Dr Doom(scrolling)
@drews.bsky.social
(they/them)
On the bad island but not leaving.
Academic, boulderer and cat dad.
Young people call me a trans elder but I'm literally just some guy.
On the bad island but not leaving.
Academic, boulderer and cat dad.
Young people call me a trans elder but I'm literally just some guy.
An interesting thing to witness is the mass realisation of Sedgwick’s critique of a hermeneutics of suspicion, that, unlike on crime dramas, the public uncovering of damning evidence does not smoothly lead to justice, and often serves to further terrorise with the accompanying sense of powerlessness
February 5, 2026 at 8:51 AM
An interesting thing to witness is the mass realisation of Sedgwick’s critique of a hermeneutics of suspicion, that, unlike on crime dramas, the public uncovering of damning evidence does not smoothly lead to justice, and often serves to further terrorise with the accompanying sense of powerlessness
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found a stack of these cleaning up my studio the other day. as ever!!!
February 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
found a stack of these cleaning up my studio the other day. as ever!!!
Evil goings on in Peckham today
February 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Evil goings on in Peckham today
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"she was a citizen"
"he was a nurse"
so what?
the government shouldn't get to murder immigrants or assholes in the street either what the fuck
"he was a nurse"
so what?
the government shouldn't get to murder immigrants or assholes in the street either what the fuck
January 25, 2026 at 7:03 AM
"she was a citizen"
"he was a nurse"
so what?
the government shouldn't get to murder immigrants or assholes in the street either what the fuck
"he was a nurse"
so what?
the government shouldn't get to murder immigrants or assholes in the street either what the fuck
See my thesis for research evidence of why a social media ban would be terrible for LGBTQIA youth.
TLDR- when you belong to a geographically dispersed minority that your family don’t belong to, might even be hostile to- social media is likely your only lifeline for identity work and community.
TLDR- when you belong to a geographically dispersed minority that your family don’t belong to, might even be hostile to- social media is likely your only lifeline for identity work and community.
My PhD thesis “Waving and Drowning: UK Trans Youth Experiences of Social Media Affective Publics” is now available online.
It features a model of the emotional cycle of doomscrolling that I’m particularly proud of.
It features a model of the emotional cycle of doomscrolling that I’m particularly proud of.
Waving and Drowning: UK Trans Youth Experiences of Social Media Affective Publics - Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive
shura.shu.ac.uk
January 22, 2026 at 1:24 PM
See my thesis for research evidence of why a social media ban would be terrible for LGBTQIA youth.
TLDR- when you belong to a geographically dispersed minority that your family don’t belong to, might even be hostile to- social media is likely your only lifeline for identity work and community.
TLDR- when you belong to a geographically dispersed minority that your family don’t belong to, might even be hostile to- social media is likely your only lifeline for identity work and community.
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Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Mother of murdered Brianna Ghey urges Starmer to ban social media for under-16s
Esther Ghey says daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by harmful online content
The mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey has urged Keir Starmer to ban social media for under-16s, adding to growing pressure on the prime minister before a crunch vote on the issue on Wednesday.
Esther Ghey wrote to Starmer on Monday explaining in detail how she felt her daughter’s eating disorder and self-harm had been exacerbated by TikTok influencers with whom she had become obsessed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.
My PhD thesis “Waving and Drowning: UK Trans Youth Experiences of Social Media Affective Publics” is now available online.
It features a model of the emotional cycle of doomscrolling that I’m particularly proud of.
It features a model of the emotional cycle of doomscrolling that I’m particularly proud of.
Waving and Drowning: UK Trans Youth Experiences of Social Media Affective Publics - Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive
shura.shu.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 12:16 PM
My PhD thesis “Waving and Drowning: UK Trans Youth Experiences of Social Media Affective Publics” is now available online.
It features a model of the emotional cycle of doomscrolling that I’m particularly proud of.
It features a model of the emotional cycle of doomscrolling that I’m particularly proud of.
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This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
The shooting is shocking enough but the government's response is off the charts when you consider that this incident is forensically documented on video.
January 8, 2026 at 1:41 PM
This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.
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the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
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The TLDR of the Streeting review is your quality of life doesn't matter so long as you are contributing to the economy and employment stats - which will exacerbate most MH conditions and increase suicide rates, which they don't care about either because the economy, stupid.
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The TLDR of the Streeting review is your quality of life doesn't matter so long as you are contributing to the economy and employment stats - which will exacerbate most MH conditions and increase suicide rates, which they don't care about either because the economy, stupid.
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This. We do not deserve to be abandoned. We deserve the full throated support of people who claim to support us. Not the apologetic shuffle of "sorry, but it's hard!"
I think a lot of trans people go way too easy on organisations that choose to be complicit in our oppression. I believe this is due to internalised transphobia. We often don't think we're important enough for other people to care about our safety, wellbeing, and equitable involvement in society.
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This. We do not deserve to be abandoned. We deserve the full throated support of people who claim to support us. Not the apologetic shuffle of "sorry, but it's hard!"
