Shash
@itsshash.com
Researcher at Trans Safety Network
Indian disabled trans woman, a diversity quota's wet dream
Co-founder of Trans Aid Cymru (left recently after 4 years!)
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For my newsletter, I talked about the proposed teenage phone restrictions in the name of a murdered teenage trans girl.
(Noted this twice in the piece but again, I have no issue with Esther Ghey)
www.burnsnotice.com/brianna-ghey...
(Noted this twice in the piece but again, I have no issue with Esther Ghey)
www.burnsnotice.com/brianna-ghey...
Brianna Ghey's Phone Didn't Stab Her 28 Times
The trans girl murder victim's mom has turned her death into an unrelated political crusade against teenage phone use.
Note: I want to be clear upfront that I have no issue with Esther Ghey, mother o...
www.burnsnotice.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
For my newsletter, I talked about the proposed teenage phone restrictions in the name of a murdered teenage trans girl.
(Noted this twice in the piece but again, I have no issue with Esther Ghey)
www.burnsnotice.com/brianna-ghey...
(Noted this twice in the piece but again, I have no issue with Esther Ghey)
www.burnsnotice.com/brianna-ghey...
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New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
October 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
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long but very good read about why CR's making everything worse for everyone again
unfortunately, living in japan, I don't have a subscription to cancel anymore--but if you still do, you should totally get on that. hit them in the only place they'll actually maybe potentially listen
unfortunately, living in japan, I don't have a subscription to cancel anymore--but if you still do, you should totally get on that. hit them in the only place they'll actually maybe potentially listen
New article on ★ daiz.moe ★
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason
daiz.moe/crunchyroll-...
A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes!
Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)
Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe
With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.
daiz.moe
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
long but very good read about why CR's making everything worse for everyone again
unfortunately, living in japan, I don't have a subscription to cancel anymore--but if you still do, you should totally get on that. hit them in the only place they'll actually maybe potentially listen
unfortunately, living in japan, I don't have a subscription to cancel anymore--but if you still do, you should totally get on that. hit them in the only place they'll actually maybe potentially listen
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"And let's not forget the generous wartime donations made by the people of Bengal in 1943, for which Churchill expressed his gratitude!"
Question. Are British liberals capable of acknowledging the humanity of brown people without sounding like the gutter-dwellings hounds of a dead empire?
Question. Are British liberals capable of acknowledging the humanity of brown people without sounding like the gutter-dwellings hounds of a dead empire?
"Let's not forget, when we remember the service and the sacrifice with this poppy, that the people who bled and died for our democracy and our freedom, weren't just my grandfather who looked like me & worshipped the same God, but people across Empire & Commonwealth, who were Muslim, Sikh & Hindu'
October 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"And let's not forget the generous wartime donations made by the people of Bengal in 1943, for which Churchill expressed his gratitude!"
Question. Are British liberals capable of acknowledging the humanity of brown people without sounding like the gutter-dwellings hounds of a dead empire?
Question. Are British liberals capable of acknowledging the humanity of brown people without sounding like the gutter-dwellings hounds of a dead empire?
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Recommendations like those made by Healthwatch lead directly to cases like the trans woman I quoted yesterday who is having difficulty finding out how to get checked out for possible breast cancer.
Trans Safety Network have written to Healthwatch regarding their concerning recommendations in their trans health report. We fear if this report is not withdrawn, it will lead to significant deterioration in trans people's ability to access NHS care. transsafety.network/posts/danger...
'Dangerous Recommendations': Trans Safety Network write to Healthwatch
Trans Safety Network was shocked by the dangerous recommendations of Healthwatch's recent trans healthcare report. We find it hard to believe that any trans organisations or persons were involved sign...
transsafety.network
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Recommendations like those made by Healthwatch lead directly to cases like the trans woman I quoted yesterday who is having difficulty finding out how to get checked out for possible breast cancer.
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It is a shocking indictment of rampant institutional prejudice & contempt for trans communities that Trans Safety Network are having to spend time critiquing the harmful actions of an entity, here Healthwatch, who is supposed to be advocating for trans people.
Trans Safety Network have written to Healthwatch regarding their concerning recommendations in their trans health report. We fear if this report is not withdrawn, it will lead to significant deterioration in trans people's ability to access NHS care. transsafety.network/posts/danger...
'Dangerous Recommendations': Trans Safety Network write to Healthwatch
Trans Safety Network was shocked by the dangerous recommendations of Healthwatch's recent trans healthcare report. We find it hard to believe that any trans organisations or persons were involved sign...
transsafety.network
October 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
It is a shocking indictment of rampant institutional prejudice & contempt for trans communities that Trans Safety Network are having to spend time critiquing the harmful actions of an entity, here Healthwatch, who is supposed to be advocating for trans people.
