It's so interesting that in the name of practicality we are urged to avoid any practical action; in the name of redemption we are urged to exonerate people who have shown no interest in redemption; in the name of civility we are urged to overlook the cruelty of those who scorn all civility

Literally never heard of one of the things in purple. Connections Puzzle #887 🟨🟨🟩🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟦🟪🟦🟦 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟪🟪🟪

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oh fuck this is actually true

Guess Trump's really getting windy about this Epstein stuff, huh.

I saw that this morning. It’s so disturbing. What gets me is that there was no social networking then. You couldn’t reach out and forge connections the way you can now. Some really fucked up networks must have existed.

Zarah on #bbcqt literally quoting Zack Polanski and acting like it's her idea. I really have no respect for the woman. join.greenparty.org.uk

More Yorp insanity as Zarah faction said to be accusing Corbyn of Zionist Imperialism. magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/11/12/z...

The Epstein shit and the Sarajevo sniper news dropping basically at the same time cements how much wealth is THE problem. People with wealth believe they are above the law and can commit cruelty with impunity. End capitalism.

What the actual fuck have I just read

Very worth a read. The only light on the horizon is that these people will inevitably tear one another apart, probably with their AI robot and drone armies. But not before they've destroyed the rest of us.

While Trump is cornered, I wanted to re-up this one about his true motivations and what’s at stake.

Apparently we can't afford to help President Lula save the rainforest, but we can afford to pay Drax to burn 250 year old Canadian trees…

oh man

Is there any chance that Gary Larson has a lucrative side-gig, drawing defendants on Judge Judy?

Interesting and true - this was once a UKIP policy.

Yet another story about the Labour Government that absolutely stinks.

Probably no biggie that 8 days before his arrest (thus, 5wks before his death) Epstein emailed himself a horde of names headed "list for bannon steve" which is absolutely not a blackmail list and simply features dozens of his known associates, not only beginning with Mandelson but listing him twice.

He'll be dragged out of Number 10, inside Keir Starmer's hearse.

2008 Thanks to the financial crash on Labour's watch I lost my job in animation. 2010 I lost my "temp job" at Camden PCT when the coalition scrapped PCTs. 2013 I lost my admin job at a GP practice when GP funding is frozen by the coalition. 2025 Now I face redundancy thanks to Wes Streeting.

Nothing to see here. www.wesforleader.com

Two-thirds of woman in armed forces have experienced sexualised behaviour, damning internal survey finds

Thiel, Bannon and the rest.

A heartwarming festive story of presidential destruction.

Gee whizz, would you look at what we’re noticing now. And about the comms office specifically! I guess everyone was just busy for several years, or mysteriously demotivated about looking too closely.

It might be quite nice to have people running the police that aren't police.

A newly released email from the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files reveals that the deceased financier boasted about giving Russian government officials instructions on how to deal with President Donald Trump.

I love this! 💚💚💚 Imagine the leaders of any of the other parties attempting this without making you cringe so hard you break your toes.

"This energy!!!" 👏👏👏👏 Zack Polanski joins Rizzle Kicks out on stage in Bristol

🇬🇧 Mess up the country then jump ship... https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/lord-edmiston-australia-uk-brexit-conservative-budget-b2861973.html

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Exactly!! And Zoe is right to reiterate what I and many others know- because some astonishingly don’t- if Labour is to survive it MUST be someone from the soft left.

Spot the second dog.

Assuming that's what just happened with Wes, we can also say it's what they did to Burnham a few weeks earlier.

In the light of the recent email revelations, is it time to reassess Donald Trump surrounded by young girls while he signs an executive order to protect them from (checks notes) trans girls of their age competing with them in sports? #r4today abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

Fact👇👇👇👇 Make sure you hard-wire this into your memory and make sure every trans, Enby and NGC friend you have is also aware. 100% non compliance with the EHRC. 100% non engagement with Police Scotland.

Major news. Police Scotland’s newly announced “sex at birth” recording policy represents a deeply regressive and discriminatory shift in policing practice. It raises profound concerns for the dignity, safety and human rights of transgender people across Scotland.

Know your rights... mini thread

Oof

48/ He says, this is in contrast to the old Code, nowhere in the guidance is there any mention of the dignity of trans people or sensitivity in handling these situations. The approach is blunt, matter-of-fact, and fails to account for the specific considerations at stake.

46/ The guidance mentions the risk of indirect sex discrimination against cis women. Stilitz points out that there is also a risk of both direct and indirect discrimination affecting gender recognition, yet the guidance makes no reference to these risks, making it one-sided.

45/ Stilitz argues that, since the real-world impact is foreseeable, the EHRC should have taken a similar approach to the Supreme Court [being careful not to suggest that trans rights are reduced.] Instead, there are patent errors, and they adopted a rushed approach.

24/ A provision, criterion or practice (PCP) of requiring people to use only facilities in line of their “biological sex” would be indirectly discriminatory because it put trans people but not cis people at a disadvantage by being prevented from using facilities appropriate to their gender.

23/ This serves as the starting point for understanding why the guidance is unlawful. The three individual claimants can now only use toilets corresponding to the opposite of their lived gender, or the disabled toilets. It is entirely unsurprising this is both direct and indirect discrimination.

Did Underage Girls Ruin Politics? Tomorrow in the @nytimes.com