If I saw a woman with one of those transphobe T-shirts going into the ladies there's no way I'd let my daughter go in there. There's a near 0% chance that a trans woman or gender non-conforming person would put a girl at risk, but a pretty good chance that a transphobe would.

Imagine having your photo next to this load of absolute tripe. It's a shameful day for the UK.

Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 14h 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

It's almost as though the profit motive doesn't in fact reliably produce good outcomes for the consumer 😕

Marcus 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧@marcusjdl.bsky.social · 2d ago

Right? The mid market is being decimated quality wise. Reliable restaurant chains in the hands of private equity eg Côte as an had beautifully fried chips, thickish steak and a fresh salad. Now it’s paper thin meat and sad fries and stale salad from a catering supplier a greasy spoon might use

I am a straw builder because it's fun and 1000% worth the effort. The future is right here and it's comfy and regenerative. I will share my knowledge about building passive house modules and retrofit #strawhouse panels on the 1. December. It's free. You can do this. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

From @greenparty.org.uk

So all the right wing parties are gradually aligning… who could have guessed that would happen.

Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · yesterday

I grew up among Conservative politics. This is beyond that now. Defending a neo-nazi candidate shows how far Badenoch has shifted them to the far right. There is now no difference between her party and that of Restore and Reform. That should not be normalised. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

When your job is to antagonise people with progressive views, their hating you upon your death is surely the greatest sign of success?

Tom Usher@tomusher.bsky.social · yesterday

Such sad news about Horrible McBastard, such a brave voice in this polarised time. I just hope if you've spent your whole life being a horrible bastard that you might not want people to be mean to you when you die #bekind

"Major European building projects are using biomaterials to ditch concrete" worldbiomarketinsights.com/wooden-high-...

Wooden high-rises and hemp heritage homes - World Bio Market Insights

Major European building projects are using biomaterials to ditch concrete

worldbiomarketinsights.com

OK, unpopular opinion… David Cameron's "Nudge Unit" was conceptually a good idea, and aligning incentives with human psychology to encourage people to instinctively move with your policy intentions is a good concept. I don't how well it worked and if it's realistic, but I like the idea.

By the way, even the #strawbale panels that we build with newbies like YOU in workshops all the time are already a #passivehouse component. This means that they make better walls than 99% of what is out there. database.passivehouse.com/de/component...

Little known to many, on the 10th June, the government released the interim report on ADHD and neurodiversity services in the UK. It came out to very little fanfare. Why? Because it doesn't match the government & the press narrative on "an epidemic of neurodiversity diagnoses".

Nah. The problem is that it's so hard to know if the reasonably priced item is any good. If you have no way of knowing, and you're not going to just assume that paying more will necessarily mean better quality, you might as well go with a cheap option and buy again if it sucks.

Max Dubler 🏳️‍🌈@maxdubler.com · 3d ago

I think my most genuinely unpopular take is that a widely held and genuine consumer preference for cheaper, lower-quality goods, not private equity, is driving the decline in quality of consumer goods like clothing and housewares.

The important thing is that he doesn't support Net Zero.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d ago

Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Seems that position has unexpectedly opened up..!

Phil McDuff@mcduff.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is the kind of thing that radicalises these guys. A bunch of "legitimate questions" where they're convinced they have the right answer, countered by a load of people who know what they're talking about telling them they're wrong. Expect to see Goodall become Rod Liddle within a decade.

Change the name of the institution and the vampire consultants and this is the same story at any number of different institutions. A national scandal.

Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 2d ago

Behind the bewildering transformation of British universities, are management consultants being paid millions Really proud to have this vital piece on our unis are being gutted from the inside by @jheathershaw.bsky.social on Democracy for Sale. Do read democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...

