Damos as boas-vindas aos nossos senhores capivaras.

M. Blind@mdotblind.bsky.social · 2h ago

New party. You in? I'm in. apnews.com/article/braz...

You know when you're writing something and you don't know whether it's 'bravely striking out of your comfort zone' or 'absolutely rubbish of the highest order'? Yeah, that.

I think! Being a neo-Nazi! Disqualifies someone! From public life! FFS, Zack.

Andy Burnham Accepter@jorisbinned.bsky.social · 5h ago

Hello I'm an idiot

Something about EHRC Guidance/Supreme Court Ruling I've been thinking about is how slow and incremental this implementation's been because we've been so vocally resistive, generating the political hesitancy from the Govt + Commission, but that also has increased the waiting-uncertainty of it all

In 2011, the UK government response to antitrans provocations was "Don't be so bloody stupid".

Mallory Moore@sexabolition.blog · 5h ago

web.archive.org/web/20260108... Here's an archive link of the original business guidance in case the original goes missing. In pretty clear terms the original guidance used to say stuff like "obviously, so long as the changing rooms allow privacy, trans women should be permitted to use the womens"

I've written 200 whole words this morning, but about 500 if you count all the ones I deleted in frustration. It turns out that talking about justice and temporality is hard, hey.

As a human rights law academic, I'm ashamed of this country today and I'm ashamed of our supposed equality commission.

Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 8h ago

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

'may i introduce you to my esteemed colleague, @infinitescream.bsky.social?'

Once safe, write down the time, place, names, descriptions and exact words used. Keep receipts, photographs, messages or witness details where available. Consider making a written complaint to the venue afterwards.

If the situation feels unsafe Leave if you can do so safely. Move towards staff, friends, security or a busy public area. Do not stay to win the argument. Call 999 if you are threatened, trapped or in immediate danger.

This is the way.

Them Fatale,@mxthemfatale.bsky.social · 8h ago

If a member of staff approaches you “I am not discussing private information in a bathroom. If there is an issue, please speak to me discreetly outside.” “I need safe toilet access. What private option can you provide?” “I am not answering questions about my body, medical history or legal status”

When the in group are told they can Other someone based on their feelings, this is what you get. "I dont want to be near the trans woman/i dont want a brown nurse/i have the right not to see queers/ban the book" etc etc Policing toilets is part of the same bigotry as demanding white doctors.

It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.

I need to write a little thing to my trans volunteer group about the EHRC guidance basically saying, y'know, please don't worry too much about this despite what you might hear today, etc, but all that's coming out when I start drafting is 'loud and garbled scream of frustration.'

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Go on, then.

Mo 🌸📚@moplayspoke.bsky.social · 2d ago

1 like = 1 book question 📚💙

“Well let me throw that question back to you. Do YOU think you should do a systematic review?”

August arrives in the dark we are not even asleep and it is here how can it be so late all at once -WS Merwin, Nocturne II from The Shadow of Sirius #everynightapoem

Calling it a bubble is to miss the point. Go to where a community suits you, and where you suit the community. Where you can get what you want. I don’t want fights any more. I want facts, freedom and fun - peppered with interesting information. Is that a bubble? Maybe, but a good one. 4/4

What I love about Bluesky is what I loved about old Twitter: if I want to find out about something (however recondite) there will be someone here (often with a PhD in it) and the time and patience to share their knowledge. /1

There's something really annoying about being an under-writer. When you look at something you've said in 500 words and you know that in order to not get the review 'too short' from Reviewer 2, you have to bulk it out with the equivalent of rhetorical lentils in a stew.

"Detail is itself a kind of argument and thus, since beauty and elegance in writing derive from economy, a way of making a point without belabouring it." Hell yes. Great piece, it's going straight into the kit for advanced students and when doing writing training.

Royal Historical Society@royalhistsoc.org · 5d ago

"Details, in their singularity and idiosyncrasy, point to the capaciousness of human experience." New today in the Society's journal 'Transactions': Joe Moran 'On Detail in Historical Writing': bit.ly/44UMi8C Now available OA @joemoransblog.bsky.social @massobsarchive.bsky.social #Skystorians 1/2

One final take: The people doing the hard yards of effective work, whether grassroots activism, legal work or lobbying, do not talk much on here about it. Because it’s difficult, exhausting interpretations are too bad faith, and the other side can see your posts. Bluesky is not the real world.

It's like Christmas down here in Bristol: “Has he been yet..?” (Father Rain; Damp Old Dan the Drizzly Man.)

As of 1 August, I'm officially a 'Reader', which is the first time my job description actually describes *me*... I imagine this is how a younger version of my son might feel should be become a fire engine when he grows up.

I was saying to my manager the other day that I need to write something 'boring and generalist' in law instead of doing fun gender theory stuff. So naturally I've decided to write a legal philosophy paper about ghosts and catapult it at a massive journal, because ADHD chaos demon before all else.

I love stressing for an hour about a paragraph I'll probably rewrite tomorrow, being a researcher is the best craic.

Today I have read a shedload of Derrida, and figured out how to send bank verification to be paid for some externing I did two months ago. One of these tasks brought me to the edge of tears, and it wasn't poor old Jacques.

It's tonight! I'll be chatting with the incredible @ajwestauthor.bsky.social about his groundbreaking book How Queer Bookshops Changed the World at @bookhaus.bsky.social You can book through the link in bio or here: bookhausbristol.com/events/

If useful, here's my attempt to process my feelings about how I feel sadly kinda — or rather very — sick from all this AI fascist nonsense as an academic. 😶‍🌫️ I'd be pleased if even one person finds something useful because there's something to be said for processing this all together, so, um, enjoy?

Anxiety

Reasoning (and crying) my way through fascist AI-induced anxiety.

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