Dan Sohege
@danielsohege.bsky.social
Director of human rights consultancy Stand For All. Specialist in international refugee law, human rights policy, comms and advocacy. Also posting about being autistic and LGBTQIA+ rights. Non-binary (They/them). My views, no-one else would want them.
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Dan Sohege
@danielsohege.bsky.social
· Feb 7
For the sake of convenience and expediency, I do block bad faith arguments without responding, I definitely block people making excuses for bigotry, and, to be honest, I block quite quickly, and regularly, because no-one actually owes you their time in a debate when it is clear you won't listen.
Saw someone else do something similar, and I am absolutely geeky enough to have pinched this idea for my study.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Saw someone else do something similar, and I am absolutely geeky enough to have pinched this idea for my study.
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If the BBC caves to Trump and hands over licence fee payers' cash to him, it will lose far more from non-renewals by licence fee payers than it would ever risk having to pay to Trump in court
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
If the BBC caves to Trump and hands over licence fee payers' cash to him, it will lose far more from non-renewals by licence fee payers than it would ever risk having to pay to Trump in court
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More utterly predictable news of Labour's utterly pointless "one in one out* policy.
At this rate it's going to increase channel crossings. All it does is create a never ending cycle of people relying on gangs. It doesn't address the need for safe routes at all.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
At this rate it's going to increase channel crossings. All it does is create a never ending cycle of people relying on gangs. It doesn't address the need for safe routes at all.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
More utterly predictable news of Labour's utterly pointless "one in one out* policy.
At this rate it's going to increase channel crossings. All it does is create a never ending cycle of people relying on gangs. It doesn't address the need for safe routes at all.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
At this rate it's going to increase channel crossings. All it does is create a never ending cycle of people relying on gangs. It doesn't address the need for safe routes at all.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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mainly boggling at the idea that any British media organisation has $1billion to be sued for (did Elon not tell him that we are but a simple land of hobbits, going about our hobbit business in the shires?)
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Donald Trump threatens to sue the BBC for $1billion
President Trump has set a deadline of 5pm EST (10pm in the UK) this Friday to 'comply' with his demands.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
mainly boggling at the idea that any British media organisation has $1billion to be sued for (did Elon not tell him that we are but a simple land of hobbits, going about our hobbit business in the shires?)
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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I agree with this, but I think if the BBC were better led, it would make fewer culpable errors and it would both directly and indirectly be better placed to fight the real and concerted campaign against it.
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I agree with this, but I think if the BBC were better led, it would make fewer culpable errors and it would both directly and indirectly be better placed to fight the real and concerted campaign against it.
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I’m reminded of that time a transphobic UN official included in a UN report a website that claimed to track all the sporting medals “stolen” by trans women.
It included a hot dog eating competition won by a cis woman they misidentified.
About a third of the rest was a trans woman good at frisbee.
It included a hot dog eating competition won by a cis woman they misidentified.
About a third of the rest was a trans woman good at frisbee.
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
IOC set to introduce blanket ban on transgender women in female sport
The ban is reportedly expected to come into effect early next year
www.the-independent.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m reminded of that time a transphobic UN official included in a UN report a website that claimed to track all the sporting medals “stolen” by trans women.
It included a hot dog eating competition won by a cis woman they misidentified.
About a third of the rest was a trans woman good at frisbee.
It included a hot dog eating competition won by a cis woman they misidentified.
About a third of the rest was a trans woman good at frisbee.
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I don't think it's really an argument, in the sense of being two sides open to some kind of exchange of ideas, as much as it is a bunch of hugely aggro arseholes screaming total bullshit at maximum volume and a bunch of other people saying "what are you on about?"
Just to get this straight in my head, we've gone from "BBC badly edited a piece about Trump, but was accurate overall", to the "BBC isn't transphobic enough and is all woke", and we're still arguing, regardless of the myriad of issues with the BBC, whether there's a genuine right wing attack on it?
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I don't think it's really an argument, in the sense of being two sides open to some kind of exchange of ideas, as much as it is a bunch of hugely aggro arseholes screaming total bullshit at maximum volume and a bunch of other people saying "what are you on about?"