Do they really need such a huge area? How many of these guys are doing this? I'd have thought maybe 1000 acres would be plenty for everyone who really wants to do this 🤷🏻‍♂️

Marcus 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧@marcusjdl.bsky.social · 3d ago

“More than three-quarters of a million acres of Britain’s national parks are covered by intensively-managed grouse moors which leave nature impoverished and contribute to climate breakdown… an area more than twice the size of Greater London” www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/press-hub/20...

Let’s talk about honesty, responsibility for a moment. You produce a material and hide the emissions in a forest on the other side of the world through a certificate. You use a material such as straw, wood or bamboo – which naturally binds emissions to grow – and you are responsible for them.

It sucks that we've had to live through two of the most unnecessary, boring, drawn-out events in human history over the last decade (Brexit and Trump.)

straw building has so many benefits – apart from its climate benefits – health, lower bills, affordability, resilience, circularity, availability that it really ought to be gaining ground (again) worldwide. But guys, those climate benefits vs all the other stuff are absolutely massive.

In hindsight, it would have probably been better if we didn't have COVID at all.

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?

Lol, amazing

Anthony (Tony) J. Martin@ichnologist.bsky.social · 4d ago

Yes, that was idea: the small theropods are fleeing for their lives from the vomit, but one doesn't make it, & the impact force kills it. Then I imagined how this scenario might preserve if found in the fossil record, & drew that. Yes, science can be educational AND fun! 🧪🦕🤮🪨

So if we all sit in our armchairs and talk about the "lab leak theory", what happens then?

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d ago

No need for anyone to agree with me - but some of the responses to this on here reminds me just how stifling and absolutist a period in our national discourse Covid was.

It's way too easy to trigger that mental leap from expensive/difficult to practically impossible, even in people who do understand maths and the value of money. "It would cost billions to…" yes, sometimes stuff costs a lot of money. The alternative frequently isn't spending nothing.

Tom Haddon@tomh-analyst.bsky.social · 6d ago

Evergreen post:

I have lost followers after posting this, which is ok but it feels so Twitter.

Michael Burchert@michaelburchert.bsky.social · last wk.

Here are a few examples of extremely easy lifestyle changes: - vegetarian diet - heating/cooling with a cheap AC in a detached house - driving electric without a 1:1 replacement of everything - be nicer to people around you, solve problems - no more flights

Does C4 have a special dickhead department that comes up with these provocative titles?

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”

Normal people don't worry about this - hence why there's been a concerted effort to hugely overstate the level of immigration through unconventional routes and to go on and on about any crime by any (non-white) immigrant.

Dan Kaszeta FRHistS@dankaszeta.bsky.social · last wk.

What even is this idea that strangers are somehow a threat or dangerous anyway? How do you go about life at all that way unless you live in a tiny inbred village and never go anywhere? And even then I guarantee you the source of violence won't be a stranger but someone you know.

Obvs

Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social · last wk.

The Metropolitan Police have announced they're taking no further action against Zack Polanski over the Nigel Farage guillotine t-shirt Instagram post, although the man who wore it has been referred to Avon and Somerset Police Key points from their statement 🧵

It's been interesting to see the response on here to Zack's incredibly minor social media error. I'm sorry, but the extraordinary spinelessness of too much of the supposed left is going to be an ongoing issue. They literally want someone boring who moves so slowly that they never make mistakes.

Food growers & farmers are increasingly experiencing climate breakdown harvests That means higher prices - and more food insecurity. Politicians have been quiet on this growing crisis - but silence isn't good enough when our food supply is at risk. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

More than half of England officially in drought - Environment Agency

The drought declarations follow an exceptionally hot and dry period, which has hit rivers, crops and nature.

bbc.co.uk

It's a point I've been trying to make for a long time: there is no good way to meet even 10% of current demand for animal products. They trash the living world, whichever way you do it. If you want to reduce your impact, switch to a plant-based diet. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Organic eggs have worse impact on climate than eggs from caged chickens

Adopting organic free-range model in UK could lead to greenhouse emissions equivalent to 2,316,000 tonnes of CO2, study suggests

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