I tend to think trans rights are more important than engaging with Harry Potter for any reason at all but that's probably because I'm trans and every penny is earmarked for my destruction.
Union Jane
@unionjane.bsky.social
union member, activist, anti-racist, LGBTQ+ ally, environmentalist, slow painter, thinker, reader, jackdaw whisperer.
Do some flywatching at our London exhibition. Opens Friday. Link in bio yeah?
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
📢 Save the date - 26 September 2026! Join the Palestine Coalition in Liverpool where we'll be marching to Labour Party Conference with a clear message for Andy Burnahm: Stop Arming Israel! Sanctions Now! Free Palestine.
Israeli soldiers marked Palestinian detainees with numbers on their foreheads and arms during a raid in the occupied West Bank this week.
Israeli soldiers number Palestinian detainees on their foreheads
Troops round up Palestinian residents near Qabatiya and mark them with numbers before interrogating them
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I've added my name to the open letter calling for a public inquiry into the tragic death of Professor Jason Arday. Will you join me? goodlaw.social/625453
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
goodlaw.social
The dude didn’t blink. Now these kids have a brighter life ahead of them. Some will have a future life when they wouldn’t have. Political choices matter
George Eaton@georgeeaton.bsky.social · 11h agoUlez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period. Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than HALF of England is officially in drought. How much more evidence do we need that the climate crisis is here? Scotland keeps setting on fire too! Climate change deniers are conspiracy theorists with low intelligence.
More South Wales fires and the existing fires are growing. Several are on drained peatland, and as the fire burns down into the peat, they become harder to contain and the damage becomes more long term.
Rage Against the Miocene@organiccarbon.bsky.social · 3d agoSeriously, fuck climate change and those who undermined any effort to address it.
Two-thirds of UK news articles about wildfires this summer haven’t mentioned climate change uk.themedialeader.com/two-thirds-o...
Two-thirds of UK news articles about wildfires this summer haven't mentioned climate change
Analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit adds to concerns that national newspapers are failing to link this summer's extreme weather to climate change and the net-zero policies necessary to mitigate its drastic effects.
uk.themedialeader.com
“Reform should try telling nurses fainting on shifts, farmers losing their crops and people running from burning homes to enjoy the hot weather and see what reaction they’ll get.” https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/17/reform-uk-richard-tice-stop-tackling-climate-crisis-enjoy-heat
Reform’s Tice accused of misinformation after urging people to enjoy heatwaves
Backlash from nurses, medical experts and green campaigners in response to deputy leader dismissing efforts to reach net zero
theguardian.com
Severe alert: Burnham must start tackling the climate crisis.
It’s time to boycott the Co-Op - LGBTQIA+ people deserve better Read the full story ➡️: www.thepinknews.com/2026/08/17/c...
Co-op scraps policy allowing trans staff to use toilets they 'feel safest'
The Co-operative Group has removed a policy that explicitly allowed trans and non-binary staff to use gendered toilets they felt “safest”.
thepinknews.com
Have you signed up for our mass lobby day on 9th September yet? Let’s show we won’t go away quietly. www.transsolidarityalliance.com/mass-lobby-2...
Mass Lobby for Trans Equality - 9th September 2026
The law around trans equality is fundamentally broken. Government inaction is hanging trans people and organisations out to dry - with a confusing mess of challenging rules and lawfare.
transsolidarityalliance.com
Exceptionalism and Infantilisation are present in many comments about Prof. Arday. Well, let's talk about these points and not specifically about him. My views below. And as I said in other platforms, nope I don't want to talk to the media about this and will keep on declining those 'invitations'.
I'm so grateful to everyone in Clacton for re-electing me. As a thankyou, we are going to abolish Personal Independence Payments, which will be fantastic for the 10,000 disabled people who live in my constituency.
for me, this contextualises why Dr Upton, the poor woman who had to flee the country. After JKR funded her trial by media, when she had literally done nothing wrong, had she stayed would she have survived?
Helen 🏳️⚧️✊🏻💕@mimmymum.bsky.social · 3d agoThe hounding and subsequent suicide of Jason Arday seems eerily similar to the death of Lucy Meadows 13 years ago! 😞 In fact, it’s noticeably worse - as abundant digital pages are used by journalists & editors as weapons to target ‘uppity minorities’ who threaten the elite “British” ‘status quo’! 😖
it would be very surprising if Reform voters (at least those who are not retired) were not significantly *more* likely to be in receipt of disability/incapacity benefits than average.
This Reform press release is currently the lead story on the BBC News website
'“I’m scared of talking about this,” she says. “I don’t want to get into trouble. I’m really nervous and worried about speaking about politics and immigration. It’s raw and it’s fraught.” 'As a woman of colour and an academic, she’s genuinely afraid that she will be singled out for attack'
Neil Mackay@neilmackay.bsky.social · 3d ago‘Race hate means I fear speaking’ It was meant to be a lighthearted interview with a children’s literature professor about her book on ‘Paddington’s politics’. But it soon became clear amid the hounding of Jason Arday that a chill has fallen over academics of colour In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
No back to back coverage of this dude in the British press but they found the time to cover Jason Arday thousands of times The reason is racism. They are racists. This is absolutely about race. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Suspended University of Greater Manchester boss sacked
The University of Greater Manchester sacks George Holmes who was suspended in May 2025.
bbc.co.uk
Demand business that’s fair to people and planet. ✊🌍 #DoItFair action.fairtrade.org.uk/page/186243/...
Demand Business That’s Fair to People and Planet
Sign the petition for stronger laws that prevent human-rights abuses and climate harm.
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We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1 #JasonArday #GoodLawProject
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
goodlawproject.org
Dr Arday’s tragic death was the direct, foreseeable result of press harrassment, with racism playing a key role We're asking the prime minister to commission an immediate public inquiry ito ensure we never see a tragic death like Dr Arday's again goodlaw.social/n1ck
www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news... Stand Up to Racism has called a vigil to Jason Arday for 6pm on Monday August 17th on the steps of the National Gallery, saying Arday had been subjected to a “racist witch hunt”. #JasonArday #VigilJasonArday #StandUpToRacism
Jason Arday supporters to gather for Trafalgar Square vigil - Voice Online
Vigil for Jason Arday will take place in Trafalgar Square as anger grows over the treatment he faced before his death.
voice-online.co.uk
socialistworker.co.uk/womens-liber... #JasonArday #UKMedia #RightWingUKMedia #UKracistwitch-hunt
How white academics are protected by a racist system - Socialist Worker
Not one of the hundreds of academics found to have harassed women found themselves pilloried in the tabloids in the way Jason Arday was
socialistworker.co.uk