"Transphobic" like "racist" was coined to describe a reality and a moral valence came along with that description and it turns out a lot of people love the reality - the behavior, the attitude, the structural harm- but will violently resist the idea that their lessers may morally evaluate them.

Age verification checkpoint: Do you have stairs in your house?

Someone was recently complaining about the word "spooky" because in the US "spook" is a racial slur for a black person; it doesn't have that connotation in British English. Just as "smoking a fag" is just a bad habit in the UK, but a hate crime in the US.

IT’S OFFICIALLY SPOOKY SEASON!!!!! 🎃🎃🎃🎃 HOT WITCHES AND GOTHS, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SHINE!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🥵🥵🥵

I see Reform have noticed how well the "leftist violence" playbook is running in the US, and decided to try it here. Problem is the big "red menace" here is Jeremy Corbyn, a man who makes his own jam and collects pictures of manhole covers. Terrifying, I know.

It's fascinating to watch 'people who have important ideas' type folks becoming cranky and odd in real time. Social media and the attention economy mean that where, in the past, we would only hear from folks in forms that passed through the hands of others, now we just get to mainline grumpy old men

I see it's Opposites Day over at the Daily Mail yet again. Starmer *finally* does the bare minimum in calling out the racism and hypocrisy of the right, and apparently he's "dragging politics into the gutter"? Just for saying "racism is bad and we oppose it"?

Just a reminder that this is what all the talk of "leftist violence" and "antifa terrorists" is for. Make people afraid and they will allow themselves to be oppressed.

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Well there's a surprise. Just another angry MAGA dude with a grudge and easy access to weapons.

I would just like to say a big Fuck. Ing. Hell to all of this: www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

How is he perpetually such a delight?

I have some suggestions on who they should start with...

Oh man. New House of Games to kick off Quizzy Monday, say? With the delectable Mark Steel on it? Don't mind if I do!

Isn't "highest quality 24 Karat Gold" a tautology? karats (carats) are literally the standard by which the fineness of gold is measured. One piece of 24K gold cannot be "higher quality" than another.

Feeling the need to get nerdy about gender and social hierarchies in medieval Europe.

Dear lord, why is online dating such a horrific hellscape?

Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.

Now now, that's unfair. Some of them are also shilling worthless detox supplements and overpriced protein shakes.

I don't think the Epstein files are ever going to be released, unless they're leaked/hacked (in which case there's plausible deniability).

If you're not, and have never been, a member of a marginalised group, maybe your opinion about how mandatory ID cards are "totally fine" isn't as weighty as you believe.

*Heterosexual cisgender white British man voice* “Dunno what everyone’s issue with ID cards is”

I'm hoping this is just a Hegseth circle jerk, but I wouldn't put it past this administration to a) compel an oath of allegiance to Trump. or b) try to establish a military dictatorship. They've been testing the waters with the National Guard deployments.

What will the climate action refuseniks use as an excuse when they can't just yell "BUT CHINA" to justify doing nothing?

Arsewinkle. Jizzwhacker. TitsTitsTitsTitsTitsTitsTits (which should absolutely be an all-female Pigsx7 tribute band). Cocking wankstain. Underbollock.

This is the dream. Now where's that lottery win?

I hate the rhetoric about asylum seekers being mostly "fighting age" men. 1. associates refugees with violence 2. assumes all refugees come from conflict zones 3. assumes they didn't already fight & on losing side 4. ignores that over 40% are women and children

I think everyone needs to know that one of the Rapture crazies on TikTok is advising her followers to buy new underwear because when you rise into the sky to go party with Jesus, all your clothes fall off and you don't want the left behinds to know you were wearing ratty old panties.

"If I’m at home cooking, I’m not going to make up marinara sauce from scratch, right?" Why not? It's incredibly easy & cheap. Obvs there are plenty of barriers to scratch cooking (access, facilities, time, physical ability, knowledge), but if you can, you should! edition.cnn.com/2025/09/22/h...

I enjoyed one of the redtops today screaming "WILL THE KING NOW BANISH FERGIE?" Banish her from what? She's the ex-wife of the 8th in line to the throne. She's not a member of the royal family and has no official royal duties.

Oh, it's #BiVisibilityDay, is it? Well, here's a Bibot picture I did for someone a few years ago.

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Trump says women should just "tough out" pain rather than taking analgesics. Please can someone strap one of those menstrual pain simulators on him and see how long it takes before he's begging for mercy.

This. Paracetamol is very easy to OD on as the difference between a therapeutic dose and an overdose is relatively small. And it's in so many preparations that people often make mistakes with it.

Am I wrong or is paracetamol incredibly cheap as a generic? I know Cuba is poor but I don't believe that most people there can't afford something I can buy for 30p a pack in any supermarket. The brand name ones cost more but the generics cost next to nothing.

I have a possibly-crazy-but-who-knows-with-this-lot theory that it's nothing to do with autism risk, it's about vilifying women for using pain relief in pregnancy because it's un-Biblical ("in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children"). Women are ordained to suffer.

Internet: here's an explanation of this Important and Complicated Thing! Me: great, just what I needed. Internet: and it's a two-hour long podcast! Me:

If Reform's conference doesn't involve debating and agreeing policy, surely that's not a party conference but a rally?

Apparently the Chief Wearables Officer who inspired Zuck to make those creepy new Meta AI specs is called Rocco Basilico. ROCCO BASILICO.

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THEN: "Your words are hateful. Your words cause harm. Your words are violence." - Ha ha cry more snowflakes free speech! you can't cancel me NOW: "Charlie Kirk wasn't a very nice person" - ZOMG this is political violence hate crime so much for the tolerant left

Same reason scam emails are so badly spelled. Everyone likes to think they're smart and superior, and that they're going to be the one to beat the grift.

Rewriting history to suit the government's preferred narrative is right out of the fascist playbook.

To believe that polling numbers matter, you have to believe that Trump will allow free and fair elections. I think the only way that America gets real elections in 2028 is if Trump dies before then and Vance can't rally support from his backers.

What did I say about Erika Kirk setting herself up as her husband's successor? He's barely cold and here she is taking over his grift.

"Taking away a broadcast license has so many legal obstacles and takes so long that the FCC doesn't even try." This is important to understand. The real action is in self-censorship and merger approvals. view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/175...

This is what non-toxic masculinity looks like.