🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸

🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸

@dean-tane.bsky.social

A member of the whoregeoisie fighting for a dicktatorship of the hoeletariat. Takatāpui 🌿🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 (Ngāti Tūwharetoa/Kahungunu). Kerryman ☘️ UK-based, Ireland-born, Aotearoa-descended. And with a cacophony of an accent to boot!

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Joe Noonan
@joenoonan.bsky.social

'75% of the far-right narrative volume mentioning Ireland comes from outside the state.'

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🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸
@dean-tane.bsky.social

The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed

Mike Elk@mikeelk.bsky.social

Flávio Bolsonaro had his passport confiscated by the Brazilian fed police as his brother Eduardo told him to flee to the US. He is tied to paramilitary gangs, is being investigated & lost his legislative immunity when he left the Senate to run for president. paydayreport.com/brazilian-fe...

paydayreport.comBrazilian Federal Police Confiscate Flavio Bolsonaro’s PassportHe faces investigation for his ties to paramilitary gangs

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merman hellville
@seafoamghost.bsky.social

absolutely zero guidance on what to do if you’re in a tiny flat with no storage or?? a single room in a house share?? also as charlotte says in the next post it’s the GOVERNMENT’S JOB to stockpile shit and distribute when needed!! you figure it out!

Charlotte Lydia Riley@lottelydia.bsky.social

sorry, but the British government now apparently envisages a scenario that would require me to keep forty eight litres of drinking water in my house for emergencies? oh right I’ll just shove it in the reservoir I’ve got in the back bedroom then

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Rose Schmits
@roseschmits.bsky.social

I know absolutely nothing about Lula except that i saw someone share a clip on insta of him in celebration kissing a trans woman politician on the cheek and oh my god is that a radical act for a politician in 2026 so lets fucking go

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one dozen bats at a keyboard
@panasonicdx4500.bsky.social

Brazil’s results tonight are a big endorsement for the idea that every country should have a second “are you you sure about that” election a couple weeks after the first one for the important stuff

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George Potter 🔶
@georgepotter.bsky.social

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

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Dr Alex Fitzpatrick
@animalarchaeology.com

Again, this sort of framing reinforces the hierarchy of worthiness among immigrants and it’s not helpful. You’re not “sticking it to Farage” by accepting their framing that immigration is an inherently bad thing and refusing to acknowledge that ‘freedom of movement’ is ultimately a form of that!

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Pubity {bot}
@pubity.xmirror.bot

An Illinois racoon got so fat that he got stuck in a sewer grate, forcing police to show up and free him. Images via the Zion Police Department

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Ariadne Griffin
@ariadnereviews.bsky.social

interesting to note that one of the pins was specifically the Bisexual Flag and I'm sure all those people with their ~legitimate concerns~ who were clammering to remove the T will oppose this. Oh? What's that? *crickets*

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *
🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸
@dean-tane.bsky.social

HIV/AIDS treatment. We’re at the stage now that PrEP exists. In much of Africa (where the virus is still prevalent) new infections have nosedived in the last decade and most people with it there know their status and are virally suppressed. We could feasibly see HIV/AIDS eradicated in our lifetimes.

Michael Druker 🇨🇦@mdruker.app

Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

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@dean-tane.bsky.social

In Europe, where treatment is freely accessible and infection remains low, heterosexuals are now the majority of new infections. Not that this a good thing (it’s not!), but this could be due to the impact of the support networks and info available to LGBTQ+ people that has existed since the 1980s

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@dean-tane.bsky.social

To bring this back to PrEP, this was widely known to exist within LGBTQ+ communities in the 2010s, there was a push to make the treatment accessible for all by the end of the decade, and now heterosexuals are only just learning U=U

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Kieran Hurley
@kieranhurley.bsky.social

Massive respect and credit to Sally Rooney for forcing the issue to this point, demonstrating not just principles but strategic smarts

The New Statesman@newstatesman1913.bsky.social

OPEN LETTER: Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist. www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...

🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸
@dean-tane.bsky.social

Boris Johnson will face no consequences for this, of course

The Guardian@theguardian.com

UK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds

theguardian.comUK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry findsInquiry chair says failure to isolate people discharged from hospital into care was ‘significant oversight’ The care sector was “an afterthought” during the Covid-19 pandemic, and government failures caused the virus to spread “like wildfire” among vulnerable and elderly people, a public inquiry has found. Heather Hallett, who is leading the Covid-19 inquiry, said it was a “significant omission” that the government did not advise isolating patients discharged from hospitals into care homes, causing the virus to spread rapidly among residents and staff. Continue reading...
🇵🇸 Dean Tāne 🇵🇸
@dean-tane.bsky.social

Am only just learning the first day leading up to El Día de los Muertos, 27th October, is dedicated to welcoming back people’s pets. My Instagram algorithm is full of videos of families and vets setting up ofrenda for their furry loved ones 🥹💗

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@dean-tane.bsky.social

Really don’t like I’m at the stage I’m looking into getting things to make life for my senior cat as comfortable as possible. He’s still behaves likes he’s not a day over seven, but I know it’ll come a point he can no longer jump onto my bed with ease, or will need to eat from an elevated bowl

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flyingrodent
@flyingrodent.bsky.social

It’s grimly hilarious that our government’s McCarthyist crackdowns on opposition have got so bad, so idiotic and so malicious that they may have now bullshat themselves into prosecuting the national security advisor’s wife for a terrorist offence, over a tweet.

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now
@understatesmen.bsky.social

it seems to shock the New Zealand government that Peter Jackson, Taika Waititi, and the Conchords etc all emerged from the same city in the same span, which coincidentally is when Wellington rent was dirt-cheap and there were heaps of empty industrial buildings around

violet allen@blipstress.bsky.social

People don't realize how necessary cheap rent is to the arts.