Jessica Smith 🏳️🌈
@mintopia.net
Software Architect, Freelance network, broadcast and event engineer. Ask me about LanCache! ADHD. She/Her 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Also on Fediverse @mintopia@phpc.social
Also on Fediverse @mintopia@phpc.social
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Someday, I'd like an MP to stand up in parliament and ask why the *opinions* of a small subset of cisgender people matter more to this government than the safety, health, and dignity of every transgender person in the country.
November 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Someday, I'd like an MP to stand up in parliament and ask why the *opinions* of a small subset of cisgender people matter more to this government than the safety, health, and dignity of every transgender person in the country.
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The ”upgrade” to junction 11 on the M5 is going to cost £363mn
(fuck knows where the money goes) and is going ahead
Reopening the Stonehouse station on the Birmingham / Bristol line would cost around £25mn but trying to get it funded is impossible
(fuck knows where the money goes) and is going ahead
Reopening the Stonehouse station on the Birmingham / Bristol line would cost around £25mn but trying to get it funded is impossible
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The ”upgrade” to junction 11 on the M5 is going to cost £363mn
(fuck knows where the money goes) and is going ahead
Reopening the Stonehouse station on the Birmingham / Bristol line would cost around £25mn but trying to get it funded is impossible
(fuck knows where the money goes) and is going ahead
Reopening the Stonehouse station on the Birmingham / Bristol line would cost around £25mn but trying to get it funded is impossible
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Swan on River Stort. iPhone 16 pro, pro raw, Adobe Lightroom
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Swan on River Stort. iPhone 16 pro, pro raw, Adobe Lightroom
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i am feeling them.
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? – LabourList
When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government in half a century, something is going…
labourlist.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
i am feeling them.
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
- replaced my healthcare with conversion therapy
- stripped me of my civil rights, legal protections, and legal recognitions
- attempting to introduce segregation laws that will mandate i be persecuted and discriminated against effectively turning me in to a non-citizen
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When the NHS talk about the “risks” of puberty blockers for trans teens, they don’t mean side effects, they mean the “risk” child will stay trans. Being trans is the fail state to them, and they would rather children be dead.
We know PB are safe because we give them to cis children and some adults.
We know PB are safe because we give them to cis children and some adults.
the minutes of the October meeting between WellBN and SussexICB are chilling. Andrew Dodson from the Sussex side just openly saying patients will be “deprescribed,” that they’ll have no choice and won’t be allowed to talk to the team taking their healthcare away
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
When the NHS talk about the “risks” of puberty blockers for trans teens, they don’t mean side effects, they mean the “risk” child will stay trans. Being trans is the fail state to them, and they would rather children be dead.
We know PB are safe because we give them to cis children and some adults.
We know PB are safe because we give them to cis children and some adults.
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HRT is available over the counter in Portugal.
Ryanair have flights for 15 quid this time of year.
You’re welcome.
Ryanair have flights for 15 quid this time of year.
You’re welcome.
the minutes of the October meeting between WellBN and SussexICB are chilling. Andrew Dodson from the Sussex side just openly saying patients will be “deprescribed,” that they’ll have no choice and won’t be allowed to talk to the team taking their healthcare away
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
HRT is available over the counter in Portugal.
Ryanair have flights for 15 quid this time of year.
You’re welcome.
Ryanair have flights for 15 quid this time of year.
You’re welcome.
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This Sunday I find the need to repost "Dear anonymous internet user asking for help". If you want help with the open source software I provide freely, and you are a giant corporation, do not hide behind a fake name or email address: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Dear anonymous internet user asking for help.. - Bert Hubert
Dear anonymous internet user, dear corporate employee hiding behind a gmail.com address, dear “GitHub account with a single issue”,
Thank you for your interest in my free software, my project or the d...
berthub.eu
November 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This Sunday I find the need to repost "Dear anonymous internet user asking for help". If you want help with the open source software I provide freely, and you are a giant corporation, do not hide behind a fake name or email address: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
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Happy Halloween to all the British guys dressing up as a girl as a “joke,” good luck with just buying HRT off the internet 🤷♀️
Happy Halloween to all the Glaswegian guys dressing up as a girl today as a "joke", good luck with your gender affirming care appointments in two centuries time
November 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Happy Halloween to all the British guys dressing up as a girl as a “joke,” good luck with just buying HRT off the internet 🤷♀️
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it’s not the point of the whole “are white Brits represented enough in adverts” insanity, but who the fuck even *sees* adverts any more? everyone my age and younger that I know streams, pirates and adblocks. as with every hot-button political issue of the last forever, it’s a bugbear of the elderly.
