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Matt McVeigh
@mattmcv.bsky.social
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Runner, traveller of the world and general all round good guy (or something). LGB with the T. Hate Brexit. Not travelling to the US until 2029 (earliest).
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colinsmith.bsky.social
William Golding from his 1962 essay “Fables” on the intended meaning of his “Lord Of The Flies”.
No
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
NEW

The letter the BBC could send back to Trump

A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim

By me. Enjoy.

emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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jessicaelgot.bsky.social
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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stephenstroud.bsky.social
The perfect idea for Davie’s leaving present. Let’s have a whip round to get it framed.
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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omaromalleykhan.bsky.social
I'm joking here but it is just outrageously and needlessly offensive to (pretend to) believe, or imply, because you haven't thought through the implications of your purported beliefs, that you might say to a British Jew whose great grandparents barely escaped the Nazis: actually, you're German
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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jasonreiduk.bsky.social
what is this ‘america’ you speak of?!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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margareterosali.bsky.social
@allenanalysis.bsky.social ♨️
HOLY HELL; 🔥
JB #Pritzker just went nuclear on #Trump:

“Donald Trump & his bootlickers have torn down the Department of Education from the inside. Books are being banned. History is being erased. And Donald Trump and his cronies can f*** all the way off.”

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November 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.

Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
mattmcv.bsky.social
"It is unknown where Miller now sleeps during the day" 🤣🤣
youranoncentral.bsky.social Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 21d
It is unknown where Miller now sleeps during the day, he decided to flee his home after witnessing colorful chalk on his sidewalk that said: “Stephen Miller is destroying democracy,” “stop the kidnapping,” “hate has no home in Arlington,” which prompted him to fear for his life.
October 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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butterflygirl24.bsky.social
Aliens would be from outer space. None of us came from outer space. #chicago
October 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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natashadevon.bsky.social
lol.
A warning has been issued after fake letters were posted through letterboxes, claiming people would have to house refugees if they flew St George's flag. The letter said that "patriotic" households displaying the country's flag will temporarily house refugees because ‘we know you would be proud to assist your country’.
October 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
mattmcv.bsky.social
I see enshitification of the web has reached @metoffice.gov.uk - the new beta view removes much useful, up front data and now requires users to scroll then select tabs and settings to see what was once immediately available. I just despair sometimes, everything, at every level, seems to get worse.
New met office weather forecast style
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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charliecoffee.bsky.social
Backyard Ultras are devilishly clever. Running 4.1667 miles in an hour every hour looks easy. With a national record and PB of 59 yards going in, Sarah Perry 🇬🇧 has today set a new female world record of 95 yards before stopping. 396 miles. 4 days. No chance to really sleep, or even eat a meal. 🤯
October 22, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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scottishtrans.bsky.social
"A blanket ban on access to gender- affirming spaces does not support healing. It retraumatises. It isolates. It tells vulnerable young people that their needs don't matter."

A powerful letter from a parent of a trans child in the National today, calling for the govt. to challenge EHRC guidance.
Guidance from EHRC should be challenged by Labour I WRITE as a feminist and the parent of a trans teenager. I have also spent years working to safeguard women and children. I understand risk- and where harm comes from. I'm writing because of the damage being done by the initial guidance on single-sex spaces from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), and the urgent need for principled leadership from Keir Starmer. The trans community - and by extension, my child - faces hostility, suspicion, and dehumanisation simply for existing. The hatred I see online is terrifying. When politicians fail to stand up for their rights, it sends a chilling message: that trans people are not safe, not welcome, not worthy of dignity. That families like mine don't matter. But it also fails women. It misdirects their fear. The risk to women and children is overwhelmingly from cis men. Women are not safe in their own homes - why are we talking about toilets? This guidance doesn't protect women it undermines us. It shifts the burden of safety onto marginalised groups, rather than addressing the real sources of harm. It tells cis women that their fear should be directed at trans women, rather than at the systems that fail to protect them from male violence. It also divides us. It pits cis women against trans women, when we should be united in fighting misogyny, inequality, and abuse. It distracts from the real battles - like the epidemic of domestic violence, the failures of the justice system, and the rise of online misogyny. It offers a false sense of security while leaving the actual threats untouched. As a feminist, I find this deeply regressive. It's not about protecting women - it's about controlling spaces. And this brings me to the hypocrisy of current safeguarding rhetoric. Politicians claim to be protecting children, yet ignore the fact that many public spaces - swimming pools, for example - are not gendered. Children routinely share spaces with cis men, often with no supervision. No-one seems concerned about safeguarding in those contexts. Male children routinely stand beside adult men exposing themselves at urinals - yet no-one calls for reform in those spaces. Sex offenders are not routinely stopped from using public toilets. But no pearl-clutching for that. Why? Because the concern isn't about safeguarding - it's about targeting trans people under the guise of protection. The current political framing of trans people as a blanket risk is not only inaccurate - it's unethical. It is also incompatible with trauma- informed practice. Blanket bans and exclusionary policies ignore the complexity of trauma, identity, and safety. Trauma-informed work requires us to consider the individual, not to impose rigid categories. It demands that we create environments where people feel safe, seen, and respected. I am astounded that Labour have not yet publicly rejected the EHRC's guidance. Surely their role is to challenge it - not quietly adopt it. It is the role of politicians to lead, to legislate, to protect - not to defer responsibility. The EHRC's proposals are unworkable. They do not support the rights of my trans child. From what I've read, they are focused on exclusion, not inclusion. Are we going to segregate trans youth like it's 1950s America? That seems to be what Wes Streeting is suggesting. Will my child have to walk miles to find a toilet they can safely use? This issue does not exist in a vacuum. Women in the UK face enormous challenges. We have a police force riddled with misogyny. În Scotland alone, there were 65,000 reported domestic abuse incidents last year. We face inequality in healthcare, threats to reproductive rights, and systemic failures in protecting victims of violence. Online misogyny is on the rise. These are the issues that demand urgent attention. Yet here we are talking about single-sex spaces. This is not about protecting women. It is about stoking fear. It is about scapegoating a marginalised group. And it is deeply harmful - not just to trans people, but to all women. All this could have been avoided. So much harm has been done - harm that will take years to undo. My child's life has been made more painful, more difficult, more isolating. Not because of who they are, but because of what the Labour Party has legitimised. Because of the fear and hatred that has been fuelled. I urge Keir Starmer to reject the EHRC's guidance, to listen to trans people, parents and professionals, and to lead with empathy - and more importantly, with evidence. Because right now, Labour is failing trans children. As a parent, it's horrifying. Parent of a Trans Child
October 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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benansell.bsky.social
If Labour cannot denounce mass deportation of permanent residents, Idi Amin style, what is the point of them?
October 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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onthistangent.bsky.social
I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭
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October 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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m-ttpa.bsky.social
I’m the real victim here, lads, I got memed into being racist- it’s just
not something I have agency over.
October 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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orangesage.bsky.social
#NoKings Miami!
October 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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forbesmm.bsky.social
this tweet turns 10 today 🎂🥳
Tweet from Adrian Bott @Cavalorn 'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs woman who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party.
October 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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October 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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thedailyshow.com
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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henrymance.ft.com
In my feed, this video is next to Kemi Badenoch's promise to create a UK version of ICE.
lordnad.bsky.social Daniel Connerton @lordnad.bsky.social · Oct 4
@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.
October 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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michaelf617.bsky.social
I asked a Christian baker to write Charlie Kirk on a gay wedding cake and we've been staring at each other for 39 straight hours now
October 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM