Derick

I have a number of Trans friends and family and I can only imagine what they are feeling and the worry this has caused. 🏳️‍⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision:https://goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8

Happy Miss Congeniality Day to all those who observe.

Petition: Allow transgender people to self-identify their legal gender. We believe the government should change legislation to make it easier for trans people of all ages to change their legal gender without an official diagnosis of gender dysphoria.

I've signed. Please consider signing this too. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

The language of "trans rights activists" is so sly. It implies none of us are average people who just want to support rights for trans people; people like me who can't organise their way out of a paper bag but can turn up to a protest. Trans people who just want to live and have better things to do!

Today is a reading glasses kind of a day. Getting old sucks.

Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit Stop Trump Coalition

stoptrump.org.uk/petition-can...

Running thread of people trying to normalize the sieg heil. It's not an "Elon gesture", it's not autism, it's not your heart going out, it's not parody or trolling. It's fucking despicable. Don't ever let this shit become normal. Fuck any excuse given, there is none. Zero tolerance.

1. Elon Musk

Good morning, friends.

Puberty blockers have been prescribed to kids since 1985. That means FORTY YEARS of clinical safety data. So, as they're *still* considered clinically safe for (cis) kids, the restrictions are simply anti-science bigotry masquerading as concern for (trans) kids' safety.

It won't stop here. Sign.

If this is what they want for us, count me out

"It follows reports that billionaire Trump backer and far-right X owner Elon Musk is preparing to donate up to £80m to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party."
Even with this block, he can still buy the shares. He'll literally own the party, Starmer will lean further fash, and we'll end up with DOGE#2.

If you’ve already started calling it the Gulf of America instead of the Gulf of Mexico, you should have no trouble with someone’s preferred name and pronouns.

'Donald Trump’s Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Plan Is a Call for War Crimes And the UK Must Condemn It' It's time for Keir Starmer's Government to finally recognise Palestinian statehood and resist the US President's catastrophic agenda, argues Green MP Ellie Chowns

🔴‘Donald Trump’s Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Plan Is a Call for War Crimes And the UK Must Condemn It’

It’s time Keir Starmer’s Government finally recognises Palestinian statehood and resist the US President’s catastrophic agenda, argues Green MP @elliechowns.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/02/06/d...

A bimonthly curated box of snacks.

Most of those - so it’s working….Question mark?

Got a bit of one of the colds doing the rounds and have spent all day in clothes and a dressing gown. Feeling very Arthur Dent.

Now here's a good idea.

The Scottish Animal Welfare Commission has said cats present a threat to wild animals & set out proposals to protect wildlife in a report to ScotGov. The mendacious British nationalist media spins this into - The SNP considers banning your pet cat. This is how trust is lost in the media.

I need to get back to this franchise.

Go on then. Own up. Who said “it can’t get worse”?

All that’s required for evil to triumph is for good people to say nothing.

Helpful!

Always humbling when the largest bug in your project is the person who_is_meant_to_be_fixing_the_code_in_the_first_place... *sigh*

Today and the next 4 years are going to be hard but we are with you 💪🏻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Sometimes, the only way across is through, the night is darkest just before the dawn and just living is a form of defiance. We’ve had setbacks and back slides before, let’s looks after our #TransFamily ❤️