Alcoa slugged $55m over illegal jarrah forest clearing
The US miner illegally destroyed the habitat of endangered black cockatoos for six years.
OMFG Alcoa will pay $55 million through enforceable undertakings cos for 6 YEARS between 2019-2025 they ILLEGALLY CLEARED jarrah forest, including habitat for endangered black cockatoos, for bauxite mining without approvals
18.02.2026 06:04 β π 112 π 58 π¬ 15 π 10
This is why we're still raising funds for our neighbors to shelter in place. Even if ICE left TODAY it's too late for so many people to make their rent if they haven't been able to work.
$3311 / $5900 for 3 neighbors in my small condo building to stay housed for March
Venmo Caz-A
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17.02.2026 21:45 β π 45 π 36 π¬ 1 π 2
It is even more import to submit public comment by midnight TONIGHT to support trans healthcare!! If you have a medical degree or any other expertise, please list that background in your comment!
bsky.app/profile/auts...
17.02.2026 23:05 β π 13 π 8 π¬ 0 π 0
Craft Supplies for Park Slope Women's Shelter
The Park Slope Women's Shelter serves unhoused women with mental health and/or substance-use disorder diagnoses in NYC.
Due to an incident this past year, the shelter is attempting to rebuild and re...
HELLO, FRIENDS!
The women's shelter where I volunteer lost almost all of their art and craft supplies last year. I can't fix everything, but I have a big network here, and so do a lot of you, and I'm pretty sure that together, we can fix this.
www.thingstogetme.com/2169641a9c163
17.02.2026 20:53 β π 325 π 330 π¬ 2 π 8
I feel like cats must be able to recognise us as a different species, cause otherwise why did they develop a different way of communicating to us? Cats meows are mostly for the benefits of humans. They rarely meow at other cats, even kittens. By comparison, they're practically shouting at us.
18.02.2026 00:18 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
it really was a supreme act of cowardice and political stupidity that democrats didnt turn trans rights into a policy pillar like gay marriage after the massive nationwide backlash against north carolinas bathroom ban in 2016
17.02.2026 23:02 β π 497 π 105 π¬ 6 π 5
DHS is holding a sick 2-month old baby in Dilley Detention Center along with hundreds of other children.
βοΈCall Dilley Detention Center
βοΈCall your politicians
We must get this baby out before he deteriorates. Numbers and scripts below.
17.02.2026 23:05 β π 237 π 146 π¬ 7 π 9
More like "Climate Change: They Lied"
17.02.2026 23:09 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Cool, but why should homes be built out of bricks in the first place.
17.02.2026 20:55 β π 12 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0
They're coming for adult care and they're explicit about it.
17.02.2026 21:46 β π 1537 π 497 π¬ 42 π 12
We know that βgender criticalβ transphobes have used their access to power to βparachute inβ anti-trans ideologues into positions of influence specifically to attack trans rights in the UK.
Watch out for them trying to do the same in Europe!
17.02.2026 09:52 β π 44 π 11 π¬ 0 π 0
βGender criticalβ transphobes see legal cases in the UK working their way towards judgement in Europe, and are desperate to poison political opinion before the cases reach the ECtHR.
If the ECtHR rules in favour of trans rights, the right-wing will use it as reason for the UK to leave the ECHR! π
17.02.2026 09:43 β π 81 π 23 π¬ 3 π 2
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Dear
Your Freedom of Information Request
FOI Reference: 15238932
Date: 16 February 2026
Thank you for your request, detailed below, which we received on 19 January 2026.
"1) Does the EHRC hold minutes for meetings with any trans-led or trans- focused groups (excluding general LGBTQI+ groups) in the last 5 years.
For clarity, these could include but are not limited to:
- TransActual
- Translucent/Steph's Place
- Scottish Trans
- Trans legal project
- Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
- Trans Safety Network
- Trans Solidarity Alliance
- Trans Resistance Network
- Trans Exile Network
If so, could you
a) break down how many sets of minutes were recorded per year. (Here 1 "set of minutes" means "minutes for 1 meeting") And
b) name which trans-led or trans-focused organisation these are with." This request is being handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Response
Following a search of our records, we have determined that the information you have requested is not held by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
While the Commission regularly engages with a wide range of stakeholders, including trans-led and trans-focussed civil society organisations where relevant to our work, we do not hold any formal minutes of meetings with the organisations listed in your request within the timeframe specified.
T: 0161 829 8100
E: foi@equalityhumanrights.com
Arndale House, The Arndale Centre Manchester, M4 3AQ
equalityhumanrights.com
T: 0161 829 8100
E: foi@equalityhumanrights.com
Arndale House, The Arndale Centre Manchester, M4 3AQ
equalityhumanrights.com
FOI reveals the EHRC holds zero minutes of meetings with trans-led organisations in the past 5 years.
This is the UKβs 'equality' regulator.
Trans voices are not important enough for the EHRC to keep a record of what was said. This should be a headline in all the papers.
17.02.2026 21:56 β π 534 π 222 π¬ 14 π 10
Palantir Pays Zero Federal Income Tax Despite Explosive Growth, Largely Due to Trump Tax Law
Palantir reported $1.5 billion of U.S. income but paid exactly zero federal income tax in 2025. Despite explosive growth, tax breaks from the Trump tax law helped Palantir avoid paying even a dime of...
