Saralexis
@saralexis.bsky.social
She/her, AuDHD, trans rights enthusiast, socialist, feminist, eco-worrier. Fibre, yarn and thread glutton. Careful spoons manager. GNU Terry Pratchett & Iain M Banks.
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Saralexis
@saralexis.bsky.social
· Mar 24
I did a little photo tutorial for you for the stitch. I’ll do another for the first chain.
Wrap the yarn twice round two fingers and hold the loops between thumb and forefinger with the end attached to the needle over your thumb
Wrap the yarn twice round two fingers and hold the loops between thumb and forefinger with the end attached to the needle over your thumb
In case its useful to anyone I did a little explainer on starting the Oslo stitch starting chain
#nalbinding #oslostitch
#nalbinding #oslostitch
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There is an AI Christmas mural in Kingston filled with horrors to rival Bosch or Dr Moreau. The chicken-dog is my favourite.
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There is an AI Christmas mural in Kingston filled with horrors to rival Bosch or Dr Moreau. The chicken-dog is my favourite.
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There is much better lace out there, but I learned a lot doing it and my next will be better..!
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 AM
There is much better lace out there, but I learned a lot doing it and my next will be better..!
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I'm glad the Green Party exists, because imagine if this was the UK left's best attempt at trying to capitalize on the mass disillusionment with conservative governance.
A political class more fixated on trans women's genitals than trans women are has brought the UK to the brink of collapse.
A political class more fixated on trans women's genitals than trans women are has brought the UK to the brink of collapse.
Iqbal Mohamed, a Your Party organising MP, has publically called Trans women "men" and called for their segregation in public spaces
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Anti-Trans+ ideology rots political parties from the inside out
www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
@thecanaryuk.bsky.social
Another Your Party MP is accused of 'explicit transphobia'
Potential Your Party supporters have criticised MPs for promoting 'third spaces', accusing them of condoning trans segregation
www.thecanary.co
November 16, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I'm glad the Green Party exists, because imagine if this was the UK left's best attempt at trying to capitalize on the mass disillusionment with conservative governance.
A political class more fixated on trans women's genitals than trans women are has brought the UK to the brink of collapse.
A political class more fixated on trans women's genitals than trans women are has brought the UK to the brink of collapse.
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Each time I have posted this video on other platforms the response has shown how useful people have found it. I teach face to face lessons in distaff spinning in the UK, but I know there are so many people, worldwide, interested in learning this technique and tutors are few. Hope this helps.
November 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Each time I have posted this video on other platforms the response has shown how useful people have found it. I teach face to face lessons in distaff spinning in the UK, but I know there are so many people, worldwide, interested in learning this technique and tutors are few. Hope this helps.
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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.
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70% of trans people believe BBC News is hostile. (And anyone who has listened to Justin Webb knows they are clearly right.) goodlaw.social/kyxv
Poll shows 70% of trans people think BBC News is ‘hostile’
The right wing claims the corporation is ‘pro-trans’, but the people at the sharp end of its coverage disagree. The BBC must stop its attack on trans people.
goodlaw.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
70% of trans people believe BBC News is hostile. (And anyone who has listened to Justin Webb knows they are clearly right.) goodlaw.social/kyxv
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Equalities Minister tears apart logic of EHRC’s “trans-exclusive” guidance in High Court 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/equalities-minister-tears-apart-logic-of-ehrcs-trans-exclusive-guidance-in-high-court/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/equalities-minister-tears-apart-logic-of-ehrcs-trans-exclusive-guidance-in-high-court/
Equalities Minister tears apart logic of EHRC’s “trans-exclusive” guidance in High Court
The EHRC was irresponsible in rushing out "overly simplistic" and "transphobic guidance", the High Court has heard
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Equalities Minister tears apart logic of EHRC’s “trans-exclusive” guidance in High Court 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/equalities-minister-tears-apart-logic-of-ehrcs-trans-exclusive-guidance-in-high-court/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/equalities-minister-tears-apart-logic-of-ehrcs-trans-exclusive-guidance-in-high-court/
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"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
New Maintenance Phase! Joy!!
