holy shit i'm in Kerrang! www.kerrang.com/in-pictures-...

Oh terrible Internet I get that you're trying to protect me by not letting me watch *that* episode of the IT crowd but I genuinely need to for research purposes

A victory for human dignity

"What is the moral foundation for the government in undertaking such a comprehensive campaign of fear..? The government says the answer is simple and determinative: they broke a law... But today’s Gospel proposes a far different measure... are they our neighbors?"

I would go nuts if we ever got to sing this in church

Most people in the asylum system already do volunteer, largely as they are desperate to break the monotony of life in a system that keeps them locked up on <£10 a week with nothing to keep them occupied.

"Migrants can come here but you have to work for free" jfc did we not get enough free labour from their ancestors?

Holy shit @hundredyearoldman.bsky.social are heavy Absolutely incredible set. Everyone go listen to them now

New mistake discovered: starting the FIRST SONG OF YOUR SET early

Despite Reform surging in the polls, Labour have finally succeeded in turning the country red

Delighted to announce (ugh, can't believe I'm saying that) that Alon Lischinsky and my bibliography of Trans Media Studies is out with Oxford Bibliographies! It's basically the equivalent of a compilation tape - key works, deep cuts and things we like www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...

Turns out that trying to write a theology of trans undesirability (in a general sense) is incredibly painful. Go figure

"For most of his career, Guyatt... felt his responsibility was only to “put out good science.” But campaigns like SEGM’s, critiques from the student activists, & the present climate, have changed his mind... “Putting out good science is not enough... I have a responsibility to how it gets used”

You see, there was actually a *spiritual* Rapture-

My wife, who has two PhDs, is writing a book about Sappho, and spends her time trawling through Taylor Swift lyrics for the slightest hint of lesbianism, apparently "can't see how Pink Pony Club is a gay song" and has maintained this for so long I honestly can't tell if she's trolling me any more

The problem Starmer has on standing up to racism is the most resonant form of racism in the country at the moment is specifically targeted against migrants and he’s been an ardent participant in that since before the election.

this exists it is called thinking

Durham are going to be so insufferable about this, levels of Doxbridge never before known to humankind

If you work in a Catholic organisation and want to better integrate theology into your practice, sign up to the LJC's faith in practice reflection group! Starting at the end of the month! Here's an article to whet your appetite. Signup link in the comments below ccstp.org.uk/articles/202...

Tbf this is exactly the sort of thing you'd expect someone with no soul to spend $1k on www.vice.com/en/article/w...

A rundown of all the incredibly niche fascist literature that Gove reads. An overlooked aspect of the bookshelf scandal is that Gove’s collection was exclusively niche fascist lit and biographies of politicians. No leftist, liberal, or even *conservative* theory! libcom.org/article/what...

A great overview of the state of things re the relentless attack on trans rights in British politics

"Queerness could be transformative for the life of the church!" Explore how online at @sarumcollege.bsky.social with Charlie Bell's "Queer Spirituality: An Introduction" on 22nd Oct. Book now: www.sarum.ac.uk/short-course... @inclusivechurch.bsky.social @opentablelgbt.bsky.social

'other countries have an immediate obligation to... "prevent & punish the crime of genocide"... If they do not... they could be complicit. "We have not gone so far as to name parties as... being complicit in genocide. But that is the… ongoing work of this commission"' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This was a scandalous journalistic failure and we should shout it from the rooftops

He also wasn't good at this. His conversations were spectacles wherein a professional debator made untrained undergrads look like idiots for social media. That kind of thing is not conducive to good inquiry & I wish liberal advocates for public conversation would be a bit more discerning about this

It is quite simply dishonest to describe TPUSA as a “free speech” organization and not even mention the “Professor Watchlist,” as NPR just did. Reporting on a crime does not entail adopting the victim’s views.

This is incredibly chilling, doubly so bc the uni ended up siding with the student for unclear reasons. This illustrates the way that institutions are collaborating with Trump's regime, as well as the actual dynamics of power re university employment that are muddied by 'cancel culture' rhetoric

Back from honeymoon and the UK is somehow even worse than when I left??

Amazing developments in women defending theory happening in that courtroom. www.chortle.co.uk/news/2025/09...

Compare this to the widespread apathy towards, if not approval of Sarah Jane Baker being arrested for similar rhetoric. Ofc this isn't to say that either instances were good, nor that carceral responses are appropriate (indeed Baker was let off) www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

I'm sorry but why did no one tell me St John's ambulance is a CHIVALRIC ORDER www.stjohninternational.org/who-we-are/o...

A lot gets made of the dangers w things like this of accidentally tricking people into feeling that profane things are holy, and I think this is a legitimate point. But I also think there's value in that. www.vice.com/en/article/a...

Granted this complaint is relative to the great fortune of being on honeymoon but OH MY GOODNESS we have messed this trip up horribly and are just spending it on various forms of public transport

So this was inevitable after that police decision, and the CI basically exists to do this stuff, so this story isn't exactly surprising. But I can't help but notice how the BBC uncritically reproduces his controversial & highly partisan "gender ideology" framing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AFAIK this is the first time a *Catholic theological journal* (albeit an ecumenically-minded one) has hosted a special edition on this topic. Actually historic

My special edition of the Heythrop Journal on Catholic "gender theory" rhetoric is now out! Featuring an editorial that's also a comment on the state of the field, patristic theologies of transness, anti-gender politics, and moral theology! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14682265...

"It was a voluntary event... she chose to join, & therefore it will set a precedent for future arguments like this. As an anti-trans person, are you going out of your way to put yourself into a situation that you know goes against what you believe so you can paint yourself as the victim?" get wrekd

Good job, idiots. Storing all your photos in the cloud has left no room for rain.

When I say bonkers I mean

Taking 1d4 psychic damage just from opening the box

why did they take soft mother? wire mother is so cold

Wikipedia is one of the greatest intellectual achievements in human history: a virtually universal encyclopedia of unparalleled depth, written by thousands of authors working voluntarily and autonomously. This would be catastrophic for the UK in so many ways

Advanced Space Crusade with @nicoleteburbach.bsky.social this morning to round off BOYL. An underrated gem of a game we will be playing again but which, suprise, surprise, for an late 80s/early 90s game, takes all day to play.

I would like to inform everyone that @oldhammerpodcast.bsky.social showed me this official picture of a butch lesbian space marine today. The female space marine debate is finally over and we can all peacefully move on, as I'm sure we will. #nerdlings

I don't think The Silmarillion would ever work as a live action movie or series. Its true destiny is to be the nightmarish product of a Czech stop motion animator from 1979 that's only discovered in an attic years after its creator's death.

Future historians will have to grapple with the idea that baiting this one snarky rando was a legit engagement farming strategy and way of propagandising around liberal contempt

Huh. Mariah Carey, welcome to the resistance

Oh so I can't access my dms but I still get gross porn showing up uninvited on my discover feed? Thanks Keir