Mat
@mathawthorn.bsky.social
Artist-Trans Nonbinary-They/them
Artist at Hawthorn Crafts
50something GenXer over 18s only occasional NSFW posts
Artist at Hawthorn Crafts
50something GenXer over 18s only occasional NSFW posts
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Mat
@mathawthorn.bsky.social
· Nov 27
www.etsy.com
Hi, I’m Mat, a non binary and transgender artist living in the UK.
I mostly paint/draw fantasy and pagan flavoured art. I’m married to my amazing Ali and we have a business together selling my stuff online:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Hawt...
I mostly paint/draw fantasy and pagan flavoured art. I’m married to my amazing Ali and we have a business together selling my stuff online:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Hawt...
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Elias survived the famine in Gaza, but the cost was his sight. His small eyes are fading into darkness. He fought to live, now he struggles to see. We need urgent help to save his vision. Don't let his world go dark after he finally found life.
Verified @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
Verified @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
February 9, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Elias survived the famine in Gaza, but the cost was his sight. His small eyes are fading into darkness. He fought to live, now he struggles to see. We need urgent help to save his vision. Don't let his world go dark after he finally found life.
Verified @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
Verified @mommunism.bsky.social
gofund.me/5f2429cda
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A fun game of “who is in the messages they’re now being forced to release saying some absolutely appalling things”, perhaps. We’ve already seen these lads aren’t cautious about speaking their minds.
February 9, 2026 at 11:29 AM
A fun game of “who is in the messages they’re now being forced to release saying some absolutely appalling things”, perhaps. We’ve already seen these lads aren’t cautious about speaking their minds.
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Former board member of Sex Matters...
Funny how often this stuff happens, eh?
Funny how often this stuff happens, eh?
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Former board member of Sex Matters...
Funny how often this stuff happens, eh?
Funny how often this stuff happens, eh?
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This is a breaking news story.
Two babies among 53 people dead or missing after boat capsizes off Libya
Shipwreck brings number people reported dead or missing on Central Mediterranean route this year to at least 484.
www.aljazeera.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
This is a breaking news story.
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Video from Brazil captured the moment a torrent of water and waste was sent washing down a street, after floods caused a wall to collapse at a recycling centre in Ribeirao Preto.
February 9, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Video from Brazil captured the moment a torrent of water and waste was sent washing down a street, after floods caused a wall to collapse at a recycling centre in Ribeirao Preto.
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Over 300,000 children already living in the UK could face 5–10 extra years before they can settle permanently.
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Over 300,000 children already living in the UK could face 5–10 extra years before they can settle permanently.
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
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The last major nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia just expired. Some experts believe a combination of satellite surveillance, AI, and human reviewers can take its place. Others, not so much. www.wired.com/story/satell...
AI Is Here to Replace Nuclear Treaties. Scared Yet?
The last major nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia just expired. Some experts believe a combination of satellite surveillance, AI, and human reviewers can take its place. Others, not so much.
www.wired.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM
The last major nuclear arms treaty between the US and Russia just expired. Some experts believe a combination of satellite surveillance, AI, and human reviewers can take its place. Others, not so much. www.wired.com/story/satell...
What bothers me most about the way people are discussing the Epstein files is that most seem to be treating the matters they address as things that occurred in the past, for which justice must be done, and not things continuing to happen, with children in urgent danger.
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
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In the middle of a moral panic about sex trafficking so intense that I can't advertise a book about medieval history online and no one can access prom anymore, Labour's best and brightest are desperate to get on TV and let you know actually it is fine if rich people do it to poor girls.
"People like me, people like Pat that come onto programs like this are going to be supportive of people that we have worked closely with"
Asked about Pat McFadden defending Morgan McSweeney keeping his job yesterday, Baroness Jacqui Smith accidentally says the quiet bit out loud
Asked about Pat McFadden defending Morgan McSweeney keeping his job yesterday, Baroness Jacqui Smith accidentally says the quiet bit out loud
February 9, 2026 at 8:49 AM
In the middle of a moral panic about sex trafficking so intense that I can't advertise a book about medieval history online and no one can access prom anymore, Labour's best and brightest are desperate to get on TV and let you know actually it is fine if rich people do it to poor girls.
