Michelle
@michellestringer.bsky.social
Mostly just angry ramblings about the world and trying to find joy where I can
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What a pretty afternoon...
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What a pretty afternoon...
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Can't remember if I've posted this, but one of the first times I visited the town in which I now live this was tied with a ribbon to the bridge from the train station.
I still find comfort in reading it occasionally. A beautiful sentiment from a stranger who'll never know how much it meant to me.
I still find comfort in reading it occasionally. A beautiful sentiment from a stranger who'll never know how much it meant to me.
I wish I had the energy to feel rage any more. I just feel empty now, like the light's going out.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I wish I had the energy to feel rage any more. I just feel empty now, like the light's going out.
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He's forcing thousands of young Trans+people to be cisgender and through the trauma of a puberty they don't want, ripping away from them their right to be safe, and denying them the opportunity to thrive and be happy
But yeah, sure, Streeting's the victim
Labour is full of absolute monsters
But yeah, sure, Streeting's the victim
Labour is full of absolute monsters
Labour MPs say Wes Streeting's stock has risen within the party after extraordinary No 10 briefings against him on Tuesday night
"They've managed to create a situation where Wes is the victim/the adult in the room"
report @siennarodgers.bsky.social and @adampayne26.bsky.social
"They've managed to create a situation where Wes is the victim/the adult in the room"
report @siennarodgers.bsky.social and @adampayne26.bsky.social
Labour MPs Say No 10 Briefing Has Increased Wes Streeting’s Chances Of Becoming PM
Labour MPs have told PoliticsHome that Wes Streeting’s stock has increased among members of the Parliamentary Labour Party, particularly its soft l...
www.politicshome.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
He's forcing thousands of young Trans+people to be cisgender and through the trauma of a puberty they don't want, ripping away from them their right to be safe, and denying them the opportunity to thrive and be happy
But yeah, sure, Streeting's the victim
Labour is full of absolute monsters
But yeah, sure, Streeting's the victim
Labour is full of absolute monsters
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Broadcaster and writer Afua Hirsch explaining how Tim Davie the now former BBC Director-General looked her in the eye and said Black staff supporting anti-racism “breached impartiality” www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4fxa6...
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Broadcaster and writer Afua Hirsch explaining how Tim Davie the now former BBC Director-General looked her in the eye and said Black staff supporting anti-racism “breached impartiality” www.instagram.com/reel/DQ4fxa6...
I've now had a letter from the practice saying the reason that they refused was that there was a mismatch between the name on the letter from the GIC and my name on their records.
Rather than do anything to contact me, they declined my prescription then lied to me about the reason.
Rather than do anything to contact me, they declined my prescription then lied to me about the reason.
I've just gotten off the phone with my GP after I asked why they put out a statement stating they wouldn't provide titration for trans people as of November. They refused it for me in June.
When I asked about this, he called me "pedantic".
When I asked about this, he called me "pedantic".
🚨 Hundreds, possibly thousands, of GPs are refusing Trans+ adults their healthcare
We always said the Trans+ Healthcare scandal would get worse
"Given the complexity and unique medical considerations involved in hormone therapy [we're no longer authorising your prescription]" - GP
We always said the Trans+ Healthcare scandal would get worse
"Given the complexity and unique medical considerations involved in hormone therapy [we're no longer authorising your prescription]" - GP
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I've now had a letter from the practice saying the reason that they refused was that there was a mismatch between the name on the letter from the GIC and my name on their records.
Rather than do anything to contact me, they declined my prescription then lied to me about the reason.
Rather than do anything to contact me, they declined my prescription then lied to me about the reason.
I still don't know how anybody is giving Starmer credit for winning the election.
When the Tories had finished shitting the bed, it was always going to be left to whoever happened to be stood closest to change the sheets.
Instead, Starmer got in and started rolling around.
When the Tories had finished shitting the bed, it was always going to be left to whoever happened to be stood closest to change the sheets.
Instead, Starmer got in and started rolling around.
Keir Starmer has effectively started a leadership challenge against himself. To have entered into this kind of madhouse Westminster squabbling so soon after an election is simply unforgivable.
inews.co.uk/opinion/back...
inews.co.uk/opinion/back...
I have always backed Starmer - until now
This kind of Westminster squabbling is unforgivable
inews.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I still don't know how anybody is giving Starmer credit for winning the election.
When the Tories had finished shitting the bed, it was always going to be left to whoever happened to be stood closest to change the sheets.
Instead, Starmer got in and started rolling around.
When the Tories had finished shitting the bed, it was always going to be left to whoever happened to be stood closest to change the sheets.
Instead, Starmer got in and started rolling around.
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The first thing anti-trans groups like Bayswater Group and Transgender Trend say to parents of trans teens is take their phones, get them off the internet
So, given that a lot of trans people are offended that Brianna's transfemicide is being turned into a crusade against phone use, when Brianna had a supportive online community and was murdered offline by her classmates:
Do you think "Touch grass" is an appropriate response to that context?
Do you think "Touch grass" is an appropriate response to that context?
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The first thing anti-trans groups like Bayswater Group and Transgender Trend say to parents of trans teens is take their phones, get them off the internet
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And we know that restricting phone access during school would have done nothing to stop her killers being radicalised
They didn't need phones for that when the entire force of traditional print media, and your government, are the ones responsible for teaching them that trans people are monsters.
They didn't need phones for that when the entire force of traditional print media, and your government, are the ones responsible for teaching them that trans people are monsters.
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
And we know that restricting phone access during school would have done nothing to stop her killers being radicalised
They didn't need phones for that when the entire force of traditional print media, and your government, are the ones responsible for teaching them that trans people are monsters.
They didn't need phones for that when the entire force of traditional print media, and your government, are the ones responsible for teaching them that trans people are monsters.
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Emily Maitlis not a doctor not trans not an expert in this field worked for ideological reasons to get healthcare for kids shut down, paid for by the licence fee - and she complains about ideological capture. Absolutely farcical
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Emily Maitlis not a doctor not trans not an expert in this field worked for ideological reasons to get healthcare for kids shut down, paid for by the licence fee - and she complains about ideological capture. Absolutely farcical
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I'd be quite happy to see Starmer go, but when you have Streeting and Mahmood being presented as the most viable alternatives it doesn't exactly bode well for the future. Seems guaranteed that the attacks on marginalised communities we have seen already will be ramped up.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prime Minister will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say
Allies of the prime minister are worried his job might be under immediate threat.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I'd be quite happy to see Starmer go, but when you have Streeting and Mahmood being presented as the most viable alternatives it doesn't exactly bode well for the future. Seems guaranteed that the attacks on marginalised communities we have seen already will be ramped up.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Like the Guardian, people view the BBC as left wing and, as a result, their combined anti trans campaigning has done more damage to trans people than the entire right wing media machine, because they legitimised the right wing's lies.
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The BBC has no pro-trans bias. The BBC is appalling on trans issues, just like the rest of the media.
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The BBC has no pro-trans bias. The BBC is appalling on trans issues, just like the rest of the media.
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Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Everything on our news agenda is being driven by a corrupted disinformation machine, run by a billionaire who sponsors Tommy Robinson and who keeps trying to foment civil war in the UK.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
And incredibly our MPs & news providers stay there.
THAT is the problem. Not some bad editing choice on the BBC.
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Like and share this if you've received online threats of violence for being trans, or supporting trans people.
I have.
I have.
Trans ally Georgia Tennant contacts police after receiving death threats online
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/10/georgia-tennant-contacts-police-online-hate-trans-ally/?utm_content=1762785060&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/10/georgia-tennant-contacts-police-online-hate-trans-ally/?utm_content=1762785060&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trans ally Georgia Tennant contacts police after receiving death threats online
Georgia Tennant, the wife of Doctor Who star David Tennant, has contacted the police after being targeted by trolls, who sent a string of abusive messages.
www.thepinknews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Like and share this if you've received online threats of violence for being trans, or supporting trans people.
I have.
I have.
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It's genuinely sickening to see all these MPs doing everything they can to erase transphobia from the conversation.
Brianna Ghey died because of the bigotry that the media and the Labour Party pushes relentlessly. She didn't die because her school doesn't have phone pouches.
Brianna Ghey died because of the bigotry that the media and the Labour Party pushes relentlessly. She didn't die because her school doesn't have phone pouches.
On Brianna's 19th birthday, this morning I joined @cheshirepcc.bsky.social and the Brianna Ghey Legacy Project Phone Free Education campaign at the launch at Jodrell Bank of a new £150k initiative to make Cheshire the first county in the UK where ALL state high schools have lockable phone pouches.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's genuinely sickening to see all these MPs doing everything they can to erase transphobia from the conversation.
Brianna Ghey died because of the bigotry that the media and the Labour Party pushes relentlessly. She didn't die because her school doesn't have phone pouches.
Brianna Ghey died because of the bigotry that the media and the Labour Party pushes relentlessly. She didn't die because her school doesn't have phone pouches.
It is deeply fucking insulting for Rosie Duffield to be involved in this campaign led by the mother of Brianna Ghey.
