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freelance investigative journalist, 2024 British Journalism Awards nominee fact-checker & subeditor @tbij.bsky.social they/them

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Grok Exposed a Porn Performer’s Legal Name and Birthdateβ€”Without Even Being Asked In the latest in a string of privacy abuses from the chatbot, Grok provided porn performer Siri Dahl's full legal name and birthdate to the public, information she'd protected until now.

In the latest in a string of privacy abuses from the chatbot, Grok provided porn performer Siri Dahl's full legal name and birthdate to the public, information she'd protected until now.

19.02.2026 16:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1368    πŸ” 452    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 96

Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.

Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.

16.02.2026 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2743    πŸ” 616    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 69
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The campaign against the Jewish left With aggressive tactics, double standards, and its charity status under investigation, the Campaign Against Antisemitism fails to live up to its name

From demonising left-wing Jews, to promoting emigration to Israel, contributing writer Sasha Baker probes what the Campaign Against Antisemitism is really campaigning against. www.vashtimedia.com/the-campaign...

13.02.2026 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's devastating to me how much public money is being wasted in the British legal system purely on maintaining maximally destructive stances on human rights in service to the political ideology of the regime.

13.02.2026 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1047    πŸ” 245    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 5
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High Court rules on lawfulness of the EHRC’s interim guidance High Court decides services may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities – but the fight for trans rights continues

The High Court has ruled on our challenge to the EHRC’s interim guidance.

The judgment contains some good news for trans rights – but plenty of bad.

Read our analysis
goodlawproject.org/update/high-...

13.02.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 189    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 31
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The campaign against the Jewish left With aggressive tactics, double standards, and its charity status under investigation, the Campaign Against Antisemitism fails to live up to its name

I wrote about the Campaign Against Antisemitism, the Jews it doesn't want you to hear from and the right-wing antisemitism it ignores for @vashtimedia.bsky.social

www.vashtimedia.com/the-campaign...

13.02.2026 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
As a reminder: The group has successfully challenged the ban, but expressing support for Palestine Action or taking part in its activities remains a serious criminal offence.

As a reminder: The group has successfully challenged the ban, but expressing support for Palestine Action or taking part in its activities remains a serious criminal offence.

Love that the High Court ruled that prescribing Palestine Action as a terrorist group was unlawful but as they also ruled the ban must remain in place until a future hearing, the BBC must remind its reader that expressing support for them will get you arrested.

Normal country.

13.02.2026 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 557    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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High court rules ban on Palestine Action is unlawful – live Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws

Massive vindication for Palestine Action and for all of us who pointed to this huge government overreach. Those held for many months without bail must be released today. Time for a total reset away from this authoritarian bullsh*t www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

13.02.2026 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The state must now back down and end the ban on Palestine Action. The continuing proscription is an abuse of freedom of expression and assembly

13.02.2026 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

May Labour's Yvette Cooper, the former Home Secretary, be remembered always as the politician who imposed the ban at the behest of Britain's powerful weapons industry, so it could continue to profit from the deliberate massacre of the people of Gaza

13.02.2026 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 275    πŸ” 115    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8

Today's decision is, however a massive vindication of all those who argued the ban was a deliberate attempt to silence and criminalise the dissenting voices of campaigners trying to save lives by shutting down the suppliers of Israeli genocide.

13.02.2026 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 143    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

With a crushing sense of inevitability.

Thousands - literally thousands - arrested, people imprisoned for months. All for - optics?

13.02.2026 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 101    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

This is state-mandated child abuse, insisted upon by the Labour Party.

12.02.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We need to build a body of energy to support non-compliance with this hateful guidance.

We need to build pockets of protection & safety for trans pupils.

We are in 'try & help trans kids survive' mode.

13.02.2026 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Trans kids are already pushed out of education. Denied qualifications. Denied a future.

This will push so many more trans kids out of education entirely.

How can I send my own daughter to school with this law in place? She would not cope.

12.02.2026 17:53 β€” πŸ‘ 692    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I am one of the most published academics on the childhood social transition, with 5 peer reviewed articles that relate to the topic.

There is so much evidence of benefit of social transition.

There is no evidence of harm. Not one jot.

This will literally kill trans kids. No exaggeration.

12.02.2026 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1307    πŸ” 356    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 11

It announces:

Heavy restrictions on any social transition (which in any case would be very limited, see above).
Social transition to be hardly ever allowed at primary school.
Heavily pushed under psychological scrutiny.
Supportive parents deemed suspect & linked to need for safeguarding.