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imagine destroying 15 years of your wife's memories and posting about it on Twitter to get sympathy for yourself. I can't get over this. do you think she found out from this tweet?????
February 9, 2026 at 4:51 AM
imagine destroying 15 years of your wife's memories and posting about it on Twitter to get sympathy for yourself. I can't get over this. do you think she found out from this tweet?????
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The Times calls Keir Starmer's decision to hire Peter Mandelson an "egregious error" which deserves an "inquiry into the appointment process."
Not included is any demand for an inquiry into their own appointment of him, long after his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed
Not included is any demand for an inquiry into their own appointment of him, long after his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The Times calls Keir Starmer's decision to hire Peter Mandelson an "egregious error" which deserves an "inquiry into the appointment process."
Not included is any demand for an inquiry into their own appointment of him, long after his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed
Not included is any demand for an inquiry into their own appointment of him, long after his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed
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A man, and evidently sick bastard, called Russell Edwards (Jack the Ripper Experience on FB, well known in press for nonsense identity takes) has used the post-mortem photo of Elizabeth Stride and AI-d it to make her look alive and talking. Too much, too far. What on EARTH is going through his head?
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
A man, and evidently sick bastard, called Russell Edwards (Jack the Ripper Experience on FB, well known in press for nonsense identity takes) has used the post-mortem photo of Elizabeth Stride and AI-d it to make her look alive and talking. Too much, too far. What on EARTH is going through his head?
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Going after feminist groups for standing with trans people is not 'protecting women', whatever some may claim.
Read and support our letter with nearly 150 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations here: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/protectinclu...
Read and support our letter with nearly 150 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations here: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/protectinclu...
February 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Going after feminist groups for standing with trans people is not 'protecting women', whatever some may claim.
Read and support our letter with nearly 150 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations here: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/protectinclu...
Read and support our letter with nearly 150 feminist and LGBTQ+ organisations here: www.transsolidarityalliance.com/protectinclu...
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@london.gov.uk please reconsider your refusal to ban fossil fuel product advertising on TfL
I know that you know Ella Roberta Kissi-Debrah was only 9 years old when she died, and that air pollution in London is officially recognised as a contributing factor in her needless and preventable death
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I know that you know Ella Roberta Kissi-Debrah was only 9 years old when she died, and that air pollution in London is officially recognised as a contributing factor in her needless and preventable death
1.
I just do not understand why the Mayor of London refuses to do this. I’ve asked him many times.
TfL is a public body and public purpose should be rippled through it like a stick of rock.
Taking adverts for fossil products like cars on the TfL network only undermines his transport strategy. 🤷♀️
TfL is a public body and public purpose should be rippled through it like a stick of rock.
Taking adverts for fossil products like cars on the TfL network only undermines his transport strategy. 🤷♀️
“Amsterdam is set to ban climate-damaging advertising [fossil fuel and meat adverts] in public spaces, following a trend spreading across Dutch cities.
France has also enacted legislation outlawing adverts from non-renewable energy companies, and one Italian city has plans to do the same.”
France has also enacted legislation outlawing adverts from non-renewable energy companies, and one Italian city has plans to do the same.”
February 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
@london.gov.uk please reconsider your refusal to ban fossil fuel product advertising on TfL
I know that you know Ella Roberta Kissi-Debrah was only 9 years old when she died, and that air pollution in London is officially recognised as a contributing factor in her needless and preventable death
1.
I know that you know Ella Roberta Kissi-Debrah was only 9 years old when she died, and that air pollution in London is officially recognised as a contributing factor in her needless and preventable death
1.
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As a fucking parent TALK TO YOUR FUCKING KIDS THEN. Worried they'll see porn? Talk to them about porn. Worried they'll see gore? Talk to them about gore. Worried they'll get groomed? Talk to them about red flags and cultivate trust with them so they won't feel they have to hide things from you.
