Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Was at a reenactment event yesterday: we were providing the living history while another organisation was doing the combat. We weren't really paying them much attention when one of their group interrupted with "Do you have a first aid kit? Preferably one with steristrips?"

been thinking things over and wonder if i've taken this whole longevity thing too far

Based in the UK? Then please sign and share! Help creators be paid what they're owed. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

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Police seized a protester's bodycam as evidence. Months later, they returned it – complete with more than four hours of recordings from inside the police station. What was said in those recordings are now at the heart of a fresh misconduct investigation. Full story ⤵️

Norfolk police investigate officers after bodycam recording

Accidentally recorded conversations include claims of illegal stop and searches and talk of brothel visits

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"There are two roads. Which one will he choose?"

Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.

Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now

I've just noticed a scar on the back of my wrist, with no recollection as to how it got there.

Five minutes into "Across the red line" on Radio 4, and I'm already wanting to throw something. Possibly a molotov. Off to Radio 3.

I had a great big salad for dinner, lots of leaves. Thanks, functioning public health monitoring system!

I'm praying for Neil Nunes, but worried I'd get Nick Robinson.

Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w ago

You suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?

We do our very best to make Greenbelt for everyone. That means working hard to ensure that people with access needs feel welcomed. A festival in the middle of rolling fields is always going to pose challenges of course, so here’s just some of what we do to make Greenbelt as accessible as possible…

I'm shocked. Shocked I tell you. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse

Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violence

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Punching nazis.

Black Aziz Anansi@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2w ago

What's your old person trait?

And I have had to say goodbye to this, the very best of boys, my constant companion over the last 18 years. Always eager for a lap, with a thunderous purr. I am distraught.

It reminds you of innocence and it smells like me tbh, All Too Well is one of the greatest pop songs ever written and is full of lyrical brilliance. But yeah, this bit in particular.

Secret Drug Addict@scrtdrugaddict.bsky.social · 2w ago

1. In an incredible new landmark review, the Health Council of the Netherlands has declared that gender-affirming care for trans youth works, reducing wait times is "morally urgent," and regret is rare. It is the latest of many Euro countries to advance care. Subscribe to support our journalism.

Landmark Official Dutch Review Recommends Trans Youth Care, Call For Expanding Treatment

The review finds that wait times must be shortened, that few people detransition, and that trans youth care has enormous benefits.

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Incredible statement from the Church in Wales on the ignominious Code of Practice: "The Church in Wales will not use equality law exemptions to exclude trans people from our worship, our sacraments, our pastoral care, or our common life." www.churchinwales.org.uk/en/news-and-...

Statement of the Bench of Bishops of the Church in Wales on the publication of the EHRC Draft Code of Practice - Church in Wales

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I was discussing this with the Boy, and the conclusion we reached was that the problem isn't with telling stories where the protagonists are white, it's *only* telling stories where the protagonists are white.

Bianca Michelle Parker@bumblebigirl.bsky.social · 3w ago

Feels bad that a director of a major studio film is perfectly comfortable saying that casting non-white actors is just something you do to look woke and otherwise isn't remotely necessary

"No politician should be targetted or face abuse" But it's okay for politicians to target minority groups and have both the law and their proxies restrict and remove their rights, have them verbally and physically assaulted in the streets, and even burnt out of their homes, though.

I'm writing a gay romance about two rival Olympic shot putters. It's called Yeeted Rivalry.

Caroline Hooton@carolinehooton.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’m writing a gay romance about two rival right wing social media influencers. It’s called Tweeted Rivalry.

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

This. The viewer invests emotion labour in a work of fiction. The writers, cast, and crew do their best to repay that investment. Then some corporate bean counter pulls the plug. It's Lucy and the football, and viewers are being treated like Charlie Brown.

🩸💀 The Horror Guru 💀🩸@thehorrorguru.bsky.social · 3w ago

Netflix is struggling with keeping viewers "hooked" because it keeps canceling shows after 1 season so no one trusts a Netflix show to last. Its that simple, regardless of whatever their bullshit internal analytics are informing them.

Well done +Nick Chamberlain (Bishop of Grantham) for raising the point that the UK is becoming increasingly hostile to LGBTQ people and that we are backsliding badly. We need to move beyond polarisation, stop hiding behind process, and show compassion and solidarity. #GeneralSynod

"Aristocracy" is shorthand for the descendants of thieves and brigands, and it gets worse the higher up you go. Imagine being proud of people who stole entire countries and murdered the native populations and believed they had a right to do so.

The wains bought me this book a few years ago. It's excellent, and highly recommended. Much better to see the markings (which are not by any stretch all stonemasons' marks) as graffiti, the purposes of which are multi-storied. www.penguin.co.uk/books/430211...

Medieval Graffiti

A fascinating guide to decoding the secret language of the churches of England through the medieval carved markings and personal etchings found on our church walls from archaeologist Matthew Champion....

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Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4w ago

'Daisy wheels, or hexafoils, are among symbols that are no more than the marks of stonemasons who worked on those buildings, according to Jennifer Alexander, a professor of architectural history at Warwick University and author of a new study.'

Count Binface merch, and donating 50% to the homeless: www.binfaceshop.co.uk

Sorry, but he's now the UK's second favourite Count

Justin Webb: What is your appeal to the voters of Clacton? Count Binface: I'm not Nigel Farage.

“I will make a statement on my future in public life at 2pm.”

Spinky’s Mama@spinkysmama.bsky.social · 4w ago

“I will make a statement on my future in public life at 2pm.”