Amanda B
@belowzero4.bsky.social
Tea drinker, cat lover, tech specialist, disassembler of things, occasionally puts stuff back together again.
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Have your say on Hampstead Heath’s swimming ponds
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www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
⏰ Hampstead Heath’s swimming ponds consultation closes on Tuesday 25th. If you care about this, please complete the survey and say that the current arrangements work well.
Very good point.
This isn't about care, it's about politics.
This isn't about care, it's about politics.
I get it cis people. I do. "I think they should wait until they're older wahh". it's a shit take but it's the cis take.
But even if you do think that it's clearly not compatible with "actually Wes Streeting and that one lady who mysteriously became a baroness after the cass review" deciding is it?
But even if you do think that it's clearly not compatible with "actually Wes Streeting and that one lady who mysteriously became a baroness after the cass review" deciding is it?
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Very good point.
This isn't about care, it's about politics.
This isn't about care, it's about politics.
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Over on the other place, @aidancomerford.bsky.social neatly sums up the GC mindset.
It’s why Gender Criticalism is a right wing, anti LGBTQ+, anti women’s rights movement.
It’s why JK Rowling said she was ‘comfortable’ with Trump in power.
It’s why Gender Criticalism is a right wing, anti LGBTQ+, anti women’s rights movement.
It’s why JK Rowling said she was ‘comfortable’ with Trump in power.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Over on the other place, @aidancomerford.bsky.social neatly sums up the GC mindset.
It’s why Gender Criticalism is a right wing, anti LGBTQ+, anti women’s rights movement.
It’s why JK Rowling said she was ‘comfortable’ with Trump in power.
It’s why Gender Criticalism is a right wing, anti LGBTQ+, anti women’s rights movement.
It’s why JK Rowling said she was ‘comfortable’ with Trump in power.
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THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life
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By which time the prescription of puberty blockers will be too late, irreversible changes of puberty will have occurred, dysphoria will persist and the treatment will be deemed ineffective.
Hardly surprising when the doctor in charge has ties to SEGM.
This is not a clinical trial. It’s cruelty.
Hardly surprising when the doctor in charge has ties to SEGM.
This is not a clinical trial. It’s cruelty.
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
By which time the prescription of puberty blockers will be too late, irreversible changes of puberty will have occurred, dysphoria will persist and the treatment will be deemed ineffective.
Hardly surprising when the doctor in charge has ties to SEGM.
This is not a clinical trial. It’s cruelty.
Hardly surprising when the doctor in charge has ties to SEGM.
This is not a clinical trial. It’s cruelty.
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This report does not quote any trans children, or parents of trans children, or any trans people at all.
It does quote Keira Bell saying it’s “disgusting”, though.
New puberty blockers trial to begin after UK ban www.bbc.com/news/article...
It does quote Keira Bell saying it’s “disgusting”, though.
New puberty blockers trial to begin after UK ban www.bbc.com/news/article...
New puberty blockers clinical trial to begin after UK ban
Those taking part in the study will be children under 16 who are going through puberty.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
This report does not quote any trans children, or parents of trans children, or any trans people at all.
It does quote Keira Bell saying it’s “disgusting”, though.
New puberty blockers trial to begin after UK ban www.bbc.com/news/article...
It does quote Keira Bell saying it’s “disgusting”, though.
New puberty blockers trial to begin after UK ban www.bbc.com/news/article...
If you know you're trans, that's all the evidence that should be required.
the thing doctors wont tell you
*no one can diagnose you as trans. not a single person can decide whether HRT is right for you or not. every "gender medicine specialist" is literally just "trained" to ask if you're really sure you're trans in 50 different ways before reluctantly having to agree*
*no one can diagnose you as trans. not a single person can decide whether HRT is right for you or not. every "gender medicine specialist" is literally just "trained" to ask if you're really sure you're trans in 50 different ways before reluctantly having to agree*
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you know you're trans, that's all the evidence that should be required.
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International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
November 21, 2025 at 8:58 AM
International Criminal Court judge, "sanctioned" by the USA for doing his job, blocked from using internet services worldwide, credit cards, banking... And nobody cares...
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Heads up: popular antivirus program Malwarebytes posted this warning about Google training it's AI on our emails. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Heads up: popular antivirus program Malwarebytes posted this warning about Google training it's AI on our emails. www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
Apparently this is being gradually rolled out, so if the settings aren't enabled yet you may need to check back later to make sure they're disabled
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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/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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Ana decided to call out payment processors and their unilateral response was attempting to fuck up her life and that should be bigger news than it is as of now
The full count as of today:
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
YouTube suspended
Twitch banned 3x
Patreon suspended (temporary)
Patreon 3x audio flags (one false posi)
Ko-fi suspended (indefinite?)
Buy Me a Coffee suspended
Vice reporting censored
Pornhub censored 3x times
Fansly censored 1x
Is it really a conspiracy to say Ana is being explicitly flagged by finance bros when she's now been banned (or censored) from Twitch, Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, Ko-Fi, and *PornHub*??
