Ziedrich Pengels

@thebigzeo.bsky.social

I’m a PhD student studying far-right radicalisation in speculative fiction fandom - Dirty Pinko Commie - Transsexual - Trekkie - Historical Fashion Nerd (They/He) 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖 And yes, the accursed tattoo still burns when she tweets!

They didn’t spend all that time insistently saying they could win over racists and reactionaries who hate them by doing racist crackdowns, because it was a tactical manoeuvre. They said it because *they believe it*, because *they think it is good politics*, because it’s what they want to do.

"Even with violent mobs in the street, the government - technically a brand-new government - feels the need to triangulate on immigration in a way it doesn't on any other issue."
OVE MY COUNTRY
HATE THE GOVERNMEN
The Thetford mob is coming for
Burnham
Racist rioters have exposed the failure of Labour's appeasement of Britain's far right....

Its so dangerous for labour mps to be suggesting people visit the uk for pride related events while their own party and leader are pushing trans genocidal ideology Its basically telling people to come here and risk their own safety for labours own pr stunt using queer people Its so disgusting

I live in a country where we have an entrenched media class whose entire role is to have opinions on things they know nothing about! They aren’t investigative journalists, they aren’t experts in anything, they are paid to shit out the most badly thought out controversial opinion possible!

This is why every conservative claims to have had a “leftist phase” which they “grew out of”. It frames right wing politics as adult and sensible while also framing their personal journey as a heroic narrative. In reality most right wingers have always had those beliefs, they just love to lie!

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d ago

The Economist personal hit pieces are surely just embarrassing for them. What is it about wealth taxes, rent controls and water nationalisation that they're so keen to stop progress? It's time to tackle the climate crisis & end Rip Off Britain.

Zack Polanski and the politics of eternal adolescence.

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Jul Advocate UK new anti-trans bathroom policy goes into effect with use of single-sex toilets, changing rooms and hospital beds restricted to birth sex across England, Scotland and Wales. Essentially an anti-passing law in all but name.

Great Britain now bars trans people from many public bathrooms and changing rooms

Use of single-sex toilets, changing rooms and hospital wards in England, Scotland and Wales is now restricted according to a person’s birth sex, rather than the gender with which they identify.

advocate.com

There’s been some talk about bringing in OfS to deal with the Jason Arday scandal, but I remember the time (just three months ago) OfS was revealed to be colluding with a right-wing agitator to produce a disproportionate fine against a university on trumped up charges based on ‘culture war’ nonsense

Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The OfS v Sussex ruling took OfS three years to gather evidence. Yet, from the ruling, OfS would only speak with Sussex under the condition they admitted fault (so they didn’t), and the only evidence presented was an outdated statement on its website and testimony from Stock, which was porky pies

Man, adopting a cat was the best decision I’ve ever made. Sure the government is trying to remove people like me from public life, but also there’s this little fluffy guy who literally starts purring every time he walks near to me!!

Goes without saying really but I’m not gonna comply with the EHRC’s segregationist guidance, I’ll continue using the men’s as I have without incident for over a decade. History will not look kindly on those who sort to remove trans people from public spaces!

Trans man looking sulky in a flat cap and grey T-shirt

Vimes Boot metaphor is back in the discourse so I have a handy illustration of how it works. These are two pairs of old Italian leather shoes I recently inherited from my grandfather who passed away. Note the beautiful intricate stitching, stacked leather sole.

Pretty dress shoes Pretty dress shoes Pretty dress shoes Pretty dress shoes

-Punched his pregnant girlfriend. -Said he would rape the kids if he was a schoolteacher. -Said chiild sex abuse porn should be legal. Allison Pearson in the Telegraph...

Allison Pearson: My friend Rod Liddle was a great British freedom fighter

One of my supervisors is taking voluntary redundancy, she’s moving onto other things and I’m genuinely happy for her, but also I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t also kinda terrified about what this means for my thesis. Im gonna have to find a new supervisor at the start of my third year!

One thing before I go - speak ill of the dead if they deserve it, especially if you couldn't when they were alive because they were litigious fuckwits.