I will never forget Andy Burnham being asked what his favourite biscuit was and replying "chips and gravy"

This is Chootie. He looks like a dog, but from one of those 15th century paintings done by someone who had only ever heard about dogs. 12/10 (IG: chootieboy)

I think every politician who proposes to ban anything on the internet for teens should be required to propose, as an alternate, a free and accessible and all weather space for teens to hang out in their own hometown

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It’s driving me up the wall that multiple people genuinely believe it’s unfair for someone to be paid for their labor if they find their work rewarding.

Amazing story about how Starbucks launched a "Tank" marketing campaign in South Korea on the anniversary of a massacre by the military.... including a slogan referencing the beating to death of a student. AI did it. Emails were signed off unread by managers www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

I think Mumsnet should be blocked in the UK for radicalising and grooming parents into being transphobes.

One day I will stop living out of a pile of clothes on my floor. It is not this day

RIP Anthony Head. He's left a hell of a body of work behind him but one of his more underrated roles is as Nathan Wallace, a 'Repo Man' in 'Repo! The Genetic Opera' which I think I might need to watch again now. youtu.be/Az5vcfwiDvw?...

our neighbours are getting solar panels so the scaffolders showed up last week, and proceeded to install the scaffolding on the wrong house, so they came back today and dismantled it and are now reinstalling it on a different wrong house

happy pride moth everyone

25 participants!!!! Thank you!!!!!

This is very illuminating for people who want to learn more about Sikhism and the Kirpan in the wake of Henry Nowak's murder open.substack.com/pub/fraserne...

If they maintain this level of bants and also keep up stuff like the much better position on trans rights I fear I must reboard the Davey train forthwith

eavesdropping on a couple of english lit academics in st. john, i overheard confirmation of what is surely going to be the biggest literary news story of the year

Same judges as FWS involved in this too, of course.

🚨DR UK's Statement on the EHRC's New Code of Practice "We are appalled at implications that an adequate workaround is trans people using Disabled toilets instead. We will not be used as a loophole in the wider erosion of trans rights." Full statement👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/disabil...

When the father of a murdered son makes a public statement saying "we do not want his death to be used to create further division, hatred or tension", then I believe it's incumbent on any news outlet reporting on Farage's comments to ensure people know he has chosen to disregard the family's wishes.

"Clarity" has become a bit of a sus word, but the "clarity" we're seeking is for the original intent of the GRA and EA2010 to be unambiguous in the written law, and to go further to enshrine full trans and enby equality. "Clarity" should mean freedom to be who you are - not freedom to discriminate.

I have a silk headband WHY IS IT GIVING ME A HEADACHE

I am once again wondering whether "no, the legitimate concerns racists don't have a point, fuck off, they're racist" might have been a better way of combating the far right.

an hour after this was posted, a labour minister told parliament that customers should "alert member of staff" if a trans person walks into the "wrong toilet"

I do feel like Ed Davey needs to bust out the big guns: he is Dad. And Dad says stop this. Never underestimate the soft power of a white middle-class Dad. It's almost as powerful as a Scottish mum telling you to stop being a plonker.

Very proud of my friends on @pluslibdems.bsky.social for preparing their briefing to our MPs on the EHRC, and for our MPs to turn up today, having listened to trans people to oppose Labour's trans toilet ban. And shame on Labour for doubling down with this cruel, unworkable plan.

Honestly the fact that people are surprised at the LDs showing up for Trans people this week is a sign of how terrible our messaging was before this.

trans rights and women’s rights are not in opposition, they are in fact two fronts of the same war, and cis women should support trans folk not just because it’s the morally correct thing to do but also because an attack on trans folk is an attack on us

This should be a wake-up call to everyone still supporting Labour; the Tories approve of what you are doing to trans people

“Most people have the common sense” let me stop you right there. no they don’t

Mockery is a legitimate form of protest and people underestimate how much bigots hate it.

There is absolutely no time like the present to brush up on bystander skills so you can help if you see someone being harassed like this in the women's room. This is one resource that could help. www.genderjustice.us/toolkits/bat... Scroll down for bystander tools.

Are we finally ready to talk about how terfs have been helping the far right destroy women’s rights by pushing hyper femininity yet or is it too early for this decades old information too.

Pharmacy2U have cancelled Ele's prescription... But it doesn't look like they've given her another way of getting it? "Have you tried 'not having cystic fibrosis'?"

The Labour Party decided to kick off LGBT Pride month by having their new Health Secretary disavow his previous support for trans rights and spout transphobic rhetoric. Labour is irredeemable. Its defeat can't come soon enough. archive.today/jfMFG

GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands

The new EHRC Code of Practice is not fit for purpose. It does not provide clear guidance or do enough to protect everyone from discrimination, and it is not compatible with longstanding British values. @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk and @MarieCGoldman.bsky.social have written to Bridget Phillipson. ⬇️

Thank you to @eddavey.libdems.org.uk and @mariecgoldman.bsky.social for sending this letter about the draft EHRC Code of Practice. We fully agree that it needs to be withdrawn, and that women's rights and trans rights are not in conflict. 🧡🏳️‍⚧️ We're re-sharing the letter, with Alt-text. 👇

Like a FOOL I didn't make sure my "Mothman says Trans Rights" t-shirt was clean for #ukge 😭

It's all kicking off in Canterbury.

We have Bicester, but what about Gaycester, Transcester, and Pancester?

Gracie has lost a kilogram 😭

THIS. Do I worry about the effects of social media on my 11-year-old? Obviously yes. Do I think she should be banned from it any more than young men falling into the manosphere on Reddit, middle-aged ladies being dragged into transphobia on Mumsnet, or pensioners radicalised by Facebook? 100% no.

Imma gonna be honest, this doesn’t feel as bad as the curse of earning £24k

I’m not going to contribute to doxing the innocent M&S employee who is being harassed by the gender-critical brigade, but I WOULD like to point out that: (a) M&S changing rooms are all gender and (b) you’d only be “changing in front of a man” if you left open the lockable cubicle door. Weirdo.

This is a good point to bear in mind for politicians and media who wonder why people don't feel better when the economy is "improving"

I can't think of a better way of putting it than this

Reform had to select a candidate for one winnable by-election and there's a daily stream of terrible stuff in his history. How do they expect to cope with vetting 600+ candidates in 2029?

2026 me: hey 2016 me, in ten years time you'll be looking back and wishing for a Prime Minister as liberal and competent as Theresa May. 2016 me: ...

No, he is not the radical centre, he's centre right, and also an arsehole