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Louise Lever

@thistledownway.bsky.social

Trans feminist research software engineer, tentatively engaging with social media again. Scared and scarred for life by Twitter and the UK. Anti fascist. she/her. Manchester, UK.

117 Followers  |  365 Following  |  26 Posts  |  Joined: 22.10.2024  |  2.4417

Latest posts by thistledownway.bsky.social on Bluesky

Just the Daily Mail interviewing a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan who happens to be a very prominent journalist and pro-Israel activist without ever disclosing his name or profession because once again the British press is having a normal time when it comes to Israel πŸ‘

06.11.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Turbo charging a 120V Presto hot dogger on 250V.
YouTube video by bigclivedotcom Turbo charging a 120V Presto hot dogger on 250V.

Correction: 250V through a 120V device...

youtu.be/n2ZZbuOeNmw?...

06.11.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Thumbnail of a Big Clive YouTube video in which he "cooks" hot dog sausages with an electrical unit that conducts a 120V mains supply through each dog with spiked electrodes.

Thumbnail of a Big Clive YouTube video in which he "cooks" hot dog sausages with an electrical unit that conducts a 120V mains supply through each dog with spiked electrodes.

I think there's only one way to cook them, and that's with the Big Clive method of electrocution.

06.11.2025 12:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

NHS Sussex are forcibly detransitioning trans people. These patients need full restoration of their healthcare, and everyone involved in doing this needs to be sacked.

04.11.2025 08:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2215    πŸ” 765    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 21

Love you too @rosegirlkate.bsky.social ❀️

04.11.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hilarious to see the media trying to portray Andrew not being able to call himself "Sir Lord Wonder Admiral, First prince of the bullshitting Whatever the fuck" as the worst punishment you can dole out to an alleged rapist who has continually blocked investigations into his crimes. 🫀

02.11.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Home The Carpentries is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organisation based in Delaware, USA. We are a global community teaching foundational computational and data science skills to researchers in academia...

So you joined PSF (Python Software Foundation) as a supporting member because they gave up money for the sake of inclusion. Great! Donated? That's great too!

I'd also encourage you to look at The Carpentries and give them some money. They did the same thing. And they do good work!

carpentries.org

28.10.2025 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jennifer Welch on Riley Gaines: β€œYou’re an insufferable twat. Nobody likes you and no matter what you'll always have been the dumb bitch that tied for 5th place. Nobody likes you except for the other fake Christians that enjoy their spare time watching children get ziptied. So fuck you Riley Gaines”

29.10.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1706    πŸ” 308    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 65

We talk a lot about the male loneliness epidemic but this article is yet another sad data point that it would be better named the β€œmales wants subordinates they can dominate because they don’t see women as people” epidemic.

29.10.2025 14:39 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

What if he planned to bring a fascist football firm to go nuts in the country’s second city, would they notice then

29.10.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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True Welsh poetry

25.10.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 519    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

The fact that this is even seriously discussed, by frontbench politicians and in mainstream publications, shows that something fundamental has broken in UK politics. All those who look at Germany with horrified faces because of the rise of the AfD, kindly take a look in the mirror.

22.10.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 479    πŸ” 148    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5

bcos the right view women as property.

it's not some mystery.

19.10.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder that the GOP leadership, as a bloc, is preventing the House of Representatives from sitting normally, and has shut down the funding of the entire US government, including the court system.

The USA is currently being run as a dictatorship. This is a simple fact.

19.10.2025 07:13 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This video is as described and so disgusting that obviously you shouldn’t watch it, but you should know that he really did post it

19.10.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1

It seems pointless to fact check someone saying "curry isn't proper British food like fish and chips", just like it's futile to correct someone saying "there are no pronouns in the Bible". They haven't made a mistake. What they're saying is, "Britain is a white country".

18.10.2025 12:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2149    πŸ” 384    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 21
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This made me laugh more than I expected. Sweep does Tales of the Unexpected.

15.10.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 7
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WAR-TORN PORTLAND

13.10.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 9107    πŸ” 3419    πŸ’¬ 350    πŸ“Œ 243

watching the UKs green party elect an actual unafraid leftist into leadership and see party membership double in under a month is once again endless proof that if you stand up for leftist causes and treat the electorate like adults, you’ll win people over easily

13.10.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 9127    πŸ” 1758    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 56
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

11.10.2025 12:33 β€” πŸ‘ 21781    πŸ” 6258    πŸ’¬ 405    πŸ“Œ 1182

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

12.10.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8509    πŸ” 2023    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 53

GenAI truly was the worst technology to come along at this moment.

An energy and water guzzler when we most urgently need to take climate action.

A disinformation machine as our journalism fails.

A bias machine as fascism takes root.

A job killer in a cost of living crisis.

12.10.2025 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4395    πŸ” 1919    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 25
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Antifa Fighters AssembleπŸ°πŸ¦–πŸ“
Fight🐸
#wizardfrog
#resist
#antifa
#fuckfascism

10.10.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 260    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€œBritain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers β€” and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

10.10.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1009    πŸ” 303    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 46
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Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was a brilliant lesson in how to beat propaganda The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time last night. But he schooled them all.

Zack Polanski schooling a right-wing BBCQT panel was delicious

The BBC arranged an all-right-wing panel to challenge Green leader Zack Polanski on Question Time

www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

10.10.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 218    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 5

(Replies off coz β€œbut what about the things they’ll do in the meantime?” replies imply I believe this will fall today with no harm done which I don’t think I said)

09.10.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Stupid people are dangerous and damaging because reasonable people find it difficult to imagine and understand unreasonable behaviour. A stupid person is thus the most dangerous type of person."

Carlo M Cipolla

09.10.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 218    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 2

Antifa Activist Michael Heseltine Shifts Overton Window Leftwards

08.10.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œ.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..”

@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

07.10.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 14029    πŸ” 7555    πŸ’¬ 712    πŸ“Œ 680

I just saw someone use the abbreviation β€œAI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

06.10.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7337    πŸ” 2420    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 99

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