Alex
@alexical.bsky.social
Software/DevOps in the public sector. Non-binary trans (they/them).
This would be great, but it's a missed opportunity if it doesn't also connect up to the new stadium. And it should be step free ;-)
(also amused that the station in this pre-feasibility concept image looks nothing like that, and there really isn't a big green spae in the middle of the P&R car park)
(also amused that the station in this pre-feasibility concept image looks nothing like that, and there really isn't a big green spae in the middle of the P&R car park)
A new foot and cycle bridge across the A34, the East-West rail line, and the A4260 Oxford Road would link the site directly to Oxford Parkway station. Exeter says “Workers and visitors will arrive on foot or cycle to enjoy a high-quality public realm, free of vehicular traffic.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This would be great, but it's a missed opportunity if it doesn't also connect up to the new stadium. And it should be step free ;-)
(also amused that the station in this pre-feasibility concept image looks nothing like that, and there really isn't a big green spae in the middle of the P&R car park)
(also amused that the station in this pre-feasibility concept image looks nothing like that, and there really isn't a big green spae in the middle of the P&R car park)
Trans Awareness Week is the week in which it's acceptable to ask people whether they're aware that they're trans.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trans Awareness Week is the week in which it's acceptable to ask people whether they're aware that they're trans.
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I must’ve been a postdoc at MIT or a new-ish engineering professor when I first heard the story of how Ben Barre overheard colleagues talking about how his research was so much better than his ‘sister’ Barbara’s.
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
I must’ve been a postdoc at MIT or a new-ish engineering professor when I first heard the story of how Ben Barre overheard colleagues talking about how his research was so much better than his ‘sister’ Barbara’s.
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As coroners continue to issue PFD reports citing delays in accessing gender affirming care as contributing to the preventable deaths of trans people, our government forcibly chooses to detransition trans youth.
What’s happening in Brighton is unconscionable. It puts children in danger.
Meanwhile…
What’s happening in Brighton is unconscionable. It puts children in danger.
Meanwhile…
Please read this statement by Anne Health.
Trans children are being subjected by Sussex NHS to the physical torture of being forcibly detransitioned.
This is unnecessary cruelty and in my view constitutes torture, violence and child abuse on the part of NHS Sussex.
Trans children are being subjected by Sussex NHS to the physical torture of being forcibly detransitioned.
This is unnecessary cruelty and in my view constitutes torture, violence and child abuse on the part of NHS Sussex.
Anne Health response: NHS Sussex Investigation into WellBN GP Practice - Anne Healthcare
We are deeply concerned by the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s updated Code of Practice which has been sent to Secretary of State, Bridget Philipson, this week.While presented as clarification,...
anne.health
November 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
As coroners continue to issue PFD reports citing delays in accessing gender affirming care as contributing to the preventable deaths of trans people, our government forcibly chooses to detransition trans youth.
What’s happening in Brighton is unconscionable. It puts children in danger.
Meanwhile…
What’s happening in Brighton is unconscionable. It puts children in danger.
Meanwhile…
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Just one week left to register for my book launch event at the University of Oxford. 📖🎉
This study drew on queer method and theory to explore casual forms of sex work in the digital era. 💷📲
While focusing on post-identity, I highlight overlaps between movements for LGBTQ+ and sex worker rights. 🌈☂️
This study drew on queer method and theory to explore casual forms of sex work in the digital era. 💷📲
While focusing on post-identity, I highlight overlaps between movements for LGBTQ+ and sex worker rights. 🌈☂️
📚🏳️🌈 Join us to celebrate the publication of Dr @maxmorris.bsky.social's book 'Not Sex Work' - a study of the parallel histories and intersecting politics of LGBTQ+ communities and sex workers.
🗓️ 5pm, 14 November
🎙️🥂 Talk followed by drinks reception
RSVP now ➡️ forms.office.com/e/6p7hXxd8AQ
🗓️ 5pm, 14 November
🎙️🥂 Talk followed by drinks reception
RSVP now ➡️ forms.office.com/e/6p7hXxd8AQ
November 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Just one week left to register for my book launch event at the University of Oxford. 📖🎉
This study drew on queer method and theory to explore casual forms of sex work in the digital era. 💷📲
While focusing on post-identity, I highlight overlaps between movements for LGBTQ+ and sex worker rights. 🌈☂️
This study drew on queer method and theory to explore casual forms of sex work in the digital era. 💷📲
While focusing on post-identity, I highlight overlaps between movements for LGBTQ+ and sex worker rights. 🌈☂️
It is entirely the equalities regulator's function to push an equalities agenda that the Government doesn't like and publicly call them out when the Government drags its feet…
… it's just generally assumed that the equalities agenda they'd be pushing is not a regressive one.
