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Paul. Dog owner, lover of ancient languages, bibliophile. Unsolicited DMs are likely to lead to a block.
We think this challenge is incredibly important – it goes to the very heart of whether trans inclusion is still lawful. But it is impossible without your support.
Jess O'Thomson@jessothomson.co.uk · 10h ago🚨 BREAKING We are supporting a legal challenge to the Code of Practice. And we need your help. Join us in fighting back 👇
🚨We have written to all MP's expressing our anger at the government. Our rights WILL be restored. Our voices WILL be heard. We will continue to fight 🏳️⚧️✊
People like Potchin have learned nothing positive or valuable from history. Twice, events in Europe resulted in tens of millions of people being killed or murdered, as a result of poor politicians, jingoism, extremism and hate. We need to be so much better than the likes of Potchin.
New Kickstarter for my cozy fantasy adventure! If you’re a fan of Frieren or the Hobbit, this one’s for you. www.kickstarter.com/projects/slr...
Jimmy Cricket's death didn't raise a single news flash alert. Yet he had a papal knighthood for his charity work. William Caulfield called him "one of the most generous and lovely people to work with", while comedian Ted Robbins said he was "one of the last great comics"
4 August 1905 | Stjepan Raztyekhayev. A Soviet army soldier. In #Auschwitz from October 1941. No. R-1415 (Soviet POW) He perished in the camp on 3 November 1941. --- Learn about some 15,000 Soviet POWs deported to Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/4tD4yyn 🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/4aDGliV
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French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
A whole article on the demise of the 99 Flake and not a single mention of the only political candidate who has a policy on it
Death of the 99 Flake? How Brits are shelling out up to £7 for cones
While most Brits are sick of the heatwaves this year, ice cream men across the country have been cashing in by charging up to £7 for their treats.
dailymail.com
With driving specifically I remember someone said that if you're done for dangerous driving and it goes to court, you're not facing 12 members of the public, you're facing 12 drivers who all think "that could be me if I make a mistake"
Thank you for seeing that this is an issue. Farmers are voicing their concerns & asking to be listened to. The Govt aren’t listening & on Instagram the anti Farming brigade are shouting Brexit! WTAF. We only have 100k Farmers. They are pointing out the obvious. Europe is on fire. War in Iran. Hunger
4 August 1884 | German Jewish woman, Agnes Scholl (nee Eissler), was born in Wiesenbach. She emigrated to Belgium. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen on 15 January 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
Bought some replacement toothbrush heads, only to have literally days of adverts for the exact same thing. Now need to buy some hair to replace that which I have torn out.
"Personally capable of genuine warmth," just publicly he decided that outrage was more profitable.
Leo Enright@ollopa11.bsky.social · 2d agoI am saddened by the tone of commentary in this place about my former BBC colleague. The level of vitriol seems more suited to the other place. I worked with Rod at the Today programme. He took no prisoners, but he was witty and personally capable of genuine warmth. My sympathy to his family.
3 August 1896 | An Italian Jewish woman, Ada Ancona (nee Gesess), was born in Trieste. In August 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz: 📖 Lesson: https://bit.ly/3O8z0jF 🎧 Podcast: https://bit.ly/3ZokyXc
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
3 August 1911 | A Frenchman, Jean Berthout, was born in Limoges. In #Auschwitz from 8 July 1942. No. 45230 He perished in the camp on 13 August 1942.
People of colour are 12 times more likely to be at risk of losing British citizenship than their white counterparts. Samira Shackle on how draconian rules created second-class citizens on the basis of heritage
Britain’s citizens of nowhere
Hundreds of UK nationals have been made stateless, and left trapped in squalid refugee camps, without being convicted of any crime
prospectmagazine.co.uk
We are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.
Wrote about the deafening silence on our summer of climate impacts from Labour, the Lib Dems, the Greens, business leaders, and even some campaign groups. The dominant climate discourse from the past week has been from those who want to ditch net zero targets and trash decarbonisation policies.
Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 2d agoWe are in the third drought in five years. We have the National Trust and NFU - those radical types - sounding the alarm on unprecedented temperatures. But so little from any single figure in politics talking about the climate crisis.
🇵🇸A 15-year-old Palestinian boy remains unconscious in intensive care & may lose his right foot after Israel denied him treatment in prison as his health collapsed, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said. Mohammed Hamid developed scabies in Israeli custody, but prison authorities withheld necessary...
Settler violence escalates, with illegal outposts and frequent attacks reported across Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus.
Palestinian children among those detained in Israeli West Bank raids
Settler violence escalates, with illegal outposts and frequent attacks reported across Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus.
aljazeera.com
The EHRC guidance comes into place in 2 days (Wednesday) and the UK trans community largely has no idea what is going to be implemented where, how forcefully, or by who Insulate yourself, mitigate for the worst outcomes, and stay safe in uncertain times www.essehouse.co.uk/pee-in-peace...
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Esse House UK offers accessible toilet keys through the Pee in Peace Program, supporting trans rights and community needs.
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Avi on point as usual. His book is also a must read. @irishpages.bsky.social #avishlaim #palestine #genocide
Esheru@esherukweku.bsky.social · 3d agoListen to this scathing statement by Israeli historian Avi Shlaim, about his country. GB, EU and USA, would have us believe, Iran is guilty of everything he mentions here. Granted this clip is a few years old, but it isn’t any less true today. What are the US, GB and EU really defending and why?
Trees for Cities: "Heat maps from Friends of the Earth show that across five major English cities, areas with more trees and green spaces are up to 5°C cooler. The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations states that strategically planted urban trees can cool the air by up to 8°C."
How Urban Trees Cool Cities and Reduce Urban Heat | Trees for Cities
Discover how urban trees reduce heat, cool cities and tackle the urban heat island effect while creating healthier communities.
treesforcities.org
3 August 1906 | A Polish Jew, Moses Cwerman, was born in Zwoleń. A shoemaker. In #Auschwitz from 6 June 1942. No. 37459 He perished in the camp on 2 August 1942.
An initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
I've said this before, but I find it mind boggling how strict many schools are compared to when I was at school in the 00s/early 2010s. When I read about schools like the 'strictest headmistress' or whatever she's called, it sounds appalling, and completely disconnected from what me and peers had
Andrew Sissons@acjsissons.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is a harrowing - though not surprising - read. It’s probably hard to quantify, but I think we need to know how widespread this approach is, and what impact it has on young people’s mental health