The main reason the tech bros & billionaires back Trump. Huge tax breaks, in this case contracts too, basically funded the taxpayer
$1.5 billion of U.S. income - paid exactly zero federal income tax due to of tax breaks largely due to Trumpβs βOne Big Beautiful Billβ passed last year
17.02.2026 22:40 β π 10 π 6 π¬ 0 π 0
From Russia to the far right: the shadowy forces challenging the NHS puberty blockers trial | Good Law Project
CitizenGO is backed by Russian oligarchs and linked to the far right. Good Law Projectβs undercover investigation shows that itβs ramping up its work in the UK.
π¨ You may have seen the news that N Ireland has pulled out of the puberty blocker trial due to a judicial review attempting to halt it.
You may not have seen is that the lawsuit is funded by a global anti-abortion Christian Right group. My investigation: goodlawproject.org/from-russia-...
17.02.2026 12:48 β π 143 π 71 π¬ 2 π 6
BREAKING: I read the new version of the βSave America Actβ (S. 1383) so u donβt have to. Hereβs my summary. Point 1 is new. It requires that all 50 states send their voter rolls to the DHS to run thru DHSβs faulty βSAVEβ voter purge program. Points 6 & 7 are new too. Tell ur Senators #NoOnSAVE 1/
17.02.2026 21:47 β π 3354 π 2348 π¬ 208 π 232
The things Sama'a wants are neither elaborate nor unreasonable. Good memories for her daughters, food on the table for her family, a warm place to sleep. Please give what you can.
chuffed.org/project/157569
17.02.2026 17:47 β π 105 π 168 π¬ 6 π 15
Idaho House Votes, Passes Trans Bathroom Ban In Private Businesses As Bill Rockets Through Legislature
The bathroom ban bill will now go to the senate.
1. Terrible news for trans people in Idaho.
The state's House just passed one of the first private business bathroom bans in the United States.
It allows you to sue any private business that lets trans people pee if you think they're in the wrong bathroom.
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17.02.2026 18:35 β π 876 π 353 π¬ 41 π 55
UNISON calls out EHRC over trans guidance
UNISON, the UK's largest trade union, has called out the EHRC over its interim guidance on single-sex spaces.
@unison.org.uk Thank you so so much π³οΈββ§οΈ
"UNISON, the UKβs largest trade union, has passed a motion condemning the nationβs top equality watchdogβs worrying trans rhetoric."
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/17/u...
17.02.2026 19:54 β π 112 π 28 π¬ 1 π 2
Reform plans to scrap up Equality Act β what it would mean for Britain
Trans people were the canary in the coal mine.
Labour gave tacit approval to ripping up the Equality Act by failing to uphold it or legislate for it when it was under attack from often dark money funded fascist lawfare.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
17.02.2026 17:34 β π 108 π 43 π¬ 5 π 3
Wow.
17.02.2026 03:59 β π 34338 π 15939 π¬ 1216 π 2353
this is my entire reply to the guy who was like "the left isn't happy with AI"
17.02.2026 18:02 β π 252 π 87 π¬ 3 π 1
Tumbler Ridge Is Just the Latest Opportunity for Anti-Trans Hate | The Tyee
Within hours, online warriors launched false attacks.
This rhetoric has become so widespread that GLAAD put out a fact sheet, pointing out that of 5,748 mass shootings in the United States between 2013 and 2025, just five, or 0.1 per cent, were carried out by transgender people. thetyee.ca/News/2026/02...
17.02.2026 15:57 β π 111 π 41 π¬ 0 π 2
Prison-Style Free Speech Censorship Is Coming for the Rest of Us
The outcome of a court case could decide whether the Trump administration can criminalize simply possessing political literature.
"Trump administration is exporting prison-style censorship to the general population."
"While this form of censorship might seem brazenly anti-constitutional to most Americans, it has been the reality faced by incarcerated individuals for decades."
#USA #Censorship #Media #Incarceration #Solitary
17.02.2026 16:50 β π 18 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0
Right wing media has dominated the info space about trans issues. Fox News alone writes more stories about trans people than even LGBTQ news outlets. That doesn't even take into account the influencer space where algo engagement favors this kind of narrative.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/02/fox-...
17.02.2026 18:04 β π 668 π 192 π¬ 14 π 5
(between images of a map showing the nearly 600 No Kings Day events planned for March 28) NO THRONES. NO CROWNS.
NO KINGS.
MARCH 28
NOKINGS.ORG
The map for No Kings Day just went live with nearly 600 peaceful protests planned across all 50 states (including our flagship event in the Twin Cities).
Find your local protest or start a new No Kings event if thereβs currently nothing planned near you: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
17.02.2026 18:11 β π 1180 π 639 π¬ 44 π 40
Boycotts work.
It's why we're told they don't work and that people with a platform "shouldn't be political" yet if enough people are the world can change
17.02.2026 18:12 β π 194 π 47 π¬ 1 π 0
iβve noticed how nothingβs been said about the shooterβs tattoos or extremely far right views espoused on social media (e.g. nick fuentes fandom)
17.02.2026 16:33 β π 419 π 83 π¬ 16 π 14
Content warning for conversion therapy, suicide.
One thing I'd like to add to this is that not only does conversion therapy not work, the academic work that launched an industry of abuse was based on fraud; Rekers and Lovaas' "Sissy Boy" experiment, the child subjected to it later took his own life
17.02.2026 13:46 β π 1259 π 390 π¬ 19 π 8
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