Amberlin
@amberlin.bsky.social
I dislike bio’s, really.
I’m a late 40 year old female with a 24-year-old daughter. We have two dogs, two cats, one guinea pig.
I live in the UK. The England part. I enjoy commenting on U.K. and U.S politics.
Warning: Sarcastic sense of humour.
I’m a late 40 year old female with a 24-year-old daughter. We have two dogs, two cats, one guinea pig.
I live in the UK. The England part. I enjoy commenting on U.K. and U.S politics.
Warning: Sarcastic sense of humour.
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"Oh hello. You're home early"
December 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
"Oh hello. You're home early"
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"We, too, enjoy dinner"
December 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"We, too, enjoy dinner"
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Doesn't free speech include the right for students to protest speakers? @adamserwer.bsky.social is right, they don't want the right to free speech, they want the right to monolog without any criticism.
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Doesn't free speech include the right for students to protest speakers? @adamserwer.bsky.social is right, they don't want the right to free speech, they want the right to monolog without any criticism.
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Let's find this lovely boy
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Let's find this lovely boy
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FAQ for torties:
Q: What is this?!
A: A tail
Q: When did I get a tail?
A: You've always had one
Q: Why does my tail taste of porridge?
A: Because you left it resting in my breakfast
Q: OMG SHINY! What is THAT?!
A: The Xmas tree. Same as yesterday
Q: OMG A SNEK!
A: No, that's your tail again
Q: What is this?!
A: A tail
Q: When did I get a tail?
A: You've always had one
Q: Why does my tail taste of porridge?
A: Because you left it resting in my breakfast
Q: OMG SHINY! What is THAT?!
A: The Xmas tree. Same as yesterday
Q: OMG A SNEK!
A: No, that's your tail again
December 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
FAQ for torties:
Q: What is this?!
A: A tail
Q: When did I get a tail?
A: You've always had one
Q: Why does my tail taste of porridge?
A: Because you left it resting in my breakfast
Q: OMG SHINY! What is THAT?!
A: The Xmas tree. Same as yesterday
Q: OMG A SNEK!
A: No, that's your tail again
Q: What is this?!
A: A tail
Q: When did I get a tail?
A: You've always had one
Q: Why does my tail taste of porridge?
A: Because you left it resting in my breakfast
Q: OMG SHINY! What is THAT?!
A: The Xmas tree. Same as yesterday
Q: OMG A SNEK!
A: No, that's your tail again
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Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
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The Times is thrashing around, trying to blame everyone for failing to
Implement the lie it has propagated since April.
It knows that if GLP win, the whole edifice it, and the media, created will come crashing down.
Falkner has already tried the exact same attack and failed.
It’s all they have left.
Implement the lie it has propagated since April.
It knows that if GLP win, the whole edifice it, and the media, created will come crashing down.
Falkner has already tried the exact same attack and failed.
It’s all they have left.
A quite demented Leader column published today by The Times.
First, this in which it says that the Supreme Court decision mandated that single sex spaces be divided on the basis of "biology" not gender.
First, this in which it says that the Supreme Court decision mandated that single sex spaces be divided on the basis of "biology" not gender.
December 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Times is thrashing around, trying to blame everyone for failing to
Implement the lie it has propagated since April.
It knows that if GLP win, the whole edifice it, and the media, created will come crashing down.
Falkner has already tried the exact same attack and failed.
It’s all they have left.
Implement the lie it has propagated since April.
It knows that if GLP win, the whole edifice it, and the media, created will come crashing down.
Falkner has already tried the exact same attack and failed.
It’s all they have left.
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Me: (working on novel)
Brain: Hey, got a great idea for a novel. Not this novel.
Me: (typing) Not now, brain.
Brain: Don't you wanna know what it is?
Me: NOT NOW, BRAIN
Brain: I'm not gonna lie, it's SUPER cool
Me: LET ME FINISH THE NOVEL IN FRONT OF ME, BRAIN
Brain: Okay, I'm gonna tell you
Brain: Hey, got a great idea for a novel. Not this novel.
Me: (typing) Not now, brain.
Brain: Don't you wanna know what it is?
Me: NOT NOW, BRAIN
Brain: I'm not gonna lie, it's SUPER cool
Me: LET ME FINISH THE NOVEL IN FRONT OF ME, BRAIN
Brain: Okay, I'm gonna tell you
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Me: (working on novel)
Brain: Hey, got a great idea for a novel. Not this novel.
Me: (typing) Not now, brain.
Brain: Don't you wanna know what it is?
Me: NOT NOW, BRAIN
Brain: I'm not gonna lie, it's SUPER cool
Me: LET ME FINISH THE NOVEL IN FRONT OF ME, BRAIN
Brain: Okay, I'm gonna tell you
Brain: Hey, got a great idea for a novel. Not this novel.
Me: (typing) Not now, brain.
Brain: Don't you wanna know what it is?
Me: NOT NOW, BRAIN
Brain: I'm not gonna lie, it's SUPER cool
Me: LET ME FINISH THE NOVEL IN FRONT OF ME, BRAIN
Brain: Okay, I'm gonna tell you
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An employment tribunal has set out why Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act 2010 does not require segregating Trans+ people from single-sex spaces
www.wearequeeraf.com/supreme-cour...
www.wearequeeraf.com/supreme-cour...
