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SpeakableCassie
@speakablecassie.bsky.social
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Trans woman, musician, gamer, married.
I make royalty free instrumental music with the hope that it will help other people with their own projects.
She/Her
https://speakablecassie.bandcamp.com
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SpeakableCassie @speakablecassie.bsky.social · 1d
Help support a struggling amateur musician trans woman out by taking a listen to (or sharing, or buying) Side A of my new royalty free album? Like always, every track is royalty free so you can use it in any of your own projects. Thank you.

speakablecassie.bandcamp.com/album/select...
Select A Stage IV - Side A: Safe & Surreal, by SpeakableCassie
23 track album
speakablecassie.bandcamp.com
speakablecassie.bsky.social
Help support a struggling amateur musician trans woman out by taking a listen to (or sharing, or buying) Side A of my new royalty free album? Like always, every track is royalty free so you can use it in any of your own projects. Thank you.

speakablecassie.bandcamp.com/album/select...
Select A Stage IV - Side A: Safe & Surreal, by SpeakableCassie
23 track album
speakablecassie.bandcamp.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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badideas.bsky.social
Holy shit someone uploaded the entire stage play adaptation of the Yakuza videogame series with English subtitles and it’s glorious and 500x better than the Amazon show youtu.be/Z2Msr4si6dU?...
October 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
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sophiemolly.co.uk
The Gender Critical have already inundated this survey with their disgusting views on banning trans people from using the ponds.

Would be a shame if we inundated with trans positive views on not banning trans people.

hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is/en-GB/propos...
Public Consultation on Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds | Commonplace
hampstead-heath-bathing-ponds.commonplace.is
October 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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andymb.bsky.social
Finally my petition is approved!

There’s a list of flags you can fly in England and Wales without planning permission, including the rainbow flag.

Sign here (anyone in the UK) to try and get the progress flags added to the list.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Add the Progress Pride Flags to the flags that don’t require permission
There are rules about the flags that can be flown without local planning authority consent. The Rainbow Flag is already listed, subject to certain restrictions. We would like the Progress Flag & its...
petition.parliament.uk
September 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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thecanaryuk.bsky.social
The Canary went undercover at the DWP to investigate its spying on benefit claimants

The Canary went covert on the DWP's 'covert surveillance' programme - and we uncovered just how they spy on claimants, including high-speed pursuits in cars.
www.thecanary.co/long-read/20...
The Canary went undercover at the DWP to investigate its spying on benefit claimants
We went covert on the DWP's 'covert surveillance' programme - we uncovered just how they spy on claimants - including high-speed car chases
www.thecanary.co
August 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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chimeracoder.bsky.social
RT if you also wish ill upon JK Rowling.
August 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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joannablackhart.com
This is not a joke. Consider this.

Its 150 gigs for images and all.

That's literally less than one AAA game.
aftermoles.bsky.social It's Me, Mole 🔞 @aftermoles.bsky.social · Aug 11
UK folks - reiterating that it's super important that you download Wikipedia for offline use like now-ish if you want to guarantee you can keep having that incredible resource!!

www.howtogeek.com/260023/how-t...
August 12, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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smartypantsmarty.com
Please consider signing and sharing this open letter.

We urgently need the government to revise the RSHE statutory guidance or it will remain as is and come into force in September next year.

Show them how big the opposition is to it as it stands 👇

openletter.earth/the-urgent-n...
The Urgent Need to Revise the RSHE 2026 Guidance and Centre Trans, Non-Binary, Intersex, Asexual and Gender Non-Conforming Voices
openletter.earth
July 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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equalityamplified.org.uk
Here is our draft letter to the Women and Equalities Committee regarding Rosie Duffield MP’s transphobic conduct.
You can read it here: equalityamplifiedltd-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...
You can add your name as a signatory here: forms.office.com/e/gwpJsm6ZMH.
July 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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transsolidarity.bsky.social
Our joint letter to the Council of Europe, asking them to urgently conduct a report into trans human rights in the UK.

