Linothel
@linothel.bsky.social
Bisexual, knitter, engineer. Cis woman, trans ally, TERFs fuck off. She/her. Pro choice mum.
Pinned
Linothel
@linothel.bsky.social
· Sep 28
I am a cis person and I am going to make this commitment - if you want to transition, I will not give you lukewarm support, I will fucking cheerleader for you.
Transition is a hard thing, made harder by dickheads being horrible. I am so proud of anyone who does it, absolute rockstars.
Transition is a hard thing, made harder by dickheads being horrible. I am so proud of anyone who does it, absolute rockstars.
Reposted by Linothel
Notable there's not a single anti-trans "women's rights" organisation involved in the new campaign to end the criminalisation of abortion in Scotland.
But there are LGBTQ+ orgs.
It's almost as if one actually cares about women's rights and the other is just a hate campaign.
But there are LGBTQ+ orgs.
It's almost as if one actually cares about women's rights and the other is just a hate campaign.
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Notable there's not a single anti-trans "women's rights" organisation involved in the new campaign to end the criminalisation of abortion in Scotland.
But there are LGBTQ+ orgs.
It's almost as if one actually cares about women's rights and the other is just a hate campaign.
But there are LGBTQ+ orgs.
It's almost as if one actually cares about women's rights and the other is just a hate campaign.
Reposted by Linothel
There's a lot of panic about social media and the Bad Things it exposes kids to and a lot of laws proposing to let parents control when (or if) their kids can use social media. Friends, your kids are going to use social media no matter what. All you can control is whether they ask you for help.
January 10, 2025 at 5:37 AM
There's a lot of panic about social media and the Bad Things it exposes kids to and a lot of laws proposing to let parents control when (or if) their kids can use social media. Friends, your kids are going to use social media no matter what. All you can control is whether they ask you for help.
Reposted by Linothel
AI seems to be an expensive way to do someone else’s job as well as you reckon they probably do it, whatever, but no use for anything you do yourself, where you can professionally tell it’s hopeless.
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
AI seems to be an expensive way to do someone else’s job as well as you reckon they probably do it, whatever, but no use for anything you do yourself, where you can professionally tell it’s hopeless.
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
Good luck with the bubble, lads.
(Clipped from The Wrap, about Disney giving up on its AI R&D.)
Reposted by Linothel
wes streeting conducting trials on puberty blockers is no different from robert kennedy jnr conducting research in to links between autism and vaccinations.
it's a pantomime and a sham with predetermined outcomes designed to push a bigoted narrative.
it's a pantomime and a sham with predetermined outcomes designed to push a bigoted narrative.
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
wes streeting conducting trials on puberty blockers is no different from robert kennedy jnr conducting research in to links between autism and vaccinations.
it's a pantomime and a sham with predetermined outcomes designed to push a bigoted narrative.
it's a pantomime and a sham with predetermined outcomes designed to push a bigoted narrative.
Reposted by Linothel
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Kathleen Stock has written an article against "abortion permissiveness". She claims abortion requires "justification" saying the state should limit "unacceptable decision-making" by women about their own bodies.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
This is who anti-trans activists proclaim as the feminist thought leaders of our time.
Reposted by Linothel
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
*
UK politics live – latest updates
Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Reposted by Linothel
Mamdani rolls for Persuasion: "Natural 20! ...My total is... 41. Let's goooooo!"
DM looking over the rims of their glasses, like their soul has left their body: "...Fucking Bards, I swear."
DM looking over the rims of their glasses, like their soul has left their body: "...Fucking Bards, I swear."
Reporter to Trump: Would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani mayoralty?
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Mamdani rolls for Persuasion: "Natural 20! ...My total is... 41. Let's goooooo!"
DM looking over the rims of their glasses, like their soul has left their body: "...Fucking Bards, I swear."
DM looking over the rims of their glasses, like their soul has left their body: "...Fucking Bards, I swear."
Reposted by Linothel
They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
Reposted by Linothel
I would put it like this. Minority communities and the majority of the majority community have integrated v.well. However, a significant minority of the majority community and a significant majority of the political class are stubbornly refusing to integrate, and that is where the real problem lies.
Fundamentally, the UK is a massive success story on integration and most of the anxiety around it from the right should be treated as in insincere concern trolling it actually is.
Remember integration? That thing voters "really, really" care about? Where's that in the latest plans?
My column:
My column:
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I would put it like this. Minority communities and the majority of the majority community have integrated v.well. However, a significant minority of the majority community and a significant majority of the political class are stubbornly refusing to integrate, and that is where the real problem lies.
Reposted by Linothel
They’re not stupid, Bill.
Sorely misguided and blinded by hubris? Yes.
Foolhardy, yes, but also deeply manipulative, convinced of their own fundamental superiority, and driven by deep (though false) belief.
They’re eugenicists, not imbeciles.
Sorely misguided and blinded by hubris? Yes.
Foolhardy, yes, but also deeply manipulative, convinced of their own fundamental superiority, and driven by deep (though false) belief.
They’re eugenicists, not imbeciles.
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
They’re not stupid, Bill.
Sorely misguided and blinded by hubris? Yes.
Foolhardy, yes, but also deeply manipulative, convinced of their own fundamental superiority, and driven by deep (though false) belief.
They’re eugenicists, not imbeciles.
Sorely misguided and blinded by hubris? Yes.
Foolhardy, yes, but also deeply manipulative, convinced of their own fundamental superiority, and driven by deep (though false) belief.
They’re eugenicists, not imbeciles.
