Cal
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SustainUS COP30 Delegation
While Trump pulled out of international climate agreements, we’re pulling together a team to make a difference.As US politicians drag their feet, thousands of world leaders are heading to Belém, Brazi...
www.zeffy.com
I'm sure someone has already posted about this here, but these indigenous and BIPOC activists have been struggling to secure enough funds to attend Cop30 due to the exorbitant housing costs. Please share it or donate if you can! www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
It isn't the case for everyone, but I personally have always felt a lot of shame for being aroace. I've spent a lot of time wishing I was 'normal', that having a relationship of any kind was something I actually wanted, that I could feel attraction to others.
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It isn't the case for everyone, but I personally have always felt a lot of shame for being aroace. I've spent a lot of time wishing I was 'normal', that having a relationship of any kind was something I actually wanted, that I could feel attraction to others.
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
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Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
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I can’t even begin to line out the torment and torrent of anguish and won’t - because it satisfies the desire for ever more cruelty but Dan is right, the only purpose served is cruel and degrading punishment - the definition of mass torture. That’s now government policy.
Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I can’t even begin to line out the torment and torrent of anguish and won’t - because it satisfies the desire for ever more cruelty but Dan is right, the only purpose served is cruel and degrading punishment - the definition of mass torture. That’s now government policy.
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Streeting is admitting that the Pathways “trial” already has a predetermined outcome. Stuffing it with SEGM placeholders is evidence of this.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Streeting is admitting that the Pathways “trial” already has a predetermined outcome. Stuffing it with SEGM placeholders is evidence of this.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
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Just to clarify: we don’t actually know whether Hilary Cass recommended a ban on puberty blockers. The Cass Review itself doesn’t say that. Instead, the DHSC sought “evidence” from three “experts”, including her, which was kept secret.
I think Wes Streeting revealed quite a lot in his tweet.
I think Wes Streeting revealed quite a lot in his tweet.
November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Just to clarify: we don’t actually know whether Hilary Cass recommended a ban on puberty blockers. The Cass Review itself doesn’t say that. Instead, the DHSC sought “evidence” from three “experts”, including her, which was kept secret.
I think Wes Streeting revealed quite a lot in his tweet.
I think Wes Streeting revealed quite a lot in his tweet.
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As we always (strongly) suspected, their so-called 'clinical trial' was never about creating a model of care that centers Trans+ people or gives them control over their own lives
It was always about generating the pre-determined evidence to justify banning Trans healthcare outright
It was always about generating the pre-determined evidence to justify banning Trans healthcare outright
Streeting is admitting that the Pathways “trial” already has a predetermined outcome. Stuffing it with SEGM placeholders is evidence of this.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
The only way we are going to end state-mandated torture of trans kids is to get Labour out of government completely.
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
As we always (strongly) suspected, their so-called 'clinical trial' was never about creating a model of care that centers Trans+ people or gives them control over their own lives
It was always about generating the pre-determined evidence to justify banning Trans healthcare outright
It was always about generating the pre-determined evidence to justify banning Trans healthcare outright
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
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BBC Chair Samir Shah and Robbie Gibb asked to explain why they drew up a plan, as revealed by Byline Times, to win back the "trust" of Reform voters, but haven't made similar plans for voters of any other party.
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
BBC Chair Samir Shah and Robbie Gibb asked to explain why they drew up a plan, as revealed by Byline Times, to win back the "trust" of Reform voters, but haven't made similar plans for voters of any other party.
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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This year's #Arctic sea ice freeze-up is clearly the latest on record for the Baffin Bay region (located between Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago). The extent of ice cover is a record low for the date there.
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This year's #Arctic sea ice freeze-up is clearly the latest on record for the Baffin Bay region (located between Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago). The extent of ice cover is a record low for the date there.
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
Data from @nsidc.bsky.social at nsidc.org/data/seaice_...
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Genocide is still happening in Gaza.
And, at a slower - but still horrific - pace, in the West Bank.
I thought you should know.
And, at a slower - but still horrific - pace, in the West Bank.
I thought you should know.
November 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Genocide is still happening in Gaza.
And, at a slower - but still horrific - pace, in the West Bank.
I thought you should know.