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ana decided to call out payment processors and their unilateral response was attempting to fuck up her life and that should be bigger news than it is as of now
Sad news.
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Sad news.
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Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Can you see the problem 🤷🏻♂️
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
Wes Streeting can’t 🤦🏻♂️
31million/month consult GP practices with similar number having haircuts
102,000 hairdressers in England with 40,000 salons
38,000 GPs with 6200 Surgeries
On average people spend £400pa on hair
GPs receive £169pa per patient
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"As another row on immigration and refugees awaits parliament, it is clear the problem is not immigrants, but politicians themselves."
Great piece, great closing line from @stellacreasy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great piece, great closing line from @stellacreasy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"As another row on immigration and refugees awaits parliament, it is clear the problem is not immigrants, but politicians themselves."
Great piece, great closing line from @stellacreasy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Great piece, great closing line from @stellacreasy.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
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1/. Six whole years ago this launched and sadly trans kids still aren’t heard. They are talked over, they have been stripped of their bodily autonomy, they are misgendered at school, treated as less than, some have been murdered and some have taken their own lives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhAk...
Give transgender children like Emily a voice #IfIHadAVoice
YouTube video by Mermaids UK
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:34 AM
1/. Six whole years ago this launched and sadly trans kids still aren’t heard. They are talked over, they have been stripped of their bodily autonomy, they are misgendered at school, treated as less than, some have been murdered and some have taken their own lives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhAk...
Why are we not calling this out loudly every single day? Why is the media silent? The most powerful western government on earth, UK's "closest ally", is controlled by fascists. It is enacting violent human rights abuses in major cities and we're acting like it's normal.
archive.ph/202511082000...
archive.ph/202511082000...
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Why are we not calling this out loudly every single day? Why is the media silent? The most powerful western government on earth, UK's "closest ally", is controlled by fascists. It is enacting violent human rights abuses in major cities and we're acting like it's normal.
archive.ph/202511082000...
archive.ph/202511082000...
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Jade Leung worked for OpenAI from 2021 to 2023. You would expect her to have shares, worth a lot of money - which will get more valuable if OpenAI remains only lightly regulated.
Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
2/5
Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
2/5
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Jade Leung worked for OpenAI from 2021 to 2023. You would expect her to have shares, worth a lot of money - which will get more valuable if OpenAI remains only lightly regulated.
Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
2/5
Now she is the Prime Minister’s AI Adviser in No 10 - advising on AI regulation.
2/5
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So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
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Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
🧵
For reference - Here’s the Telegraph article with the Prescott memo complaining about the BBC published in FULL.
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
Obviously, it’s an archived link which circumvents their paywall - as there’s no way I’m gonna give that transphobic rag any clicks or coin! 😣
👉 archive.ph/mJIsB
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
🧵
Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!
🧵
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To all pro-trans groups, the deadline for submissions to GANHRI for the next session is around 1 March 2026, 😉😉
ganhri.org/wp-content/u...
ganhri.org/wp-content/u...
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
To all pro-trans groups, the deadline for submissions to GANHRI for the next session is around 1 March 2026, 😉😉
ganhri.org/wp-content/u...
ganhri.org/wp-content/u...
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Tesla have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk. That's 20 billion times more than a nurse in the UK earns.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Tesla have approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk. That's 20 billion times more than a nurse in the UK earns.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
Don't let anyone tell you immigrants or disabled people are the problem. It's the richest 1% hoarding all the wealth.
Time to tax the super-rich properly.
The BBC appears to have a transphobia problem.
Okay, it looks like the BBC reporting on the BBC Executive Complaints Unit’s finding actually also break the rules...
And we should make a complaint?
And we should make a complaint?
Fun fact: The ECU actually used the phrase “trans identity”, not “trans ideology”, and, in editing that quote, this BBC article about a presenter expressing anti-trans views breaching editorial guidelines has itself breached editorial guidelines. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The BBC appears to have a transphobia problem.
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Don't talk to the NYT. They've betrayed families' trust before.
They will lie to you and use you and then turn around and tell you it was their job.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
They will lie to you and use you and then turn around and tell you it was their job.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
November 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Don't talk to the NYT. They've betrayed families' trust before.
They will lie to you and use you and then turn around and tell you it was their job.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
They will lie to you and use you and then turn around and tell you it was their job.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
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“Their effects are not permanent, and once a child lets their blocking treatment lapse, puberty will just continue as normal.”
Puberty blockers were the compromise! They were to give the trans youth time to consider before irreversible changes happened.
Puberty blockers were the compromise! They were to give the trans youth time to consider before irreversible changes happened.
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
“Their effects are not permanent, and once a child lets their blocking treatment lapse, puberty will just continue as normal.”
Puberty blockers were the compromise! They were to give the trans youth time to consider before irreversible changes happened.
Puberty blockers were the compromise! They were to give the trans youth time to consider before irreversible changes happened.