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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 7h ago

Joanna Whaley, ex-megachurch pastor who endured years of conversion practices, comfortably bested her opponents

Michigan nominates first trans woman for state legislature

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Bob P. DJ @bob-p-dj.bsky.social · 13h ago

Greetings #MusicLovers 😎 Here's a small sample of what's coming up on the show tonight #LIVE on Biggles FM from 19.00-22.00 UK time 104.8 FM in Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire + worldwide too📻 #ListenLive : uk1.internet-radio.com:8092/bigglesfm #WednesdayNightMusicClub #Radio #Worldwide

I Fought The Law
The Cover Version Challenger, coming up tonight in the first hour of the show

Just Like A Man
One of three great back to back tunes by Del Amitri, coming up tonight in the second hour of the show

Standing in the Light by Level 42
4 great tunes from this classic Album of the Week are coming up tonight in the second hour of the show

I Wish by Skee-Lo
It's 'Same title - Different Song' hour, coming up in the final hour of the show tonight

Bob P. DJ@bob-p-dj.bsky.social · last wk.

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 13h ago

Proper “accusation is really a confession” moment here

The News Agents @thenewsagents.c... • 4m
"Some Conservatives, including Badenoch, have become so suspicious about the idea of cancellation, and so desperate to stick it to 'the libs'."
Is Kemi Badenoch so afraid of cancel culture, that she supports the former neo-Nazi standing for the Tories?

Esse House UK @essehouse.bsky.social · 16h ago

We wagered there would be a significant amount of trans people that feel like they cannot participate in society without exposing themselves to unsustainable stress levels - and we were right... over 300 keys sent out already... 1/4

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 15h ago

How could a Scottish council get more people using buses, improve the network, cut costs, and grow revenue all at the same time? Well, this council seems to have the answer 👀 @xanderelliards.bsky.social has the full story ✍️

How do you solve a problem like Scotland's buses? This council may have an answer

thenational.scot

The Scottish Parliament @parliament.scot · 15h ago

By 2030, The Promise aims for every child in Scotland to grow up loved, safe and respected. Yet many looked-after children still face deprivation, additional support needs, poor attendance and exclusion. How far has Scotland come? https://ow.ly/6HOu50ZwCA8

Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 21h ago

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Bathroom Police Training Video with Betsy Sodaro

YouTube video by Funny Or Die

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Lee Hurley@hleehurley.com · 21h ago

Absolute state of Falkner and Reindorf in the Times today

A small win but still a win
Comment
Kishwer Falkner and Akua Reindorf
Only a small part of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s revised statutory code of practice has received public attention: the section explaining how to implement the 2025 decision of the Supreme Court, which clarified that in the Equality Act 2010 the words “woman”, “man” and “sex” refer to biological sex. On that point, the 2011 version of the code was wrong. It said transgender people should generally be permitted to self-identify into singlesex services for the opposite sex.

It had been known that the old code was wrong since 2022, when another case established that “self- ID” is not the law. That is when hospitals should have stopped making female nurses share changing rooms with male colleagues who identify as women. It is when male prisoners who discovered a transgender identity between the courtroom and the prison cell should no longer have been placed into women’s jails.

Female-only rape crisis centres should have refused entry to men who said they were women. And shops, leisure centres and pubs should have taken down the signs telling customers to use whichever toilets they felt comfortable with.

But those things did not stop. The law was widely ignored until the Supreme Court judgment. Stonewall quickly announced that it was “not law” until the revised code took effect. That was irrefutably wrong, but it took hold.

The fact the new code takes effect today feels like a victory but in reality it changes nothing. The law was already the law, and it will continue to be the law. It will still be disregarded by those who oppose it and it will remain unenforced by the EHRC, which simply cannot take up the cudgels on its meagre funding.

It is not a historic day for women’s rights but the code is at least a tool in the armoury of those women and grassroots groups who will have to carry on fighting this uniquely ferocious war. We salute them.

Baroness Falkner of Margravine (former ch

Crikey @crikey.com.au · 23h ago

New documents reveal Adelaide University's internal deliberations over whether to cancel an event with Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on Palestine. www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/05/g...

