Natacha
@natacha.bsky.social
Trans woman 🏳️⚧️ Sociologist & Agnotologist, anti-Brexit. She/her. All opinions expressed here are my own. 🇵🇸
Link to academic publications: https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/NatachaKennedy
“Thomas Mann:
“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”
Link to academic publications: https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/NatachaKennedy
“Thomas Mann:
“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil.”
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Oh, this is delicious
January 4, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Oh, this is delicious
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A reminder that if Russia hasn't yet done something, it's because of their resource limitations, not the international law.
January 4, 2026 at 12:37 PM
A reminder that if Russia hasn't yet done something, it's because of their resource limitations, not the international law.
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'the bigotry of keir starmer does not affect me personally therefore it does not exist' - @johnharris1969.bsky.social and the rest of our columnist class.
they're never gonna understand why keir starmer is so loathed until they start listening to the ppl he's spent the last 18 months harming.
they're never gonna understand why keir starmer is so loathed until they start listening to the ppl he's spent the last 18 months harming.
January 4, 2026 at 12:55 PM
'the bigotry of keir starmer does not affect me personally therefore it does not exist' - @johnharris1969.bsky.social and the rest of our columnist class.
they're never gonna understand why keir starmer is so loathed until they start listening to the ppl he's spent the last 18 months harming.
they're never gonna understand why keir starmer is so loathed until they start listening to the ppl he's spent the last 18 months harming.
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Okay the entire post ww2 order has been smashed to smitherines, everyone’s doing what Putin wants and just bombing places because they feel like it and committing genocides, but at least, like, ten trans athletes can’t compete in sport eh?
January 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Okay the entire post ww2 order has been smashed to smitherines, everyone’s doing what Putin wants and just bombing places because they feel like it and committing genocides, but at least, like, ten trans athletes can’t compete in sport eh?
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The sexual abuse factory has opinions on sexual ethics
An open letter to the Government warning that its plans for a “full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices” could “criminalise mainstream, historic Christian teaching on marriage and sexual ethics, and make sharing the Gospel with some people illegal” has more than 5000 signatories.
Full ban on conversion therapy would ‘criminalise mainstream Christian teaching’, Government told
AN OPEN letter to the Government warning that its plans for a “full, trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices” could “criminalise mainstream, historic Christian teaching on marriage and sexual ethics, and make sharing the Gospel with some peopl...
www.churchtimes.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The sexual abuse factory has opinions on sexual ethics
He has to keep finding more outrageous things to keep people from thinking about The Epstein Files.
What will he do next…?
What will he do next…?
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 AM
He has to keep finding more outrageous things to keep people from thinking about The Epstein Files.
What will he do next…?
What will he do next…?
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If you don't perceive the fact that they don't even feel the slightest need to obfuscate or manufacture consent anymore as an escalation, I don't know what to say to you?
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM
If you don't perceive the fact that they don't even feel the slightest need to obfuscate or manufacture consent anymore as an escalation, I don't know what to say to you?
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Completely missed Mike Nesbitt announcing on Friday he's stepping down as I was off and then Saturday happened.
Nesbitt, as NI Health Secretary, helped the UK bring in the puberty blocker ban.
His replacement will probably be worse.
Nesbitt, as NI Health Secretary, helped the UK bring in the puberty blocker ban.
His replacement will probably be worse.
January 4, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Completely missed Mike Nesbitt announcing on Friday he's stepping down as I was off and then Saturday happened.
Nesbitt, as NI Health Secretary, helped the UK bring in the puberty blocker ban.
His replacement will probably be worse.
Nesbitt, as NI Health Secretary, helped the UK bring in the puberty blocker ban.
His replacement will probably be worse.
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Starmer is writing in the Times again where he compares calls to leave the ECHR with calls to tax billionaires.
Both are 'wrong and dangerous'.
I don't think anyone is saying 'tax billionaires and that will fix everything' but it will certainly go a long way to helping fix things.
Both are 'wrong and dangerous'.
I don't think anyone is saying 'tax billionaires and that will fix everything' but it will certainly go a long way to helping fix things.
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Starmer is writing in the Times again where he compares calls to leave the ECHR with calls to tax billionaires.
Both are 'wrong and dangerous'.