Yes, yes, I know you aren't meant to respond to someone, finally, moving in a positive direction with "about bloody time", but seriously. They had the chance to do this in July last year. How many children have suffered under this policy since then?
NEW: Rachel Reeves signals she intends to remove the two-child cap *in full*
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
"I don't think a child should be penalised because they're in a bigger family through no fault of their own," she tells BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Yes, yes, I know you aren't meant to respond to someone, finally, moving in a positive direction with "about bloody time", but seriously. They had the chance to do this in July last year. How many children have suffered under this policy since then?
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When we published our report "No Rest No Security" into Home Office run hotels we found similar issues with the conditions. That was more than two years ago and @ramfel.bsky.social show the situation hasn't improved. People seeking asylum need to be treated better
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rats, overcrowding and malnutrition common at UK asylum hotels, report finds
Home Office’s three accommodation providers made combined profit of £380m over five years, charity estimates
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
When we published our report "No Rest No Security" into Home Office run hotels we found similar issues with the conditions. That was more than two years ago and @ramfel.bsky.social show the situation hasn't improved. People seeking asylum need to be treated better
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Thank f**k for that. Honestly the way the US is right now I was convinced the Supreme Court would take the case and overturn same sex marriage. A little bit of good news, with the caveat of "for now".
apnews.com/article/supr...
apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Thank f**k for that. Honestly the way the US is right now I was convinced the Supreme Court would take the case and overturn same sex marriage. A little bit of good news, with the caveat of "for now".
apnews.com/article/supr...
apnews.com/article/supr...
Just to get this straight in my head, we've gone from "BBC badly edited a piece about Trump, but was accurate overall", to the "BBC isn't transphobic enough and is all woke", and we're still arguing, regardless of the myriad of issues with the BBC, whether there's a genuine right wing attack on it?
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Just to get this straight in my head, we've gone from "BBC badly edited a piece about Trump, but was accurate overall", to the "BBC isn't transphobic enough and is all woke", and we're still arguing, regardless of the myriad of issues with the BBC, whether there's a genuine right wing attack on it?
More utterly predictable news of Labour's utterly pointless "one in one out* policy.
At this rate it's going to increase channel crossings. All it does is create a never ending cycle of people relying on gangs. It doesn't address the need for safe routes at all.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
At this rate it's going to increase channel crossings. All it does is create a never ending cycle of people relying on gangs. It doesn't address the need for safe routes at all.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
More utterly predictable news of Labour's utterly pointless "one in one out* policy.
At this rate it's going to increase channel crossings. All it does is create a never ending cycle of people relying on gangs. It doesn't address the need for safe routes at all.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
At this rate it's going to increase channel crossings. All it does is create a never ending cycle of people relying on gangs. It doesn't address the need for safe routes at all.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Delivering an advocacy training session on engaging with MPs for an absolutely fantastic refugee rights organisation this morning. I love doing things like this, but arranging it for first thing on a Monday morning definitely seemed like a better idea two months ago when I agreed than it does now.
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Delivering an advocacy training session on engaging with MPs for an absolutely fantastic refugee rights organisation this morning. I love doing things like this, but arranging it for first thing on a Monday morning definitely seemed like a better idea two months ago when I agreed than it does now.
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Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
With Mahmood talking about copying Denmark's inhumane anti-asylum policies, it's worth remembering this is what Denmark is already sending people back to, just as others like Germany are planning. Conflict zones can remain unsafe for many for years after conflict ends.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fear among Syria's minorities after the fall of Assad
Many among Syria's minorities see little future in the country amid revenge attacks and sectarian killings.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
With Mahmood talking about copying Denmark's inhumane anti-asylum policies, it's worth remembering this is what Denmark is already sending people back to, just as others like Germany are planning. Conflict zones can remain unsafe for many for years after conflict ends.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I fully get wanting to end the US government shutdown, especially as Trump is deliberately using it to starve the poorest and undermine the constitution, but imagine doing it on the basis that Trump has said he may consider doing something in the future? Basically it's all been for nothing.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I fully get wanting to end the US government shutdown, especially as Trump is deliberately using it to starve the poorest and undermine the constitution, but imagine doing it on the basis that Trump has said he may consider doing something in the future? Basically it's all been for nothing.