… it's just generally assumed that the equalities agenda they'd be pushing is not a regressive one.
November 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It is entirely the equalities regulator's function to push an equalities agenda that the Government doesn't like and publicly call them out when the Government drags its feet…
… it's just generally assumed that the equalities agenda they'd be pushing is not a regressive one.
… it's just generally assumed that the equalities agenda they'd be pushing is not a regressive one.
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Lex has been doing some of the moment's best, clear-eyed and forceful journalism. a major loss.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Lex has been doing some of the moment's best, clear-eyed and forceful journalism. a major loss.
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Clerical advantage
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Clerical advantage
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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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This morning's AWS outage prompted reflections in NHSE towers that "disaster recovery" and "inclusive services" directly overlap. For instance, the Record a vaccination service have designed a paper-only data capture process for when the internet is unavailable
Wrote a blog post about why there's no such thing as a universal digital service - which may seem counterintuitive "now that everyone has a phone" but it remains as true today as it was 10 years ago.
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-10...
www.careful.industries/blog/2025-10...
There’s no such thing as a universal digital service — Careful Industries
In a world where Meta has more users than most countries have residents, it seems odd to say that digital services aren’t universal – but universal services need to work for everyone, not just for peo...
www.careful.industries
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
This morning's AWS outage prompted reflections in NHSE towers that "disaster recovery" and "inclusive services" directly overlap. For instance, the Record a vaccination service have designed a paper-only data capture process for when the internet is unavailable
Delighted at the GPEW member surge happening in the context of @zackpolanski.bsky.social's positive messaging on trans rights + inclusion.
I hope it means there are now even more trans-inclusive folks in the party who can get active in @greenpartywomen.bsky.social to fight for liberation for all ❤️
I hope it means there are now even more trans-inclusive folks in the party who can get active in @greenpartywomen.bsky.social to fight for liberation for all ❤️
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Delighted at the GPEW member surge happening in the context of @zackpolanski.bsky.social's positive messaging on trans rights + inclusion.
I hope it means there are now even more trans-inclusive folks in the party who can get active in @greenpartywomen.bsky.social to fight for liberation for all ❤️
I hope it means there are now even more trans-inclusive folks in the party who can get active in @greenpartywomen.bsky.social to fight for liberation for all ❤️
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⚖️🏳️⚧️ WIN: High Court rules that a trans man cannot be denied a gender recognition certificate because he is trying to conceive, in an important win supported by Good Law Project.
https://goodlaw.social/5k9b
https://goodlaw.social/5k9b
WIN: Victory in landmark case on gender recognition
High Court rules that a trans man cannot be denied a Gender Recognition Certificate because he is trying to conceive, in an important win supported by Good Law Project.
goodlaw.social
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
⚖️🏳️⚧️ WIN: High Court rules that a trans man cannot be denied a gender recognition certificate because he is trying to conceive, in an important win supported by Good Law Project.
https://goodlaw.social/5k9b
https://goodlaw.social/5k9b
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I have been truly envious of Leontien Talboom’s digital preservation related knitted jumpers but now she’s released the charts, and more about their origins on Cambridge University Library Blogs #digitalpreservation digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/knitting-thr...
Knitting Through Digital Decay: A Collection of Digital Preservation Jumpers No One Asked For (But…
I’ve been truly overwhelmed by the interest in my Digital Preservation knitting patterns — thank you to everyone who has reached out…
digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk
March 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I have been truly envious of Leontien Talboom’s digital preservation related knitted jumpers but now she’s released the charts, and more about their origins on Cambridge University Library Blogs #digitalpreservation digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/knitting-thr...
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windows is so advanced it comes with built-in nostalgiabait
October 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
windows is so advanced it comes with built-in nostalgiabait
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“We write, we scream, we plead; but it seems our words fall into a void. There are no aid planes, no humanitarian airlifts, no real international movement and no ground efforts to break the siege."
