Penny Homer
@socialsoprano.bsky.social
Usually found in or in front of the choir. More of a menopausal mezzo these days but gotta keep the brand identity. When not singing I'm usually Trekking to a Star or drinking a beer (or both). West Brom sufferer. Trans rights are human rights. She/her
I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …
Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules
Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups
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And people said Emily Wilson doesn’t get cinema. Well here is here giving a good film analysis of the cinematography and its effects in The Odyssey. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson Doubles Down Against Nolan’s ‘Emotionally Empty’ Movie: ‘We Need Art That Is Truthful’ About the ‘Necessity of Compassion’
Emily Wilson, the author whose translation of 'The Odyssey' influenced Christopher Nolan's adaptation, doubles down on hating the movie.
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I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
As the EHRC Code of Practice comes into force, we’ve compiled a new Oxford toilet guide highlighting unisex/gender-neutral provision. 38 facilities across the city for when you need to go. Read it here: oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-publi...
Oxford public toilets: Where to go when you need to go
We are all the Clarion – and, sometimes, we all need the loo. And especially if you're pregnant, have an unreliable postnatal pelvic floor, are looking after children, or just need to spend a penny wi...
oxfordclarion.uk
If Stevens had the lead no matter how narrow, they’d be calling the it for her already. Sooner or later, Democratic leadership will have to contend with the fact that people who historically vote Democrat are actually their target demographic.
Me: (a smart columnist, looking at claims made by an ex-Tory neo-Nazi booted out of the party for crimes, now standing as a Tory councillor whole doing a rehabilitation tour parroting the agreed media line in his new “anti-extremism” gig) This is extremely convincing stuff, and very worrying.
Pubic Service Announcement The Vagina Museum is trans inclusive. Always has been, always will be. Today the new EHRC Code of Practice comes into effect. Let us be clear, the guidance changes nothing about how we operate.
Once again, I come back to the fact these guys have created a situation where one of the UK's leading, cis female athletes is scared to go to the loo alone, and the fact that they are celebrating this as a step forward for women's rights.
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 17h 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
If genAI went away Google might actually become usable again, among many other reasons why I would not only be willing to give up something I do not use but also very very happy
Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 19h agoI have one answer.
Sorry but the OP is so funny. "Oh you hate AI? Well what if all these things that suck and burn natural resources, and that also stole from you, which you have never used even once went away?" What point is this meant to prove?
Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 19h agoI have one answer.
Pretending you don't see a difference between AI that counts beans and AI that steals novels is a doltish, peevish stance. Cannot believe @horrorwritersassoc.bsky.social ran this apologia for the plagiarism machine.
Holly Lyn Walrath@hollylynwalrath.bsky.social · yesterdayThere is a lengthy pro-AI screed in the latest HWA newsletter and it is . . . a mood.
People sometimes ask how I have the energy and fortitude to keep documenting the daily atrocities, to show people what goes on in this country’s media/political class. And my honest answer is, it takes no energy at all. It’s like hunting on Dodo Island, the birds endlessly wander right up to you.
flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social · 14h agoHodges is an occasionally useful guy to keep an eye on, mainly because he’ll say things that his less stupid colleagues are smart enough to keep to themselves.
Someone once told me that it's "classist" to advocate for people to have indoor cats because you need to buy them lots of expensive toys. Marcel has been playing with the discarded stem of a fresh green bean for 20 minutes. 🤷♀️
Bluesky is not a "liberal bubble". It's just one of increasingly few public spaces where Nazis get called out, and if that makes you uncomfortable, you need to think about that.
Every man saying "women you have to tell us if you wanna shag us" like slut-shaming doesn't exist lmao
fesshole 🧻@fesshole.bsky.social · 17h agoChatted to a stunning girl at a bar in Zante, walked her back to her apartment and kissed at her door, she spent 20 mins explaining how she hated her room mates and didn't want to stay there. I walked 5 minutes back to my hotel. Only realised 2 years later whilst reminiscing.
🚨 BREAKING We are supporting a legal challenge to the Code of Practice. And we need your help. Join us in fighting back 👇
We’re supporting a legal challenge against the code of practice | Good Law Project
The government’s transphobic statutory guidance is now up and running – we’re fighting back
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he won by the same margin as Trump, which represented "a huge mandate" back then.
Politico@politico.com · 18h agoProgressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted
Today the new Code of Practice comes into force, systematically excluding trans people from public facilities and services across the UK. It will go down in history as the Starmer government’s shame. But it’s not too late for Andy Burnham to change course.
Review: Self-collected HPV tests accurately detect pre-cancerous cells in women Self-collection could increase screening rates for HPV, which causes most cervical cancers. Read more: https://bit.ly/4wrpU25
My only opinion on Will Stancil is that I'd really like people to stop reposting and quote-posting him on my timeline because I'm like this
Mariah Carey: I Don't Know Her
Alt: Mariah Carey: I Don't Know Her
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A data center was just shut down in Wisconsin after the town council refused to have private talks with the developer and told them everything would include public approval That’s how it’s done, folks
I have just done this - took me half an hour so you've still got time, fellow self-employed folks! (I also eviscerated Making Tax Digital while I was at it)
Tits McGee@scientits.bsky.social · 3w agoSelf-employed people! Sorry to put a downer on your Sunday, but in case you'd not seen, the Government wants us to pay our tax *monthly* like we're employees or something With the World Cup and all the politics, I'd missed the consultation they put out last month, which is here: 1/
The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime and it has nothing to do with AI, crypto, metaverse, robots or any of the other massively hyped "tech" the media always talks about instead
Sarah Taber@sarahtaber.bsky.social · 2d agoAbsolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West
Lol ain't no way I got an ad for Amnesty merch on Insta today I hit the 'no thanks' button so hard (just a shame there wasn't an option to say 'because they're utter cowards who cave to lawfare')
As a man, why do you want to keep your last name? What does that do for you?
Bluesky is a "liberal bubble" because fascist chuds can't get traction without algorithmic assistance and because people here trained themselves to block "debate me" trybois the instant they roll up
The Verge@theverge.com · 2d agoBluesky's new CEO Toni Schneider on the platform's reputation for being a liberal bubble: "Yes, we definitely want that to change. It is already changing. It certainly wasn’t designed to attract one specific group of people."
When someone is described as "often controversial, never boring" in 2026 it just means: full nazi but also part of the establishment.
No matter what's going on in your life, just remember there's some form of potato that can make it better.