I don't think anyone is saying 'tax billionaires and that will fix everything' but it will certainly go a long way to helping fix things.
Both are 'wrong and dangerous'.
I don't think anyone is saying 'tax billionaires and that will fix everything' but it will certainly go a long way to helping fix things.
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"Left-leaning mothers of Mumsnet are deserting Labour for Reform" [Times]
I can't stop laughing long enough to come up with something sarcastic to say about this headline.
I can't stop laughing long enough to come up with something sarcastic to say about this headline.
January 4, 2026 at 8:37 AM
"Left-leaning mothers of Mumsnet are deserting Labour for Reform" [Times]
I can't stop laughing long enough to come up with something sarcastic to say about this headline.
I can't stop laughing long enough to come up with something sarcastic to say about this headline.
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If you’re still on X because you think it’s “where the conversation is”, it isn’t.
Ofcom’s Online Nation Report 2025 shows X is no longer a mainstream platform in the UK. Fewer people use it, engagement is tiny, and harm is concentrated.
🔗 tinyurl.com/OfcomON
🧵Here's what the data says ...
Ofcom’s Online Nation Report 2025 shows X is no longer a mainstream platform in the UK. Fewer people use it, engagement is tiny, and harm is concentrated.
🔗 tinyurl.com/OfcomON
🧵Here's what the data says ...
January 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
If you’re still on X because you think it’s “where the conversation is”, it isn’t.
Ofcom’s Online Nation Report 2025 shows X is no longer a mainstream platform in the UK. Fewer people use it, engagement is tiny, and harm is concentrated.
🔗 tinyurl.com/OfcomON
🧵Here's what the data says ...
Ofcom’s Online Nation Report 2025 shows X is no longer a mainstream platform in the UK. Fewer people use it, engagement is tiny, and harm is concentrated.
🔗 tinyurl.com/OfcomON
🧵Here's what the data says ...
Starmer is effectively saying he believes what Trump says. This is like him wearing a large dunce’s cap with “Mr Gullible” written on it in flashing neon letters.
Keir Starmer says he wants to establish facts by *watching Donald Trumps press conference.*
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
People said giving him a second state visit was a genius move of strategy - really seems to have paid off.
Special relationship - alive and kicking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Starmer is effectively saying he believes what Trump says. This is like him wearing a large dunce’s cap with “Mr Gullible” written on it in flashing neon letters.
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EU citizens should absolutely push for this. the US sanctioning ICC judges was already a good enough reason.
Please put the US under sanctions. Cancel the LA Olympics. No international conferences.
January 3, 2026 at 12:27 PM
EU citizens should absolutely push for this. the US sanctioning ICC judges was already a good enough reason.
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Fun as it is to see Peston stating outright what the situation is, here’s what’s going to happen: government and press will brazen this out with drivel until it drops out of the headlines, then everyone will get right back on their previous bullshit. This is what they always do, without fail.
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Fun as it is to see Peston stating outright what the situation is, here’s what’s going to happen: government and press will brazen this out with drivel until it drops out of the headlines, then everyone will get right back on their previous bullshit. This is what they always do, without fail.
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Feel free not to displace your anger onto people who are simply stating facts. Knowing who to actually be mad at is praxis.
January 3, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Feel free not to displace your anger onto people who are simply stating facts. Knowing who to actually be mad at is praxis.
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“Farage had an uneasy end to the year”
Where “uneasy” = exposed as racist with corrupt/traitorous links to Russia and useless at running councils.
But no worries. They’ll just join forces with the failed Tories to “end the left wing tyranny.”
They can all go to hell.
(Sunday Times)
Where “uneasy” = exposed as racist with corrupt/traitorous links to Russia and useless at running councils.
But no worries. They’ll just join forces with the failed Tories to “end the left wing tyranny.”
They can all go to hell.
(Sunday Times)
December 28, 2025 at 8:05 AM
“Farage had an uneasy end to the year”
Where “uneasy” = exposed as racist with corrupt/traitorous links to Russia and useless at running councils.
But no worries. They’ll just join forces with the failed Tories to “end the left wing tyranny.”
They can all go to hell.
(Sunday Times)
Where “uneasy” = exposed as racist with corrupt/traitorous links to Russia and useless at running councils.
