Si Courtenage
@scourtenage.bsky.social
Stardew Valley, manga, philosophy. These are a few of my favourite things. #ucu branch chair for University of Westminster Cavendish campus. Standing in #ucu #NEC elections for London and the East
I have this theory that any politician *anywhere* on the left who can make a clear and cogent case for helping others will be described by the Express, Mail, and Telegraph (aka the Unholy Trinity) as “hard left”
The Express will keep doing this.
Churning out anger and division.
They don’t take a day off, even on Christmas Day.
But this Christmas I’m inviting you to choose something different:
Humanity. Kindness. Hope.
Churning out anger and division.
They don’t take a day off, even on Christmas Day.
But this Christmas I’m inviting you to choose something different:
Humanity. Kindness. Hope.
December 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I have this theory that any politician *anywhere* on the left who can make a clear and cogent case for helping others will be described by the Express, Mail, and Telegraph (aka the Unholy Trinity) as “hard left”
Using the terrorism act to arrest someone protesting peacefully is a sign - if any more were needed - of authoritarianism
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Using the terrorism act to arrest someone protesting peacefully is a sign - if any more were needed - of authoritarianism
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Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a sign opposing genocide.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
When peaceful protest is a crime, democracy is in deep trouble.
Happening under a Labour Government.
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🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🚨BREAKING: GRETA THUNBERG ARRESTED UNDER TERRORISM ACT FOR SUPPORTING 'PALESTINE ACTION PRISONERS'
Funny how the issue of flatlining productivity never surfaces when it comes to executive pay
UK CEO salary increases outstripping those of the workforce.
Remuneration Committees & non-execs perpetuate fat-cattery as rises provide a benchmark for their greed.
Need worker-elected directors on boards of large companies, workers to vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
Remuneration Committees & non-execs perpetuate fat-cattery as rises provide a benchmark for their greed.
Need worker-elected directors on boards of large companies, workers to vote on exec pay to secure equitable distribution of income.
CEO salary: an opportunity cost? - High Pay Centre
Against the backdrop of the cost-of-living crisis, data highlights a worrying trend: CEO salary increases outstripping those of the wider workforce.
highpaycentre.org
December 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Funny how the issue of flatlining productivity never surfaces when it comes to executive pay
Sitting in a cafe near Gare du Nord in Paris and watching the street sellers tout knock off cigarettes and dodge police patrols
December 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Sitting in a cafe near Gare du Nord in Paris and watching the street sellers tout knock off cigarettes and dodge police patrols
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Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
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This is awesome. The Guides’ leadership needs to practice what they teach.
Another creative placard from a demonstrator at the protest
December 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is awesome. The Guides’ leadership needs to practice what they teach.
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Wouldn't be a Girlguiding event without a sing-along 🎶
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Wouldn't be a Girlguiding event without a sing-along 🎶
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More from the girl guide protest in London with @whatthetrans.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
More from the girl guide protest in London with @whatthetrans.com
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Netflix to release powerful drama 'Queen of Coal', which follows Argentinian trans miner Carla Antonella Rodríguez
www.scenemag.co.uk/n...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Netflix to release powerful drama 'Queen of Coal', which follows Argentinian trans miner Carla Antonella Rodríguez
Netflix is to break new ground with its upcoming release, Queen of Coal, a powerful drama that celebrates resilience, identity, and the fight against entrenched gender norms. Inspired by real events, the series follows Carlita, a trans woman determined to pursue her dream of working in the coal mines of
www.scenemag.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Netflix to release powerful drama 'Queen of Coal', which follows Argentinian trans miner Carla Antonella Rodríguez
www.scenemag.co.uk/n...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.scenemag.co.uk/n...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Daily puzzle on chess.com was so tricky today - I completely fell for the obvious and missed the solution #chess
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December 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social ballot opens next week to stop a pay freeze @northumbriauni.bsky.social. Just getting in early, ya filthy animals... @ucu.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social ballot opens next week to stop a pay freeze @northumbriauni.bsky.social. Just getting in early, ya filthy animals... @ucu.org.uk @ducu.bsky.social @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ducuuo.bsky.social @umucu.bsky.social @uswucu.bsky.social
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The UK Peggie ruling concluded that the supreme court judgment did not make it inherently unlawful for a trans female to use a female changing room at work.
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Does the NHS trans doctor ruling mean there is no bathroom ban?
Some businesses still waiting for final EHRC guidance while firms that moved early to exclude trans people show no sign of backtracking
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The UK Peggie ruling concluded that the supreme court judgment did not make it inherently unlawful for a trans female to use a female changing room at work.
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
www.theguardian.com/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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Over a dozen leading mental health charities, including Mind, Samaritans, and the Centre for Mental Health, have written to the government saying they “deeply concerned”, warning the proposed EHRC guidance on the EA2010 on single-sex spaces poses a “major risk” to the mental health of trans people.
