Theresa
@theatrespoonie.bsky.social
Theatre maker, mathematician, producer, researcher, Edinburgh Horror Festival Trustee, feminist, perpetual student (she/her)
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Theresa
@theatrespoonie.bsky.social
· Feb 18
If you want to know more about Sam's case. Follow the local news. They are gendering him correctly and speaking with local LGBT+ people. I'll start a thread here of stories on the case from my local news.
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The UN climate change conference (COP30) having rooms shut down both to flooding and an extreme fire is a bit metaphorically excessive.
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The UN climate change conference (COP30) having rooms shut down both to flooding and an extreme fire is a bit metaphorically excessive.
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The assumption that we have to deter asylum seekers is never questioned.
The reasons they have left their countries are hardly even considered.
#R4Today
The reasons they have left their countries are hardly even considered.
#R4Today
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The assumption that we have to deter asylum seekers is never questioned.
The reasons they have left their countries are hardly even considered.
#R4Today
The reasons they have left their countries are hardly even considered.
#R4Today
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, I would have you remember that there are trans people alive who need your action now, not your reflective words later.
Remembering us is not enough.
Remembering us is not enough.
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A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
CDC.Gov Archive Index
With the Musk/Trump Administration bulldozing their way through seemingly every federal government website, teams of data analysts and archivers have been attempting to download and archive as much fe...
acasignups.net
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
A reminder that I’ve archived every public-facing web page from the CDC website prior to the Trump Regime purging data back in late January:
acasignups.net/cdc-website
acasignups.net/cdc-website
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middlebury college student lia smith killed herself one month ago after facing harassment for being a trans athlete
you will not hear her name once on cable tv
don’t let them erase her
#TDOR #TransDayOfRemembrance
you will not hear her name once on cable tv
don’t let them erase her
#TDOR #TransDayOfRemembrance
November 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
middlebury college student lia smith killed herself one month ago after facing harassment for being a trans athlete
you will not hear her name once on cable tv
don’t let them erase her
#TDOR #TransDayOfRemembrance
you will not hear her name once on cable tv
don’t let them erase her
#TDOR #TransDayOfRemembrance
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The conflation of asylum seeker and illegal migrants isn't an accident.
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The conflation of asylum seeker and illegal migrants isn't an accident.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Tomorrow, the Covid-19 Inquiry will release a report on the decision-making and political governance during the pandemic. This will be of keen interest to the DPOs who took part in the inquiry as core participants
Full press release 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/uk-covi...
Tomorrow, the Covid-19 Inquiry will release a report on the decision-making and political governance during the pandemic. This will be of keen interest to the DPOs who took part in the inquiry as core participants
Full press release 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/uk-covi...
UK Covid-19 Inquiry to Release Report on Decision-Making and
www.disabilityrightsuk.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨
Tomorrow, the Covid-19 Inquiry will release a report on the decision-making and political governance during the pandemic. This will be of keen interest to the DPOs who took part in the inquiry as core participants
Full press release 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/uk-covi...
Tomorrow, the Covid-19 Inquiry will release a report on the decision-making and political governance during the pandemic. This will be of keen interest to the DPOs who took part in the inquiry as core participants
Full press release 👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/uk-covi...
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Greg Jackson (CEO Octopus) believes that with the right regulatory changes, Scotland could harness its renewable energy potential to provide free electricity to its residents.
Unionism: fuck that we'll give cheap electricity to a sector exacerbating climate change.
Fuck Labour.
Unionism: fuck that we'll give cheap electricity to a sector exacerbating climate change.
Fuck Labour.
EXCLUSIVE: Labour are planning to cut electricity prices for tech companies while energy bills continue to leave families struggling, The National can reveal
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Greg Jackson (CEO Octopus) believes that with the right regulatory changes, Scotland could harness its renewable energy potential to provide free electricity to its residents.
Unionism: fuck that we'll give cheap electricity to a sector exacerbating climate change.
Fuck Labour.
Unionism: fuck that we'll give cheap electricity to a sector exacerbating climate change.
Fuck Labour.
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Harming trans kids - using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation on trans adolescents and families.
Please read and share.
The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...
Please read and share.
The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...
Harming trans kids – Using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation
When puberty blockers were banned in June 2024, the legislation included a clause stating that those currently on blockers would not be medically detransitioned, and could continue care if adopted …
growinguptransgender.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Harming trans kids - using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation on trans adolescents and families.
Please read and share.
The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...
Please read and share.
The art is not mine - the artist wishes to remain anonymous.
growinguptransgender.com/2025/11/19/h...
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This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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My terrorism class finished a section on jihadists and is now discussing white nationalists, and it occurred to me that in some states (Florida? Texas?) I might not be allowed to teach about the latter, since it mentions race, and doesn't balance it out with pro-white-nationalist-terrorism readings.
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My terrorism class finished a section on jihadists and is now discussing white nationalists, and it occurred to me that in some states (Florida? Texas?) I might not be allowed to teach about the latter, since it mentions race, and doesn't balance it out with pro-white-nationalist-terrorism readings.
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It's fucking wild that the GCs have developed such a sense of impunity that they're just actively harassing and smearing members of a tribunal panel they are supposedly trying to win over.
Terf legal nonsense - A judge has thrown out an application for a panel member to be dismissed at an employment tribunal case between the Belfast Film Festival (BFF) and former employee Sara Morrison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge rejects application over employment tribunal panellist
Sara Morrison, who worked for Belfast Film Festival, is taking a discrimination case against her former employer.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It's fucking wild that the GCs have developed such a sense of impunity that they're just actively harassing and smearing members of a tribunal panel they are supposedly trying to win over.