"As a parent, I am deeply concerned about what my child is accessing online. Albeit not enough to check or to install some very basic software that would prevent them from accessing dodgy material online. That's why the Online Safety Act is so important."
February 9, 2026 at 9:40 AM
As a fucking parent TALK TO YOUR FUCKING KIDS THEN. Worried they'll see porn? Talk to them about porn. Worried they'll see gore? Talk to them about gore. Worried they'll get groomed? Talk to them about red flags and cultivate trust with them so they won't feel they have to hide things from you.
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Labour are knowingly putting more children at risk of poverty and destitution. We see this every day already @praxisprojects.bsky.social. The child poverty strategy acknowledges this too. The settlement proposals must be stopped.
⚠️New @ippr.org research: 300,000 children will be hit by the Govt’s earned settlement plans.
Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty.
This is precarity by design.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Retrospective changes will deepen child poverty, block access to higher education & trap families in years of uncertainty.
This is precarity by design.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
300,000 children face 10-year wait for settled status under UK plans, says IPPR
Thinktank analysis says proposed ‘earned settlement’ changes could trap families in prolonged insecurity
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Labour are knowingly putting more children at risk of poverty and destitution. We see this every day already @praxisprojects.bsky.social. The child poverty strategy acknowledges this too. The settlement proposals must be stopped.
It’s all about control
“I sat my son under a large maple tree in our backyard and told him that males cannot be female, and we would be going back to his birth name and pronouns."
A quote from a parenting book available in 58 public libraries in the UK 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/exclusive-58...
A quote from a parenting book available in 58 public libraries in the UK 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/exclusive-58...
58 UK public libraries have parenting books with advice to encourage children to detransition
An anti-trans book that encourages ‘desistance’, the practice of ‘reverting back to a cisgender identity’, is available to parents all across the UK
www.wearequeeraf.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:10 AM
It’s all about control
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Well, if it isn't Captain Planet New York Times. 🙄
In the past year or so, this new conservative vanguard has rolled out the most boldly anti-environment agenda in modern American history. Recently this has included taking steps to allow a foreign company to mine for copper just upstream of Minnesota’s beloved Boundary Waters wilderness.
Opinion | MAGA Elites Who Live on Their Phones Are Ruining the Outdoors
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Well, if it isn't Captain Planet New York Times. 🙄
This is the moon city we should strive for
My moon city is way cooler
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM
This is the moon city we should strive for
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🚨BREAKING: British citizen & Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 yrs in prison.
Lai was charged with “collusion with a foreign country or external elements” under the Beijing's National Security Law. In reality, his case is an attack on press freedom & freedom of expression.
Lai was charged with “collusion with a foreign country or external elements” under the Beijing's National Security Law. In reality, his case is an attack on press freedom & freedom of expression.
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 AM
🚨BREAKING: British citizen & Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 yrs in prison.
Lai was charged with “collusion with a foreign country or external elements” under the Beijing's National Security Law. In reality, his case is an attack on press freedom & freedom of expression.
Lai was charged with “collusion with a foreign country or external elements” under the Beijing's National Security Law. In reality, his case is an attack on press freedom & freedom of expression.
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I can already see McSweeney's departure being retconned as the moment everything "went wrong" for Labour. The sensibles will just ignore how the shit hit the fan well before this.
I think they just wouldn't bother. They'd blame the Left, or the Tories or somebody. Scroungers? Immigrants? They can never fail, only be failed
February 9, 2026 at 10:30 AM
I can already see McSweeney's departure being retconned as the moment everything "went wrong" for Labour. The sensibles will just ignore how the shit hit the fan well before this.
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Senior defence officials are moving into Palantir roles as the company secures ever-deeper footholds across government | Ethan Shone
The great Ministry of Defence-to-Palantir pipeline
Senior defence officials are moving into Palantir roles as the company secures ever-deeper footholds across government
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Senior defence officials are moving into Palantir roles as the company secures ever-deeper footholds across government | Ethan Shone
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February 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM