A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers. "Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns." It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support. www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...

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Consider this a pleasant reminder that just a few minutes from Oxford Street is a free roof terrace with some wonderful views of the local area. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/a-r...

Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.

A perfectly-timed autumn thunder storm ~ Every year, I hope for a day like this, & sometimes I get very lucky. This was more spectacular in person. #stunday #orangesun #eastcoastkin #artchallenge #autumn #autumnmood #fallfoliage #treephotography #autumntrees #landscapephotography #autumnlandscape

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Lovely day for cycling through the New Forest today. Just about missed a shower at the end. #trees #autumn #nature #woodland #forest #cycling

Yeah. Definitely nothing Nazi-ish here... 👀

Glorious day for a stroll in South London today including Burgess and Kennington Parks. #sky #trees #walking #urbanwalking #london #walworth #kennington

Gloomy skies in London this morning so here's one I took last Monday in Brenchley Gardens for #BlueskyMonday

Cycling is a totally normal sport where you can win a piglet and take it home.

'Peckham Fruit Juices' by Mark Pearson markpearsonartist.com

Just one pedestrian killed by a pedal cyclist in the UK in 2024. 265 killed by cars www.gov.uk/government/s...

Dawn in Peckham Rye Park this morning #sunrise #Peckham

It was worth delaying my morning walk until after the mist had cleared this morning. This the view from Pasley Park towards Elephant and Castle. #Walworth

I hand over an invisible ‘Tree Of The Day’ award to the most charismatic tree I see on each of my walks. Here are just a few past winners of this esteemed but still largely unknown prize.

Sunrise over Brockwell Park this morning

Grey skies over South London this morning so here's a couple of photos from Sunday morning of sunrise over Peckham Rye Park

A bit of South London dawn from my stroll on Sunday morning.

Early morning sunshine in Dulwich Park

I’m on TV tonight! Check out the first episode of Britain’s Railway Empire at 8pm on Channel 4. It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.

Word of the day is ‘forwallowed’ (15th century): extremely weary from tossing and turning all night.

Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride. However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Love, solitarity and strength to all Hungarian LGBTQ and allies, defying Orban’s ban and rallying at Budapest Pride today. Despite all efforts to erase us, we shine! #BudapestPride

Only two more days left to see the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt on display at Tate Modern. Every stitch is love, every panel is loss and grief - and a celebration of those who died too young.

17th May is the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia. The date commemorates the World Health Organisation’s decision in 1990 to remove homosexuality from its classification of diseases. We exist. We don’t need a cure. #IDAHOBIT

Hungary has passed a law criminalizing LGBTQ public gatherings. Ahead of #IDAHOBIT, I spoke to the country’s only inclusive sports club about the ongoing impact. “The fear is there… these laws can now be passed overnight.” For @outsports.com #EGLSF #EuroGames #LGBTQsports

It’s not shocking, but it is deeply disheartening. The UK has dropped from green to amber in ILGA’s LGBTQ+ rights rankings and we’re edging closer to red. A decade ago, we were solid green. A leader. Now we’re slipping back. Silence isn’t an option while our rights are rolled back.

Goodness is stronger than evil #admiralduncan 30/4/99 #goodnessisstrongerthanevil #actuplondon #actup

🕯️ 26 years ago today, the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho was bombed in a homophobic attack. We remember Andrea Dykes, John Light & Nik Moore. Hate took lives. Our community responded with love. Find support: queerclinic.co.uk #AdmiralDuncan #LGBTQHistory #NeverForget #QueerClinic #BrightonQueerClinic

Not long left to add your name as signatory to our letter to MP Bridget Phillipson. Read the letter here: equalityamplifiedltd-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person... Sign here: forms.office.com/e/zr3xqtzn25

‼️You can read out draft letter to MP Bridget Phillipson here: equalityamplifiedltd-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person... If you’d like to add your name as signatory, please fill out this form in the next 24 hours: forms.office.com/e/zr3xqtzn25 Let’s use our voices to stand up for our trans siblings 🏳️‍⚧️

A few flowers from my garden this morning.

🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?” This was their response:

Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.

Labour's planning bill ‘throws environmental protection to the wind’, say heads of 32 nature charities. They warn that the proposals could push species towards extinction and lead to irreversible habitat loss. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Banning Budapest Pride was just the beginning. Viktor Orban will attempt to introduce more homophobic legislation in Hungary today. The EU must act now to preserve human rights. “This is not child protection, this is fascism.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

This is good news. Westminster Council love to approve "small" posh flat property development in nightlife areas. Then wait for the new residents/developers to complain about noise. WC then refuse licenses. Places then go bust or landowners declare them "unviable" to justify large redevelopment.

Make school shootings great again.

These are some pretty sobering stats on Britain's prisons. (Source - a really great charity, which you should check out, that's hoping to change some of this, plate-by-plate, bowl-by-bowl: @theclinkcharity.bsky.social)

Voters are often wrong, and refusal to challenge voters and present a better future is exactly why we've sank further and further into stagnation as weak yes-men try and appease an ignorant public without leadership, vision, or meaningful solutions.

The first rule of fight club?

A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.

It's hard to believe that in 2017, the Tory Party was proposing to introduce Self ID in the UK, with Labour's wholehearted support. After years of transphobic attacks, we have Labour attacking trans rights, and the papers have been filled with bile and hatred. www.theguardian.com/society/2017...

Worth sharing with alt text. Brian Eno's response to the Quaker arrests.

Things you may notice during a partial solar eclipse; 1. People wandering around with collanders 2. People with their head inside cardboard boxes 3. How odd dappled shade looks 4. How awesome the universe is