War crimes alert as food runs out in el-Fasher, Darfur: www.bbc.com/news/article... #KeepEyesonSudan
War crimes alert as food runs out in el-Fasher, Darfur: www.bbc.com/news/article... #KeepEyesonSudan
Sudan siege: War crimes alert as el-Fasher runs out of food
Evidence of the intentional targeting of civilians in el-Fasher amounts to war crimes, researchers say.
www.bbc.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“We write, we scream, we plead; but it seems our words fall into a void. There are no aid planes, no humanitarian airlifts, no real international movement and no ground efforts to break the siege."
War crimes alert as food runs out in el-Fasher, Darfur: www.bbc.com/news/article... #KeepEyesonSudan
War crimes alert as food runs out in el-Fasher, Darfur: www.bbc.com/news/article... #KeepEyesonSudan
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Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 14/10/2025
www.coe.int
October 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
As well as the five emoji reactions, Teams calls should have pronoun reactions so I can correct people while they're talking without having to unmute to exclaim "they!" at them. 🙄
October 13, 2025 at 9:13 AM
As well as the five emoji reactions, Teams calls should have pronoun reactions so I can correct people while they're talking without having to unmute to exclaim "they!" at them. 🙄
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Wrote a lil bit for the Clarion about Speedwell House, for those of you who saw my posts on it the other day! Am I ready for Serious Historians to call me ridiculous? Yes. Did I have a lot of fun writing it? Also yes
An unexpected archaeological discovery in Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent @oldenoughtosay.com unearths a fascinating site – and floats an intriguing possibility…
oxfordclarion.uk/have-we-foun...
oxfordclarion.uk/have-we-foun...
Have we found St Frideswide’s Priory?
An unexpected discovery at Oxfordshire County Council’s proposed new HQ could transform our understanding of Oxford’s history. Madeline Odent explains more…
Oxfordshire County Council received some u...
oxfordclarion.uk
October 8, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Wrote a lil bit for the Clarion about Speedwell House, for those of you who saw my posts on it the other day! Am I ready for Serious Historians to call me ridiculous? Yes. Did I have a lot of fun writing it? Also yes
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"Give us options" they said...
Free bus travel and a host of extra services are coming to Oxford, thanks to clearer roads of the Temporary Congestion Charge
www.oxfordbus.co.uk/free-bus-tra...
Free bus travel and a host of extra services are coming to Oxford, thanks to clearer roads of the Temporary Congestion Charge
www.oxfordbus.co.uk/free-bus-tra...
October 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
"Give us options" they said...
Free bus travel and a host of extra services are coming to Oxford, thanks to clearer roads of the Temporary Congestion Charge
www.oxfordbus.co.uk/free-bus-tra...
Free bus travel and a host of extra services are coming to Oxford, thanks to clearer roads of the Temporary Congestion Charge
www.oxfordbus.co.uk/free-bus-tra...
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An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.
A brief statement in solidarity with Liberal Democrat councillor Chris Northwood @chrisn.xyz
A brief statement in solidarity with Liberal Democrat councillor Chris Northwood @chrisn.xyz
September 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.
A brief statement in solidarity with Liberal Democrat councillor Chris Northwood @chrisn.xyz
A brief statement in solidarity with Liberal Democrat councillor Chris Northwood @chrisn.xyz
Lucifer statues just can't not be sexy. I don't make the rules (sculptors make the rules)
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Lucifer statues just can't not be sexy. I don't make the rules (sculptors make the rules)
@calummillerld.bsky.social Would you sign this too? 🙏🏻
I’ve signed this letter calling for full parliamentary scrutiny of the EHRC’s guidance.
Trans people deserve clarity, dignity, and safe access to services - not uncertainty and exclusion. Parliament must ensure that any guidance reflects lived experience and protects everyone’s rights.
Trans people deserve clarity, dignity, and safe access to services - not uncertainty and exclusion. Parliament must ensure that any guidance reflects lived experience and protects everyone’s rights.
September 12, 2025 at 12:09 PM
@calummillerld.bsky.social Would you sign this too? 🙏🏻
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Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Congratulations to the newly elected Leader of the Green Party of England & Wales, @zackpolanski.bsky.social