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Trans Safety Network have written to Healthwatch regarding their concerning recommendations in their trans health report. We fear if this report is not withdrawn, it will lead to significant deterioration in trans people's ability to access NHS care. transsafety.network/posts/danger...
'Dangerous Recommendations': Trans Safety Network write to Healthwatch
Trans Safety Network was shocked by the dangerous recommendations of Healthwatch's recent trans healthcare report. We find it hard to believe that any trans organisations or persons were involved sign...
transsafety.network
October 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Trans Safety Network have written to Healthwatch regarding their concerning recommendations in their trans health report. We fear if this report is not withdrawn, it will lead to significant deterioration in trans people's ability to access NHS care. transsafety.network/posts/danger...
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Today for @theverge.com, I talk about transfem narratives: the epistemic lockout from mainstream publishing, the advantages and pitfalls of the self-pub model, and what a global transmisogynistic panic implies for our ability to make our voices heard and represent our own lives and worlds.
Trans women are building their own publishing world, and it’s under threat
Online communities are stepping in where traditional publishing stops.
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Today for @theverge.com, I talk about transfem narratives: the epistemic lockout from mainstream publishing, the advantages and pitfalls of the self-pub model, and what a global transmisogynistic panic implies for our ability to make our voices heard and represent our own lives and worlds.
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BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET FiLiA ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE
The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.
The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.
October 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET FiLiA ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE
The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.
The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.
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The instinct of this government is ever further restrictions on civil liberties. It is authoritarian at its core, and at this stage needs to be opposed by anyone who at all considers themselves a progressive.
NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.
October 5, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The instinct of this government is ever further restrictions on civil liberties. It is authoritarian at its core, and at this stage needs to be opposed by anyone who at all considers themselves a progressive.
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If anyone is wondering why the NHS estimates are so out- they're not really an estimate of how long someone will wait but the amount of time the latest people accepted to the service have waited.
We are subjected to psychiatric pathologisation in return for two benefits: legal gender recognition (lol) and access to healthcare (lol). This coercive practice now only has any purpose for those of us who can’t afford to opt out.
Torture based on social and financial capital. That’s real Britain.
Torture based on social and financial capital. That’s real Britain.
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 8:04 AM
If anyone is wondering why the NHS estimates are so out- they're not really an estimate of how long someone will wait but the amount of time the latest people accepted to the service have waited.
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Good to see this topic catch attention. I will have more to say (and reveal) on the subject soon!
October 3, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Good to see this topic catch attention. I will have more to say (and reveal) on the subject soon!
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Trying to find a job in video games right now is like crawling through hell:
aftermath.site/video-game-rec...
aftermath.site/video-game-rec...
October 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Trying to find a job in video games right now is like crawling through hell:
aftermath.site/video-game-rec...
aftermath.site/video-game-rec...
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Labour + Streeting launching review into "over diagnosis" of mental health/neurodiverse conditions.
Simon Wessely been given vice chair position for it.
Excited for Cass 3.0 🫠🫠🫠
Simon Wessely been given vice chair position for it.
Excited for Cass 3.0 🫠🫠🫠
October 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Labour + Streeting launching review into "over diagnosis" of mental health/neurodiverse conditions.
Simon Wessely been given vice chair position for it.
Excited for Cass 3.0 🫠🫠🫠
Simon Wessely been given vice chair position for it.
Excited for Cass 3.0 🫠🫠🫠
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An FOI seen by QueerAF shows the anti-trans organisation included in a consultation that led to RSE guidance that will introduce what has been widely described as a 'Section 28 2.0'
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-rse-consultation-featured-four-explicitly-anti-trans-groups-foi-reveals
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-rse-consultation-featured-four-explicitly-anti-trans-groups-foi-reveals
'Section 28 2.0' RSE consultation featured four explicitly anti-trans groups, FOI reveals
An FOI seen by QueerAF shows the anti-trans organisation included in a consultation that led to RSE guidance that will introduce what has been widely described as a 'Section 28 2.0'
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
An FOI seen by QueerAF shows the anti-trans organisation included in a consultation that led to RSE guidance that will introduce what has been widely described as a 'Section 28 2.0'
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-rse-consultation-featured-four-explicitly-anti-trans-groups-foi-reveals
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/section-28-2-0-rse-consultation-featured-four-explicitly-anti-trans-groups-foi-reveals
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Trans Safety Network are very concerned to see that the review into supposed over diagnosis of mental ill heath and neurodivegence ordered by Wes Streeting is to be chaired by Peter Fonagy with Simon Wessely as Vice chair.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...
