Mika, still in flux

Photo of a sticker on the back of a laptop. Big text says “No Nazis in Valhalla.” In the center a twisty Nordic image of a serpent biting its tail surrounds three downward pointing arrows (an anti-white-supremacist symbol). Text in runes on the serpent’s body repeats (for those who can read runes) the phrase “Nazis fuck off.”

Yep. Active resistance is the only path for reclaiming what they’re doing to the myths, as well as the only safe way to spot an ally.

(Sticker from Etsy. My usual response when people comment is “I don’t think the mixed-race, genderqueer, disabled Allfather is going to like Nazis much, do you?”

Yup, it's our local.

For over a year two BBC Newsnight journalists have abused the trust placed in them by the public to spread undue fear and mistrust in clinical experts through biased, misleading and sometimes outright false claims.

If you want to read more about how BBC Newsnight actively worked as agents of anti-trans propaganda - platforming misinformation and working as a lobby platform to influence anti-trans policies - you can read more from the excellent @simonwhitten.bsky.social here:

👉 archive.is/Z8deW

Quote: Ms Hutchison said she hoped more people would "stand up" against the ideology behind the policy, adding: "It's now time for people to raise their head above the parapet and speak out against this."

The existence of trans people is not an "ideology", BBC. It is a reality and one which Parliament has recognized.

(Entirely typical of the BBC that, confronted by a populist right attack, they will show willing by dumping on trans people. Weak with the strong, strong with the weak, as always.)

Alt text: Screenshot of a social media post on X (formerly Twitter). At the top is a tweet by a verified account named “Richard Hanania,” saying: “It’s become clear that an obsession with trans stuff, while looking somewhat reasonable at the time, was a red flag for having real psychological issues.” Below it is an embedded tweet from another verified account, “Matt Walsh,” dated Nov 10, stating: “This is correct. Everything that’s happened over the past two months has signaled to the left that assassinations work. Take out one of our leaders and we’ll start eating each other. That’s the message we’ve conveyed, loud and clear. And it puts us in serious …” The bottom of the screenshot shows the timestamp, date, and view count.

We fucking told you so.

I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago.

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”

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Tweet by Joyce Carol Oates: "wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation. QT of @avidreader1000 Wherever he goes, he wants to leave: SA, Canada, ultimately the U.S. in the long run, based on his behavior. This also includes Earth. A continuous disavowal of your home is odd, to say the least. He seems to have no c...

“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”

Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.

How many trans people have the BBC had on this week discussing the BBC's pro-trans bias?

Zero.

Would just like to point out that Anna Waehre, the researcher here mentioned as guilty of grievous research ethics violations targeting trans minors was a panelist in a SEGM conference last year with a large number of other abuse apologists.

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.

"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."

Revealing division in my timeline between (1) my insider friends who have lived privileged lives who are very keen that we defend the BBC and think it's important it survives and (2) my outsider friends who feel (at best) ambivalent about the BBC's survival.

I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

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So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC.

Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points!

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▫️State-specific variations, annual adjustments & household income can affect max amount

▫️Walmart's net profit (end of 1/25): $19.44B

▫️$3.00/hr raise would reduce or eliminate SNAP for some but, it wouldn't make it uneeded for all ⬇️ income individuals or families

#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory

James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews 18h Brand new show hosted by @Kathbum with @MaisieAdam & @lewis_goodall tonight at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer! Graham Linehan @Glinner Kath is a handmaiden. Louis is a NPC misinformation node. lan Hislop is all three of the three wise monkeys. Sounds like a banger! @MulvilleJimmy you crumbling old pier.

sorry for all the glinner posting over the last few days. but he’s such an ass

it’s baffling to me that he hasn’t yet figured out that demanding women agree with him, a cisgender bloke, is demanding that they be his ‘handmaidens’

…and also that ‘handmaiden’ is a misogynist slur in this context. 🙄

Something worth noting: Rockstar is leaning HEAVILY on the excuse that the unionising employees were "leaking private company information"

They want people to assume this means game info or assets.

