DC
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Glasgow, Scotland based SFFH fan and sometimes conrunner. Less so these days since disabilities have worsened. Happy to eat tofu, not ashamed to be “woke”. Trans rights matter, queer rights matter, if you think otherwise, awa’ an bileyerheid.
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Yeah, so about your claim that The Argument wouldn't be running anti-trans pieces @jerusalem.bsky.social... I knew it.
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Yeah, so about your claim that The Argument wouldn't be running anti-trans pieces @jerusalem.bsky.social... I knew it.
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It's Vitamin K, which helps blood clot. Parents are refusing it because "it's a shot" and they don't know enough about human health to understand how to take care of a child.
More infants with preventable brain bleeding, that's what they mean by Making America Healthy Again. (gift link)
A Life-Saving Vitamin for Babies Is Getting Swept Up in Vaccine Backlash
There’s a growing resistance to anything that’s injected into babies, vaccine or not.
www.bloomberg.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:29 PM
It's Vitamin K, which helps blood clot. Parents are refusing it because "it's a shot" and they don't know enough about human health to understand how to take care of a child.
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They’re announcing that they plan to strip women and girls (the main beneficiaries of the Equality Act) of their rights and protections next.
We told you so.
It was always transphobia.
Hate all the way down:
We told you so.
It was always transphobia.
Hate all the way down:
Braverman is now lambasting equalities policies, saying Reform would scrap the equalities brief and repeal the Equality Act. Giving her this role - any role, in fact - does feel like quite a risk for Reform.
February 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
They’re announcing that they plan to strip women and girls (the main beneficiaries of the Equality Act) of their rights and protections next.
We told you so.
It was always transphobia.
Hate all the way down:
We told you so.
It was always transphobia.
Hate all the way down:
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And yet, every day, our most prominent Democratic politicians, scholars, public intellectuals, universities & university leaders, & other civil society organizations continue to use his platform as their primary social media outlet. One cannot help but notice this & draw conclusions.
The world's richest man is broadcasting eliminationist rhetoric about a tiny, vulnerable minority, and virtually no one is going to treat it as a scandal. It's just normal now.
February 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
And yet, every day, our most prominent Democratic politicians, scholars, public intellectuals, universities & university leaders, & other civil society organizations continue to use his platform as their primary social media outlet. One cannot help but notice this & draw conclusions.
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Banning social transition in schools is abuse. There’s no gentler word for it. It’s relegating young people to constant degradation and places students and faculty in inherently adversarial positions. It also precludes stealth transition, forcing young trans people out to their peers.
Braverman says social transitioning would be banned in all schools, "no ifs or buts". She says the 50% target for university education would be replaced with a 50% target for kids going into trades like electricians and plumbing. As ever, I'll believe it when it's the MPs' own kids who do this.
February 17, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Banning social transition in schools is abuse. There’s no gentler word for it. It’s relegating young people to constant degradation and places students and faculty in inherently adversarial positions. It also precludes stealth transition, forcing young trans people out to their peers.
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This theory is from the 50s and based on imprinting which is for the fuckin birds. Maybe it would be true for avian children
"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them"
Direct quote.
Direct quote.
February 17, 2026 at 7:18 AM
This theory is from the 50s and based on imprinting which is for the fuckin birds. Maybe it would be true for avian children
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We interrupt tributes to Jesse Jackson to bring you your daily dose of racism.
Thanks, Beeb. Respectfully handled.
Thanks, Beeb. Respectfully handled.
February 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Dr Hilary Cass faces formal complaint over BBC interview
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Dr Hilary Cass faces formal complaint over BBC interview
A physician has issued a formal complaint to the General Medical Council over Dr Hilary Cass' interview with the BBC this weekend.
www.thepinknews.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Dr Hilary Cass faces formal complaint over BBC interview
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.thepinknews.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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This is just blatant self soothing, it refers to global events like covid or the war in Ukraine as explanations for Britain's malaise, but then ignores them for other countries, the reality is the UK was hit worse and has recovered worse, in part due to brexit, in part because you were in government
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 AM
This is just blatant self soothing, it refers to global events like covid or the war in Ukraine as explanations for Britain's malaise, but then ignores them for other countries, the reality is the UK was hit worse and has recovered worse, in part due to brexit, in part because you were in government
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Why is this bad? They never tell us why this is supposed to be bad.