October 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Trans Safety Network are very concerned to see that the review into supposed over diagnosis of mental ill heath and neurodivegence ordered by Wes Streeting is to be chaired by Peter Fonagy with Simon Wessely as Vice chair.
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...
www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...
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I had to expunge my thoughts on Bluesky's current, uh, choppy waters into a proper blog post (which jay can't take down for being too mean or saying 'lol' in a threatening way)
azhdarchid.com/delusions-of...
azhdarchid.com/delusions-of...
Delusions of a Protocol
On vaporware as an ideological product.
azhdarchid.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I had to expunge my thoughts on Bluesky's current, uh, choppy waters into a proper blog post (which jay can't take down for being too mean or saying 'lol' in a threatening way)
azhdarchid.com/delusions-of...
azhdarchid.com/delusions-of...
Frustratingly Labour will see this and still not realise no matter how much transphobia, racism etc they spew, the voters who want that are just gonna vote for obviously more racist and transphobic party and instead think they'll need to double down on being fascists and appeasing bigots.
Oliver Brown has been quiet for a couple of months but has clearly been away huffing more mould. This is in the sports section of today's Telegraph.
Lisa Nandy basically said some trans people could be included in some things and this is the response.
Lisa Nandy basically said some trans people could be included in some things and this is the response.
October 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Frustratingly Labour will see this and still not realise no matter how much transphobia, racism etc they spew, the voters who want that are just gonna vote for obviously more racist and transphobic party and instead think they'll need to double down on being fascists and appeasing bigots.
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what pro-trans crusade
Streeting meets with conversion therapy groups and Starmer repeats their talking points verbatim and it's still not enough
Streeting meets with conversion therapy groups and Starmer repeats their talking points verbatim and it's still not enough
Oliver Brown has been quiet for a couple of months but has clearly been away huffing more mould. This is in the sports section of today's Telegraph.
Lisa Nandy basically said some trans people could be included in some things and this is the response.
Lisa Nandy basically said some trans people could be included in some things and this is the response.
October 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
what pro-trans crusade
Streeting meets with conversion therapy groups and Starmer repeats their talking points verbatim and it's still not enough
Streeting meets with conversion therapy groups and Starmer repeats their talking points verbatim and it's still not enough
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She was my friend and this is an absolutely disgusting comparison to make.
October 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
She was my friend and this is an absolutely disgusting comparison to make.
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the linked article is a great breakdown of why Bluesky isn't actually decentralized despite all the noise to the contrary and why and doing what Jay wants us to do if we don't like their horseshit here—take our ball and go home—isn't feasible unless we've got a shitload of money
AT Proto has become a sort of ideological vaporware; a way for Jay Graber et al to run a social media platform while claiming they don't run a social media platform. This is just another iteration of the Silicon Valley monoproduct: power without accountability.
azhdarchid.com/delusions-of...
azhdarchid.com/delusions-of...
Delusions of a Protocol
On vaporware as an ideological product.
azhdarchid.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
the linked article is a great breakdown of why Bluesky isn't actually decentralized despite all the noise to the contrary and why and doing what Jay wants us to do if we don't like their horseshit here—take our ball and go home—isn't feasible unless we've got a shitload of money
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Today in @thenation.com: Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi, a 19-year-old in Gaza, describes what it's like to be so scarred by genocide that you lose your very ability to speak.
Taqwa is brilliant and profound and deserves to be listened to. Please read her words. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Taqwa is brilliant and profound and deserves to be listened to. Please read her words. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
October 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today in @thenation.com: Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi, a 19-year-old in Gaza, describes what it's like to be so scarred by genocide that you lose your very ability to speak.
Taqwa is brilliant and profound and deserves to be listened to. Please read her words. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Taqwa is brilliant and profound and deserves to be listened to. Please read her words. www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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I'm writing an article on the new Crunchyroll subtitling pipeline, and at this point I'd really like to get in touch with someone who does subtitle work for CR and has had to deal with said pipeline already to confirm my findings. DMs are open, you can be an anonymous source. Please spread the word!
October 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I'm writing an article on the new Crunchyroll subtitling pipeline, and at this point I'd really like to get in touch with someone who does subtitle work for CR and has had to deal with said pipeline already to confirm my findings. DMs are open, you can be an anonymous source. Please spread the word!
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Payment processor censorship mentioned as a reason. Horrible
Closure of Manga Planet’s Digital Platform on March 31st, 2026
Due to various circumstances like recent restrictions from payment processors and the changing online landscape, we plan to close Manga Planet’s digital service at the end of March 2026.
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Due to various circumstances like recent restrictions from payment processors and the changing online landscape, we plan to close Manga Planet’s digital service at the end of March 2026.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Payment processor censorship mentioned as a reason. Horrible