Over 80 clinicians, researchers and academics have signed an open letter raising serious concerns about NHS England’s recent evidence reviews of gender affirming hormone treatment for trans youth. Read the full letter here: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/05...

I'm one of the signatories to this letter. We note that NHS England's ban on hormone therapy by under-18 was proposed: ● without any clear rationale, ● on the basis of a methodologically-flawed process, ● in the absence of peer review, ● and without plans for monitoring impact or mitigating harm

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

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If you were horrified watching elected leaders run & scramble because of gun violence, just imagine how my daughter Jaime felt in school running from an active shooter before she was killed. Now, become a part of the solution & only vote for people determined to address gun violence in America.

Just saw this. . .

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bsky.app/profile/adam... Perfection. 🇺🇸

Should be part of his next test.

Largely ignored by the world’s media, Scotland’s astronauts have returned safely too

#Artemis II 🚀 Following their successful splashdown, the Artemis II crew gathered for a group portrait in the well deck of the USS John P. Murtha, positioned in front of Integrity, the Orion spacecraft they personally named.

Spot on.

“Despite decades of hyper focus on Trans+ inclusion at the Olympics, participation remains extremely rare - with just one trans woman ever competing”

Save the NHS. End Privatisation.

LOL, trying to stay offline and do my work, and friends are sending me "LOOK AT THIS NEW PIC!" texts .... This one is worth it. First PoC and first woman to go around another world. Don't stop talking about this point. It's important. #ArtemisII

$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago. @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/w...

I am also shocked by the lack of coverage of this fire. It’s so far only affecting the Union Street buildings, but one of those has partially collapsed, from what I can tell backwards into the station. And it’s not yet contained. This is major and more than halfway down BBC’s homepage.

🔔 New analysis alert! Our modelling finds that average annual household disposable incomes are projected to grow by just £40 over the course of the current parliament (from April 2024 to April 2029) after adjusting for inflation.

I love the comment about why most history teachers are left wing. "Because they study history"

Breaking: Former Harvard President Larry Summers will resign from his academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein He will also relinquish his University Professorship — Harvard's highest faculty distinction.

Until everyone has access to decent housing, a good working environment, healthy food and safe spaces to be active, we cannot expect healthy life expectancy to improve – or the inequalities gap between communities to close. Read more: www.rsph.org.uk/news/new-ons...

This should serve as a wake-up call for policymakers to address the drivers of ill health, not just the consequences. We're calling for the Government to invest in public health and preventative measures to close the gap in inequalities and strengthen the building blocks of health.

Healthy life expectancy refers to the average number of years a person born today would expect to live in good health. A man born in the UK today can expect to spend 18 years of their life in poor health, and a woman can expect to spend 22.5 in poor health.

New data published today by the Office for National Statistics shows that healthy life expectancy is down by seven months at a national level, the lowest level since 2013. Here's what the data shows ⬇️ 🧵

"Counting the real cost of student debt"

💔 RIP, Catherine O'Hara. variety.com/2026/tv/news...

If this doesn’t tug at your heart, make you well up with sadness, you are not human.

Jonesy cartoon in Private Eye No. 1667

Keep your eyes on the Neo-Cons Vote out every Republican!

Disgusting.

JUST IN: In a new lawsuit, Minnesota officials say DHS mishandled evidence from today's crime scene and made "astonishing" law enforcement decisions. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"A man treating service members to our country, dedicating his life to serving Americans Who in his final act on this earth was helping a woman pushed to the ground And they are calling him a Domestic Terrorist in order to defend their gross abuse of power, their absolute breaching of the law" AOC

What an amazing job. This is such a lovely read. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Reform’s new London mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham, was undone by a rare GB News miracle: a good question. Asked why a party that says the Tories are terrible keeps hiring so many of them, the ex-Tory herself had a rock-solid response: "I can’t answer that."🤨

Zelensky on Venezuela: “About Venezuela? How should I respond to that? Well, what can I say? If… If it is possible to act with dictators like this, it means the United States knows what to do next. Thank you” Omg I love it.

Cheers for libraries! @illibraryassoc.bsky.social

Here is a copy of the complaint, which describes how Epstein threatened to “burn her house down”

Today is International Human Solidarity Day, a day to highlight the importance of unity and cooperation in tackling global challenges. Whilst our challenges may be different, they often have the same roots. United we stand, divided we fall. #InternationalHumanSolidarityDay #Solidarity

We are failing our kids

Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.

The psychological impacts of academic precarity linger long after permanent employment is secured. Find out more about precarity's long term effects here: www.rgs.org/research/hig...

Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.

2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.

Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.

It's not like Nigel Farage to be a Hypocrite.