But I will bet you CASH MONEY this translates to:

'they were comparing salaries and work contracts"

NION Women Rejects Anti-Trans Narrative at Kenwood Ladies Pond Image of women swimming in the wild

🏊‍♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.

In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.

Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.

1/5

"Don't Be a Sucker" by the US War Department (1947)

The film follows a young American, drawn in by a speaker promising an end to jobs for minorities and removing foreigners. He encounters a Hungarian professor who explains this is how Nazis grab power for themselves.

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Don't talk to the New York Times about trans issues. They will betray your trust and use your story to undermine access to care. That's exactly what Azeen Ghorayshi did with families of trans kids in Missouri.

Commissioners (Up to 4), Equality and Human Rights Commission Contents Summary About the appointment Person specification Application and selection process Additional information for candidates Attachments Summary Organisation Equality and Human Rights Commission Sponsor department Cabinet Office Location Various Sectors Public Administration Skills Audit and Risk, Communication, Legal, Regulation Number of vacancies 4 Time commitment 25 day(s) per annum Remuneration £400 per day Length of term 4 Years Application deadline Midday on 1 December 2025

The job adverts for EHRC Commissioners (4 posts) are finally out.
Deadline: 1st December.
If you, or anyone you know, feels brave enough to apply, please do consider putting in an application!

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Its funny how Muslims, leftists and trans people were being blamed for Harris losing the election in 2024.

Then, a year later, the most popular politician in the country is Muslim democratic socialist who expresses full throated support for trans people.

Almost like it was never our fault🤔

Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Incredible piece of data research and reporting on the undeniable biased and intentionally manipulated X algorithm.

The article talks about how it influences the visibility of prominent, powerful political parties.

Now think about how it impacts already marginalised & targeted trans people! 😣

Purple or magenta might also have a good effect.

Shambo of Luxembourg@...・23h Wow, this transwoman on Only Connect is particularly unconvincing Graham Linehan @Glin... • 20h Replying to @Glinner Hey, @VictoriaCoren should 'Emily' be allowed in women's sports and spaces? What about female-only shelters and rape crisis centres? A yes or no will suffice! Victoria Coren Mitchell @ 1h Replying to @Glinner In my experience, Graham, *nothing* will suffice to stop you pestering me. You seem to really want a rise out of me, and I'm not someone who's comfortable with anger. Only Connect is just a harmless quiz show. I try to ignore your relentless messages like I would with any other troll. But on this occasion, out of respect for the friendly relationship we used to have and the brilliant writer you used to be, I will ask you one more time to please, please, please, leave us alone. If you are still in there somewhere: stop it. You MUST be better than this.

there’s a trans woman on ‘only connect’ and graham linehan is hassling victoria coren over it.

i like how he thinks he can out-fox a three time world poker champion by laying down a dipshit ultimatum and then saying ‘a simple yes or no will suffice’ like the dumbass debate-me-bro he’s become.

Thinking about Ffreedom of speech and the paradox of tolerance, I’m reminded of the line

“The night watchman breaks curfew”

The BBC are dragging up the whole Kate Clanchy affair, four years later, with a SIX part podcast.

There is no public interest reason for this, and they are just going to retraumatise the victims: the people who criticised Clanchy.

One of them has already started receiving hate mail again.

Here’s my my pitch for why you care about your state attorney general.

The entire conservative judicial machine *depends* on conservative state attorney generals.

John Roberts can’t take a case asking to destroy voting rights if a state attorney generals doesn’t bring it.

The average US taxpayer spends $36 a year on SNAP

You know what they spend on corporate subsidies? $670

Poor and disabled people who need food are not the problem

If you’re angry about “your money” feeding people but not angry it’s giving tax cuts to the wealthy?

You’re doing their dirty work.