Good. Everyone knows what sex they are. Please respect the explicit & established equality & non-discrimination rights of women & girls to single sex services, public provisions and associations when sex matters. Simple.
Colin Lawson
@colindlawson.bsky.social
Physics/education/retired. Walking and small boat sailing. Cornwall, UK. Lifelong news and current affairs addict. North Utsire. South Utsire. Occasionally poor. Becoming good.
Responses to this giving a pretty good indication of how men react when they’re told “No” (an eloquent reminder of why women sometimes need spaces of their own)
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 8h agoOur 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
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
Women deserve respect – on and off the pitch📢 In this clip, Premier League match official Sian Massey-Ellis explains how male allies have transformed her experiences at work. #WomensSports #WomenInCoaching
Man supporting sports fans booing a sportswoman. A story as old as women's fight for equality & non-discrimination in sport. Continuity patriarchy.
Yes, the only winners will be the racists, bigots and right-wing opportunists. The damage will be immense, all for the lack of some firm, honest advice early in Arday's career and academics prepared to apply critical thinking to their role in this and similar issues.
“With grubby pacts, police probes, and support from a convicted fraudster – Reform are up to their neck in sleaze and they clearly think the rules don’t apply to them.” #FarageBung www.theguardian.com/politics/202...?
Farage admits he discussed returning as Reform leader months earlier than previously stated
Admission may undermine Farage’s account of circumstances surrounding £5m gift from crypto billionaire
theguardian.com
BREAKING Reform UK's Richard Tice is being investigated by the parliamentary standards watchdog over an allegation that he failed to declare an interest.
"You often hear that it’s just older women who care about this. The reason is because younger women are too terrified to speak out due to a fear of losing their careers or positions, because they know the onslaught they’re going to get.” www.thetimes.com/article/b69b...
‘Unions fought for the Equality Act. Now they want it abolished’
Meet the ordinary Scottish women defending their right to believe in biology
thetimes.com
As we speak, some young postgraduate students are being advised by ideologically captured academics. One day, those students are going to find that reality can be cruel, especially when their dodgy research paper is exposed and exploited by ruthless right-wing commentators.
This is a really good and important thread debunking the lies of some UK politicians and aligned media about what happened in Ceuta. There was never any prospect of any of these men coming to Spain, let alone the UK. Most have now returned to Morocco. Braverman, Jenrick, Farage et al know this.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 5d ago57 people have died in the chaotic scenes on the Spanish border with Morocco. After 50,000 people entered Spain from Morocco, over 9/10 (approx 96%) have returned to Morocco
Here's the unredacted version, that tells you that trump isn't a monster outta nowhere but the final stage of what the USA always has been !
It was preposterous that amnesty characterised a trauma informed service to support women who have been subject to sexual and domestic violence as anti rights. There was an impact on service users and this shows an impact on staff. No wonder those involved were and remain so angry
Inside JK Rowling’s rape support centre that took on Amnesty – and won
After defeating ‘anti-rights’ claims, Beira’s Place is standing firm against the trans lobby by providing female-only support
telegraph.co.uk
🧵On @thenewsagents.co.uk yesterday, school closures and the lab leak theory were offered as two examples of legitimate questions that were hard to ask. Both have in fact been asked constantly since 2020. But here's a thread on why I think they were wrong and dangerous on school closures 1/12
First they announce they’re killing Google Earth desktop, a crucial tool for investigators, journalists, etc. and then they add this to the web version. What are y’all doing
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 5d agoNew from 404 Media: Google Earth has introduced an AI feature that lets anyone fabricate completely bullshit satellite images. In our own tests, we added a “bomb blast and crater” to an area of Los Angeles. This is a misinformation time bomb, will 100% be abused www.404media.co/google-earth...
Google Earth, a tool often used as a source of satellite imagery to verify photos and videos, has added a feature that allows you to alter satellite imagery with AI, for reasons. blog.google/products-and...
Transform any place with Nano Banana in Google Earth
Custom images — generated from Google Earth satellite, aerial, and 3D imagery — help you redesign any location.
blog.google
I was a fan of Alan's; I bought one of his books. But he destroyed his credibility with me when he refused to acknowledge the threat from postmodernism. Those who failed to do due diligence on Jason Arday are responsible for Arday's fate & for gifting a propaganda bonanza to the right.
New, from me: It is fine to disagree with aspects of the pandemic response. But what we saw at Fauci's hearing was something different: a show trial where cranks tried to threaten and shift blame to an public servant. Here is why this is bad for all of us.🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/watching-t...
Watching the show trials
Anthony Fauci and the politics of retribution
donmoynihan.substack.com
The GLPs' support for this case is another example of so-called progressives failing to do due diligence and putting ideology before reality. The result is the double whammy of damaging the very people they are supposed to be supporting while gifting ever more ammunition for the right to exploit.
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The GLPs' support for this case is another example of so-called progressives failing to do due diligence and putting ideology before reality. The result is the double whammy of damaging the very people they are supposed to be supporting while gifting ever more ammunition for the right to exploit.
@news.abc.net.au ABC you're finding it hard to report on this properly aren't you? Is your editor out with the work psychologist from the distress of Jillian Spencer being vindicated? (The headline doesn't match the story).
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 3w agoQueensland hospital settles dispute with psychiatrist Dr Jillian Spencer over gender care
Big new story from @annaisaac.bsky.social. Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother before she made Reform & Tice donations. The even bigger question now is where did Cottrell’s money come from? And this is where I think a very big problem lies.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Revealed: George Cottrell transferred $2m to his mother days before her donations to Reform UK
Exclusive: Sources say Fiona Cottrell told bankers the transfers, received 24-72 hours before her donations to Reform, came from her son
theguardian.com
This Good Law Project has all the hallmarks of the Amnesty International UK debacle. At least Amnesty published its dossier (and quickly retracted it). Is talking about human rights “hateful”? Judge for yourself. sex-matters.org/posts/update...
Is talking about human rights “hateful”? Judge for yourself
Read, watch and share the things that the Good Law Project doesn't want people to hear. And donate to help us keep on saying them! The Good Law Project
sex-matters.org
Assisted dying debate should come after end-of-life care reform, says Burnham
Assisted dying debate should come after end-of-life care reform, says Burnham
Introducing the legislation would be ‘very challenging’ until care system improved, PM says * UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham has said the assisted dying debate needs to wait until palliative care and social care are fixed, as he set out his path to resolving one of the most intractable problems in British politics. The prime minister said he was not opposed to having the debate on assisted dying, but told reporters it would be “very challenging” to introduce the controversial legislation until the care system was in a better place. Continue reading...
theguardian.com
The Ethics of Sex Verification by Miroslav Imbrišević and Jon Pike. philosophersmag.com/the-ethics-o...
The Ethics of Sex Verification - The Philosophers' Magazine
Miroslav Imbrišević and Jon Pike argue that it is justified to treat different cases differently in sports.
philosophersmag.com
The Ethics of Sex Verification by Miroslav Imbrišević and Jon Pike. philosophersmag.com/the-ethics-o...
The Ethics of Sex Verification - The Philosophers' Magazine
Miroslav Imbrišević and Jon Pike argue that it is justified to treat different cases differently in sports.
philosophersmag.com
We are saddened to hear about the risks to Jodrell Bank’s public funding. Without underplaying the challenge of meeting rising research costs on a fixed budget, Jodrell Bank is rare in being a place where the public can see and feel the impact of research for themselves. (1/2)
