mikael 🏳️⚧️
@criptimelord.bsky.social
always out of place and time | tired transsexual | black and audhd queer PhDer | artist and geographer | antifascist | he/him
I'm dyslexic and dyspraxic so excuse typos
I'm dyslexic and dyspraxic so excuse typos
experimenting with glitch poetry today. pretty fun.
August 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
experimenting with glitch poetry today. pretty fun.
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Academia gets its own Cass Review in the form of the Sullivan Review. Not in my name. TW I am posting the review in the next post. And doing a rant. This is really dreadful, worrying stuff, and overreaches massively.
July 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Academia gets its own Cass Review in the form of the Sullivan Review. Not in my name. TW I am posting the review in the next post. And doing a rant. This is really dreadful, worrying stuff, and overreaches massively.
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happy pride month. that’s right. july is pride month too. in fact it’s pride year, bitches. the pride will continue until rights improve.
July 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
happy pride month. that’s right. july is pride month too. in fact it’s pride year, bitches. the pride will continue until rights improve.
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GIRES is in urgent need, and they need you.
For decades, the Gender Identity Research & Education Society has supported the trans community with vital research, resources, and advocacy. Now, it’s at risk.
They’re trying to raise £10,000 to keep GIRES going. Please share this and if you can donate.
For decades, the Gender Identity Research & Education Society has supported the trans community with vital research, resources, and advocacy. Now, it’s at risk.
They’re trying to raise £10,000 to keep GIRES going. Please share this and if you can donate.
🦋 GIRES needs your help.
We’re raising £10,000 to keep GIRES going — and protect decades of trans research, resources & community knowledge.
We need your help to make sure we can continue to support the trans community
👉 Donate now: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-gires
#SaveGIRES #TransSupport
We’re raising £10,000 to keep GIRES going — and protect decades of trans research, resources & community knowledge.
We need your help to make sure we can continue to support the trans community
👉 Donate now: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-gires
#SaveGIRES #TransSupport
July 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
GIRES is in urgent need, and they need you.
For decades, the Gender Identity Research & Education Society has supported the trans community with vital research, resources, and advocacy. Now, it’s at risk.
They’re trying to raise £10,000 to keep GIRES going. Please share this and if you can donate.
For decades, the Gender Identity Research & Education Society has supported the trans community with vital research, resources, and advocacy. Now, it’s at risk.
They’re trying to raise £10,000 to keep GIRES going. Please share this and if you can donate.
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🧵 The right wing politico-media, as well as extremists - so called ‘Gender Critical’ - literally laugh at the idea that suicide & suicidal ideation exists amongst trans+ ppl. It’s disturbingly frequent as you can see here in devastating replies. Trans+ ppl just want to live without persecution. [1]
Pretty simple test... coarse and blunt, but effective...
Trans people... do you know a trans person that has attempted suicide?
If it's overblown, we should get very few "yes" responses...
Trans people... do you know a trans person that has attempted suicide?
If it's overblown, we should get very few "yes" responses...
The "misinformation" in question here is that gender-affirming care reduces suicides among youth. It merely reduces depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
July 2, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🧵 The right wing politico-media, as well as extremists - so called ‘Gender Critical’ - literally laugh at the idea that suicide & suicidal ideation exists amongst trans+ ppl. It’s disturbingly frequent as you can see here in devastating replies. Trans+ ppl just want to live without persecution. [1]
Yes. Several who have attempted and died by suicide.
Transphobia experienced was one of - if not the main - factor.
Transphobia experienced was one of - if not the main - factor.
Pretty simple test... coarse and blunt, but effective...
Trans people... do you know a trans person that has attempted suicide?
If it's overblown, we should get very few "yes" responses...
Trans people... do you know a trans person that has attempted suicide?
If it's overblown, we should get very few "yes" responses...
The "misinformation" in question here is that gender-affirming care reduces suicides among youth. It merely reduces depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidal ideation.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
July 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Yes. Several who have attempted and died by suicide.
Transphobia experienced was one of - if not the main - factor.
Transphobia experienced was one of - if not the main - factor.
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Well done, @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social. 👏
Yet another human rights organisation #TheLemkinInstitute calls out the UK on trans and intersex rights following the Supreme Court ruling.
www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-ale...
They join:
ILGA-Europe
Human Rights Watch
18 UN Independent HR Experts
Yet another human rights organisation #TheLemkinInstitute calls out the UK on trans and intersex rights following the Supreme Court ruling.
www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-ale...
They join:
ILGA-Europe
Human Rights Watch
18 UN Independent HR Experts
June 30, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Well done, @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social. 👏
Yet another human rights organisation #TheLemkinInstitute calls out the UK on trans and intersex rights following the Supreme Court ruling.
www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-ale...
They join:
ILGA-Europe
Human Rights Watch
18 UN Independent HR Experts
Yet another human rights organisation #TheLemkinInstitute calls out the UK on trans and intersex rights following the Supreme Court ruling.
www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-ale...
They join:
ILGA-Europe
Human Rights Watch
18 UN Independent HR Experts
Song for the afternoon youtu.be/6I8fWWS3Lvw?...
Two Airships
YouTube video by Candy Claws - Topic
youtu.be
June 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Song for the afternoon youtu.be/6I8fWWS3Lvw?...
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As you can imagine it's been a difficult few years for me. I won't be online a lot over the next few days (obviously) but if you're a praying person please do keep everyone affected by this in your prayers. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - File on 4 Investigates, File on 4 Investigates: Stalker in the Church
An investigation into a stalking campaign by a female Church of England preacher.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
As you can imagine it's been a difficult few years for me. I won't be online a lot over the next few days (obviously) but if you're a praying person please do keep everyone affected by this in your prayers. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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The following thread contains 201 open access articles, books, chapters & reports written and led by First Nations’ researchers. We write our own research across all areas. The order is random and ranges across disciplines, because of course it does.
#201FirstNationsArticles
#201FirstNationsArticles
June 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The following thread contains 201 open access articles, books, chapters & reports written and led by First Nations’ researchers. We write our own research across all areas. The order is random and ranges across disciplines, because of course it does.
#201FirstNationsArticles
#201FirstNationsArticles
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We will be at parliament today reporting on the mass lobbying day.
And we will try to keep you updated on the events as they unfold.
And we will try to keep you updated on the events as they unfold.
June 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We will be at parliament today reporting on the mass lobbying day.
And we will try to keep you updated on the events as they unfold.
And we will try to keep you updated on the events as they unfold.
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For those of you who are interested, I highly recommend listening to Edward Said’s Reith Lectures from 1993. As a scholar-activist, he invites us to reflect on how intellectual work demands sustained engagement with the world, to critique it and pursue something better. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures, Edward Said - Representation of the Intellectual - Available now
Available episodes of Edward Said - Representation of the Intellectual
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 7:00 AM
For those of you who are interested, I highly recommend listening to Edward Said’s Reith Lectures from 1993. As a scholar-activist, he invites us to reflect on how intellectual work demands sustained engagement with the world, to critique it and pursue something better. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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New podcast episode #38 from Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene with Joela Jacobs, Solvejg Nitzke & Isabel Kranz, interviewed by Kate Brelje, about their new book Plant Poetics: Literary Forms and Functions of the Vegetal. on.soundcloud.com/Zl986QUYIdpJ...
Episode 38 Plant Poetics with Joela Jacobs, Solvejg Nitzke, and Isabel Kranz
In this episode, editors Joela Jacobs, Isabel Kranz, and Solvejg Nitzke share insights from their new book, Plant Poetics. Highlighting the multiple facets of poetics, the discussion ranges plant bein
on.soundcloud.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New podcast episode #38 from Networking with Plants in the Anthropocene with Joela Jacobs, Solvejg Nitzke & Isabel Kranz, interviewed by Kate Brelje, about their new book Plant Poetics: Literary Forms and Functions of the Vegetal. on.soundcloud.com/Zl986QUYIdpJ...
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NEW: We’ve uncovered how the EHRC met behind closed doors twice with anti-trans group Sex Matters to discuss rolling back trans rights. What they said will alarm you. 1/6
tacc.org.uk/2025/06/23/h...
tacc.org.uk/2025/06/23/h...
How the EHRC Enabled an Anti-Trans Agenda - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
The meeting between the EHRC and Sex Matters shows a human rights body quietly aligning with those seeking to remove rights from a vulnerable minority.
tacc.org.uk
June 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
NEW: We’ve uncovered how the EHRC met behind closed doors twice with anti-trans group Sex Matters to discuss rolling back trans rights. What they said will alarm you. 1/6
tacc.org.uk/2025/06/23/h...
tacc.org.uk/2025/06/23/h...
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If you want a powerful but factual summary of Labour’s upcoming benefit cuts, read this from @johnharris1969.bsky.social - with a bonus take down of Suzanne O’Sullivan’s repulsive “over-diagnosis” book. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Look at Labour’s cruel attitude towards disability benefits, then tell me Keir Starmer cares about 'human dignity' | John Harris
These proposed cuts will turn people’s lives into a nightmare. No wonder they are scared about where this all might lead, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you want a powerful but factual summary of Labour’s upcoming benefit cuts, read this from @johnharris1969.bsky.social - with a bonus take down of Suzanne O’Sullivan’s repulsive “over-diagnosis” book. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Got an ADHD person in your life? Wonder why they lose their shit when interrupted whilst hyperfocused on a task?
It’s called monotropic split, and it’s horrible. Painful horrible.
(The link is about autism but monotropism is a key ADHD feature too) emergentdivergence.com/2022/07/14/g...
It’s called monotropic split, and it’s horrible. Painful horrible.
(The link is about autism but monotropism is a key ADHD feature too) emergentdivergence.com/2022/07/14/g...
Guest Post: What is monotropic split? - Emergent Divergence
Tanya Adkin lays out the concept of monotropic split, and how it is at the root of various critical moments for Autistic people.
emergentdivergence.com
June 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Got an ADHD person in your life? Wonder why they lose their shit when interrupted whilst hyperfocused on a task?
