Jill Hayward
@frdragonspouse.bsky.social
Still all the things I was over at the Other Place. And still angry.
Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.
Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.
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Jill Hayward
@frdragonspouse.bsky.social
· Apr 16
It's not a good time to be the socialist parent of a disabled trans person,tbh.
The UK is a bit shit right now...
The UK is a bit shit right now...
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>>[His] illegal hacking of this website in 2021 has been placed front and centre in the national news after Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North when he can be bothered), chose to question someone else’s morality on Christmas Day.<<
(He'd previously hacked fellow Labour councillors.)
(He'd previously hacked fellow Labour councillors.)
"Reed being let loose as a Christmas Day attack dog shows how worried Labour have become about Polanski and the Green Party,”
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
MP Reed spent Christmas tweeting link to Inside Croydon
Housing minister’s attack against the Green Party leader may have back-fired, as the cabinet member flagged up reports linking him to the unlawful hacking of this website. By STEVEN DOWNES Th…
insidecroydon.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
>>[His] illegal hacking of this website in 2021 has been placed front and centre in the national news after Steve Reed, the MP for Streatham (and Croydon North when he can be bothered), chose to question someone else’s morality on Christmas Day.<<
(He'd previously hacked fellow Labour councillors.)
(He'd previously hacked fellow Labour councillors.)
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I want to live in a country where the obscenely wealthy don’t get to determine laws and policies, whether billionaire transphobes or media oligarchs.
I want a government that will stop these people from having any power or influence.
In short, I want democracy.
I want a government that will stop these people from having any power or influence.
In short, I want democracy.
December 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I want to live in a country where the obscenely wealthy don’t get to determine laws and policies, whether billionaire transphobes or media oligarchs.
I want a government that will stop these people from having any power or influence.
In short, I want democracy.
I want a government that will stop these people from having any power or influence.
In short, I want democracy.
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This “gender-critical feminist” spent Christmas arguing with a computer.
Yet somehow his opinions about trans people are considered so important he is regularly platformed by mainstream media while trans people are hermetically excluded.
Says a lot about UK media.
Yet somehow his opinions about trans people are considered so important he is regularly platformed by mainstream media while trans people are hermetically excluded.
Says a lot about UK media.
December 28, 2025 at 12:24 AM
This “gender-critical feminist” spent Christmas arguing with a computer.
Yet somehow his opinions about trans people are considered so important he is regularly platformed by mainstream media while trans people are hermetically excluded.
Says a lot about UK media.
Yet somehow his opinions about trans people are considered so important he is regularly platformed by mainstream media while trans people are hermetically excluded.
Says a lot about UK media.
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Speech has never been freer! Not performing for the president is now illegal.
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building. n.pr/49tB0uS
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
n.pr
December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Speech has never been freer! Not performing for the president is now illegal.
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Hah, this works on both sides of the Atlantic!
I never expected to live under a government run by middle school rejects filing lawsuits to make people hang out with them.
December 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hah, this works on both sides of the Atlantic!
Eh?!
Phew - not the same one.
Phew - not the same one.
December 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Eh?!
Phew - not the same one.
Phew - not the same one.
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"Reed being let loose as a Christmas Day attack dog shows how worried Labour have become about Polanski and the Green Party,”
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
MP Reed spent Christmas tweeting link to Inside Croydon
Housing minister’s attack against the Green Party leader may have back-fired, as the cabinet member flagged up reports linking him to the unlawful hacking of this website. By STEVEN DOWNES Th…
insidecroydon.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"Reed being let loose as a Christmas Day attack dog shows how worried Labour have become about Polanski and the Green Party,”
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
Really awkward for Steve Reed that it just drew lots of attention to the unlawful hacking of a website!
insidecroydon.com/2025/12/27/m...
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This case is significant as trans rights are increasingly tested in courts due to attacks from the right.
According to Tran Legislation Tracker, over 100 anti-trans bills have been passed in the U.S. this year.
According to Tran Legislation Tracker, over 100 anti-trans bills have been passed in the U.S. this year.
December 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This case is significant as trans rights are increasingly tested in courts due to attacks from the right.
According to Tran Legislation Tracker, over 100 anti-trans bills have been passed in the U.S. this year.
According to Tran Legislation Tracker, over 100 anti-trans bills have been passed in the U.S. this year.
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NEW: A prominent free speech group helped right-wing dark money score a legal win against an Ohio school board and its anti-bullying policy, which protected transgender and nonbinary students.
www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
How a Free Speech Group Helped Right-Wing Dark Money Undermine Protections for Trans and Nonbinary Students
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression weighed in on a case brought by Parents Defending Education in Ohio.
www.importantcontext.news
December 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: A prominent free speech group helped right-wing dark money score a legal win against an Ohio school board and its anti-bullying policy, which protected transgender and nonbinary students.
www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
www.importantcontext.news/p/how-a-free...
