Ash Paley
@ashpaley.bsky.social
PhD student at IMS - University of Leeds. Neuroqueering medieval mystics.
Trans masc. Autistic 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
He/they
Trans masc. Autistic 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
He/they
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Can anyone point me to people on here or elsewhere who are posting/writing about life in Ireland/or the UK in the mid-to-late 1800s?
January 18, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Can anyone point me to people on here or elsewhere who are posting/writing about life in Ireland/or the UK in the mid-to-late 1800s?
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FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
January 17, 2026 at 3:53 AM
FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
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Hillary Cass was selected from a candidate pool of one.
Kishwer Falkner was appointed by Liz Truss because they viewed the EHRC as too close to Stonewall.
Christian Concern are behind the Darlington Nurses and Wes Streeting.
Kishwer Falkner was appointed by Liz Truss because they viewed the EHRC as too close to Stonewall.
Christian Concern are behind the Darlington Nurses and Wes Streeting.
June 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Hillary Cass was selected from a candidate pool of one.
Kishwer Falkner was appointed by Liz Truss because they viewed the EHRC as too close to Stonewall.
Christian Concern are behind the Darlington Nurses and Wes Streeting.
Kishwer Falkner was appointed by Liz Truss because they viewed the EHRC as too close to Stonewall.
Christian Concern are behind the Darlington Nurses and Wes Streeting.
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"Judge Seamus Sweeney said that trust managers had “engaged in unwanted conduct”, that the policy had the effect of “violating the dignity” of the nurses and that it created “a hostile, humiliating and degrading environment”."
Yeah. For the trans woman, who'd been using the changing room since 2019
Yeah. For the trans woman, who'd been using the changing room since 2019
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
"Judge Seamus Sweeney said that trust managers had “engaged in unwanted conduct”, that the policy had the effect of “violating the dignity” of the nurses and that it created “a hostile, humiliating and degrading environment”."
Yeah. For the trans woman, who'd been using the changing room since 2019
Yeah. For the trans woman, who'd been using the changing room since 2019
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Still not seen the full judgment, but notably the ET dismissed the harassment claim against Rose Henderson, the trans woman in the Darlington Nurses case.
Yet another trans woman who has been publicly demonised after doing nothing wrong.
Yet another trans woman who has been publicly demonised after doing nothing wrong.
January 16, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Still not seen the full judgment, but notably the ET dismissed the harassment claim against Rose Henderson, the trans woman in the Darlington Nurses case.
Yet another trans woman who has been publicly demonised after doing nothing wrong.
Yet another trans woman who has been publicly demonised after doing nothing wrong.
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For those interested in the Darlington nurses judgement, the BBC now have the tribunal's summary up, but the full judgement is still pending. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
The quotes from the claimants being used in headlines do not accurately portraying the context, based on the tribunal summary.
The quotes from the claimants being used in headlines do not accurately portraying the context, based on the tribunal summary.
January 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM
For those interested in the Darlington nurses judgement, the BBC now have the tribunal's summary up, but the full judgement is still pending. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
The quotes from the claimants being used in headlines do not accurately portraying the context, based on the tribunal summary.
The quotes from the claimants being used in headlines do not accurately portraying the context, based on the tribunal summary.
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Essential services should not be run for profit.
Thousands left without water in the middle of winter in the UK. And those same people are now facing a massive bill hike.
Privatised water is a scam.
I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.
Privatised water is a scam.
I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Essential services should not be run for profit.
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"Brown said that two weeks ago the UN found malnutrition rates among children in Um Baru in North Darfur to have reached 53 percent.
“This is three times higher than the standard emergency levels. I've actually never seen anything like this,” she told MEE, speaking from Port Sudan."
“This is three times higher than the standard emergency levels. I've actually never seen anything like this,” she told MEE, speaking from Port Sudan."
Children expected to die of hunger in Darfur ‘within days’, says UN Sudan chief - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/darfur-children-expected-die-hunger-within-days-says-un-top-sudan-official
Children expected to die of hunger in Darfur ‘within days’, says UN Sudan chief
UN's humanitarian coordinator Denise Brown warns of 'horrendous' conditions 1,000 days into the brutal war
www.middleeasteye.net
January 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"Brown said that two weeks ago the UN found malnutrition rates among children in Um Baru in North Darfur to have reached 53 percent.
“This is three times higher than the standard emergency levels. I've actually never seen anything like this,” she told MEE, speaking from Port Sudan."
“This is three times higher than the standard emergency levels. I've actually never seen anything like this,” she told MEE, speaking from Port Sudan."
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UNICEF: a child has been killed every day in Gaza by Israel since the start of the 'ceasefire.'
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
![“That’s roughly a girl or a boy killed here every day during a ceasefire,” UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told reporters in Geneva.
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones,” he said, speaking from Gaza City. “They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from [remote-controlled] quadcopters.”
