Tonya Brash

Homeopath, gardener, dowser (sometimes all 3 at once). Interested in everything energy healing related, people and planet.

[Shannon 🇺🇸I stand with America @thewriterme]

This may be the most important video you watch today. Indoctrination is our downfall.

[Tonya Brash @TonyaBrash]

@DanNeidle Genuinely curious (not an economist), is this report evidence against Gary's "inequality is rising" claim? Wealth shares stayed flat, but asset prices roughly doubled+ over the same period. Flat share of a much bigger pie = huge absolute gains at the top. No?

[Elaine Miller | Venus Envy @GussieGrips]

“What is it about being male/female that is stopping you from becoming the person you want to be?”

An excellent question this parent asked of her child.
@CanSG_org #firstDoNoHarm

[Sall Grover @salltweets]

Basically, the argument is, “it was a different time, we didn’t think that bad men would use a legal loophole to destroy women’s rights” which is not only ignorant & short sighted, showcases a complete ignorance to why women’s rights were protected in law in the first place.

[Janet Murray @jan_murray]

This is fantastic news.

But it's worth remembering that £187,000 split between seven nurses does not come close to compensating them for what they have been through.

These were women who simply wanted to get changed at work - without a man being present.

Yet they were treated as the problem. Not the man insisting on access to the women's changing room.

Perhaps it resonates with me more right now, because I am currently pursuing my own legal case. After my choir was dropped from the London Marathon - on account of my gender-critical views.

While it is a personal matter, I know it will, almost certainly, continue to affect me professionally - for years to come.

And there is no apology - and no amount of money - that can fully compensate for the damage caused by these cases.

Being shunned by colleagues, friends or even family members. Watching opportunities disappear. Sensing even people who agree are wary of you - simply because you spoke up and they didn't.

Because people who challenge the status quo are often both respected and feared.

What I find especially troubling is the amount of public money spent trying to prove these women were wrong.

More than £600,000 was reportedly spent defending a policy that a tribunal ultimately found to be discriminatory.

How much easier would it have been to tell ONE man that, regardless of how he identified, women's changing facilities are for women?

These nurses should never have had to fight this battle in the first place.

[Janet Inglis @ThatAussieWoman]

How does the Cass Puberty Blocker trial and the FWS Supreme Court decision work in tandem?

Any child who is put through this weird protocol of blocking their puberty while they consider the impossibility of changing their sex through further drugs and extreme surgeries to change the outward appearance of their genitals and other body parts to mimic those of the opposite sex as much as possible in the very high hopes that it will trick others into believing they really are the opposite sex - will, according to the FWS judgement, be forever locked out of those spaces, sports, and services intended for the opposite sex.

So what's the point?

Children being set-up for a lifetime of outsider paranoid misery. Forever trying to hide the reality of their sex.
Knowing there will always be those who know the truth, and hoping they will never betray you.
Always wondering if the people you interact with suspect (or, most likely, know) you're just pretending.
Actively suppressing any urge to regret what's been done to you, and to feel anger towards those who allowed it to happen.

Setting children up for a pugilistic attitude to their own sex for the rest of their lives is an abominable thing for the State to do.

Particularly a State that has just affirmed legally that sex is sex, and that there are no concessions for anybody to use the sex based provisions, mitigations and services that exclude their sex.

It's State sponsored torture, with a truly terrible punchline.

The State is engineering children to look as much like the opposite sex as possible, then denying them any benefits that come with being the sex they've engineered them to look like.

It is just such a cruel form of child abuse.

[Carrie Clark @cwestonclark]

I am begging critics of the puberty blocker trial to stop getting lost in the weeds arguing about research ethics, Gillick competence, informed consent, fertility preservation and the like. The NHS’s refusal to complete the Data Linkage Study (DLS) before proceeding with a new trial is the ONLY argument worth making on this issue. Everything else is a distraction.
The DLS would find out what has happened to all the children who have already taken puberty blockers. There is NO justification for proceeding with a puberty blocker trial before the DLS is complete. The entire programme of future research in this area should be informed by its results. The fact that the NHS is getting ready to run a live experiment on vulnerable children before it has even established the fate of those it has already experimented on is utterly damning.
The deeply disappointing Dr Cass should be widely derided for her ridiculous comments on ‘harm reduction’. The DLS IS harm reduction. Critics of the trial must stop fighting on their opponents turf by quibbling over technical details. We need to relentlessly force the DLS onto the agenda and expose the shameful hypocrisy of the NHS. DO THE DLS.
#DotheDLS
https://t.co/HfdBR3L8tC

[James Esses @JamesEsses]

If you want to summarise just how messed up the United Kingdom is in a single sentence:

The UK government believes that 11 year olds are too young to watch YouTube but old enough to block their puberty and render themselves infertile.

