Jane McLaughlin
@jmclaug.bsky.social
Creative strategist and communicator, writer, entrepreneur, music lover. Working with cities on climate neutrality and innovation. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
This is an absolute disgrace. Catastrophic damage to incredibly delicate ecosystems.
"According to Southern Water, the [Camber Sands] spill was caused by a mechanical failure at its Eastbourne sewage works"
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is an absolute disgrace. Catastrophic damage to incredibly delicate ecosystems.
Many of the writers and staffers at the @guardian should actually read this and think about how they have contributed and supported this narrative.
Transphobia now threatening to derail work on tackling climate change.
Billionaires who own super yachts and fly in private jets overjoyed at the distraction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Billionaires who own super yachts and fly in private jets overjoyed at the distraction.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Many of the writers and staffers at the @guardian should actually read this and think about how they have contributed and supported this narrative.
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More evidence that the "gender-critical" transphobes are working with fascists including Russia, Iran & Saudi Arabia. All countries where women are treated very badly.
"Gender-criticals" are not feminists & they do not "protect women"
They are trying to hold the COP 30 to ransom to be transphobic
"Gender-criticals" are not feminists & they do not "protect women"
They are trying to hold the COP 30 to ransom to be transphobic
Row over definition of ‘gender’ hangs over Cop30 plans to support women
Advocates say conservative states’ push to define gender as ‘biological sex’ would backslide on decade-old language within the UN
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
More evidence that the "gender-critical" transphobes are working with fascists including Russia, Iran & Saudi Arabia. All countries where women are treated very badly.
"Gender-criticals" are not feminists & they do not "protect women"
They are trying to hold the COP 30 to ransom to be transphobic
"Gender-criticals" are not feminists & they do not "protect women"
They are trying to hold the COP 30 to ransom to be transphobic
Amazing few days in Umeå…
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Amazing few days in Umeå…
“In a world where trans people already face exclusion on so many levels, such acts of solidarity and allyship are a beautiful reminder that division and exclusion are always a choice we can do our best to reject” great piece from @uglastefania.bsky.social
Another amazing article worth a read and share!
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/c...
metro.co.uk/2025/11/07/c...
Cyclists have just proven that including trans women isn’t hard
Cycling UK have gravely misjudged the people they claimed to represent.
metro.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“In a world where trans people already face exclusion on so many levels, such acts of solidarity and allyship are a beautiful reminder that division and exclusion are always a choice we can do our best to reject” great piece from @uglastefania.bsky.social
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“MPs’ problem with the EHRC guidance was not that it failed to address every conceivable scenario, but that it set out fundamentally unworkable instructions to businesses that go far beyond what the supreme court actually ruled, and which places them at risk of costly litigation.” - Rachel Taylor MP
Equality commission’s guidance after sex ruling is fundamentally unworkable | Letter
Letters: The EHRC has ignored warnings about the contradiction between possibly being sued for challenging someone’s gender versus being sued for failing to, says Rachel Taylor MP
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“MPs’ problem with the EHRC guidance was not that it failed to address every conceivable scenario, but that it set out fundamentally unworkable instructions to businesses that go far beyond what the supreme court actually ruled, and which places them at risk of costly litigation.” - Rachel Taylor MP
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Reform-run Council Cancels Christmas... And, at significant cost.
I would say you couldn't make it up. But unfortunately Reform can and did. ~AA
I would say you couldn't make it up. But unfortunately Reform can and did. ~AA
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reform-run Council Cancels Christmas... And, at significant cost.
I would say you couldn't make it up. But unfortunately Reform can and did. ~AA
I would say you couldn't make it up. But unfortunately Reform can and did. ~AA
To ALL the politicians, media and commentators who have stoked anti migrant racist xenophobia - this is on you:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
To ALL the politicians, media and commentators who have stoked anti migrant racist xenophobia - this is on you:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
Very sad. RIP
Very sad news…
The incredible D’Angelo has died.
A pioneer of the neo-soul movement, he was 51.
His musical legacy continues to have a massive impact today.
This means that his son, Michael, has lost both his mother, Angie Stone, and his father within just a matter of months.
The incredible D’Angelo has died.
A pioneer of the neo-soul movement, he was 51.
His musical legacy continues to have a massive impact today.
This means that his son, Michael, has lost both his mother, Angie Stone, and his father within just a matter of months.
October 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Very sad. RIP
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A wildly racist and utterly dishonest choice of picture
Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge
Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK
www.thetimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
A wildly racist and utterly dishonest choice of picture
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September 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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“What’s happened is that the window has shifted so dramatically that it’s now perfectly acceptable to be horrifically homophobic, racist or transphobic – not just with your mates, or in public, but in the media and Parliament. It’s acceptable again. The new normal is it’s okay to be a bigot again.”
