Graham
@mr-trajan.bsky.social
Rational romantic mystic cynical idealist | Never be cruel, never be cowardly | He/him | 🔸🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇬🇧🏴
25 years today, and every one has been better than the last
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
25 years today, and every one has been better than the last
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At least it's honest, right? Intrusive questioning of women who don't conform to norms about how they should look, and women then being banned if they tell their inquisitor to mind his own sodding business, has always been the logical end point for the patriarchal project that is TERFdom.
November 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
At least it's honest, right? Intrusive questioning of women who don't conform to norms about how they should look, and women then being banned if they tell their inquisitor to mind his own sodding business, has always been the logical end point for the patriarchal project that is TERFdom.
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
This is also why the right wing don’t like the arts.
Reading novels increases empathy. That's not the opinion bit, that's established fact, look it up if you don't believe me. Here's the opinion: a reduction in novel reading is linked to a rise in fascism
September 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is also why the right wing don’t like the arts.
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Bless those who think the Home Office can successfully carry out a huge IT procurement exercise for digital ID cards for implementation before the next general election.
September 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Bless those who think the Home Office can successfully carry out a huge IT procurement exercise for digital ID cards for implementation before the next general election.
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I quite like immigration.
September 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I quite like immigration.
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“This policy is a fucking disgrace and will do harm to the people it affects, our economy, our services, and it’s morally reprehensible” is the correct response not “haha your numbers are wrong and it may not even be legal”
September 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
“This policy is a fucking disgrace and will do harm to the people it affects, our economy, our services, and it’s morally reprehensible” is the correct response not “haha your numbers are wrong and it may not even be legal”
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🎯 from Tim Farron
September 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🎯 from Tim Farron
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Some more culture war pushback from the Lib Dems - people who use the union jack or St George’s cross as a form of aggressive nationalism do not love their country, Tim Farron tells their conference.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK and St George’s flags should never be used to ‘intimidate and terrify’, says senior Lib Dem
‘How dare the nationalists steal our flags?’ asks Tim Farron at party conference in Bournemouth
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Some more culture war pushback from the Lib Dems - people who use the union jack or St George’s cross as a form of aggressive nationalism do not love their country, Tim Farron tells their conference.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Godammitt, Charles Dickens just made me cry
September 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Godammitt, Charles Dickens just made me cry
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NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.
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The media making out like the Robinson Rally was huge. 150,000 is tiny!
Compare it to the 'Free Palestine' march (up to 800,000), the anti-Brexit march (650,000) or the Iraq war demo (1.5 Million)
Disproportionate attention given to the gammon, as always.
Compare it to the 'Free Palestine' march (up to 800,000), the anti-Brexit march (650,000) or the Iraq war demo (1.5 Million)
Disproportionate attention given to the gammon, as always.
September 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The media making out like the Robinson Rally was huge. 150,000 is tiny!
Compare it to the 'Free Palestine' march (up to 800,000), the anti-Brexit march (650,000) or the Iraq war demo (1.5 Million)
Disproportionate attention given to the gammon, as always.
Compare it to the 'Free Palestine' march (up to 800,000), the anti-Brexit march (650,000) or the Iraq war demo (1.5 Million)
Disproportionate attention given to the gammon, as always.