12.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 620    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 10

New School Guidance announces:

Full bathroom ban.
Full PE ban.
Full school trip accommodation ban.

Trans kids will not go to the bathroom, do PE or go on any school trips. 1/

12.02.2026 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 987    πŸ” 382    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 217
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Early resistance matters.

12.02.2026 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 5

This whole thread.

12.02.2026 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.

In a functional country, this would be a scandal. A service suffering only from chronic underfunding was ripped apart because the media created a myth of 1000s of complaints of malpractice. The truth - as in my family’s experience - was very different.
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...

12.02.2026 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 634    πŸ” 263    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 10

The brief mention of Farage's extensive antisemitic harassment of Dulwich students elides testimony of 24+ ex-students, e.g. Farage calling Peter Ettedgui a 'stupid Yid', goose-stepping around the playground chanting 'Oswald Ernald Mosely' (then-leader of the British Union of Fascists), and so on.

11.02.2026 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 63    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

I bet if Labour had a 1922 committee-equivalent Starmer would be gone by now. Seems unlike them not to to create a mechanism for anonymous backstabbing. Then again, maybe if they did no leader would last a fortnight

10.02.2026 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is incredibly funny to try because even if it *was* true, then it would mean Streeting was defending Mandleson in September for the love of the game.

09.02.2026 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 757    πŸ” 222    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 4

Right, but just to clarify, you did not appoint Peter Mandelson, because you were not Prime Minister.

08.02.2026 14:35 β€” πŸ‘ 519    πŸ” 97    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 4
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Labour minister was provided with intelligence files on journalists Exclusive: Material gathered was personally given to Josh Simons when chair of pro-Starmer thinktank, say sources

Exclusive: Cabinet Office minister Josh Simons was provided with intelligence files gathered on journalists (including me) who had reported on Labour Together, the thinktank he chaired at the time (before he became an MP), sources say.

Know more about this story? Contact me, Signal: henrydyer.01

06.02.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 10
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U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.

This is unconscionable. Palestinian immigrants to the U.S., like all immigrants, should never be detained and deported without due process, or denied the right to communicate with their loved ones and with lawyers.

06.02.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a post from an account called β€œGoyim Bureau of Investigation,” labeled as a parody account. The post shows a two panel meme using a man standing at a whiteboard. In the first panel, text on the board reads β€œThe world is run by Jewish pedophiles.” In the second panel, the text reads β€œWe need to do more than just post edgy memes. It’s time for physical removal.” The figure’s face is replaced with a skull-like cartoon with glowing red eyes and a black helmet bearing a fascist-style symbol. The post includes engagement metrics showing over 100,000 views.

Screenshot of a post from an account called β€œGoyim Bureau of Investigation,” labeled as a parody account. The post shows a two panel meme using a man standing at a whiteboard. In the first panel, text on the board reads β€œThe world is run by Jewish pedophiles.” In the second panel, the text reads β€œWe need to do more than just post edgy memes. It’s time for physical removal.” The figure’s face is replaced with a skull-like cartoon with glowing red eyes and a black helmet bearing a fascist-style symbol. The post includes engagement metrics showing over 100,000 views.

Screenshot of a tweet by David Miller stating that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad superspy and referring to a so-called β€œJewish Empire.” The tweet claims that media institutions protect Jewish power and compares mainstream media unfavorably to online influencers. Below the tweet is an embedded post from β€œSneako Updates” showing a paused video clip from Piers Morgan Uncensored, with multiple commentators on screen and Sneako appearing in a smaller window. Engagement metrics show tens of thousands of views.

Screenshot of a tweet by David Miller stating that Jeffrey Epstein was a Mossad superspy and referring to a so-called β€œJewish Empire.” The tweet claims that media institutions protect Jewish power and compares mainstream media unfavorably to online influencers. Below the tweet is an embedded post from β€œSneako Updates” showing a paused video clip from Piers Morgan Uncensored, with multiple commentators on screen and Sneako appearing in a smaller window. Engagement metrics show tens of thousands of views.

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The Epstein files are real. The antisemitism they're fueling is also real.

And right now, the second part is getting almost no attention.

04.02.2026 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 475    πŸ” 196    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 35

Mandelson’s malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.

Not least in the govt’s NHS data deal with Palantir – a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be β€˜ripped up.’

I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.

05.02.2026 12:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2369    πŸ” 866    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 72

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