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Being on Epsteins list meant you were an ally to be placed in a position of power in order to be manipulated by greater authority. It was a GOOD career move for many.
November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Being on Epsteins list meant you were an ally to be placed in a position of power in order to be manipulated by greater authority. It was a GOOD career move for many.
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There are going to be people exposed who were complete losers and extremely happy to be blackmailed by Epstein bc it helped their careers immensely.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There are going to be people exposed who were complete losers and extremely happy to be blackmailed by Epstein bc it helped their careers immensely.
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Get their asses.
If you've got published work, look yourself up and hop on the "actions have consequences" train.
If you've got published work, look yourself up and hop on the "actions have consequences" train.
Ruin them! From @mollycrabapple.bsky.social:
“Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim”
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
“Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim”
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Get their asses.
If you've got published work, look yourself up and hop on the "actions have consequences" train.
If you've got published work, look yourself up and hop on the "actions have consequences" train.
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And FWIW, this is not strictly a Bluesky problem. It is a content moderation problem and content moderation problems are also people problems. I wish there was an easier solution to this
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
And FWIW, this is not strictly a Bluesky problem. It is a content moderation problem and content moderation problems are also people problems. I wish there was an easier solution to this
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“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
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i reiterate my case that the true alpha in any given group is the mum friend with spare pads and cheesy crackers and a mysterious number of packs of wet wipes
Whereas the top wolves are basically just acting like parents and making sure everybody’s got food and letting the cubs crawl all over them.
Honestly, the most wolf-like people around are mom friends and the dads who check your oil and sneak jumper cables into your trunk.
Honestly, the most wolf-like people around are mom friends and the dads who check your oil and sneak jumper cables into your trunk.
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
i reiterate my case that the true alpha in any given group is the mum friend with spare pads and cheesy crackers and a mysterious number of packs of wet wipes
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I genuinely believe if a lawmaker called a congressional reporter the N-word, that journalist’s colleagues would not come to their explicit defense
Years ago, when I was an out trans reporter in Congress, I couldn’t even get colleagues to commit to defending me if I was misgendered by a lawmaker
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I genuinely believe if a lawmaker called a congressional reporter the N-word, that journalist’s colleagues would not come to their explicit defense
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Wow, this must be one of the most popular things I've ever posted on here, guess I hit upon a sentiment a lot of people were feeling? So, can you do me a favour?
Advocate for the art you love. Talk about it, uplift it, introduce it to others, leave reviews. Let's not just focus on the negative.
Advocate for the art you love. Talk about it, uplift it, introduce it to others, leave reviews. Let's not just focus on the negative.
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Wow, this must be one of the most popular things I've ever posted on here, guess I hit upon a sentiment a lot of people were feeling? So, can you do me a favour?
Advocate for the art you love. Talk about it, uplift it, introduce it to others, leave reviews. Let's not just focus on the negative.
Advocate for the art you love. Talk about it, uplift it, introduce it to others, leave reviews. Let's not just focus on the negative.
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“With its hateful rhetoric, the right seeks to cast gender identity not as something you are, but as something dangerous that you believe… the end goal is the same: to wipe out transness itself.”
We need to disrupt anti-trans genocidal politics and work towards politics that nurture trans people.
We need to disrupt anti-trans genocidal politics and work towards politics that nurture trans people.
How the right uses "gender ideology" to blame trans people for everything
MAGA learned from global autocrats the language needed to push fear.
www.motherjones.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“With its hateful rhetoric, the right seeks to cast gender identity not as something you are, but as something dangerous that you believe… the end goal is the same: to wipe out transness itself.”
We need to disrupt anti-trans genocidal politics and work towards politics that nurture trans people.
We need to disrupt anti-trans genocidal politics and work towards politics that nurture trans people.
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I watched this entire panel (only about 26 minutes) to make sure I had full context for the point she was making and I'm sorry to say that did not help. She is saying exactly what you think she's saying.
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I watched this entire panel (only about 26 minutes) to make sure I had full context for the point she was making and I'm sorry to say that did not help. She is saying exactly what you think she's saying.
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This award gives emerging writers a free course, retreat and mentoring. You need to be unpublished but it closes on 30th November so get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
Emerging Writer Award - The Bridge Awards
The Emerging Writer Award is run in partnership with The Bridge Awards. The award winner receives a package including courses, retreat time and mentoring.
www.moniackmhor.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This award gives emerging writers a free course, retreat and mentoring. You need to be unpublished but it closes on 30th November so get in quick.
Details in link.
Please share :)
Details in link.
Please share :)
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📜 Today we are launching the Transparent Pledge.
Please read and sign it here: 👉 tinyurl.com/TransparentAction
Transparent Action is a group of parents who want to take action in support of their trans, non-binary and gender diverse loved ones and the wider trans+ community.
Please read and sign it here: 👉 tinyurl.com/TransparentAction
Transparent Action is a group of parents who want to take action in support of their trans, non-binary and gender diverse loved ones and the wider trans+ community.
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📜 Today we are launching the Transparent Pledge.
Please read and sign it here: 👉 tinyurl.com/TransparentAction
Transparent Action is a group of parents who want to take action in support of their trans, non-binary and gender diverse loved ones and the wider trans+ community.
Please read and sign it here: 👉 tinyurl.com/TransparentAction
Transparent Action is a group of parents who want to take action in support of their trans, non-binary and gender diverse loved ones and the wider trans+ community.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...