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FFS!!! The New ‘Executive Director of Communications’ - Tim Allen - was a Trustee at transphobic lobby group ‘Sex Matters’ until this morning!!! 😖😖😤
Don’t tell me the ‘trans lobby’ are powerful while transphobes sit in Number 10 Downing Street! 😠😡
👉🏻 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Don’t tell me the ‘trans lobby’ are powerful while transphobes sit in Number 10 Downing Street! 😠😡
👉🏻 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
September 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
FFS!!! The New ‘Executive Director of Communications’ - Tim Allen - was a Trustee at transphobic lobby group ‘Sex Matters’ until this morning!!! 😖😖😤
Don’t tell me the ‘trans lobby’ are powerful while transphobes sit in Number 10 Downing Street! 😠😡
👉🏻 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Don’t tell me the ‘trans lobby’ are powerful while transphobes sit in Number 10 Downing Street! 😠😡
👉🏻 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Green Man festival said trans rights are human rights
August 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Green Man festival said trans rights are human rights
Slightly diminish a band:
Vampire Saturday Morning
Stroll DMC
Guns n’ Daisies
Plastallica
Charli xcix
Vampire Saturday Morning
Stroll DMC
Guns n’ Daisies
Plastallica
Charli xcix
Slightly diminish a band:
Green 23 Hours
Green 23 Hours
slightly diminish a band:
Mild Anxiety! At The Disco
Mild Anxiety! At The Disco
August 14, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
Vampire Saturday Morning
Stroll DMC
Guns n’ Daisies
Plastallica
Charli xcix
Vampire Saturday Morning
Stroll DMC
Guns n’ Daisies
Plastallica
Charli xcix
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Performing one last massive farewell hometown gig to tens of thousands of people and then dropping dead just a few days afterwards is an incredibly metal way to go out.
July 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Performing one last massive farewell hometown gig to tens of thousands of people and then dropping dead just a few days afterwards is an incredibly metal way to go out.
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Happy #londonpride. What the sticker says.
July 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Happy #londonpride. What the sticker says.
I googled why our giant cactus was falling over and it’s because it’s being overwatered or underwatered, or is in too big a pot or too small, or is getting too much sun or too little.
It really would be so helpful if the signs of overwatering your plants were not also the signs of underwatering your plants
June 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I googled why our giant cactus was falling over and it’s because it’s being overwatered or underwatered, or is in too big a pot or too small, or is getting too much sun or too little.
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It’s absolutely criminal that anti-trans bigots are considered “experts on gender dysphoria” but actual trans people, you know, the ones who may actually have gender dysphoria, are “biased” and therefore can’t be consulted or listened to
"Wes Streeting is considering banning cross-sex hormones after two experts on gender dysphoria warned there were severe health risks associated with prescribing the drugs to children." [Times]
Most studies, of course, find that this is complete bullshit.
Most studies, of course, find that this is complete bullshit.
May 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It’s absolutely criminal that anti-trans bigots are considered “experts on gender dysphoria” but actual trans people, you know, the ones who may actually have gender dysphoria, are “biased” and therefore can’t be consulted or listened to
Rather beautiful in its way but didn’t make as big an impact on me as its reviews suggested it would. Some interesting thoughts about the human soul and technology but not ground breaking.
May 17, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Rather beautiful in its way but didn’t make as big an impact on me as its reviews suggested it would. Some interesting thoughts about the human soul and technology but not ground breaking.
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"There’s a reason a relapse is more unnerving than the illness: because you start to worry you’ll never get better at all."
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
Things Can’t Only Get Better
This week: I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party. Also: an early modern way of having too many browser tabs open; and some maps dropped on other maps.
jonn.substack.com
May 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
"There’s a reason a relapse is more unnerving than the illness: because you start to worry you’ll never get better at all."
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
Why I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party.
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@jonnelledge.bsky.social ‘s newsletter is always worth reading, but this one in particular is very good
"But of course, the sudden bout of whatever-the-f*ck is not the only reason I’m not in a good place. Another is that the place I am in is Britain, where the governing party seems to have convinced itself that, “the far right is correct. Vote Labour” is in any way a winning strategy."
Things Can’t Only Get Better
This week: I have bloody well had it with the sodding Labour party. Also: an early modern way of having too many browser tabs open; and some maps dropped on other maps.
jonn.substack.com
May 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
@jonnelledge.bsky.social ‘s newsletter is always worth reading, but this one in particular is very good
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I was thinking about cave art this morning and found myself wondering why they only painted in caves. But of course they didn't, it's just that the caves preserved their art. I bet they painted every available surface. I bet the stone age world was trailed with art everywhere humans went.
May 5, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I was thinking about cave art this morning and found myself wondering why they only painted in caves. But of course they didn't, it's just that the caves preserved their art. I bet they painted every available surface. I bet the stone age world was trailed with art everywhere humans went.