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Can't wait for all this to be reversed like Section 28 and everyone to deny they ever supported it.
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 11h 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
'Where everyones rights are respected*' * unless your trans or gender non-conforming
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 11h 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
EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect today so remember to be an absolute pain in the arse to any service provider who is trying to actively enforce it.
My only thought on school closures is next time we might need to do it so we should think about what to do if that happens and how to help kids catch up. Yeah it was shit for the kids but lockdowns and pandemics were shit for everyone, I dunno what to say.
If we want a voting system that's fairer we may need journalists and politicians to be more patient.
I had to go through *border control* entering the Isle of Man.
Jim Waterson@jim.londoncentric.media · 6d agoTried to explain to my kid what travelling abroad was like in the pandemic and it started “well there was this guy called Grant Shapps,.. every Thursday before your holiday he would post on… this thing called Twitter… his personal account… then you’d cancel your flight”. And you just sound MENTAL.
Since The Spectator have today posted an article, in the wake of the Berlin attack, about the threat “Islamists” hold against a nation of “freedom-lovers”, I thought I’d look back over the year to see just how freedom-loving The Spectator actually are towards queer people and Pride…
"But there was an article!" "Oh yes, it was "On Display" down in the cellar in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused (but still single sex) lavatory with a sign outside the door saying "Beware of the leopard". Ever thought of going into PR?"
Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 2w ago150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.
Just obscene to come home safe from pride celebrations in London and know there are people who won’t in Berlin. Our fight is global and united, and it’s wrong that we need to fight at all.
Might turn it into a bit where I start paying for the planning consent to get Progress Pride flags up on public buildings.
Just read an article in the Guardian about "outcry over Rudakubana moving to Broadmoor"....... I know it might not be a HMP but what do people think Broadmoor is?
Good question this. My compromise would be you can take pictures during the first 3 songs then put your phone away. If you start filming/streaming whole songs I will stand in front of you.
Why can’t people at live shows behave any more?
With phones everywhere and some fans even wearing nappies, it’s no wonder artists are starting to impose rules
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Modern culture and destination tourism want us to look backwards (not always a bad thing, plenty to learn when we contextualise) but when you combine it with the lack of arts criticism, of funding for new projects, of aversion to new work, it means we are just fuelling culture as a nostalgia train
Stewart Smith@drstewartsmith.bsky.social · 3w agoHorrible idea. If some music biz veterans want to set up a Glasgow rock museum/mausoleum, fine, but not in the CCA, which is about creating new work, nurturing the local cultural community and bringing the world to Scotland.
I'll be honest, I could never remember which one was Lindsay Graham and which was Mitch McConnell.
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The Imminence Of A Revelation Which Does Not Occur@nataliereed84.bsky.social · 4w agoquote post with thy preferred hot dog toppings so that thou may be judged by thy peers
I can't believe this week of all weeks, I forgot to put the bins out last night.
The line about Newsnight being a souped up podcast is pretty brutal.
James Barr@jamesbarr.bsky.social · 4w agoPretty effective interview. The line “vote for me and save £380k on a second by election” is a cracker
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You want Spain to win because of Ronaldo. I want Spain to win because of the tedious shit Portugal sends to Eurovision every year.
This is why Kate Forbes was unfit to be First Minister and why those who still go out to bad for her are fundamentally awful people. I, as a gay person, have absolutely every right, as do our allies, to decide that your views on *my fundamental humanity, rights and dignity* are of utmost revelance
Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot@bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · last mo.Kate Forbes: I was 'slam dunk' for SNP leadership until revealing gay marriage views
As an example, Katie is a splendid person but is a plastic Scouser from the Wirral, neither one thing nor the other, and wrongly has a Chester postcode. TREAT WITH SUSPICION.
Katie Martin@katie0martin.ft.com · last mo.@alanbeattie.bsky.social nails a bugbear of mine: we northerners all view each other with *deep* suspicion. There is no unified "north", it's just bollocks. We can't even agree where it is. All hail the King of the North! But which north? - as.ft.com/r/72b902cb-a...
Every now and then I remember Madonna is the same age as my Mum.
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · last mo.Worth noting how unprecedented an album like this is for a 67 year-old artist this far into her career. Cher was 15 years younger than Madonna is now when Believe was released.
So @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com wasnt lying about Budapest. I've had a really great time and I don't think it was just the weather. This also makes me fear for my planned trip to Oslo in November. 😬
