Theatre saying: You can’t make a Hamlet without breaking legs

So sorry to learn that we have lost Michael Keating. A lovely man and effortlessly real actor. I think even Bayban the Butcher would mourn his passing As do I

What the government is doing to trans people is a society-wide version of Section 28. It is a level of bureaucratic cruelty that utterly decimates a whole group of people’s rights and puts anyone who doesn’t ‘look’ right in the eyes of others under constant surveillance. It’s a horrific thing.

Exploring new depths to the word Misnomer, the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission has issued a loathsome set of rules targeting trans people. In response, a reminder that in doing so the U.K. breaches EU data protection law & its own adequacy decision. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...

The Labour government has just further emboldened the worst people on the planet to intimidate, harass and threaten any woman they see in a toilet who doesn't meet their weird standards of femininity. The most transphobic government the UK has ever had.

I understand that politicians don't want to jump in without having read a document fully, but with respect @zackpolanski.bsky.social it is your duty to your members to say SOMETHING today.

I see the GC crowd’s top legal minds* are now insisting, on the basis of their protected belief that sex is binary and immutable, that the protected characteristic of gender reassignment is a legal fiction. *derogatory Let’s just put Flat Earthers in charge of the European Space Agency. Why not?

EHRC Code: 1. The point of the Equality Act was to prevent discrimination. So if you were discriminated against, you had (in most cases) a route to make a complaint, the law to back you up and a route to make inequality expensive enough that most companies complied (to some extent).

The 'Blake's 7 Production Diary Series C' will be available on Monday. All our titles are not-for-profit. Thanks to you, over £8000 has been raised for charity since 2021. The Series C books will be raising money for UNICEF and Alzheimer's Society, charities chosen for us by the cast.

"Ford," said Arthur, "would you please tell me what the hell is going on?"

Joanne Rowling's fellow traveller Kellie-Jay Keen is speaking at Tommy Robinson's rally tomorrow. Transphobia is the engine that pulls the train of fascism.

Don’t forget to check out Daniel, Jeff and myself talking about parts one and two of Warriors’ Gate. This weekend we’ll be moving onto parts three and four and saying goodbye to a couple of friends…

The era of impunity for big tech is ending 💪 X were letting illegal posts that incite hatred and terrorism flourish on their site. We teamed up with Hope Not Hate to complain to Ofcom, and now the regulator is taking action. https://goodlaw.social/p1mt

Labour hopefuls line up to seize the leadership. #DoctorWho

Starmer Starmer Starmer Starmer Starmer Chameleon…

The Scottish Parliament was literally designed to prevent a single party majority, yet if the SNP don't achieve it, it's treated as though they've failed somehow. (Current constituency count (of 73 constituencies): 2 Green, 3 Lab, 4 Tory, 6 LibDem...55 SNP.)

Historic moment, indeed! Greens have: 2 directly elected mayors in Hackney & Lewisham; 2 directly elected SMPs for Glasgow S. & Edinburgh C. (More to come via regional lists) 2 seats in Senedd, both in Caerdydd; 57 local councillors more than before... with 43% of seats still to be declared ✊💚👍

It changes the equation, I think, when people contemplating hostile legislation have to recognise that it will affect someone they see every day, and when they're challenged to look that person in the eye.

In the same election the ranks of MSPs who voted against GRR were turfed out of office - among their replacements were two new trans MSPs. The politics of hate took a kicking today. The politics of trans liberation brought two of their own into the seats of power in Scotland! 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

God, he's so missed.

Keir Starmer as Prime Minister has maintained the Section 35 block on the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill which was passed with cross-parliamentary support by the Scottish Parliament. Labour doesn't believe that Scotland should be able to make its own laws. I hope they get annihilated.

106 years ago today, on May 7th, an undergraduate at Christchurch College, Oxford, drank a glass of port then left through the main gates for a walk. I've been thinking about him, & his walk, for years now. It's taken a long time for me to figure out why - why I've kept returning, near obsessed.

Saw this meme and I did it. Opening line to Neuromancer.

Okay, the teaser for ALIEN Isolation 2 has dropped and yeah - ALIEN Isolation is my preferred sequel to ALIEN so it's going to be a long wait. youtu.be/h8wJ5nHyKEc?...