Reposted by Linothel
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
Reposted by Linothel
For god’s sake, nobody tell that fucking weird billionaire
Meet the Jellyfish That Never Dies | Moss and Fog
In a process called cellular transdifferentiation, this jellyfish literally starts its life over.
mossandfog.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
For god’s sake, nobody tell that fucking weird billionaire
Reposted by Linothel
To understand the desperation bleeding from these leaks you need to remember that the anti trans movement in the UK have a pre determined timeline, as they view it, for what will happen.
The SC judgement was a tactical victory for the anti trans movement in the UK. No point denying it 1/x
The SC judgement was a tactical victory for the anti trans movement in the UK. No point denying it 1/x
"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" [Times]
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
www.thetimes.com/article/82ee...
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 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
To understand the desperation bleeding from these leaks you need to remember that the anti trans movement in the UK have a pre determined timeline, as they view it, for what will happen.
The SC judgement was a tactical victory for the anti trans movement in the UK. No point denying it 1/x
The SC judgement was a tactical victory for the anti trans movement in the UK. No point denying it 1/x
Reposted by Linothel
The EHRC want to exclude women from femal single-sex spaces based on how "female" they look.
This is off the scale sexism and misogyny.
Millions of women will face harassment as result of this insanity.
This is off the scale sexism and misogyny.
Millions of women will face harassment as result of this insanity.
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The EHRC want to exclude women from femal single-sex spaces based on how "female" they look.
This is off the scale sexism and misogyny.
Millions of women will face harassment as result of this insanity.
This is off the scale sexism and misogyny.
Millions of women will face harassment as result of this insanity.
Reposted by Linothel
Yeah "Streeting has killed trans kids" isn't a catch phrase, he literally has. We have evidence of multiple kids taking their own lives as a result of his puberty blocker ban
We mean it literally
No one has any right to praise Streeting around me
He's a child killer, literally
We mean it literally
No one has any right to praise Streeting around me
He's a child killer, literally
"Some parents shared deeply distressing accounts of what they have heard about the services, including stories of patients as young as 11 being continually asked about their genitals and sex life."
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
Parents say: “They are killing our children” share.google/zAlvx2QNLX1a...
Parents say: “They are killing our children”
Parents cry out in despair for their children at the NHS Sussex investigation into WellBN's prescription of gender dysphoria medication
share.google
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Yeah "Streeting has killed trans kids" isn't a catch phrase, he literally has. We have evidence of multiple kids taking their own lives as a result of his puberty blocker ban
We mean it literally
No one has any right to praise Streeting around me
He's a child killer, literally
We mean it literally
No one has any right to praise Streeting around me
He's a child killer, literally
Reposted by Linothel
No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
November 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.
Reposted by Linothel
I would posit that if the international treaties against torture are what is holding your country back then your country doesn't deserve to get ahead and holding it back is a moral obligation for everyone else
If you currently rely on the European Court of Human Rights for your minority group to *not* be targeted, you're in trouble...
November 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I would posit that if the international treaties against torture are what is holding your country back then your country doesn't deserve to get ahead and holding it back is a moral obligation for everyone else
Reposted by Linothel
![Steve Hogarty @misterbrilliant
[gets olympic tickets to 100m butterfly] Oh my god this will be great. [sees the huge stadium] Oh wow that must be where they keep it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k5zurjvwdwxqwpvd4ggk3w76/bafkreihzgag5tcnviy6ohpnaokdl6jbyus6lufcrxk27xbskrzjusvybxu@jpeg)
Reposted by Linothel
Given that people are smoking, it would be good for them to have smoking options that were controlled by platforms that understand it's bad to make products that induce children to kill themselves
or Firefox could just stop pushing AI that nobody wants and everyone speaking up about it doesn't want
or Firefox could just stop pushing AI that nobody wants and everyone speaking up about it doesn't want
Given that people are using AI tools, it would be good for them to have AI options that were controlled by platforms that understand it's bad to make products that induce children to kill themselves.
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Given that people are smoking, it would be good for them to have smoking options that were controlled by platforms that understand it's bad to make products that induce children to kill themselves
or Firefox could just stop pushing AI that nobody wants and everyone speaking up about it doesn't want
or Firefox could just stop pushing AI that nobody wants and everyone speaking up about it doesn't want
Reposted by Linothel
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Reposted by Linothel
Labour turning the dial that says "racism" and looking back towards the public like a contestant on the price is right only to discover every time they turn the dial the only thing that changes is Reform's increasing vote share.
Your strategy of xenophobia has already failed. More won't help.
Your strategy of xenophobia has already failed. More won't help.
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Labour turning the dial that says "racism" and looking back towards the public like a contestant on the price is right only to discover every time they turn the dial the only thing that changes is Reform's increasing vote share.
Your strategy of xenophobia has already failed. More won't help.
Your strategy of xenophobia has already failed. More won't help.
Reposted by Linothel
Regulations are written in blood. This is malicious, stupid and terrifyingly dangerous.
Congress’s shutdown deal eliminated key food safety rules, blocking agencies from enforcing measures to prevent contamination and trace outbreaks. This rollback has coincided with a surge in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
Shutdown Deal Kills Rules to Prevent Food Contamination and Foodborne Illnesses
The gutting of these rules coincides with a huge increase in hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses.
truthout.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Regulations are written in blood. This is malicious, stupid and terrifyingly dangerous.
Reposted by Linothel
If you're wondering why various right-wing causes in different countries are suddenly looking super wobbly right now, it's because a lot of powerful people took November 2024 as the watershed moment when progressivism was defeated, and now they're realising it wasn't.
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If you're wondering why various right-wing causes in different countries are suddenly looking super wobbly right now, it's because a lot of powerful people took November 2024 as the watershed moment when progressivism was defeated, and now they're realising it wasn't.
Reposted by Linothel
You've had a whole year to wallow. Fucking buck up.
November 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
You've had a whole year to wallow. Fucking buck up.