Holly Brigstocke
@hollybrigstocke.bsky.social
Decadent post-scarcity revolutionary trans feminist lesbian Green on disability. Pro Rejoin EU, sometimes a twat.
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If the Media and its owners don't pay tax in the UK they shouldn't be able to print anything in the UK.
"And yeah we don't want the Americans owning our Media, get them out."
"And yeah we don't want the Americans owning our Media, get them out."
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
If the Media and its owners don't pay tax in the UK they shouldn't be able to print anything in the UK.
"And yeah we don't want the Americans owning our Media, get them out."
"And yeah we don't want the Americans owning our Media, get them out."
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Emily Maitlis & Jon Sopel on The News Agents podcast taking credit for getting the GIDS Tavistock clinic closed down.
Puffed-up journalists with their sense of self-importance think they can’t be radicalised & biased!
History will not be kind to them! 😖
Puffed-up journalists with their sense of self-importance think they can’t be radicalised & biased!
History will not be kind to them! 😖
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Emily Maitlis & Jon Sopel on The News Agents podcast taking credit for getting the GIDS Tavistock clinic closed down.
Puffed-up journalists with their sense of self-importance think they can’t be radicalised & biased!
History will not be kind to them! 😖
Puffed-up journalists with their sense of self-importance think they can’t be radicalised & biased!
History will not be kind to them! 😖
I've been watching Youtubes by violin makers.
You can make one with a CNC machine but it will never reach more than mid level which is okay. The finest violins are always hand made.
You can get patterns and all the measurements etc but there's more involved to make it good let alone world class.
You can make one with a CNC machine but it will never reach more than mid level which is okay. The finest violins are always hand made.
You can get patterns and all the measurements etc but there's more involved to make it good let alone world class.
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I've been watching Youtubes by violin makers.
You can make one with a CNC machine but it will never reach more than mid level which is okay. The finest violins are always hand made.
You can get patterns and all the measurements etc but there's more involved to make it good let alone world class.
You can make one with a CNC machine but it will never reach more than mid level which is okay. The finest violins are always hand made.
You can get patterns and all the measurements etc but there's more involved to make it good let alone world class.
I've had my suspicions of Vlad Vexler for months. He just outed himself as at best an ignorant and misinformed know-it-all or, likely, a transphobe. (Timestamp: 14:00)
He claims the BBC has a lot of young people "too woke for their own good", "conflicting rights", etc.
youtu.be/S6fuqxDO7Zc?...
He claims the BBC has a lot of young people "too woke for their own good", "conflicting rights", etc.
youtu.be/S6fuqxDO7Zc?...
Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1 billion
YouTube video by Vlad Vexler Chat
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I've had my suspicions of Vlad Vexler for months. He just outed himself as at best an ignorant and misinformed know-it-all or, likely, a transphobe. (Timestamp: 14:00)
He claims the BBC has a lot of young people "too woke for their own good", "conflicting rights", etc.
youtu.be/S6fuqxDO7Zc?...
He claims the BBC has a lot of young people "too woke for their own good", "conflicting rights", etc.
youtu.be/S6fuqxDO7Zc?...
It's shocking but no surprise Maitlis is bragging about the work she did to harm trans kids, and Sopel is pouring petrol on the fire. This isn't journalism. It's bigotry and stupidity.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
It's shocking but no surprise Maitlis is bragging about the work she did to harm trans kids, and Sopel is pouring petrol on the fire. This isn't journalism. It's bigotry and stupidity.
Late afternoon I went for a walk to the vape shop downtown. It was a nice walk and they were very nice and helpful and friendly as always.
This is how it is away from politicians, the media, gatekeeping NHS, social media etc.
This is how it is away from politicians, the media, gatekeeping NHS, social media etc.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Late afternoon I went for a walk to the vape shop downtown. It was a nice walk and they were very nice and helpful and friendly as always.
This is how it is away from politicians, the media, gatekeeping NHS, social media etc.
This is how it is away from politicians, the media, gatekeeping NHS, social media etc.
I've taken time to explain positioning marketing and how it can be used to advance trans rights and how effective it can be and people are incurious.
As for politicos who heard the word "position" and did bandwagon it's about perception not about where a policy is on an arbitrary spectrum.
As for politicos who heard the word "position" and did bandwagon it's about perception not about where a policy is on an arbitrary spectrum.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I've taken time to explain positioning marketing and how it can be used to advance trans rights and how effective it can be and people are incurious.
