Once again reminded of this terrific piece by @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social as I see hundreds of British men—and even some women—OPENLY praising the terrorist attack in Edinburgh, under their own legal names, where their friends and family and employers and coworkers can see. Make. Shame. Great. Again.

Not now, tiny particle that could erase the universe at any moment

Ellie is brilliant here and says everything about why the social media ban for under 16s is a terrible move.

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PSNI say "it's too early" to tell if loyalist paramilitaries are orchestrating racist riots in Belfast. But they are long thought to play a role. One recent NGO report noted that "the involvement of elements of loyalist paramilitarism in racist violence and intimidation" was "well documented".

Heard about two stabbings today. The one in Belfast breathlessly given wall to wall media coverage, and another briefly covered where a guy was convicted for murdering his wife and setting the house alight. I note both perpetrators have SOMETHING in common. And it isn’t their immigration status.

A little hope to hold on to...

If CMAT is an affront to the male gaze and Olivia Rodrigo is indulging it, how exactly should women dress? | Laura Snapes

It can be true both that the Statutory Guidance is less bad than the EHRC wanted it to be (in large part because of our case) and still terrible and unworkable: for trans people, for businesses trying to do their best, and for those who don't want to conform to patriarchal gender norms. /1

#speirgorm please help make the first cavan pride happen! spread the word & chip in if you can 🏳️‍🌈 gofund.me/ee41cf0cb

This show needs to be shut down right now - it shouldn't be able to survive this. And more broadly, I hope it signals the beginning of the end of shows where people are thrown together in the hope that they'll shag each other and then have dramas. It's a shit, exploitative model that needs to die

Remarkable to hear RTE mention the words "shoplifting" at the end of the News but not mention the words "security guards" or "choked" or "physical assault." Despite the fact there's no evidence so far of the first and video evidence of the second.

Just a wee reminder that 'Father Ted: A Song for Europe' is available to watch online, and it's free, and Graham Linehan is mad about people choosing it as an anti-genocidal alternative tonight. www.channel4.com/programmes/f...

Racism is reliably dumb. But it's especially stupid to say that the Dublin Rose is not Irish enough. Half the contestants in the Rose of Tralee are American, and I don't recall any astroturf social media campaigns against them.

Starmer's only way of rescuing his reputation is to Leeroy Jenkins some seriously socialist shit. Instant nationalisation of water (without compensation), electoral reform, and UBI.

I’m not sure there is a bleaker - or older - phenomenon in politics than desperate voters turning to charlatans and bigots for change. Reform councillors will do nothing to help someone’s elderly Mum get social care or keep the local library open for kids. And Farage is laughing his arse off.

Nae exit poll. Nae overnight count. Nae shiny graphics. Nae party big wigs losing their seats at 4 o’clock in the morning in community centres. What’s the point of it all?

The old parties had their chance. They chose austerity, inaction, and broken promises. Today, choose differently. Vote Green in England , Scotland & Wales TODAY. 🗳️

Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable sources, proving the transition is not theoretical but already operational. The barrier is no longer technology, but political will, investment priorities, and the courage to move faster.

Millions of American voters wanted to be villains. They came to believe it’s the key to success, while goodness is weak, woke, loser stuff, done only to signal. Offered the option of unvarnished villainy, they enthusiastically took it. Seeing others suffer more made them feel big. And here we are.

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

happy trans day of stop casting cis people to play trans roles happy trans day of stop pulling and killing trans storylines and shelving trans projects happy trans day of hire trans actors and creatives in the entertainment industry and give us money

300 students have offers withdrawn at Leicester University as departments shut The shape of things to come Prospective students need to be careful Courses may not exist by October or may disappear while you’re still studying www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The Trump administration admits to testing conversion therapy on trans prisoners and implies its policy of forcibly detransitioning trans men in prisons has the aim of preserving their fertility." transitics.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

The reason Ireland has such old postboxes, older than some of the oldest in Britain? You guessed it! The absentee landlord system needed an efficient outbound postal system to handle the transfer of money from Ireland to Britain quickly and effectively. Have a great day ❤️

This horrific story gets worse when you find out how this young woman originally came to the US: as a 17-year-old on Jeffrey Epstein’s plane

That reflects decades of settled jurisprudence. Second, the CJEU states (for the avoidance of any doubt, but we knew this already as well) that higher national court decisions (like the UKSC in FWS) must be ignored (inc by an NI court) if contrary to the CJEU's authoritative account of EU law:

Today's CJEU decision in Shipova has major implications for legal protections for trans people in Northern Ireland, where relevant EU law still applies. First the Court underlines that different treatment of trans people vs biological sex is not generally acceptable: share.google/MKNxuwd2oXHB...

If bombing solved things, we'd have found out before now, I feel. It's certainly had enough tries at it.

🤣 Me in the pub later: I'll have a pint of billionaire's tears please mate.

The conservative candidate in last nights election was known literally for one thing; she led the anti trans activity in the police. Seriously that was her background, and why Badenoch backed her. And what happened? It’s time to give up the lie that transphobia is popular

Breaking Sky News: Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He was led out of his London home by police officers this afternoon. Mandelson has faced allegations that he leaked market-sensitive information from Downing Street to Jeffrey Epstein.

Fun to remember that the dad of the Brontës was just a weird Irishman whose surname was actually Brunty, but he changed it up to be fancy.

Waiting for this news for a while now. RIP to a seemingly lovely man who brilliantly played an iconic character that defined the meaning of first love for a whole generation of young people. Thinking of his family as they say goodbye.

This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Says the gazillionaire who loves Britain so much he became tax resident in Monaco so he didn't have to contribute to Britain's resources. Physician, heal thyself.

Imagine being presented with these accounts of stark unfairness and insecurity caused by the earned settlement plans and your response being ‘It is a privilege not a right to settle in the UK and it must be earned’ - the Home Secretary needs to go www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I’m sorry but what did libertarians think that the anonymous money laundering racism coin that you could only functionally use for illicit activity was doing other than this, exactly

Happy abseiling lesbians day to all who celebrate!!!

If you care about Don Lemon, don't forgot Mario Guevara (reporter who was filming police at a No Kings rally in June) was targeted for his journalistic activity; detained for 112 days; and deported. He had no criminal charges against him and was on the path to getting a green card.

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NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“There’s no single answer that will solve all our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers—at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.” ― Octavia E. Butler, A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay

remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened

You don’t want hands free driving, you want trains. You want trains you want trains you want TRAINS

With more material from the Epstein files released today, I feel compelled to remind us that NI had its own version. It was called Kincora Boys Home and there are powerful ppl walking around today who are very glad that email didn't exist when they were abusing children and having it covered up. 💔

I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”

Interested in #public #health? Trade union leaders and civic society campaigners as well as journalists took part in a discussion in #Belfast. viewdigital.org/latest-issue... @kellieturtle.bsky.social @ppr-org.bsky.social @brianone.bsky.social

Catherine O’Hara of Beetlejuice and Schitt’s Creek has died at age 71. RIP to one of the all-time greatest women in comedy. people.com/catherine-oh...

Macaulay Culkin posted a tribute to Catherine O’Hara….I’m not crying, you’re crying 🥺🙏