Cal
@calthered.bsky.social
*Trans Rights are Human Rights*
Me: Parent, geek, activist, married, ND, very gay, public sector worker. Scouser living in Yorkshire for many years
Likes: retro gaming/retro telly, music (esp electronic), languages, lots of other stuff
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Me: Parent, geek, activist, married, ND, very gay, public sector worker. Scouser living in Yorkshire for many years
Likes: retro gaming/retro telly, music (esp electronic), languages, lots of other stuff
@redclaire on 🐦
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if you want a recap of today’s trial events, with a bit of humour thrown in, cab was on it.
www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index...
www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index...
www.cookdandbombd.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
if you want a recap of today’s trial events, with a bit of humour thrown in, cab was on it.
www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index...
www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index...
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[Starmvoice] it is time for my beautiful baby boy
September 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
[Starmvoice] it is time for my beautiful baby boy
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Look at this response from Polanski to Sophie Ridge's attempted gotcha on flags
To *finally* have a mainstream political voice standing up for racialised & minoritised communities being intimidated by the violent fash on our streets
It's really not that hard, is it?
To *finally* have a mainstream political voice standing up for racialised & minoritised communities being intimidated by the violent fash on our streets
It's really not that hard, is it?
September 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Look at this response from Polanski to Sophie Ridge's attempted gotcha on flags
To *finally* have a mainstream political voice standing up for racialised & minoritised communities being intimidated by the violent fash on our streets
It's really not that hard, is it?
To *finally* have a mainstream political voice standing up for racialised & minoritised communities being intimidated by the violent fash on our streets
It's really not that hard, is it?
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Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
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Keep in mind that fish are much cuter than you think.
August 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Keep in mind that fish are much cuter than you think.
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Everybody stop what you're doing RIGHT NOW and watch this
Amedeo Capelli, an Italian #artist who does handcrafted wooden automata that merge playfulness, #craftsmanship & kinetic charm
Each piece tells a visual story, blending precise #woodworking with unexpected motion
Artist: @stoccafisso_design (Instagram)
#Italy #artwork
youtu.be/uQ4CLGDyGR8?...
Each piece tells a visual story, blending precise #woodworking with unexpected motion
Artist: @stoccafisso_design (Instagram)
#Italy #artwork
youtu.be/uQ4CLGDyGR8?...
July 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Everybody stop what you're doing RIGHT NOW and watch this
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They really do think the sc ruling means any support for trans people is illegal now innit lmao
Someone is threatening to sue Camden council because they painted a trans flag on some roads four fucking years ago.
FOUR YEARS AGO.
Says she believes they infringe on her human right to freedom of belief and expression. How does paint stop you being a bigot, exactly?
FOUR YEARS AGO.
Says she believes they infringe on her human right to freedom of belief and expression. How does paint stop you being a bigot, exactly?
July 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
They really do think the sc ruling means any support for trans people is illegal now innit lmao
Disgusting, horrible people. To do something like this to a grieving man.
Gay teacher fired from his 21 year career at a Catholic school— because a parent found his name in his husband’s obituary and ratted him out www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/07/this...
This teacher was outed by his husband's obituary. Then he was fired for being gay. - LGBTQ Nation
He said his employer knew he was gay and it was a "disgruntled" parent who learned about his late husband and raised a stink.
www.lgbtqnation.com
July 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Disgusting, horrible people. To do something like this to a grieving man.
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This is the thing no one is willing to fucking say out loud: We live in a world where people accept you're supposed to be miserable. You don't like men? Too bad. Most of us don't like our husbands, honey, but you have to grow up and pop out kids. That's just life.
Except it SHOULDN'T BE.
Except it SHOULDN'T BE.
June 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is the thing no one is willing to fucking say out loud: We live in a world where people accept you're supposed to be miserable. You don't like men? Too bad. Most of us don't like our husbands, honey, but you have to grow up and pop out kids. That's just life.
Except it SHOULDN'T BE.
Except it SHOULDN'T BE.
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The singularity is awesome
June 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The singularity is awesome
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Don't forget to rinse out every jar and tin you finish, guys x
June 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Don't forget to rinse out every jar and tin you finish, guys x
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It's pretty irritating how many pundits would hear the ideas "I want to shove 100 live scorpions in your mouth" and "I want to shove 0 live scorpions in your mouth" and sagely declare: "The wisest course of action is to let someone shove 50 live scorpions in your mouth."