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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All the evidence shows that transphobes are actually a minority, as with most form of bigots.
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All the evidence shows that transphobes are actually a minority, as with most form of bigots.
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Okay, who has money on Farage being made next BBC Director General?
Lesser odds offered for Nick Timothy and Matt Goodwin. The pool is open people
Lesser odds offered for Nick Timothy and Matt Goodwin. The pool is open people
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Okay, who has money on Farage being made next BBC Director General?
Lesser odds offered for Nick Timothy and Matt Goodwin. The pool is open people
Lesser odds offered for Nick Timothy and Matt Goodwin. The pool is open people
So many stories, verified, like this coming out of US about ICE detention right now. Let's just be totally clear, it is not hyperbole to call ICE "Trump's Gestapo", or their detention sites concentration camps. They meet all of the criteria. Anywhere else this would be receiving global condemnation.
A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to “look up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So many stories, verified, like this coming out of US about ICE detention right now. Let's just be totally clear, it is not hyperbole to call ICE "Trump's Gestapo", or their detention sites concentration camps. They meet all of the criteria. Anywhere else this would be receiving global condemnation.
I for one am shocked to hear Pearson and GB News are deliberately spreading racist disinformation. Okay, sorry, that should have read "not in the least bit surprised".
It doesn't even take that much critical thinking to recognise this is bullshit, an ability clearly lacking among GB News presenters.
It doesn't even take that much critical thinking to recognise this is bullshit, an ability clearly lacking among GB News presenters.
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I for one am shocked to hear Pearson and GB News are deliberately spreading racist disinformation. Okay, sorry, that should have read "not in the least bit surprised".
It doesn't even take that much critical thinking to recognise this is bullshit, an ability clearly lacking among GB News presenters.
It doesn't even take that much critical thinking to recognise this is bullshit, an ability clearly lacking among GB News presenters.
Speaking as a non-binary individual, and one who is not a member of any political party, but does work in policy and politics, it is so refreshing, so uplifting, to see a politician, such as @zackpolanski.bsky.social, unequivocally recognise that we exist. Far too rare.
news.sky.com/video/zack-p...
news.sky.com/video/zack-p...
Zack Polanski: Starmer 'not a man I would be willing to work with'
But the leader of the Green Party says he would work with someone like Nadia Whittome if she was leading the Labour party.
news.sky.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Speaking as a non-binary individual, and one who is not a member of any political party, but does work in policy and politics, it is so refreshing, so uplifting, to see a politician, such as @zackpolanski.bsky.social, unequivocally recognise that we exist. Far too rare.
news.sky.com/video/zack-p...
news.sky.com/video/zack-p...
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All the evidence shows that transphobes are actually a minority, as with most form of bigots.
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All the evidence shows that transphobes are actually a minority, as with most form of bigots.
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Problem is they are a very vocal minority and because of that are taken as the "voice of the people". Make your voice heard against them👇
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
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The bigots at Sex Matters have launched a letter-writing campaign to demand that trans segregation is mandated.
They’ve sent 2000 letters to MPs.
We’ve sent 7000 arguing segregation must be stopped.
It’s more important than ever to keep up the pressure. Please write!
Template here:
They’ve sent 2000 letters to MPs.
We’ve sent 7000 arguing segregation must be stopped.
It’s more important than ever to keep up the pressure. Please write!
Template here:
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The bigots at Sex Matters have launched a letter-writing campaign to demand that trans segregation is mandated.
They’ve sent 2000 letters to MPs.
We’ve sent 7000 arguing segregation must be stopped.
It’s more important than ever to keep up the pressure. Please write!
Template here:
They’ve sent 2000 letters to MPs.
We’ve sent 7000 arguing segregation must be stopped.
It’s more important than ever to keep up the pressure. Please write!
Template here: