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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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This strikes me as pretty bad
October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This strikes me as pretty bad
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Detained people without lawyers are only given a few days' notice of the intention to send them to France. In this time they need to find a lawyer, who will then need to gather evidence and consider whether there is a claim. Of course court applications are being made only shortly before removal.
Shabana Mahmood accuses asylum seekers of making ‘vexatious, last-minute claims’
Shabana Mahmood accuses asylum seekers of making ‘vexatious, last-minute claims’
Home Office says it will review modern slavery laws to save PM’s ‘one in, one out’ returns deal with France
Shabana Mahmood has accused asylum seekers of making “vexatious, last-minute claims” to avoid removal to France as the Home Office said it would review modern slavery laws to save Keir Starmer’s returns deal.
After an 11th hour injunction that scuppered Labour’s “one in, one out” scheme, the home secretary said she would stop claimants “suddenly deciding that they are a modern slave on the eve of their removal”, adding that it made a “mockery of our laws and this country’s generosity”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Detained people without lawyers are only given a few days' notice of the intention to send them to France. In this time they need to find a lawyer, who will then need to gather evidence and consider whether there is a claim. Of course court applications are being made only shortly before removal.
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We’re peacefully protesting for our neighbors. What does ICE do?
Pick us up and throw us on the ground. No arrest, no identification, no process.
Pick us up and throw us on the ground. No arrest, no identification, no process.
September 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
We’re peacefully protesting for our neighbors. What does ICE do?
Pick us up and throw us on the ground. No arrest, no identification, no process.
Pick us up and throw us on the ground. No arrest, no identification, no process.
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I’m officially scared.
Because of this ONE tweet being afraid of potential reverberations of right wing political violence from this — something many others have said — I’m now the first result on a website called “charliesmurderers.”
This is putting me in genuine danger.
What the fuck do I do
Because of this ONE tweet being afraid of potential reverberations of right wing political violence from this — something many others have said — I’m now the first result on a website called “charliesmurderers.”
This is putting me in genuine danger.
What the fuck do I do
September 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I’m officially scared.
Because of this ONE tweet being afraid of potential reverberations of right wing political violence from this — something many others have said — I’m now the first result on a website called “charliesmurderers.”
This is putting me in genuine danger.
What the fuck do I do
Because of this ONE tweet being afraid of potential reverberations of right wing political violence from this — something many others have said — I’m now the first result on a website called “charliesmurderers.”
This is putting me in genuine danger.
What the fuck do I do
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Researchers at Oxford University are recruiting caregivers of LGBT+ youth for a study on stigma & family relationships. It is an online survey that takes 20-30 minutes, and all answers are anonymised. Please visit : psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#TransResearch #LGBTQResearch
#TransResearch #LGBTQResearch
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Researchers at Oxford University are recruiting caregivers of LGBT+ youth for a study on stigma & family relationships. It is an online survey that takes 20-30 minutes, and all answers are anonymised. Please visit : psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
#TransResearch #LGBTQResearch
#TransResearch #LGBTQResearch
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When I was announced as the lead in a Doctor Who spinoff in 2023 Graham Linehan tweeted about me for TWO DAYS, tagging the BBC and others to say that I am pro-child abuse and they shouldn't work with me.
September 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
When I was announced as the lead in a Doctor Who spinoff in 2023 Graham Linehan tweeted about me for TWO DAYS, tagging the BBC and others to say that I am pro-child abuse and they shouldn't work with me.
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really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
August 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
really feels like housing affordability is one of the most important political issues of our time, affecting nearly every aspect of our lives, and everyday our mainstream political discourse is about whether sour cream is woke or not
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I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.
August 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.
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Fiiiine, apparently half my readers enjoy an info dump, so here we go!
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
I THINK they’re mad because of the hardscaping? Not entirely sure.
(One guy tried to claim it didn’t store CO2. Do you want a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration? Because this is how you get a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration.)
(One guy tried to claim it didn’t store CO2. Do you want a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration? Because this is how you get a lecture on prairie carbon sequestration.)
July 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Fiiiine, apparently half my readers enjoy an info dump, so here we go!
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
Grasslands Sequester Carbon Too or “Why trees are not the be-all and end-all.”
Ahem. *takes a sip of water*
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Remember: if you're on lithium, hot weather and dehydration can change the blood levels. If you know someone on lithium, check on them.
Also, if you happen to be bipolar, consistent bright sunlight may trigger a hypomanic or manic episode.
Basically, check on each other and support as necessary.
Also, if you happen to be bipolar, consistent bright sunlight may trigger a hypomanic or manic episode.
Basically, check on each other and support as necessary.
July 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Remember: if you're on lithium, hot weather and dehydration can change the blood levels. If you know someone on lithium, check on them.