“The podcast that must be heated to 145 degrees for 30 minutes…”
overcast.fm/+AAkfJonl08w
“The podcast that must be heated to 145 degrees for 30 minutes…”
overcast.fm/+AAkfJonl08w
Raw Milk — Maintenance Phase
Once widely banned, raw milk consumption is on the rise and states are repealing their bans. No one’s happier about that than the far right. How did we get here? NOTE: In the retelling of Pasteur’s ea...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
New Maintenance Phase! Joy!!
“The podcast that must be heated to 145 degrees for 30 minutes…”
overcast.fm/+AAkfJonl08w
“The podcast that must be heated to 145 degrees for 30 minutes…”
overcast.fm/+AAkfJonl08w
Hyperbole and a Half is an actual genius. I wish she was actively writing but there is plenty online and in her fantastic books
Essential reading:
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/09/part...
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-...
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adve...
Essential reading:
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/09/part...
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-...
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adve...
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Hyperbole and a Half is an actual genius. I wish she was actively writing but there is plenty online and in her fantastic books
Essential reading:
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/09/part...
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-...
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adve...
Essential reading:
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/09/part...
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/10/god-...
- hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2011/10/adve...
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This was one of the final incidents that made me give up journalism.
I pulled on every contact I had to argue that even if one supported the gender conservative position, journalists laundering their involvement in this way fundamentally undermines the entire institution of journalism.
I pulled on every contact I had to argue that even if one supported the gender conservative position, journalists laundering their involvement in this way fundamentally undermines the entire institution of journalism.
The ultimate twist is that 'gender critical' activist-journalists, Deborah Cohen and Hannah Barnes, reported the study to the HRA themselves!
The HRA was required to open an investigation because they’d received a report... which gave the Newsnight duo the shocking headline they desired.
The HRA was required to open an investigation because they’d received a report... which gave the Newsnight duo the shocking headline they desired.
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This was one of the final incidents that made me give up journalism.
I pulled on every contact I had to argue that even if one supported the gender conservative position, journalists laundering their involvement in this way fundamentally undermines the entire institution of journalism.
I pulled on every contact I had to argue that even if one supported the gender conservative position, journalists laundering their involvement in this way fundamentally undermines the entire institution of journalism.
Three stages, obviously all ongoing at once because why would you finish #spinning before starting to #crochet!!
I may be wearing this to a #wedding, if I like it when it’s done…
#handspinning #ebayrescue
I may be wearing this to a #wedding, if I like it when it’s done…
#handspinning #ebayrescue
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Three stages, obviously all ongoing at once because why would you finish #spinning before starting to #crochet!!
I may be wearing this to a #wedding, if I like it when it’s done…
#handspinning #ebayrescue
I may be wearing this to a #wedding, if I like it when it’s done…
#handspinning #ebayrescue
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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1/🧵 Much of the progress for LGBT+ rights in the 2010s came from powerful individuals and billionaires who had gay sons. They supported gay marriage largely to protect their inheritance.
As soon as it was achieved, the same so-called “allies” began funding anti-trans campaigns.
As soon as it was achieved, the same so-called “allies” began funding anti-trans campaigns.
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
1/🧵 Much of the progress for LGBT+ rights in the 2010s came from powerful individuals and billionaires who had gay sons. They supported gay marriage largely to protect their inheritance.
As soon as it was achieved, the same so-called “allies” began funding anti-trans campaigns.
As soon as it was achieved, the same so-called “allies” began funding anti-trans campaigns.
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🧵
C3S data shows that every year since the Paris Agreement has ranked among the 10 warmest on record.
C3S data shows that every year since the Paris Agreement has ranked among the 10 warmest on record.
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
🧵
C3S data shows that every year since the Paris Agreement has ranked among the 10 warmest on record.
C3S data shows that every year since the Paris Agreement has ranked among the 10 warmest on record.
