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Christiaan Wallett

@throstlefantastic.bsky.social

Star Trek Fan - Citizen of Nowhere. Political, grumpy and likes experts. Interested in science, sports (though WBA and Mets challenge that), films, beer, sci-fi. Here for Trans rights. (he/him/his).

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Hannah Spencer: Green MP gets police escort from violent demo The Green Party MP was put into a waiting police car after a demonstration turned violent in Manchester.

The BBC goes to some length here to avoid stating that Spencer was harassed. We are told that the protest 'turned violent'.
No culprit is indicated beside in the Green's spokesperson's statement and no mention of Spencer being targeted is made.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Even if the destruction somehow stopped today, it will take years to rebuild.

09.03.2026 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 522    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 6

You’d think in this era of β€œMPs face increasing danger” there would be more outrage at newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer being assaulted by transphobes but it’s nowhere to be seen on BBC News app even if you search her name

09.03.2026 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 827    πŸ” 294    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 15

England's *men*, you mean

09.03.2026 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

"We have no evidence to overturn decades of prescribing practice, but we are overturning it anyway, because transes are yucky, and we want to."

No, really, look.

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Two firefighters resting, sitting on the plinth of the "Citizen Firefighter" statue.

Two firefighters resting, sitting on the plinth of the "Citizen Firefighter" statue.

Quite an image on the BBC live page (www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd...; no photographer credited).

Sounds as if they've saved the station and the hotel, and more importantly, without loss of life.

Citizens; heroes.

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I've used Travelodge in the past as a simple, cost-effective way to stay somewhere overnight, but I won't be using them ever again - their security policies and duty of care (or lack of) are ridiculous

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Screenshot of video of children burning Lionel Messi jerseys

Screenshot of video of children burning Lionel Messi jerseys

When I watched a smiling Lionel Messi applauding Trump’s cartoon villain bloodlust, I thought about Muhammad Ali going on international television to deliver his poem condemning the Attica prison massacre, telling the world that fascists would never conquer the human spirit.

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Why does your wife need to keep track of your chores?

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THIS. If you’re in central Glasgow tonight please close your windows; if you have to be out please wear the best mask you have available. If you can smell it, you’re at risk.

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I feel like it should be bigger news that Trump is now openly considering a military draft. Young men haven't been called up for a draft since 1972. Not during the Gulf War. Not during Iraq or Afghanistan. He received five draft deferments but is now open to drafting your kids.

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That must have been a really, really close call in #potterythrowdown. Well done everyone!!

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Guernsey mother in tears after Β£11,500 battery waste fine The woman accidentally threw away 23 AA batteries in children's toys during a house move.

β€œI burst into tears over the consequences of my own choice to chuck batteries in the bin.”

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This directly contradicts Trump and Hegseth’s claims that Iran bombed the area where the Iranian school was hit. We knew it, but it’s good to have the video.

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This is horrific and grotesque, but it is always important to point out: as long as running concentration camps in the United States is a legal, profitable business model, companies will fiercely bid against one another for contracts.

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Where to start…

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Tomorrow Wes Streeting will remove trans minors ability to access, and doctors to prescribe, cross-sex hormones.

Try as it might Labour will never eradicate trans people. They cannot, and should not, change who they are. All Labour will do is make trans lives harder - with more harm and more death.

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Lmao

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What? #potterythrowdown doesnt start till 9pm due to Crufts!!

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Happy international women's day.

This is protecting women & girls brigade, harassing a woman.

The police need to follow up on this targeted harassment.

I hope MP Hannah Spencer gets home to a nice brew after a nightmare day.

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U.S. customs searched a record number of electronic devices last year | CBC News United States customs officers conducted a record number of searches of electronic devices last year of people travelling to the U.S., and a recent update to its directives adds new devices such as sm...

Stay away from the USA.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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The party literally born of misogyny dies on #InternationalWomensDay

We got a small win.

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Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined An alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein gave FBI agents true accounts of her time growing up in SC. Claims she made about Donald Trump remain unsubstantiated.

Breaking: SC newspaper verifies portions of Trump accuser's story. Textbook journalism. Local journalism. Support your local news outlets. www.postandcourier.com/news/epstein...

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Two things. 1. The Lancet isn't a US journal. 2. The Lancet and its editor-in-chief are directly responsible for RFK Jr's anti-vax beliefs.

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One of the most wholesome online communities I've accidentally joined is the Facebook one where the chief engineer maintaining the retired UK HST trains that were exported to Nigeria asks retired UK railway people for tips that aren't in the formal manuals, and they provide it with great enthusiasm

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Fair play Port Vale. Great result with the magic of the FA cup.

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I need every single male artist that follows me to read this. It's not very long. You need to bear witness to this shit. You have to see it with your own eyes because you never will in your everyday life.

I'm serious, read it all please

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Oh so we definitely did it

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Striking that Trump's minions are more critical of European countries for limited support, or sitting this war out, than they are of Putin for handing information to Iran

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