The Snoop: Aunty Gina gets her flowers, internal docs reveal Adelaide Uni drama, and more

Plus: do you know who the governor-general is?

crikey.com.au

Papillon19 @papillon19.bsky.social · yesterday

archive.ph/2026.08.05-0... Yhe Bbc being its usual (bigoted)self

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · yesterday

“There is so much money right now in detaining people.” As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle.

As for-profit companies battle over ICE contracts, immigrants are caught in the middle

“There is so much money right now in detaining people.”

motherjones.com

States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · yesterday

A few states have enacted laws to limit surveillance pricing, which uses a customer's personal data to set prices. via @stateline.org www.newsfromthestates.com/article/stat...

States begin banning ‘surveillance pricing’ that uses personal data to charge more

Three states this year became the first ones to enact laws restricting companies from using personal data such as browsing history or shopping habits to set individualized prices on goods and…

newsfromthestates.com

TACC @tacc.org.uk · yesterday

🚨🚨Today the EHRC Code of Practice goes live. Our voices have been ignored. We will not stand for this. We will not stop until our rights are restored. The CoP does not change the law. Inclusion can happen. The vast majority of the public do not want this. WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT 🏳️‍⚧️✊♥️

We Will Continue to Fight
Today should never have been the day that transgender people were forced to defend their right to live safely and equally. Their right to exist. Yet with the EHRC's Code of Practice now in force, that is the reality we face.

We refuse to accept a future in which our rights are dismantled piece by piece while those responsible insist that nothing fundamental has changed. Our rights are not a political bargaining chip. Our lives are not up for debate. Our existence is not something that can be negotiated away.
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We Will Continue to Fight
At TACC, we will continue to challenge discrimination wherever it appears. We will continue to demand accountability from every institution that fails in its duty to uphold equality. We will continue to stand alongside transgender people, their families and our allies, because no one should be left to face this alone.

Equality was never supposed to be something that needed defending, but history has shown that rights survive only because ordinary people refuse to surrender them. We intend to be those people.
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We Will Continue to Fight

Trans people have always existed. We always will. We will not be silenced. We will not be erased. We will continue to speak. We will continue to organise. We will continue to fight until human rights once again mean exactly what they are supposed to mean: rights for everyone. Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective (TACC)

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Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · yesterday

From @greenparty.org.uk

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · yesterday

Penguins and dolphins among nearly 400 Australian species under threat from bird flu as ‘true extent of disaster’ revealed

Assessment of more than 2,000 native species reveals nearly one in five at high risk of deadly H5N1, including parrots, fur seals and quolls * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Almost 400 native Australian bird and mammal species have been assessed as being at a high risk – or worse – from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a federal government assessment has revealed. Some of Australia’s most beloved animals – including species of penguins, fur seals, quolls, dolphins, more than 300 birds and the Tasmanian devil – are considered at least high risk from the virus, meaning they could suffer “severe reduction in population size or viability” or worse if it reaches them. Continue reading...

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Polly Schattel @pollyschattel.bsky.social · yesterday

Pardon me, I’m doing promotion for my recent short film, AFTER THE FALL, which was released today. Initially I was going to shoot the film myself on an iPhone, for that insta-docu feel. But instead my friend Adams Wood, a brilliant documentarian, stepped in. Thank god. youtu.be/DdYWHdbI39Y?...

After The Fall | Award Winning Post Apocalyptic Short Film

YouTube video by Crafty Short Films

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · yesterday

National Guard deployment to Washington, DC will cost US roughly $1.4bn https://aje.news/mzpuxl

The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · yesterday

Investors in Japan collectively own about $1 trillion in US Treasuries - no wonder the US had to intervene to save itself

US buys yen to stop Japan from wrecking America's bond market

Investors in Japan collectively own about $1 trillion in US Treasuries - no wonder the US had to intervene to save itself

thecanary.co

Julie 🖤🎼@juliemch.bsky.social · yesterday

#1WordFor1Music Aug. 5. War. Talking Heads - Life During Wartime youtu.be/8al5cSQNmME?si…

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (live)

YouTube video by forcedcoitus

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The Autopian @theautopian.bsky.social · yesterday

"There’s Only One Way An Electrified Miata Makes Sense," says Torch. And there's a Nintendo connection? tinyurl.com/yeks5kxx

Sophie Molly @sophiemolly.co.uk · yesterday

Contacted GoFundMe customer support and they advised a solution for me which I have followed.