And, at a slower - but still horrific - pace, in the West Bank.
I thought you should know.
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You're complicit in genocide and the attacks on migrants.
A devastating message to Labour MPs from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
A devastating message to Labour MPs from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
You're complicit in genocide and the attacks on migrants.
A devastating message to Labour MPs from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
A devastating message to Labour MPs from @zackpolanski.bsky.social
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"Groups including the Community Security Trust, a charity providing support to the Jewish community in the UK, called on Farage to repudiate such ideas, many of which are associated with far-right and antisemitic conspiracy theories." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"Groups including the Community Security Trust, a charity providing support to the Jewish community in the UK, called on Farage to repudiate such ideas, many of which are associated with far-right and antisemitic conspiracy theories." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
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Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices
Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a “puberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...
transsafety.network
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views
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"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
Tim Davie misled audience about the BBC’s supposed leftwing agenda | Good Law Project
Speaking at a book festival, the former director general suggested the BBC newsroom was full of BLM T-shirts and Kamala mugs. But that’s fake news.
goodlaw.social
November 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"The former BBC director general Tim Davie misled the public in suggesting BBC news reporters had a leftwing political agenda, Good Law Project can reveal." goodlaw.social/vyyj
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This guidance in the U.K. will affect anyone who looks vaguely gender non-conforming.
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
Trans people could be banned from single-sex spaces based on how they look
The Times has seen the equalities watchdog’s final guidance, which Whitehall figures fear Bridget Phillipson is delaying to avoid a political backlash
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This guidance in the U.K. will affect anyone who looks vaguely gender non-conforming.
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
And it will single out trans people in any situation. From the article: "if a trans man, who is biologically female but is 'perceived' as a man, attempted to use a women’s changing room ... they can be barred."
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”if people don’t have jobs they don’t have money to spend”
Geniuses at work, really
Geniuses at work, really
GOLDMAN has some tough words about the young college-grad unemployment rate rising to 8.5%. 👀
“.. A further deterioration in employment opportunities .. perhaps reflecting AI and other efficiency-enhancing measures .. could have a disproportionate negative impact on consumer spending ..”
“.. A further deterioration in employment opportunities .. perhaps reflecting AI and other efficiency-enhancing measures .. could have a disproportionate negative impact on consumer spending ..”
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
”if people don’t have jobs they don’t have money to spend”
Geniuses at work, really
Geniuses at work, really
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Suicide is a word we invented to shift the blame for murder onto the victim. Miles was another trans person murdered. Another youth lost to a campaign of genocide.
This is what transphobes want. They don't want to protect children. They want us all erradicated, even the children.
This is what transphobes want. They don't want to protect children. They want us all erradicated, even the children.
A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
Heartbroken family of trans teen speaks out about how bullying led to his death
The family of trans Iowa student Miles Phipps has spoken out about bullying following losing their son to suicide. He was just 15-years-old.
www.thepinknews.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Suicide is a word we invented to shift the blame for murder onto the victim. Miles was another trans person murdered. Another youth lost to a campaign of genocide.
This is what transphobes want. They don't want to protect children. They want us all erradicated, even the children.
This is what transphobes want. They don't want to protect children. They want us all erradicated, even the children.
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Ok after listening to this, I think I can confidently say that this book sounds even WORSE than I’d heard.
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ok after listening to this, I think I can confidently say that this book sounds even WORSE than I’d heard.
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Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
Good Gifts 2025
Use your Secret Santa or present giving to support charities, museums and small businesses.
madlinblog.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
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I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I'm seeing claims that progress was made at #COP30, but it really wasn't. Each passing year with no fossil fuel phaseout comes at great opportunity cost as we further burn through the vanishing carbon budget that remains for averting dangerous warming. See my commentary: michaelmann.net/bad-cop/
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GIVE PEOPLE MONEY TO LIVE
IT WORKS
THEY FUCKING LIVE
IT WORKS
THEY FUCKING LIVE
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
GIVE PEOPLE MONEY TO LIVE
IT WORKS
THEY FUCKING LIVE
IT WORKS
THEY FUCKING LIVE
Poor George by James Supercave only gets more relevant
November 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Poor George by James Supercave only gets more relevant