An important announcement about the upcoming Blake's 7 Production Diary Series C.

We need as many people as possible to agree with putting in place more ways to increase funding rather than making cuts and essentially punishing those who are already suffering. Tax the Rich – Wealth Tax Now www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved...

They made us very welcome had a nice tea etc lovely run from home could you please get me a couple of packets of all bran.

Yeah, my initial reaction is that this is astonishingly obvious, of course trans women aren't a threat to women's sports, we don't have a psychical advantage, and it should be obvious to everyone, but then I remember how often cis people are astonished to learn trans women's breasts develop with HRT

feels genuinely positive and exciting that the scottish greens in their manifesto are promising to roll back cass changes and sort out the absurd waiting times for gender services. that’s hope for young people who really need it. labour are offering nothing but death.

“Campaigning by the gender-critical movement for women to be narrowly defined, with the intention of excluding trans women, always ends up leaving out some cis women as well. Stereotypes about gender presentation hurt everyone.” We need to resist gender policing in sports (and other areas of life).

The Target novelisation of The Well is 99p on the Kindle today. We also have a T1 podcast about this book with @drwhonovels.bsky.social, @keithsay.bsky.social, @mattc-96.bsky.social & @quarkmcmalus.bsky.social Apple tinyurl.com/y4xh7wfy Spotify tinyurl.com/5bw846dp Podbean tinyurl.com/3wdfm8mp

They really are scared.

Any of us would have been fired from our jobs long ago for the same behaviour. The bar being so low for the likes of the Labour front bench and the Tories is part of why this country is in the state it's in.

It's time to bring hope back to Scotland. 💚 We were joined by @zackpolanski.bsky.social on the campaign in Glasgow today. On May 7th #VoteScottishGreens

I'm Jewish. I condemn genocide. I condemn the Labour Governments role in the Genocide. The Prime Minister repeatedly conflating criticism of the Israeli Governments genocide and actual antisemitism is disgusting - and makes so many of us as Jewish people feel less safe.

Blumhouse is the most successful horror studio in the world. I'm curious though if they have their own fandom in the same way Hammer has. Are there Blumhouse enthusiasts who know the history and the back catalogue in the way Hammer afficianados do? Love to know.

I feel this is probably quite important information. You wouldn't want to get it wrong.

Loved this show so much. It really was killed off too soon. If you like murder mystery shows then this is for you.

Will you be voting in Scotland for the first time next month? Are you an outsider who is curious as to why Scotland's parliament looks so different from the UK's? Here's a helpful guide to how it works. 🗳️

Types of Board Game xkcd.com/3235/

You'll only drive it underground.

c.org/Ktrk4KQzPG Trongate 103 is a vital hub of the arts in Glasgow - please share and sign! It’s also home of the fabulous unique Sharmanka.com - go visit if you’re ever in Glasgow.

The youngest #kakapo alive: Awarua-A3, 17 days old today. Despite appearances, she’s doing well. She won’t be leaving the nest until mid-June. It’s a long breeding season! #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds.

FFS. Nothing takes me out of a film faster than failure to even do the most basic research. The Statue of Liberty is on an ISLAND. It is not buried in a jaunty angle in the sand.

Anyone who received their postal ballot today in the South of Scotland region, please be aware that "Independent Green Voice", which appears second on the list on the peach regional ballot paper, is NOT the Scottish Green Party. This is in fact a deliberate vote spoiling attempt by right-wingers.

OYD* 1922: Sam Youd (John Christopher) Writer of many dystopian novels, compelling to young me not just for his grim worldbuilding but their sour endings Most famous for The Tripods Trilogy, later a BBC1 series with an infamously (accidentally) bleak finish *Yesterday, but…

Thank goodness there wasn’t a Superman V…

They're cowards for not doing this.

Skeptics with a K: Episode #460 Mike looks at ball lightning, why there is so little evidence of it, and asks whether it exists at all. **Note: tonight's Skeptics in the Pub will be in the Denbigh Castle on Hackins Hey in central Liverpool.** www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/podcasts/ske...