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With respect as I think you genuinely believe in this phone initiative, I would love to know what the Labour government is doing to make trans kids and adults safer, because I'm despairing.
I'm a researcher of trans law and recently cowritten on trans childhoods in the current climate, if it helps.
I'm a researcher of trans law and recently cowritten on trans childhoods in the current climate, if it helps.
And how do those children typically access the media they've been radicalised by? 🤔
Measures like this are not intended *instead of* measures to keep trans kids and adults safer, but they're not at odds with those objectives either.
Measures like this are not intended *instead of* measures to keep trans kids and adults safer, but they're not at odds with those objectives either.
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
With respect as I think you genuinely believe in this phone initiative, I would love to know what the Labour government is doing to make trans kids and adults safer, because I'm despairing.
I'm a researcher of trans law and recently cowritten on trans childhoods in the current climate, if it helps.
I'm a researcher of trans law and recently cowritten on trans childhoods in the current climate, if it helps.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This is Oakley. He has an injury that requires physical therapy and at-home massages. Luckily, his cat sibling River has been training his whole life for this. 14/10 for both
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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"As someone working in law, it’s heresy to say this, and it might even kill my chances of a career... But as a trans person, and someone fighting for the rights of my community, I refuse to remain silent. To me it just seems obvious: a heavily prejudiced society produces prejudiced institutions."
It’s no surprise that only 31% of trans people trust a legal system built to enforce prejudice, says Jess O’Thomson.
It’s no surprise that only 31% of trans people trust a legal system built to enforce prejudice, says Jess O’Thomson.
goodlawproject.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"As someone working in law, it’s heresy to say this, and it might even kill my chances of a career... But as a trans person, and someone fighting for the rights of my community, I refuse to remain silent. To me it just seems obvious: a heavily prejudiced society produces prejudiced institutions."
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“It’s like having a piece of Mom back in the world. My heart is so happy, and my Dad’s is too! I can’t tell you how much it meant to get Mom’s afghan finished! The service you provide is invaluable.” — Susan
Jane, Loose Ends finisher, spent 20 hours knitting a few more rows and adding the fringe.
Jane, Loose Ends finisher, spent 20 hours knitting a few more rows and adding the fringe.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“It’s like having a piece of Mom back in the world. My heart is so happy, and my Dad’s is too! I can’t tell you how much it meant to get Mom’s afghan finished! The service you provide is invaluable.” — Susan
Jane, Loose Ends finisher, spent 20 hours knitting a few more rows and adding the fringe.
Jane, Loose Ends finisher, spent 20 hours knitting a few more rows and adding the fringe.
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Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut.
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect!
2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse...
#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
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If you're a student who works with radio or podcasts, take a look at the Charles Parker prize. Brilliant opportunity for oral historians
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
Charles Parker Prize | Showcase Your Audio Talent — Charles Parker Archive Trust
Discover top student audio features and enter the Charles Parker Prize for a chance to broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
www.cpatrust.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
If you're a student who works with radio or podcasts, take a look at the Charles Parker prize. Brilliant opportunity for oral historians
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
www.cpatrust.org.uk/prize
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Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
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My daughter was beaten, spat on, outed & bullied AT SCHOOL, btw. The only reason she wasnt beaten worse was because she got away, locked herself in the toilet and FUCKING PHONED ME.
How would removing her phone have kept her safe?!
How would removing her phone have kept her safe?!
I'm the parent of a trans teen a year younger than Brianna should be. She's been beaten, spat on, outed & bullied out of school. By children who have grown up surrounded by toxic transphobia. She didnt leave the house for over 2 yrs - her online trans friends were the ONLY ppl who understood 1/
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My daughter was beaten, spat on, outed & bullied AT SCHOOL, btw. The only reason she wasnt beaten worse was because she got away, locked herself in the toilet and FUCKING PHONED ME.
How would removing her phone have kept her safe?!
How would removing her phone have kept her safe?!