"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them"
Direct quote.
Direct quote.
February 17, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Why is this bad? They never tell us why this is supposed to be bad.
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I need everyone to know that the forthcoming Glen Powell movie, How to Make a Killing, is a modern American remake of one of my all-time favourite films, the classic British black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), and I am *seething,* because there’s zero chance it does the original justice.
February 17, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I need everyone to know that the forthcoming Glen Powell movie, How to Make a Killing, is a modern American remake of one of my all-time favourite films, the classic British black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), and I am *seething,* because there’s zero chance it does the original justice.
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I’ve just seen an American (well, supposedly) describe the UK as “our motherland” and that’s “why we care what happens to it.”
Guys. You literally celebrate Independence Day every year.
Guys. You literally celebrate Independence Day every year.
February 17, 2026 at 10:07 AM
I’ve just seen an American (well, supposedly) describe the UK as “our motherland” and that’s “why we care what happens to it.”
Guys. You literally celebrate Independence Day every year.
Guys. You literally celebrate Independence Day every year.
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Yet Iceland, despite being a smaller country can do this: "They have more patients and about half the staff of the NGS, yet in two years they eliminated their 700 person waiting list. They usually only need 30-45 minutes of assessment, and in their intensive weeks they’d start 30 people on HRT"
Your referral will be old enough to drink by the time the NGS sees you.
the-beacon.ie/2026/02/17/a...
#trans #transHealthcare #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm
the-beacon.ie/2026/02/17/a...
#trans #transHealthcare #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm
An eighteen-year wait for trans healthcare with more than 2,500 on waiting list – The Beacon
The waiting list for trans healthcare in Ireland continues to grow, with the wait now approaching two decades.
the-beacon.ie
February 17, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Yet Iceland, despite being a smaller country can do this: "They have more patients and about half the staff of the NGS, yet in two years they eliminated their 700 person waiting list. They usually only need 30-45 minutes of assessment, and in their intensive weeks they’d start 30 people on HRT"
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I'm part of the Brisbane bid. It has a delightful team, mostly local (by Australian standards). I'm really enjoying working with them
If you're in a position to vote on this, do the South Pacific a solid and vote for Brisbane.
The last time Worldcon was scheduled down here it was 2020 in Wellington and it didn't happen in person. Will have been 18 years by 2028 since we got an accessible in-person con. Put the World in Worldcon.
The last time Worldcon was scheduled down here it was 2020 in Wellington and it didn't happen in person. Will have been 18 years by 2028 since we got an accessible in-person con. Put the World in Worldcon.
2028 Worldcon Bids locusmag.com/2026/02...
February 17, 2026 at 10:59 AM
I'm part of the Brisbane bid. It has a delightful team, mostly local (by Australian standards). I'm really enjoying working with them
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If you're in a position to vote on this, do the South Pacific a solid and vote for Brisbane.
The last time Worldcon was scheduled down here it was 2020 in Wellington and it didn't happen in person. Will have been 18 years by 2028 since we got an accessible in-person con. Put the World in Worldcon.
The last time Worldcon was scheduled down here it was 2020 in Wellington and it didn't happen in person. Will have been 18 years by 2028 since we got an accessible in-person con. Put the World in Worldcon.
February 16, 2026 at 10:22 PM
If you're in a position to vote on this, do the South Pacific a solid and vote for Brisbane.
The last time Worldcon was scheduled down here it was 2020 in Wellington and it didn't happen in person. Will have been 18 years by 2028 since we got an accessible in-person con. Put the World in Worldcon.
The last time Worldcon was scheduled down here it was 2020 in Wellington and it didn't happen in person. Will have been 18 years by 2028 since we got an accessible in-person con. Put the World in Worldcon.
