Tristan Stewart-Robertson
@srtristan.bsky.social
Chief Reporter, Helensburgh Advertiser, host of the award-winning A Murder Without End, cat dad, Canadian elsewhere. I have a LOT of varied interests. Not sorry. He/Him 🇨🇦🏳️🌈
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Pinned
Mr Lyle says he can scratch out any Trump nominee eyes if you give treats.
Also, if his handsomeness makes anyone feel better, please enjoy.
Also, if his handsomeness makes anyone feel better, please enjoy.
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I'm mystified by this GOP push, since conservative women are more likely to have adopted their husband's names than liberal women are; Republicans want women to get married and submit to their husbands; but if their husbands tell them how to vote but they can't because of this [brain melts on desk]
the new Republican talking point is that it's insulting to complain about requiring women to show their birth certificate and passport in order to vote because they're smart enough to figure it out
February 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I'm mystified by this GOP push, since conservative women are more likely to have adopted their husband's names than liberal women are; Republicans want women to get married and submit to their husbands; but if their husbands tell them how to vote but they can't because of this [brain melts on desk]
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He didn’t see that coming (because he was a pheasant).
February 17, 2026 at 9:01 AM
He didn’t see that coming (because he was a pheasant).
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📢 ‘Women are more than our appearance’.
Delegates at UNISON’s women’s conference condemned the damaging effects of the EHRC interim guidance, emphasising the need for inclusive workplaces and services that respect all women.
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Delegates at UNISON’s women’s conference condemned the damaging effects of the EHRC interim guidance, emphasising the need for inclusive workplaces and services that respect all women.
Read more ⬇️
‘Women are more than our appearance’ - UNISON National
Women’s conference delegates discuss and condemn the ‘damage’ of controversial Equality and Human Rights Commission interim guidance
unsn.uk
February 16, 2026 at 10:09 AM
📢 ‘Women are more than our appearance’.
Delegates at UNISON’s women’s conference condemned the damaging effects of the EHRC interim guidance, emphasising the need for inclusive workplaces and services that respect all women.
Read more ⬇️
Delegates at UNISON’s women’s conference condemned the damaging effects of the EHRC interim guidance, emphasising the need for inclusive workplaces and services that respect all women.
Read more ⬇️
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“Readers should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said… The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like ‘um’ and may judiciously delete false starts.”
-NYT ethical guidelines
-NYT ethical guidelines
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
“Readers should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said… The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like ‘um’ and may judiciously delete false starts.”
-NYT ethical guidelines
-NYT ethical guidelines
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Proposals to curb SLAPPs have been dropped from upcoming justice reforms by Labour due to fears of a backlash by lawyers. Campaigns say issue is being kicked into long grass, The Times reports www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Fears for free speech as crackdown on Slapps is shelved
The editors of The Times and The Sunday Times have urged No 10 to end the use of strategic litigation against public participation
www.thetimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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People are like "oh wow it must be so hard to come out as Trans" and my siblings in Christ, the last time I outed myself as trans it was to the Mother Superior of a Convent and I was actively doing finger guns at her at the time.
February 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
People are like "oh wow it must be so hard to come out as Trans" and my siblings in Christ, the last time I outed myself as trans it was to the Mother Superior of a Convent and I was actively doing finger guns at her at the time.
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There's a word for the specific form of psychological abuse in which transphobia is disingenuously portrayed as concern, caution, or scientifically rigourous evidence:
Casslighting.
Casslighting.
February 16, 2026 at 9:16 AM
There's a word for the specific form of psychological abuse in which transphobia is disingenuously portrayed as concern, caution, or scientifically rigourous evidence:
Casslighting.
Casslighting.
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"In other words, there hasn’t been an organic shift in public opinion on trans people but rather a massive astroturfing campaign against us." www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
Trans rights aren’t tanking the Democrats.
Julia Serano responds in a forum on “How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism.”
www.bostonreview.net
February 16, 2026 at 3:55 AM
"In other words, there hasn’t been an organic shift in public opinion on trans people but rather a massive astroturfing campaign against us." www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
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You have to be a complete sociopath devoid of a soul to say something like this about fellow human beings. This is a sickness and Brianna is rotten to her core.
