2026-09-09T23:08:13Z https://yabu.me Tim https://yabu.me/npub12ktdvcdnu0axkxuuvqvsuv3yzknwgp2ukc05ehrjkls0kxskrz9q4puh69 https://retro-pizza.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/accounts/avatars/115/889/762/649/088/070/original/2e4a358dae3902db.jpg https://retro-pizza.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/accounts/avatars/115/889/762/649/088/070/original/2e4a358dae3902db.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspq647qxtnugxj67e29ajysxjvegvcwlv3gg99szjvrrmgzlj8z6qzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg59rda0n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst40jdarpq8k0rzv8xx3l5vaycqnk8m6ks0y4td44rtrqcfjf8xnc2y605f'>nevent1q…605f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What I find fascinating is how queer people standing up to tyranny are slowing being purged from social media....unless you&#39;ve a big audience you are memoryholed like a Stalin photo. Off to the gulags you go!<br/><br/>Many people didn&#39;t notice when I disappeared off Facebook, blithely happy in their bubble til all queers disappear off their timeline....<br/><br/>This is how fascism happens btw., if you needed reminding.<br/><br/>We just disappear. 2026-08-12T23:27:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst40jdarpq8k0rzv8xx3l5vaycqnk8m6ks0y4td44rtrqcfjf8xnczyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5v7005v Am I finally booted off Twitter? I know the TERFs have been trying for ages.<br/><br/>You know, the &#34;free speech is everything, just speaking my mind, don&#39;t censor me&#34; sort. Who doxx and flag queer people ALL the time with no compunction?<br/><br/>Oddest thing though, it was for &#39;inauthentic behaviors.&#39;? If there was one thing I wasn&#39;t on X/Twitter, is inauthentic.<br/><br/>Shouty at bigots and resisting TERFdom cos I&#39;d been there since 2007. 2013 on that account but I guess both are nuked now....<br/><br/>Not that bothered, it was a matter of time after The Big Pouty Child took it over and wanted to push transphobia and fascism on the site.<br/><br/>But I&#39;m stubborn and didn&#39;t want to leave a platform I&#39;d been using for nearly 20 years without a fight...and I fought!<br/><br/>#terfs #elonmusk #twitter #gendercritical #censorship 2026-08-12T23:13:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx2qn4w4z75g78rht3kx8p883qth48g3q8xz8m8u26ljs4p8dlvhszyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg55mrr5z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd36flacxneq7jqktuvaqxqczlpx3ex6w3x8hhxn99sm225z4p9qsggvmex'>nevent1q…vmex</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>he does own a lot of the major papers and TV/radio in the UK and the US<br/><br/>The Times, The Sun, The Sunday Times, TLS, New York Post, Wall St Journal<br/><br/>TalkTV, Fox News, Sky.<br/><br/>Quite influential here and abroad 2026-08-10T16:10:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg90aavgxyxqmsq9jynhmgxh4uy5xvlzz9hl40x4wa5gcqcyqxteczyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5uev0ua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvncydzk3t0mknaqk7sm45an9ttr83c63zaz490mrf2lze6jpdhkcfle236'>nevent1q…e236</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Capitalists are already doing the centralised thing, Murdoch?<br/><br/>No-one shoud centralise communication, but it&#39;s weird people are fine with corporations doing it, and have a problem with the state....at least the state has some responsibilty to the people and voted in? 2026-08-09T14:50:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs83p5uj84amde85xn4cnu3fhp240ned7lgzhs5a8xm9x68xqa89sszyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5t447s0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvncydzk3t0mknaqk7sm45an9ttr83c63zaz490mrf2lze6jpdhkcfle236'>nevent1q…e236</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>he also said religion is the opiate of the people (agree) but talked about the Lumpenproletariat along with Trotsky...which I think was VERY wrong and class snobbery. 2026-08-09T14:49:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29tsq8fkt3cvwv5k44npmgp95sysx6fgfacmynqlvz9h93lyn55gzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5rls9kz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs09lyhk3t5l2438f7ekmh2y40l9jlqke2udv3w0fgalp8uc0dnu4q347e0n'>nevent1q…7e0n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Leninists? I am a Marxist Leninist pretty much, hard-left socialist. But also a realist and some Leninists would critique me as being too centrist on some issues. <br/><br/>Revolution would be good, but not if the working class suffer for it. Some want many people to die for some odd reason. They actually hate the poor - and look down on them, middle class bourgeoise in Castro clothes.