All JK Rowling's talk about protecting women and children is such bs. It was always about hating trans people. She invited him to the Harry Potter Broadway opening in 2018. This was way after Epstein was convicted of soliciting sex from a minor.

I feel like maybe it’s a function of everyone online being born in 2002 but I don’t think most people realize how openly and explicitly pedophilic american culture was until like… maybe 10 years ago

And not just the US. Famously in 2001 the Daily Mirror in the UK published pictures and comments breathlessly describing the figure of Charlotte Church, then 15 years old. It's genuinely shocking to think how recently this stuff was accepted in mass media, let alone elsewhere.

As a woman, I have been groped multiple times while trying to get served at a bar when you're all squished together in a way that likely wouldn't happen in a queue where it's more visible. For that reason alone I'm pro queue.

A souper Sunday.

Lord Peter Mandelson was sent money directly from disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein as early as 2003, according to new files released by US government The files record three payments in 2003/4 from Epstein’s JPMorgan accounts of $25,000 each, all mentioning Mandelson www.ft.com/content/1728...

the oldest adage in journalism is “follow the money” new in the FT:

What a completely bonkers try. Very nice finish by Giles #OSPvDRA

I know it's obvious to say, but every point counts and a losing bonus point may be the difference between top 8 or not this season, particularly with the run of matched we have coming up #ULSvCAR

Interesting, in the real world, actual violent crime dropped in London during that time.

Dragons doing their absolute best to lose this game #OSPvDRA

Just going to repost this until the end of time 🤢 #ULSvCAR

Cardiff Rugby will be the death of me #ULSvCAR

Commentary: 'Cardiff not learning their lessons'. This team are so infuriating #ULSvCAR

The chuzpah on Jamie Roberts turning up to an Ospreys match when he's on the WRU Board #OSPvDRA

I will never adjust to the psychotic way people drive in London.

I get really angry about celebs/influencers/anyone lying about having botox, fillers etc. I am very open about having botox for medical reasons, but if it was for cosmetic reasons I'd also be honest because I don't want people to think having a completely smooth forehead is normal. It's not.

The Ospreys, Dragons and Cardiff Supporters Trusts have launched a joint petition to oppose the WRU's culling of a team, fanbase, and future for rugby in that region. Please sign and share- www.change.org/p/oppose-the...

“As first lady, children will always remain my priority,” she coos, and you can almost picture her coaxing them into her little gingerbread house". Cackled out loud at this!

This was such a perfect tribute to Catherine O'Hara. youtu.be/vOWn4CUsFak?...

Very very sad to see Catherine O'Hara has passed away. I can't imagine anyone else as Moira Rose, she was just perfection. I will never fold anything without thinking of her. May her memory be a blessing

We’re bragging about RNIB Bookshare. Because it’s brilliant and hardly anyone knows about it. Which we want to change rnib.in/RNIBBookshareFB

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

I have no doubt that the hate group SM will continue to try and fight this, but a big win for inclusivity and tolerance. Some important numbers: 38k people responded to the consultation 74% lived in London 86% felt the ponds should remain trans inclusive www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Age gating VPNs is a truly horrible idea. Teenagers deserve some kind of private access to the internet – which might mean LGB resources, or access to contraception or abortion advice, or resources to help with parental abuse. Shutting them off puts them in greater danger. This is just bad policy.

Managed to get some resale tickets for Prima Facie in Cardiff in a couple of weeks and I am VERY excited. It's the night before Wales play France in the 6 Nations and while I could get tickets, I have absolutely no intention of giving the WRU a penny of my money.

This thread is like concentrate nostalgia. Dig in, and add your own to help @sararoseg.bsky.social out whydontcha?

I saw something recently that was saying how every woman who can, should be lifting weights. It's good for your body, it's good for your brain, and it builds strength for when you need to defend yourself. And yeah, posts like this really reinforces that.

Why is the URC Instagram account posting awful AI generated videos and pictures and then limiting comments on just those posts? Almost like they don't want everyone to tell them it's embarrassing rubbish.

Graham Linehan is a genuinely evil person

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

I would be very surprised if a full accounting in the future didn't reveal more than one mass grave at the detention centers. If they're behaving this way in public, what's happening out of sight must be many times more brutal.

It's been a very long week, so I have the cat, Classic FM and the new @squidgerugby.bsky.social book. I'd be further through the book but I'm enjoying doing a little YouTube watch of all the iconic moments Robbie mentions youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ?...

Unnecessarily stressful!! Good result and we need the points. Somehow it's mid Jan and Cardiff are 3rd in the URC! #CARvBEN

You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.

Cardiff are so frustrating #CARvBEN

A nurse. A 37-year-old man who devoted his time to healing the sick and the injured, who came outside in the cold to protect his neighbors, gunned down in the street by bloodthirsty blackshirts

They keep referring to them as Rachel and Stephen and now all I can think about is Rachel Stephens

I'll be happy if I never hear the phrase 'traitor on traitor' again in my life #TheTraitors

Did some baby deadlifts for the first time since I injured my knee. Was surprisingly ok, just need to very slowly build them back up. I hate injury recovery, it's so slow 😞

"Except with prior written consent of the Union concerned". The WRU has engineered this whole situation to get rid of the Ospreys and give Cardiff unscrupulous and immoral owners. Absolutely despicable. Burn it all to the ground.

Starting a petition to make January 28 days, and February 31 days. It makes much more sense.

"After the war, that we won, we won it big". I don't really have any words for this anymore

*FINALLY* some good rugby news 🥳 @squidgerugby.bsky.social

If I were an Ospreys player or staff member I'd be lawyering up for a constructive unfair dismissal claim before then liquidate the business...

The URC said it had to be 2 or 4 clubs, so we went with three... Unbelievable.

I know I shouldn't care about what Farage and his ilk say about London, but the reality of living here is so different. Today I popped out between meetings. Firstly, didn't get mugged or stabbed. Just like every other day of the last 16 years.

I realise inpending WW3, the collapse of Welsh rugby etc are much worse problems, but I think i might have developed an intolerance to even decaf coffee. Pretty devastating tbh.

The WRU is actively hiding and deleting negative comments on their IG posts. Pathetic behaviour.