But no worries. They’ll just join forces with the failed Tories to “end the left wing tyranny.”
They can all go to hell.
(Sunday Times)
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And I’m sick of allies and even trans people accepting GC terms of discussion on this.
If their point is founded on trans women being men, it’s for the birds. It’s gone outside of reality. It’s horse shit.
When they talk disingenuously about single sex spaces, they’re relying on you playing along.
If their point is founded on trans women being men, it’s for the birds. It’s gone outside of reality. It’s horse shit.
When they talk disingenuously about single sex spaces, they’re relying on you playing along.
I’m not a man. I’m a woman. If you exclude me, you’re not excluding a man, you’re excluding a woman.
Something else I am is really fucking sick of trans people being talked about as if transition isn’t real.
These arse holes rely on ignorance and complete denial of reality.
Something else I am is really fucking sick of trans people being talked about as if transition isn’t real.
These arse holes rely on ignorance and complete denial of reality.
Oh look, former police superintendent and now full-time self-publicist and bigot, Catherine Larkman sticks her oar in.
January 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
And I’m sick of allies and even trans people accepting GC terms of discussion on this.
If their point is founded on trans women being men, it’s for the birds. It’s gone outside of reality. It’s horse shit.
When they talk disingenuously about single sex spaces, they’re relying on you playing along.
If their point is founded on trans women being men, it’s for the birds. It’s gone outside of reality. It’s horse shit.
When they talk disingenuously about single sex spaces, they’re relying on you playing along.
Purely coincidentally Nigeria, Greenland and Venezuela all either have lots of oil or valuable mineral resources or both.
January 3, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Purely coincidentally Nigeria, Greenland and Venezuela all either have lots of oil or valuable mineral resources or both.
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abandoning my journalistic objectivity to say that the U.S. should not be bombing Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 7:29 AM
abandoning my journalistic objectivity to say that the U.S. should not be bombing Venezuela
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"Explosions have been heard and plumes of smoke are rising in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent there, amid spiralling tensions with the United States"
Explosions heard over Venezuelan capital Caracas amid US tensions
The southern area of the city, near a major military base, is reportedly without electricity.
www.aljazeera.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
"Explosions have been heard and plumes of smoke are rising in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent there, amid spiralling tensions with the United States"
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I fully expect them to try and run playbook of trying to get anyone opposed to this fired as not supporting the troops and I don't think people are going to have it. We support the troops by not getting them killed in illegal wars for oil.
January 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
I fully expect them to try and run playbook of trying to get anyone opposed to this fired as not supporting the troops and I don't think people are going to have it. We support the troops by not getting them killed in illegal wars for oil.
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Also, when reporters start talking about the chatbots this way, it is imperative to remind them they are basically asking a toaster for comment. They should be a lot more embarrassed about this than they currently are.
“Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.
“Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Also, when reporters start talking about the chatbots this way, it is imperative to remind them they are basically asking a toaster for comment. They should be a lot more embarrassed about this than they currently are.
“Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.
“Grok told CNN…” no it didn’t. You typed stuff into an unreliable calculator.
Ian Dunt has a go at Yarvin. Not difficult but certainly entertaining.
The radical philosopher inspiring Vance and Trump’s descent into despotism
Curtis Yarvin is an influential figure on the US authoritarian right – but he is also an idiot
liveapp.inews.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Ian Dunt has a go at Yarvin. Not difficult but certainly entertaining.
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This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
January 2, 2026 at 8:02 PM
This is a thread of major media outlets falsely anthropomorphising the "Grok" chatbot program and in doing so, actively and directly removing responsibility and accountability from individual people working at X who created a child pornography generator (Elon Musk, Nikita Bier etc)
#1: Reuters
#1: Reuters
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Unless I'm missing something, and I'm pretty sure I'm not, Twitter's AI is cranking out CSAM deepfakes, Elon Musk is making jokes about it, and nobody is doing anything to stop it or hold anyone at Twitter accountable for its creation and distribution.
Is that right?
Is that right?
January 2, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Unless I'm missing something, and I'm pretty sure I'm not, Twitter's AI is cranking out CSAM deepfakes, Elon Musk is making jokes about it, and nobody is doing anything to stop it or hold anyone at Twitter accountable for its creation and distribution.
Is that right?
Is that right?