Kathy O'Donnell
@kathyodonnell.bsky.social
Journalist, parent to two grown-ups, LGBT+ rights campaigner, former night editor of The Times, Scotland. Lives in France. [she/her]
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The PM and Foreign Secretary should be condemning this illegal strike and breach of international human rights law.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
After years of arming a genocide and worshipping the “special relationship”, Trump now believes he can act with impunity.
Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Trump starting a war.
CNN: CNN just getting report that the smoke appears to be rising from the vicinity of Fort Tiona, which is where the Venezuelan ministry of defense is headquartered, which would seem to indicate that somebody is targeting the defenses of Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Trump starting a war.
Yes. This.
January 2, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Yes. This.
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Your government will say “well that’s where the people are,”
…and you can remind them that there are plenty of people on PornHub, but they don’t feel the need to establish a presence there… and PornHub actually self-police!
…and you can remind them that there are plenty of people on PornHub, but they don’t feel the need to establish a presence there… and PornHub actually self-police!
At the stage now where it's probably easier just to assume anyone still using that site is using it for this. I mean, there's no good answer to the question "what are you doing on the AI child porn site?" and we should be asking public figures and orgs that _exact_ question all the time
January 2, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Your government will say “well that’s where the people are,”
…and you can remind them that there are plenty of people on PornHub, but they don’t feel the need to establish a presence there… and PornHub actually self-police!
…and you can remind them that there are plenty of people on PornHub, but they don’t feel the need to establish a presence there… and PornHub actually self-police!
A couple of weeks ago I posted that "... in journalism it is surprisingly easy to find people who aren't burning to tell truth to power? Who have no moral and ethical tether.
Oligarchs ... spot them and put them in charge."
Read the interview below to see how this works at the NYT.
Oligarchs ... spot them and put them in charge."
Read the interview below to see how this works at the NYT.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
A couple of weeks ago I posted that "... in journalism it is surprisingly easy to find people who aren't burning to tell truth to power? Who have no moral and ethical tether.
Oligarchs ... spot them and put them in charge."
Read the interview below to see how this works at the NYT.
Oligarchs ... spot them and put them in charge."
Read the interview below to see how this works at the NYT.
A magnificent read from @jim.londoncentric.media
A story of two awful men of the same name who both made a fortune from London property and loans 400 years apart.
A story of two awful men of the same name who both made a fortune from London property and loans 400 years apart.
Set out six months ago to investigative some dubious evictions. Ended up writing a sprawling story spread over 450 years about London property deals, the ethics of money lending, Tommy Robinson, Barbary pirates, Jacobean earls, and wealth in the capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/henry-smit...
A Tale Of One City And Two Henry Smiths
These two London landlords are separated by four centuries — but joined by a common name and business interests.
www.londoncentric.media
January 1, 2026 at 10:29 AM
A magnificent read from @jim.londoncentric.media
A story of two awful men of the same name who both made a fortune from London property and loans 400 years apart.
A story of two awful men of the same name who both made a fortune from London property and loans 400 years apart.
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I chaired a briefing for politicians where we brought trans legal experts into Parliament to explain the ruling, and what might be needed from them in response.
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I chaired a briefing for politicians where we brought trans legal experts into Parliament to explain the ruling, and what might be needed from them in response.
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He got three years and nine months, and was disqualified from being a company director for seven years.
Producer of Brexit: The Movie jailed for fraud
And not before time, you may very well think. BBC News reports: A film producer who lied about his income to secure a £519,000 loan has bee...
liberalengland.blogspot.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:53 PM
He got three years and nine months, and was disqualified from being a company director for seven years.
Oddly enough, this was not discussed in the interview with Dromey of the Fabian Society.
The hoarding of resources and political corruption and manipulation by the rich is up there with climate change as an existential threat to us all.
Yet it can be countered by legislation and tax.
The hoarding of resources and political corruption and manipulation by the rich is up there with climate change as an existential threat to us all.
Yet it can be countered by legislation and tax.
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Oddly enough, this was not discussed in the interview with Dromey of the Fabian Society.
The hoarding of resources and political corruption and manipulation by the rich is up there with climate change as an existential threat to us all.
Yet it can be countered by legislation and tax.
The hoarding of resources and political corruption and manipulation by the rich is up there with climate change as an existential threat to us all.
Yet it can be countered by legislation and tax.
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If you watch the deposition of Jack Smith, you'll conclude as a matter of necessity that Donald Trump should be in a federal prison right now rather than the White House. He's only living outside a cage due to dumb luck. And all of us are paying the price.
Jack Smith Deposition
YouTube video by House Judiciary GOP
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 3:59 AM
If you watch the deposition of Jack Smith, you'll conclude as a matter of necessity that Donald Trump should be in a federal prison right now rather than the White House. He's only living outside a cage due to dumb luck. And all of us are paying the price.
Absolutely this.
December 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Absolutely this.
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For the British Art Journal @britishartjournal.bsky.social, I reviewed the National Gallery's, 'Joseph Wright of Derby: From the Shadows'.
It's a fine show, yet repeats a number of mistaken assumptions about Wright, and British 18thC art in general.
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britishartjournal.co.uk/wright-of-de...
It's a fine show, yet repeats a number of mistaken assumptions about Wright, and British 18thC art in general.
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britishartjournal.co.uk/wright-of-de...
Wright of Derby ‘From the Shadows’ – British Art Journal: Online
This review challenges some of the assumptions behind an important and absorbing exhibition
britishartjournal.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
For the British Art Journal @britishartjournal.bsky.social, I reviewed the National Gallery's, 'Joseph Wright of Derby: From the Shadows'.
It's a fine show, yet repeats a number of mistaken assumptions about Wright, and British 18thC art in general.
1/4
britishartjournal.co.uk/wright-of-de...
It's a fine show, yet repeats a number of mistaken assumptions about Wright, and British 18thC art in general.
1/4
britishartjournal.co.uk/wright-of-de...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Her starting place is the segregation of trans people.
MPs were right to say Mary-Ann Stephenson is not a suitable person to lead the EHRC.
Also, her interpretation here of the Supreme Court ruling is wrong, as we shall see.
Segregation is not equality.
Her starting place is the segregation of trans people.
MPs were right to say Mary-Ann Stephenson is not a suitable person to lead the EHRC.
Also, her interpretation here of the Supreme Court ruling is wrong, as we shall see.
Segregation is not equality.
Judge me on what I do, says new EHRC chair after transgender groups’ criticism
Mary-Ann Stephenson says she must build relationship with LGBTQ+ sector amid debate over single-sex spaces
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Her starting place is the segregation of trans people.
MPs were right to say Mary-Ann Stephenson is not a suitable person to lead the EHRC.
Also, her interpretation here of the Supreme Court ruling is wrong, as we shall see.
Segregation is not equality.
Her starting place is the segregation of trans people.
MPs were right to say Mary-Ann Stephenson is not a suitable person to lead the EHRC.
Also, her interpretation here of the Supreme Court ruling is wrong, as we shall see.
Segregation is not equality.
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Ludicrous for the Guardian to badge 'single sex spaces' a key test facing Starmer. It's neither a key test (polling shows it's a voting issue for almost no-one) nor a test for Starmer (it falls to judges to try and work out the disgraceful Supreme Court meant). Still, gotta stir the culture war pot.
From Send to single-sex spaces: key tests facing Keir Starmer in 2026
From Send to single-sex spaces: key tests facing Keir Starmer in 2026
Moment of maximum danger will come in May’s local and regional elections and PM is already plotting his comeback
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Ludicrous for the Guardian to badge 'single sex spaces' a key test facing Starmer. It's neither a key test (polling shows it's a voting issue for almost no-one) nor a test for Starmer (it falls to judges to try and work out the disgraceful Supreme Court meant). Still, gotta stir the culture war pot.
Hello, @humanists.uk .
I refer you to the column by Suzanne Moore in today's Daily Telegraph, which denigrates trans people and calls for curbs on their human rights. These are her often-stated beliefs and fail all eight of the criteria that Humanists UK stand for.
Please act.
I refer you to the column by Suzanne Moore in today's Daily Telegraph, which denigrates trans people and calls for curbs on their human rights. These are her often-stated beliefs and fail all eight of the criteria that Humanists UK stand for.
Please act.
December 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Hello, @humanists.uk .
I refer you to the column by Suzanne Moore in today's Daily Telegraph, which denigrates trans people and calls for curbs on their human rights. These are her often-stated beliefs and fail all eight of the criteria that Humanists UK stand for.
Please act.
I refer you to the column by Suzanne Moore in today's Daily Telegraph, which denigrates trans people and calls for curbs on their human rights. These are her often-stated beliefs and fail all eight of the criteria that Humanists UK stand for.
Please act.
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December 30, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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We try not to amplify hate, and have deliberately avoided going head to head with those who spew it. But we’re sorry to all the trans people, their families and friends who have to face daily articles questioning their validity. We want to show and share that you’re loved
notinourname.org.uk/about/
notinourname.org.uk/about/
About - Not in our name
We are a collective of women united in solidarity with our trans, non-binary, and gender-diverse siblings. We reject the weaponisation of our identities to justify...
notinourname.org.uk
December 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
We try not to amplify hate, and have deliberately avoided going head to head with those who spew it. But we’re sorry to all the trans people, their families and friends who have to face daily articles questioning their validity. We want to show and share that you’re loved
notinourname.org.uk/about/
notinourname.org.uk/about/
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Sharing posts from @nionwomen.bsky.social as it's important to make it clear that so many of us cisgender women stand with our trans siblings.
We are now at 75k signatures, with many messages of support on Instagram, Facebook and here.
This is a genuine groundswell of love over hate, and a call to focus on the real harms faced by women and girls.
Thank you all who’ve signed and shared. Let’s keep it going 💜
notinourname.org.uk
This is a genuine groundswell of love over hate, and a call to focus on the real harms faced by women and girls.
Thank you all who’ve signed and shared. Let’s keep it going 💜
notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
notinourname.org.uk
December 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sharing posts from @nionwomen.bsky.social as it's important to make it clear that so many of us cisgender women stand with our trans siblings.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated that the 1918 flu pandemic was caused by a lab virus from vaccine research, a defective influenza vaccine. Let’s analyze what a lie this is. First, in 1918, 107 years ago, virology was in its infancy
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Top tip - Avoid ruining a fantastic legacy and all your obituaries by not becoming a terrible bigot in later life.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
French actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91
The actress revolutionised French cinema in the 1950s, but became increasingly controversial in her later years.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Top tip - Avoid ruining a fantastic legacy and all your obituaries by not becoming a terrible bigot in later life.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
Continual bombardment of civilian targets by Russia. My Ukrainian friends who became refugees would like to go home, but their homes are in ruins.
December 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Continual bombardment of civilian targets by Russia. My Ukrainian friends who became refugees would like to go home, but their homes are in ruins.
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The Wildlife Trusts have warned of a nightmare for biodiversity as the UK Government went against its election commitment to ensure that development promotes nature recovery:
UK Government dilutes nature-protection laws for housebuilding
The Labour Government has watered down Biodiversity Net Gain, going against its pledge to ensure that development promotes nature recovery.
bit.ly
December 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Wildlife Trusts have warned of a nightmare for biodiversity as the UK Government went against its election commitment to ensure that development promotes nature recovery:
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The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
goodlaw.social
December 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The NHS is under pressure to adopt Palantir software.
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Palantir’s founder openly despises the NHS.
You can push back – use our tool to see if your local trust is using the software, then send an email to say no to Palantir
https://goodlaw.social/658abc