"I found out that the state does not like mononyms (I also found out that its a crazy long process, which makes me feel deeply for people in transition)." May be of interest to the awesome folx at @reclaimournames.bsky.social freedomnews.org.uk/2026/08/05/w...

What’s in a name? - Freedom News

Confessions of a communard: After a Chinese airline kept misspelling my forename during a trip to Australia, I decided to make the change permanent…

freedomnews.org.uk

REMEMBER The guidance coming into effect today doesn't dictate what you're allowed to do as an individual. It for service providers and business owners. Do not cower in fear, do not reduce yourself, do not isolate, that is one of the intended effects.

Oh no! Transphobic bigots will only have… -2 billionaires, -the world’s largest social media app, -£millions in US far right donations -the entire UK mainstream media, -the president of the United States, -every British fascist, and -the Tory/Labour/Reform party supporting them.

Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 13h ago

Absolute state of Falkner and Reindorf in the Times today

The government’s transphobic code of practice is now up and running. But we’re not going to stand still and take it, we're supporting a legal challenge led by a trans person and a trans inclusive organisation. But we can only do this together. Will you join us?👇 goodlaw.social/ldco

New from @goodlawproject.org on how it is challenging the Burnham government's trans-segregation and transphobic discrimination "guidance".

How the Code of Practice gets the law wrong | Good Law Project

We’re supporting a legal challenge against the government’s transphobic statutory guidance – here’s why

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What I get when trying to watch an announcement, when the entire political system is hooked on fascistic Big Tech:

The Green Party of England & Wales@greenparty.org.uk · 14h ago

Zack Polanski is to deliver an urgent message to the Prime Minister. Watch on Bold Politics YouTube channel at 11am.

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Yeah, I get that ex-navy officers have called it a crock of shit, I get that British party politics is so far gone that commentators feel they must attack fascist policies on whether they are "workable" or not -- but the rest of us will keep simply opposing the very ideology of fascism itself.

Left Foot Forward@left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 14h ago

Reform's plan was exposed as unworkable less than 24 hours after it was announced leftfootforward.org/2026/08/refo...

People throwing around the word "migrants" as though these aren't human beings we're talking about - people wanting a life that less closely resembles hell; fleeing climate chaos, conflict, persecution...wanting a better life for themselves and their loved ones.

GB News presenters complaining that it's too hard to starve migrants 😓 The channel airs hateful content like this every day, too often getting away with it scot-free. Help us take their ad money away and show that hate is not profitable: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/fight-the-...

Every new oil and gas project makes the heatwaves worse.

From @greenparty.org.uk

I met up with Tamatha Paul while she was in London to discuss nature's rights in Aotearoa (New Zealand). @greenparty.org.uk

The reality of modern work and of the opportunities available.

and fascism too! and patriarchy! we contain multitudes (actually it's all the same thing)

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 2d ago

Yeah I actually hate ai *and* capitalism. I can do both.

After much planning, I'll be on the road again in September discussing #communalism, #democraticconfederalism, #degrowth, and #socialecology with friends in Austria, Slovenia, Italy, and Greece. I truly cannot wait!

The issue few seem to want to acknowledge here is that this concerns the Bluesky CEO and the user base (for different reasons) only because Bluesky isn't as effectively decentralised as Mastodon, where a plethora of servers have codes of conduct so de-federate from servers where bigotry is allowed.

The Verge@theverge.com · 2d ago

Bluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."

So the key findings of Amnesty's report was that these anti-rights groups have massive funding, that it comes largely from far-right christian groups in the US, and that they're abusing UK charity law to misrepresent themselves as pro-rights organisations.

I love that the Dusty Rhodes "hard times" interview is referenced and discussed at libcom.org: libcom.org/discussion/d...

Oh dear: "Reddit stock collapses 23% as AI eats away at user growth." finance.yahoo.com/technology/a...

Reddit Stock Collapses 23% as AI Eats Away at User Growth

Reddit delivered strong earnings, but the numbers beneath the surface tell a different story. Slowing logged-in user growth and AI-powered search could threaten the platform's long-term value.

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#Diversity is a foundational human condition. “The discovery reinforces the idea that human evolution in Europe was not a linear process, but rather a complex scenario in which different populations with distinct evolutionary histories coexisted” www.sci.news/otherscience...

224,000-Year-Old Homo Skull Fragment Adds New Mystery to Human Origins | Sci.News

A fossilized skull fragment of Homo sp. unearthed in central Spain offers paleoanthropologists a fresh window into the story of ancient humans who lived in Europe hundreds of thousands of years ago.

sci.news

Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him

There is no news from a government that’s in office but on holiday during a crisis www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/08... Where is Burnham's government as the climate crisis hits home?

There is no news from a government that’s in office but on holiday during a crisis

It is August, and it is not true to say there is no news, but there is certainly less of it bering rwported. Donald Trump claims that his war is on hold at present, although no one should be taken in....

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We should never forget how the BBC has changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage and other rightwing extremists, while shutting out progressive voices.

Nicolas Chinardet@zefrog.eu · 3d ago

And why is #r4today giving (yet again) such prominence to a hair-brained scheme that has little chance to ever be implemented? A GE is unlikely soon and the threat of Reform winning it is apparently receding. What is the justification for legitimising it?

“Gender-critical” transphobia is fascism. Transphobes don’t want to “protect women & children”, they just hate trans people. There are no “gender-critical beliefs” just hatred. They are just a rhetorical cover for hate. They are certainly not in any way “worthy of respect” in a democratic society.

Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 4d ago

A far-right thug who performed Nazi salutes at a "protect women and children protest" has been exposed as a serial stalker and abuser.

Don’t interrupt your enemy when they are making a mistake. Burnham needs that “not in the manifesto” defence to inaction in all kinds of areas. He needs to have this thrown back at his dishonest cowardly self.

Tristan Grayford@tristangrayford.scot · 5d ago

Drilling the North Sea would be breaching a Labour manifesto commitment. Which of course makes all of Burnham's protestations of the things he can't do because they weren't in the Labour manifesto utterly meaningless. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If anyone follows me for AI takes you will be disappointed, I live in San Francisco and I’m so so so very sick of hearing about AI. Of course I have opinions but they pretty much all boil down to “end capitalism”

The Peak District is burning — and where there’s fire, there’s smoke. Given Sheffield’s proximity to the park, it feels inevitable that, if more frequent and severe fires keep happening on the moors, they are going to have an increasing effect on us. The question is, can we do anything about it?

The Peak District is on fire. Can we stop it happening again?

‘You’re breathing in the smoke, and it looks and feels post-apocalyptic’

sheffieldtribune.co.uk

Grandchildren! Have you seen this woman? #PalestineAction

Tony@antonyillahiwarren.bsky.social · 6d ago

Statistically, my granny is a dangerous person.

Tip of the hat to mainstream media, who credulously gave us those "Musk is getting out of politics" headlines last year and those "Musk has regrets" headlines last week, and will give us those "regretful Musk is getting out of politics" headlines next spring.

George Pearkes@peark.es · 6d ago

NYT: Musk preparing 9 figure spending campaign in support of Republicans in "swing" states like Ohio, Iowa, Alaska, and Texas.