February 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
You have to be a complete sociopath devoid of a soul to say something like this about fellow human beings. This is a sickness and Brianna is rotten to her core.
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Its terrifying that the UK is a place where going to work as trans could lead to a national harassment campaign
February 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Its terrifying that the UK is a place where going to work as trans could lead to a national harassment campaign
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<<taps sign>> Harming someone and demanding gratitude for it is what abusers do.
Tom Homan on Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey: "They ought to be saying 'thank you.'"
February 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
<<taps sign>> Harming someone and demanding gratitude for it is what abusers do.
A positive story of how inclusion has improved, how people are loved and supported, and sporting success. (Obvs not a UK media article)
Figure skating is more open to LGBTQ athletes than ever. This N.S. Olympian never lived to see it | CBC News
Nearly 35 years after Halifax ice dancer and Olympic bronze medallist Rob McCall died of AIDS, a new generation of elite gay figure skaters are embodying a future he — and many of his peers — never li...
www.cbc.ca
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
A positive story of how inclusion has improved, how people are loved and supported, and sporting success. (Obvs not a UK media article)
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Oh man, they know they’ve lost. Going full J.D. Vance.
Tom Homan on Gov. Walz and Mayor Frey: "They ought to be saying 'thank you.'"
February 15, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Oh man, they know they’ve lost. Going full J.D. Vance.
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Dr Beth Upton went to work one day to help sick people, and that is it. She's done nothing wrong (highlighted by the courts), never got involved in the media, never said a bad word about anyone, even once. And she's been hounded out of the country by bigots who hate that she exists.
February 15, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Dr Beth Upton went to work one day to help sick people, and that is it. She's done nothing wrong (highlighted by the courts), never got involved in the media, never said a bad word about anyone, even once. And she's been hounded out of the country by bigots who hate that she exists.
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When I first transitioned, I would drive a mile to a public gender neutral bathroom rather than use one at work. I found out later a dozen staff held “meetings” about what they would do if I used the women’s room. I was their boss’s boss at the time, still had no recourse, just had to let it happen.
The BBC reporting on Beth Upton’s current employment situation is definitely not in the public interest, and it is insane how much the British press freely get away with harassing her for the crime of simply living her life existing as a trans person in the UK.
February 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
When I first transitioned, I would drive a mile to a public gender neutral bathroom rather than use one at work. I found out later a dozen staff held “meetings” about what they would do if I used the women’s room. I was their boss’s boss at the time, still had no recourse, just had to let it happen.
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GCs object to trans people serving as doctors (this article), trans children being accepted as such in schools (www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_7r...), trans people being on TV shows (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...) and trans aliens being mascots for libraries (www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/2296826...).
February 15, 2026 at 12:54 PM
GCs object to trans people serving as doctors (this article), trans children being accepted as such in schools (www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_7r...), trans people being on TV shows (www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...) and trans aliens being mascots for libraries (www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/2296826...).
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On one side, you have trans people asking to be left alone and maintain our access to health care. On the other, a bunch of people who believe we shouldn't exist. But Cass believes both sides are the same.
This whole interview is atrocious.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This whole interview is atrocious.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 15, 2026 at 12:31 PM
On one side, you have trans people asking to be left alone and maintain our access to health care. On the other, a bunch of people who believe we shouldn't exist. But Cass believes both sides are the same.
This whole interview is atrocious.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
This whole interview is atrocious.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This wretched, thick-as-pigshit country. The NHS keeps a proven bigot and demonstrably rubbish nurse, but loses an actual doctor. Great fucking job.
February 15, 2026 at 12:42 PM
This wretched, thick-as-pigshit country. The NHS keeps a proven bigot and demonstrably rubbish nurse, but loses an actual doctor. Great fucking job.