It’s called monotropic split, and it’s horrible. Painful horrible.
(The link is about autism but monotropism is a key ADHD feature too) emergentdivergence.com/2022/07/14/g...
It’s called monotropic split, and it’s horrible. Painful horrible.
(The link is about autism but monotropism is a key ADHD feature too) emergentdivergence.com/2022/07/14/g...
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Excellent thread.
I want to briefly talk about one thing people don't really talk about too much with precarity and one thing that most senior staff gloss over, offering a platitude instead of engaging with what is fundamentally wrong with the precarity situation in the UK. 1/
June 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Excellent thread.
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Open letter calling for an inquiry into the EHRC. I’ve just signed.
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![Screenshot from the above webpage.
To Women & Equalities Committee
We, the undersigned, write to express serious and urgent concerns about the actions of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the apparent unwillingness of the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) to investigate them.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the EHRC is no longer operating as an impartial human rights body. Over the past several years, its leadership has shifted in a direction that appears ideologically driven, hostile to trans equality, and closely aligned with lobbying groups who advocate for the removal of legal protections for transgender people. These groups - including Sex Matters, Policy Exchange, and the LGB Alliance - have played a significant role in reshaping public discourse and influencing legal interpretations of the Equality Act 2010.
We are calling on the Women and Equalities Committee to launch an immediate and transparent inquiry into:
- The EHRC’s internal decision-making processes regarding the definition of “sex” under the Equality Act 2010;
- All communications, meetings, and correspondence between the EHRC and external lobbying organisations from 2020 to the present;
- The EHRC’s advice to government departments, ministers, and the courts—especially its role in shaping the outcome of For Women Scotland v The Lord Advocate [2024] UKSC 59.
As transgender people and allies, we are gravely concerned that this advice, and the EHRC’s developing policy stance have been influenced not by human rights or evidence, but by ideological lobbying and political convenience. We must understand who the EHRC has been speaking to, what was said, and why these decisions were made. Anything less is a dereliction of democratic oversight.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cusxj5mn22tulo2annoirqwx/bafkreicwaw5zpywuhuzr6axjhbgcyfxj4phau7olekneicwp47vjcmxrfy@jpeg)
June 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Open letter calling for an inquiry into the EHRC. I’ve just signed.
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organise.network/actions/peti...
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Hi! I've relaunched the Ruling Passions Podcast - new episode available on Spotify, or wherever you usually get podcasts.
Season 2 begins with a conversation with neurodivergent artist James Aldridge.
open.spotify.com/episode/6nEK...
Season 2 begins with a conversation with neurodivergent artist James Aldridge.
open.spotify.com/episode/6nEK...
A Conversation with James Aldridge
Ruling Passions · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Hi! I've relaunched the Ruling Passions Podcast - new episode available on Spotify, or wherever you usually get podcasts.
Season 2 begins with a conversation with neurodivergent artist James Aldridge.
open.spotify.com/episode/6nEK...
Season 2 begins with a conversation with neurodivergent artist James Aldridge.
open.spotify.com/episode/6nEK...
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Wow.
This deceptively simple blockout-style game uses the number transphobic articles the Telegraph has published over the past 365 days to present short, smart, and kinda brutal message.
The game is live now.
kit-barry.itch.io/brick-out
Thanks to @tacc.org.uk for sharing.
Spread the word
This deceptively simple blockout-style game uses the number transphobic articles the Telegraph has published over the past 365 days to present short, smart, and kinda brutal message.
The game is live now.
kit-barry.itch.io/brick-out
Thanks to @tacc.org.uk for sharing.
Spread the word
why I don't have a country any more by Kit Barry
A procedural/interactive art game about living through a moral panic
kit-barry.itch.io
June 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wow.
This deceptively simple blockout-style game uses the number transphobic articles the Telegraph has published over the past 365 days to present short, smart, and kinda brutal message.
The game is live now.
kit-barry.itch.io/brick-out
Thanks to @tacc.org.uk for sharing.
Spread the word
This deceptively simple blockout-style game uses the number transphobic articles the Telegraph has published over the past 365 days to present short, smart, and kinda brutal message.
The game is live now.
kit-barry.itch.io/brick-out
Thanks to @tacc.org.uk for sharing.
Spread the word
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Yes - it's VERY HOT!
istheukhotrightnow.com
istheukhotrightnow.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yes - it's VERY HOT!
istheukhotrightnow.com
istheukhotrightnow.com
One day I realised I never would so hit 'mark all as read' and happily went on with ignoring their existence.
i wonder if tomorrow is the day i deal w my email
June 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
One day I realised I never would so hit 'mark all as read' and happily went on with ignoring their existence.
I cannot function in this heat 😔
June 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I cannot function in this heat 😔
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June 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Are you looking for a way to support the @LGBTQIA+ community this #pride month? Consider signing up to and supporting @wearequeeraf.com who provide vital, timely and insightful media which also supports and uplifts the community.