As for politicos who heard the word "position" and did bandwagon it's about perception not about where a policy is on an arbitrary spectrum.
As for politicos who heard the word "position" and did bandwagon it's about perception not about where a policy is on an arbitrary spectrum.
The past decade has been defined by flagging issues early before they become a big problem only for them to be ignored and turning into an avalanche. It has been a decade defined by cowardice and complacency. The far right dog barks and everyone with power to shut them down loses their minds.
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
The past decade has been defined by flagging issues early before they become a big problem only for them to be ignored and turning into an avalanche. It has been a decade defined by cowardice and complacency. The far right dog barks and everyone with power to shut them down loses their minds.
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So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
🧵
For reference - Here’s the Telegraph article with the Prescott memo complaining about the BBC published in FULL.
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
🧵
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
🧵
Michael Prescott clearly is not an expert in anything related to trans rights or trans healthcare. His comments are wildly misrepresentative of reality and exclude mention of ingrained BBC transphobia where it occurs. His report would not survive a formal expert evaluation.
For reference - Here’s the Telegraph article with the Prescott memo complaining about the BBC published in FULL.
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Michael Prescott clearly is not an expert in anything related to trans rights or trans healthcare. His comments are wildly misrepresentative of reality and exclude mention of ingrained BBC transphobia where it occurs. His report would not survive a formal expert evaluation.
I support having a credible defence posture and support the Ukraine effort. What I don't support is politicians going after people on benefits to pay for it because they're easy targets. Tax the wealthy donor class you nobs.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I support having a credible defence posture and support the Ukraine effort. What I don't support is politicians going after people on benefits to pay for it because they're easy targets. Tax the wealthy donor class you nobs.
I notice when I post a reply to someone else and mention transphobia sometimes someone comes along and hijacks it in a reply to me for completely unrelated reasons. Not everyone will do this in bad faith but some are a bit iffy.
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I notice when I post a reply to someone else and mention transphobia sometimes someone comes along and hijacks it in a reply to me for completely unrelated reasons. Not everyone will do this in bad faith but some are a bit iffy.
The "dossier" produced by Michael Prescott sounds like a right wing hit job to force the BBC to be even more right wing.
I note how the cosplay progressive journo's skitter over his almost certainly transphobic material because they were up to their necks in it themselves.
I note how the cosplay progressive journo's skitter over his almost certainly transphobic material because they were up to their necks in it themselves.
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The "dossier" produced by Michael Prescott sounds like a right wing hit job to force the BBC to be even more right wing.
I note how the cosplay progressive journo's skitter over his almost certainly transphobic material because they were up to their necks in it themselves.
I note how the cosplay progressive journo's skitter over his almost certainly transphobic material because they were up to their necks in it themselves.
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www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
Neither is any loss and particularly to BBC News, where the influence of Robbie Gibb has been catastrophic, destroying its journalistic reputation.
The chances of whomever succeeds them not also being right-wingers and continuing the destruction is minimal.
Neither is any loss and particularly to BBC News, where the influence of Robbie Gibb has been catastrophic, destroying its journalistic reputation.
The chances of whomever succeeds them not also being right-wingers and continuing the destruction is minimal.
BBC director general Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness resign over Trump documentary edit
Davie says
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
www.bbc.com/news/live/cd...
Neither is any loss and particularly to BBC News, where the influence of Robbie Gibb has been catastrophic, destroying its journalistic reputation.
The chances of whomever succeeds them not also being right-wingers and continuing the destruction is minimal.
Neither is any loss and particularly to BBC News, where the influence of Robbie Gibb has been catastrophic, destroying its journalistic reputation.
The chances of whomever succeeds them not also being right-wingers and continuing the destruction is minimal.
Finishing up watching this. A reminder of the analogue. Nothing digital. No time pressures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lroG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lroG...
His Beautiful Violin Fell Apart!! Doubling Button on 260 Year Old German Violin
YouTube video by Ask Olaf the Violinmaker
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Finishing up watching this. A reminder of the analogue. Nothing digital. No time pressures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lroG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lroG...
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New on the blog today, I've written about CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson.
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
Crooked Cross by Sally Carson
For a novel first published in 1934, Sally Carson’s Crooked Cross feels remarkably timely, charting, as it does, the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s, the falling apart of a country’s fundamental …
jacquiwine.wordpress.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
New on the blog today, I've written about CROOKED CROSS by Sally Carson.
