven: live forever in AI God
YouTube video by Pivot to AI
www.youtube.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Text version: pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/a...
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William Lavelle is launching Haven, a Gen AI-free video social media platform!
Stop Gen AI blog:
stopgenai.com?p=446
The Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hav...
Help him get to $100k USD.
Donate or share! Share, share, share!
Stop Gen AI blog:
stopgenai.com?p=446
The Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hav...
Help him get to $100k USD.
Donate or share! Share, share, share!
August 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
William Lavelle is launching Haven, a Gen AI-free video social media platform!
Stop Gen AI blog:
stopgenai.com?p=446
The Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hav...
Help him get to $100k USD.
Donate or share! Share, share, share!
Stop Gen AI blog:
stopgenai.com?p=446
The Kickstarter:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/hav...
Help him get to $100k USD.
Donate or share! Share, share, share!
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The Covid pandemic is not done with us! Please wear a mask to protect those in your community with compromised immune systems*. 😷
* cancer patients, the elderly, asthmatics, diabetics, etc.
* cancer patients, the elderly, asthmatics, diabetics, etc.
COVID-19 is trending up in most states, with emergency department visits up among people of all ages.
abcnews.go.com/Health/wireS...
abcnews.go.com/Health/wireS...
Got the sniffles? Here's what to know about summer colds and the COVID-19 variant called stratus
COVID-19 activity is rising in much of the country
abcnews.go.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
The Covid pandemic is not done with us! Please wear a mask to protect those in your community with compromised immune systems*. 😷
* cancer patients, the elderly, asthmatics, diabetics, etc.
* cancer patients, the elderly, asthmatics, diabetics, etc.