Martha
@marthalondon.bsky.social
ex-artist, ex-cyclist, ex-freeJazz drummer, ex-lotsofThings, but hey. BLM! GSRD therapist, Trans is Real, leftie in a constructively disorganised way. She/They
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Merry MAGA Christmas - High Resolution Download. £1 with whole amount going to Refugee Action Charity
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December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Merry MAGA Christmas - High Resolution Download. £1 with whole amount going to Refugee Action Charity
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the WRAP was developed by former cops from Walnut Creek, CA. It’s been involved in several deaths. Wrote about it a decade ago here shadowproof.com/2016/08/11/n...
December 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
the WRAP was developed by former cops from Walnut Creek, CA. It’s been involved in several deaths. Wrote about it a decade ago here shadowproof.com/2016/08/11/n...
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“All three women encountered by the Colorado hospital staff were reluctant to take their monitors off, fearing that doing so would trigger an alert to ICE or BI Inc, the staff said, even if removing the device was deemed medically necessary.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ICE is using smartwatches to track pregnant women, even during labor: ‘She was so afraid they would take her baby’
Pregnant immigrants in ICE monitoring programs are avoiding care, fearing detention during labor and delivery
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“All three women encountered by the Colorado hospital staff were reluctant to take their monitors off, fearing that doing so would trigger an alert to ICE or BI Inc, the staff said, even if removing the device was deemed medically necessary.”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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"Every economic metric is so SUPER good that we are keeping the jobs, GDP, and inflation numbers from you! You're welcome!" #ProfessionalLiars
Leavitt lies: "Every economic metric does in fact show that the economy is improving"
December 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"Every economic metric is so SUPER good that we are keeping the jobs, GDP, and inflation numbers from you! You're welcome!" #ProfessionalLiars
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this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
this was a really powerful approach to questioning noem—bringing the actual people impacted by her reign of terror. from her perch it's easy to see these cases as abstractions but she needs to be confronted with them at every turn.
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To reestablish a true democracy we need to physically destroy heritage foundation and its physical assets.
Seize their money and imprison their members and donors for life.
Seize their money and imprison their members and donors for life.
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
To reestablish a true democracy we need to physically destroy heritage foundation and its physical assets.
Seize their money and imprison their members and donors for life.
Seize their money and imprison their members and donors for life.
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BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
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We're a worker-run trans newsroom that's done *a lot* with your support over the past six months. Every dollar we get goes to journalism and paying journalists fairly.
December 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We're a worker-run trans newsroom that's done *a lot* with your support over the past six months. Every dollar we get goes to journalism and paying journalists fairly.
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Checkout @yougov.co.uk using trashy AI shite
If you're using AI to decide the categories, then there's a real problem with the work you are producing
It raises even more questions as to how deep the hallucination machine rot stretches
What else is their LLM pattern-matching results for?
If you're using AI to decide the categories, then there's a real problem with the work you are producing
It raises even more questions as to how deep the hallucination machine rot stretches
What else is their LLM pattern-matching results for?
Which news story did Brits hear the most about last week? (asked 30 Nov-1 Dec)
Autumn Budget: 64%
Reeves allegedly misleading public on finances: 4%
Hong Kong fire: 3%
Immigration: 2%
Trump: 2%
Early release of Budget: 1%
Scrapping of 2-child benefit cap: 1%
Full list: yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Autumn Budget: 64%
Reeves allegedly misleading public on finances: 4%
Hong Kong fire: 3%
Immigration: 2%
Trump: 2%
Early release of Budget: 1%
Scrapping of 2-child benefit cap: 1%
Full list: yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Checkout @yougov.co.uk using trashy AI shite
If you're using AI to decide the categories, then there's a real problem with the work you are producing
It raises even more questions as to how deep the hallucination machine rot stretches
What else is their LLM pattern-matching results for?
If you're using AI to decide the categories, then there's a real problem with the work you are producing
It raises even more questions as to how deep the hallucination machine rot stretches
What else is their LLM pattern-matching results for?
~ new TACTT blog ~
The BACP adopting SCoPEd will reframe what training means for qualified counsellors, along with who gets what, when, and how. Without data, we do not know if those in ‘protected characteristics’ will be discriminated against.
therapistsagainsttransphobia.org/2025/12/04/s...