Charities warn new single-sex space guidance poses ‘major risk’ to mental health of trans people
Leading charities including Mind and Samaritans say they are ‘deeply concerned’ by proposed guidance
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December 12, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Over a dozen leading mental health charities, including Mind, Samaritans, and the Centre for Mental Health, have written to the government saying they “deeply concerned”, warning the proposed EHRC guidance on the EA2010 on single-sex spaces poses a “major risk” to the mental health of trans people.
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All the claims against Dr. Beth Upton failed.
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
December 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All the claims against Dr. Beth Upton failed.
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
She’s entirely vindicated and her evidence was found more reliable.
Let’s see if a single paper actually represents that fairly…
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Peggie tried to portray to the world that Dr Upton was hostile invader of the women's changeroom (Peggie and Maya failed badly). The court found Peggie’s and Maya’s evidence as totally unreliable.
Dr Upton was cleared of no wrongdoing. Her evidence was considered reliable.
Dr Upton was cleared of no wrongdoing. Her evidence was considered reliable.
December 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Peggie tried to portray to the world that Dr Upton was hostile invader of the women's changeroom (Peggie and Maya failed badly). The court found Peggie’s and Maya’s evidence as totally unreliable.
Dr Upton was cleared of no wrongdoing. Her evidence was considered reliable.
Dr Upton was cleared of no wrongdoing. Her evidence was considered reliable.
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My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
Also worth noting, the Tribunal found that Sandie Peggie had harassed Dr Beth Upton in a "hate incident".
December 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
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Our media's reporting of trans issues is poisonous, unhinged, a betrayal by those who pretend to report impartially, and shamefully reminiscent of other hate propagandising throughout the last century. I'm surprised to see it in the UK but I need to learn that it is, since Brexit, just who we are.
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Our media's reporting of trans issues is poisonous, unhinged, a betrayal by those who pretend to report impartially, and shamefully reminiscent of other hate propagandising throughout the last century. I'm surprised to see it in the UK but I need to learn that it is, since Brexit, just who we are.
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EXCLUSIVE - Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/05/girlguiding-leaders-trans-ban/?utm_content=1765263600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban
Girlguiding leaders have told PinkNews they refuse to enforce a new policy banning trans girls from their groups.
www.thepinknews.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 AM
EXCLUSIVE - Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/05/girlguiding-leaders-trans-ban/?utm_content=1765263600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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“Partial victory” is such an upbeat way of saying “almost every part of this case was dismissed except one bit”
December 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“Partial victory” is such an upbeat way of saying “almost every part of this case was dismissed except one bit”
I watched both the @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and @channel4news.bsky.social segments on the result in this case and neither saw fit to mention this part of the judgement
My thread earlier focused on the discussion re. FWS - but I just want to draw this out really explicitly:
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
The press absolutely monstered Dr Beth Upton in the most appalling way – only for the Tribunal to find that Beth had done nothing wrong, but that Sandie Peggie had harassed her.
Also worth noting, the Tribunal found that Sandie Peggie had harassed Dr Beth Upton in a "hate incident".
December 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I watched both the @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social and @channel4news.bsky.social segments on the result in this case and neither saw fit to mention this part of the judgement
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Last week, staff at the University of Derby were out on strike over more than 250 planned redundancies.
Yesterday’s Canary piece digs into what happened on the picket lines, from student support to staff anger at the chaotic, unclear process from management.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Yesterday’s Canary piece digs into what happened on the picket lines, from student support to staff anger at the chaotic, unclear process from management.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
UCU members strike at Derby University over 'punitive' job cuts
UCU members at Derby University worry about losing their jobs before Christmas, as one person says "we are here to defend our colleagues"
www.thecanary.co
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Last week, staff at the University of Derby were out on strike over more than 250 planned redundancies.
Yesterday’s Canary piece digs into what happened on the picket lines, from student support to staff anger at the chaotic, unclear process from management.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Yesterday’s Canary piece digs into what happened on the picket lines, from student support to staff anger at the chaotic, unclear process from management.
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
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A Mainichi Shimbun survey of four-year women's universities across Japan has found that six schools now recognize transgender women as eligible for admission.
mainichi.jp/english/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
mainichi.jp/english/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
More women's universities in Japan open doors to transgender women, survey finds
FUKUOKA -- A Mainichi Shimbun survey of four-year women's universities across Japan has found that six schools now recognize transgender women -- stud
mainichi.jp
December 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A Mainichi Shimbun survey of four-year women's universities across Japan has found that six schools now recognize transgender women as eligible for admission.
mainichi.jp/english/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
mainichi.jp/english/...
#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
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In yet more devastating news, the VC has confirmed her plans to cut 80% of academic staff from Essex Pathways, our foundation year department. This would effectively close down all our existing foundation year programmes through the back door.
But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.
But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.
December 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In yet more devastating news, the VC has confirmed her plans to cut 80% of academic staff from Essex Pathways, our foundation year department. This would effectively close down all our existing foundation year programmes through the back door.
But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.
But it's not a done deal yet. Please share urgently.