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August 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
“What’s happened is that the window has shifted so dramatically that it’s now perfectly acceptable to be horrifically homophobic, racist or transphobic – not just with your mates, or in public, but in the media and Parliament. It’s acceptable again. The new normal is it’s okay to be a bigot again.”
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The only way is to SMASH this system from the inside. Hero, icon, martyr really, Nick Clegg took one for the world, by infiltrating this world and becoming one of those extremely rich, straight, white guys in Silicon Valley, then
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no, that's it, he did nothing except defend them.
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no, that's it, he did nothing except defend them.
August 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The only way is to SMASH this system from the inside. Hero, icon, martyr really, Nick Clegg took one for the world, by infiltrating this world and becoming one of those extremely rich, straight, white guys in Silicon Valley, then
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no, that's it, he did nothing except defend them.
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no, that's it, he did nothing except defend them.
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Makes me feel very not good that the BBC openly refers to trans people with slurs. If you weren’t aware, to call a trans person “biologically [their sex assigned at birth]” is a slur - it’s dehumanising and inaccurate!
August 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Makes me feel very not good that the BBC openly refers to trans people with slurs. If you weren’t aware, to call a trans person “biologically [their sex assigned at birth]” is a slur - it’s dehumanising and inaccurate!
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If you're a parent with kids at school in Edinburgh it's time to get in touch with your school admin and make clear you will not accept them bullying trans kids out of education.
This is cruel and discriminatory behaviour. Child cruelty.
goodlawproject.org/what-have-i-...
This is cruel and discriminatory behaviour. Child cruelty.
goodlawproject.org/what-have-i-...
‘What have I done wrong?’ Trans kids go back to school bathroom bans in Scotland
Councils rushing to put policies on school bathrooms in place leave trans children facing confusion, distress and the risk of being outed.
goodlawproject.org
August 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
If you're a parent with kids at school in Edinburgh it's time to get in touch with your school admin and make clear you will not accept them bullying trans kids out of education.
This is cruel and discriminatory behaviour. Child cruelty.
goodlawproject.org/what-have-i-...
This is cruel and discriminatory behaviour. Child cruelty.
goodlawproject.org/what-have-i-...
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We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real
August 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real
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🚨 NEW 🚨
Sign and share this letter to Ministers to express your business' or organisation's concerns with the EHRC's proposed Code of Practice
www.transsolidarityalliance.com/businesses-o...
Sign and share this letter to Ministers to express your business' or organisation's concerns with the EHRC's proposed Code of Practice
www.transsolidarityalliance.com/businesses-o...
August 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
🚨 NEW 🚨
Sign and share this letter to Ministers to express your business' or organisation's concerns with the EHRC's proposed Code of Practice
www.transsolidarityalliance.com/businesses-o...
Sign and share this letter to Ministers to express your business' or organisation's concerns with the EHRC's proposed Code of Practice
www.transsolidarityalliance.com/businesses-o...
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Tinderbox Britain: How conservatives ended up praying for violence iandunt.substack.com/p/tinderbox-...
August 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Tinderbox Britain: How conservatives ended up praying for violence iandunt.substack.com/p/tinderbox-...
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Anyone interested in the reaction of queer authors to the Polari prize committee honouring an anti trans author would be well advised to look up the affair ignited by the shortlisting of a book called ‘The Man Who Would be Queen’ (by J Michael Bailey) for a Lambda Literary Award in 2004.
August 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Anyone interested in the reaction of queer authors to the Polari prize committee honouring an anti trans author would be well advised to look up the affair ignited by the shortlisting of a book called ‘The Man Who Would be Queen’ (by J Michael Bailey) for a Lambda Literary Award in 2004.
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Great piece explaining the rationale behind the Polari Prize withdrawals and backlash.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye
The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Great piece explaining the rationale behind the Polari Prize withdrawals and backlash.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Important thread from @sachacoward.bsky.social re impact and misrepresentation of the Polari story. 🫶💪🏳️⚧️
I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/
John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’
August 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Important thread from @sachacoward.bsky.social re impact and misrepresentation of the Polari story. 🫶💪🏳️⚧️
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If you have never heard this album, it's one of the greatest of all time. Please listen ASAP! (preferably on #vinyl but anywhere will do)
Album A Day in 2025 with @dhoffma4.bsky.social
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
Released 1971
225/365
#RockSolidAlbumADay2025
#NowPlaying
#NowSpinning
#MusicSky
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On
Released 1971
225/365
#RockSolidAlbumADay2025
#NowPlaying
#NowSpinning
#MusicSky
August 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you have never heard this album, it's one of the greatest of all time. Please listen ASAP! (preferably on #vinyl but anywhere will do)