The BACP adopting SCoPEd will reframe what training means for qualified counsellors, along with who gets what, when, and how. Without data, we do not know if those in ‘protected characteristics’ will be discriminated against.
therapistsagainsttransphobia.org/2025/12/04/s...
SCoPed and trans (and other marginalised) people
This is a post that got started some time ago but was neglected until now. The arguments still stand and so we are posting it with ‘better late, than never’ in mind. The 2023 BACP announcemen…
therapistsagainsttransphobia.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
~ new TACTT blog ~
The BACP adopting SCoPEd will reframe what training means for qualified counsellors, along with who gets what, when, and how. Without data, we do not know if those in ‘protected characteristics’ will be discriminated against.
therapistsagainsttransphobia.org/2025/12/04/s...
The BACP adopting SCoPEd will reframe what training means for qualified counsellors, along with who gets what, when, and how. Without data, we do not know if those in ‘protected characteristics’ will be discriminated against.
therapistsagainsttransphobia.org/2025/12/04/s...
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Writing a column on efforts to shift norms on race: even calls for all ethnic minorities- Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch & Priti Patel, Shabana Mahmood & Nus Ghani to be ineligible for parliament or leadership roles - as Lucy White, Ant Middleton and Connor Tomlinson advocate
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Writing a column on efforts to shift norms on race: even calls for all ethnic minorities- Rishi Sunak, Kemi Badenoch & Priti Patel, Shabana Mahmood & Nus Ghani to be ineligible for parliament or leadership roles - as Lucy White, Ant Middleton and Connor Tomlinson advocate
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Tomlinson tells me he likes Suella Braverman, but he feels sure she would sacrifice her own right to sit in parliament as a price worth paying to exclude Badenoch, Patel + Sunak, Mahmood, Lammy, Miliband et al.
I don't think she does advocate that. Habib is willing to exclude himself + Nus Ghani
I don't think she does advocate that. Habib is willing to exclude himself + Nus Ghani
December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Tomlinson tells me he likes Suella Braverman, but he feels sure she would sacrifice her own right to sit in parliament as a price worth paying to exclude Badenoch, Patel + Sunak, Mahmood, Lammy, Miliband et al.
I don't think she does advocate that. Habib is willing to exclude himself + Nus Ghani
I don't think she does advocate that. Habib is willing to exclude himself + Nus Ghani
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“There is no more dramatic sign of the rejection of Trumpism than the thousands upon thousands organizing, showing up, risking bodily safety, arrest and felony charges to defend their neighbors. City after city has risen up to defend its own.”
We find justice with communities resisting fascism.
We find justice with communities resisting fascism.
Trump wants to recreate a white America that never existed | Rebecca Solnit
The persecution of brown people and mass deportations will not create the white country of far-right fantasy
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
“There is no more dramatic sign of the rejection of Trumpism than the thousands upon thousands organizing, showing up, risking bodily safety, arrest and felony charges to defend their neighbors. City after city has risen up to defend its own.”
We find justice with communities resisting fascism.
We find justice with communities resisting fascism.
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The Constitution is very straightforward on birthright citizenship. There's no ambiguity in the language, no other plausible interpretation.
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The Constitution is very straightforward on birthright citizenship. There's no ambiguity in the language, no other plausible interpretation.
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
The fact that this is a public discussion at all, and that the Supreme Court is taking it up, is on its own anti-constitutional bullshit.
Read the text👇
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Yknow Falkner stupidly saying “biological people” is just the logical slip up you get when refusing to say cis and wanting to delegitimise trans people by trying to use biological as the opposite of trans
December 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Yknow Falkner stupidly saying “biological people” is just the logical slip up you get when refusing to say cis and wanting to delegitimise trans people by trying to use biological as the opposite of trans
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“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
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The EU is pushing ahead with a reparations loan backed by frozen #RussianAssets. Yesterday, Ursula Von Der Leyen & Friedrich Merz held an emergency meeting with Belgium’s PM to secure Belgium’s support.