<br/><br/>But I&#39;m not a Stalinist or communist. <br/><br/>I&#39;ve met those here and was frankly amazed that communists cosplaying the 1950&#39;s still exist, a sort of Revolutionary Ren Faire thing. Comrade, time has moved on!<br/><br/>Fascinating. *Spock eye brow* 2026-08-08T14:53:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvnn5y2tm46cmcwq3p0t44zrs9edkyftxjeru7s9zt68qpu79yd3szyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5luf3fq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9x7nch7rkqnrx5utrdnhqg78x9enpdhh0t2tykeyatdltsq2a6zgj7hhl5'>nevent1q…hhl5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it is true, but there are a lot of TERFs there as well! 2026-08-08T00:41:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxjflc5apaykwl9ctvd6sd7llh8gg6zz0a07p37q6t07ymqkzch6szyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5fkptsd Anyone had a situation in a shared garden where a neighbour is throwing your plants away in your pots without asking?<br/><br/>Just had a neighbour throw out a load of John&#39;s plants and to say I&#39;m upset is an understatement. I wonder if I can get legal about this....<br/><br/>#garderning #garden #law #legal 2026-08-07T18:06:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2ec4ud3lc7agh697l4lg8dw6dp77ve02payzs5a3vfsgr4etkvqzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5fc7rwm If you really needed a demonstration of how fucking stupid TERFs are and how they think trans = trans women and don&#39;t think trans men and enbies exist - it&#39;s this sad letter from male services for mental health.<br/><br/>i.e MALE same sex spaces. Nothing to do with women or children, things like Men&#39;s Shed. They are worried about their precarious funding, men&#39;s mental health is ignored as is, and possible legal impact: It offers no thoughts about the wider isssue, just how it affects them.<br/><br/><a href="https://x.com/AMHW_UK/status/2082856895811838368">https://x.com/AMHW_UK/status/2082856895811838368</a><br/><br/>That post and various retweets, they are attracting the rabid types screaming about &#39;protecting women&#39; where the letter and post is nothing about that AT ALL. There aren&#39;t any women rocking up to Men&#39;s Shed.<br/><br/>Stupid as a bunch of rocks, the lot of them.<br/><br/>#terf #gendercritical #male #trans #ECHR #transmasc #nonbinary<br/> <img src="https://retro-pizza.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/117/054/687/958/139/838/original/2a373382bd92b3a4.jpg"> <br/> 2026-08-07T14:11:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfqcgeuryl4mzx5fpxthnqwvzf2glqqtprkm5t8qh9q4wyrmjrg0gzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5put6kg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxcv24q2y0e0jf92aw39ym2ujselqql4lwss29d89xm2sg9yxqv3s2p2dml'>nevent1q…2dml</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s because like in the example video I posted, you can&#39;t go in either.<br/><br/>If you&#39;re a transwoman who passes, you look out of places in the men&#39;s and can get attacked or worse, but according to these guidelines you can&#39;t go into the women&#39;s without aggro from others or the venue, especially if you don&#39;t pass totally.<br/><br/>Same for trans men. 2026-08-06T17:58:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0yrkp6p96d426vrgm8zcsmu6srd82z3gxzjd4hquf9gdw2xfnaxszyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5glz5kz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyy79s7u44a35aq0njhew4sd7att0qyw2emu6t4t0lycg0wu4z6csmv8aj2'>nevent1q…8aj2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes I am aware of that, why I said that although it&#39;s not against criminal law to pee wherever you like...there are consequences including legal ones for the places that provide the toilets, and social ones with challenged because some people feel they have a legal right to stop you - which isn&#39;t true.<br/><br/>A freezing effect on rights. So the laws on paper allow it, but effectively it&#39;s banned.<br/><br/>The difference between actual law. perception of law, and also backdoor things and fear created by these guidelines and lawfare.<br/><br/>As I said, it&#39;s a mess. 2026-08-06T17:55:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf5x6xjaatr3hne60x798hternzzp7qrxx3f9ghe299468awg9p9qzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5ntmkv0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ucz7hqsf82h9yv6gl9vyjgh6dtj3umxk5sfygz33x0yv8qx7ejqqrn037'>nevent1q…n037</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the ban on puberty blockers for kids was for private and NHS.