Steve had to get through college somehow.

What is truly pathetic about Labour is that this is all they have got. They have failed so spectacularly already, despite a whacking great majority, to even attempt to govern positively that all they have is punching down on marginalised groups and saying "oh but Reform will be worse".

Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."

#TIL that, in 1947, Admiral Grace Hopper was working on a Mark II computer at Harvard University when a moth was discovered stuck in a relay. "First actual case of a bug being found," was subsequently written in the log book 🦋

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"What next for the Telegraph after takeover collapses?" People still have parrots, right? Their cages still have floors? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Your Party will be Dead On Arrival except they haven’t actually arrived yet ! They’re still arguing about: Taxis or buses ? Who will pay and how ? Are LGBTQ drivers acceptable ? Type of fuel to be used ? Secretary identity ?

Perhaps they just haven’t been attacking enough minorities or platforming sufficient fascistic right wing opinions every day ?🤷🏻‍♀️

Please consider using the GLP web page to send an email to the BBC regarding the toxic anti-Trans coverage the BBC have been pouring out, whilst not reporting a 100K pro-Trans march in London. The idiotic claims published under the guise of an impartial report that BBC are pro-Trans is a fantasy…

THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...

Some brilliant news ❤️❤️

The Bear exposing the ‘debate’ for what it is, both siding / faux balancing your very right to exist… If you think this is a new thing it’s not, very similar arguments were had about the existence of section 28, gay rights & marriage.

Or, translated: “We didn’t punch down on or vilify trans people sufficiently for the Telegraph’s liking.” How many years away are we from having a “both sides” factor when discussing gay people, I wonder?

For the uniniated this is the first days coverage of the @goodlawproject.org challenge to the interim guidance the EHRC produced which went way beyond what the dreadful Supreme Court ruling said.

Age yourself with gaming

Christ. Airplane now ruined for ever.

And for the reluctant to click.... The PNG Courier on the carnage at the BBC

Arrival turns 9 today—Denis Villeneuve’s haunting sci-fi masterpiece that made us rethink language, time & love. Revisit its creations, themes, and legacy in our feature. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ cinephiliabeyond.org/arrival/

Seems rather apt given some of the reasons I chose to retire…

Great BBC related skit from Matt (pretty sure he’s being sued*) for poking fun at the megalomaniac Orange One. *Oh, it seems I’m being sued** too **Now you’ve read this so are you, soz 🤷🏻‍♀️

What a coincidence!

I DEMAND Panorama IMMEDIATELY produces a documentary showing Kamala Harris not instigating a violent riot, not sexually assaulting anyone, or getting fined for denying it, or being found guilty of business fraud, or f*cking a porn star AND accepting the result of an election. You know. For balance.

So the Telegraph’s “BBC bias dossier” - supposedly written by ex-BBC adviser Michael Prescott - is being used to claim there’s a rogue LGBT+ unit “censoring” gender-critical voices inside the BBC. Let’s look at what’s actually in it. Spoiler: it’s nothing but recycled transphobic talking points! 🧵

Superb exposure of BBC faux balance, no doubt more to come with the next culture war Tsar, sorry that’s BBC DG…

An excellent sketch from Matt, the scary thing is that 4 years on there’s a Lab Govt in power but all the jokes still land & the same concerns still apply….

Ah the deep ocean, answering the question (this time) of: What if shark but ALSO pig? Let's meet the angular roughshark (Oxynotus centrina), found across the eastern Atlantic Ocean & Mediterranean. They're 'hairy', they grunt & they look like this 👇

Farewell to the great Gilson Lavis, drummer for Squeeze (and so much more). Here's a fine example of exactly what he did: youtu.be/9bTWF7eirJw?...

Let's talk about abyssal gigantism: The tendency of animals found in ocean depths to be substantially LARGER than shallow-water cousins. This is the giant squid (Architeuthis dux), which can reach 13 m (~40 feet) long from 'head' to tentacle tip. They can live at depths of 1000+ m. (📷:NTNU Museum)

The media won't tell you this but the majority of women who use the Hampstead women's pond ate fully supportive of trans inclusion and have voted that way. So why are the transphobes trying to overturn their democratic decision in the courts? From @nionwomen.bsky.social

The early flu season in England continues to build, while the latest Covid wave continues to recede. Latest UKHSA hospital admission data up to 27 Oct.

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In this piece, admitting the BBC has broken its impartiality rules re. trans people, the BBC further breaks its impartiality rules by changing a quote saying "trans identity" to "trans ideology".

4x🟪🟩⬛️ quad nerdle #1274 solved in 6/10 (6, 5, 4 & 3 guesses)

This is very real for Trans people, Lab have: Attacked Trans people using biased reports setup by Cons Legalised Transphobia & Police ignoring anti-Trans hate crimes Removed access to some private / NHS treatments Removed our rights & ability to live fully in wider society Lab ‘Dignity & Respect’🤮

84% of trans people polled by YouGov said Britain is “fairly unsafe” or “very unsafe” for trans people. A terrifying story - founded on actual data - which the BBC still refused to carry. Link to polling in the blog. goodlawproject.org/abject-terro...

One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions. I am in Spain this week launching the book - come along! www.tomgauld.com

It must have been a dum dum sandwich, exploding into fragments when it hit the protective ballistic vest, the impact from the condiment payload alone must have been tremendous !🙄 At least it wasn’t one of those new hypersonic sandwiches…

✈️ NEW ✈️ A large proportion of UK trans people are looking to emigrate within the next 10 years, with almost 40% of younger people considering a move abroad, according to a new YouGov poll: https://goodlaw.social/t2h8

I see The Times is now just straightforwardly lying about what the Supreme Court ruled. Pathetic and desperate because trans people's human rights aren't being stripped away quickly enough for them. www.thetimes.com/comment/the-...

Every word of Rachel's letter is correct & the essential problem with the guidance is it goes much further than the court ruling:'businesses could choose to exclude trans people from single-sex spaces when it is a “proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim”, not that they must exclude them.'

⚠️ Absolutely ESSENTIAL listening from the @theguiltyfeminist.bsky.social talking about how the Christian right are using “rage baiting” about trans people to drive a wedge between women’s solidarity as part of their anti-gender movement! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

Puberty blockers used to delay the onset of an unwanted puberty for a small number of Trans teens, were banned by Cons & later Wes the Weasel because they are supposedly untested. The very same medication is used to delay onset of puberty for children with precocious puberty without any concerns 🤔

Seems rather appropriate as I’ve seemingly just retired, a little earlier than I’d planned, but on to a new chapter…

A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK... 78% are murdered by a partner/ex Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety In fact, they voted against them...

The narration by Olivier & the title sequence set the tone for what is to come in each episode. Often horrific, sometimes hopeful, but should nevertheless be watched by all as a salutary lesson from history.

If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday You’ve made it through another week of ups, downs, and everything between. Pause for a moment, be proud of how far you’ve come. Carry kindness into today; it’ll take you further than stress ever could. 💛