Amy Alex Parent

I wish any British politician would say anything even half as good as this

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends
tech weirdo: and shitheads
np: no just my friends
tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender?
np: we just want to hang out and goof around
tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then
np: no shitheads
tw: not following

Time for me to buy *checks notes* a fifth copy of this book’

- informed consent in primary care
- bulldoze every gender clinic
- hold inquiries into the abuses that went on there
- apologies + damages to patients denied care
- bosh ✊

If someone wants to transition, at any age and for any reason, that’s their business.

Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.

This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.

wildly irresponsible to publish this piece that basically goes: "people increasingly hold the [erroneous] belief that chatbots are human and it is making them insane. I help build the chatbot and this trend is inevitable, cannot be stopped, should be encouraged actually, etc"

An older Black femme, laying in a hospital bed. She's smiling and holding a pink, lavender and yellow dragon stuffie.

Miss Major, one of the mothers of the trans liberation movement, has been in the hospital for 10 days with sepsis and a blood clot. She has looked out for us for generations, now it’s time to look out for her. Donate if you can: fundly.com/missmajor

hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.

Every time I see a transfem post a transition timeline on here it’s always this meme

The boycott works. Continue the boycott.

the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

Very well written summary of the history of the situation in the UK.
Trans people you don't need to read it, but it might come in very handy if you need to explain things to family or friends out there in cis world.
I've sent it to my MP and MSP as part of an ongoing project to try & enlighten them

*taps sign*

A tiny bit of threading here, for context.

I have volunteered at homeless shelters since the'80s. I'm proud to lead a scouting troop that has cooked an estimated 1200 meals for our local warming shelter over the past 6 years. One of my dearest friends ran a homeless outreach program in SF.

"Involuntary lethal injection or something -- just kill 'em" -- Brian Kilmeade, on what should be done about homeless people who refuse intervention, September 10, 2025

There should be no forgiveness for Ezra Klein, Gavin Newsom, or anyone else who whitewashed Charlie Kirk's image in the wake of his death. They participated in a cleanup job that is facilitating Kirk's status as a "martyr." They have had a hand in the harm the administration will do in Kirk's name.

(I didn't go to Montreal for this (sadly!), but the artist was doing a guest spot at Soft Soul Studio in Edinburgh)

The side of my torso. I’m a slender white woman, and there is a new tattoo there, made of thin vines going down my side, accompanied by small sparkles and bubbles. There is very light shading on the vine and leaves.

I got a gorgeous new tattoo last week! I can't show most of it because it goes from my bikini line way to my chest, but I can't believe I get to have this piece of art on me!

The artist was amazing and did everything to minimise pain too! If you're ever in Montreal, go see It's My Ink!

Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.

Grima Wormtongue has told analysts that people without creepy dudes whispering in their ear may be at a "significant cognitive disadvantage" compared to those who do use the tech.

dude i love living in a world where there are no consequences for anything.

More reasons to be anti-AI

This really does matter. Sign this not because you want to buy inappropriate smutty things from the internet, but because if you let people tell you what legally available things you can or cannot buy you are at the mercy of somebody else's definition of "inappropriate".

M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial : AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

Two trials will be repeated endlessly despite always producing the same results:

1) Does UBI work? (yes)
2) Does AI improve productivity? (no)

HEY!!!

Surely they will have to admit this is untenable. Solidarity with everyone standing up against our authoritarian, genocide-enabling government.

One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested. Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away. House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.” Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests? Read more House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”

This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".

For 58€ a month I can ride on almost any public transport anywhere in Germany. Within a 15 minute walk from my house I can access 4 S Bahn lines, 3 UBahn lines, regional trains (I honestly don’t even know how many of those), 3 tram lines and at least 4 city bus lines (probably more).

Parliamentary Scrutiny EHRC Code - Constituent Letter TEMPLATE LETTER FOR CONSTITUENTS Remember to personalise your letter as much as you can. Tailor it to what you know of your MP’s interests. Leave out anything you feel is less relevant; and add in an...

Couldn't see the link to the template letter, so found it in one of your other posts.

For others, here's the link to the letter Philppa mentioned docs.google.com/document/d/1...