November 1, 2025 at 11:45 AM
it’s not the point of the whole “are white Brits represented enough in adverts” insanity, but who the fuck even *sees* adverts any more? everyone my age and younger that I know streams, pirates and adblocks. as with every hot-button political issue of the last forever, it’s a bugbear of the elderly.
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Happy Halloween to all the Glaswegian guys dressing up as a girl today as a "joke", good luck with your gender affirming care appointments in two centuries time
November 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy Halloween to all the Glaswegian guys dressing up as a girl today as a "joke", good luck with your gender affirming care appointments in two centuries time
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GOD: Sleep is one of the very most important things humans do. It will make them feel rested, and be crucial to their ability to function.
ANGEL: Okay, got it.
GOD: And some of them are gonna be REALLY bad at it for no reason lol
ANGEL: Okay, got it.
GOD: And some of them are gonna be REALLY bad at it for no reason lol
March 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
GOD: Sleep is one of the very most important things humans do. It will make them feel rested, and be crucial to their ability to function.
ANGEL: Okay, got it.
GOD: And some of them are gonna be REALLY bad at it for no reason lol
ANGEL: Okay, got it.
GOD: And some of them are gonna be REALLY bad at it for no reason lol
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ADHD referral application form
What terrifying thing are you dressing as this Halloween I'm dressing up as acid reflux
October 30, 2025 at 10:21 AM
ADHD referral application form
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Forever charmed by Monkey Island II's iMUSE implementation, Lucasfilm/Arts' sound engine for smoothly and naturally transitioning from the musical beats and moods of one screen to another.
It's something you lose out on in the CD audio based re-releases of this, Dark Forces, and X-Wing/Tie Fighter.
It's something you lose out on in the CD audio based re-releases of this, Dark Forces, and X-Wing/Tie Fighter.
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Forever charmed by Monkey Island II's iMUSE implementation, Lucasfilm/Arts' sound engine for smoothly and naturally transitioning from the musical beats and moods of one screen to another.
It's something you lose out on in the CD audio based re-releases of this, Dark Forces, and X-Wing/Tie Fighter.
It's something you lose out on in the CD audio based re-releases of this, Dark Forces, and X-Wing/Tie Fighter.
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Please see below my article for Lib Dem Voice titled 'Have we forgotten what we stand for?'.
In it I talk about why so many young and diverse members feel disillusionment with the party and what I believe needs to change.
www.libdemvoice.org/have-we-forg...
In it I talk about why so many young and diverse members feel disillusionment with the party and what I believe needs to change.
www.libdemvoice.org/have-we-forg...
Have we forgotten what we stand for?
I joined the Liberal Democrats six years ago. I was 16, I’d just finished my GCSEs and I wanted to make a difference. I believe in Liberalism, and the party’s preamble spoke to me. After all, who woul...
www.libdemvoice.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Please see below my article for Lib Dem Voice titled 'Have we forgotten what we stand for?'.
In it I talk about why so many young and diverse members feel disillusionment with the party and what I believe needs to change.
www.libdemvoice.org/have-we-forg...
In it I talk about why so many young and diverse members feel disillusionment with the party and what I believe needs to change.
www.libdemvoice.org/have-we-forg...
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rly peeeves me when an API reference documents a response object for success responses and not for error responses. Like thanks for letting me hydrate valid data I guess but also no thanks for letting my client shit itself because it doesn't know how to handle your error messages
October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
rly peeeves me when an API reference documents a response object for success responses and not for error responses. Like thanks for letting me hydrate valid data I guess but also no thanks for letting my client shit itself because it doesn't know how to handle your error messages
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I'm going to call myself a transsexual now. Because sex/gender is not a real distinction anyway. Both are socially constructed. I am changing my sex as much as anyone else.
October 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I'm going to call myself a transsexual now. Because sex/gender is not a real distinction anyway. Both are socially constructed. I am changing my sex as much as anyone else.
