Bex Sander
@chefboibex.bsky.social
Data and Graphics reporter at @theobserveruk.bsky.social. They/them
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Bex Sander
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· Apr 21
Here’s a quick roundup of actions you can do to support trans and nonbinary people. If you have cis guilt I gotchu 🧵
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And how exactly do you propose to “kill trans ideology“ without killing trans people
December 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
And how exactly do you propose to “kill trans ideology“ without killing trans people
Okay I don’t wanna hear shit about young people’s attention spans ever again, I just sat through the Moulin Rouge stage musical and if that isn’t Cocomelon for middle aged women
December 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Okay I don’t wanna hear shit about young people’s attention spans ever again, I just sat through the Moulin Rouge stage musical and if that isn’t Cocomelon for middle aged women
While US markets strive to become viewed as part of a news and information ecosystem, the regulators in the UK have struck a very different tone
Prediction markets arrive in UK, but with a different set of rules
While trading in the sector is booming in the US, players such as Matchbook may face more resistance here, writes Bex Sander
https://bit.ly/4qnaf0Z
While trading in the sector is booming in the US, players such as Matchbook may face more resistance here, writes Bex Sander
https://bit.ly/4qnaf0Z
Prediction markets arrive in UK, but with a different set...
While trading in the sector is booming in the US, players such as Matchbook may face more resistance here
bit.ly
December 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
While US markets strive to become viewed as part of a news and information ecosystem, the regulators in the UK have struck a very different tone
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I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
December 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap
I wrote about prediction markets arriving at UK shores for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/busines...
Prediction markets arrive in UK, but with a different set...
While trading in the sector is booming in the US, players such as Matchbook may face more resistance here
observer.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I wrote about prediction markets arriving at UK shores for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/busines...
I think the best thing about Wake Up Dead Man is how it made me value kindness in the face of evil, im still thinking about it. It’s not like love the MAGA out of your worst uncle it’s like don’t let their hate turn you into an unkind person
December 19, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I think the best thing about Wake Up Dead Man is how it made me value kindness in the face of evil, im still thinking about it. It’s not like love the MAGA out of your worst uncle it’s like don’t let their hate turn you into an unkind person
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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My hero @stephanieiv.bsky.social has turned the NY MTA's accidentally-trans train signage into a t-shirt.
Do you like trains?
Or trans?
Or unintentional hilarity at local government's expense?
Get yourself the F/M SWAP t-shirt today.
Do you like trains?
Or trans?
Or unintentional hilarity at local government's expense?
Get yourself the F/M SWAP t-shirt today.
now a tee: trans-party.myshopify.com/products/f-m...
F/M Swap Logo Tee (Railways and Trains Yep)
The MTA is swapping the M and the F lines. Shenanigans ensued. Here's the tee in the trans colors. Someone had to make it!Product features- 100% cotton (solid colors) — medium weight 180 g/m² for last...
trans-party.myshopify.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
My hero @stephanieiv.bsky.social has turned the NY MTA's accidentally-trans train signage into a t-shirt.
Do you like trains?
Or trans?
Or unintentional hilarity at local government's expense?
Get yourself the F/M SWAP t-shirt today.
Do you like trains?
Or trans?
Or unintentional hilarity at local government's expense?
Get yourself the F/M SWAP t-shirt today.
Amazing story from @paticlarke.bsky.social about the death of the girlboss and feminism in tech
🚨 SCOOP: The dating app Bumble built its brand on women making the first move. But a wave of legal threats from men's rights activists pushed the company to dilute its core product, robbing the company of its USP at a moment when dating apps are already in decline 🧵
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
observer.co.uk/news/interna...
Losing the buzz: how lawsuits and layoffs stopped Bumble ...
The return of the dating app’s ‘girl boss” founder as CEO has done little to allay fears that its feminist principles have been dropped in the face of thousands of legal challenges by men’s rights act...
observer.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Amazing story from @paticlarke.bsky.social about the death of the girlboss and feminism in tech
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since everyone's sharing/discussing that WSJ "pissed-off parent pushback" story today, thought I'd re-up this related essay on the Anti-Trans Parent Movement – these online groups actively radicalize parents against their trans kids (no-paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/understandin...
