Sam
@irishwol.bsky.social
Escaped from the rubble of Twitter. Feminist, recovering medievalist, LGBT+activist, loves her family, animals and art. She/her
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Another name for this would be "pre-existing conditions," a way used to exclude disabled people from health care for decades in the US.
Understand, when you hear people talk about "rewarding the healthy" - these are policies that have a body count.
Understand, when you hear people talk about "rewarding the healthy" - these are policies that have a body count.
Please understand that "reward people for being healthy", in health insurance, also translates to "punish people for being disabled."
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
The people who are most vulnerable, most in need, will be asked to bear higher costs, in many cases, pricing them out of accessing health care, into early graves.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Another name for this would be "pre-existing conditions," a way used to exclude disabled people from health care for decades in the US.
Understand, when you hear people talk about "rewarding the healthy" - these are policies that have a body count.
Understand, when you hear people talk about "rewarding the healthy" - these are policies that have a body count.
A nasty thread to read. Depressing
More fuckery is afoot and I feel like an insane person with conspiracy string but I gotta lay this out for people. Roll with me.
On September 10th, I filed my code of conduct complaint against the leadership of the feminist caucus for the transphobia I and another trans person were subjected to.
On September 10th, I filed my code of conduct complaint against the leadership of the feminist caucus for the transphobia I and another trans person were subjected to.
a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .
Alt: charlie day and his pepe silva conspiracy wall
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
A nasty thread to read. Depressing
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Anyway it's fucking TDOR tomorrow and I'm still trying to get Democrats to *do fucking better*.
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Anyway it's fucking TDOR tomorrow and I'm still trying to get Democrats to *do fucking better*.
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This could just as easily be written as anyone could he banned from 'single-sex' spaces based on how they look. Cis people are idiots.
"Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look. The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This could just as easily be written as anyone could he banned from 'single-sex' spaces based on how they look. Cis people are idiots.
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This is true:
"For two years we drowned in blood💔
I knew you couldn’t stop that
But now we’re drowning in rain
and you can save us from the cold that’s consuming us"
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-sa...
"For two years we drowned in blood💔
I knew you couldn’t stop that
But now we’re drowning in rain
and you can save us from the cold that’s consuming us"
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-sa...
November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This is true:
"For two years we drowned in blood💔
I knew you couldn’t stop that
But now we’re drowning in rain
and you can save us from the cold that’s consuming us"
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-sa...
"For two years we drowned in blood💔
I knew you couldn’t stop that
But now we’re drowning in rain
and you can save us from the cold that’s consuming us"
www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-sa...
Barbara Dickson turns up alone for the Chess anniversary concert.
Problematic Elaine Paige gap.
Problematic Elaine Paige gap.
Angry person yelling at chill person who is responding by being calm, which makes the angry person even more mad? Problematic rage gap.
Prisoners keep escaping because you put the bars too far apart? Problematic cage gap.
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Barbara Dickson turns up alone for the Chess anniversary concert.
Problematic Elaine Paige gap.
Problematic Elaine Paige gap.
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In sorting my own thoughts about the moment, I began writing about the way science is being used by bad actors under the guise of "evidence-based medicine". I also talk about the limits of our ability to fully boil down evidence into axioms that make subjectivity irrelevant.
The myth of an apolitical science — Jessica Kant
What we might call the modern anti-science movement, starting with efforts to hide the obvious linkage between tobacco and cancer, and the rise of “climate skepticism”, has grown in scale enormously i...
jessk.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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The trap by the proscenium won't close?
Problematic stage gap
Problematic stage gap
Your partner has standard ear piercings and you have giant plugs in your stretched lobes?
Problematic gauge gap.
Problematic gauge gap.
Your thanksgiving stuffing doesn’t taste right?
Problematic sage gap.
Problematic sage gap.
November 19, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The trap by the proscenium won't close?
Problematic stage gap
Problematic stage gap
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And of course "sex-based rights to equal opportunity" is a contradiction in terms. Equal opportunity means your rights are absolutely not based on your sex.
medium.com/@davidallsop...
medium.com/@davidallsop...
