Claudia Tyler-Mae

I know that feeling.

..our financial system and media landscape has seen the rise of a bubble that has allowed the most insane rot to set in.

These people are actively preventing positive technology to maintain monopolies and power. At it's heart, this is money, not tech that is causing such damage.

This is centred on a specific community that have been allowed to run riot with venture capital and a remarkably small circle of insiders who act as king-makers. Their wealth has unhinged their morals and seen the rise of fake philosophy and weird ideology. There is technology for good, but...

We have a new generation of people who have never had to deal with serious life consequences of their actions.

They've not seen family members killed in war, or lost to disease. They've not seen serious poverty or destitution.

Their opinions have no consequence and they act accordingly.

You're using it wrong. I just push all of our rubbish out through the letterbox and pretend it never happened.

Admittedly I now have to leave the house by climbing out of the window... but still.

Why don't trans folk gang together to overthrow our corporate...

OOMG. I've just got the best new pair of boots ever. They're sooo comfortable, and look fab. For once, I have shoes I can wear in polite company! I'm so pleased.

..what was I saying?

(Genuinely, they're great boots.)

I mainly did a meal diary so I could keep some variety and spot the meals that derailed things. Swapping out red meat and pasta for fish and lentils made a big difference too.

Take pleasure in a broad and healthy diet and it makes it easier to worry less about individual calories.

I'm sure JK Rowling will use her "woman's fund" to protect the women she claims to care for, and pay for all of their tests...

Won't she?

In this political pressure cooker environment, it has to happen eventually. But if there was a way we could push it forwards, to nudge those voices into place, I want to know about it.

The Beatles created HandMade films. Ronan O'Rahilly started Radio Caroline.... small voices of independence and creativity, when we weren't all dependent on massive corporate media companies to provide us with news, information and ideas.

I'm positive that it will happen...

As a space to organise, and discuss, this is fantastic.

I worry though that we still need wealthy people taking big risks, and they're not here. We need community, media and social spaces where being creative and tolerant is normalised...

BlueSky was an accident, when techbros thought they were building a safe haven for libertarians and crypto-nuts - but actually made a space for people fleeing libertarians and crypto-nuts.

But we were still dependent on wealthy people taking big risks that happened to benefit us. 🧵

One Year On: 13 people on the ruling that changed their lives On 16 April 2025, the UK’s Supreme Court ruled that the legal definition of a woman is based on their biological sex assigned at birth. Forget the rage-bait headlines and attempts to divide us through...

This is excellent. Give yourself a 15 minute break from whatever you're doing, and read it. Cis and trans alike.

(In case you're wondering, most of the people in the linked image below are trans. But not all).

The UK views this as a cosy arrangement that has suited the powers that be, and will continue to suit them. What possible external force could change that?

Funny just how much effort went into that.

Try-hard barely covers it.

You can smell the desperation for a round of applause dripping off each word.

Jacket by Feng. I can't afford it. I can't justify it. I wouldn't look like this. Buuuuttt.....

Inside me are two wolves.

One of them really, really wants this jacket.

My wolves are stoopid and my bank manager has taken the credit card away from them.

Most Brits couldn't care less what we do - but some very well funded and deeply ideological groups want to be in control, and they *love* to invent imaginary threats to excuse their behaviour.

By law.

Well that too, but every part of the framing he's using needs to be dismantled.

It shows the immense priviledge of the author that they think that being an "effeminate gay boy" is a safe choice for people exploring their identity.

I can't quite get my head around how quickly I've grown complete contempt for nearly everyone in mainstream media and politics.

It's like someone sprayed them all with moron juice.

Maybe inventing careers where you are showered with money for having "consequence free" opinions was a bad idea.

The Christian Right in America is a fantastically efficient fund raising machine. This is simply money buying influence and access to power.

It appears they also seek to influence foreign governments - and we can see the effects of lobbying in the UK.

If anyone was unsure that the leadership of the US are not politically, but ideologically driven...

That episode in Friends where Ross gets the leather pants (trousers) still bugs me.

It's the most conservative, middle class take ever. Leather trousers are freaky and impossible to wear! Really?

Sure, they're unfashionable (less so back then), but... that? Does your mum buy your clothes for you?

A screenshot of a digital news article from The Sunday Times. ​Headline: "Trust me, taking testosterone as a woman is about more than sex". ​Subheader: "Most doctors only prescribe the hormone for low libido yet menopause campaigners say it has many other benefits too. So why is no one researching these claims?". ​Lead Image: A portrait of a woman, Rebecca Seal, wearing a blue sweater and smiling at the camera. ​Byline and Date: Written by Rebecca Seal; published Saturday, February 28, 2026.

Article on 'Black-Market' Hormones ​A screenshot of a digital news article from The Times. ​Headline: "Doctors fear young at risk from ‘black-market trans hormones’". ​Subheader: "Medics call for an urgent investigation into trans community groups offering support on accessing supplies for self-medication". ​Lead Image: A photo of a trans rights demonstration outside Holyrood in 2022, featuring individuals and large Transgender and Non-binary pride flags. ​Byline and Date: Written by Mary Wright; published Sunday, March 01, 2026.

Absolutely incredible.

Things I learned this weekend... whilst silicone glue would make sure those breast forms will never, under any circumstances actually come off, the subsequent trip to hospital would be embarasssing.

(No, I'm not glueing things to me... but household repairs throw up weird stuff sometimes!)

Bonus points for "cross-sex hormones" and "mounting evidence".

It's a bit depressing when your patients know more than you do...

Corruption goes deep in our Civil Service and the government that takes great pains to appoint people who reflect their "values".

The same national press who are currently lining up Farage's clown show to take over from Starmer?

What is it about the leaders of these parties they love so much?

The BBC is deferential towards straight white men in Home Counties suits, who put a fiver into the collection on Sundays.

And we are surprised?