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A dreadful story, but buried in the middle is: "A tall friend says she gets shouted at all the time", hmm, I wonder what gets shouted at her Guardian and whether you might have anything to do with why people would be picking on and shouting at TALL women in particular 🤔
A man pushed me in the street, he wanted to teach me a lesson. Is that OK now? | Lucy Pasha-Robinson
A man pushed me in the street, he wanted to teach me a lesson. Is that OK now? | Lucy Pasha-Robinson
Many women reading this will have experienced something similar: a warning that sharing public space isn’t a man’s job, it’s a woman’s, says Lucy Pasha-Robinson, a Guardian assistant Opinion editor
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:21 AM
A dreadful story, but buried in the middle is: "A tall friend says she gets shouted at all the time", hmm, I wonder what gets shouted at her Guardian and whether you might have anything to do with why people would be picking on and shouting at TALL women in particular 🤔
Oh, fuck off.
Quentin Tarantino is convinced no one actually likes ‘Vertigo’: “I don’t believe anybody”
Quentin Tarantino is convinced no one actually likes ‘Vertigo’: “I don’t believe anybody”
He's right, and you're wrong.
The post Quentin Tarantino is convinced no one actually likes ‘Vertigo’: “I don’t believe anybody” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
faroutmagazine.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Oh, fuck off.
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One of the reasons I think, possibly foolishly, that what I do is important is that I've had a number of older well-off cishet white men tell me that I've changed their opinions. Not turned fascists around, but made well-meaning people with bad opinions reconsider them a little.
A quick "whoa, really? that's really fucked up, man" from a white dude to another white dude for expressing a conservative opinion is (sadly) one of the most effective ways to change that white dude's behavior. Not usually the underlying beliefs, but the behavior. It gets in their kitchen.
Part of my theory of change is to share the words white men need to hear, spoken by white men. This is because creating defections is crucial to stopping authoritarianism and democratic backsliding. This is because almost everyone else is already off the Trump train.
February 16, 2026 at 2:14 PM
One of the reasons I think, possibly foolishly, that what I do is important is that I've had a number of older well-off cishet white men tell me that I've changed their opinions. Not turned fascists around, but made well-meaning people with bad opinions reconsider them a little.
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Why is it that people who tout nuclear, can't pronounce it?
Drives me nuts
#MineralsCouncil
#SenateReviewMisinformation
#auspol
Drives me nuts
#MineralsCouncil
#SenateReviewMisinformation
#auspol
February 17, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Why is it that people who tout nuclear, can't pronounce it?
Drives me nuts
#MineralsCouncil
#SenateReviewMisinformation
#auspol
Drives me nuts
#MineralsCouncil
#SenateReviewMisinformation
#auspol
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Wait wait wait this is actually fascinating. That photo looked familiar to me and I immediately knew why - it appears to be from the same photo shoot as this image, which has been blasted all over the internet along with the (double false) claim that it's "the first photo of a cat ever taken, 1880".
February 16, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Wait wait wait this is actually fascinating. That photo looked familiar to me and I immediately knew why - it appears to be from the same photo shoot as this image, which has been blasted all over the internet along with the (double false) claim that it's "the first photo of a cat ever taken, 1880".
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Anything involving IQ tests *in any way* is eugenicist pseudoscientific bullshit and should not be anywhere near anything to do with disability provision. Might as well base it on their Myers-Briggs type or their star sign.
Yeah, so my feeling is NOPE, NO, NUH UH, NEVER
For one thing, IQ is bullshit. For another, there is a reason we DON’T want a streamlined way to identify “the most vulnerable”. Please see the United States for further details.
Lastly—who is this for?
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
For one thing, IQ is bullshit. For another, there is a reason we DON’T want a streamlined way to identify “the most vulnerable”. Please see the United States for further details.
Lastly—who is this for?
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
A new diagnosis of ‘profound autism’ is under consideration. Here’s what parents need to know
Category describes people who have little or no language, an IQ of less than 50 and require 24-hour supervision
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Anything involving IQ tests *in any way* is eugenicist pseudoscientific bullshit and should not be anywhere near anything to do with disability provision. Might as well base it on their Myers-Briggs type or their star sign.
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
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agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:33 PM
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
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Labour: strong against the weak and weak against the strong.
The literal opposite of what the party was set up for.
The literal opposite of what the party was set up for.
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 1:57 PM
Labour: strong against the weak and weak against the strong.
The literal opposite of what the party was set up for.
The literal opposite of what the party was set up for.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…