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The attack on trans rights is a blatant example of patriarchy lashing out against anyone who doesn't conform to patriarhy's requirements.
But the Guardian might have to admit its own part in spreading anti trans hate in the serve of that patriarchy if it mentions that.
But the Guardian might have to admit its own part in spreading anti trans hate in the serve of that patriarchy if it mentions that.
not a single mention in this about trans ppl.
The year in patriarchy: Taylor Swift, Trump 2.0 and the Epstein files | Arwa Mahdawi
December 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The attack on trans rights is a blatant example of patriarchy lashing out against anyone who doesn't conform to patriarhy's requirements.
But the Guardian might have to admit its own part in spreading anti trans hate in the serve of that patriarchy if it mentions that.
But the Guardian might have to admit its own part in spreading anti trans hate in the serve of that patriarchy if it mentions that.
I literally owe my existence to fox hunting (my great grandparents met through the Quorn hunt*) but the sooner it's fully banned the better.
It’s the Boxing Day Hunt, Nigel Farage thinks packs of hounds should chase a fox and tear it to shreds.
December 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I literally owe my existence to fox hunting (my great grandparents met through the Quorn hunt*) but the sooner it's fully banned the better.
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Exclusive?
…Well I suppose it was an exclusive two weeks ago when I first reported it for @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
…Well I suppose it was an exclusive two weeks ago when I first reported it for @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Exclusive?
…Well I suppose it was an exclusive two weeks ago when I first reported it for @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
…Well I suppose it was an exclusive two weeks ago when I first reported it for @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
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What happened starting in 1980?
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
December 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
What happened starting in 1980?
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
Mass Privatisation.
So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.
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This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
December 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
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btw gay marriage was not popular when cameron/clegg legalised it.
self-id is more popular, right now, than gay marriage was when the tories legalised it.
labour's anti-trans policies aren't based on polling or voters they're based on @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and streeting's christian beliefs
self-id is more popular, right now, than gay marriage was when the tories legalised it.
labour's anti-trans policies aren't based on polling or voters they're based on @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and streeting's christian beliefs
labour did homophobic 'civil partnerships' instead of gay marriage bcos blair let his religion get in the way of smart politics. cameron then completely undercut labour
streeting and @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social are pushing transphobia bcos they let their religion get in the way of smart politics
streeting and @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social are pushing transphobia bcos they let their religion get in the way of smart politics
...and this is going to happen again. badenoch is the last of the 'crazy' tories and once she's gone they'll go back to 'moderate is how to win' and they'll push self-id like may did.
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is setting labour up for failure in the same way blair did with 'civil partnerships'.
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is setting labour up for failure in the same way blair did with 'civil partnerships'.
December 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
btw gay marriage was not popular when cameron/clegg legalised it.
self-id is more popular, right now, than gay marriage was when the tories legalised it.
labour's anti-trans policies aren't based on polling or voters they're based on @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and streeting's christian beliefs
self-id is more popular, right now, than gay marriage was when the tories legalised it.
labour's anti-trans policies aren't based on polling or voters they're based on @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and streeting's christian beliefs
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Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Just watched the Holdovers for the first time. After this year of politics I knew I needed a salve, but hadn’t realised it was mainly that I needed to watch people being kind to each other. Merry Christmas 🎄🙂↕️
December 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Just watched the Holdovers for the first time. After this year of politics I knew I needed a salve, but hadn’t realised it was mainly that I needed to watch people being kind to each other. Merry Christmas 🎄🙂↕️
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the thing liberals don't want to admit is that if you want to get ahead and succeed in a world built by shits and arse holes you have to also be a shit and an arsehole
or
You can build something else. Kat is building something else, as are thousands along with her. That's fuckin rad.
or
You can build something else. Kat is building something else, as are thousands along with her. That's fuckin rad.
I understand Will’s hesitancy. This is a really scary moment and it’s even scarier if you’re deviating from the familiar. I don’t want to trivialize that fear.
But also a lot of the familiar *isn’t* winning us elections. If it was, we wouldn’t be in this position. So I say let’s try something new.
But also a lot of the familiar *isn’t* winning us elections. If it was, we wouldn’t be in this position. So I say let’s try something new.
