This is the crux of it imo. How do you know who is genuine, who is a fetishist, who is taking the piss, who is a predator.
Just as musicians kept playing on the #Titanic while the ship went down, in Budapest, the exposed bed of the shrinking Danube River has become a party spot. www.euronews.com/2026/08/09/p... #ClimateEmergency #Drought #oilandgas #KatharinaReiche #DonaldTrump
Party in the dry Danube riverbed: many call it a natural disaster
Just as musicians kept playing on the Titanic while the ship went down, in Budapest, the exposed bed of the shrinking Danube River has become a party spot.
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No plans today? Got 15 minutes to spare? Today is the final day of Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count! Get involved at the link below 🦋⬇️ https://bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org/ @savebutterflies.bsky.social 📷Adonis Blue butterfly © Alan Price
I believe Clacton deserves an MP who will spend their time shining a light on everything the area has to offer. And why wait till I'm elected? I've been to visit one of the constituency's most stunning landmarks.
Wiltshire Hunt Sabs have uncovered horrific scenes of dead gamebirds at the Stockton Shoot. Read more about this shocking discovery 👉 www.huntsabs.org.uk/dead-bird-bo...
Wildfires have devastated moors, heaths and woodlands across the UK. Countless animals will have died, from birds and reptiles to small insects with no way to flee the flames. Natural Resources Wales says it could be hundreds of years before habitats in Wales recover.
Four unions are boycotting the Labour Party Women's Conference because it is adhering to the law on women's spaces. The FiLiA TU Women’s network has written to the General Secretaries of each union to express our incredulity at this stance. Read our letter below ⬇️ www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
FiLiA Calls on UNISON, USDAW, ASLEF and The Musicians’ Union to Change Stance on Labour Women’s Conference — FiLiA
Four unions are boycotting Labour Women's Conference because it is adhering to the law on women's spaces. FiLiA Trade Union Women’s network has sent this letter to the General Secretaries of each unio...
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I preferred the old-style socialism which was more about improving the material conditions and life-chances of the general population and less about watching porn, enthusiastically or otherwise.
This morning the first thing on my phone was a message from my friend at the front: “Is grandma okay?” I didn’t understand. Then I opened the news. Seven people killed. One street away from mine. I called granny. She’s alive. She says the building shook. Then the lights went out...
"We take this moment to remind Amnesty that women’s rights are also human rights." www.filia.org.uk/latest-news/...
FiLiA Response to Amnesty Apology — FiLiA
We welcome Amnesty International UK's apology and its acknowledgement that FiLiA, and other women's organisations, should never have been labelled ‘anti-rights’ in their A Growing Threat: the Anti-ri...
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An incredible moment captured by Chris Stein. 📸 These women made incredible music that tore down barriers and permanently opened doors for future female artists. If you ever needed a reminder of the foundational power of punk & new wave, this photograph is it. 🎤
NewWaveAndPunk@punkandnewwave.bsky.social · 3mo agoOn this day in 1980, these legends met in London: Chrissie Hynde, Pauline Black, Debbie Harry, Poly Styrene, Viv Albertine and Siouxsie Sioux. 📸Chris Stein
@amnestyuk.bsky.social why not post this to your page, just for clarity?
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
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I am delighted to announce that 'Sex, Gender Identity and Sport', is published today by Routledge and now available for order. It's edited by me, and an academic text so a bit on the pricey side, but use Code 26AFLY1 for a 20% discount. Sex, Gender Identity and share.google/5NHeTWqRefwW...
Sex, Gender Identity and Sport
This thought-provoking book takes a critical look at the relationship between biological sex and gender identity in the context of sport and considers the consequent implications for sport policy. It ...
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Male people -however they identify -never had the right to access women's services, provisions & sports. Because these are for women. But males with trans identities ignored this & insisted on access anyway. Stonewall misrepresented the law. That misrepresentation has now been clearly exposed. End.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 5mo agoTrans people like me are facing segregation now. We need parliament to restore our rights | Alexandra Parmar-Yee
I have a really nice (horrifying) image stack that one of my research team members made, that powerfully demonstrates what a huge problem satellite streaks are for wide-field imaging. This is a 3 hour stack of star-subtracted 5 minute exposures using the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
A spokeswoman for Labour Women’s Declaration said the organisation is “delighted” by the permission to pursue a Judicial Review. She said: “Women were founders of the trade union movement and we still form the majority of trade union members, but for too long now unions have >>>
Peepo! Some wonderful photos taken at Woods Mill by Tom Boyle - a shy Reed Warbler, a Whitethroat and a Broad-bodied Chaser
Not content with 50,000 acres of unearned land, the Duke is now a pint pulling publican (or rather the peasants will do the pulling), will he be serving his fox kills, roasted or grilled? open.substack.com/pub/wiltshir...
“Why is everyone so angry when I punch my toddler but when he does the same to me nothing?? Do they just hate adults???”
A bill which aims to ban hunting wild animals with dogs in Northern Ireland has been reintroduced five years after it was first rejected by the Northern Ireland Assembly. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fox hunting: Bid to ban the practice begins again at Stormont
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where fox hunting is still permitted.
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Thank you to the @mstaronline.bsky.social for printing Ann Henderson's article about our webinar on Health & Safety as a women's issue, held last month in preparation for #IWMD26 #InternationalWorkersMemorialDay #WorkersDay #MayDay morningstaronline.co.uk/article/cost...
The cost of work is still far too high
THIS week members of trade unions, communities and families gathered to mark International Workers Memorial Day (IWMD).Taking time out each year to remember the lives of those who died at work, or as ...
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'Gender ideology’s pernicious effect on gay communities – men claiming to be lesbians and women claiming to be homosexual men – was one of the reasons Roberts set up HumanGayMale.' archive.ph/2025.09.27-1...
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As expected, MAGA is coming after disability benefits for combat veterans. Here's just one example of the rule's impact: Veterans taking anti-depressants for PTSD will be forced to stop taking the medication in order to retain their disability payments.
Veterans slam new VA rule for determining disability ratings
The new rule states that a disability level must be based on how well a veteran functions while on medication and not on the underlying impairment.
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"Elon Musk thinks democracy should be replaced with an insufferable council of “high status males.” An electoral alliance of these techbros with Christian Nationalists has been fraught in its way, but the latter share fundamentally anti-Democratic ideals and a clear preference for hierarchy."
The Pain Is the Plan
MAGA is actively seeking to immiserate the country in order to cement their power over the rest of us.
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