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Last week, NION was proud to add our signature to a joint statement from over 50 women’s organisations, speaking up against the EHRC’s updated Code of Practice, which is due to come into force on 5th August.

More unfalollowit of peeplodes reposty vitriome from Musk’s nazi sex-pest haven. Deep, deep folly.

Brenda Fricker on the British media and Irish celebrities. RIP Queen

Well, at least it’ll be easy to tell whether the flag means ‘racist’ or ‘football’ again now.

I’m not that keen on football

I just cycled through golf and cricket before I found the word football, in the way my Mam would have done my brother and sister’s names before she got to me. It’s not like the word football is part of the national conscience or anything today

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New Campaign: Protect Pride. Protect Democracy! 🏳️‍🌈 I'm so Proud (with a capital 'P') to see this go live. protectprideprotectdemocracy.com

They will do literally anything except hold tech companies responsible for their products and what they publish

Just me walking up the road so I can turn round and march back down again like a tit for the camera.

Lot of people needed help with their "your boys took a hell of a beating" post last night

I think politicians that have amped up rhetoric, using words which increase chances of real world violence (like ‘traitor’), normalising hate speech and increasing division because they’re desperate for attention need to take some responsibility for the fact that MPs are less safe in 2026.

I think Anthony Barry would be useful at the end of most meetings I sit through tbf #EngvsNor

Say Erling Haarland without thinking #IrvHermlinger

Dawn Foster died five years ago on this date. I really miss her and I think about her every day. If you’re new to her work or want to introduce it to someone, this was the best tribute written about her: tribunemag.co.uk/2021/07/in-m... Dawn Foster Forever

Absolutely, definitely, not “the Establishment”…

A Welsh friend of mine sent a message to say “poor Bonnie, she’ll be up there with Batloaf, doing all the power ballads”. Loved her. Enjoy her finest entrance exam for Eurovision www.dailymotion.com/video/x8npnd9

I’m normally reluctant to extend my patch but would have no option but to make Clacton honorary north for a few weeks

The more I think about it the more mad it is that an MP who was voted in two years ago can decide to resign then immediately stand again in the bi election they triggered, costing the taxpayer millions, to ‘prove a point’ because they’ve got the arseache with the Sunday Times.

“I promoted one or two financial products” #Binfluencer

The hate directed at LGBTQ+ people from Reform, Restore and the usual mouthpieces feels like they’ve been told to use Pride season to move on from small boats. I’ve joined some lovely local Prides to talk about this campaign. Seeing women’s groups come together to show a different take is beautiful

“President Infantino, we’ve got the King of Belgium on line 1, the Prime Minister of Belgium on line 2, the Minister-Presidents of Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region on lines 3, 4, and 5 respectively, and the Minister-President of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium on line 6.”

FIFA announces that team USA can use their hands “just if they need to”

The precedent of the USA… Mex vs Eng

Bless her. I'm hoping my final form will be Toksvig-esque

Such a concerted attack on Bev Craig’s GM mayoral campaign on Facebook. A really candidate who’s possibly done as much behind the scenes work in recent years as Burnham. Usual nastiness about appearance, voice, identify. And it’s clearly funded and bot-fueled. Hateful, unmoderated ignorance

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy quits TwitterX. This should be the first of many.

Somewhere, some corporate law/contract types are making money advising larger org to insert AI clauses into their supplier contracts. Had three this week, but at least it means procurement are awake. See also Carbon Reduction/ESG plans. This is the replacement for DEI and social value isn’t it?

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

It’s happened. I’ve nurtured a smartarse in my own image. Dared to suggest my daughter’s chosen holiday clothes might not be what I’d pick and she said “you’d just have us all in tracksuits”. Bigot

Dot Cotton’s Welsh connection and were not making this up. #NiceThings

One of the finest characters written and performed

haven’t seen it this pride month yet so reposting rn, gm all

I know people mock performative office stuff but our people and culture lead pulled the blinds down, blasted up the aircon, bought everyone cornettos and put Silk FM on before we all got in. Lovely humanning

Can we acknowledge incisive questioning and pushback when it happens. It can be rare but this was good. Also I hate his “do you know what” but at least he’s stopped using “look luv”.

Might have started a team meeting and presented the slide about AI with “I’m fucking sick of talking about AI”. Must try harder not to swear

53 and I think I’m doing a mail merge.

First Caerphilly… Then Gorton and Denton Now Makerfield Even with the press and billionaires firmly on your side, you lose We don’t want your division, rage and riots Hope that’s clear now 🇬🇧❤️✌🏽

This FT analysis shows that the third most popular current option for 2016 Leave voters, after Reform and Conservative, is to be dead.

People comparing social media to tobacco - I have a better analogy. Social media is like shop that sells things that are bad for you like alcohol and fags but also fruit, water and bread. We’ve just banned kids from the shop (when there are street vendors outside just selling fags and alcohol).

For anyone not as close to it, a good explainer on what’s happened with the EHRC code, and why it’s unworkable. Like the social media ban, I’m concerned we are running with policy that’s performative not practical.

Did a chamber of commerce thing (as a favour for someone) Suggested we needed a focus on AI ethics, sustainability and that the UK public sector might move away from US tech dominance, if we look at France, as an example. Don’t think I’d read the room.

I will be leaving social media next spring (not Bluesky where ban doesn’t apply) because I don’t want to submit sensitive ID information which may be vulnerable to hacks & misuse. I sense lots of people older than 16 will do similar. I actually feel quite positive about it. Might stop OUR addiction.

Liza Minnelli’s Three Lions (recorded for the 2021 Euros).

It is so important, as we mark the ten year anniversary of Jo Cox's murder, not just to remember who she was, what she represented and the children she left behind, but the fact that her murderer was an ethno-nationalist motivated by the same hatred for immigrants preached today by Farage and Lowe.

A deeply moving moment. Kim Leadbeater remembers her sister Jo Cox during a parliamentary debate on her legacy. "She was a very special person, who embodied compassion, courage and an unwavering belief in the goodness of people."

Will there be an announcement about banning Miro from the over 36s this morning or not?