<br/><br/>So if that is a model, then yes. 2026-08-06T17:53:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspfvv0msyal9crzz82ka8g7vma8txdpdlm3gytgret6ycnlcqdheqzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5w0cssj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ctawmjgx9zem7gha650g989g9tl55nu53w3p4rjec3wdq3p2zfcqzz5hq'>nevent1q…z5hq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>more direct experience.<br/><br/>&#34;Just last week I went for a pre-assessment for a routine knee operation and was told that I would not be on the women’s ward – I would need a separate room. I can only assume this is related to the recent legislation, and it was strange and uncomfortable to realise that my experience of the healthcare system felt more inclusive and safe during the 1960s than it does in 2026.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/05/im-76-transgender-life-far-harder-trans-kids-today-29286871/?ito=article.app.share.appbar.generic">https://metro.co.uk/2026/08/05/im-76-transgender-life-far-harder-trans-kids-today-29286871/?ito=article.app.share.appbar.generic</a><br/><br/>It is crazy that in the big bad 60&#39;s and 70&#39;s trans women could just be, and although as she says tolerated, it&#39;s gone backwards 2026-08-06T16:41:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw4yk7jf2p7vm46edzjkdtatxlsgjwkx7flqxzyjyzt3x4nfmrceszyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5jzau4h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2ctawmjgx9zem7gha650g989g9tl55nu53w3p4rjec3wdq3p2zfcqzz5hq'>nevent1q…z5hq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what?<br/><br/>The guidelines affect every space, and even private orgs and publicly owned spaces are affected. What of &#39;all spaces&#39; do you not understand?<br/><br/>Again with the picking holes.<br/><br/>Only exception is private clubs - I haven&#39;t read every part of the guidelines since they reposted them, but I guess there might be a religious exemption as well. 2026-08-06T16:28:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8wzw7jvkalq48jlzz0efh3axhany9tsssplm5509qz0leswa4qkszyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg56qeny3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsznzazm7pz7lhhtx6agjptayv0znl8du9ad3d0xne09j783j2uk6q9dnmh6'>nevent1q…nmh6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>she most definitely is part of the Epstein Class.<br/><br/>The whole attack on trans women is a smokescreen to protect cis male predators.<br/><br/>She says almost nothing about cis male rapists or abusers.<br/><br/>Look how all the TERFs are praising Rod Liddle - who hit his younger pregnant girlfrien after deserting his wife on her honeymoon, wrote about wanting to watch child porn and fucking under 14 year olds? And racist, homophobic, transphobic, Islamophobic and all the rest.<br/><br/>Very much a predator in Savile/Epstein style, but they loved him. 2026-08-06T16:25:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqxj2q5mlady27pm8qdlukee7443t88x5kmxhs6hh94544gvsn08gzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5fuvlp4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsznzazm7pz7lhhtx6agjptayv0znl8du9ad3d0xne09j783j2uk6q9dnmh6'>nevent1q…nmh6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>she likely met him. Other emails show that they knew each other.<br/><br/>He asked to meet her. We don&#39;t know if he did at that theatre event, but they were pallly enough to chat via email.<br/><br/>Also after the emails came out, she deleted the logs of her yacht the next day - decades of them. Suspicious. Did she visit Epstein Island? 2026-08-06T16:22:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq8h8lrkhn0f6jxary7qpgtqgc47f9yhfan5ylu733y2ujcayrxggzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5l2c45k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstzek33sjhcwvju9c3udmke6qlzyl75l5fdd6ruf28hscmkygrnvc9js3uj'>nevent1q…s3uj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;treated as their sex assigned at birth&#34; means everywhere. Not just sports teams, not just toilets.<br/><br/>It&#39;s medical access, it&#39;s workplaces, it&#39;s everywhere.<br/><br/>So you can now be denied access to medical groups or support because it&#39;s deemed single sex at birth, your workplace has to make accomodations and provide a gender neutral alternative toilet, many places can&#39;t afford this...so employment becomes an issue....it goes on and on.<br/><br/>The big problem is interpretation. Cos of the possibility of being sued, many places are going to be very conservative about allowing access and are going to be transphobic by proxy. Frightened into being bigoted like the Girl Scouts by lawsuits they can&#39;t afford.<br/><br/>Amnesty is just the start. It will take trans folks suing to get rights back, I fear. And of course JKR and co. have very big pockets.