“Sex-based rights” are contradictory nonsense
The term is a dog-whistle slogan, coined just to exclude trans people, with multiple meanings — none of which make sense.
medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
And of course "sex-based rights to equal opportunity" is a contradiction in terms. Equal opportunity means your rights are absolutely not based on your sex.
medium.com/@davidallsop...
medium.com/@davidallsop...
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My longread from the latest edition of our mag about the razing of Gaza in this war. One man who grew up in Rafah, the city in southern Gaza that has been largely destroyed, told me this: “you can say you miss your city if it still exists. It’s gone, you know”
“Soldiers testify that they have been told to burn down houses they have stayed in by pouring oil on curtains, books and mattresses.”
Read @aloner.bsky.social’s report on the destruction of Gaza’s cities.
Read @aloner.bsky.social’s report on the destruction of Gaza’s cities.
‘The directive was nothing left’: How Gaza’s cities were destroyed
Israel has razed large parts of the Gaza Strip since the war began in October 2023. The evidence points to systemic destruction
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
My longread from the latest edition of our mag about the razing of Gaza in this war. One man who grew up in Rafah, the city in southern Gaza that has been largely destroyed, told me this: “you can say you miss your city if it still exists. It’s gone, you know”
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...yeah. Okay. Enough.
This happens every year, it seems. The SFWA awards a writer the Grand Master Award, and if that writer is not a white male, a portion of the fanbase begins complaining vociferously about the award winner.
These "fans" are, of course, white men, 45+ years old.
This happens every year, it seems. The SFWA awards a writer the Grand Master Award, and if that writer is not a white male, a portion of the fanbase begins complaining vociferously about the award winner.
These "fans" are, of course, white men, 45+ years old.
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Children are not the ‘property’ of parents - to label them and dictate how they present themselves to the rest of the world! 😣
My guess is that this woman’s rapist ex-husband is trying to impose his will on how his child is perceived in order to control his ex-wife. 😤
My guess is that this woman’s rapist ex-husband is trying to impose his will on how his child is perceived in order to control his ex-wife. 😤
A High Court judge has forced a six-year-old girl to keep the surname of the man who raped her mother. We think this is an outrage and are putting together a legal team so D's mother can take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
But we need your help. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
The law has failed a woman and her child – fight back
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name. It’s time to change the system.
goodlawproject.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Children are not the ‘property’ of parents - to label them and dictate how they present themselves to the rest of the world! 😣
My guess is that this woman’s rapist ex-husband is trying to impose his will on how his child is perceived in order to control his ex-wife. 😤
My guess is that this woman’s rapist ex-husband is trying to impose his will on how his child is perceived in order to control his ex-wife. 😤
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Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours!
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours
In the space of an afternoon, I booked an appointment with my GP, talked through my symptoms, and walked out with a prescription for HRT in…
medium.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Trans people are waiting 25 years to get access to HRT on the NHS: It took me 5 hours!
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
“The whole time I was talking to my GP I couldn’t stop thinking about how my experience was so totally & completely different to that of a trans person. The contrast was impossible to ignore” #TransAwarenessWeek
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I regret to say this is how your email finds me and will continue to find me until the world improves.
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
I regret to say this is how your email finds me and will continue to find me until the world improves.
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Since one should plug one's own books, here goes.
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Dragons and Blades - Aliette de Bodard
The Dragons and Blades Reading Order 1. Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders | 2. Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances murderous husband/diplomatic husband, solving crimes without stabbing anyone, healthy relat...
www.aliettedebodard.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Since one should plug one's own books, here goes.
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
Comedies of manners and murders, featuring a cinnamon roll dragon prince and his stab-happy Fallen angel husband. They try to solve crimes without causing more crimes.
www.aliettedebodard.com/bibliography...
Tried to write cozy, there were murders
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100,000s of people marched to stop the invasion of Gaza. Cumulativly, I think you had an attendance of millions. The govt didn't move in inch. Some ingrates spray paint roundabouts, and they get a whole new asylum seeker policy. Fascinating.