Duffield stormed out the room of the Women and Equalities Committee because of questions supporting trans people, before calling it the "Transvestites Equality Committee"
Duffield stormed out the room of the Women and Equalities Committee because of questions supporting trans people, before calling it the "Transvestites Equality Committee"
When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It is deeply fucking insulting for Rosie Duffield to be involved in this campaign led by the mother of Brianna Ghey.
Duffield stormed out the room of the Women and Equalities Committee because of questions supporting trans people, before calling it the "Transvestites Equality Committee"
Duffield stormed out the room of the Women and Equalities Committee because of questions supporting trans people, before calling it the "Transvestites Equality Committee"
There's an advert for some cremation company I keep seeing where there's people singing a folk song about cremations.
Without fail, it makes me think of Dr. Fünke's 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution
Without fail, it makes me think of Dr. Fünke's 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There's an advert for some cremation company I keep seeing where there's people singing a folk song about cremations.
Without fail, it makes me think of Dr. Fünke's 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution
Without fail, it makes me think of Dr. Fünke's 100% Natural Good-Time Family Band Solution
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"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
"Are there even any-" it doesn't matter. Banning the few trans athletes isn't the point. The point, from Trump's ban on trans people in government to Britain's bathroom ban to Newsom's sports ban, is to make sure everyone knows trans women are OTHER and to act accordingly to us in their daily lives.
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This is what kills me. If Esther Ghey wants to talk about the dangers of kids being online too much, she can talk about radicalization, about bigotry, about the dehumanizing ideas of trans people Brianna's killers were exposed to.
She doesn't, she talks exclusively about Brianna's social media use.
She doesn't, she talks exclusively about Brianna's social media use.
putting her phone in a pouch would have made her killers less transphobic and violent?
Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is what kills me. If Esther Ghey wants to talk about the dangers of kids being online too much, she can talk about radicalization, about bigotry, about the dehumanizing ideas of trans people Brianna's killers were exposed to.
She doesn't, she talks exclusively about Brianna's social media use.
She doesn't, she talks exclusively about Brianna's social media use.
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i stopped paying attention to the bbc after they published a conspiracy theory about trans women raping lesbians.
their 1 source was a sex predator who wrote a manifesto stating trans men should be correctively raped and trans women should be lynched
they still have not retracted or apologised
their 1 source was a sex predator who wrote a manifesto stating trans men should be correctively raped and trans women should be lynched
they still have not retracted or apologised
It’s so difficult to say what “the news” is these days: newspapers and front pages seem largely irrelevant, the BBC is ignored or castigated by so many, and social media is so siloed that “current affairs” seems to exist in multiple separate iterations
I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
i stopped paying attention to the bbc after they published a conspiracy theory about trans women raping lesbians.
their 1 source was a sex predator who wrote a manifesto stating trans men should be correctively raped and trans women should be lynched
they still have not retracted or apologised
their 1 source was a sex predator who wrote a manifesto stating trans men should be correctively raped and trans women should be lynched
they still have not retracted or apologised
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I imagine @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social will be getting the usual abuse for speaking out - solidarity with her and all those fighting against hate manipulated by the wealthy right gleefully creating a distracting wedge issue
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I imagine @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social will be getting the usual abuse for speaking out - solidarity with her and all those fighting against hate manipulated by the wealthy right gleefully creating a distracting wedge issue
I didn't realise until this moment that I'm older than Mo Salah.
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I didn't realise until this moment that I'm older than Mo Salah.
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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 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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.
I wish I could be as tired at midnight as I always seem to be at noon.
November 9, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I wish I could be as tired at midnight as I always seem to be at noon.
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"The wide-ranging polling on attitudes also suggested the proportion of the public feeling transgender rights have gone "too far" has more than doubled in five years" I WISH there was a follow-up question as to what new trans rights they think have come in over say, I dunno, the last 15 years?
November 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"The wide-ranging polling on attitudes also suggested the proportion of the public feeling transgender rights have gone "too far" has more than doubled in five years" I WISH there was a follow-up question as to what new trans rights they think have come in over say, I dunno, the last 15 years?
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Secure in the knowledge it's slightly harder to evict me, I sit at home, not daring to leave for fear of needing a public toilet, take the HRT the doctor won't prescribe anymore, and watch the news show my taxes being used to blow Palestinians to smithereens.
Life changing policies, indeed.
Life changing policies, indeed.
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? – LabourList
When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government in half a century, something is going…
labourlist.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Secure in the knowledge it's slightly harder to evict me, I sit at home, not daring to leave for fear of needing a public toilet, take the HRT the doctor won't prescribe anymore, and watch the news show my taxes being used to blow Palestinians to smithereens.
Life changing policies, indeed.
Life changing policies, indeed.