Good news!
NHS Grampian finaly came through for Heather after nearly three years of waiting. Perhaps it was this fundraiser that persuaded them to operate :
She is now home, recovering, and doing great!
Regarding vour lovelv donations, I reachec out to GoFundMe customer support. I will follow there advice. which is as follows:
"You can post a fundraiser update sharing the great news about the NHS surgerv and explaining how the funds will now be used to support her recovery and post-op care. In that same update, vou can let vour donors know that anvone who would prefer a refund

know that anvone who would prefer a refund can easily request one.
Donors can reach out to GoFundMe Customer Support or reply to the email notification thev receive about vour update, and our team will process their refund, additionallv, if any donors contact you directly requesting a refund, you can simply reply to this email thread with their names or email addresses, and I will be happy to process those refunds for you."
Thank vou again everyone for your kindness and generosity. Together we have changed Heather's life for the better
Best wishes
Sophie Molly

LiLBaz @lilbazza.bsky.social · yesterday

Arrived in Turkey, pals. But not without managing to delay my own flight & turn my exasperated fellow passengers against me. Short 🧵 of cringe on the Gatwick runway

Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · yesterday

NHS England admits its paperwork hid that #Palantir staff can see identifiable patient data - thenextweb.com/news/nhs-eng... just as we warned

NHS England admits it hid Palantir’s access to patient data

NHS England admits its paperwork failed to disclose that Palantir staff can see identifiable patient data in the Federated Data Platform.

thenextweb.com

Wielerflits (via Smitsky)@wielerflits.bsky.social · yesterday

Doe mee met de Voorspelgame tijdens de Tour de France: wie wint etappe 5?

Iedere wielerfan denkt het te weten. Wie wint de rit? Wie steekt zijn hand op op het moment dat het er écht toe doet? Tijdens de Tour de France 2026 kun je het bewijzen op Wielerflits in de Voorspelgame: een onderdeel op de site waar je elke dag de ritwinnaar voorspelt en bijhoudt hoe goed jouw wie

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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · yesterday

69% of Domestique Peloton members don't think the UCI should be allowed to check female riders for potential additional bra padding. Where do you stand? Join the debate ⤵️ 📰 peloton.domestiquecycling.com/debates/ches...

Wielerflits (via Smitsky)@wielerflits.bsky.social · yesterday

Paula Blasi nestelt zich in top-10: We stuurden onze sterkste ploeg, dan krijg je dit”

Paula Blasi heeft in de tijdrit in de Tour de France Femmes uitstekende zaken gedaan in het klassement. Met een elfde plek in de daguitslag schuift ze op naar de zevende plaats in het klassement. Daarmee lijkt de discussie over haar kopmanschap nog niet ten einde. Daar zinspeelt ze in gesprek met W

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MattFuriousDriving.bsky.social @mattfd.bsky.social · yesterday

I thought I was done with rust hiding in the Crown Vic...I was wrong, can Al and Fudge at 6D Diesels come to the resuce, and an update on the W123 Link in the comments

Xtra @xtramagazine.com · 2d ago

Claude Cahun’s gender-bending self portraits were ahead of their time.

The queer photographer who fought fascism | Xtra Magazine

Claude Cahun’s gender-bending self portraits were ahead of their time—and nearly erased from art history

xtramagazine.com

Liberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW 🚨 Apple are challenging the UK Government's secret data access that could create a 'backdoor' to our encrypted information. Liberty and Privacy International are also challenging these secret orders, known as 'Technical Capability Notices' (TCNs). www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libert...

Liberty responds to Apple’s new legal challenge against UK Government’s secret access orders - Liberty

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Freda Wallace She/Ra @missfreda.bsky.social · 3d ago

youtu.be/dq7EL0taRKk

Calls From Other Side-Iseult White- Granddaughter of Amnesty Founder and JK Rowling Collaborator

YouTube video by Freda Media

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badly drawn bee 🐝@soapachu.bsky.social · 2d ago

Right so this new! improved! government is looking very much like the old one. TOUGH ON CRIME (which was already falling) MORE OIL AND GAS (*sigh*) NEW DATA CENTRE IN BRICK LANE are you fucking kidding me? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Controversial Brick Lane data centre and office plans approved

The proposals include a data centre, offices and 44 homes of which six would be available for social rent.

bbc.com