Conor McKeever
@conormckeever.bsky.social
Oxfordshire, UK | he/him | 🏳️🌈 and 🐱🐱 |
Lapsed chemist, now working in science communication
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Lapsed chemist, now working in science communication
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https://linktr.ee/conor.mckeever
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Conor McKeever
@conormckeever.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Reintroduction post (howdy, Bluesky newcomers 👋)
Name: Conor
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Location: Oxfordshire, UK
Interests: Science and tech, Star Trek, cats (mine are called Nebula and Nyota), Pokémon, reading, travelling, and being a raving homosexual
Job: Science communication for a health charity
Name: Conor
Pronouns: He/Him/His
Location: Oxfordshire, UK
Interests: Science and tech, Star Trek, cats (mine are called Nebula and Nyota), Pokémon, reading, travelling, and being a raving homosexual
Job: Science communication for a health charity
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Join us!
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November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
October 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The government want more coercive powers for the state against protests, and the main opposition party wants more coercive powers for the state against migrants.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
Our political-media culture continues in a loop where the response to every perceived problem is yet more coercive powers for the state.
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And why call it 'golden ticket'?
Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children?
A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted.
4,671.
Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society?
Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children?
A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted.
4,671.
Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society?
People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
And why call it 'golden ticket'?
Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children?
A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted.
4,671.
Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society?
Disgraceful language. These people have lost everything. Should they also lose their spouses and children?
A reminder that last year 4,671 family reunion visas were granted.
4,671.
Does anyone think this number is a major problem for the UK economy and society?
Sure, why not? They've already betrayed their voters, members and values, they might as well betray their very name as well.
Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say
Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say
Exclusive: Reintroducing tribunal fees would be ‘a gift for bad bosses’, says TUC chief Paul Nowak
Workers could be charged a fee to take their bosses to court under plans being explored by Labour as it faces pressure from businesses lobbying to water down its landmark changes to employment rights.
In a development described by unions as a “disaster”, sources in Westminster said ministers were looking at reviving a proposal made by the last Conservative government to impose fees on employment tribunal claims. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sure, why not? They've already betrayed their voters, members and values, they might as well betray their very name as well.
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Boris Johnson says these are just common sense and reasonable statements
September 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Boris Johnson says these are just common sense and reasonable statements
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Long thread: There are two main "defences" I see put forward of Labour which crop up:
1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform
2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light.
The thing is that neither of these are actually a defence of what Labour is doing. 1/23
1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform
2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light.
The thing is that neither of these are actually a defence of what Labour is doing. 1/23
September 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Long thread: There are two main "defences" I see put forward of Labour which crop up:
1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform
2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light.
The thing is that neither of these are actually a defence of what Labour is doing. 1/23
1) If you don't vote for Labour you'll get Reform
2) It's all the fault of right wing media painting Labour in a bad light.
The thing is that neither of these are actually a defence of what Labour is doing. 1/23
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The framing here is so catastrophically disingenuous.
Linehan, for those who aren't familiar with this specific instance, publicly advocated violently assaulting trans women.
To portray this as "transgender issues" is, frankly, contemptible.
Fuck the Guardian and their "respectable" bigotry.
Linehan, for those who aren't familiar with this specific instance, publicly advocated violently assaulting trans women.
To portray this as "transgender issues" is, frankly, contemptible.
Fuck the Guardian and their "respectable" bigotry.
To reiterate;
This is how the Guardian describes a tweet that advocates assaulting trans women;
“Posts on transgender issues”
This is how the Guardian describes a tweet that advocates assaulting trans women;
“Posts on transgender issues”
September 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The framing here is so catastrophically disingenuous.
Linehan, for those who aren't familiar with this specific instance, publicly advocated violently assaulting trans women.
To portray this as "transgender issues" is, frankly, contemptible.
Fuck the Guardian and their "respectable" bigotry.
Linehan, for those who aren't familiar with this specific instance, publicly advocated violently assaulting trans women.
To portray this as "transgender issues" is, frankly, contemptible.
Fuck the Guardian and their "respectable" bigotry.
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The UK media will defend you on their front pages if you encourage people to set fire to hotels full of asylum seekers, or if you encourage violence against women because some trans women might get hurt but they will call for your imprisonment if you protest genocide or the destruction of the planet
September 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The UK media will defend you on their front pages if you encourage people to set fire to hotels full of asylum seekers, or if you encourage violence against women because some trans women might get hurt but they will call for your imprisonment if you protest genocide or the destruction of the planet
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Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life.
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
September 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life.
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
I love this juvenile crow, thinking he's some mastermind who's tricked me into believing he's a duck 😂
(The excited little hippy hops he does when running off were a bit of a giveaway)
(The excited little hippy hops he does when running off were a bit of a giveaway)
September 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I love this juvenile crow, thinking he's some mastermind who's tricked me into believing he's a duck 😂
(The excited little hippy hops he does when running off were a bit of a giveaway)
(The excited little hippy hops he does when running off were a bit of a giveaway)
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Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."
September 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."
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The Labour playbook is basically do the authoritarian fascism but shaking your head the whole time to show you dont agree with it
September 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
The Labour playbook is basically do the authoritarian fascism but shaking your head the whole time to show you dont agree with it
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I don't even 'identify' as an Arsenal supporter. I am an Arsenal supporter.
We just don't talk like this in any other area and it needs to stop.
"Jane identifies as a hairdresser"
"John identifies as a father"
"Jane identifies as English"
"John identifies as a maths teacher".
