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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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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NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
For ICE to build concentration camps quickly, they're leaning on this Dept. of War program
WEXMAC TITUS helps contractors bypass the traditionally lengthy government contract bidding process
www.thehandbasket.co
February 18, 2026 at 12:05 AM
NEW — An obscure Navy contractor program is making Trump’s plans to quickly build out and supply immigrant concentration camps around the country a reality.
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
Here I explain WEXMAC TITUS, an acronym you need to understand:
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I don't know how you can honestly look at the last 7 years of thousands of anti-trans bills, a billion in anti-trans spending, laser focus by right wing think tanks, and billionaires personally engaged in the effort and think that all of this is a backlash to some trans people being mean online.
February 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
I don't know how you can honestly look at the last 7 years of thousands of anti-trans bills, a billion in anti-trans spending, laser focus by right wing think tanks, and billionaires personally engaged in the effort and think that all of this is a backlash to some trans people being mean online.
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No amount of "debate" can win when the deck is stacked like that by the wealthy and powerful. And that's just one billionaire. JK Rowling has spent millions to fund lawfare and anti-trans orgs in the UK. Joseph Edelman has spent millions bankrolling Do No Harm to push anti-trans policies.
February 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
No amount of "debate" can win when the deck is stacked like that by the wealthy and powerful. And that's just one billionaire. JK Rowling has spent millions to fund lawfare and anti-trans orgs in the UK. Joseph Edelman has spent millions bankrolling Do No Harm to push anti-trans policies.
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The world's richest man bought Twitter, banned the word cis, started paying the worst anti-trans accounts directly, and removed protections from harassment for trans folks to push them off the site. He's using his companies to push anti-trans litigation and spent millions on anti-trans ads.
February 17, 2026 at 4:51 PM
The world's richest man bought Twitter, banned the word cis, started paying the worst anti-trans accounts directly, and removed protections from harassment for trans folks to push them off the site. He's using his companies to push anti-trans litigation and spent millions on anti-trans ads.
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The anti-trans side made bomb threats to children's hospitals. They spent a billion dollars messaging this over the last 7 years while the Dems mostly stayed silent or ducked away. But somehow, they always seem to blame trans people for their own persecution.
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February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The anti-trans side made bomb threats to children's hospitals. They spent a billion dollars messaging this over the last 7 years while the Dems mostly stayed silent or ducked away. But somehow, they always seem to blame trans people for their own persecution.
archive.ph/E2pfS
archive.ph/E2pfS
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Worth noting that this risk of outing was one of the features that won Goodwin v UK in the European court of human rights. It's treatment institutionally that can cause outing that resulted in the UK losing against Christine Goodwin and being forced to implement the gender recognition act.
High Court dismisses fears Trans+ people would be outed as “gossip at work” in rejection to challenge to EHRC single-sex guidance.
Understand the judgement: www.wearequeeraf.com/grim-decisio...
Understand the judgement: www.wearequeeraf.com/grim-decisio...
February 18, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Worth noting that this risk of outing was one of the features that won Goodwin v UK in the European court of human rights. It's treatment institutionally that can cause outing that resulted in the UK losing against Christine Goodwin and being forced to implement the gender recognition act.
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EU courts ruling that trans women are women and should be included in sports while in the UK the High Court is ruling that forcing trans people to come out in the workplace just to use the toilet is nothing more than 'gossip' that everybody has to deal with at some point so suck it up.
February 18, 2026 at 10:02 AM
EU courts ruling that trans women are women and should be included in sports while in the UK the High Court is ruling that forcing trans people to come out in the workplace just to use the toilet is nothing more than 'gossip' that everybody has to deal with at some point so suck it up.
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Trans people:we'd like timely access to healthcare and to not be humiliated on the daily as we go about our lives
The UK and US: Trans people made us do this
The UK and US: Trans people made us do this
a car is driving down a highway in front of a large explosion with the words viralhog at the bottom
ALT: a car is driving down a highway in front of a large explosion with the words viralhog at the bottom
media.tenor.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Trans people:we'd like timely access to healthcare and to not be humiliated on the daily as we go about our lives
The UK and US: Trans people made us do this
The UK and US: Trans people made us do this
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🔴NEW: The principal of the University of Edinburgh has confirmed he is working a paid second job while overseeing cuts that have seen hundreds of staff leave the institution.
Read the full story: https://www.theferret.scot/edinburgh-job-loss-mathieson/
Read the full story: https://www.theferret.scot/edinburgh-job-loss-mathieson/
February 18, 2026 at 8:03 AM
🔴NEW: The principal of the University of Edinburgh has confirmed he is working a paid second job while overseeing cuts that have seen hundreds of staff leave the institution.
Read the full story: https://www.theferret.scot/edinburgh-job-loss-mathieson/
Read the full story: https://www.theferret.scot/edinburgh-job-loss-mathieson/
Yellow star you say?
Mike Rounds says Republicans just want to make you show your document with a yellow star in order to vote
February 18, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Yellow star you say?
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@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 17 EITM:
Head of ADF explains their "radical incrementalist" to chip away at GAC in the courts -- "We're willing to take a quarter of the enchilada if we can keep working there"-- so that eventually it becomes illegal for all kids and all adults nationwide.
Head of ADF explains their "radical incrementalist" to chip away at GAC in the courts -- "We're willing to take a quarter of the enchilada if we can keep working there"-- so that eventually it becomes illegal for all kids and all adults nationwide.
"You Outlaw It": Heritage Foundation President Announces Intent To Outlaw All Trans Adult Care
Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts indicated his organization's position on the PBD podcast.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:31 AM
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Feb 17 EITM:
Head of ADF explains their "radical incrementalist" to chip away at GAC in the courts -- "We're willing to take a quarter of the enchilada if we can keep working there"-- so that eventually it becomes illegal for all kids and all adults nationwide.
Head of ADF explains their "radical incrementalist" to chip away at GAC in the courts -- "We're willing to take a quarter of the enchilada if we can keep working there"-- so that eventually it becomes illegal for all kids and all adults nationwide.
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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.