On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance. It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful. The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions. goodlawproject.org/discriminato...

Another assumption made by a well-meaning relative that I will enjoy Burnham as PM given I live in Manchester. If only political comprehension were this easy.

Ernest the frog

happy 4th y'all

"Back in my day we just called it summer 🤣🤣🤣" [the giant magnifying lens brings me into its focus and I am instantly set alight]

What do you mean I’m supposed to work on the British sacred holiday of prime minister resignation day which comes round quicker every year

As we see the end of the Starmer years, I am reflecting on my favourite things about him. Personally, it was when he told a newspaper that he didn’t dream or have any internal thoughts

One of the worst things about Starmer is he clearly views the fash policies he's enacting as something that is happening *to* him - a situation beyond his control that he has the burden of managing. He'll probably do a memoir about how tough it was to be PM at the time everything lurched rightwards.

The Jo Cox slaying legacy seems similarly doomed to Brianna Ghey's memory: a constant plee to do anything other than recognise the root social causes.

Went to IWM Duxford and my favourite thing in the entire museum is a section of pipe which was intended to be used for the Iraqi 1000mm super gun. Pinky and the Brain type shit.

Something that would have zero impact on knife violence but would appease reactionary paranoia and target a specific minority group? Oh yes, I would love to entertain that policy idea.

Spending taxpayer's blood money on a brand new organ harvester to make up for NHS shortfalls

Rishi Sunak tells Radio 4 that "AI is changing every aspect of our economy and our lives, and if I was back in office and looked at my diary and where I was going to spend my time, I would spend it on that" At no point does he or the BBC mention the £373,000 given to him every year by an AI company

Hard to read the EHRC guidance in any way other than giving cover to those who wish to be as capricious as possible and enable stochastic violence against anyone who is trans or otherwise doesn't fit within the gender conforming binary.

Soon they will have the one man who can surely help

Today's the day Geronimo gets his revenge. Never cross an alpaca.

Slightly increase a band: Pye Alcove Audio

Once again, cruise ships are an affront and should be destroyed

Disappointed I'm not also on the anti-anti-AI blocklist

Seconds before incredible levels of mischief

It will never not be incredibly funny that despite spending so much on the metaverse, Facebook was outdone by VRChat. Clearly they should have had full body tracking and an assortment of furry / anime avatars from launch.

Fake news, these are the actual territories and their boundaries

former NCP executive frantically googling "car park georgism"

Entering the weekend

Flint the frog

“Shaky accounting”, you say. Supercomputer site “still a scaffolding yard”, you say www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The existence of a Great Gatsby implies that of a smaller, Lesser Gatsby

Medical transition for trans kids is now banned for new referrals on the NHS. Trans kids in the UK can still go private or DIY (for now). This means the new clinics that replaced GIDS are close to useless at best, conversion therapy at worst. 1/5

Any form of socialist governance must clamp down on the use of overly familiar language in communications, particular app design and emails. I did not "have an oopsie and forget my password", you just need to give the email to do so because I can't do it on your site once logged in!

It's fucking embarrassing how much people who want to sound clever about Trump end up just repeating his own bullshit hype about himself. "Oh, this is such an interesting break with his previous stance of refusing direct military intervention" no it isn't shut up.

Left the orb at home today

Contracting digital syphilis on my phone after opening a reach plc news site without an ad blocker installed

For those that can’t remember tiny bits of news from September 2025: Lord Mandelson failed security services vetting & agency officials went on the record saying Mandelson was a bad idea. This was ignored by UK Gov/PM.

Restricting my social media usage by imagining a small popup saying "congragulations" every time my posts are published

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Remember when MET police violently shoved Ian Tomlinson in the back as he walked from work and he died? Remember when Jean Charles de Menezes was shot by cops who then lied and said photos of police running and jumping turnstiles were actually of him. Remember Northern Ireland?

Steam Ennui Fest: the new sale event to showcase all the games that don't quite fill your attention and give you that general dissatisfied feeling that you ought to be doing something else

If Labour won’t nationalise water, their “big overhaul” is a con. Sewage in our rivers. Bills going up. Profits protected. Public services should be in public hands.

I'm sure there's nothing we can draw from news organisations leading with the opinions of Esther Ghey on a proposed under-16 social media ban as opposed to say, Ian Russell

Surely someone must have worked out if they are actually giants by now

Chaotic oat drink hostel

The thing that stands out to me about this stuff now is we don't even get the "police (or whatever equivalent law enforcement agency it is) were just trying to help the person" type takes as was the case here with Ian Tomlinson

The no-angeling is already in full swing.

It's Friday