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“It’s going to be decided by the membership but it’s a trans supportive party”
Yeah, called bullshit at the time. They must think we’re very stupid.
Yeah, called bullshit at the time. They must think we’re very stupid.
they’re so supportive of us they’re currently blocking every trans person and every trans supportive cis person.
maybe have a word with your comms teams, @zarahsultana.bsky.social.
maybe have a word with your comms teams, @zarahsultana.bsky.social.
October 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“It’s going to be decided by the membership but it’s a trans supportive party”
Yeah, called bullshit at the time. They must think we’re very stupid.
Yeah, called bullshit at the time. They must think we’re very stupid.
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And yet the UK's NHS is now insisting on your 'birth sex' when treating and diagnosing a trans person. Even though they know that puts us at risk. Even though more evidence like that below comes to light.
October 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
And yet the UK's NHS is now insisting on your 'birth sex' when treating and diagnosing a trans person. Even though they know that puts us at risk. Even though more evidence like that below comes to light.
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Your party is:
- destroying trans healthcare and education
- covering up the resulting suicides
- destroying trans equality rights
- condoning transphobic hate crimes
How dare you pretend you are on Brianna's side, and blame the social media she depended on for support. Utter hypocrisy.
- destroying trans healthcare and education
- covering up the resulting suicides
- destroying trans equality rights
- condoning transphobic hate crimes
How dare you pretend you are on Brianna's side, and blame the social media she depended on for support. Utter hypocrisy.
October 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Your party is:
- destroying trans healthcare and education
- covering up the resulting suicides
- destroying trans equality rights
- condoning transphobic hate crimes
How dare you pretend you are on Brianna's side, and blame the social media she depended on for support. Utter hypocrisy.
- destroying trans healthcare and education
- covering up the resulting suicides
- destroying trans equality rights
- condoning transphobic hate crimes
How dare you pretend you are on Brianna's side, and blame the social media she depended on for support. Utter hypocrisy.
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If Brianna was alive today, your government wouldn’t recognise her right to be herself. Can’t teach about people like her in school. Block her access to healthcare. Very soon stop her accessing women’s spaces.
Take her name out of your mouth. Your party is an enemy and direct threat to trans people
Take her name out of your mouth. Your party is an enemy and direct threat to trans people
October 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
If Brianna was alive today, your government wouldn’t recognise her right to be herself. Can’t teach about people like her in school. Block her access to healthcare. Very soon stop her accessing women’s spaces.
Take her name out of your mouth. Your party is an enemy and direct threat to trans people
Take her name out of your mouth. Your party is an enemy and direct threat to trans people
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This Labour government has made children like Brianna less safe.
• Has banned their healthcare.
• Reinstated a new version of section 28.
• Joined culture war attacks based on lies about trans people.
Either you do something about that or it’s time to take her name out of your mouth.
• Has banned their healthcare.
• Reinstated a new version of section 28.
• Joined culture war attacks based on lies about trans people.
Either you do something about that or it’s time to take her name out of your mouth.
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This Labour government has made children like Brianna less safe.
• Has banned their healthcare.
• Reinstated a new version of section 28.
• Joined culture war attacks based on lies about trans people.
Either you do something about that or it’s time to take her name out of your mouth.
• Has banned their healthcare.
• Reinstated a new version of section 28.
• Joined culture war attacks based on lies about trans people.
Either you do something about that or it’s time to take her name out of your mouth.
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Sam Heistman to testify in court that the art blackmarket industry simply couldn't survive if they had to pay for what they're currently stealing.
October 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Sam Heistman to testify in court that the art blackmarket industry simply couldn't survive if they had to pay for what they're currently stealing.
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
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Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
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Looks like the EHRC and the Government are now publicly just taking pot shots at each other in public now. Incredible scenes.
A Whitehall source said: “Unfortunately this looks like the EHRC deflecting – they still haven’t sent ministers the information requested in order to assess the draft code. The EHRC should be cracking on with their job, not giving lectures on timing while government still awaits their material” 🔥
EHRC drops interim trans advice and urges ministers to act fast to approve its guidance
Equalities watchdog removes interim response to supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman from its website
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Looks like the EHRC and the Government are now publicly just taking pot shots at each other in public now. Incredible scenes.