Also, if you happen to be bipolar, consistent bright sunlight may trigger a hypomanic or manic episode.
Basically, check on each other and support as necessary.
Also, if you happen to be bipolar, consistent bright sunlight may trigger a hypomanic or manic episode.
Basically, check on each other and support as necessary.
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I don’t condone calls for violence, but there’s something quite disturbing about the juxtaposition of these headlines.
How about launching a criminal investigation into the killing of civilians in Gaza, and focusing less on words than actions?
How about launching a criminal investigation into the killing of civilians in Gaza, and focusing less on words than actions?
June 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I don’t condone calls for violence, but there’s something quite disturbing about the juxtaposition of these headlines.
How about launching a criminal investigation into the killing of civilians in Gaza, and focusing less on words than actions?
How about launching a criminal investigation into the killing of civilians in Gaza, and focusing less on words than actions?
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A bunch of lawyers and polis sat around and discussed the logistics of how to thoroughly dehumanise trans women even more and came up with "Wan polis fur breests and another yin fur boabies."
June 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A bunch of lawyers and polis sat around and discussed the logistics of how to thoroughly dehumanise trans women even more and came up with "Wan polis fur breests and another yin fur boabies."
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A meme of US Vice President JD Vance depicted as a baby was held up in the Dáil today by Labour leader Ivana Bacik.
jrnl.ie/6743403t
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Ivana Bacik holds up meme of bald baby JD Vance in the Dáil
Bacik said the meme was “amusing” and that the US clampdown on visa’s is “authoritarian”.
jrnl.ie
June 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A meme of US Vice President JD Vance depicted as a baby was held up in the Dáil today by Labour leader Ivana Bacik.
jrnl.ie/6743403t
jrnl.ie/6743403t
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From when I recovered from surgery until the UK's Supreme Court ruling - about 5 years - I had this amazing period in my life where I really felt free. I dunno how else to describe it. I still had the stress, horror and fear of fighting for trans rights and the grim stuff GCs subjected me to, but...
June 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
From when I recovered from surgery until the UK's Supreme Court ruling - about 5 years - I had this amazing period in my life where I really felt free. I dunno how else to describe it. I still had the stress, horror and fear of fighting for trans rights and the grim stuff GCs subjected me to, but...
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Farage and the far right in general come from a grievance culture. If you do what they want, even maximally – Brexit – they’ll move the goalposts and keep moaning. If you engage seriously with their concerns, they’ll find new ones. You will never satisfy them, because they don’t want to be satisfied
The problem with this ‘let’s weaken our commitment to the ECHR so as to fend off Farage’ plan is that when it doesn’t work, we end up with Farage *and* a weakened commitment to the ECHR at exactly the moment we need the ECHR the most.
June 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Farage and the far right in general come from a grievance culture. If you do what they want, even maximally – Brexit – they’ll move the goalposts and keep moaning. If you engage seriously with their concerns, they’ll find new ones. You will never satisfy them, because they don’t want to be satisfied
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ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
Whoa! NYC mayoral candidate and current city Comptroller Brad Lander seemingly arrested at the NYC immigration court while attending to escort someone attending their hearing.
Lander just got detained by federal agents as he tried to escort a man out of the courtroom. Lander was taken in an elevator with masked agents, along with one member of his NYPD security detail.
June 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
ICE just arrested Brad Lander, the NYC Comptroller and one of the leading candidates for Mayor, without grounds.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
He was conducting routine immigration court work, escorting individuals from hearings.
He asked ICE for their warrant - well within his legal rights.
This is political intimidation.
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We have lost all contact with our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza, communications have been cut off.
This morning, for the first time in months, we did not receive their morning messages to say, "good morning" and "we are fine/alive".
We anxiously await to hear from our colleagues.
This morning, for the first time in months, we did not receive their morning messages to say, "good morning" and "we are fine/alive".
We anxiously await to hear from our colleagues.
June 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We have lost all contact with our UNRWA colleagues in Gaza, communications have been cut off.
This morning, for the first time in months, we did not receive their morning messages to say, "good morning" and "we are fine/alive".
We anxiously await to hear from our colleagues.
This morning, for the first time in months, we did not receive their morning messages to say, "good morning" and "we are fine/alive".
We anxiously await to hear from our colleagues.
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So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
May 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS.
Please read and share this thread.
Please read and share this thread.
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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🚘 FREE DRIVING LESSONS FOR REFUGEES?!
If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone.
But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why.
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If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone.
But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why.
🧵
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May 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
🚘 FREE DRIVING LESSONS FOR REFUGEES?!
If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone.
But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why.
🧵
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If you've seen those headlines and felt a twinge of outrage, you're not alone.
But let's take a closer look at who's actually getting these lessons and why.
🧵
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