CN Lester 🏳️⚧️
@cnlester.bsky.social
Multi-genre musician
Co-lead @TransUnityQuilt
Founder & Artistic Director of Transpose
PhD on Barbara Strozzi - interdisciplinary work is life
’Trans Like Me’, ‘Furies,’ 2 current trans historical WIP
they/them
www.cnlester.com
www.transpose.org.uk
Co-lead @TransUnityQuilt
Founder & Artistic Director of Transpose
PhD on Barbara Strozzi - interdisciplinary work is life
’Trans Like Me’, ‘Furies,’ 2 current trans historical WIP
they/them
www.cnlester.com
www.transpose.org.uk
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CN Lester 🏳️⚧️
@cnlester.bsky.social
· Jun 23
I'm working so hard on letting other people see me again after some very hard years of fighting the need to defensively hide.
It means so much that I can actually see myself in my new headshots.
It means so much that I can actually see myself in my new headshots.
We have until midnight tonight: take 20 minutes to tell the government that immigrants and refugees belong in the UK.
You know the far right are getting their responses in, screaming cruelty. Do something right today, and make your opposition count.
You know the far right are getting their responses in, screaming cruelty. Do something right today, and make your opposition count.
UK folks: if we care about what is happening in the US with ICE, we must take steps to push back against anti-immigrant and refugee policy by our own government.
Fill out this consultation. It really doesn't take long. Amnesty have put together a super clear and helpful guide to follow.
Fill out this consultation. It really doesn't take long. Amnesty have put together a super clear and helpful guide to follow.
media.amnesty.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 3:19 PM
We have until midnight tonight: take 20 minutes to tell the government that immigrants and refugees belong in the UK.
You know the far right are getting their responses in, screaming cruelty. Do something right today, and make your opposition count.
You know the far right are getting their responses in, screaming cruelty. Do something right today, and make your opposition count.
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Transphobia is misogyny is transphobia is misogyny is transphobia is misogyny...
I realise I cropped that poorly, but yes that is apparently a “senior figure” with Starmer making a “chicks with dicks” jibe in a briefing to the Spectator headlined by a quote from another Labour official saying this:
February 12, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Transphobia is misogyny is transphobia is misogyny is transphobia is misogyny...
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A lot of people really don’t realize that there is a vast amount of information out there that is not online and plausibly never will be, or can’t be.
I think that's a point that will surprise a lot of people. There's a lot of calling the internet capable of accessing "the sum of all human knowledge" and such that I think gives people the impression that any and all records exist online somewhere.
February 11, 2026 at 8:47 PM
A lot of people really don’t realize that there is a vast amount of information out there that is not online and plausibly never will be, or can’t be.
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Today is the last day you can fill it in so if you're reading this, do it now! You have time.
February 12, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Today is the last day you can fill it in so if you're reading this, do it now! You have time.
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UK folks: if we care about what is happening in the US with ICE, we must take steps to push back against anti-immigrant and refugee policy by our own government.
Fill out this consultation. It really doesn't take long. Amnesty have put together a super clear and helpful guide to follow.
Fill out this consultation. It really doesn't take long. Amnesty have put together a super clear and helpful guide to follow.
media.amnesty.org.uk
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM
UK folks: if we care about what is happening in the US with ICE, we must take steps to push back against anti-immigrant and refugee policy by our own government.
Fill out this consultation. It really doesn't take long. Amnesty have put together a super clear and helpful guide to follow.
Fill out this consultation. It really doesn't take long. Amnesty have put together a super clear and helpful guide to follow.
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Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
‘He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer
Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
“He can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, ‘Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.
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They’re still trying to deport Liam Ramos, for god’s sake. They will admit no wrong for executing Renee Good or Alex Pretti. We’re still having to feed and house tens of thousands of families, many legally in the country, because they are unsafe going outside. This has been going on for two months.
February 11, 2026 at 11:10 AM
They’re still trying to deport Liam Ramos, for god’s sake. They will admit no wrong for executing Renee Good or Alex Pretti. We’re still having to feed and house tens of thousands of families, many legally in the country, because they are unsafe going outside. This has been going on for two months.
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Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
February 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Sometimes very hard not to feel like the rest of the country has abandoned Minnesota. We STILL have ICE everywhere. Our schools, businesses, and economy are in profound crisis. But without Bovino here throwing tear gas, much of the country seems to not care at all what’s being done to us.
Last year over 100,000 people marched through London for Trans+ Pride - this year we'll be carrying an ENORMOUS piece of trans art through the streets. Will you join us?
