Houses almost never have enough power outlets in the right places.
Marveling at homes built before the addition of utilities we now view as essential have been adapted for their inclusion.
Every day sickened a bit more as standards and expectations sink lower.
Turns out that despite being only 4 years old, the Elizabeth Line is subject to exactly the same signalling failures as the rest of the tfl network.
So I have multiple copies of Steve Martin’s Born Standing up mainly because I couldn’t bring myself to throw them away when we had too many unsold copies on the shelf.
The TOS being so strict that they control you offsite is the problem; sites like Patreon and Kofi have offsite clauses too. The social criminalization of the suggestion that somewhere you might be doing nsfw is a problem. It's branding a person as obscene and we need consumers to stand up for us
Sam Cole@samleecole.bsky.social · 5d agoa bunch of popular ASMR artists lost their channels forever this week, after YouTube cited them for violating terms against "sexually gratifying" content: www.404media.co/youtube-asmr...
"A Unite spokesperson also confirmed to LabourList that the union will not be attending the party’s women’s conference this year and said: “This is because the party has excluded trans women, which runs counter to Usdaw’s policy on trans equality.”" labourlist.org/2026/07/unio...
Four unions announce boycott of Labour women's conference over trans exclusion - LabourList
Four major Labour-affiliated unions are set to boycott the party’s women’s conference over the exclusion of trans women.
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Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk · last wk.Unison, Aslef, Usdaw, and the Musicians’ Union have now announced that they're boycotting the Labour Women's Conference over the party's anti-trans stance. Should they keep paying Labour money at all, though?
that WNBA woman was not suspended for 'standing up for LGBTQ+ rights' she was suspended specifically for standing up for trans women. language matters
L: "We have to wait for the mid-terms" M: "Why?" L: "Because they can't do anything now" M: "Oh, there's a ton of things they can do... doing nothing is a choice" #ImpeachConvictRemove
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For those in UK, hourlong BBC investigation into Leto now available. in US/elsewhere, 15 min version of the film on YT. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XW5... The hope is that the full documentary will be available internationally some time soon, will post if that happens. I worked with this film's team +
Hollywood’s darkest open secret
YouTube video by BBC deepwatch
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Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.New BBC investigation. Four women accuse Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · last wk.Exclusive from me — Daniel Moraff, one of the political operatives behind Graham Platner's rise and fall, has been accused of sexual assault. Full story here:
The Royal Astronomical Society is shocked and dismayed to hear that the UK's iconic Jodrell Bank Observatory is at risk of closure amid a slew of catastrophic budget cuts. Read our full statement here: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...
The DWP are asking for people to contribute evidence for a forthcoming review of Carers Allowance and how it operates. Admittedly this is niche, but please spread the word so it reaches the right people. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Carer's Allowance: call for evidence
This call for evidence is being administered by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to gather information and views to build on the Department’s existing evidence. What we hear will help shape ...
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Franklin was largely written out of educational narratives for ~30 yrs after she died. Anne Sayre’s 1975 biography started bringing attention to her role. 1980s/90s, she started showing up in some textbooks. Not until the 2000s would she be treated as a key figure in the discovery. #WomenInSTEM 3/3
Taking away someone's food and medicine makes you responsible for their death
Cleaning out my dead dad's place I found his old slide photo collection. Putting it through the projector I came across nudes of my mum. Fun fact, slides have glass protecting the photos which you need to break first before you can torch the photos.
🚨 Yesterday Mitch McConnell’s office reached out, through an intermediary & asked Keith to delete this post naming the senior staff who run his Washington office. Public employees, public titles, paid by you. Keith said no. Here’s the record they’d rather you not sit with.👇 @keithedwards.bsky.social
McConnell's Office Asked Me to Delete This. No.
Yesterday, McConnell’s office reached out — through an intermediary, of course — and asked me to delete this post naming the senior staff who run his Washington office.
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I actually think the trillionaire saying his AI tool will remake a movie without the Black and trans actors in it should be a bigger story because it’s a perfect example of why the ruling class wants AI to succeed: so they can remake reality without those they deem undesirable - every nazi’s dream.
The weirdest thing about impressionist Jon Culshaw is how much he has come to resemble the impressionist Rory Bremner.
A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Mark Zuckerberg's assistant at Meta, Josh Felker, who was responsible for Meta's "digital experiences for kids," was arrested after admitting he tried to sext a 13-year-old during an undercover sting. nypost.com/2026/07/20/u...
Exclusive | Meta worker who developed ‘digital experiences for kids’ admits to trying to sext child in undercover NYC sting
He admitted he had been grooming and sexting someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl during a sting by vigilante group Predator Poachers Long Island.
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There are two classic requirements for the setting of a Bond film; that the place is exotic and aspirational, but as the world has shrunk and international tourism has become more accessible, so the list of the exotic and aspirational has shrunk too.