Michael Armstrong
@medialator.bsky.social
Continually in transition, so just as soon as I get round to writing this description it will be out of date. Currently wrangling python code to monitor TV subtitles.
Also to be found at @medialator@mastodon.social
Also to be found at @medialator@mastodon.social
Maitlis admits she was one of the anti-trans campaigners in the BBC.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Maitlis admits she was one of the anti-trans campaigners in the BBC.
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"As someone working in law, it’s heresy to say this, and it might even kill my chances of a career... But as a trans person, and someone fighting for the rights of my community, I refuse to remain silent. To me it just seems obvious: a heavily prejudiced society produces prejudiced institutions."
It’s no surprise that only 31% of trans people trust a legal system built to enforce prejudice, says Jess O’Thomson.
It’s no surprise that only 31% of trans people trust a legal system built to enforce prejudice, says Jess O’Thomson.
goodlawproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"As someone working in law, it’s heresy to say this, and it might even kill my chances of a career... But as a trans person, and someone fighting for the rights of my community, I refuse to remain silent. To me it just seems obvious: a heavily prejudiced society produces prejudiced institutions."
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Weird request: in July @amnestyuk.bsky.social said they’d done a report on anti-rights groups in the UK
Does anyone have a copy of that report?
Their website only has this blog summarising it, not the report itself. News articles about it also only link the blog. I wanna read the full report!
Does anyone have a copy of that report?
Their website only has this blog summarising it, not the report itself. News articles about it also only link the blog. I wanna read the full report!
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Weird request: in July @amnestyuk.bsky.social said they’d done a report on anti-rights groups in the UK
Does anyone have a copy of that report?
Their website only has this blog summarising it, not the report itself. News articles about it also only link the blog. I wanna read the full report!
Does anyone have a copy of that report?
Their website only has this blog summarising it, not the report itself. News articles about it also only link the blog. I wanna read the full report!
Good riddance to one of the worst DGs the BBC has ever had.
I challenged him on a zoom call over the institutional transphobia infecting the BBC newsroom and he had no answer.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
I challenged him on a zoom call over the institutional transphobia infecting the BBC newsroom and he had no answer.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie tells staff departure was ‘my own decision’ but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Good riddance to one of the worst DGs the BBC has ever had.
I challenged him on a zoom call over the institutional transphobia infecting the BBC newsroom and he had no answer.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
I challenged him on a zoom call over the institutional transphobia infecting the BBC newsroom and he had no answer.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Wow! BBC newsroom having an existential crisis suddenly because the way they cut the Trump documentary was too woke? After all these years of airing climate denialist, anti immigrant, anti trans narratives in the name of balance, THIS is what makes resign?? 🙃
BREAKING: BBC has confirmed Tim Davie is to step down as BBC Director General
November 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Wow! BBC newsroom having an existential crisis suddenly because the way they cut the Trump documentary was too woke? After all these years of airing climate denialist, anti immigrant, anti trans narratives in the name of balance, THIS is what makes resign?? 🙃
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The wealthiest, most powerful men in the world want slaves without having to see a Black person, girlfriends without having to talk to women, the thrill of being a Hollywood director without having to build any creative skills, and the ability to cheat death. We must mock them ruthlessly.
Elon Musk is over on Twitter posting his sad/pathetic Ai prompts.
November 8, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The wealthiest, most powerful men in the world want slaves without having to see a Black person, girlfriends without having to talk to women, the thrill of being a Hollywood director without having to build any creative skills, and the ability to cheat death. We must mock them ruthlessly.
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Send the bill straight to Nigel Farage he gets £20,000 a week in 'donations' and '2nd jobs' so he should be able to pay it easily.
November 8, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Send the bill straight to Nigel Farage he gets £20,000 a week in 'donations' and '2nd jobs' so he should be able to pay it easily.
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The ultimate aim should be that all pedestrian crossings are green for pedestrians by default and motorists should have to press a button to activate the lights so they can cross the footway.
Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The ultimate aim should be that all pedestrian crossings are green for pedestrians by default and motorists should have to press a button to activate the lights so they can cross the footway.
