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Rivers

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TACC@tacc.org.uk · 10h ago

🚨We have written to all MP's expressing our anger at the government. Our rights WILL be restored. Our voices WILL be heard. We will continue to fight 🏳️‍⚧️✊

Aidan Comerford@aidancomerford.bsky.social · yesterday

You only have to look at the veneration of the recently deceased Rod Liddle by prominent women in the "gender critical" movement (Kathleen Stock, Rosie Duffield etc.) to know that their claim to be "protecting women" is utter nonsense.

Rivers@finl3y.bsky.social · yesterday

A real shot, chaser moment. Shot: Approval of water guzzling data centre Chaser: The actual Danube is running so low that southern Europe is in a drought crisis

Two ridiculous articles about the state of humanity - approval of a data centre in Brick Lane while Europe is having a massive drought crisis. The dystopian future has arrived.
Rivers@finl3y.bsky.social · yesterday

Disgraceful decision. We are living on a dying planet and the solution? Build water guzzling data centres that emit heat in a London neighbourhood. We need to end this AI obsession because AI is not going to be of any use if the planet is uninhabitable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Approval of east London datacentre labelled ‘slap in the face’ for local democracy

Campaigners decry Angela Rayner’s backing for Brick Lane project that has only 11 affordable homes

theguardian.com

Alex von Tunzelmann@alexvont.bsky.social · 4d ago

I’m not sure whether this is just a psychological difference or AI bros fundamentally don’t understand the nature of an artistic experience, but: I don’t want a personalised film/book/podcast. I want to see/read/hear the same one as everyone else, so I can read reviews or discuss it with my friends

Rivers@finl3y.bsky.social · 2d ago

I do not like going viral… even if I make a salient post 🫥 the scale of likes and reposts starts to feel like a flipping great big snowball

@rainbowmigration.bsky.social · 2d ago

📢 ‼️ As reported by DIVA magazine: We’re deeply worried that a change the Home Office is bringing in today (3 August) will make it even easier to wrongly refuse asylum claims from LGBTQI+ people and send them back to danger. Read more: buff.ly/QDUj3pn

Photo of black woman looking out of the window. Text reads: Concerns for LGBTQIA+ people after changes made to Home Office asylum interviewsAt the moment, people going through the asylum system have two separate interviews; a shorter screening interview to collect basic details, and a longer substantive one where they have an opportunity to explain in depth why they need protection. From today, in some instances the Home Office plans to combine these two interviews, leaving people with fewer chances to explain their asylum claim before a decision is made. This risks more people, including LGBTQI+ people, being returned to countries where they face serious danger.At Rainbow Migration we are very concerned about this change. Asylum decisions around LGBTQI+ asylum decisions continue to be plagued by irrational reasoning, factual error, unfairness, Western stereotypical expectations and disbelief. We are also increasingly seeing decisions being made rapidly, and in some cases before the deadline to submit any evidence has passed.We are calling on this government to pause this change and consult with organisations and people who have experience of applying for asylum to ensure people seeking safety here are not denied a fair chance to explain their need for protection. “I had scars and plasters from the violent attacks back home, but still the Home Office didn’t believe I was a lesbian” A lesbian woman from Nigeria
Caroline@hairoline.bsky.social · 2d ago

Is this what Sophie Cunningham and Riley Gaines mean when they say they want to protect girls in sports or nah? Somebody please PLEASE ask Sophie about this next time she triples down.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 2d ago

An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play

The Campaign to Force Genital Exams on Girl Athletes Soon Washington State could require sex-verification tests for those playing sports in schools. Portrait of Andrea González-Ramírez By Andrea González-Ramírez, a senior writer for The Cut who covers systems of power.
Rivers@finl3y.bsky.social · 2d ago

I mean, it’s also a little because the wider media haven’t made it a serious issue by instead banging on about how we’ve had heatwaves before in the 70s and that we just need to adapt to a Mediterranean lifestyle… that also doesn’t help.

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 2d ago

We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.

Róisín 🏳️‍⚧️@roisin.northsky.social · 2d ago

"removing my adhd diagnosis was a relief (because of ablest policies that discriminate against a significant proportion of the population)" is the new "I'm happier after detransitioning (despite my ongoing dysphoria, because I'm not being actively transphobically abused every day by my society)"

Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · 2d ago

You'd have to read to the thirteenth paragraph to discover the pull quote for the title was from Marcus Siding, a 23-year-old Swedish man living in Sweden that wanted to become a cop, but his ADHD diagnosis at the age of 12 barred him by law from becoming a Swedish cop Seems relevant

'“When my ADHD diagnosis was removed, it was a relief’ Rates of conditions such as ADHD and autism seem to be ever growing, but some adults diagnosed in childhood are happy to be free of their labels” Excerpt From “‘When my ADHD diagnosis was removed, it was a relief’” The Times and The Sunday Times https://apple.news/AdYlGGpX0SrG-Joy7OuhgMg This material may be protected by copyright.
Rivers@finl3y.bsky.social · 3d ago

Watched The Long Walk last night. A bleak tale with a message about having to do the long walk through oppression - you have to keep walking and take the positive moments that present themselves. It’s good to remind yourself that even in bleak times, people find a way through.

Rivers@finl3y.bsky.social · 3d ago

Your reminder that the anti-trans movement is an anti-women’s rights movement and they’re going after teenage girls now.

Madeline Peltz@peltzmadeline.bsky.social · 3d ago

my latest: Doug Wilson's daughter went on TPUSA's Culture Apothecary podcast. Her advice: don't hold hands with your friends, don't date casually, and always submit to men. How Christian Nationalism gets translated into lifestyle advice for girls: numbertwopencil.substack.com/p/how-doug-w...

Rivers@finl3y.bsky.social · 3d ago

We’re really in the FAFO phase of self styled experts because of the internet. That whole thing about the Tower of Babel… RFK Jr is the reason the tower collapsed

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d ago

BASH: How do you prepare for next pandemic? RFK Jr: We did almost everything wrong B: But what about now? K: We need to protect our rights B: ? K: During covid we dismantled our rights B: But I'm asking what *to* do K: You were part of the problem B: You want to sit here and attack me?

Rivers@finl3y.bsky.social · 3d ago

Nothing in here mentions a UK billionaire threatened the destruction of Amnesty International over an anti-rights report which outlined organisations connected to money from anti-rights groups. I rest my case. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again | George Monbiot

The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

theguardian.com