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Starmer's Britain is one in which an NHS Doctor is dragged through the courts and shamed in the press for no crime she has committed and is ultimately forced into self-exile due to harassment Labour on all levels of politics enthusiastically supported
February 15, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Starmer's Britain is one in which an NHS Doctor is dragged through the courts and shamed in the press for no crime she has committed and is ultimately forced into self-exile due to harassment Labour on all levels of politics enthusiastically supported
Yes yes yes, but what about the threat from the transes! (The interview with Cass is higher priority on their home page)
Gender pay gap won't close until 2056, warns union
The average woman employee
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Yes yes yes, but what about the threat from the transes! (The interview with Cass is higher priority on their home page)
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t has been a hard week. In truth, it has been a hard few years. For many trans+ people, the noise, the headlines, the debates and the hostility can feel relentless.
So this Valentine’s, we wanted to do something simple.
So we've launched our 'Letters of love to the trans community'...
So this Valentine’s, we wanted to do something simple.
So we've launched our 'Letters of love to the trans community'...
February 14, 2026 at 10:04 AM
t has been a hard week. In truth, it has been a hard few years. For many trans+ people, the noise, the headlines, the debates and the hostility can feel relentless.
So this Valentine’s, we wanted to do something simple.
So we've launched our 'Letters of love to the trans community'...
So this Valentine’s, we wanted to do something simple.
So we've launched our 'Letters of love to the trans community'...
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The key thing about this story isn’t actually what the PR firm did - awful as it is - it’s that the journalists they smeared *were investigating the undeclared funding that brought Starmer to power*
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
Sunday Times splashing today with story about Labour Together paying for a smear campaign against journalists investigating its undeclared funding
Democracy for Sale broke story 10 days ago and we’ve been reporting on it ever since😊
Now we need proper accountability!
democracyforsale.substack.com
Democracy for Sale broke story 10 days ago and we’ve been reporting on it ever since😊
Now we need proper accountability!
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The key thing about this story isn’t actually what the PR firm did - awful as it is - it’s that the journalists they smeared *were investigating the undeclared funding that brought Starmer to power*
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
That’s why Josh Simons commissioned them
To stop reporting on Labour Together breaking election law
Enjoy some Greenlandic revenge art :)
The art of no deal: A Greenlandic carver's vengeful response to Trump shows opportunity amid crisis | CBC News
Greenlanders don't think that Donald Trump is done with their island quite yet, but some are determined to make the most of the crisis. Carver Kim Kleist-Eriksen — who carved his own rebuttal of Trump...
www.cbc.ca
February 15, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Enjoy some Greenlandic revenge art :)
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Cass, Labour, uk media and the nyt have exploited young ppl in their years-long right-wing, activist campaign to sow misinformation and legitimise hate.
Weaponisation? They know it well. That’s their tactic.
Weaponisation? They know it well. That’s their tactic.
cass is talking about the 'weaponisation of children' when i've seen zero pushback against what wes streeting or @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is doing
we learned that suicide rates have exploded a few days ago but no actual news has picked it up
im guessing she's been getting professional criticism
we learned that suicide rates have exploded a few days ago but no actual news has picked it up
im guessing she's been getting professional criticism
February 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Cass, Labour, uk media and the nyt have exploited young ppl in their years-long right-wing, activist campaign to sow misinformation and legitimise hate.
Weaponisation? They know it well. That’s their tactic.
Weaponisation? They know it well. That’s their tactic.
A less transphobic press might start asking "How does driving a doctor out of Scotland help cut NHS wait times? Why is Scotland better with fewer doctors? Which other minority staff would you get rid of?"
Every single person involved in this hate campaign and everyone who has supported them - Anas Sarwar, for example - needs to be run out of public life the way they've run Dr Upton out the NHS. Being trans isn't a risk factor for people around you; this obsessive hate absolutely is.
Susan Smith of For Women Scotland is quoted in this piece saying that Dr Upton leaving the NHS will be "a relief to female patients."
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
The employment tribunal found that Upton had done nothing wrong! She was completely innocent of any kind of harassment!
www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1592555...
February 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
A less transphobic press might start asking "How does driving a doctor out of Scotland help cut NHS wait times? Why is Scotland better with fewer doctors? Which other minority staff would you get rid of?"