June 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It's pretty irritating how many pundits would hear the ideas "I want to shove 100 live scorpions in your mouth" and "I want to shove 0 live scorpions in your mouth" and sagely declare: "The wisest course of action is to let someone shove 50 live scorpions in your mouth."
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Angela Lansbury: "Thank you for inviting me to this Ahhctic Research Station."
The Thing: "J. B. Fletcher? The mystery writer?!"
The Thing: "J. B. Fletcher? The mystery writer?!"
June 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Angela Lansbury: "Thank you for inviting me to this Ahhctic Research Station."
The Thing: "J. B. Fletcher? The mystery writer?!"
The Thing: "J. B. Fletcher? The mystery writer?!"
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it’s a moral panic whipped up by the right jus as i’ve been saying.
Banning smartphones in schools has little or no impact on the wellbeing of students or their education or on the prevalence of online bullying, research by the Anti-Bullying Centre at Dublin City University has found
'Little impact' on wellbeing by banning phones in schools
Banning smartphones in schools has little or no impact on the wellbeing of students or their education or on the prevalence of online bullying, research by the Anti-Bullying Centre at Dublin City Univ...
www.rte.ie
June 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
it’s a moral panic whipped up by the right jus as i’ve been saying.
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If you're cis, I strongly recommend reading this. It was part of what cracked my egg, but the reason I think you should read it is because you have no idea what this is like and too many of you think it's just about liking pink and skirts
Nothing asks whether you're ready for this to happen from a single-digit age genderanalysis.net/articles/tha...
“That was dysphoria?” 8 signs and symptoms of indirect gender dysphoria
by Zinnia Jones — September 10, 2013 Update, June 2017: Please see my latest post on depersonalization symptoms in gender dysphoria for further details on the dissociative phenomena described in this ...
genderanalysis.net
June 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
If you're cis, I strongly recommend reading this. It was part of what cracked my egg, but the reason I think you should read it is because you have no idea what this is like and too many of you think it's just about liking pink and skirts
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I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
Not an original point but worth saying again - there is not a single element in this picture that identifies any of these folks as law enforcement agents. No badges, no uniforms, no vests. Out of context it just looks like a bunch of random guys are kidnapping a mayoral candidate.
Breaking News: Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, was detained by ICE agents at an immigration court as he tried to escort a migrant out of the courthouse to prevent his arrest. nyti.ms/4jWkANE
June 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I still can't get past the idea that people in America are now supposed to accept that this is a valid form of law enforcement and just assume it's fine when random dudes in groups with face-coverings, no ID, no warrant, & no uniform grab people off the street and force them into unmarked vehicles
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The EHRC's lawyers have conceded its position on single sex toilets is wrong. goodlaw.social/z87e
EHRC backs down on single-sex toilets | Good Law Project
The EHRC’s interim update unleashed chaos after the Supreme Court’s transphobic decision. But now the commission says it was only ‘some observations’ and rows back on its demand for single-sex toilets...
goodlaw.social
June 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The EHRC's lawyers have conceded its position on single sex toilets is wrong. goodlaw.social/z87e
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"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Loses election)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Country is overthrown)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Is drifting through space alongside Earth's remains)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Loses election)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Country is overthrown)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Is drifting through space alongside Earth's remains)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
June 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Loses election)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Country is overthrown)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Is drifting through space alongside Earth's remains)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Loses election)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Country is overthrown)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
(Is drifting through space alongside Earth's remains)
"You have to run to the center or you'll lose"
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Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
June 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Hi everyone
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests
I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing
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Note to anyone who argues with transphobes. ALWAYS look up the obscure thing they are talking about as they are always, always wrong. Most of the time the example they give is a direct counter argument to their own point
Terrible example as Ginko Trees can change sex and the process can take years and just happen on individual branches as well as the whole tree. Good luck determining the point at which it switches from from binary male to binary female like a light switch
June 15, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Note to anyone who argues with transphobes. ALWAYS look up the obscure thing they are talking about as they are always, always wrong. Most of the time the example they give is a direct counter argument to their own point
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this certainly says a lot about which socioeconomic class the NYT's core readership belongs to.
June 8, 2025 at 6:13 AM
this certainly says a lot about which socioeconomic class the NYT's core readership belongs to.