Vanessa Traill
@comnena39.bsky.social
Vaguely academic, sf&f and crime fan, unashamedly a geek, fan and mad cat lady. (Dr/ PhD) She/ her
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Qesser Zuhrah and Amy Gardiner-Gibson are on day 46 of their hunger strike. Heba Muraisi is on day 45. All are at a high risk of death.
In 1981 - the last time there was a hunger strike like this - Martin Hurson died after 46 days.
In 1981 - the last time there was a hunger strike like this - Martin Hurson died after 46 days.
December 17, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Qesser Zuhrah and Amy Gardiner-Gibson are on day 46 of their hunger strike. Heba Muraisi is on day 45. All are at a high risk of death.
In 1981 - the last time there was a hunger strike like this - Martin Hurson died after 46 days.
In 1981 - the last time there was a hunger strike like this - Martin Hurson died after 46 days.
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Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
Testing… breaking… failing to honour… apparently synonyms now.
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Testing… breaking… failing to honour… apparently synonyms now.
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The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
My rage knows no bounds
September 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The destruction of the Gaza city mosque is a devastating loss to humanity as a whole. A part of our global medieval heritage destroyed in furtherance to a genocide. I despair.
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I'm so angry about #KingAndConqueror because the exec producer says: 'there's an obscuring mist that allows you to take artistic license in a way that doesn't feel inauthentic or unethical, because there's only so much we can know. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/... 1/
King & Conqueror cast and creatives on telling the story of Harold, William and the Battle of Hastings -
The drama follows Harold of Wessex (James Norton) and William of Normandy (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) two men destined to meet in 1066
www.bbc.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I'm so angry about #KingAndConqueror because the exec producer says: 'there's an obscuring mist that allows you to take artistic license in a way that doesn't feel inauthentic or unethical, because there's only so much we can know. www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/... 1/
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Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
August 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
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The targeted killing of Anas al-Sharif and five other journalists on Sunday means at least 242 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of October 2023.
No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.
No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.
August 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The targeted killing of Anas al-Sharif and five other journalists on Sunday means at least 242 Palestinian journalists have been killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of October 2023.
No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.
No conflict in modern history has seen a higher number of journalists killed.
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🚨HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds arrested in Parliament Square in protest organised by Defend Our Juries
The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly.
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The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly.
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August 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🚨HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds arrested in Parliament Square in protest organised by Defend Our Juries
The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly.
1/3
The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly.
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"The BBC’s recent refusal to air documentaries on Gaza is part of a systemic fear among UK journalists of reporting the plain facts"
Gaza War coverage: new report reveals systematic bias against Palestinians
The BBC’s recent refusal to air documentaries on Gaza is part of a systemic fear among UK journalists of reporting the plain facts
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"The BBC’s recent refusal to air documentaries on Gaza is part of a systemic fear among UK journalists of reporting the plain facts"
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Juliette Touma: "There is a much easier way, & that is to drive trucks through the borders"
Airdrops are cover to allow Israels allies to point to actions being taken whilst the reality is they continue facilitating the extermination of the Palestinian people.
Airdrops are cover to allow Israels allies to point to actions being taken whilst the reality is they continue facilitating the extermination of the Palestinian people.
July 27, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Juliette Touma: "There is a much easier way, & that is to drive trucks through the borders"
Airdrops are cover to allow Israels allies to point to actions being taken whilst the reality is they continue facilitating the extermination of the Palestinian people.
Airdrops are cover to allow Israels allies to point to actions being taken whilst the reality is they continue facilitating the extermination of the Palestinian people.
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this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility
July 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility
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Feeling very timely in this moment of a trans revival of Section 28...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/15/r...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/15/r...
July 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Feeling very timely in this moment of a trans revival of Section 28...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/15/r...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/07/15/r...
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Caster Semenya is a cis woman.
A cis woman who has been subject to human rights abuses.
She’s won (again) by proving that the system is unfair and she wasn’t given a fair hearing.
There’s no world in which her fight isn’t for women’s rights.
A cis woman who has been subject to human rights abuses.
She’s won (again) by proving that the system is unfair and she wasn’t given a fair hearing.
There’s no world in which her fight isn’t for women’s rights.
July 10, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Caster Semenya is a cis woman.
A cis woman who has been subject to human rights abuses.
She’s won (again) by proving that the system is unfair and she wasn’t given a fair hearing.
There’s no world in which her fight isn’t for women’s rights.
A cis woman who has been subject to human rights abuses.
She’s won (again) by proving that the system is unfair and she wasn’t given a fair hearing.
There’s no world in which her fight isn’t for women’s rights.
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The documentary that the BBC refused to air showing the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza by Israeli authorities was broadcast by Channel 4 last night.
Amnesty International researcher, Budour Hassan, explains the use of secret sites by the Israeli authorities.
Amnesty International researcher, Budour Hassan, explains the use of secret sites by the Israeli authorities.