Mr. Elder pointed out that more children have also died of hypothermia in the last few days, as harsh winter conditions expose the most vulnerable Gazans.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreib6livc74oika3odkcvfixms7precw2zcn2wlkwsng4wy62lcp574@jpeg)
January 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM
UNICEF: a child has been killed every day in Gaza by Israel since the start of the 'ceasefire.'
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
“These children are killed from airstrikes, drone strikes, including suicide drones. They’re killed from tank shelling, they’re killed from live ammunition, they’re killed from quadcopters.”
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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🚨Call for Papers🚨
We are thrilled to issue a call for papers for our annual conference on 28th March 2026
We'd love to hear about the amazing sources you are using and can't wait to spend the day talking all things Scottish History 💙
Submit a proposal:
scottishhistorysociety.com/call-for-pap...
We are thrilled to issue a call for papers for our annual conference on 28th March 2026
We'd love to hear about the amazing sources you are using and can't wait to spend the day talking all things Scottish History 💙
Submit a proposal:
scottishhistorysociety.com/call-for-pap...
Call for Papers: ‘The Sources of Scottish History’, SHS Conference 2026
scottishhistorysociety.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:48 PM
🚨Call for Papers🚨
We are thrilled to issue a call for papers for our annual conference on 28th March 2026
We'd love to hear about the amazing sources you are using and can't wait to spend the day talking all things Scottish History 💙
Submit a proposal:
scottishhistorysociety.com/call-for-pap...
We are thrilled to issue a call for papers for our annual conference on 28th March 2026
We'd love to hear about the amazing sources you are using and can't wait to spend the day talking all things Scottish History 💙
Submit a proposal:
scottishhistorysociety.com/call-for-pap...
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If you didn't notice police brutality & media complicity before, it's ok to admit you weren't paying attention because it didn't impact you. Or to admit you didn't believe Black folks & whiteness got in the way. If you didn't notice it before, it's not ok to claim it wasn't happening.
January 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
If you didn't notice police brutality & media complicity before, it's ok to admit you weren't paying attention because it didn't impact you. Or to admit you didn't believe Black folks & whiteness got in the way. If you didn't notice it before, it's not ok to claim it wasn't happening.
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As I said in April following the UK Supreme Court decision, no-one asks if a woman has a uterus before they sexually harass her.
January 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
As I said in April following the UK Supreme Court decision, no-one asks if a woman has a uterus before they sexually harass her.
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I'm existentially exhausted
Disabled, queer and Trans+ people are routinely denied recognition of our support needs.
On top of that, many of us are unshakeably tired.
But instead of surrendering to shame, @willofwands.bsky.social is choosing to rebel www.wearequeeraf.com/unshakeably-...
On top of that, many of us are unshakeably tired.
But instead of surrendering to shame, @willofwands.bsky.social is choosing to rebel www.wearequeeraf.com/unshakeably-...
Unshakeably tired? You're not the only one muddling through the spike in fatigue
How can we begin to bring our best to our work from a new foundation of radical compassion?
www.wearequeeraf.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 AM
I'm existentially exhausted
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What's more:
- One was a cis person mistakenly using the wrong loo
- One was about policy not a person
- One was a misunderstanding
- The other was non-serious
The far-right spends billions attacking trans ppl as a route into other rights (women's, LGBTQI+), not cos trans ppl were/are doing anything
- One was a cis person mistakenly using the wrong loo
- One was about policy not a person
- One was a misunderstanding
- The other was non-serious
The far-right spends billions attacking trans ppl as a route into other rights (women's, LGBTQI+), not cos trans ppl were/are doing anything
“Over a three‑year period, across 382 public authorities in England - including local councils, NHS trusts and domestic abuse refuges - only four formal complaints were recorded regarding trans women using facilities such as toilets, hospital wards or shelters.”
Transphobic panics are manufactured.
Transphobic panics are manufactured.
New data shows only four complaints about trans women in single‑sex spaces
A major Freedom of Information investigation by advocacy group TransLucent has revealed that concerns about trans women in single‑sex spaces are vastly overstated. Over a three‑year period, across 382...
www.scenemag.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 12:34 PM
What's more:
- One was a cis person mistakenly using the wrong loo
- One was about policy not a person
- One was a misunderstanding
- The other was non-serious
The far-right spends billions attacking trans ppl as a route into other rights (women's, LGBTQI+), not cos trans ppl were/are doing anything
- One was a cis person mistakenly using the wrong loo
- One was about policy not a person
- One was a misunderstanding
- The other was non-serious
The far-right spends billions attacking trans ppl as a route into other rights (women's, LGBTQI+), not cos trans ppl were/are doing anything
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Transphobia: the engine that pulls the train of fascism.
January 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Transphobia: the engine that pulls the train of fascism.
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🚨Phd Position in #Digital #Medieval Manuscripts Studies
You will be part of an international research project, applying innovative computational methods to the study of the transmission history of the Latin Physiologus and the Bestiary.
📍Radbout University (NL)
📆15 Jan 2026
▶️ tinyurl.com/3wtcxpfc
You will be part of an international research project, applying innovative computational methods to the study of the transmission history of the Latin Physiologus and the Bestiary.
