“Only deal with things like parking and putting out bins” aka what 90% of people care about and interact with daily. How Badenoch even managed to pass a selection process, let alone win a seat is beyond me with awful retail political skills like she has

Zamira Rahim@zamirarahim.bsky.social · 4h ago

Quite aside from the absurdity of this situation, this attitude re councillors is (quietly) far too common in Westminster.

Dr Stephenson really gives the vibe of the supply teacher everyone mocked. I'll defy the guidance hun, but it won't be performative - I'm just going to ignore it as should every trans person who can safely do so!

Ash Paley@ashpaley.bsky.social · 4h ago

lol the Times can’t even get the acronym right

WASHINGTON (AP) — Abdul El-Sayed wins Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan.

'Where everyones rights are respected*' * unless your trans or gender non-conforming

Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 9h 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 fairly impressive that Badenoch leads a political party with 3,800 councillors but has the same understanding as to what they do as a random bloke complaining about his Council Tax down the pub.

Quite impressive to completely undermine your own defence and insult most of your party's elected officials in the same sentence.

Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 9h ago

It's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.

Mary-Ann Stephenson, resign!

Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 9h 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

Injunct the hell out of this lot. Proscribe them.

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · yesterday

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

The entirety of the NHS, from inception, was made possible thanks to non-white immigrants. Every accusation is a confession. They don’t want talented people regardless of skin colour. They just want white people regardless of skills.

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · yesterday

"There's a real thing going on in the composition of the staff...does that not have to be looked at as well?" Nick Robinson, on Today, discussing this news.sky.com/story/nhs-st...

So, Jack Osbourne has yet to delete or clarify his videos that falsely claim I used AI to write an article. Lots of people have encouraged me to sue him, which as I explain here, isn’t realistic. But I greatly appreciate the support for me and @spitfirenews.com. spitfirenews.com/p/jack-osbou...

Ozzy Osbourne's son falsely accused me of writing an article with AI

My reporting on Andrew Tate triggered him. He still won't correct the record.

spitfirenews.com

Someone tell Andy with the thick Northern accent

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2d ago

We can't solve a housing crisis without building more housing. Today we broke ground on the Casanova Residence, which will soon be nearly 100 affordable and supportive homes with on-site services for New Yorkers. Every new home is a step toward a City that everyone can afford.

the obsession with trans women in sports is, apart from the abject bigotry, a symptom of how we take amateur sports participation way too seriously in this country.

🧵3 month assessment on the Australian social media ban is in: very little change, and no change in practical outcomes for children and young people - no mental health or family relationship improvements, no differences in leisure time, same degree of harmful access, like loosing sleep to scrolling 🚨

Ben Schwarz@benschwarz.bsky.social · 2d ago

Australia’s eSafety commissioner buried a report (released Friday afternoon) that shows the under 16 social media ban didn’t tangibly reduce teen social media use, and also resulted in parents tuning out of kids usage. We traded our privacy for no reason. theconversation.com/more-than-80...

Hello I have made this due to a mutual having issues with some folks on here forgetting this fact and shouting at him for it. Feel free to use it as a handy PSA x

If you want an example of how remaining on X/Twitter is frying the minds of our political & pundit classes, may I present Exhibit A?

The News Agents@thenewsagents.co.uk · 5d ago

“I’m glad we live in a country that is deferential to expertise - but at times in the pandemic, that did go too far.” “I’m not sure school closures were a price worth paying.” Lewis on how ‘legitimate questions’ have emerged - and should be asked - about how we handled Covid.

Slightly unrelated, but I’ll never pass up a chance to say that us in Birmingham who said “let’s not embrace the Osbourne‘s by naming our bull mascot & trams after Ozzy” weren’t “snobby” or ”uppity” but are vindicated You‘d think he’d research super in depth to beat the nepo baby reputation

Kat Tenbarge@kattenbarge.bsky.social · 4d ago

So I woke up this morning to find out that Ozzy Osbourne’s son made a video falsely accusing me of using AI to write a Rolling Stone article about the Tate brothers.

