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I'm still just populating my follow list from Twitter. If anybody has a recommend, please hit me up. Queer disabled socialist. You know the sort of thing.

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Bridget Phillipson unable to tell trans woman which toilet she should use A video online shows Bridget Phillipson awkwardly responding to a trans student's question of where she is allowed to pee.

Equalities minister Bridget Phillipson unable to tell trans woman which toilet she should use
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/10/21/bridget-phillipson-trans-student-asks/?utm_content=1761204000&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

23.10.2025 07:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 74    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

Yes, the actor who takes a role in any Harry Potter work is telling you that they are a bigot - let's not couch it - and that they aren't safe people to invite to LGBT+ events, spaces, or interact socially with LGBT+ people, and you should protect LGBT+ people from them in future.

23.10.2025 08:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 218    ๐Ÿ” 62    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Donate to Help Fund My Gender Affirming Surgery and Recovery, organized by Emmy C Hi, I'm Emmy. I'm a trans woman looking to get gender affirming surgery in Aโ€ฆ Emmy C needs your support for Help Fund My Gender Affirming Surgery and Recovery

Emmy is an amazing young woman trying to progress her transition and help to alleviate some of her dysphoria. Sadly, the NHS waiting times are having a devastating impact on the lives of trans folk, especially trans youth. If you can, please donate and share this.

gofund.me/4387c659d

22.10.2025 20:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I believe in you.

22.10.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
MEMBERSHIP DOUBLED
With photo featuring Zack Polanski, Anthony Slaughter, Mothin Ali, Tessa Marshall and lots of Green Party activists!
Green Party
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

MEMBERSHIP DOUBLED With photo featuring Zack Polanski, Anthony Slaughter, Mothin Ali, Tessa Marshall and lots of Green Party activists! Green Party Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of The Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

๐Ÿšจ BREAKING ๐Ÿšจ

๐Ÿ“ˆ Since the election of our new leadership team, our membership has doubled, now sitting at more than 140,000.

And this is just the beginning: join.greenparty.org.uk

22.10.2025 17:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 802    ๐Ÿ” 276    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 53

Sunday President diarrheas on the country, Monday President bulldozes White House, Tuesday President steals $230 million, Wednesday President... fucks a horse? Let's see if he fucks a horse.

21.10.2025 22:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29649    ๐Ÿ” 5818    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1583    ๐Ÿ“Œ 373

i hate the dishonesty of this post

labour have released a statement that is every bit as racist

the most bigoted government of my life. tired of labour mps like stella refusing to acknowledge that fact

โ€˜blue labourโ€™ are far right pricks. donโ€™t come at me w/ reform

get your own house in order

22.10.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 93    ๐Ÿ” 17    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This great thread points to *yet another* way that "Gender Critical" beliefs are actually antithetical to women's rights.

If you ask about trans men, and why they seem to be in favour of denying those people - that *they* insist are still women - bodily autonomy, then watch them change the subject.

22.10.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society

Social security is a human right.

When it's torn away fear and division fill the gap.

amn.st/63329A7uPZ

22.10.2025 11:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 70    ๐Ÿ” 36    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

OJ ignoring disabled people yet again?

At least he's not joining in with the #ItWasAScam nonsense this time round.

22.10.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The interviewer asks @zackpolanski.bsky.social if he's worried about splitting the left vote & whether the best way to beat the right is to vote Labour.

Zack: "The idea that the Labour party are on the left is completely incoherent"

22.10.2025 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1931    ๐Ÿ” 529    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62    ๐Ÿ“Œ 96
Greens policies hold grave dangers and must be taken seriously.

Greens policies hold grave dangers and must be taken seriously.

Another day. Another clutching of pearls hit piece.

Today courtesy of the Times. I'm not sure if the Daily Mail or the Express are on the rota tomorrow?