<br/><br/>So the effective laws of this nation is decided by the Epstein Class who don&#39;t even live here having lots of money. <br/><br/>Something everyone should be worried by, because who is next? 2026-08-06T15:53:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqu4hs50489k7tlx9vdeeuawrggtkprzzagxg55674mr93vc0rctszyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg54evc0l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8d29hm2sfp90tqmw63ntqkcdrq5kxgpyuaztqauaqd83rynugzjs4fwj9d'>nevent1q…wj9d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34; private places and private teams&#34; - doesn&#39;t exist.<br/><br/>Apart from some exception to private clubs - all places could face a legal challenge if a cis woman (or men, any cisgender person) feels a trans person is infringing a same sex space.<br/><br/>Doesn&#39;t mean they did anything, just be there. As I said, like apartheid.<br/><br/>It&#39;s the Tories fault, they employed many TERFs to the Equality Commission for this very reason. And oddly Labour continued the trend.... 2026-08-06T15:51:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmunlxqrchjfjnghk46qkn0yvzrp7pecwjmruckufvzfygj2440czyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5nsx6xj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs82hrpnnwfyqt367m7srnv422wc8gp03q4gruu7pmcxw4gya8zv9cvt2fes'>nevent1q…2fes</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the problem is...the laws are a mess, because althought strictly they haven&#39;t changed the law - you can pee where you want...these guidelines have emboldened people to sue.<br/><br/>It&#39;s called lawfare. So even if the laws don&#39;t change, and it stays a guideline - which given what it happening it might not stay just a guideline, it&#39;s in effect a law by the backdoor because JK Rowling has a lot of money pledged to fighting unisex toilets, trans people in same sex spaces, etc.<br/><br/>So even though people say &#39;no rights have changed&#39; - they effectively have. Or people THINK they have, which means they challenge and attack people...when they have no right to. So it means the perception of the law has changed...which makes it the law in effect.<br/><br/>Also puberty blockers being banned (although there is now a trial), trans youth aren&#39;t get healthcare...and they are eyeing up doing same for adults. That is directly affected. 2026-08-06T15:46:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsthj6ex5m52ehqyxjqecdskc52au2j393cze84c9g9jhqauwh0j5gzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5y4tzrm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqttdvd0x9afh9s3k377wl808prar6dkkzjal778ytw6hemul7dpgzg0kpx'>nevent1q…0kpx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good Law Project the site not just the map has lots of stuff about this.<br/><br/>Not A Phase, Trans Actual, look up their sites.<br/><br/>Equality Commissions guideliness are out there, posted publicly.<br/><br/>And also those sites have direct experience....I&#39;ve not had it because I seem &#39;cis&#39; but I know people who have had aggro in toilets. <br/><br/>Here&#39;s one of a Cis woman who has faced aggro, it&#39;s not just trans folks <a href="https://x.com/LBC/status/2084975281199005996">https://x.com/LBC/status/2084975281199005996</a><br/><br/>And tbh at this point, given this discussion, whatever I post I suspect you&#39;re gonna pick holes or not look at it?<br/><br/>That&#39;s also why I don&#39;t &#39;educate&#39; people like this, because they have to WANT to be educated. Arguing for hours with someone who turns out to be not listening is not a good use of my time. 2026-08-06T15:37:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszslxs8qdmetupuyuerrrx2gn3latfyxl2ym30wnq05s8ykfmfzeqzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5n646k3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgwfm9q2y3vjn0dr7s6lssqjz3lk068rja05j8x8rh5flhl70q0ygtezgl5'>nevent1q…zgl5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yeah there&#39;s your problem right there.<br/><br/>Putting the onus of proof onto someone who is already has experience different to yours is fucking offensive and wrong. Because you really need to try and see their point of view first, otherwise you&#39;re part of the problem. 2026-08-06T15:31:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfxrzp68puae8kwgdwhausqzm3kekpgyel436wl9ukdzp7wn6mq5szyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg52x3frk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszstrpga2gl5h8065ensrnaxlpf27kf7saml25vad7pluyqxphznqkz43ae'>nevent1q…43ae</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>no, maybe when you grow up you&#39;ll learn that to have a level playing field, you have to do some work as well...