Supreme Court decision does not require Trans+ bathroom ban, Scottish court says
An employment tribunal has set out why Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act 2010 does not require segregating Trans+ people from single-sex spaces
www.wearequeeraf.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
An employment tribunal has set out why Supreme Court ruling on the Equality Act 2010 does not require segregating Trans+ people from single-sex spaces
www.wearequeeraf.com/supreme-cour...
www.wearequeeraf.com/supreme-cour...
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When those who hate trans people win - or pretend to win, cf Sandie Peggie - it's all over the media, even if it's just a tribunal decision. But when they lose, even in the Court of Appeal, it's absolute bloody tumbleweed. So here's our blog about Allison Bailey latest loss. goodlaw.social/3uyd
Allison Bailey loses her case against Stonewall – again
Court of Appeal finds that Stonewall did not cause discrimination against ‘gender critical’ barrister Allison Bailey.
goodlaw.social
December 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When those who hate trans people win - or pretend to win, cf Sandie Peggie - it's all over the media, even if it's just a tribunal decision. But when they lose, even in the Court of Appeal, it's absolute bloody tumbleweed. So here's our blog about Allison Bailey latest loss. goodlaw.social/3uyd
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Shocking: Telegraph reports that if the EHRC'S guidance is ruled unlawful the Minister might not want to lay the code based on it
Truly cutting edge journalism 🤦
Truly cutting edge journalism 🤦
"One Whitehall source told The Telegraph there is a growing belief that if the Good Law Project wins its case, Ms Phillipson will tell the EHRC to reconsider its guidance."
Well, yes, because it will be unlawful.
Well, yes, because it will be unlawful.
Phillipson blocks trans rules protecting safe spaces for women
Minister is challenging guidance that would require businesses and public bodies to offer female-only lavatories
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Shocking: Telegraph reports that if the EHRC'S guidance is ruled unlawful the Minister might not want to lay the code based on it
Truly cutting edge journalism 🤦
Truly cutting edge journalism 🤦
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Cool how there have been fifteen million profiles of McSweeney from all the best-connected hacks in the business, and it takes Steve Reed blurting it out to learn that he maybe thinks the NHS was a mistake.
One interesting nugget in this piece could explain the (otherwise baffling) appearance of Ramsay MacDonald in a 2024 Labour Party Election Broadcast
December 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Cool how there have been fifteen million profiles of McSweeney from all the best-connected hacks in the business, and it takes Steve Reed blurting it out to learn that he maybe thinks the NHS was a mistake.
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Felt a lot smugger about having done my last bit of Christmas shopping on the way to Westminster before the rain disintegrated my paper bag and I had to carry around the gifts under my coat like some kind of festive marsupial.
December 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Felt a lot smugger about having done my last bit of Christmas shopping on the way to Westminster before the rain disintegrated my paper bag and I had to carry around the gifts under my coat like some kind of festive marsupial.
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COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
COMING SOON: AI + Guy™
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Comparing MPs pay with Doctors.
Isn't it amazing, austerity for everyone except Billionaires and MPs.
What a coincidence.
Isn't it amazing, austerity for everyone except Billionaires and MPs.
What a coincidence.
December 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Comparing MPs pay with Doctors.
Isn't it amazing, austerity for everyone except Billionaires and MPs.
What a coincidence.
Isn't it amazing, austerity for everyone except Billionaires and MPs.
What a coincidence.
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When people push for trans and non-binary individuals, or any marginalised community, to be denied their actual rights, discriminated against and demonised there is a more commonly used term for the type of group they are, and it doesn't tend to be "rights group"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Rights group challenges trans-inclusive swimming policy at Hampstead Heath
Allowing entry on the basis of self-identification of gender is unlawful, high court is told
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
When people push for trans and non-binary individuals, or any marginalised community, to be denied their actual rights, discriminated against and demonised there is a more commonly used term for the type of group they are, and it doesn't tend to be "rights group"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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🤯 One hell of an introduction to this piece by @rivkahbrown.bsky.social.🤯 novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...
Anti-Trans Groups Want a Bathroom Ban. Judges Aren’t Giving Them One | Novara Media
Gender-critical campaigners had hoped that this year’s Supreme Court ruling would tee up US-style bathroom bills across the UK, throwing hundreds of thousands of pounds at lawsuits to exclude trans wo...
novaramedia.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🤯 One hell of an introduction to this piece by @rivkahbrown.bsky.social.🤯 novaramedia.com/2025/12/16/a...
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An oldie but goodie.
( you have to be of a certain age)
( you have to be of a certain age)
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
An oldie but goodie.
( you have to be of a certain age)
( you have to be of a certain age)
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OK. I'll just go and wash my hands somewhere else, shall I?
December 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
OK. I'll just go and wash my hands somewhere else, shall I?
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When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It’s Santa taking down an AT-AT!
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
It’s Santa taking down an AT-AT!
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It gets lost in all of this nonsense every time, but it is worth pointing out that it's not illegal to use any toilet you like. Toilets aren't legally restricted places and never have been, for very obvious reasons. This whole thing is based on an absurd fiction about who can and can't go where.
It's not illegal to use the right toilets and no one should adhere to Mary-Ann Stephenson's headmistressly call to "follow rules" that serve no good purpose, breach the UK's human rights obligations, will be bad for all women, and debase trans dignity. Make her appoint her sodding toilet police.
December 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
It gets lost in all of this nonsense every time, but it is worth pointing out that it's not illegal to use any toilet you like. Toilets aren't legally restricted places and never have been, for very obvious reasons. This whole thing is based on an absurd fiction about who can and can't go where.
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Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said "things could be sorted out if there is goodwill and recognition that everybody has rights".
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...