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
100,000s of people marched to stop the invasion of Gaza. Cumulativly, I think you had an attendance of millions. The govt didn't move in inch. Some ingrates spray paint roundabouts, and they get a whole new asylum seeker policy. Fascinating.
Happy International Men's Day to those who celebrate.
And special shout out to my son, who is all shades of brilliant.
And special shout out to my son, who is all shades of brilliant.
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Happy International Men's Day to those who celebrate.
And special shout out to my son, who is all shades of brilliant.
And special shout out to my son, who is all shades of brilliant.
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Not to yuck peoples yum but if they can let Patton Oswalt back in for doing the exact same damn thing then they can also reinstate Link.
First off, my suspension has ended. Got a little harsh with a post a few days ago but I didn’t have my feet on the ground and I’m sorry if I offended anyone. Will try to be more chipper. Knock on wood!
November 17, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Not to yuck peoples yum but if they can let Patton Oswalt back in for doing the exact same damn thing then they can also reinstate Link.
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(TW for discussion of sexual violence)
I’ll say why I found it particularly disturbing. I just listened to the episode of Criminal where E. Jean Carroll describes what Trump did to her. How right before he attacked her, she’d been teasing him
I’ll say why I found it particularly disturbing. I just listened to the episode of Criminal where E. Jean Carroll describes what Trump did to her. How right before he attacked her, she’d been teasing him
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
(TW for discussion of sexual violence)
I’ll say why I found it particularly disturbing. I just listened to the episode of Criminal where E. Jean Carroll describes what Trump did to her. How right before he attacked her, she’d been teasing him
I’ll say why I found it particularly disturbing. I just listened to the episode of Criminal where E. Jean Carroll describes what Trump did to her. How right before he attacked her, she’d been teasing him
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
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We need to ensure our elected officials are acting on the best intelligence when it comes to tackling the climate crisis . It's why I'm opening the National Emergency Briefing on 27 November , ensure your MP is attending at nebriefing.org
November 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
We need to ensure our elected officials are acting on the best intelligence when it comes to tackling the climate crisis . It's why I'm opening the National Emergency Briefing on 27 November , ensure your MP is attending at nebriefing.org
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It has been super fascinating to watch the ways in which every organization in the west has contorted themselves to prostrate before King Baby though.
Nothing has left me more confused. I am old enough to remember people genuinely asking 'What can Biden do? He's only the President' about everything
Nothing has left me more confused. I am old enough to remember people genuinely asking 'What can Biden do? He's only the President' about everything
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It has been super fascinating to watch the ways in which every organization in the west has contorted themselves to prostrate before King Baby though.
Nothing has left me more confused. I am old enough to remember people genuinely asking 'What can Biden do? He's only the President' about everything
Nothing has left me more confused. I am old enough to remember people genuinely asking 'What can Biden do? He's only the President' about everything
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this is fucking new, i think im gonna be sick
how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state
oh but religious records are valid dw
how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state
oh but religious records are valid dw
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
this is fucking new, i think im gonna be sick
how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state
oh but religious records are valid dw
how tf am i supposed to get an old birth cert if it was fucking sealed by the state
oh but religious records are valid dw
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Ardal's father was the odious Rory O'Hanlon, misogynist, homophobe and Minister for Health in Ireland during the AIDS crisis, so he knows bigotry when he sees it, and thankfully still calls it out.
Graham Linehan clashes with Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon over trans views
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/18/graham-linehan-ardal-ohanlon-anti-trans-views/?utm_content=1763480405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/18/graham-linehan-ardal-ohanlon-anti-trans-views/?utm_content=1763480405&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Graham Linehan clashes with Father Ted star Ardal O'Hanlon over trans views
Anti-trans activist Graham Linehan has claimed Father Ted actor Ardal O'Hanlon 'disagrees' with his views on trans rights.
www.thepinknews.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ardal's father was the odious Rory O'Hanlon, misogynist, homophobe and Minister for Health in Ireland during the AIDS crisis, so he knows bigotry when he sees it, and thankfully still calls it out.