<br/><br/>...go and learn. Rather than tell people they are wrong and being a poster child for Dunning Krueger.<br/><br/>Do you approach black and brown folks and say &#39;I don&#39;t think the UK is racist&#39; - no? How it this different? 2026-08-06T15:29:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0hun8hhdrsrm95qkc6594zu0kcgkw8tlyv5uet8ccjpm5ccanh9qzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5ldg8t8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2taz72nxpm053lwp5l0rmaq67l3snj7jw6wt8jun6tfhdjle96zc22wwrw'>nevent1q…wwrw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but it&#39;s not about proof - you are wanting me to prove that trans rights in the UK is under attack?<br/><br/>Apart from my own lived experience, which tells me that it is, there&#39;s so much evidence out there, and I posted some links for you to learn and did you even look at them? 2026-08-06T15:27:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8v7dcf2dpxu7nkwk72yyqguzl3gwqan2zh0943422q6ysvwq3jjqzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5yleqjh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2phd3a43xf5j7caa0z735lhkqaele0ewrcj5w8a9up0ctm9p6q3glkz4q6'>nevent1q…z4q6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh so I have to debate with people who don&#39;t know anything about the subject and won&#39;t do their own research, so I have to educate them as well as make my point?<br/><br/>Right...that says more about your ignorance than me, and it places a massive drain on minorities.<br/><br/>And the lords and ladies comment really makes me think you were already biased. Again, bad faith. 2026-08-06T15:25:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfpasyld3k2h9qt70gwugchdp2waeme92p3uaetlg8mj68jkp9grqzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5hpn7p3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswjjecjsq9llyz7qypmtnj0klvc7et79zt3l6u7ua78fpyn2rdrrqkl54kd'>nevent1q…54kd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s in the EHRC guideline. Go google it.<br/><br/>I am not your fucking librarian.<br/><br/>You are the one asseting I&#39;m wrong, so go do the research. It&#39;s not up to me to prove every single thing you want to pick holes like a pedant.<br/><br/>Especially when it&#39;s out there. 2026-08-06T15:16:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspq57trz8qa4knx4ssg2vh283fe6lmlxxzyglqyax59p3jlwhy5yqzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5qsy293 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0mwkj7730jfnscy2f0psaffevllmhx3xhvx05hekgn6c57n4pq0cskc3mm'>nevent1q…c3mm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>not going to Google for you, it&#39;s all out there, many orgs like the Good Law Project who I linked talk about how the rights are being affected.<br/><br/>You&#39;re wasting my time. 2026-08-06T15:14:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2r7qms4726gejlhcgz5ytdewxsqp4hqsmf600d7af65wvayas6zczyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5ccts07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszmv540l3jdxhf5jrw2ekr6fcjcv2p8v6dszd5uuc8a6awal50ndga907lz'>nevent1q…07lz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this isn&#39;t polite critique, this is actual attack of a minority.<br/><br/>One which you obviously know nothing about. It doesn&#39;t affect you, so of course you think it&#39;s fine.<br/><br/>Go read my current bio which I changed because of you. *taps glass* 2026-08-06T15:14:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszaj4spytpa62rgttwaays5wqjk4jn0y3yrj8k4275y3j8a9wmcsgzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5eshj47 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfh70kj28uu2wu7t39x5uq06jhz5xa9arw6lukqcud8vynffq4mc7pzzrh'>nevent1q…zzrh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;I don&#39;t see why it&#39;s so important to go to a particular toilet.&#34;<br/><br/>That comment feels really dismissive and feel you are hiding your true position on this and doing a strawman....<br/><br/>Heads up: &#39;Devil&#39;s advocate&#39; and arguing a false position for a &#39;gotcha&#39; or for the sake of it isn&#39;t welcome here. <br/><br/>This is my rights, my life and that of my friends - not your argument playpen. 2026-08-06T15:10:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzz2k46jy8ndqzjzny2vul9cpx2utsjest9muz53583ucsqy0vqqzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5kg9nmn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfh70kj28uu2wu7t39x5uq06jhz5xa9arw6lukqcud8vynffq4mc7pzzrh'>nevent1q…zzrh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they apply to both<br/><br/>Again, it&#39;s easy to Google this stuff -are you being obtuse for a reason, or genuinely want to know?<br/><br/>&#34;I don&#39;t see why it&#39;s so important to go to a particular toilet.