The police having to constantly remind everyone that the suspect is white so that vast sections of the population, the media and more the political establishment, don't immediately initiate and condone a deranged pogrom is a depressing new stage.

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Breaking my bsky hiatus to say if you have the opportunity to see this, wherever you are, you should go. It’s hilarious and heartbreaking. www.edfringe.com/tickets/what...

80 years of media emphasising how evil Hitler and the NAZIs were but perhaps not nearly enough communicating how cringe and absurd he, Mussolini, Franco and their respective regimes all were.

Anti-fash counter-protests outnumber fash marches all the time and it would be cool if the press made a big deal about it.

Gut wrenching to see four young people jailed for direct action against an arms supplier to Israel. Years in prison for protesting to save lives in Gaza, with 'terrorism' used despite no jury convicting them of it. A truly dangerous attack on the right to protest.

Misinformation is everywhere. Listening to Hannah Spencer you realise how cynical & targeted it is. Confirmation bias of all who oppose her leads to most believing fake news without even an attempt of double-checking the 'info' they read. All it takes is a screenshot of her shirt & a reverse search.

It always felt obvious that this show (internationally) would crash and burn at some point.

For all of the Sinophobic / neo-Cold War sabre-rattling around 'election interference', when the government is confronted with an obvious threatening act by a rogue vassal state? Crickets. A huge part of this is that the government doesn't consider the Scottish elections to be 'real' elections.

“As the AI seeped in, I found the wonder and awe I felt about the natural world morph into a reluctant suspicion. Brow furrowed, I would study each [one] until I was sure they were real. Any strange animal had to pass the sniff test for me to celebrate its strangeness.” defector.com/ai-animal-vi...

"...Elon Musk is betting on that outcome... Space could be the cheapest option even before the end of the decade."

FIVE YEARS AGO: export shame www.noncanon.com/comics/2021-...

Glasgow pals anyone going to the SUTR thing tomorrow fascists have put a call out to be there at the same time/place. And be warned with SWP led action they have a tendency to fuck off after speeches and leave everyone behind with fascists. Travel in groups.

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Who is dismissing your views, Rosie? Have you read the papers at all for the last like 12 years?

NHS England excluded 97% of studies on puberty blockers before concluding there was "insufficient evidence". The evidence exists. Here's what to do when the data is disregarded 👇

Once again, gaming culture bleeds out into wider culture

He's been in politics for decades, is the leader of a political party, is invited to fart his fag-breath opinions on every media channel available & billionaires keep giving him enormous sums of money, so for the love of Christ's sweaty taint could you please stop calling him a 'political outsider'?

reading about south asian farm workers losing their teeth in their twenties — because the climate has gotten so hot their bodies cant produce the proper saliva to keep their enamel — has me seeing red today

everyone working on violence against women and girls: it’s austerity, it’s benefit cuts, it’s funding cuts uk gov: ban healthcare for 78 trans kids and stop people going to the toilet 🫶

Some of the most amazing writers and artists I know on this site have some form of disability that impedes their life in some way. I am, personally, just a wild collection of disorders shoved into a skin suit and I write regardless of the struggle. Don’t you dare imply I need AI to function.

OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA

133 signed now - just over 20% of all MPs

The most disgusting behaviour I’ve ever witnessed in public spaces was directed at Sadiq Khan by ‘anti-Ulez’ protesters, who of course received way more coverage, much of it friendly, than the scheme’s incredible success ever will.

belfast resident here, yesterday while waiting at the dentist the receptionist was making calls checking in with POC who work there to see if they or their families need somewhere to stay, and i carried that warm, glowing feeling with me while i got a tooth drilled

While we're on it, The Arab League of Misfits uses a very specific type of Gen AI, which stands for Generation Arab Inshallah. Our team of humans make the plans and leave the exact timing to a complete mystery and mystical power.

How is the "the UK isn't racist" discourse going after three summers in a row of racist mobs attempting to burn people alive?

This is pretty much what the Cass Review found, but rather than conclude that trans kids know who they are; they concluded that the puberty blocker pathway wasn't acting as the intended "time to think", so they banned them

The number is actually 97.1% if you include the little shuffling around between nonbinary and binary identities that happened, but it is *remarkable* how rock-steady at 97-98% youth trans self-identification is. Believe kids when they tell you they're trans!!

We have expanded our Pee in Peace Program and are now distributing personal safety alarms as well as accessible toilet keys. One simple form to fill out, delivered to your door in ~7 days Free if you need them to be, but donations gratefully received. essehouse.co.uk/pee-in-peace...

being transgender is amazing and beautiful, transitioning is one of the greatest choices you can ever make and i hope more people realize that its not dangerous or evil, but liberating

Any trans people in the UK that have been targeted in race related attacks are eligible for emergency accomodation and relocation help from @essehouse.bsky.social - You do not need to have been the victim of transphobic harassment.

She says this country cannot have another left-wing government. I say can’t we just try one once?

Says something that two French news services have put this in my feed, and no British one yet has....

Free dental care used to be universal in Britain. Now it is almost impossible to get an NHS dentist or a reasonable price. If we don't fight hard enough for it the whole NHS will go the same way. Farage has long wanted to abolish it and an insurance model. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

*Very British racist bigoted thugs riot in Britain very Britishly* Our Press: "Russia and Iran are at it again"

This is how communities show up for each other. Do read this by Nicola Browne from Act Now👇

The Labour gov is good at taking every single opportunity to make the absolute worst decision imaginable

The Labour government has very clearly in its response to racist violence told us that the lives of Black and Asian people do not fucking matter and that we can fuck off and die.

As I’ve said before, any serious attempt to ban conversion therapy needs to confront the fact that the NHS has been doing it for decades.

overview if useful! olivia.science/ai/#pygmalion

Not on the BBC Homepage

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The cruelty is the point with the people in power across the NHS whenever trans children are concerned. Utter dereliction of basic medical duty of care throughout this process. Literally no consideration of the acute harms and risks of forced medical detransition.

There is not a good time for forced medical detransition. But, young people were informed yesterday that decision letters would come today. Today is GCSE Maths exam. Tomorrow GCSE English lit exam. The NHS really could not care less for the well-being of these young people.

Palestine action are terrorists but the people agitating for race riots aren't, there's your two tiers right there. The state always protects the far right and always demonises the left. Because, at the end of the day the left is threat to authoritarian control the far right isn't.

This one's important. Multiple people I know have been denied gender affirming care for size reasons and medical professionals need to get on it.