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This would be a more convincing argument if Keir Starmer had not himself made a whole series of promises which he then declared completely undeliverable as soon as he became leader www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Greens’ ‘undeliverable’ promises will let voters down, says Labour minister
Exclusive: Darren Jones says Labour has to convince young people it is ‘modern party of the future’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This would be a more convincing argument if Keir Starmer had not himself made a whole series of promises which he then declared completely undeliverable as soon as he became leader www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Here, Rosalind Franklin's colleague Maurice himself argues to the head of their lab in London that their data should not have been leaked to Watson and Crick. You're welcome.
November 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Here, Rosalind Franklin's colleague Maurice himself argues to the head of their lab in London that their data should not have been leaked to Watson and Crick. You're welcome.
The ultimate aim should be that all pedestrian crossings are green for pedestrians by default and motorists should have to press a button to activate the lights so they can cross the footway.
Unless there's an unbreakably valid safety reason why not, all button-operated pedestrian crossings should activate the lights in pedestrians' favour instantly when pressed.
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The ultimate aim should be that all pedestrian crossings are green for pedestrians by default and motorists should have to press a button to activate the lights so they can cross the footway.
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Noted racist and Nobel Laureate James Watson, who stole Rosalind Franklin's data to try to deduce the structure of DNA first, has died at 97 as an unrepentant eugenicist and misogynist.
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Noted racist and Nobel Laureate James Watson, who stole Rosalind Franklin's data to try to deduce the structure of DNA first, has died at 97 as an unrepentant eugenicist and misogynist.
Bristol Waste blocking the cycle track on Park Row. @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social @edplowden.bsky.social we need much better parking enforcement.
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Bristol Waste blocking the cycle track on Park Row. @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social @edplowden.bsky.social we need much better parking enforcement.
I have been talking to people about reviving the protest and party culture of Bristol that we had in the 1990s and they all said how afraid they were. This underlines the awful situation the UK where protest is treated as terrorism.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release
Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permission
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I have been talking to people about reviving the protest and party culture of Bristol that we had in the 1990s and they all said how afraid they were. This underlines the awful situation the UK where protest is treated as terrorism.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
The behavior of @cyclinguk.bsky.social is shameful.
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 4:02 PM
The behavior of @cyclinguk.bsky.social is shameful.
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"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs
November 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
"Not TV or illegal drugs but the automobile has been the chief destroyer of...communities." ― Jane Jacobs
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Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
The bubble is about to burst, so the claims are getting more and more detached from reality to try and put of the economic crash.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The bubble is about to burst, so the claims are getting more and more detached from reality to try and put of the economic crash.
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Meanwhile, private UK motorists are subsidized to the tune of at least £35 bn each year.
That's roughly £1,500 per driver.
In reality, depending on how externalities are accounted for, it could at least be three or four times that figure.
That's roughly £1,500 per driver.
In reality, depending on how externalities are accounted for, it could at least be three or four times that figure.
It is not true “England cannot effectively subsidise travel costs”. Retired people get free travel. By freezing the fuel duty escalator we are subsidising car drivers, which compounds inequality. See more here: bettertransport.org.uk/media/groups...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Meanwhile, private UK motorists are subsidized to the tune of at least £35 bn each year.
That's roughly £1,500 per driver.
In reality, depending on how externalities are accounted for, it could at least be three or four times that figure.
That's roughly £1,500 per driver.
In reality, depending on how externalities are accounted for, it could at least be three or four times that figure.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Lovely 6-min video by @streetfilms.bsky.social, showing how great Low Traffic Neighbourhoods can be!
Let's reclaim our streets - and let's also reclaim the term "Low Traffic"! It's hugely desirable for loads of reasons and, despite what some media voices want us to believe, it's hugely popular too.
Let's reclaim our streets - and let's also reclaim the term "Low Traffic"! It's hugely desirable for loads of reasons and, despite what some media voices want us to believe, it's hugely popular too.
November 6, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Lovely 6-min video by @streetfilms.bsky.social, showing how great Low Traffic Neighbourhoods can be!
Let's reclaim our streets - and let's also reclaim the term "Low Traffic"! It's hugely desirable for loads of reasons and, despite what some media voices want us to believe, it's hugely popular too.
Let's reclaim our streets - and let's also reclaim the term "Low Traffic"! It's hugely desirable for loads of reasons and, despite what some media voices want us to believe, it's hugely popular too.
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here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
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Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.
It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.
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Huge congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on his election as Mayor of New York City from all of us at the Green Party! 🎉💚
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Huge congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on his election as Mayor of New York City from all of us at the Green Party! 🎉💚