Jam, Jerusalem and genital inspections 🙄
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.
Melissa Green, the chief executive of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, said the organisation had taken the decision with the “utmost regret and sadness”, adding it had “no choice” but to exclude trans women from its membership. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Jam, Jerusalem and genital inspections 🙄
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A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
SRA urged to take action as we reveal solicitor has ‘purposely frustrated’ investigation
Solicitor Andrew Jonathan Milne delayed an official investigation into his alleged professional misconduct by overwhelming the regulator with complaints and threatening them with two injunctions se…
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
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metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Why are we hearing about this now if it happened a few years ago?
Since coming to office AFTER the attack on his niece, Starmer's culture war anti-LGBTQ+ words and policies have got him and Labour banned from every Pride. He has personally made ...
Why are we hearing about this now if it happened a few years ago?
Since coming to office AFTER the attack on his niece, Starmer's culture war anti-LGBTQ+ words and policies have got him and Labour banned from every Pride. He has personally made ...
Keir Starmer's fury after niece and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Why are we hearing about this now if it happened a few years ago?
Since coming to office AFTER the attack on his niece, Starmer's culture war anti-LGBTQ+ words and policies have got him and Labour banned from every Pride. He has personally made ...
Why are we hearing about this now if it happened a few years ago?
Since coming to office AFTER the attack on his niece, Starmer's culture war anti-LGBTQ+ words and policies have got him and Labour banned from every Pride. He has personally made ...
“I didn’t think the leopards would eat *my* niece” says man in hotdog costume
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“I didn’t think the leopards would eat *my* niece” says man in hotdog costume
Trying very hard to link transness with dangerous criminality is disgusting, but so is the following implication that only sane, well-behaved people should be allowed to transition, if any.
This is just the tip of the iceberg of over 314 questions outlined here including eg Do you start fires? Do you steal? Do you physically assault people?
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
growinguptransgender.com/2025/09/19/q...
Questioning trans kids
The UK Government and UK research councils have contributed £10 million pounds to a series of research studies on service users of the newly established Children and Young People’s Gender Services.…
growinguptransgender.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Trying very hard to link transness with dangerous criminality is disgusting, but so is the following implication that only sane, well-behaved people should be allowed to transition, if any.
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The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
November 22, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences
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When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
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Saw a news report yesterday about children as young as 9 being given weight loss jabs on the NHS, and I think it shows just how utterly bullshit the “lack of research into long term impacts” excuse for banning puberty blockers for trans kids really was. It’s purely ideological.
November 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Saw a news report yesterday about children as young as 9 being given weight loss jabs on the NHS, and I think it shows just how utterly bullshit the “lack of research into long term impacts” excuse for banning puberty blockers for trans kids really was. It’s purely ideological.
I usually try to butch it up with uber drivers but when the guy who just picked me up was complaining about all the crumbs students had just left in his car all I could think to say was “what a bunch of mucky pups” which he vehemently agreed with tbf
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I usually try to butch it up with uber drivers but when the guy who just picked me up was complaining about all the crumbs students had just left in his car all I could think to say was “what a bunch of mucky pups” which he vehemently agreed with tbf
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I hate this. Brianna Ghey was murdered by two people she knew in real life. She didn’t meet them online. Conflating her murder with her use of social media is awful.
October 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I hate this. Brianna Ghey was murdered by two people she knew in real life. She didn’t meet them online. Conflating her murder with her use of social media is awful.
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The way people talk about neurodivergent folk and trans folk is getting more alike by the day. No wonder we tend to stand up for each other. It's the same fatuous arguments made without input from those affected. This is just the social contagion lie. It's interchangeable.
Torygraph front page as well, giving out about celebrities making "autism look desirable"
October 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The way people talk about neurodivergent folk and trans folk is getting more alike by the day. No wonder we tend to stand up for each other. It's the same fatuous arguments made without input from those affected. This is just the social contagion lie. It's interchangeable.
The term “vegan tampons” raises the horrifying spectre of the existence of non-vegan tampons
October 11, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The term “vegan tampons” raises the horrifying spectre of the existence of non-vegan tampons
Found the one guy who got raptured, right out of their sliders too, rip
October 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Found the one guy who got raptured, right out of their sliders too, rip
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This whole ICE nonsense quota based racist policing is so useful for illustrating so many Black civil rights concepts that people have been confused about for decades.
People used to ask me, "Why do Black folk cheer when they see a man successfully run from the cops? He's a criminal!"🤡
No.
People used to ask me, "Why do Black folk cheer when they see a man successfully run from the cops? He's a criminal!"🤡
No.
ICE attempted
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
and failed to disappear a food delivery guy.
It needed to be scored.
September 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This whole ICE nonsense quota based racist policing is so useful for illustrating so many Black civil rights concepts that people have been confused about for decades.
People used to ask me, "Why do Black folk cheer when they see a man successfully run from the cops? He's a criminal!"🤡
No.
People used to ask me, "Why do Black folk cheer when they see a man successfully run from the cops? He's a criminal!"🤡
No.