What else to watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Andreas Gora - Pool/Getty Images
What else to watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Andreas Gora - Pool/Getty Images
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The EU is pushing ahead with a reparations loan backed by frozen #RussianAssets. Yesterday, Ursula Von Der Leyen & Friedrich Merz held an emergency meeting with Belgium’s PM to secure Belgium’s support.
What else to watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Andreas Gora - Pool/Getty Images
What else to watch next week? 👇🧵
#KIweekahead #Ukraine
Photo: Andreas Gora - Pool/Getty Images
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Just as a data point, I have funded ProPublica in the past, but there is no way I would contribute money to this organization if it used ChatGPT/GenAI at any level, anywhere in the organization, for any purpose. That would be surrendering to the exact fascism I am expecting ProPublica to fight.
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Just as a data point, I have funded ProPublica in the past, but there is no way I would contribute money to this organization if it used ChatGPT/GenAI at any level, anywhere in the organization, for any purpose. That would be surrendering to the exact fascism I am expecting ProPublica to fight.
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
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The only reason not to follow the Prison Rape Elimination Act is if you do not want to eliminate rape
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The only reason not to follow the Prison Rape Elimination Act is if you do not want to eliminate rape
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Please PLEASE watch this. The ICE budget is now the highest for any federal law enforcement agency including FBI. The effort to hire 10,000 “agents” per month includes $50,000 signing bonuses (WTF?!)
As ICE boosts recruitment, critics concerned over changes to hiring and training standards
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Please PLEASE watch this. The ICE budget is now the highest for any federal law enforcement agency including FBI. The effort to hire 10,000 “agents” per month includes $50,000 signing bonuses (WTF?!)
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According to survey data from the DOJ itself, incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12x the rate of other incarcerated people.
The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.
The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.
December 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
According to survey data from the DOJ itself, incarcerated trans Americans experience sexual violence at more than 12x the rate of other incarcerated people.
The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.
The plans outlined in the memo effectively greenlight discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people who are already disproportionately at risk.
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This is what standing up for your neighbors looks like.
New York showed out 🔥
F*ck ICE.
New York showed out 🔥
F*ck ICE.
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is what standing up for your neighbors looks like.
New York showed out 🔥
F*ck ICE.
New York showed out 🔥
F*ck ICE.
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That dreamlike surreality lurking at the edges of your day to day? It’s the fascism
tired everyday and you can’t figure out why? It’s the fascism.
Feeling unable to keep up with a clear understanding of the world and news? It’s the fascism.
Fascism changes us all as it consumes reality.
tired everyday and you can’t figure out why? It’s the fascism.
Feeling unable to keep up with a clear understanding of the world and news? It’s the fascism.
Fascism changes us all as it consumes reality.
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
That dreamlike surreality lurking at the edges of your day to day? It’s the fascism
tired everyday and you can’t figure out why? It’s the fascism.
Feeling unable to keep up with a clear understanding of the world and news? It’s the fascism.
Fascism changes us all as it consumes reality.
tired everyday and you can’t figure out why? It’s the fascism.
Feeling unable to keep up with a clear understanding of the world and news? It’s the fascism.
Fascism changes us all as it consumes reality.
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I don't think I've ever seen so many false discourses populating tech at the same time.
Between nonexistent robot slave fantasies, to the insane idea that human employees now work shoulder-to-shoulder with "agents," to a grab bag of other delusions it's just pretending all the way down.
Between nonexistent robot slave fantasies, to the insane idea that human employees now work shoulder-to-shoulder with "agents," to a grab bag of other delusions it's just pretending all the way down.
Amazon's new AI can code for days without human help. What does that mean for software engineers?
Amazon Web Services has unveiled new autonomous AI “frontier agents” that can code, secure and operate software for days without human input, reshaping how enterprises build and run applications.
venturebeat.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I don't think I've ever seen so many false discourses populating tech at the same time.
Between nonexistent robot slave fantasies, to the insane idea that human employees now work shoulder-to-shoulder with "agents," to a grab bag of other delusions it's just pretending all the way down.
Between nonexistent robot slave fantasies, to the insane idea that human employees now work shoulder-to-shoulder with "agents," to a grab bag of other delusions it's just pretending all the way down.