It is the anniversary of the My Lai massacre today. I'd say that even more than most years, it's important to remember what happened. And the role Hugh Thompson, an active serviceman, played in both stopping and publicising it. Despite enormous military, political and public pressure to stay quiet.

Why is it so hard to search for search engines? Work laptop defaults to Bing, which has started ignoring the “-ai” command and forces Copilot into everything. Google is now evil and prioritises spam/scam alternatives of other search engines searched for over the genuine sites.

Oh yeah? How about this @lizzicollinge.bsky.social : YOU meet with the trans kids Wes met with and see if they think he 'listened' to them. I'll set up the meeting myself. We'll even video it and put it online so you can show everyone how 'listened to' trans kids feel by Labour. I dare you.

Speaking as one of the families Streeting is supposed to have listened to, this is bogus. Wes ignored all evidence he didn't want to hear. He has criminalised supportive families & directly harmed wellbeing of Trans kids. Whether religion or bigotry the result is the same. A generation betrayed.

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Thing is, our reporters at Byline are interested in publishing the facts, they’re not bought or intimidated by those who wish to push false narratives. I’m proud to be part of a media movement that’s not afraid of telling the truth regardless who they’re reporting on. Free press is vital.

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“Farage has said he wishes the party "hadn't bothered" to take minority control of Worcestershire County Council, because of its financial problems” V much summing up his approach to power. Grifting and gobshiting - yes please. Hard work and responsibility - god no. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Male commentator for men Mr Feast reacts to Louis Theroux’s manosphere documentary.

I’m not saying rugby union games are boring but once you seen one match you’ve seen a maul.

We forgot to put on the local election campaign leaflets "If it looks too much like hard work, we might decide we can't be arsed". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“The Crystal Lake” by Grandaddy #nowplaying #6music

FUZZBOX!! #TOTP 🤩

I thought Rowlf played piano not guitar. #TOTP

The "protect women and girls" crowd are at it again

"Palantir CEO Alex Karp thinks his AI technology will lessen the power of 'highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat' while increasing the power of working-class men." Remind me again why Labour is shoving vast public contracts down its throat?

It’s very strange that many headlines today are a about war making petroleum more expensive rather than war killing people, harming people, destroying the environment.

Going to throw this into a few work calls when I get the chance. “Liam is doing great work on this project; he must not be replaced with an otter”.

Rich straight cis middle aged white guy thinks everyone is being paranoid about his country’s treatment of anyone who isn’t like him. We just don’t want to visit under this regime.

I got a notification that a reply post had been reposted. I can’t see the notification, but the counter is still there. I can’t only think that the reposter has since blocked me or been zapped as a bot.

Just accidentally spilled half a glass of water over my desk, if you want to know how my first day back at work after holiday is going.

Hannah Spencer MP in her maiden speech in Parliament: "Our struggles may be different, but our humanity is the same. We always stick together, we always fight for each other. "And that is what I want us to take forward from International Women's Day and to do that every single day."

Huge Respect to Stephanie Lynette Fantastic use of being given the platform. Did the community proud.

“In Andrea Jenkyns' defence, she does need to make savings by eliminating fake DEI posts because she told Sky News the other day 'she can't rule out boots on the ground' in Iran. I mean... What is even going on? Did someone tell her she was in charge of desserts, and she thought they meant deserts?”

100,000 trans people & allies fill central London for Trans Pride. Mainstream media: nothing Thousands of trans people & allies fill Wembley Arena for pro-trans gig with massive names like Sophie Ellis-Bextor & Sugarbabes. Mainstream media: nothing. This is what extreme media bias looks like.

GNU SIR TERRY PRATCHETT Signal this to all towers, not logged. ‘He’d never have wanted to go home. He was a real linesman. His name is in the code, in the wind in the rigging and the shutters. Haven’t you ever heard the saying “A man’s not dead while his name is still spoken”?’ Going Postal

no thanks, literal white power

Why so heckin wimdy?

I'm proud to co-sign this letter with colleagues from across the political spectrum. The abuse aimed at Hannah Spencer this weekend was beyond reprehensible. We’ve bridged the political divide to send one clear message: harassment has no place in our democracy.

The Green Party's Mothin Ali on the importance of community spaces and how the Green Party has a plan to invest £5 billion to revive them #C4News "People are angry, our country is divided. And I get it" "One of the main reasons is the loss of our country's social infrastructure"

Hundreds of MPs just voted to abolish one of the fundamental pillars of democracy (the right to jury trial), but yeah, let's reheat "hypnotits" that's important.

Our tiny independent business just had a £400 water bill for a *quarter* and the town we live in that relies on tourism has sewage in the sea. Do I care what Zack Polanski did 10 years ago or do I care that he wants to nationalise an actual shit show?

The 3 genders

I’ve seen that CMAT and Colm/Puca were at Via last night after the Lily Allen show. I don’t know how to process that. Wish I could have been there too.

two new facts from the files 1] Mandelson demanded compensation of er £547,201 for his dismissal 2] nearly half of the £75,000 he did get was discretionary, which will raise questions about Starmer's judgment

Labour is killing trans people Pass it on!!

I had an afternoon nap and woke up at 10pm. Belly a bit calmer but still not settled. Now almost fully nocturnal.

A few years ago the tories vetoed a trial of progressive legislation which would have allowed leave, holidays and accommodations for menopause sufferers. it Was such a stupid move and it’s another reason they can drop the “we care about women and girls” stuff.

I try very hard not to use the word Orwellian too much but it’s the best adjective for the mauling of language at the start of this BBC News report. “… an anti-hate demonstration that turned violent”. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Just been looking at the “evidence” used for the Streeting Reviews to ban hormones. It is unbelievably thin. Non-existent for non-binary kids, almost non-existent for trans girls, and only gets into double figures for trans guys. These are not “reviews” they are fictions. Like the Cass Review.

You’d think in this era of “MPs face increasing danger” there would be more outrage at newly elected Green MP Hannah Spencer being assaulted by transphobes but it’s nowhere to be seen on BBC News app even if you search her name

“Why won’t the brown people stay at home so we can bomb them all” - every right winger.

🆕 And here it is - the brilliant live discussion and Q&A we had on Pandora. On everything from why misogyny is a perennial weed to what to do if you miss the last swan back to Avalon. Happy #IWD2026, you wonderful people. A x 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0bze... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...

Let's hope this opens up space for change within the Labour Party. There is not a fascist, or misogynist, political leader in the world whose position on trans rights differs from Labour's.

wes streeting has killed more young girls than ian huntley. @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is intent on the same. the only difference is they're doing it via policy and paper pushing so it's not treated as the crime it actually is. but the pair of them are *knowingly* killing children.

The British media doubled down on this for a whole year.

Okay, so I am definitely going to have to go freelance, at least for a while. So, if anyone has any advice on actually building up and finding freelance policy and comms works, including providing media and advocacy training, campaign planning and strategy please let me know.