&#34; - cos often that&#39;s the only toilet? They aren&#39;t that frequent.<br/><br/>Have you used any public toilets in the UK recently?<br/><br/>And strange you seem to think the guidelines are selective...it&#39;s any public space and that includes cafes, restaurants, swimming pools and the like. Not just government or orgs.<br/><br/>Only exception I think is private clubs. But again, it depends where and what time. Some places you can&#39;t just nip into a pub or whatever, they are often &#39;customer only&#39; and of course not 24 hour and limited opening on Sundays. 2026-08-06T14:59:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsye67c00h9ufnp53yf02hlayd5j8lpvm9fl0zp2tahs47vaznwg2szyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg56m6la6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxswuj6ax72zf4txvfj8lwe6sf5vamahe4ygtgsy9hqm8arcpjr2cu67qdj'>nevent1q…7qdj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and it&#39;s not a recent phenomenon either. Years before the current trans witchhunt really got going, the UK was sliding down the rankings - #8 in 2019:<br/><br/>These are assessed on laws and actions so it&#39;s not a random index. ILGA is a big international org, they don&#39;t really have an axe to grind re: UK specifically. We used to be #1 in 2015 after marriage equality!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-lgbt-rights-gay-human-rights-rainbow-europe-ranking-a8913461.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/uk-lgbt-rights-gay-human-rights-rainbow-europe-ranking-a8913461.html</a> 2026-08-06T14:56:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswhu64972mxxvahpjfya7hnxdf9r8umvcndz43rfn8n4q9035pwdqzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5fzluh5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxswuj6ax72zf4txvfj8lwe6sf5vamahe4ygtgsy9hqm8arcpjr2cu67qdj'>nevent1q…7qdj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it&#39;s easily Googlable, hence not providing sources.<br/><br/>So assuming your question is in good faith (tbh TERFs often do the exact line you are going down so really sceptical) <br/><br/><a href="https://goodlawproject.org/uk-plummets-down-rankings-for-lgbtq-rights/">https://goodlawproject.org/uk-plummets-down-rankings-for-lgbtq-rights/</a><br/><br/>ILGA has been tracking this for years...decades even. We used to be #1 - now we are way below the European average for LGBTQ rights.<br/><br/>Trans Europe and Central Asia (TGEU) also tracks this. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.equaldex.com/equality-index">https://www.equaldex.com/equality-index</a><br/><br/>Compare Canada for the legal side - it&#39;s not just opinion, it&#39;s the legal protections as well. The UK is lagging behind on self ID, access to trans healthcare and puberty blockers, and a bunch of other things. <br/><br/>Immigration is also an issue, since those fleeing homophobic and transphobic regimes, unlike say Canada don&#39;t get welcomed, it&#39;s much harder to prove. Marriage also means nothing re; a right to stay. 2026-08-06T14:54:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxk6a7mmvpypfrrsyrvhrc56uk5lxhvtt95czk0gzfhu8pftz5k8czyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg56qdn7w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz6ytkpf3etyfvyu6lztus5s3644sk94clasx9p99n5q7y8zj8c4clgawqd'>nevent1q…awqd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>they are - the new guidelines for same sex spaces that came in yesterday is definitely trying to reduce trans and queer rights by segregation - the idea that just by existing in a spce you can get booted out by some complaing white cis het Karen.<br/><br/>People are calling it an apartheid policy, and it&#39;s not hyperbole. I have friends who are worried to go into a toilet now....it&#39;s not some abstract thing. I am trans non-binary but look cis male so unlikely to get aggro. But others do - and are - including cis women who don&#39;t conform to gender.<br/><br/>The whole &#39;what rights are being attacked?&#39; ignored that the UK has slid down the equality rankings for years, and is now seen as a toxic place.<br/><br/>And they want to take that ostracism of trans folks from spaces further - the lawfare of JK Rowling and co.<br/><br/>I agree Amnesty caved due to legal pressure. But that&#39;s Amnesty&#39;s job to resist pressure like that....surprised that massive dictatorships didn&#39;t get them to cave but a children&#39;s book author with a lot of money did? 2026-08-06T14:22:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxz7gu9k6h3wjnkx5zzunvc386antxt88899j8etnt0fyaej5seegzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg568ae8v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr24refc9quy9u8y6llzwyw3r6rgqggj3uv9vuxjswwh0lejeck9srqlptl'>nevent1q…lptl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I never said they were great...just that they happen. Apparently it&#39;s fashionable to be a not only an uninformed dickhead like Ben, but also a tired apathetic one as well.