Toby Buckle

the anti-trans bathroom ban is very bad—it's also a sign uk democracy is failing my latest with @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

US political violence overwhelmingly comes from the right - the side that calls for, glorifies, & literally pardons it

one reason i reject the 'global, vibes based rejection of liberalism' theory is, as elites have internalised it, they've figured there's nothing to be done other than accommodate fascism but in fact, when we fight, we win all the time

"men have all the power, but none of the responsibility . . . Democrats are female and the Republicans are male, therefore, only the Democrats have agency" - latest podcast with @amandamarcotte.bsky.social www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/maga-and-mas...

so this is the part of the code which says a young male child can come in a women's changing room (& why that exception is allowed)

foreign writers can instantly clock why labour collapsed, yet it's utterly beyond our own commentariat

mp who worked in heath: how will trans-exclusion be implemented in a hospital? you can't just make a new oncology ward . . . no, you can't just 'put them in a side room' ehrc prat, brightly: i think it'll work just swell

i don't think 1 is that much of a mystery www.liberalcurrents.com/the-end-of-t...

if "transplants" can't be real new yorkers, you're excluding from the city's heritage: frank sinatra, spike lee, mamdani, duke ellington, marcus garvey, langston hughes, andy warhol, louis armstrong, mother cabrini, jackie onassis, dj kool herc, adam clayton powell, arturo schomburg

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one thing that my interview projects, & even just reactions to my snarky posts, keep impressing on me is the dem base is apocalyptically angry & hates being told they have to empathise with their oppressors

why beholdest thou the messaging mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the 98% primary loss rate beam that is in thine own?