Save the date and the spread the word: London Trans+ Pride is taking over the capital on Saturday July 25th, and we'll be marching our quilt through the streets together!
We'll need people to join us - interested? Please get in touch - transunityquilt@goodlawproject.org
We can't wait 🏳️⚧️
We'll need people to join us - interested? Please get in touch - transunityquilt@goodlawproject.org
We can't wait 🏳️⚧️
February 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Last year over 100,000 people marched through London for Trans+ Pride - this year we'll be carrying an ENORMOUS piece of trans art through the streets. Will you join us?
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the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague
Another fun wrinkle from that period (that might still exist): I was good at math and loved it and then my geometry teacher told me that I'd probably struggle because female brains were bad at spatial thinking. I kept loving math & being good at it but assumed that would end so I ended it first.
Those who weren’t resigned to the Math Idiot Garbage Bin as kids may not grasp how much “if you’re bad at math, you’ll die in a ditch and all will be better off for it” sentiment was floating around in the 90s and 2000s, but it sure felt real to me.
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
(my parents are great! It didn’t come from them!)
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
the people who spread the “female brains are bad at math and spatial reasoning” lies should be tried at the Hague
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
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Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
February 11, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Notice how the popular media narrative has moved on, while people on the ground in Minneapolis are still struggling and crying out that things are as bad as ever. This is how fascist regimes operate — overreach, recalibration, normalization. Get louder, not quieter.
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What this man is describing would seem to constitute crimes against humanity under international law. Other governments could and should contest the abuses he’s describing the U.S. government committing against migrants.
“It’s just a horrible, horrible, horrible place,” he said of his detention camp. “I’m not in fear of the other inmates. I’m afraid of the staff. They’re capable of anything.”
And here is my story: ‘Absolute hell’: Irishman with valid US work permit held by Ice since September
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
February 9, 2026 at 9:17 PM
What this man is describing would seem to constitute crimes against humanity under international law. Other governments could and should contest the abuses he’s describing the U.S. government committing against migrants.
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In the face of fascism, “Fuck you. Make me.” continues to be the right move.
Helluva statement from Colorado Rep Crow (D) on the Trump administration's failure to indict him and others
February 11, 2026 at 2:53 AM
In the face of fascism, “Fuck you. Make me.” continues to be the right move.
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I expect the extreme right to lie. But I'm exhausted when I see the left editing images, using AI and misrepresenting things. The truth is enough, we don't need to stoop to the level of liars and tyrants.
February 11, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I expect the extreme right to lie. But I'm exhausted when I see the left editing images, using AI and misrepresenting things. The truth is enough, we don't need to stoop to the level of liars and tyrants.
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
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It would be great if the top two stories about the executive branch were not a huge multinational child rape coverup and the establishment of a gulag of concentration camps
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 AM
It would be great if the top two stories about the executive branch were not a huge multinational child rape coverup and the establishment of a gulag of concentration camps
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Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Her community rallied so fast and so diligently. This is a victory to uphold and celebrate. Reminds everyone that it's worth fighting back.
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Something compelled me to make this
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Something compelled me to make this
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This is so powerful - the act of distancing yourself from the enablers. Networks of abusers exist in all walks of life - so many of them are passively maintained by people who choose to look the other way. If there is any legacy of the Epstein files, I hope it will involve bold stances like this.
Chappell Roan is leaving her talent agency led by Casey Wasserman after he appeared in the Epstein files.
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
This is so powerful - the act of distancing yourself from the enablers. Networks of abusers exist in all walks of life - so many of them are passively maintained by people who choose to look the other way. If there is any legacy of the Epstein files, I hope it will involve bold stances like this.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
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Starmer is a vicious transphobe, Sarwar is a vicious transphobe, if their idiot political wranglings happen to simultaneously undermine one another, I'll be shedding no tears for either.
It'd be nice if their main focus was helping people though, eh?
It'd be nice if their main focus was helping people though, eh?
February 9, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Starmer is a vicious transphobe, Sarwar is a vicious transphobe, if their idiot political wranglings happen to simultaneously undermine one another, I'll be shedding no tears for either.
It'd be nice if their main focus was helping people though, eh?
It'd be nice if their main focus was helping people though, eh?
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Bring back earnestness and sincerity.
February 9, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Bring back earnestness and sincerity.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
10/ We’re not done reporting. Please get in touch with us via Signal at 917-512-0201 if you or someone you know:
• Has worked at an immigration detention facility
• Has been detained at such a facility
• Has info about the companies contracted to build and provide services
• Has worked at an immigration detention facility
• Has been detained at such a facility
• Has info about the companies contracted to build and provide services