Ash Paley
@ashpaley.bsky.social
PhD student at IMS - University of Leeds. Neuroqueering medieval mystics.
Trans masc. Autistic 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
He/they
Trans masc. Autistic 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸
He/they
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Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
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Today on #TransDayOfRemembrance we remember our trans siblings who have lost their lives to transphobia, hatred & violence…🧵
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Today on #TransDayOfRemembrance we remember our trans siblings who have lost their lives to transphobia, hatred & violence…🧵
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Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Today is Trans Day of Remembrance.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
Sending love and solidarity to all trans+ people and those who have lost a trans+ loved one through violence or state oppression and neglect.
And a special thought for those who will have taken their lives without ever disclosing their trans identity.
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It's hard to think it's a coincidence that this stuff has been leaked to The Times on the eve of Trans Day of Remembrance. Grim.
Fortunately, the leaks are fairly desperate stuff. Yet another quite transparent attempt to bully a government minister into laying a transphobic code of practice.
Fortunately, the leaks are fairly desperate stuff. Yet another quite transparent attempt to bully a government minister into laying a transphobic code of practice.
November 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It's hard to think it's a coincidence that this stuff has been leaked to The Times on the eve of Trans Day of Remembrance. Grim.
Fortunately, the leaks are fairly desperate stuff. Yet another quite transparent attempt to bully a government minister into laying a transphobic code of practice.
Fortunately, the leaks are fairly desperate stuff. Yet another quite transparent attempt to bully a government minister into laying a transphobic code of practice.
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A cycling influencer nominated for a list of top 100 women cyclists said she has declined the honour due to the decision not to include trans women.
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out - BBC News
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A cycling influencer nominated for a list of top 100 women cyclists said she has declined the honour due to the decision not to include trans women.
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
Claire Sharpe, a cycling coach from Bristol, said: "If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of" 👏🏻
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In a world of Sharron Davies, Gavin Newsoms, Riley Gaineses, and Nancy Maces, be literally any of these 200 athletes
www.womenssportsfoundation.org/press_releas...
www.womenssportsfoundation.org/press_releas...
Billie Jean King, Megan Rapinoe, and Candace Parker Join Nearly 200 Athletes Supporting Trans Youth Participation in Sports - Women's Sports Foundation
San Francisco, Calif. (December 21, 2020): Today, sports icon Billie Jean King, U.S. National Women’s Soccer Team Co-Captain and World Cup Champion Megan Rapinoe, and WNBA trail-blazer and legend Cand...
www.womenssportsfoundation.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
In a world of Sharron Davies, Gavin Newsoms, Riley Gaineses, and Nancy Maces, be literally any of these 200 athletes
www.womenssportsfoundation.org/press_releas...
www.womenssportsfoundation.org/press_releas...
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Are any of you lovely people a member of the BMA? if so, I might need your help with something. Thank you! 🙏
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Are any of you lovely people a member of the BMA? if so, I might need your help with something. Thank you! 🙏
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My community isn’t the target of Labour’s latest racist scheme, which only highlights how blatantly racist it is, and I want no part in it. Solidarity, always.
We’ve caused so much harm to many of the refugees being targeted, and that it all ties back to oil and gas exploitations. It’s disgusting.
We’ve caused so much harm to many of the refugees being targeted, and that it all ties back to oil and gas exploitations. It’s disgusting.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My community isn’t the target of Labour’s latest racist scheme, which only highlights how blatantly racist it is, and I want no part in it. Solidarity, always.
We’ve caused so much harm to many of the refugees being targeted, and that it all ties back to oil and gas exploitations. It’s disgusting.
We’ve caused so much harm to many of the refugees being targeted, and that it all ties back to oil and gas exploitations. It’s disgusting.
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
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trans people exist.
billionaires shouldn't.
billionaires shouldn't.
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
trans people exist.
billionaires shouldn't.
billionaires shouldn't.
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seriously cannot believe labour politicians have the nerve to just be on here casually posting after mahmood did the rounds today.
they should be screaming about how they disagree.
they should be screaming about how they disagree.
November 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
seriously cannot believe labour politicians have the nerve to just be on here casually posting after mahmood did the rounds today.
they should be screaming about how they disagree.
they should be screaming about how they disagree.
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Further down this 🧵: there have been less than one deportation every 3 years stopped by the ECHR. This is not about immigration; this is about leaving human rights behind so the gov’t can do whatever the f**k it wants to anyone who crosses it, including very minority not deemed worthy of protection.
