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Alexei
@alexeigc.bsky.social
Lives in Manchester. Prefers reality to belief. Pronouns: sex based, like the patriarchy ๐ Man City fan ๐๐๐๐๐
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My suitcase and its belongings are worth ยฃ5000 ๐ค #compoface
Good to see @janeclarejones.bsky.social posting here. Bluesky despite it's tendency towards American progessive nonsense is still a far better place than X.
Given the recent debate on English ethnicity, and some people claiming GC women were being logically inconsistent, I've taken a deep dive into the question of whether sex and ethnicity are really the same kind of 'biological reality.' culturewarblues.substack.com/p/is-sex-lik...
I bet this was top of the agenda at the Green Party conference today, right?
Did you notice that it felt more like July than October this afternoon? Temperatures were widely several degrees Celsius above average today, particularly in the south. Here are today's provisional top temperatures ๐ก๏ธ๐
Josiah doesn't allow replies for reasons but I agree these motions are "interesting". Not lot of environmental stuff in there though ๐ค
Here are the results of the Green Party's prioritisation ballot, sorting which motions stand the best chance of being debated at conference this weekend A3: "Zionism is Racism" came out top but plenty of other interesting motions in there too
A brown skinned man is seen driving a van. In the city - he's a delivery driver In the country - CALL THE POLICE!
The five men arrested over a potential terror plot near RAF Fairford are being released on police bail, says head of Counter Terrorism Policing, Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor ๐
Is this progress? Not too long ago the BBC would have described this person as a woman.
A balanced piece apart from this point "NHS trusts are continuing to treat trans women, biological males who identify as women, in the same way as biological females in circumstances she argues are no longer permitted under equality law." It never was permitted, the law was clarified, not changed.
"biologically male" ๐ค 'Biologically male patient exposed himself on women's hospital ward'
I'm starting to wonder if there's some kind of link between the notion of gender identity and sexual offending.
I wonder how widespread this is within the NHS? How many trans women employees do they have?
Cases like this are what convinces me that many TRAs are not acting out of a well meaning but misguided sense of duty but simply because they hate women.
"An unknown substance" ๐ค
Here's Andi Peters being very dignified dealing with tedious old racist and "national treasure" Miriam Margolyes.
You make up any old shit about identity politics and the Daily Express would believe it.
Interesting that the article mentions the Michigan Womynโs Music Festival which ran from 1976 until 2015 when it was effectively closed by trans rights protesters angry about it being a female only festival. Presumably Rodrigo's event is not actually female only.
โWeโre at a crisis pointโ: Chappell Roan, Shirley Manson and Eli on playing Olivia Rodrigoโs female-only festival
Looking at all the recent posts from @thebookseller.com and there are no replies and very few likes and reposts. All that is apart from this post, which has generated lots of interactions. I can't imagine why ๐ค
More than 200,000 print editions and audiobooks of Harry Potter and the Philosopherโs Stone will be donated to schools, libraries and hospitals across the UK, US and other territories worldwide. Read more ๐
Who would have predicted this? Oh, everyone of course.
Never have the Greens been so successful. Never has the fighting been so bad The Green Party is embroiled in a bitter row in Greater Manchester. All four of it's Bolton councillors are threatening to stand down after allegations of racism and vote rigging manchestermill.co.uk/green-party-...