Understanding the Anti-Trans Parent Movement
And Recognizing the “Concerned Parent” Trope
juliaserano.medium.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
since everyone's sharing/discussing that WSJ "pissed-off parent pushback" story today, thought I'd re-up this related essay on the Anti-Trans Parent Movement – these online groups actively radicalize parents against their trans kids (no-paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/understandin...
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The gameification of everything is destroying us.
The Signal is the Noise
The politics of prediction markets.
www.magazine.dirt.fyi
December 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The gameification of everything is destroying us.
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Hello, I know it's a long shot, but I'm only 103 paid subs away from hitting my 2025 Patreon goal. Would you mind sharing?
Ok last Patreon push of the year. On January 1 this year, I set a goal of getting to 1000 paid Patreon supporters by the end of the year. Right now between my newsletter and Patreon, I'm at 883.
Will you help me hit my year end goal? I'm only 117 away. patreon.com/katelynburns
Will you help me hit my year end goal? I'm only 117 away. patreon.com/katelynburns
Katelyn Burns | Patreon
creating LGBTQ journalism
patreon.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hello, I know it's a long shot, but I'm only 103 paid subs away from hitting my 2025 Patreon goal. Would you mind sharing?
I don’t know what it says about the state of my mental health but I have inhaled this entire series in the space of 36 hours or so (with a brief pause for an early Christmas dinner at my brothers)
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I don’t know what it says about the state of my mental health but I have inhaled this entire series in the space of 36 hours or so (with a brief pause for an early Christmas dinner at my brothers)
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Really struggling to handle that I live in a timeline where the Prime Minister has a Substack like what are were doing here
December 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Really struggling to handle that I live in a timeline where the Prime Minister has a Substack like what are were doing here
Despite going viral over being banned, Horses cannot make enough money to save the studio, especially without Steam
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Despite going viral over being banned, Horses cannot make enough money to save the studio, especially without Steam
Honestly been trying to write a piece like this since the Supreme Court ruling, so glad to see @jessothomson.co.uk being give space in a mainstream newspaper to actually talk about the law and what it ACTUALLY means
Me, in The Guardian today:
"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
The WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud | Jess O’Thomson
Since the supreme court decision, organisations have faced lobbying and legal threats. But trans people are protected by discrimination law too, says Jess O’Thomson of the Good Law Project
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Honestly been trying to write a piece like this since the Supreme Court ruling, so glad to see @jessothomson.co.uk being give space in a mainstream newspaper to actually talk about the law and what it ACTUALLY means
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Me, in The Guardian today:
"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
The WI and Girlguiding have been pressured to exclude trans women – yet the law is clear as mud | Jess O’Thomson
Since the supreme court decision, organisations have faced lobbying and legal threats. But trans people are protected by discrimination law too, says Jess O’Thomson of the Good Law Project
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Me, in The Guardian today:
"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
"This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."
Absolute shambles on radio 4 this morning discussing the Sandie Peggie tribunal – "biological males have always posed a threat to biological females" as if Ms Peggie was sharing a changing room with a Viking, instead of a doctor.
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Absolute shambles on radio 4 this morning discussing the Sandie Peggie tribunal – "biological males have always posed a threat to biological females" as if Ms Peggie was sharing a changing room with a Viking, instead of a doctor.
This makes me wonder if AI was involved at least in the initial writing of the tescos ad as well because the premise is the exact same “everything is terrible, Christmas sucks, Tesco’s”
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
This makes me wonder if AI was involved at least in the initial writing of the tescos ad as well because the premise is the exact same “everything is terrible, Christmas sucks, Tesco’s”
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I also want to express my love for Dr Beth Upton. That woman truly has more courage than any of us.
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I also want to express my love for Dr Beth Upton. That woman truly has more courage than any of us.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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Some robust criticism is made of the way in which Naomi Cunningham conducted herself. Query whether this is going to come before her professional regulator.
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Some robust criticism is made of the way in which Naomi Cunningham conducted herself. Query whether this is going to come before her professional regulator.