It's moronic.
We just don't talk like this in any other area and it needs to stop.
"Jane identifies as a hairdresser"
"John identifies as a father"
"Jane identifies as English"
"John identifies as a maths teacher".
It's moronic.
August 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I don't even 'identify' as an Arsenal supporter. I am an Arsenal supporter.
We just don't talk like this in any other area and it needs to stop.
"Jane identifies as a hairdresser"
"John identifies as a father"
"Jane identifies as English"
"John identifies as a maths teacher".
It's moronic.
We just don't talk like this in any other area and it needs to stop.
"Jane identifies as a hairdresser"
"John identifies as a father"
"Jane identifies as English"
"John identifies as a maths teacher".
It's moronic.
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Stop saying 'preferred gender' and just say 'gender'.
I prefer butter over margarine.
I do not 'prefer' to be be called a man.
I prefer butter over margarine.
I do not 'prefer' to be be called a man.
August 31, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Stop saying 'preferred gender' and just say 'gender'.
I prefer butter over margarine.
I do not 'prefer' to be be called a man.
I prefer butter over margarine.
I do not 'prefer' to be be called a man.
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This, from the Quakers, is worth reading. It's a serene, confident, utter rebuke of the hate and fear that's peddled by Sex Matters. The last two pages are smokin'. If you're on the wrong side of the Quakers, you really need to sit down and have a good chat with yourself.
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This, from the Quakers, is worth reading. It's a serene, confident, utter rebuke of the hate and fear that's peddled by Sex Matters. The last two pages are smokin'. If you're on the wrong side of the Quakers, you really need to sit down and have a good chat with yourself.
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This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
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I think I have 2 main concerns:
1) if you’re using chat GPT, I’d be concerned about easy accidental breaches of private information to ChatGPT
2) if you’ve trained it on your policies, you’re clearly not going to change your mind because the AI won’t so there’s no point emailing trying to do so
1) if you’re using chat GPT, I’d be concerned about easy accidental breaches of private information to ChatGPT
2) if you’ve trained it on your policies, you’re clearly not going to change your mind because the AI won’t so there’s no point emailing trying to do so
'I use AI as an MP – and I’m not apologising for it'
Labour MP @mike-reader.bsky.social writes about recent coverage of his decision to use AI to respond to constituents, and why Parliament is failing to keep up with the times when it comes to technology
Labour MP @mike-reader.bsky.social writes about recent coverage of his decision to use AI to respond to constituents, and why Parliament is failing to keep up with the times when it comes to technology
I use AI as an MP – and I’m not apologising for it
Parliament and political parties must move more quickly to adopt AI. With the right safeguards in place, it can be a huge help for MPs.
www.politicshome.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I think I have 2 main concerns:
1) if you’re using chat GPT, I’d be concerned about easy accidental breaches of private information to ChatGPT
2) if you’ve trained it on your policies, you’re clearly not going to change your mind because the AI won’t so there’s no point emailing trying to do so
1) if you’re using chat GPT, I’d be concerned about easy accidental breaches of private information to ChatGPT
2) if you’ve trained it on your policies, you’re clearly not going to change your mind because the AI won’t so there’s no point emailing trying to do so
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Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
August 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
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I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
Gender critical novelist urges writers to reenter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella
The gender critical Irish novelist John Boyne has said he has been brought “very close to the edge” by the backlash to his inclusion on the longlist for a literary prize for LGBTQ+ authors.
Ten authors and two judges withdrew from the Polari prize and more than 800 writers and publishing industry workers signed a petition calling on Polari to remove Boyne’s novella Earth from its longlist. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
My bad, my old thirst traps are just too powerful 😔
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as 'data centres require vast amounts of water to cool their systems'.
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
http://jrnl.ie/6788643
UK government advises people to delete old photos and emails as England faces water shortfall
The UK government has urged people to delete old pictures and emails as ‘data centres require cast amounts of water to cool their systems’.
jrnl.ie
August 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM
My bad, my old thirst traps are just too powerful 😔
My fav Doctor and Companion
August 9, 2025 at 10:33 AM
My fav Doctor and Companion
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EHRC now saying that not only should trans people be excluded from sex segregated spaces, but ALSO those matching birth sex:
“A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from … service for their own biological sex …to prevent alarm or distress for other service users.”
archive.ph/2025.08.07-2...
“A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from … service for their own biological sex …to prevent alarm or distress for other service users.”
archive.ph/2025.08.07-2...
August 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
EHRC now saying that not only should trans people be excluded from sex segregated spaces, but ALSO those matching birth sex:
“A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from … service for their own biological sex …to prevent alarm or distress for other service users.”
archive.ph/2025.08.07-2...
“A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from … service for their own biological sex …to prevent alarm or distress for other service users.”
archive.ph/2025.08.07-2...
In the spirit of this, I thought I'd share this picture of my recently domiciliated helianthuses 🌻
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In the spirit of this, I thought I'd share this picture of my recently domiciliated helianthuses 🌻
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The employee asked the girl and her mother if they needed help shopping. That’s it. That’s all. The misinformation, the insinuations (because the facts are inconveniently benign) are EXACTLY what was done to lesbians in the 80s. This is the product of hate and fear, not reality.
August 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The employee asked the girl and her mother if they needed help shopping. That’s it. That’s all. The misinformation, the insinuations (because the facts are inconveniently benign) are EXACTLY what was done to lesbians in the 80s. This is the product of hate and fear, not reality.