You know what to do:

Join.greenparty.org.uk

22.10.2025 07:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1207    ๐Ÿ” 322    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 133    ๐Ÿ“Œ 71

They said it! Green policies would indeed be "ruinous" to British politics, such as it is.

And what it, in fact, *is* is a coup by the neoliberal journalist/political establishment on every election since 1979.

How anyone can doubt this after the shoddy (but effective) tactics in 2019 baffles me.

22.10.2025 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Week 1: What Happened? - Disability Rights Watch Things are happening quickly. We'll include a weekly round up of disability-related concerns, events, and polices on this site. Removal of the "Accessibility" page, and all ASL content from the White ...

I knew a Holocaust survivor who talked about the importance of notetaking under authoritarianism, to track what normal was and how it shifted. Here's that ๐Ÿงต with respect to disability, itself a canary in the fascist coal mine: www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/09/w...

23.02.2025 20:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 773    ๐Ÿ” 331    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

You're right.

Every UK GE from 1979 onwards has been a coup led by the journalist/politician class to keep the gravy trains running on time.

20.10.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Picture of a child by a pond 
"Give a man a fish and they'll call you a communist. Teach a man to fish, and they'll call you a communist. So you might as well be a communist."

Picture of a child by a pond "Give a man a fish and they'll call you a communist. Teach a man to fish, and they'll call you a communist. So you might as well be a communist."

Rise and shine this #MarxistMonday

20.10.2025 06:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 88    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He filmed that in Bargoed in broad daylight.

I am not advocating for it, only confidently predicting that violence will likely occur to his person or property.

They sell milkshakes in Iceland, don't they?
#FuckLabour

19.10.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

His comments about what the right-wing will do about disabled people (and invisible disabilities) was spot-on *and* make Davey look like the tosser we know he is.

Polanski was once a Lib Dem, but he could eventually smell the viper piss in that diamond.

I can only hope.

19.10.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Disabled Lib Dem MP Steve Darling is in the wrong party.

Defect to the greens, Steve.

19.10.2025 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Well done Starmer, you played another political blinder.

19.10.2025 20:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 430    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Their profile contains several massive clues, let alone their posts.

I think the response you're looking for is, "aw shit, sorry. My bad."

19.10.2025 21:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
'Jason Momoa sneaking up to Henry Cavill' meme with

GREEN PARTY MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS 'sneaking up on' CONSERVATIVE PARTY MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS

Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

'Jason Momoa sneaking up to Henry Cavill' meme with GREEN PARTY MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS 'sneaking up on' CONSERVATIVE PARTY MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ

๐Ÿ‘€

join.greenparty.org.uk

18.10.2025 11:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 606    ๐Ÿ” 125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Stella, your own government ignores consultation and debate every chance it gets.

Digital ID is loathed? Ignored.

Labour votes to recognise genocide? Ignored.

PA action proscription was unpopular? Ignore, arrest & silence everyone.

All peer reviews say Cass review is nonsense? Ignored.

18.10.2025 09:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 120    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Having been born in Caerphilly and lived in it for decades, I have to say that it is populated with mostly thick bastards who couldn't be persuaded to breathe in to save their lives.

Reform have got it in the bag.

17.10.2025 20:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
16.10.2025 20:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 111    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I believe that Ian Austin is the subject of the rumours that penetrated the Internet (a few posts on Twitter and "WOOF!") while Tom Watson was only suspected of obtaining Quavers in a suspicious fashion.

Well, that's what I heard.

17.10.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Given that Indiana Jones despised both snakes *and* fascists, he'd have had a very hard time with Keir Starmer and the current Labour government tbh

17.10.2025 12:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

(One too many "places" in there, but that's what editing your post on a bus gets you.)

17.10.2025 13:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Proudly ignorant takes should be rarer in the thing that passes for journalism in Britain.

Even the dreadful people you're trying to impress would probably tell you that this is a ridiculous non-starter.

(P.S. Conflating Judaism with Israel or places within Israel places is antisemitism)

17.10.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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