December 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
the thing liberals don't want to admit is that if you want to get ahead and succeed in a world built by shits and arse holes you have to also be a shit and an arsehole
or
You can build something else. Kat is building something else, as are thousands along with her. That's fuckin rad.
or
You can build something else. Kat is building something else, as are thousands along with her. That's fuckin rad.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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RFK Jr is directly responsible for the deaths of 83 children in American Samoa from measles because he told them to stop vaccinating. Now, he's trying to kill trans kids. He's a fucking psychopath.
HHS is trying to force Seattle Children's into doing a Sophie's choice of abandoning trans youth or see kids with cancer or other serious illness have their coverage and care disrupted. That's what this is about.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
Hopefully, the courts put a quick stop to this like the subpoenas.
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
RFK Jr is directly responsible for the deaths of 83 children in American Samoa from measles because he told them to stop vaccinating. Now, he's trying to kill trans kids. He's a fucking psychopath.
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Venezuela, Iran and Nigeria are all in Trump’s gunsights. Turns out that together, the 3 countries also hold almost a third of the world’s oil reserves.
Canada, aka Trump’s “51st state,”holds an additional 10 percent.
Canada, aka Trump’s “51st state,”holds an additional 10 percent.
December 27, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Venezuela, Iran and Nigeria are all in Trump’s gunsights. Turns out that together, the 3 countries also hold almost a third of the world’s oil reserves.
Canada, aka Trump’s “51st state,”holds an additional 10 percent.
Canada, aka Trump’s “51st state,”holds an additional 10 percent.
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The BBC is really showing its arse with its editorial guidelines recommending the use of a pseudoscientific dogwhistle in reporting that mentions trans people.
It's important that they're not allowed to continue using fake-scientific insults in peace.
New piece:
oolong.medium.com/biological-m...
It's important that they're not allowed to continue using fake-scientific insults in peace.
New piece:
oolong.medium.com/biological-m...
‘Biological male’ is a pseudoscientific dogwhistle
The BBC should be better than this.
oolong.medium.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The BBC is really showing its arse with its editorial guidelines recommending the use of a pseudoscientific dogwhistle in reporting that mentions trans people.
It's important that they're not allowed to continue using fake-scientific insults in peace.
New piece:
oolong.medium.com/biological-m...
It's important that they're not allowed to continue using fake-scientific insults in peace.
New piece:
oolong.medium.com/biological-m...
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So much for the 'special relationship'! The UK needs to get back into the EU asap.
"Destructive moral ideas"? Does he mean LGBT? or not being racist shites? or letting women have the vote?
America is becoming Gilead, and fast!
"Destructive moral ideas"? Does he mean LGBT? or not being racist shites? or letting women have the vote?
America is becoming Gilead, and fast!
December 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So much for the 'special relationship'! The UK needs to get back into the EU asap.
"Destructive moral ideas"? Does he mean LGBT? or not being racist shites? or letting women have the vote?
America is becoming Gilead, and fast!
"Destructive moral ideas"? Does he mean LGBT? or not being racist shites? or letting women have the vote?
America is becoming Gilead, and fast!
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Reading this made me furious.
It’s short sighted nonsense that verges on dishonest.
He wants to classify people again and is using political attacks on autistic people as an excuse.
That’s as familiar as it is vile:
It’s short sighted nonsense that verges on dishonest.
He wants to classify people again and is using political attacks on autistic people as an excuse.
That’s as familiar as it is vile:
www.autismresearchcentre.com/content/uplo... Making sure people see this from Prof Simon Baron Cohen, who has a new idea. Let's divide autistic people into Type 1 (with a learning disability) and Type 2 (without a learning disability). Hands up all those who can spot the problems?
www.autismresearchcentre.com
December 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Reading this made me furious.
It’s short sighted nonsense that verges on dishonest.
He wants to classify people again and is using political attacks on autistic people as an excuse.
That’s as familiar as it is vile:
It’s short sighted nonsense that verges on dishonest.
He wants to classify people again and is using political attacks on autistic people as an excuse.
That’s as familiar as it is vile:
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“We were transferred from one prison to another, and during the strip searches I was raped.”
That’s what German journalist Anna Liedtke, who was abducted by Israel from the freedom flotilla boat Conscience, says Israeli soldiers did to her while she was being held in captivity.
That’s what German journalist Anna Liedtke, who was abducted by Israel from the freedom flotilla boat Conscience, says Israeli soldiers did to her while she was being held in captivity.
December 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“We were transferred from one prison to another, and during the strip searches I was raped.”
That’s what German journalist Anna Liedtke, who was abducted by Israel from the freedom flotilla boat Conscience, says Israeli soldiers did to her while she was being held in captivity.
That’s what German journalist Anna Liedtke, who was abducted by Israel from the freedom flotilla boat Conscience, says Israeli soldiers did to her while she was being held in captivity.