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
A brilliant, terrifying novel about the rise of Nazism, the falling apart of a country’s codes of decency & the moral fortitude required to oppose persecution. Frighteningly timely. 💙📚
jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/11/09/c...
Remembrance Sunday is stretching "respect the office not the person" to an uncomfortable degree.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Remembrance Sunday is stretching "respect the office not the person" to an uncomfortable degree.
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JK Rowling 'funding transphobia' as equality in Britain goes backwards, MP says
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
JK Rowling 'funding transphobia' as equality in Britain goes backwards, MP says
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
www.mirror.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
JK Rowling 'funding transphobia' as equality in Britain goes backwards, MP says
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
Nadia Whittome, who has just joined Westminster’s Women and Equalities Committee, called for the Government fight back against toxic narratives and show solidarity with the trans community
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Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
ajustsociety.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
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Today is the 60th(!) anniversary of the first public report on the dangers of fossil fuel pollution.
What happened? A whole lot of fossil fuel bullsh*t and corruption in service of a whole lot of nothing.
All while pollution and warming escalated far beyond what scientist predicted in 1965.
What happened? A whole lot of fossil fuel bullsh*t and corruption in service of a whole lot of nothing.
All while pollution and warming escalated far beyond what scientist predicted in 1965.
This Whole Thing Really Snuck Up On Us
Looking back, and ahead, on the anniversary of a White House warning.
www.gravityisgone.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Today is the 60th(!) anniversary of the first public report on the dangers of fossil fuel pollution.
What happened? A whole lot of fossil fuel bullsh*t and corruption in service of a whole lot of nothing.
All while pollution and warming escalated far beyond what scientist predicted in 1965.
What happened? A whole lot of fossil fuel bullsh*t and corruption in service of a whole lot of nothing.
All while pollution and warming escalated far beyond what scientist predicted in 1965.
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Mr Singh accompanied by family with a medal awarded to his father Naik Gian Singh VC.
I always get teary watching these things. Not the militarism but those once young people risking their lives to protect people they love.
A poke in the eye for scum like Farage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiIb...
I always get teary watching these things. Not the militarism but those once young people risking their lives to protect people they love.
A poke in the eye for scum like Farage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiIb...
BBC Antiques Road Show - The Victoria Cross Medal
YouTube video by Colourful Heritage
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Mr Singh accompanied by family with a medal awarded to his father Naik Gian Singh VC.
I always get teary watching these things. Not the militarism but those once young people risking their lives to protect people they love.
A poke in the eye for scum like Farage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiIb...
I always get teary watching these things. Not the militarism but those once young people risking their lives to protect people they love.
A poke in the eye for scum like Farage.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiIb...
When I glanced at the Guardian front page online this early evening it looked like a beige Daily Mail. They can't call out Labour only monetize handwringing flacid impotent rage.
I fucking hate Labour simps. More than Reform followers - they're either evil or deluded. Labour simps though, they'll actively support or minimise horrific politics while pretending they're nice, progressive people.
Fuck off. And keep fucking off until the heat death of the universe.
Fuck off. And keep fucking off until the heat death of the universe.
November 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
When I glanced at the Guardian front page online this early evening it looked like a beige Daily Mail. They can't call out Labour only monetize handwringing flacid impotent rage.
I wish we could ignore JK Rowling on trans rights. But she's a billionairess, so we can't. George Monbiot who endorsed the transphobic Cass Review on Bill Gates and the climate crisis? "I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t."
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I wish we could ignore JK Rowling on trans rights. But she's a billionairess, so we can't. George Monbiot who endorsed the transphobic Cass Review on Bill Gates and the climate crisis? "I wish we could ignore Bill Gates on the climate crisis. But he’s a billionaire, so we can’t."
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“The anti-trans movement likes to cloak its transphobia & transmisogyny in a patently genocidal language of social contagion… The language of modern day transphobia is very similar to National Socialist views on homosexuality.”
Transphobia is rooted in recycled homophobia. It belongs in the trash.
Transphobia is rooted in recycled homophobia. It belongs in the trash.
Statement on the Transphobic UN Report on Violence Against Women and Girls
October 17, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security is appalled by the advanced edited report from the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls (VAWG) en...
www.lemkininstitute.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“The anti-trans movement likes to cloak its transphobia & transmisogyny in a patently genocidal language of social contagion… The language of modern day transphobia is very similar to National Socialist views on homosexuality.”
Transphobia is rooted in recycled homophobia. It belongs in the trash.
Transphobia is rooted in recycled homophobia. It belongs in the trash.