<br/><br/>Very strange. 2026-08-06T03:23:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyye8gt6cz2qhda957vrhdv539eshx80dqh42uvejrsne6g8key3qzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg55k49kz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx3clxzc0hwpzd4tq9lm0uafpnd598mt9gucvkhz3454dwlnx2vjs5d27jh'>nevent1q…27jh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It has happened before. Even in places without guns.<br/><br/>Or did we imagine the French Revolution and the Russian one?<br/><br/>I am not saying &#39;don&#39;t vote&#39; or &#39;voting bad&#39;.<br/><br/>But saying revolution is never possible is a very weird modern and closed mindset (and very Uhhmerican) 2026-08-06T01:06:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfqfl5k7dp52e80kducpvruwkv23xzfme5qlkkwtqjtevk3de52zqzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5a078yv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstunewpvrkyazuntl8hug8fre7g4axa5ld7kdq3dpqcexqll2epuqcjy675'>nevent1q…y675</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I dunno, mass revolt is hard to counter. You&#39;re talking about a small militia or a few preppers. If the whoie populace rises up, it&#39;s not a fantasy.<br/><br/>It&#39;s rare...but they can&#39;t bomb everyone. And I know they have tried (Syria, Gaza) - there is a point where they have to destroy everything and it&#39;s a zero sum game...cos nothing is left.<br/><br/>Which they might do, but then no-one runs their factories, no-one buys their products, no-one exists for their propaganda...doing it abroad or in another place is one thing, but never good to shit where you sleep. 2026-08-06T00:55:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy7fqelwhl8ca403zjd95p5l0zwt0q5yhhrxuzwzjexpkh5k00ykszyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5fdhpdu Really disappointing, I expected better from Amnesty.<br/><br/>Those orgs ARE anti-rights.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-apology-a-growing-threat-briefing-published-on-8-july-2026/">https://www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-apology-a-growing-threat-briefing-published-on-8-july-2026/</a><br/><br/>#trans #transRightsAreHumanRights #transgender 2026-07-31T13:48:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsppc9sahan6x6lu0p2f70n6c4ursvtp6ntdthj3pylhktxlggys3szyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5s2fnle In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgs5gmj4atgl3lh7vkswu43kl5aatejv4yhzypa50ry685r2sl2gcnuvvf9'>nevent1q…vvf9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Love ‘Trans Joy Will Outlive You’ and ‘Jimothy for Trans Rights’ and suggesting that 10 Downing Street should be a public toilet.<br/><br/>The Fuck You I’m Happy and the Trans Joy goes out to the sour folks who spread hate online. I will be joyful out of spite. 2026-07-25T18:00:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgs5gmj4atgl3lh7vkswu43kl5aatejv4yhzypa50ry685r2sl2gczyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg50qzgjf Estimated 150,000 at London Trans+ Pride…which makes it the biggest trans protest since last year which was 100,000. <br/><br/>Glad I made it this year…a LOT of waiting in the sun. I marched with Switchboard cos John.<br/><br/>This was my first London Trans Pride…or Trans Pride anywhere. I almost didn’t make it again this year…last year I bailed cos of imposter syndrome and feeling out of place in trans spaces as an enby.<br/><br/>This year I had some online aggro from 3 people - turns out 2 of those are queerphobic/transphobic TERFs so makes me feel better. <br/><br/>When that shit comes out of the blue from a not obvious source it can poleaxe me. Randoms and TERFs I do not fucking care, people who I know or seem to be not a TERF plays badly with my radar/ND. <br/><br/>Also I was badly missing John so very low last night and this morning. Glad I went though.<br/><br/>#londontranspride #transpride #transpridelondon #transgender #nonbinary #switchboard<br/> <img src="https://retro-pizza.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/116/981/749/738/764/434/original/6513a07cd79b13f5.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://retro-pizza.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/116/981/750/283/481/547/original/afb322e3f0ded0a7.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://retro-pizza.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/116/981/761/367/177/186/original/50fd3a75694f3ccb.