My Mastodon ❤ is "RNLI: Out On A Shout": @outonashout

This bot uses the RNLI's crew alerts to generate short toots like "B-class #lifeboat launched from Lough Ree at 11:28 - https://rnli.org/LoughRee"

About 20 launches per day means ~20 toots a day. Each one a reminder that some fine people risk their lives without pay to save others.

Amidst all the hate of the #astroTERFs trying to wreck #trans lives and the cruelty of the watchdog-turned-predator #EHRC, I really need those rays of kindness

@christineburns I initially thought that Wes Streeting and #Starmer were appeasing the #astroTERFs. Much as that revolts me, I could see the strategic temptation. But we are now way beyond that.

As soon as he took office, WS went ultraTERF on puberty blockers. Mahmoud has gone ultraTERF on the UKSC ruling.

This looks to me way beyond appeasement. If its not ideological conversion, it's a zealous attempt to overtake the #christofascists and #astroTERFs ... which of course is impossible

@alexadeswift Yes.

But control of other people's bodies has always been a core part of imperialist projects, such as British imperialism and the American #christofascist coalition which backs the #astroTERFs.

Bodily autonomy is the most fundamental freedom, and it's no accident that the astroTERFs operate strategically to try to destroy the #bodilyAutonomy of #trans people. In the USA, it has gone in tandem with destroying #reproductiveFreedom, but in the #UK that will come later,

I never doubted that British #transphobes were primarily driven by a desire to control the lives of #trans people. Exploiting the fears of cis women was only a means to that end.

But it's helpful to see it confirmed here in writing by Sex Matters, along with other anti-trans #astroTERFs. Their pitch to Wes Streeting is simple: the #UKSC has made trans lives unliveable, so you should ensure that they are not lived.

See the letter at https://sex-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/20250428-Letter-to-Sir-James-Mackey-and-Wes-Streeting.pdf or https://sex-matters.org/posts/publications/letter-to-the-ceo-of-nhs-england/