July 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The documentary that the BBC refused to air showing the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza by Israeli authorities was broadcast by Channel 4 last night.
Amnesty International researcher, Budour Hassan, explains the use of secret sites by the Israeli authorities.
Amnesty International researcher, Budour Hassan, explains the use of secret sites by the Israeli authorities.
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🚨 Last night JK Rowling attacked The National as an "anti-woman newspaper". I think that is absolutely ridiculous chat.
Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team.
www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...
Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team.
www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...
JK Rowling called our newspaper 'anti-woman'. Here's my response
THIS week JK Rowling launched an attack on The National, describing us as an "anti-woman newspaper" ...
www.thenational.scot
June 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🚨 Last night JK Rowling attacked The National as an "anti-woman newspaper". I think that is absolutely ridiculous chat.
Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team.
www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...
Here's my open letter setting out why this kind of attack does not work on our team.
www.thenational.scot/news/2525321...
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Remember when the US Congress voted for a “trans bathroom ban” on their premises, mostly to bully their solitary trans colleague, and we (the reasonable among us) all thought that outrageous?
Obviously progressive Scotland would never do something like — oh.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2514895...
Obviously progressive Scotland would never do something like — oh.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2514895...
Access to Holyrood toilets and changing rooms to be based on sex following ruling
Scottish Parliament to bar trans women from female toilets and redesignate facilities as gender neutral after Supreme Court ruling on legal…
www.heraldscotland.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Remember when the US Congress voted for a “trans bathroom ban” on their premises, mostly to bully their solitary trans colleague, and we (the reasonable among us) all thought that outrageous?
Obviously progressive Scotland would never do something like — oh.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2514895...
Obviously progressive Scotland would never do something like — oh.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2514895...
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Close to TWO THOUSAND academics and educators say TRANS RIGHTS NOW.
(Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)
(Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)
Heartened to see that close to 900 fellow academics and educators have already signed our letter in support of trans rights, trans wellbeing & trans inclusion, and against essentialist, anti-scientific, racialised & regressive views of womanhood. Please do read, share & sign! tinyurl.com/mud7va29
May 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Close to TWO THOUSAND academics and educators say TRANS RIGHTS NOW.
(Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)
(Sorry if you've seen this (and the historians' letter!) too many times. The lack of an algorithm means we have to keep reposting it to catch people, and this really matters.)
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This. As a cis woman, I reject the premise that trans women are a threat to me or to my womanhood.
If I can make a suggestion: if you are a cis woman, include in your letter an explicit and forceful call for gendered spaces to be trans-inclusive.
Make it clear you reject the premise that the presence of a trans woman in a woman's space is in any way a threat to you as a woman.
Make it clear you reject the premise that the presence of a trans woman in a woman's space is in any way a threat to you as a woman.
Don't just wring your hands about how awful it is.
Contact lawmakers and let them know you are outraged. Let them know their constituents want answers about how they're going to protect trans people's access to spaces we've been using our whole lives.
Contact lawmakers and let them know you are outraged. Let them know their constituents want answers about how they're going to protect trans people's access to spaces we've been using our whole lives.
April 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This. As a cis woman, I reject the premise that trans women are a threat to me or to my womanhood.
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Spare a thought today, too, for lesbian women, overwhelmingly trans inclusive, but who the Supreme Court has presented as exactly the opposite. Sorry but the heterosexual judges on the Supreme Court know better than you what you really think.
April 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Spare a thought today, too, for lesbian women, overwhelmingly trans inclusive, but who the Supreme Court has presented as exactly the opposite. Sorry but the heterosexual judges on the Supreme Court know better than you what you really think.
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The Supreme Court ignored trans voices, harming trans people – and the fairness of its ruling.
I’m ashamed of what our law has become, says @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social 💬
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I’m ashamed of what our law has become, says @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social 💬
goodlaw.social/83qa
The Supreme Court ignored trans voices. I’m ashamed of what our law has become | Good Law Project
The Supreme Court’s decision to exclude trans voices has harmed trans people – and harmed the fairness of their ruling.
goodlaw.social
April 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Supreme Court ignored trans voices, harming trans people – and the fairness of its ruling.
I’m ashamed of what our law has become, says @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social 💬
goodlaw.social/83qa
I’m ashamed of what our law has become, says @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social 💬
goodlaw.social/83qa
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Absolutely heartbroken to learn of Hossam’s murder. He gave so much of himself and deserved so much more from this world and this life. Free Palestine.
Hossam Shabat, a 23 year old journalist who documented the genocide of his people left a final message. shared by his team.
March 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Absolutely heartbroken to learn of Hossam’s murder. He gave so much of himself and deserved so much more from this world and this life. Free Palestine.
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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A hero passes www.bbc.com/news/article...
March 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
A hero passes www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Hani Mahmoud reports on Israel cutting off electricity to the desalination plant in Gaza that provides drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.
March 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Hani Mahmoud reports on Israel cutting off electricity to the desalination plant in Gaza that provides drinking water for hundreds of thousands of people.