Sent alongside:

@transactualuk.bsky.social
@lgbtiscotland.bsky.social
@scottishtrans.bsky.social
@transsafety.network
@networkgender.bsky.social
To the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights, The undersigned are organisations which advocate for the human rights of trans people in the United Kingdom. We are writing to express our grave concerns about the developing situation regarding trans people's human rights in this country and to ask the Committee to take action. Following a decision of the UK Supreme Court in April, the Equality and Human Rights Commission - the UK's National Human Rights Institution - has issued an interim update which encourages and in some cases mandates the exclusion of trans people from single-sex spaces and services, in violation of their human rights. This has been followed by draft guidance which seeks to make such an approach statutory. The EHRC has made clear that it is not seeking input on its legal approach, only on how this approach is best communicated. The draft guidance, if it were to become law, would impose an obligation on employers and service providers to implement a bathroom ban on trans people using toilet and changing facilities in line with their acquired sex, instead requiring in practice that they use only gender neutral facilities. Such gender neutral facilities are frequently unavailable, and mandating their usage may require trans people to out themselves. The guidance would also prohibit associations for women and lesbians operating on a basis which would allow trans women to participate, even if the association desires to do so. This would also be true for men's organisations wanting to include trans men. This draft guidance is being consulted on in the wider context following For Women Scotland, in which government ministers and public bodies have made comments about trans people's rights. The UK Minister for Women and Equalities has stated that trans people are required to use the toilets associated with their sex as recorded at birth, even where their change in sex is recognised by a Gender Recognition Cer… In Christine Goodwin v UK, the European Court of Human Rights held that refusing to legally recognise the lived sex of trans people and placing them into an 'intermediate zone' where they are not quite one sex or the other was a violation of their right to respect for private life under Article 8 of the Convention. This protection was reaffirmed by the Court in the very recent decision of T.H. It is a core principle of the Convention that rights must be practical and effective, not theoretical and illusory. We believe that in the UK, trans people are being returned to this 'intermediate zone', placing the State - once again - in violation of its positive obligations under the Convention. The legal recognition afforded by Gender Recognition Certificates is now illusory, and inapplicable to practical lived realities of trans people in this country. We ask that the Council of Europe take immediate action to protect the human rights of trans people in the UK. We ask that you conduct a report into the state of trans human rights in the UK. We note that the situation is urgent and that without intervention, it seems likely to further deteriorate. Kind regards, Trans+ Solidarity Alliance TransActual Equality Network and Scottish Trans Trans Safety Network Feminist Gender Equality Network
June 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
speakablecassie.bsky.social
Loving what I've played of Death Stranding 2 so far, (DS1 is one of my favourite games of all time), but wowie is it hard to get used to crouch being on R1 rather than circle — feels like such a strange and unnecessary change that my muscle memory is certainly not appreciating!
a man is holding a baby in his arms and the baby is wearing a grey jacket with the word columbia on it
Alt: In this GIF from Death Stranding 2: On The Beach — Sam, (played by Norman Reedus), is holding a baby, (his daughter, named Lou), as he lovingly kisses her forehead.
media.tenor.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
Politics is not a game. It's people's lives.

The Government's welfare cuts will have a catastrophic impact on the sick & disabled, and plunge hundreds of thousands of people into poverty.

It's simple: show some humanity and drop this Bill, now.
June 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
speakablecassie.bsky.social
Top 1k (781st) in #WhiteKnuckle Iron Knuckle campaign mode. Could've gotten so much quicker if I hadn't run out of items in Delta Labs' Ventilation, *right* at the very end. Had to backtrack so far... Still though: Woop!
A White Knuckle Iron Knuckle Campaign Mode victory screen with a 781st place leaderboard score. Session Stats; Score: 11051 Ascent: 2204.08 Meters Run Playtime: 36:37:87 Ascent Rate: 1 m/s Death Height: 2197.14 Meters Roaches Banked: 0 Best Stats (Mode: Campaign + Iron Knuckle); Score: 11051 Highest Ascent: 2204.08 Meters Best Time: 36:37:89 Average Ascent Rate: 1.08 m/s Total Deaths: 5 Total Climbed: 6909.47 Meters
June 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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philippaeast.bsky.social
Open letter calling for an inquiry into the EHRC. I’ve just signed.

