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Stephen Madill

@sadiq-filastin.bsky.social

Socialist, pro-feminist, anti-racism/bigotry, Celtic daft. Work: to end domestic abuse, post in personal capacity. Likes: comedy, food, film, books, fairness. I'm still in "the other place"!

22 Followers  |  63 Following  |  51 Posts  |  Joined: 23.03.2025  |  1.8731

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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.

11.11.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7520    πŸ” 1685    πŸ’¬ 338    πŸ“Œ 117

It is. However it is appalling that the UK government and many others haven't taken the same stance with Israel and continue to provide logistical support for its genocide against Palestinians.

11.11.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The wrongful release of prisoners happened 800 times under the Tories.

The media bias and lack of reference to any past is just hideous.

07.11.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 776    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 6

How is York coping without a Duke and Duchess? Will people in York be ok? Are the jobs advertised locally or will they go again to outsiders?

18.10.2025 06:12 β€” πŸ‘ 854    πŸ” 153    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 11

Taking away women’s sex based rights while claiming not to be taking away women’s sex based rights while under the scrutiny of Parliament, is one hell of a hurdle for them. That’s why they always favoured β€˜no debate’.

18.10.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lords plot to derail Labour’s trans guidance on single-sex spaces Stonewall veterans Lord Cashman and Baroness Hunt are among those seeking to scupper EHRC rules

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
More backroom manueverings by the trans lobby. If you don't like the Equality Act then you can use the democartic process to change it.

Why are they so afraid of having a democratic debate about this?

18.10.2025 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

What hate?

17.10.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh for goodness sake, she wasn't seriously apologising, she was ridiculing the whole notion that JKR should be boycotted. Personally I think she should be applauded.

17.10.2025 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was unconvincing because she wasn't apologising: she was ridiculing the whole notion and consequently has soared in my estimation.

17.10.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So what?

17.10.2025 01:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She sounds very sensible to me....

17.10.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Upstream Battle: Challenging the False Belief Fueling Medical Harm | Mia Hughes
YouTube video by Genspect The Upstream Battle: Challenging the False Belief Fueling Medical Harm | Mia Hughes

Another brilliant speech by Mia Hughes. youtu.be/a8uBdSoQCKQ?...

09.10.2025 18:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is absolutely brilliant!

17.10.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently, they don’t hand out a Nobel Peace Prize to those who negotiated a ceasefire they had sabotaged a year ago just to get elected.

14.10.2025 12:18 β€” πŸ‘ 16452    πŸ” 4580    πŸ’¬ 429    πŸ“Œ 139

You really shouldn't throw such serious baseless allegations around.

16.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She literally did no such thing.

16.10.2025 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What rights does she want to strip you of?

16.10.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My question was about sex, not gender.

03.10.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Stupid's not the first word that springs to mind tbh ...

03.10.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's just awful and utterly reprehensible. And saddening, probably most of all.

03.10.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt Β£122m - dares to claim she’s been β€˜scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧡

01.10.2025 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3050    πŸ” 1239    πŸ’¬ 137    πŸ“Œ 73
Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

β€œIt actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

πŸ’™ RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

02.10.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 32741    πŸ” 6896    πŸ’¬ 483    πŸ“Œ 321

No, I was asking you a question.

02.10.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That depends on the man and the woman. Anyway, I've no idea whether you're a man or a woman. While we're at it, how do you know what sex I am?

02.10.2025 04:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That is one of the most witless takes on anything that I have ever seen. JKR has done so much to support women, girls and children that I would have thought even the most fanatical TRA would baulk at accusing her of being a misogynist.
🀑

30.09.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Anti-Zionist Bear Jew: 'blow it out your ass, you TERF sack of shit. Your grandchildren will never visit you as you die lonely and full of regret'

Anti-Zionist Bear Jew: 'blow it out your ass, you TERF sack of shit. Your grandchildren will never visit you as you die lonely and full of regret'

Just be kind.

02.08.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sandie Peggie and the dangers of gender groupthink A female nurse in Scotland became the focus of a witch hunt that shows how Britain’s institutions have become overcome by an elite ideology

A female nurse in Scotland became the focus of a witch hunt that shows how Britain’s institutions have become overcome by an elite ideology

✏️ @sonia-sodha.bsky.social

31.07.2025 10:01 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 21
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There's nothing unclear about it: that's why you're pΒ‘ssed off with it. But they haven't been granted that opportunity, have they?

30.07.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But that's not exactly true, is it?

30.07.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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