If your “neutral” position is that my trans child should be invisible, you are neither neutral nor a place of respite nor trust, for me or my children. In short, fuck OFF.

"If we don't adopt AI, we'll get left behind! China is adopting AI on a wide scale, we can't afford to lose out." New research done on Chinese students using AI found that in the short term, scores go up, then long term, students do on average 20% worse on exams.

Getting the word out about the most important NYC CIVICS FOR ALL COMICS GROUP comic KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! Created w/ Project Open Arms & @nycimmigrants.bsky.social! Words @alexsegura.com art @davidhahn.bsky.social colors E. Wright letters @tayloresposito.bsky.social. www.weteachnyc.org/resources/re...

A couple of days ago Zelenskyy told Belarus that if they didn’t stop allowing the coordination of Russian strikes on Ukraine, Ukraine would sort it out for them. According to Russian military bloggers, Belarus is now jamming relay stations used for Russian targeting. That tells you who’s winning.

Now We Ride! - new original available in my shop. It will also be my gay rodeo release in August. I’ll have a booth at the Santa Fe Gay Rodeo

No Father’s Day is complete without this video. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Redmond tore his hamstring in the 400 metres semi-final but continued the race limping and, with assistance from his father, managed to complete a full lap of the track as the crowd gave him a standing ovation.

Note how there is no journalist's name on this piece. That is for security reasons.

Summer Solstice. Artist: Angie Livingstone

A reminder to my fellow dads. If you get anything from your kids that says “best dad in the world”, remember that they lack the evidential base to be making such a sweeping claim.

We went to see a movie and this annoying couple just continued to have a full blown, normal volume conversation through the first 5 minutes of the film until I said, loud enough for them to hear, “Jesus Christ, shut the fuck up.” And they promptly shut up.

This is flat wrong from Unite. It’s just not true there’s been ‘almost no thought for jobs, skills and national security’. There’s been a huge amount of thought on all these issues and a decision has been made that jobs, skills, and security all benefit from a faster clean energy transition.

Iran monarchy protesters in Newcastle calling for the restoration of Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah. I hadn’t realised how deeply aligned this movement is with the English far right, but as I took this they were playing a speech by Tommy Robinson that was so offensive the police intervened.

The Home Office wants to use flawed AI technology to decide if asylum-seeking children are actually under 18. An AI system can't understand trauma, and mistakes could put vulnerable kids in serious danger. Let's demand the Home Secretary halts this plan. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

www.curacao.com/en/category/... If Curacao really wants more people to visit by plane maybe it should reconsider leasing it’s diving sites with “plane wreck”.

Woah! You’re saying that it doesn’t work AND it doesn’t work? WHO SAW THAT COMING?

🚨🚨This is a very bad idea: Europe must prioritize #artificialintelligence over #climategoals or risk surrendering its #techsovereignty to #China according to the president of the European Data Centre Association which lobbies the EU on behalf of data center firms. www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Until the left understands that "immigration" is a "concern" created in a top down manner to divert from other issues, it will continue to fight the (far)right on its turf This is what I explored here at length journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I know someone on here who lives in the greater Seattle area wants to adopt an incredibly cuddly, 2-year old Labrador. I know it. I'd also be able to transport her anywhere between Portland and Vancouver.

Who could have predicted this? 🤷🏻‍♂️

Just had EDF tell me i owe them an extra 1500 because they messed up my smart meters. I had to chase them to find this out, as their only contact was to tell me i was losing my 'billing rights' Also, good luck to EDF getting it out of me, i dont have 150 pence, let alone a grand and a half.

First time I ever heard of this bloke was yesterday when he was touted as a contender to Andy Burnham. Now, suddenly, he’s popping up on my feed.

My Summer solstice eve sunrise walk was a little bit overcast sadly. Thistles brought some colour to the scene and the clouds look like they are starting to break up now. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor.

long shot but if anyone spots or has found a box of chocs/cakes on the overground which has probably just arrived at Clapham Junction from Dalston I’d be very grateful of a shout

Today is World Refugee Day. Here’s a poem called ‘Refugees’.

