As an Australian I welcome this positive step in the right direction. It is FAR from enough.

Dating Clinic this Sunday with @thelovetankcic.bsky.social 💕 Details and tickets: www.outsavvy.com/event/29588/...

BREAKING: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a team of independent experts commissioned by the U.N.’s Human Rights Council concludes.

London this evening 🇵🇸 protesting the visit of Israeli President Herzog.

The Palestinian-led BDS movement has updated our priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets.

The world’s leading genocide scholars’ association has passed a resolution saying that the legal criteria have been met to establish Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, its president says. There was no immediate response from the Israeli foreign ministry.

Children in Gaza play with a parachute from airdropped aid amid Israel’s ongoing genocide of Palestinians and forced starvation in the besieged enclave.

BREAKING: Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed 34 Palestinians, including nine aid seekers, since dawn, according to medical sources on the ground. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/a0fa8o

Many cities are host to hundreds of languages that don't show up on official records. In this episode we get enthusiastic about urban multilingualism!

How do scientists push back against autocratic, anti-science ideologies? The "Anti-Autocracy Handbook: The Scholars’ Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding" provides some insights on what can be done, from lower risk to extreme risk groups: (1/11)

A concrete thing every UK person who cares about trans rights can do right now: 1. Email a link of this report to your MP, with highlights from the executive summary in your email. Ask them what it means for your constituency and their party - highlight trans people's legally mandated human rights

For the last seven months, Chris and I have worked on creating a limited series to tackle the topic of dark skies and light pollution, and why you should care about it. We couldn’t be prouder. The first episode is now out on all your favourite podcast apps www.theastroholic.co.uk/blog/fading-...

London, today 🇵🇸

Gaza | The scale of human suffering and the stripping of human dignity have long exceeded every acceptable standard, both legal and moral. This tragedy must end now. Mirjana Spoljaric, ICRC President: ms.spr.ly/63327sGyPt

It's time for a new kind of political party - one that belongs to you. Sign up at yourparty.uk.

You can submit a complaint here. It’s a quick and easy process, and many of the fields are optional. It’s important to push back on the (further) erosion of BBC standards of practice. www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

Unicef warns Gaza children will 'die of thirst' - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/unicef-warns-gaza-children-will-die-thirst

The gonorrhoea vaccine is an incredible breakthrough. It could also be a terrible missed opportunity | Benjamin Weil

Trans people have been excluded from every single step. From Cass. From the Supreme Court. From the EHRC. From politics. From the media. And still, trans people will be blamed when this explodes in everyone's faces despite trans people warning, for years, that this is what would happen.

oh it’s “complexity” being trotted out once again to anaesthetise people against taking action against genocide…. the demand from activists for a free palestine is *simple*, actually: boycott eurovision.

NYU is withholding their diploma, pursuing disciplinary action and apologizing to the community for the trauma the audience was “subjected to.” (although note the extended applause). Please share 🇵🇸

Political parties banned from Manchester, London, Birmingham and Brighton Prides this year. Statements in the images.

HIGHLY recommended 👏 A sober, evidence-based look at how tech influences our lives. Cuts through the moral panic and other nonsense pushed by the media, while acknowledging where we need to direct our attention and efforts. Read it.

every gender transition is a statement in favor of human possibility and freedom and i’m tired of hearing it talked about like it’s some kind of disease

It's #InternationalCrowandRavenAppreciationDay? That's a mouthful 😂 but maybe I'll share this crow and moonflower drawing that I gave up on because it was making me sad but perhaps it's not so bad. We gotta show some love to our sad little artwork like that Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

Plastic pollution along Australia’s coastline has dropped by more than a third over the last decade. Researchers recorded a 39% decrease in coastal debris density and a 16% increase in areas with “no plastic debris at all.” SBS buff.ly/3xyCPoU #ShareGoodNewsToo

"Professional failures" : 15 paramedics and other rescue workers were shot dead on March 23 in three separate shootings. They were buried in a shallow grave where their bodies were found a week later by the United Nations and the Palestinian Red Crescent.

Great to see such a huge turnout at the march today! Even the sky said trans rights ✊🏻🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️

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Today, thousands gathered across the country - from Hastings to London to Glasgow - to say: we will always stand with trans people. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.

For all our trans siblings harmed by today’s judgment if you’re struggling or feeling low, please reach out: • Galop: 0800 999 5428 • Mindline Trans+: 0300 330 5468 • Mermaids: 0808 801 0400 • Switchboard: 0800 0119 100 You are loved. Support is here.

regardless of today’s outcome, it is morally indefensible to have a court ruling on something that affects a population, using evidence and findings that did not consult a single member of that population.

Categories used by the state to sort people into boxes are never neutral. Some thoughts on the UK Supreme Court case ruling and the wider anti-trans campaign to narrow sex and gender categories in policy, data and law. 📝 kevinguyan.com/2025/04/16/t...

Sending love and support to all trans, non-binary and gender queer people today (and every day). 💜 💜 💜

Our new podcast is launching Tuesday! We’ll be talking about all things cyberpsychology. From social media “addiction” to trolling, online dating to persuasion - we’re aiming to get into it all! Listen to our trailer and follow for updates! podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/i... #cyberpsychology

P.S. If you don't want to see an inane AI result at the top of your Google search, just type "-ai" after your query every time.

Final session of this FREE in-person workshop this Thursday! See post for info and tickets:

MPs getting a 2.8% pay rise is indefensible when the Chancellor is set to announce the biggest cuts to disability benefits on record tomorrow. It’s simple: MPs can just donate the extra pay. I’m giving mine to disabled people’s organisations & urge my colleagues to do the same.

The US Government’s own projections show its foreign aid cuts will increase tuberculosis and its drug-resistant strains by 28-32%. A reminder: infectious disease does not require a passport and does not respect borders. #EndTB www.context.news/money-power-...

The Israeli military is committing genocide against Palestinians at the fastest rate since October 2023. Since the Israeli government violated the ceasefire nearly a week ago, the Israeli military has killed nearly 700 Palestinians, including at least 400 women and children.

Queer Digital Intimacy is a free in-person workshop series from @thelovetankcic.bsky.social that explores all things at the intersection of love, sex, connection, & technology. Tickets still available for 13th & 27th March ! Details and sign up - link.outsavvy.com/digitalintimacy

What to do about children and smartphones? EUKidsOnline has gathered the evidence: ❌ban kids ✅regulate platforms ✅require safety-by-design ✅support parents ✅consult children ✅respect all their rights 🔗https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/research/research-projects/eu-kids-online/bans

Israel cannot be allowed to block Gaza’s receipt of vital aid whenever it chooses. Collective punishment is being used as a bargaining tactic and starving Palestinians are paying the price. Government must call out this breach of international law and impose targeted sanctions.

Israel has announced a total blockade on food and essential supplies to Gaza, starving 2 million of basic necessities. This is a continuation of genocide. Until the government enforces a full two-way arms embargo and severs economic & diplomatic ties, it is directly complicit.

Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality

We're looking for researchers to join the Editorial Board of Psychology & Sexuality. It's a great way to get insight into the publishing process, read cutting-edge research, influence the field of sexualities, and help with the publication of important research

Excellent advice, as always, from 'Calvin and Hobbes'

starmer's public 'first' performance of HIV testing has much less to do with HIV inequalities and everything to do with performatively enacting him as tolerant, benevolent, and liberal minded (obfuscating a much darker and more conservative reality). /4