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://retro-pizza.s3.de.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/116/981/761/577/381/986/original/7a9272aba9154f21.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-07-25T17:20:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsffry8p232hphfuaf2vct75uxffllj0jspffr288pkm5jf80jtz7gzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg57vqpnv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrlraykll7vfva3qht28vfsvltz7hqdfj9dmyxspv2uyne6fehttcqtf3z3'>nevent1q…f3z3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvm1dyp9v2o">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvm1dyp9v2o</a> 2026-07-12T00:40:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrlraykll7vfva3qht28vfsvltz7hqdfj9dmyxspv2uyne6fehttczyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg56g2pey &#34;“Sometimes the logos are designed well enough, the Spain-based illustrator told NBC, that she doesn’t have to do much work to get them into gear. <br/><br/>Other times, the companies that hire her need an entire redraw that, somehow, remains true to the contours of the original AI version she was given - and those often end up taking longer than if she’d simply cooked up the design herself.<br/><br/>There’s people that are aware AI isn’t perfect, and then there’s people that come to you angry because they didn’t manage to get it done themselves with AI,” Carstens told NBC&#34;<br/><br/>Oh this is hilarious...so after ditching a whole load of workforce, they are hiring freelancers to fix the AI mistakes? And often the redraw/remake takes longer than if they&#39;d hired a creative in the first place?<br/><br/>I did tell you so...I spent a lot of time early Ai fixing text etc, it often was quicker to do it myself, or comp it from CC Zero images. That was after hours of trying to get it to do something....<br/><br/><a href="https://futurism.com/companies-hiring-humans-fix-ai">https://futurism.com/companies-hiring-humans-fix-ai</a><br/><br/>#ai #generativeAI 2026-07-12T00:38:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvqtkhdcuetwflyc3r54h7xv02v52wk6me92ec20set0rntfqlhqqzyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg5cuv62d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdyltek4utl6wh2ea96eutqc5h38wren0t6unwy7q7sj84522pyysygecsg'>nevent1q…ecsg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>why can&#39;t we seize it back?<br/><br/>It&#39;s been done before. And before we had social media and ways of mass organising...(and a few other things I can&#39;t mention cos I know the powers that be watch social media for incitement comments).<br/><br/>Like if poor Russian peasants can take over a Tsarist regime, this should be a piece of piss? 2026-06-25T14:18:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2nus4mpfh8q2ujdf2v94333pc09zdq8eygy3vvqj2vcr6e69aqczyp2ed4npk03l56cmn3spjr3jys26deq9tjmp7nxuw2m7p7c6zcvg59229l6 Via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1f5njqswzullu8ftg2n4tczrnn5gah3m4jqqe49ez0hepayjn38gsam2tcs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Sue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱</span> (<span class="italic">npub1f5n…2tcs</span>)</a></span> which I boosted but there is much more in there...a discussion about the value of AI to people and why it&#39;s unpopular. <br/><br/>AI bros don&#39;t get this. when the previous disruptions happened - MP3s, YouTube etc there was some benefit for people...not always good as Nilay says about big trucks etc. But with AI the net positives don&#39;t outweigh the negatives - people aren&#39;t stupid. <br/><br/>They can see this - the unemployment, creative industries laying people off but creating a less good product, environmental costs, launching servers into space (!!) making Kessler syndrome a distinct possibility, the issues with artists and creatives not getting paid, deepfakes, chatbots telling people to kill themselves or commit atrocities...the likelihood of a massive recession when the bubble bursts...the social/economic negatives are endless.<br/><br/>This is offset by a fancy search engine and jumped up autocorrect and Ghibli profile pics. <br/><br/>It&#39;s not even close.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theverge.com/podcast/898715/superhuman-grammarly-expert-review-shishir-mehrotra-interview-ai-impersonation">https://www.theverge.com/podcast/898715/superhuman-grammarly-expert-review-shishir-mehrotra-interview-ai-impersonation</a><br/><br/>#artificialintelligence<br/> <img src="https://retro.pizza/system/media_attachments/files/116/280/454/693/623/737/original/5568cb33810d9874.png"> <br/> <img src="https://retro.pizza/system/media_attachments/files/116/280/454/670/542/660/original/914b39b53bf969f4.png"> <br/> 2026-03-23T20:51:22Z