Took ages, but only one slight mis-step. I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 6th 2026 (Hard), in less than 34 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

The delivery on this is wonderful, and the final line a banger for the ages youtu.be/PGO4qgfm7DU

Andy Burnham is being very narky with Victoria Derbyshire in this interview. Doesn’t come across well at all. #Newsnight

The first #FindsFriday post for #PrideMonth is this incredible intaglio of Alexander the Great. Known to have had relationships with people of all genders. He features in my first chapter exploring Historical Figures. #50LGBTQ+Finds finds.org.uk/database/art...

Is it June? Yes. Am I under my electric throw anyway? Also yes.

pov: you are about to be hate crimed with dignity and respect.

Shout out to Charlie Kirk. His first pride month without saying anything homophobic. Proud of him.

Always reminds be of the (quite probably apocryphal) tale of the woman who calls her bank and gets through to a call centre who say that they can't put her through to her branch, but reassure them that they can do anything that the branch can. She tells them she really does need to speak to the...

Ok so i get challenged in a bathroom. I pull out my id card that says female. Now what? You gonna call up the Dutch to get my birth certificate? The one thats classified like secret service docs when i changed it? Ngl pretty hype to cause an international incident when i go for a slash

As I have said before, if it gets out of control, I will send my mum round to unplug it, as she used to do with my Atari ST when I was a teenager.

Some proper news at long last, good on ya Brucie www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-...

Bridget Phillipson’s transphobic EHRC guidance as it is currently configured, will mean a lot of trans women dying because they will not be allowed to get breast cancer screening. Labour’s transphobic policies are literally trying to kill trans women.

"It is an important function of the courts to protect minorities, in particular small and perhaps unpopular minorities, since their interests may sometimes be... even deliberately violated by the majority," said the Court of Appeal, but not of trans or disabled people but of kids at private schools.

TWO TIER TEACHING! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I am of an age now when I listen to Desert Island Discs, and I have to say that Guy Martin's episode this morning has been lovely. Nice tunes, nice chat, nice chap.

Doe he really believe that he has no ability to do this?! Dude, you could just unplug it. We need to have ability to slow AI down, says Anthropic co-founder www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Took ages but I got there with no mistakes. I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 5th 2026 (Hard), in less than 30 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Well I was going to go to bed, but it seems that the Are a you Being Served movie is on TV, and sometimes you just have to reprioritise your plans.

I thought they were all a bit uninspiring. #bbcqt

Sorry, but I've heard you speak several dozen times & read a lot about you—from political insiders & people who've known you personally—so I'll say with zero hesitation that the only "moral urgency" for Wes Streeing over Gaza is the fact you're going to lose your seat to a British Palestinian.

Audience member to Reforms candidate: "How are we to trust that you & your party wouldn't sell this off to the highest bidder when you have got a leader.. who will say 'up the IRA' for £80" Bruce: "I have to say I have no idea if he said up the IRA for £80.... apparently he did"

How does Fiona Bruce not know about Farage’s ‘up the RA’ video?!#bbcqt

Glad to see Sarah Wakefield highlighting the discrimination the people of colour disproportionately experience at the hands of the police. Not mentioned enough over the last few days. #bbcqt

To be honest, all of these candidates come across as incredibly dull. #bbcqt

I have questions.

“I spoke to Carol Vordermann this morning” is a lesser used line in Question Time.

Andy Burnham’s script-writers have been busy. #bbcqt

UK Government: our new code has a positive impact overall. Apart from on gender reassignment. And disability. And… erm… sex. 🤦‍♀️

Ok, BBCQT. I’m going in. Wish me luck…

When transphobes are doubling down on their ̷b̷i̷g̷o̷t̷r̷y̷ 'concerns'. What they are really showing is that they are worried that the lies are starting to be questioned. This (to me) indicates the pressure we are applying is working. We must keep this up. Email your MP!!

Just had a bloody lovely plate of spaghetti in tomato sauce with garlic bread. All home made (well except the pasta, that was courtesy of Casa Barilla). No photo cos it looked too nice to waste time documenting it. Nom.

🚨 Opposing the EHRC guidance – we need your voice MPs will decide on the guidance in the next 30 days — and we need to show them the reality We need you to tell us why it is unworkable and the real life impact it will have on you in your workplace 📩 Email us: [email protected]

are you just going to do this for every generation

HI @economist.com - please can you let me know where I can get this phone case? It looks great. Love from Rob (Generation X, by the way).

This is the reason I think the term 'Oxbridge' is actively unhelpful, it makes the problem seem 50 per cent less bad than it is!

I’ve written to my MP even though she hates us. So you have no excuses- get writing!

Tbh i'm more concerned about the Doctor in Leicester that just been allowed back into the NHS after serving in the IDF and is on record admitting to and celebrating the killing Palestinian children

Five years ago, I made a meme I'm still mighty chuffed with.

Hannah Spencer wrote to the MP and Bridgett Philipson about the EHRC Guidance and its a great letter www.instagram.com/p/DZKYZKgihy... I've added alt text to the images and will post a screenshot of the post and its text in the replies! Good work @greenpartyhan.bsky.social we 💕 the feminist greens

I have written to the Prime Minister and Bridget Phillipson, calling for the cruel and confusing EHRC Code of Practice to be rejected. Legislative action must be taken to create an equalities framework that protects trans people’s safety, dignity and humanity.

I think the replies here are pretty conclusive.

You should still write and ask them to support, even if they are in one of the groups that usually doesn't sign EDMs (ministers, PPSs, speakers). I wrote to my MP who is a secretary of state. She won't sign because she has a cabinet role (and is useless). But they need to know what we think!

If he isn’t, BBC News editors know what the boss wants and a stern email or call will follow if they don’t.

Morning (with thanks to @bingowings14.bsky.social)

All you need to know about this kind of piece is that nobody in the UK actually calls it "DEI". That is a 100% US term.

Another dumb mistake. I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Jun 4th 2026 (Tricky), in less than 15 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 cluesbysam.com

Bye bye Dazza.

CYCLE OF HATE and then the pic is this