Today is World Refugee Day. Nobody chooses to be a refugee. Nobody chooses to leave their home, their community, or the life they know behind. We are a coalition of over 600 organisations, working towards a fair asylum system. Find out more, link in our bio

Observations on news coverage of UK events yesterday. 1/2 1. Broadcasting interviews with train accident victims who are audibly in shock is not responsible journalism, all the more so when the causes are not yet known and their unfiltered speculation includes possible terrorism. (continues)

🚨 New research by us! 📣 Most British drivers don't know how dangerous SUVs are to other road users, but adding information to SUV marketing materials seems to do almost nothing to change people's plans to buy SUVs Here's a 🧵 on why harder action is going to be needed 1/10

New study shows that when legalised & properly regulated, cannabis use does not increase. The critical part is to stop corporate capture of the market. I am happy to be quoted on Green party policy as it is - not as sensationalisers would like it to be. www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

“Conclusion: In the case of a crash, SUVs and LTVs cause more severe injuries to pedestrians and cyclists than passenger cars. This effect is larger for fatalities than for KSIs, and the fatality effect is particularly large for children.” Via @bmj.com. injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/32/1...

And then at 3.30pm just down the road I’ll be part of this debate at the LSE Festival on whether AI can save humanity. It won’t surprise you that I’ll be arguing against the motion. I think you have to register for this. The Academy event is one you can drop into www.lse.ac.uk/events/lse-f...

I don’t think it’s unreasonable to say people facing trial for rape shouldn’t be playing at the World Cup, and if they are then it’s something that coverage of the game shouldn’t be skirting around.

Devoured by private equity. Bernard Matthews Body Shop Byron Burger Casual Dining Cath Kidson Claire’s Comet Debenhams Flybe Four Seasons Health Care Homebase Maplin Thousands of jobs lost, supply chains destroyed, creditors not paid, pension rights lost, taxes dodged. Yet govts venerate PE.

“We see her like that imposing, serious figure…but…she was a real person w/fears & doubt but also joy…She created all these strong women who are curious & courageous & also fearful, bcz Butler was also struggling w/finding her own agency & you see that in the characters.”- @lynellgeorge.bsky.social

I simply do not understand how moving humanity to a planet that at a minimum doesn’t sustain any complex lifeforms would be an easier or better alternative than bringing the temperature back down slightly on ours

N.b. only 75 more signatures to go!

Say this though, the media have been desperate to show Reform as an unstoppable racist tide, a government in waiting, trying to paint them as the first choice of the working class, and yet in every recent election that very demographic chooses to boot them in the fucking nutsack.

Love this. ❤️

RESEARCH PROJECT - HOW CAN WE IMPROVE HEALTH IF ASYLUM SEEKERS? Give them decent accommodation & enough money to be able to feed themselves properly. NO, IT HAS TO BE LOW OR NO COST. Ah okay - give them the right to work. NO THE GOVERNMENT WON’T LET US DO THAT. Sigh.

I would very much like to think that it is dangerous for Andrew Tate to be out in London at night or at any time of day. I mean, apart from the danger of being arrested for the crime of rape & beating up young women.

OKAY SO

The 17yr-old is talking about his favourite band. "And sometimes they release singles that aren't quite as good, and they call them B-sides, I didn't know why. Have you heard of that? 'B-sides'. Weird." I'm just crumbling away to ancient dust over here.

Just catching up and seeing that Trump signed the surrender deal with Iran at Versailles. Well played Macron. Well played indeed .

The government is actively encouraging this direction of travel, treating protesters' sincere motivation - hitherto regarded as a mitigating factor - as an *aggravating* factor, to prove that they are *terrorists*. Yet at the same time, it will neither name nor prosecute far-right terrorism.

Cervical cancer deaths fall to zero in young women given vaccine. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Growing up as a shy gay kid, online spaces gave me a vocabulary to understand my homosexuality and find community. The internet was a lifeline. And given how politicians debate our lives as “ideologies,” and viciously censor us, bans on young people using social media will hurt lots of LGBTQ+ youth.

You're about to see a flurry of this sort of stuff

Pride event I co-founded and still help organise here (happening this Saturday if anyone in the Helston and the Lizard area of Cornwall is reading!) is already taking steps incase the local council and other groups decide not to support it next year after recent elections returned UKIP councillors.

Great initiative by Lower The Flags Shrewsbury. Flags removed from lamp posts repurposed into tote bags and sold to raise funds for refugee charities. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BagT...

So proud of our Socceroos ⚽️ ❤️👏🏼 Socceroos promote multiculturalism with video address on immigration: ‘Football is for everyone’ www.theguardian.com/football/202...