[Dr. Jessica Taylor @DrJessTaylor]

This week, The Guardian reported on a survey by the Royal College of Psychiatrists claiming that ‘three in four women do not know that menopause causes mental illness.’

Read that sentence again. Menopause causes mental illness, apparently. And the silly women don’t even know about it.

Give us all a goddamn break, please.

It is hard to overstate how pathologising, misleading, and politically loaded that statement is. And it is even harder to ignore the fact that this message was not stumbled upon accidentally by a journalist. It was issued as a press-friendly finding by one of the most powerful psychiatric institutions in the UK. The Royal College of Psychiatrists.

A disgusting and deliberate tactic to frame menopausal and perimenopausal women as mentally ill, and of course, unaware.

As a psychologist who has spent years researching the psychiatric labelling of women and girls, and as the author of Sexy But Psycho, I find this framing deeply concerning. Because this is exactly how it happens. First, women’s normal physiological processes are reframed as psychiatric risk factors. Then women are told they are unaware, uninformed, or ignorant about their own bodies. Then the screening increases. Everyone celebrates more screening of women. Then the diagnoses increase. Then the prescribing increases. And before long, an entire life stage has been recoded as a mental health disorder waiting to happen.

This is not a drill, ladies. This is not a drill.

[Jaimee Michell @JaimeeUSA]

There are many wonderful videos on the internet, this just happens to be my favorite.

There is no wrong way to be a boy or a girl. THIS is how you talk to kids about gender. @againstgrmrs

🎥 @AndriaDont99498

[Andrew Learmonth @andrewlearmonth]

SNP MSP Michelle Thomson has accused the Scottish Government of repeatedly re-traumatising survivors of sexual violence by dragging its feet on implementing the For Women Scotland Supreme Court ruling. https://t.co/TQunFWXWca

[Emma Hilton @FondOfBeetles]

I had no experience of Charlie Kirk beyond the occasional clip that went past my timeline, none of which I engaged with deeply.

From this UK POV, he was a preppy fundie Christian conservative doing preppy fundie Christian conservative stuff.

No opinion about him beyond characterising him as above, and not thinking at all about that.

But I have rarely wanted to defend anyone more.

[Chloe Cole ⭐️ @ChloeCole]

A year ago I showed up to watch Charlie Kirk table at San Diego and he picked me out of the crowd to tell my story.

There are so many in politics that pull the ladder up behind them. Charlie knew that in order to build a movement, he would have to lift others up and that’s a big part of what makes him so great.

He genuinely wanted to see me succeed, he cared immensely about everyone he ever touched. I have never witnessed a heart so big.

[Steve Loftus @LoftusSteve]

I didn't really know anything about Charlie Kirk

Until this week Kirk was a name and face I would occasionally see someone retweet on here and I would scroll past. I'd seen 2 or 3 short videos taken from Tiktok of him debating some low IQ college student but that was it.

I'm generally not interested in MAGA. I broadly believe in many of their goals, but find much of the rhetoric and policy implementation to be self defeating. To me Kirk was another Ben Shapiro or Tim Pool. All MAGA, all the time.

Immediately following his shooting my shock was political and societal. Another step down in what seems to be the never ending descent of American, and thus Western, society. Another sad day for free speech, no matter what you thought of the man's politics.

Then in the following hours my timeline was filled with videos of Kirk as a father, and my heart broke. I saw a man that was clearly devoted to his family and who loved them, and was loved in return, a great deal. I felt that love forever torn apart. I saw a daughter that would never run to her father and wrap her arms around him again.

The following day I saw more videos on here, and out of respect and curiosity I watched them all. Maybe they would make some sense of why someone felt the need to end this man's life and rob his children of a father. They did not.

Contrary to the tweets spreading through X as some kind of justification, what I found was a man who was deeply religious. I man that had a true belief system, and not one that he bent or shaped to fit to modern society. For example. he absolutely believed that homosexuality was a sin because that was what the bible told him, but he did not hate or think less of those people. Many of his close friends such as Peter Thiel and David Rubin were gay.

What I see when I watch the videos of Kirk is a fan of deep faith who put that faith above everything else. I see a man who treated everyone with compassion and civility. I see a man that was friendly and open and honest.

Honestly, I see a man that is braver and better than I. Not because he put himself in danger by wanted to talk to people, but by handing himself completely over to a belief system that I've never been able to get my head around. Like many of us, the idea is alien to me.

I can't say I don't watch his videos with a tinge of jealousy. What I see is a man who was completely happy. A man confident in his faith and who led his life accordingly. A man who not just believed, but acted on his belief.