📍Radbout University (NL)
📆15 Jan 2026
▶️ tinyurl.com/3wtcxpfc
PhD Position in Medieval Manuscript Studies | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a PhD Candidate in Medieval Manuscript Studies at the Faculty of Arts? Check our vacancy!
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January 9, 2026 at 9:53 AM
🚨Phd Position in #Digital #Medieval Manuscripts Studies
You will be part of an international research project, applying innovative computational methods to the study of the transmission history of the Latin Physiologus and the Bestiary.
📍Radbout University (NL)
📆15 Jan 2026
▶️ tinyurl.com/3wtcxpfc
You will be part of an international research project, applying innovative computational methods to the study of the transmission history of the Latin Physiologus and the Bestiary.
📍Radbout University (NL)
📆15 Jan 2026
▶️ tinyurl.com/3wtcxpfc
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Wes Streeting has blood on his hands.
New Study finds a significant reduction in suicidality after trans people receive gender-affirming hormone therapy.
“Hormone therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time…”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Hormone therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time…”
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
January 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Wes Streeting has blood on his hands.
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Happy New Queer!
Keep following the rainbow paths in 2026.
🎉👣🌈
Keep following the rainbow paths in 2026.
🎉👣🌈
January 1, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Happy New Queer!
Keep following the rainbow paths in 2026.
🎉👣🌈
Keep following the rainbow paths in 2026.
🎉👣🌈
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I beg y’all. Find other adjectives besides “insane”, “psychotic”, and “crazy” to describe evil times and evil people.
Mental illness is a whole host of disabilities that people manage and live with their entire lives. No need to casually equate it with evil & shocking. They are not the same thing.
Mental illness is a whole host of disabilities that people manage and live with their entire lives. No need to casually equate it with evil & shocking. They are not the same thing.
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 AM
I beg y’all. Find other adjectives besides “insane”, “psychotic”, and “crazy” to describe evil times and evil people.
Mental illness is a whole host of disabilities that people manage and live with their entire lives. No need to casually equate it with evil & shocking. They are not the same thing.
Mental illness is a whole host of disabilities that people manage and live with their entire lives. No need to casually equate it with evil & shocking. They are not the same thing.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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Every ICE officer should be tried for crimes against humanity.
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 8, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Every ICE officer should be tried for crimes against humanity.
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January 8, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Amid the gloom and fascist violence done positive news.
The Green Party has almost doubled its vote in London and seems to be taking votes from all the far right parties;
4% from Fascist Reform,
3% from the Mindless Tories
and
1% from Sell-out Labour.
This is Labour’s lowest polling in London.
The Green Party has almost doubled its vote in London and seems to be taking votes from all the far right parties;
4% from Fascist Reform,
3% from the Mindless Tories
and
1% from Sell-out Labour.
This is Labour’s lowest polling in London.
![Election Maps UK V @ElectionMapsUK
Westminster Voting Intention [Greater London]:
...
LAB: 31% (-1)
RFM: 19% (-4)
GRN: 18% (+8)
CON: 17% (-3)
LDM: 13% (+2)
Via @Savanta_UK, 13-21 Dec.
Changes w/ 30 Oct - 7 Nov.
6:43 pm • 6 Jan 2026 • 143.7K Views](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d56idxm2oyqwwn2uxnegm2yo/bafkreifct4vo6dbeln4r6y5ytvnerkt6vgnyx4eanqmam2t722kyfm66hm@jpeg)
January 8, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Amid the gloom and fascist violence done positive news.
The Green Party has almost doubled its vote in London and seems to be taking votes from all the far right parties;
4% from Fascist Reform,
3% from the Mindless Tories
and
1% from Sell-out Labour.
This is Labour’s lowest polling in London.
The Green Party has almost doubled its vote in London and seems to be taking votes from all the far right parties;
4% from Fascist Reform,
3% from the Mindless Tories
and
1% from Sell-out Labour.
This is Labour’s lowest polling in London.
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The UK govt, journalists, and other prominent people continue to stay on Twitter/X. This gives credibility to the platform and serves as a social anchor.
Starmer - a former human rights lawyer and DPP continues to turn a blind eye to this far right abuse factory and even gave them tax cuts!
Starmer - a former human rights lawyer and DPP continues to turn a blind eye to this far right abuse factory and even gave them tax cuts!
This is the top reply on X under a post by a prominent female US cable news journalist about the Minnesota shooting, followed by an image created by Grok exactly to this spec. Journalists should not be contributing to a platform that is actively hostile towards them.
January 8, 2026 at 7:25 AM
The UK govt, journalists, and other prominent people continue to stay on Twitter/X. This gives credibility to the platform and serves as a social anchor.
Starmer - a former human rights lawyer and DPP continues to turn a blind eye to this far right abuse factory and even gave them tax cuts!
Starmer - a former human rights lawyer and DPP continues to turn a blind eye to this far right abuse factory and even gave them tax cuts!