organise.network/actions/peti...
Screenshot from the above webpage. To Women & Equalities Committee We, the undersigned, write to express serious and urgent concerns about the actions of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the apparent unwillingness of the Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) to investigate them. It is becoming increasingly clear that the EHRC is no longer operating as an impartial human rights body. Over the past several years, its leadership has shifted in a direction that appears ideologically driven, hostile to trans equality, and closely aligned with lobbying groups who advocate for the removal of legal protections for transgender people. These groups - including Sex Matters, Policy Exchange, and the LGB Alliance - have played a significant role in reshaping public discourse and influencing legal interpretations of the Equality Act 2010. We are calling on the Women and Equalities Committee to launch an immediate and transparent inquiry into: - The EHRC’s internal decision-making processes regarding the definition of “sex” under the Equality Act 2010; - All communications, meetings, and correspondence between the EHRC and external lobbying organisations from 2020 to the present; - The EHRC’s advice to government departments, ministers, and the courts—especially its role in shaping the outcome of For Women Scotland v The Lord Advocate [2024] UKSC 59. As transgender people and allies, we are gravely concerned that this advice, and the EHRC’s developing policy stance have been influenced not by human rights or evidence, but by ideological lobbying and political convenience. We must understand who the EHRC has been speaking to, what was said, and why these decisions were made. Anything less is a dereliction of democratic oversight.
June 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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bugsmaytrix.bsky.social
it's give trans people money day.

my cashapp is $bugsmaytrix
June 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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natacha.bsky.social
TW: harm to children.

My research into the effects of the UK government puberty-blocker ban has finally been published after peer-review.

It details the severe harm being caused to young trans people & children by the Starmer government's puberty-blocker ban.

Unlike Cass it is peer reviewed...
Harming children: the effects of the UK puberty blocker ban
This paper presents an analysis of data from trans children and young people and their parents following the imposition of a UK-wide ban on puberty blockers for this group. The consequences of this...
www.tandfonline.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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goodlawproject.org
The EHRC Guidance is a wicked exercise in removing rights from trans people - and is bad too for employers and service providers, those outside gender norms, people with disabilities and the economy.

We've created a tool to make it easy to respond. Please use and share. goodlaw.social/9e59e9
How to respond to the EHRC consultation
Good Law Project has taken advice from a leading public law King’s Counsel on how to respond to the EHRC’s consultation. What follows is a form which, after you complete it, will automatically be sent...
goodlaw.social
June 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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joalo.bsky.social
The UK Equalities and Human Rights Commission needs a leader that commands the respect of ALL marginalised communities! No anti-trans fanatics! Add your signature and share!
forms.gle/P18vaA8AkrZA...
#EHRC #TransLivesMatter #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Equality #ProtectTheDolls #Pride
Letter to member of the Women and Equalities Committee, June 2025
Please fill out the form below by Friday, 20 June 2025, to add your signature to this letter. Share this form widely to anyone who might be interested. The author, Anna Langley, is doing this to help...
forms.gle
June 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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alicemydaughter.bsky.social
To mark the 1st day of my 4th year without Alice I have an announcement:
I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings.

Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️
Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
chng.it
May 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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mommunism.bsky.social
We were hoping that this letter to @bsky.app could first be shared by a Gazan, but we were too worried that doing so would get their account deleted so we are sharing first.

You can sign on to the letter about the unfair treatment of Gazans on Bluesky here:

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
[CLICK here if you would like your name added to this letter] النسخة العربية من هذه الرسالة متاحة أدناه. Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza The signatories of this letter are all members of the Bluesky community, many of us have actively participated on the platform since its inception. We came to Bluesky because it was a breath of fresh air, a place that felt different from many of the other social media platforms. The lack of a central algorithm, the ability to build and use custom feeds, and the lack of penalty for link promotion contributed to an environment that allowed diverse and interesting voices to find their footing and community on Bluesky. While some of the signatories of this letter have had no issues with speaking their mind publicly on Bluesky, unfortunately that is not true for all the signatories because many are Palestinians currently living in Gaza. These Palestinians are journalists, artists, engineers, teachers, grandmas, entrepreneurs, a man who owned an ice cream shop, a pediatrician who has been featured on CBS Morning News, aid workers, architects, waiters, pharmacists, students–and perhaps most essential to the backbone of Bluesky, posters. All of these people provide unique and interesting voices to the Bluesky community. However, unlike the other signatories of this letter, these Bluesky community members have struggled to keep their accounts on the platform. Most of them have lost multiple accounts and/or have had their accounts labeled as spam. Some cannot even make an account without it immediately being removed from the platform. Gazans undertake immense efforts to simply be on Bluesky. Sometimes, they walk for miles just to have access to the internet. They scale rooftops where they are exposed to potential military attacks just for the opportunity to get better cell signals–one signatory of this letter tragically lost her brother this way. They use what little money they have to pay … Gazans have also been aggressively targeted and unfairly reported by bad actors. Many accounts openly encourage the reporting and targeting of any Palestinian. Several groups exist for the express purpose of looking for Palestinian accounts to report. We believe Bluesky owes Gazans, and the entire community who benefits from their voices, a greater duty of care especially in the context of the horrors they are enduring. We ask Bluesky to implement the following changes: Provide information on all Bluesky-affiliated websites in Arabic that explains the rules and expectations of the site in clear language. Investigate the accounts that are mass-reporting Palestinians on Bluesky. The mass reporting of Palestinians on Bluesky is a group effort to render the platform a hostile place for a community based on their ethnicity. As such, it is racism, and should be understood as such. Reports against Palestinians who have broken no community guidelines must be understood as racism, and the accounts that submit those reports should be disregarded in the future. Many Bluesky users encourage Gazans to tag or reply to them, and this is not always understood as unwelcome behavior. If an account is reported as Spam for tagging or replying to others, treat only reports from the tagged/mentioned account as legitimate, seeing as they were the only ones who received a notification. Send emails regarding disciplinary action every time it is taken. Gazans do not always get an email explaining what they did wrong, and those that do are required to parse a language they do not speak in order to understand their violation. Have these emails contain an easily visible link to information about their violations in Arabic. Respond to appeals in a timely fashion, many Gazans simply never hear back from Bluesky after they appeal a decision. In addition to removing Gazans for alleged spam behavior, Bluesky has also sometimes indicated that they are deleting an account for being a scam or … End IP bans on any account from Gaza and allow them to make new accounts where they can comply with Bluesky rules and continue to be valued members of the community. We understand that even if all these changes are made, many Gazans may still violate Bluesky rules in the future, but we hope that Bluesky will abandon their punitive approach to these violations and instead embrace an attitude of education, cooperation and community care– one that works to ensure people in Gaza can participate in a way that keeps their voices heard. We also call on the Bluesky community to help and support these accounts however they can. We want to continue to build a healthy community with better community members and this cannot be done if Gazans continue to be shunned. We can use this as an opportunity to show how to protect all vulnerable groups in the future. We hope that Bluesky does not follow the path of other social media platforms and instead forges ahead with a different philosophy. After all, that is the reason so many of its users are there. Bluesky's ethos of "No Caesars” should apply to all members of its community. [To add your name to the list of signatories, click here.]
May 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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transsolidarity.bsky.social
UN experts are calling on politicians and lawmakers to protect the human rights of trans+ people in the UK, let’s make them listen! WRITE TO YOUR MP. Find a tempate here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

@nancymk.bsky.social @jessothomson.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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mattieboombattie.bsky.social
The petition to ban conversion therapy practices in the EU is lacking enough votes from:
- #germany (49.9%)
- #sweden (49.96%)
- #Netherlands (94%)
- #austria (25.5%)
- #Slovenia (83.14%)
- #portugal (24.46%)

If you're a citizen there you can help advance a ban on conversion therapy by voting:
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
May 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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cybershell.bsky.social
Thinking about the unused rat swimming animation from Deus Ex again
January 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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chris-noone.bsky.social
Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
May 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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transwrites.world
transwrites.world/how-to-survi...

How to survive, resist and flourish under The UK’s recent Supreme Court ruling as a trans person

by @gemma.transwrites.world
How to survive, resist and flourish under The UK's recent Supreme Court ruling as a trans person - Trans Writes
It is absolutely going to be harder to survive, resist and flourish under this ruling. I will not sugarcoat that in any way. But it is not impossible, I don't believe it will last forever and the crap...
transwrites.world
April 28, 2025 at 10:22 AM