Should have been 5-1 and the Dons keeper deserves all the plaudits for some truly epic saves. But, basically - thank fuck for that! And so chuffed for Forrest. Goals in 17 consecutive seasons is an outstanding record. Glad he could get that under his belt earlier this season 🍀 #Forrest #CELvABE

Donald █████ is a ████. I'm sure of it. He ██████ young girls on ████ Island, along with his mate ███████. Then he spent ██ years lying to ████████ voters, as if it never happened. I hope he snags his █████ on a rusty nail and it falls off, cos he's a ███████ cunt.

This is the second story in three days The Times has carried arguing against misogyny lessons in schools, which it describes as "some weird feminist attack on male children".

Once you understand that powerful white, cis, heterosexual, Christian male billionaires who own the media, and their business-owning mates, are determined to maintain the unequal & abusive status quo - everything they publish makes sense!

On the longest night of the year, the Solstice Gods of Comeuppance gifted us a little extra light… Andrew Tate, the misogynist’s misogynist, knocked senseless in the boxing ring. That’s what I call ‘Joy To The World’. We are all that pink boxing glove. #VAWG

And may every day be another wonderful secret.

The reason they're so focused on trans teens is that people who transition younger typically blend into society better. To the extent that they're willing to tolerate our existence in society at all, they'd rather we be easily identified by our appearance/voices/etc.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

I hate that I just said this in all sincerity to my middle schooler: “Don’t believe anything this President says because he always lies” And that’s where we are as a country

🔴Why Is the Government Really Refusing to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit? Keir Starmer’s decision to exclude Russian interference in the EU referendum from his inquiry into foreign interference in UK elections should ring alarm bells, argues Sergei Cristo bylinetimes.com/2025/12/19/r...

New Zealand's libertarian/ populist/ right wing coalition Government is trying to follow Wesley Streeting's lead in banning puberty blockers. This is what the New Zealand High Court has just decided (www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...).

Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.

I dunno, I’m thinking the bigger issue is not having an insane sick fuck POTUS with insane sick fuck thoughts. Not that the insane sick fuck POTUS needs to kept his insane sick fuck-ness to himself.

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

Bridget Phillipson knew her history, was told by MPs not to appoint her, insisted on appointing her, and in her first interview the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has ignored super clear and explicit human rights law that trans people are not a third sex. What a disgrace.

As Christmas looms ever-closer, we remember that Jesus was born in a stable, fled as a refugee, grew up in provincial obscurity amidst working folk, denounced wealth, called for radical acceptance of those on society’s margins, and was tortured to death for it.

Me: Don’t give your hard-earned money to bigoted people and their companies. Conservatives: Why do you have to drag politics into *everything*?? Also conservatives: We’re banning this font for being woke.

Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.

Apparently we’ve established that if the US can seize the largest tanker off Venezuela, it can just as easily seize a small, alleged drug boat without murdering the occupants.

One of the worst parts of the modern condition is having to listen to billionaires airing out the stupidest policy ideas, random musings, and other mental detritus. It’s unbearable.

This handy flowchart is for any fellow cis people out there who have someone in their lives who come out to them as trans.

LibDems: in my continued attempts to get off Meta, I’d like to do a survey. If you’re interested in a @signal.org group for @markpackuk.bsky.social ‘s excellent Newswire please like this message (and reshare so we can get some eyes on this!) I hope there’s enough of you that make it worthwhile!

Indianapolis Star, November 22, 1918

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If you make a billion dollars — or $500 million or even $100 million dollars — and you keep trying to make more, then there is something seriously wrong with you. It's a mental illness akin to hoarding or drug addiction.

This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding

None of us who watched as the BBC tried to explain away as normal Boris Johnson's attempted Parliamentary coup in 2019 will be remotely surprised at its unprincipled attacks on a minoritised group and any Judge who has the temerity to find it has rights under the Equality Act.

So Nigel Farage, who claims to be standing up for ordinary working people, has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds so far this year for a handful of hours as a "brand ambassador" for a gold bullion company, while facilitating a £9m donation from a crypto millionaire bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

Impact of demographic change in one image.

Transphobes already weaponise autism as a way to delegitimise trans youth. In their sights, long-established Gillick Competence, enabling teens to consent to their healthcare. Singling out/infantisiling autistic youth as ‘not knowing their own mind’ til >25 so can’t consent to gender-affirming care.

Here we go

… and he SERVED ✨

Zohran is such a monster. Not only does he use a clear umbrella but he HOLDS IT HIMSELF

"It’s a problem in politics more broadly. I have always thought that people who have “skin in the game” will better understand the issues they face than people sitting at a desk far away from their concerns." #Starmergeddon Great! Are you going to apply this to trans people?

Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.

Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.

Perfect response to the nauseating brown-nosing of Gianni Infantino FIFA yesterday 👌🏽 I hope in years to come, that there’s insufficient disinfectant in the universe to sanitise & rehabilitate the reputations of these enablers & sycophants in Trump’s orbit - detritus in human form. #FIFAPeacePrize

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history 75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men Is this what democracy looks like? New on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...

The transgender experience in the UK right now is basically just waking up to discover what else you've been banned from.

Intimidation by lawfare is now the anti-trans weapon of choice, funded by wealthy backers. By comparison, social organisations like WI can’t afford to go to court. So they capitulate. This isn’t justice. It’s eradication. Exclude trans people from public life and deny them a private life too.

She shouldn't have to keep doing this by herself. She is supposedly a member of a political party and every single one of her *colleagues* should be BLASTING the fascist in chief. ALL OF THEM. Where is the solidarity???

This. Absolutely this…

NHS to pay 25% more for US drugs That's an extra £3 billion a year Why? Because Brexit, taking us outside the EU, makes the UK weaker than if we were inside the the EU

Meet two heroes of our times.

A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).

Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with

It really shouldn’t take *over an hour* to cancel Sky TV, should it? From burying the cancellation option deep within the website, to a convoluted attempt to upsell me a special deal by the human following the ‘don’t let them leave’ script. Have escaped the Circle of Hell, finally… 🎉

For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million

If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime. If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder. It’s that simple.