There is no difference in practice between removing rights of individuals and leaving the ECHR. The end outcome is still the same, people lose rights. If human rights are an obstacle to your policy it is not the rights which are the issue, it is your policy. Labour going full Reform at this stage.
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Further down this 🧵: there have been less than one deportation every 3 years stopped by the ECHR. This is not about immigration; this is about leaving human rights behind so the gov’t can do whatever the f**k it wants to anyone who crosses it, including very minority not deemed worthy of protection.
Remind me never to go to ASDA on the weekend
November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Remind me never to go to ASDA on the weekend
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AAAAAAAAAAAAHH
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAHH
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The TLDR on the "Hitler DNA" story, as with most new Hitler stories, is that we don't really have any new or earth shattering information about the guy. He definitely had Parkinsons. He may have had an undescended testicle. none that changes what we know about the guy.
Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The TLDR on the "Hitler DNA" story, as with most new Hitler stories, is that we don't really have any new or earth shattering information about the guy. He definitely had Parkinsons. He may have had an undescended testicle. none that changes what we know about the guy.
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1. Open borders, for real -- make it as easy to move between countries as it is to move between states
2. Make millionaires illegal -- 100% tax on income over $1 million.
3. Personhood for everything in the non-human world.
2. Make millionaires illegal -- 100% tax on income over $1 million.
3. Personhood for everything in the non-human world.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
1. Open borders, for real -- make it as easy to move between countries as it is to move between states
2. Make millionaires illegal -- 100% tax on income over $1 million.
3. Personhood for everything in the non-human world.
2. Make millionaires illegal -- 100% tax on income over $1 million.
3. Personhood for everything in the non-human world.
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My most woke opinion. Hmmm......
Of all the nations in the world, the United Kingdom is the one which can justify borders the least given our history. We should have a fully open border policy and strong incentives for anyone who wants to come here and build a life to do so.
Of all the nations in the world, the United Kingdom is the one which can justify borders the least given our history. We should have a fully open border policy and strong incentives for anyone who wants to come here and build a life to do so.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
My most woke opinion. Hmmm......
Of all the nations in the world, the United Kingdom is the one which can justify borders the least given our history. We should have a fully open border policy and strong incentives for anyone who wants to come here and build a life to do so.
Of all the nations in the world, the United Kingdom is the one which can justify borders the least given our history. We should have a fully open border policy and strong incentives for anyone who wants to come here and build a life to do so.
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also maybe if you've been trying this isolation bullshit for over 20 years and it still isn't working another tactic should be attempted.
I'd sometimes send myself there just because I enjoyed the quiet time lmao. would've been better if I could hang out in my phone with friends tho. curse you 2005
I'd sometimes send myself there just because I enjoyed the quiet time lmao. would've been better if I could hang out in my phone with friends tho. curse you 2005
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
also maybe if you've been trying this isolation bullshit for over 20 years and it still isn't working another tactic should be attempted.
I'd sometimes send myself there just because I enjoyed the quiet time lmao. would've been better if I could hang out in my phone with friends tho. curse you 2005
I'd sometimes send myself there just because I enjoyed the quiet time lmao. would've been better if I could hang out in my phone with friends tho. curse you 2005
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I mentioned previously how Brianna was taught in school primarily in isolation and idk if non brits know what that means.
Tldr it's a room, generally with stalls in it so you can't see other kids and a teacher watching you. it's generally where kids are sent for bad behaviour.
Tldr it's a room, generally with stalls in it so you can't see other kids and a teacher watching you. it's generally where kids are sent for bad behaviour.
“Surely, further isolating trans people will make their lives better!”
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I mentioned previously how Brianna was taught in school primarily in isolation and idk if non brits know what that means.
Tldr it's a room, generally with stalls in it so you can't see other kids and a teacher watching you. it's generally where kids are sent for bad behaviour.
Tldr it's a room, generally with stalls in it so you can't see other kids and a teacher watching you. it's generally where kids are sent for bad behaviour.
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Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
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Currently doing some marking. A reminder to everyone involved in archives and collections: digitisation is not preservation. If I digitise a box of records and put the files on a USB stick I haven't preserved a thing. It's all about what you do with the files post-digitisation. #archives #digipres
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
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Trans women are already banned from all of the sports at an international federation level already. This framing is a lie aimed at hiding the fact they're now going after other women that they don't like.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Trans women are already banned from all of the sports at an international federation level already. This framing is a lie aimed at hiding the fact they're now going after other women that they don't like.