Incredible to remember that all of these supposed "radical gender ideology" asks were simply the status quo plus what *a Conservative government* was proposing and consulting on under a decade ago

Sophie Molly@sophiemolly.co.uk · 5d ago

What I want for trans + people in the UK. The puberty blocker ban lifted. The toilet ban scrapped. Supreme Court ruling overtuned/made ineffective. An informed consent model for gender affirming care. Self ID. Non-Binary people legaly recognised. No trans + censorship in schools.

I’m not sure whether this is just a psychological difference or AI bros fundamentally don’t understand the nature of an artistic experience, but: I don’t want a personalised film/book/podcast. I want to see/read/hear the same one as everyone else, so I can read reviews or discuss it with my friends

yep, cis male here and agree - imho transphobia is the canary in the coal mine for any other bigotries a person, political movement, or institution is likely to hold

ashley 🌹@clearlyashley.bsky.social · 7d ago

trans rights frankly is a top 5, potentially top 3 issue for me despite not being trans and not having any trans family being bigoted against trans folks not only hurts my trans friends and every trans person but is so predictive of further bigotry

This is why I say that caving on the sports issue doesn't make it go away. The IOC, World Athletics, 27 states, and every major sporting body have banned trans athletes. The Supreme Court agreed with them. They got what they wanted and they still can't shut up about it and keep making it an issue.

Worth repeating, the 'tough new visa rules' were designed specifically for care workers and their family members. If it's not going to work for them, it won't work for anyone else caught by the cruelty of the rules. Bin the whole thing.

Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · 7d ago

Good news. But Rayner's point that it is un-British and unfair, as well as economically and politically counterproductive, to change the rules retrospectively applies to other workers on medium- skilled work visas (technicians/chefs/etc) www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

Yeah, I've been trying to get through to a lot of people about that, I'm not "cancelling someone because I disagree with her opinions," I'm explaining that every time you go see the Harry Potter play or buy a pair of Hufflepuff socks, you are personally directly funding a hate campaign

one of the most frustrating things about what Rowling has turned into is how hard it is to explain to offline people that she’s not just another author who has turned out to have shitty views - her entire life and fortune is dedicated to destroying trans people

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · last wk.

Projection so powerful, you could screen the Odyssey in 70MM IMAX from it.

“saw the difference a Labour government makes” By enabling an environment of transphobia through accepting the new EHRC code of practice

Bridget Phillipson MP@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · last wk.

Honoured to become Chair of the Labour Party. I joined our party as a teenager and saw first hand the difference a Labour government makes. I'll work with members to build the election-winning machine that sees off Reform for good and secures a second Labour term.

Bridget Phillipson – who is currently bringing guidance into force which will exclude trans people from toilets, and trans women from all women's services – has been appointed by Andy Burnham as Chair of the Labour Party.

Bridget Phillipson MP@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social · last wk.

Honoured to become Chair of the Labour Party. I joined our party as a teenager and saw first hand the difference a Labour government makes. I'll work with members to build the election-winning machine that sees off Reform for good and secures a second Labour term.

This is yet another hideous indignity forced on trans people by the Labour Party. I will never ever forgive them as long as I live. They are an absolute cesspit of transphobic bigotry and are destroying trans people’s lives

Elizabeth Taylor@elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · last wk.

Ok, now I’m panicking this is absolutely horrific a violation of trans people’s human rights. I’m actually crashing out, and now don’t never if I even feel safe enough to ever have a hospital appointment again

This is extremely stupid from Zack, and frankly it’s disappointing that he or his comms team haven’t learned from his mistakes. Read the post before you accept a collab ffs! As I comms person I would know this would be a sackable offence

Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · last wk.

The least you can do is check the images on Instagram post you’re accepting a collaboration request from. He’s not cut out for the big leagues. Sorry!

Emily Wilson DESTROYS Zoomer culture with one cutting remark

the user is currently trying to claim that being ethnic cleansed is a matter of political disagreement

In the Maguire & Garfield iterations, Thompson felt intimidating like he could beat you up, but in Holland’s, he just feels like the wannabe cool kid who’s not in with the popular crowd trying too hard

Sailesh@saileshpatel.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m sorry but in Holland’s iteration of Spider-Man, I just simply don’t believe that Flash Thompson has the clout to bully Peter Parker (not that Parker is cool, but Flash is dorkier and more lame)