"While the biological origins of sexual orientation remain an area of ongoing research, major medical and psychological organisations agree that being lesbian, gay or bisexual is not considered a choice or disorder." www.thepinknews.com/2026/07/09/f...

“They come because their families want them to. But inside, they have already given up. I keep going because I do not know what else to do. But every day it gets harder to believe it means something.” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

"The Supreme Court’s decision directs the Government of Nepal to guarantee marriage equality by updating the civil code and removing language that discriminates against LGBTQIA+ couples." www.mambaonline.com/2026/06/22/t...

'They included Haaland reading, "I'd like to take you to the movies but they don't let you bring in your own snacks." "Is your name Google, because you have all I'm searching for," was one from Bellingham.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh, the lies he tells! @andyburnham.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Water companies reclassify bonus as retention payments, circumvent rules. Anglian Water CEO gets £1.3m retention pay. AW won't meet its regulatory targets. 44% rise in customer bills, sewage in rivers, 182m litres a day lost to leaks, criminal convictions. Govt/Ofwat do nothing. archive.ph/kmZz8

A watchdog is looking into complaints about how BrewDog founder James Watt got hold of thousands of investors' details 👇

Tell Mark Carney: Save the Souther Resident Orcas - don't dismantle Canada's Species at Risk Act! action.eko.org/a/prime-mini...

“It’s just a waste of time.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I signed this @friends-earth.bsky.social petition to ask Andy Burnham to clean up the water pollution crisis. Please add your name too: foe.uk/n1lsx

Iran condemns US strike near children's cancer hospital as 'barbaric attack'

They own over 100 brands. They know how to manage all of them except one,” he said. “All of their other brands have no social mission. They have no heart. They have no soul, and you know that’s fine. They know how to manage those brands.” #freebenandjerrys

Firefighters have warned that people may need to 'immediately' evacuate their homes as a six-kilometre long wildfire in the Cairngorms continues to burn 🚨

I am not a climate scientist but when I was a kid the number of times we couldn’t go outside because of Canadian wildfire smoke was zero times

A Reform MSP has been accused of 'sickening fearmongering' after posting a bizarre video of himself walking through Glasgow 👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

Flood sirens blared early Thursday in Comfort, Texas, as the Guadalupe River rose more than 30 feet in three hours, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The storm could bring even more rainfall than last year's deadly Fourth of July floods. n.pr/4yi8LK6

Yesterday...Northwestern Ontario looked like a scene straight out of Dante’s Peak.

I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS

I will not be listening to opinions on gender and biology from those who think women originated from a rib cage…

Let's see Nigel Farage's counter-offer!

So was Keir Starmer "forensic"? Not even slightly! fullfact.org/politics/kei...

The idea of prosperity without growth is gaining traction among researchers. So why are many economists skeptical? go.nature.com/4aWlGHF

Today, Magnum ordered the @benandjerrysfoundation out of its own corporate office.

Binface did Cher proud here. Vote for this binheaded hero.

A study has found that a whopping 57% of the Spectator's articles were either 'biased' or 'very biased' against Muslims

NEW: Police have evacuated residents as a 'large' wildfire has taken hold in the Cairngorms The fire began near Nethy Bridge on Wednesday - there are no reported casualties. www.thenational.scot/news/2...

A clip circulating online appears to show Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni declaring that Italy “won't allow Sharia law to be implemented” in the country. But this footage isn't genuine—it's actually an AI-generated deepfake.

Firefighters have issued a warning amid a 'large' wildfire in the Cairngorms ⚠️

2,700 people died during the May and June heatwaves in England and Wales. Over 40% of those deaths would not have happened without intensifying climate breakdown – driven by fossil fuels. We can't treat deadly heat as the new normal. Find out more: waronwant.org/issues-we-ta...

🎥 “The second the occupation ceases to exist is the second that the need to resist ceases to exist.” Asked by Rep. Ro Khanna to weigh in after his exchange with Jeremy Scahill over Palestinians’ right to armed resistance, Drop Site’s Maysa Mustafa, a Palestinian American, said Palestinians are...

Tell the banks: stop funding KEPCO's coal: action.eko.org/a/banks-don-...

Sophy Ridge: "The Thames Water story, would you support nationalisation?" Govt minister: ".. one thing I do support is much better public accountability for water companies" We need to take our water back into public ownership. Its that simple. Will Burnham do it?

Algorithms promote violent content online that rapidly escalates conflict offline. My @london-vru.bsky.social will deliver the first-ever city-wide targeted bystander de-escalation programme to give young people the skills to recognise and challenge harmful online behaviours.

Keir Starmer's pharma deal with Trump could lead to 229,000 deaths in England, according to British Medical Journal research That is more deaths than the worst pandemic in living memory. Sign the petition to ask Andy Burnham to scrap the deal: vist.ly/5b97e

The Foreign Secretary @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social has today announced how the UK Government plans to spend the overseas aid budget, which they slashed last year.

Magnum/Unilever, the new owner of Ben & Jerry's, have violated Ben & Jerry's right to support a ceasefire in Gaza, student protesters, and to criticize Trump. Since Magnum refuses to honor a legally binding contract they must sell B&J's to investor who will. boycottmagnum.com

London has shown what is possible when a major city refuses to accept dirty air as inevitable. The world's largest clean air zone of its kind, cleaner buses and bold borough-level action have together cut harmful pollutants far faster than the experts predicted.

"The treaty... establishes, for the first time, a legal mechanism to create marine protected areas on the high seas, enabling the conservation of vulnerable habitats and species – including sharks, whales and sea turtles..." oceanographicmagazine.com/news/the-uk-...

1/🧵 I am proud to be a steadfast human rights lawyer who will always speak the truth. Meanwhile, check out this comprehensive list of anti-trans hate groups and collaborators. I’ve just updated it. Hate groups are not powerful, and we can eliminate them together.

I've just signed "Tell Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform". Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/na...

"A bill to amend Senegal‘s constitution that was passed last month by a unanimous vote in the National Assembly was struck down by the Constitutional Council on Thursday 9 July." 76crimes.com/2026/07/13/s...

“The police have expressly asked the public not to speculate about the motive. It is therefore deeply disappointing that Nigel Farage has chosen to do precisely that.” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Stop Musk's Toxic Supercomputer! Please sign: action.eko.org/a/stop-musk-...

Cancer Research UK has warned that Brexit is delaying access to potentially life-extending treatments. A clinical trial for children with an aggressive brain cancer has been approved across Europe, but UK patients remain locked out due to regulatory barriers created after leaving the EU.

"Dr. Hussam was performing the most sacred task of caring for the ill and injured, and he is being targeted by Israel exactly because of that and because of what he represents: the refusal of the Palestinian people to succumb to apartheid and colonial domination." labouroutlook.org/2026/07/09/e...

"The problem we face is not that neoliberalism is the Enlightenment. It is that neoliberalism has now contributed to the Enlightenment's failure, and has done so in several ways." www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/04...

Almost 2.5 million people have signed this petition to end Whale hunting around Iceland. Please add your signature, if you are able & willing 🙏. secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...