I hate every single one of my husband's friends. Whenever we are invited over to one of their places, I remove a single piece from any puzzles I find.

There is no shame in being a female human being. The female body is amazing, it is able to grow new human beings and feed them, while doing all that men can do.

Maybe there were fewer strictures on what behaviour was acceptable for male/female humans in the Neolithic? Or maybe archaeological examinations of Lego catalogues through the ages show more children were nonbinary in the 1960s than now. Who can say

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

Soft resistance in this case would mean males deliberately entering female toilets and changing rooms despite being explicitly told not to. I would very, very strongly advise people not to do this, it will have tremendous negative consequences for everybody.

Dasia Taylor,now 22, developed a surgical suture that changes color in response to pH changes associated with wound infections. #Invention #Innovation #MedicalBreakthroughs

I suspect today will be a good day for being blocked.

Some of the replies here attacking the EHRC seem a bit confused. If you want the law to be different, you need to campaign for specific change(s) - fulminating against the EHRC for explaining the law to service providers who don't have in-house legal advice (aka doing their job) won't help anyone

Glad to see this statutory code of practice for services, public functions and associations on how EA2010 works for all protected characteristics - age; disability; gender reassignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race; religion or belief; sex; and, sexual orientation.

Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 13h ago

Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx

Kishwer Falkner and Akua Reindorf: Code of practice provides weapon to defend single-sex spaces. Organisations have long ignored the law on self-identity. The EHRC rules which take effect today will not end that but are nevertheless a victory www.thetimes.com/article/c483...

Code of practice provides weapon to defend single-sex spaces

Organisations have long ignored the law on self-identity. The EHRC rules which take effect today will not end that but are nevertheless a victory

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'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)

Bad Woman: The Myth that Women Were Housewives for Most of History badwoman.substack.com/p/the-myth-t... "...we should stop debating how and why women entered the workforce and whether the effects of it are a welcome change. Women were already there; we’ve always been a part of the workforce.

The Myth that Women Were Housewives for Most of History

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Back in my Waterstones head office days, there was some statistic or survey that defined a 'heavy reader' as someone who read six books a year. Which I think acts as a helpful reminder that people who read more than that are in the minority, as are people who frequent bookshops on a regular basis.

Owler Nook@owlernook.bsky.social · yesterday

If you're feeling intimidated by the number of books that certain FT staff are devouring while on holiday, rest assured that the median UK adult has read three books in the past year.

Is this why a rat was nailed to the door of Vancouver Rape Relief in 2019? Or had bill C-19 not been passed by then?

Read it here if you haven't yet. Today is the very best day of all days to read it for the first time. short-stories.co/@raybradbury...

There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury

The voice-clock sang, breakfast was ejected, but no doors slammed. The garage chimed and lifted its door to reveal the waiting car. The house sat alone in a city of rubble and…

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Adam Rawnsley@arawnsley.bsky.social · yesterday

Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.

The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.

Covid infection levels in England have jumped this week, although remaining at historically low levels. With 1 in every 1549 people in England now infected as of 2 August, we have increased the BuDS Covid infection risk level from Low to Moderately Low. A thread 🧵 buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...

Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 2 August 2026

The BuDS Covid-19 Risk Assessment for the week ending 2 August 2026

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For the first time in more than 70 years, women took the field in a professional baseball game. Dreams that generations fought for are finally becoming reality. Here’s to every girl who has ever been told, “Baseball isn’t for you.” Keep proving them wrong💪 #WomensSports #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance

Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.

I see Richard “if Rayner had any integrity she would offer her resignation” Tice is being investigated. Again

Back when I had Twitter I used to offer free headshots for low-income authors, not sure I have much reach here but the offer is still there. London or Birmingham (although I’m in Glasgow and Edinburgh at the end of Aug and can fit in a session. Will have lights so can be indoors).

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/how-... Please do share the living crap out of this.

How misinformation and intimidation took down HRT café

HRT Café shared gender-affirming care info until Do No Harm shut it down; FDA records show no investigation took place

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A report by the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action highlights community-based support beyond the hospital. It points out that “mother-to-mother” is a “scaleable” example of that. worldbreastfeedingweek.org/2026/wp-cont... 2/

Today is the start of World Breastfeeding Week 2026. This year’s theme is “Breastfeeding for a sustainable start in life: strengthen what works”. 🧵1/

4 million disabled adults in England & Wales currently receive Personal Independence Payment, PIP. The average PIP payment is £6900 per year and the maximum award is £10,120. The minimum additional cost of being disabled is calculated at £13,140 per year. 4/5

Disability is a political hot topic and there's fake information being spread. So we've produced this handy infographic showing how many disabled people there really are in England & Wales. This is free to share to combat false narratives around disabled people. A thread 🧵

This is appalling.

the3million@the3million.bsky.social · 3d ago

Monique Hawkins, acting chief executive of the3million, said the impact of the Home Office’s retrospective review was devastating for many. "People applied to the EU settlement scheme in good faith...by building their lives in the UK and putting down roots." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

There had been 47 COVID-19 teacher deaths by *20 April 2020* COVID-19 and other viruses that can cause long-term harm and death are airborne. Clean air improves attendance, health, wellbeing, inclusion and achievement.

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 5d ago

There are working class and vulnerable kids who will never have the life they should have had because of school closures. Let’s address that too, shall we?