Erica Brooks

Vampires are inherently Catholic. Werewolves are inherently Protestant. Zombies are inherently Atheist. Thank you for coming to my presentation.

The kids are really, really alright. They have language for themselves we never had growing up, plus way better emotional awareness. Plus they can all spot AI a mile away and they have zero patience for it.

This is straightforward systemic murder. 🧵

When you're so much a hater you accidentally poke out the other side

First time catching a sunset in a squirrel eye. Might make this a thing.

This was such a perfect way to kick off October!!

This is the most remarkable story Ray Bradbury ever shared with me. He told it to me late one night, sitting in his den of antiquities and mementos. Take five minutes to read this. It’s pure magic. #Writing #Living #Creativity #RayBradbury #BookSky

No one is disposable, including the canary ❤️🦜✊

I’m going to be thinking about this astounding short story for YEARS.

This thread is just so satisfying.

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This is a Lan Wangji subtweet.

Just finished this one and WHEW. I mean tbh I wanted to scream at the very premise of signing up for solitude and discovering precisely one (1) other person is there, so I should have known this would keep crawling right under my skin. Is “autistic horror” a genre?

Little known to many, on the 10th June, the government released the interim report on ADHD and neurodiversity services in the UK. It came out to very little fanfare. Why? Because it doesn't match the government & the press narrative on "an epidemic of neurodiversity diagnoses".

If you are unaware of just how serious recent changes to guidance for schools re trans kids is, read this thread. It is horrific. Stop worrying about what Reform would do if elected and start seeing clearly what this Labour government is already doing. 😡😢

@rtie.org 💖

NION Women is proud to stand alongside a coalition of UK women’s organisations in a joint statement on the EHRC’s updated Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations. Read here 👉 notinourname.org.uk/womens-organ...

Thomas Paine is my favorite founding father. He was famously abolitionist and one of the earliest voices to point out the hypocrisy of fighting for independence while keeping slaves. He also firmly believed that keeping any friendship which required compromising your morals made you a bad person.

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🚨 WE NEED YOU 🚨 As a new Prime Minister comes into power, we want to show that an overwhelming number of people support trans people, and want the government to take serious action to protect their rights. Will you say you stand with trans people? And share with everyone you know?

crazy to me that rich people have been so successful in perpetuating the lie that the poor are stealing from everyone. they don't have any money. the rich people are the ones with the money! that's who stole the money

Resisting Transphobia in Edinburgh applauds the City of Edinburgh Council for voting, by an overwhelming majority, to condemn the transphobic new guidance from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. Zoe Harding delivered a blistering speech on our behalf: rtie.org/2026/06/25/e...

Edinburgh Council condemn EHRC guidance, passed 34 to 19. Thanks to excellent drafting by @alexstaniforth.bsky.social and four powerful deputations from @rtie.org @scottishtrans.bsky.social @transpridescotland.bsky.social and the Education Institute Scot democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s1...

Incredible work @rtie.org @scottishtrans.bsky.social @transpridescotland.bsky.social and the EIS on your powerful deputations this morning!

please read this statement written by Benjamin "Champagne" Song and share as far and wide as you can: https://prairielanddefendants.com/defendant-writings/statement-by-benjamin-champagne-song/

For many LGBT folk like me, and especially trans folk, Keir Starmer will be remembered in the same way as Margaret Thatcher: with deep contempt for having overseen a deeply hostile, queerphobic government, which rolled back human rights and set society back by at least a decade. Good riddance.

I am completely obsessed with this chonky lil bumblebee and the people caring so well for her.

I get the impression that some people aren't clear what this means. This is the UK state deciding to intervene directly in the healthcare of individual children, depriving them of medicine that their doctors have prescribed for their personal health & wellbeing, in defiance of global best practice.

Finished The Girl With a Thousand Faces by @sunyidean.com and now I don’t know what to do with myself. My whole brain is Kowloon Walled City and water ghosts and Hong Kong resistance fighters now and I’m not ready to let it go.

The Fred Rogers Production has started uploading every episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood for free. www.youtube.com/@misterroger...

No no, ugh this one hurts

WHY DON’t STraiGht PeoPLe hAVe a MOntH

This is a concrete action you can ask of your MP.

this week's post is post-apocalyptic fiction, but describes how you can organize during collapse to build a Mutual Aid and Solidarity Society. So of course it's called How I Joined the Muppet Babies in the War Against the Cannibal Nazis From the Suburbs margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/the-end-li...

THIS. Do I worry about the effects of social media on my 11-year-old? Obviously yes. Do I think she should be banned from it any more than young men falling into the manosphere on Reddit, middle-aged ladies being dragged into transphobia on Mumsnet, or pensioners radicalised by Facebook? 100% no.

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This is so sad and beautiful.

Omg the memories in these responses. Cheezburger. Cracked. Homestar Runner. The feminist blogosphere. Oooh Kate Harding’s old site! For the ”mordantly obese”!

This is critically important data on the way the Xian Right have weaponised transphobia, and how the media have ignored trans voices entirely. @scottishgreens.org

This whole thread is a good, clarifying summary of how we’re all being pitted against each other.

As an immigrant who went from work visa to study visa to post-grad visa to spouse visa to ILR to citizen, it is such a relief to have @qmanivannan.bsky.social as my MSP. Someone who actually understands my experience for once!!