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(they/them) On the bad island but not leaving. Academic, boulderer and cat dad. Young people call me a trans elder but I'm literally just some guy.

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Like most prohibition type rules this will end up backfiring in ways that get ever more dumb – not least that because teens aren't supposed to be on the network now, and only circumvent it via third-party tools, Australia can't hold social media companies responsible for harms they face on there.

13.03.2026 06:38 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1

Started watching How to get to heaven from Belfast thinking it looked fun without realising that, beyond being a murder mystery, it’s about women exactly my age having a midlife crisis. I have taken a huge hit of psychic damage, I am not ready to have midlife crisis media aimed at me.

12.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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100,000 trans people & allies fill central London for Trans Pride.

Mainstream media: nothing

Thousands of trans people & allies fill Wembley Arena for pro-trans gig with massive names like Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Sugarbabes.

Mainstream media: nothing.

This is what extreme media bias looks like.

12.03.2026 09:31 πŸ‘ 5148 πŸ” 1798 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 19
The LGB alliance disco with like 12 people

The LGB alliance disco with like 12 people

If my side was renowned for embarrassingly sparse and cursed discos I wouldn’t go to a huge packed out party for the other side in an attempt to make fun of them, but that’s just me

12.03.2026 07:49 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Do u think they did an equalities audit before deciding on a two-tier workforce because I have some wild guesses about who is most impacted here.

11.03.2026 09:15 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Bugs Bunny in a tux saying "I wish all trans children a very live long enough to get revenge"

Bugs Bunny in a tux saying "I wish all trans children a very live long enough to get revenge"

11.03.2026 01:57 πŸ‘ 10953 πŸ” 3670 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 30

Hey so just so people are aware, if they do this they will be signing off on killing me. I do not produce hormones since I had surgery and was assured I would have that medication for the rest of my life from them.

I have other means, a lot of people like me wont and will be very scared

10.03.2026 22:02 πŸ‘ 226 πŸ” 115 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2

I get so frustrated with β€œthis is a distraction from that” discourse, because what does your attention alone actually do?

05.02.2026 08:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An interesting thing to witness is the mass realisation of Sedgwick’s critique of a hermeneutics of suspicion, that, unlike on crime dramas, the public uncovering of damning evidence does not smoothly lead to justice, and often serves to further terrorise with the accompanying sense of powerlessness

05.02.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
a protestor holding up a smartphone with a cop’s arm around his shoulder. text reads PICS OF FACES GO TO DATABASES! CAREFUL WHAT YOU POST!

a protestor holding up a smartphone with a cop’s arm around his shoulder. text reads PICS OF FACES GO TO DATABASES! CAREFUL WHAT YOU POST!

found a stack of these cleaning up my studio the other day. as ever!!!

03.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 3328 πŸ” 1011 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 12
Picture of a metropolitan police live facial recognition van on Peckham high street

Picture of a metropolitan police live facial recognition van on Peckham high street

Evil goings on in Peckham today

03.02.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"she was a citizen"
"he was a nurse"

so what?

the government shouldn't get to murder immigrants or assholes in the street either what the fuck

25.01.2026 07:03 πŸ‘ 363 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

Absolutely, it’s an intended outcome rather than a side effect

22.01.2026 13:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

See my thesis for research evidence of why a social media ban would be terrible for LGBTQIA youth.

TLDR- when you belong to a geographically dispersed minority that your family don’t belong to, might even be hostile to- social media is likely your only lifeline for identity work and community.

22.01.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Brianna Ghey was targeted by classmates who knew her offline. Online, she made friends and a community, and was making content to help other trans kids like her.

This is a grieving mother pushing for legislation that would have further isolated her trans child, that is supported by transphobes.

19.01.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 5413 πŸ” 1646 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 22

Ah I hope so! I reference them ☺️

21.01.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ₯°

21.01.2026 12:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Waving and Drowning: UK Trans Youth Experiences of Social Media Affective Publics - Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive

My PhD thesis β€œWaving and Drowning: UK Trans Youth Experiences of Social Media Affective Publics” is now available online.
It features a model of the emotional cycle of doomscrolling that I’m particularly proud of.

21.01.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

This is literally what they do whenever a Black person is killed by police. No matter how solid the evidence is, they will keep pushing that lie, not just to poison the conversation and make sure the killer walks free, but to reassert the political idea that these people deserve to be killed.

08.01.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 9746 πŸ” 2933 πŸ’¬ 77 πŸ“Œ 35

the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now

03.01.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 4244 πŸ” 727 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4

The TLDR of the Streeting review is your quality of life doesn't matter so long as you are contributing to the economy and employment stats - which will exacerbate most MH conditions and increase suicide rates, which they don't care about either because the economy, stupid.

06.12.2025 09:44 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2
A ragdoll cat looking up with big blue eyes

A ragdoll cat looking up with big blue eyes

My boy says ekekek

06.12.2025 07:36 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This. We do not deserve to be abandoned. We deserve the full throated support of people who claim to support us. Not the apologetic shuffle of "sorry, but it's hard!"

03.12.2025 09:00 πŸ‘ 145 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Jam, Jerusalem and genital inspections πŸ™„

03.12.2025 12:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SRA urged to take action as we reveal solicitor has β€˜purposely frustrated’ investigation Solicitor Andrew Jonathan Milne delayed an official investigation into his alleged professional misconduct by overwhelming the regulator with complaints and threatening them with two injunctions se…

A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.

Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.

More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM

27.11.2025 09:51 πŸ‘ 272 πŸ” 140 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 17
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Keir Starmer's fury after niece and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands' 'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'

metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Why are we hearing about this now if it happened a few years ago?
Since coming to office AFTER the attack on his niece, Starmer's culture war anti-LGBTQ+ words and policies have got him and Labour banned from every Pride. He has personally made ...

27.11.2025 07:51 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 40 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 7

β€œI didn’t think the leopards would eat *my* niece” says man in hotdog costume

27.11.2025 08:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Trying very hard to link transness with dangerous criminality is disgusting, but so is the following implication that only sane, well-behaved people should be allowed to transition, if any.

23.11.2025 08:49 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The only truly irreversible thing a trans child is likely to do is take their own life. "What if they do something irreversible?" actually means "theyre not allowed to make a decision!"

You cant undo or reverse any decision you make, you can simply change your mind later and handle the consequences

22.11.2025 11:57 πŸ‘ 1458 πŸ” 437 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 12
Rosie bloody Duffield looking smug in front of the phone free education sign sponsored by the Brianna Ghey legacy foundation

Rosie bloody Duffield looking smug in front of the phone free education sign sponsored by the Brianna Ghey legacy foundation

When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia

10.11.2025 14:25 πŸ‘ 405 πŸ” 120 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 27