At a time when so many people seem empty and depressed, it's hard not to be a little jealous of a person that seemed so fulfilled.

With this in mind, it's been incensing to see him slandered on here by people without any of the faith and none of the commitment. To see people take the man's faith and turn it into something twisted and hateful.

I knew nothing of the man in life, but I will try to listen to him more in death.

[Alex Phillips @ThatAlexWoman]

I keep hearing - even on the BBC - that Charlie Kirk held "extreme" views

DON'T let them do this

THIS is why he is dead today

What "extreme" views? Why are they "extreme"?

Did he advocate killing people? Did he believe in eugenics?
Did he want war?

HE JUST WASN'T LEFT WING!!!

Increasingly DISGUSTED at how many journalists can't see that they are a huge part of the problem

[Nat Wei @NatWei]

Today I spoke during the Second Reading of the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill in the House of Lords today. It contains vastly authoritarian measures to clamp down on home education under the pretext of safeguarding, but actually will cause great harm (1/5). @LabourList

[Robert W Malone, MD @RWMaloneMD]

"I’ve seen a lot of criticism of RFK Jr. since his autism speech yesterday.
So I decided to do something radical… I watched the full speech.
(I know — crazy concept: go to the source and form your own opinion instead of blindly repeating media narratives and social media memes.)
And what I found didn’t exactly match the headlines.
So in this post, I want to address the five biggest criticisms I’ve seen and share my take.
But first — let me say this:
Whatever you think of his policies, one thing seems clear to me after listening to RFK Jr. speak: he genuinely seems to care about the children and families affected by autism. You can disagree with his conclusions, but to paint him as evil or malicious is unfair... and, frankly, dishonest.
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Criticism #1: “He called autism an ’epidemic.’”
Yes, he did ... to highlight the steep rise in diagnoses. (CDC data shows 1 in 31 kids today.)
The term "epidemic" does not always imply something contagious. I find it unlikely that those criticizing his use of the word "epidemic" showed the same level of outrage when it was used to describe the obesity epidemic or the fentanyl epidemic.
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Criticism #2: “He said autistic kids will never have jobs, never pay taxes, never go on dates.”
This is wildly misleading and out of context. Just moments before making that statement, he referred specifically to the 25% of cases classified as severe (children who are nonverbal, not toilet trained, and unable to care for themselves). Clearly, within this context, his remarks were not about all autistic children. Anyone claiming otherwise is either unaware of this context or deliberately misrepresenting his words.
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Criticism #3: “He rejected the science — autism is genetic, not caused by toxins.”
This claim misrepresents his stance. He didn’t dismiss the role of genetics; rather, he stated that while genes might create a vulnerability, they alone cannot explain an epidemic. This perspective is far from fringe. Even the CDC acknowledges that environmental factors may play a role. His argument isn’t anti-science; it’s a reasonable call for a more balanced exploration of potential causes.
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Criticism #4: “He’s pushing anti-vax conspiracy theories again!”
This one is just false. Not once during his 27-minute speech did he mention vaccines. Instead, he discussed toxins such as mold, pesticides, and additives. But the media (who appear to hate him for past positions) decided to resurrect the vaccine angle even though he didn’t bring it up. This is yet another example of a targeted smear campaign by individuals more invested in promoting narratives than seeking the truth.
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Criticism #5: “His words were emotionally harmful to autistic people and their families.”
I guess this one depends on your perspective. Yes, his language was intense, but maybe what’s also harmful is ignoring the existence of the most severe forms of autism. RFK Jr. is amplifying the voices of parents whose children face extreme challenges, such as self-injurious behaviors, inability to speak, constant supervision needs, and requiring round-the-clock care. These families are real, and their struggles are profound. For once, someone on a national platform is recognizing their pain and saying, “We see you, and we are committed to understanding why this is happening.”
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I’m not saying RFK Jr. is perfect. His words could’ve been clearer. His policy ideas are certainly open to scrutiny. But let’s stop pretending he dehumanized autistic people or rejected science.
He’s asking tough questions. He’s challenging the status quo.
And instead of outrage, maybe we should welcome the conversation.
Watch the speech. Check the CDC data.
And let’s focus on facts instead of clickbait."
-Written by Tyson Zahner

[Tonya Brash @TonyaBrash]

I just supported this case! https://t.co/zIms5MwX6P via @CrowdJustice

[Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics]

What @RachelReevesMP's Spring Statment actually means for you

[Right To Life UK @RightToLifeUK]

Danny Kruger MP (@danny__kruger) highlights a troubling issue with Leadbeater's Bill: it requires the Government to fund assisted suicide, but makes no provision to fund the supply of palliative care. These priorities are all wrong.