Cis 'allies' be like: Why are trans people weird about the UK's ID proposals? Us: They will force out us 'Allies': I'm sure that won't happen Us: They have literally involved transphobe groups in the design stage. It will happen from day 1. 'Allies': You're just hysterical. Won't happen.

This can't be shouted loud enough, Reform are guilty of working for a foreign state that sees the UK as an enemy. It's not just laughable, it's insulting that they pretend to be in any way patriotic or acting in this country's best interests.

Don't think I've ever seen a petition this large before. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

Quixotic Project 1: LOOK DAD, NEW TUNES Permanently on hold while I study other music. Quixotic Project 2: Warhammer 40K Awaiting access to painting space. Quixotic Project 3: DOUGLAS WATCHES EVERY ANIME Data complete to 1959. Writing complete to 1943. Aim to begin publishing in Jan 2026.

Tea test 3 Twinings English Breakfast, black, 0 sugar 3m30, mug That's getting towards the strength of taste I remember. And the caffeine hit is nice and strong too. Heading towards actually being nice. Still needs a bit more though.

You know, maybe the DfE needs to ask itself the question about why, if the current extremely heavy emphasis on phonics is 'working', they still need to test reading in year 8? 🤷‍♀️

Replace "Love" with "Lunch" in a song: Lunch Is A Bourgeois Construct www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRss...

If you wanna, say it often and say it loudly "The Labour Government is fundamentally at odds with British values and civil liberties" 💚✊🏼

I wonder if, at 50, musical maturity is accepting that at least one of your favourite bands has succumbed to U2 Disease and disappeared into their own collective arsehole.

This was a joke but it was also kind of serious. Having a cover quote from someone with a reasonable profile can be a massive leg up, the difference between a novel doing OK and disappearing completely. I had a quote from Richard Woodman on my 2nd Malta novella, which I'm eternally grateful for...

From D. L. Mayfield:

“The Mumsnet interviewer then intervenes to say: That sounds like third spaces? Streeting responds: I think for trans women, yes, I think that is where we’re looking.” And this is where we end up: 1950’s America.👇

Subtly downgrade a band The JKE.

Ah, he has seen what regulatory lawyers look like: with their seven heads and ten horns, and upon their horns ten crowns, and upon their heads the word ”compliance”.

Lib Dem friends! There are 5 hours left till nominations close in federal elections! I know we're all knackered after conference, but if you have any spoons left and any spaces left on your nomination form can I make a special pleading for some people who deserve your noms for FCC?

If you're not entitled to a free flu shot, you can get one privately from Asda for 60p(!!) as part of a promotional offer if you book online and can go before September ends. Here's the link: asda.cxmflow.com/OABS/Appoint...

i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.

there was an _electric_ version of "The Sound Of Silence" done in 1965 without Simon or Garfunkel's permission? That, I have to hear.

Three pin plugs. One of the few British things that I think should be universal, because it's unquestionably the best in the world.

and that was a fall, my first one. I smashed a couple of bowls on the way down but no-one else got hurt. I, on the other hand, am very rattled and scared. If I had the circuit in my brain I'm certain I'd also be embarrassed.

The question is not whether or not it causes autism. The question is why do they want you to believe that it does. Who benefits? Who loses? What's the left hand doing while you're watching the right hand? What don't they want you to see?

Bisexuals! Get visible! It’s bisexual visibility day!

I had to change my name to a man's name on Wordfeud as men would try and sex chat with me. Men, you are fucking desperate.

LRT: there are a lot of awful things going on in the world, and rightly or wrongly, a lot of people don't think they can do anything about them. But suddenly, Kimmel gets suspended, and there's something those people can do to say "no". And they did.

While I agree there are other fired/prosecuted/kidnapped people who deserve all the support Kimmel got and more, think it’s relevant that a huge number of American households had a “not happy with this to the tune of $160/year” button to push on that one

You want to live in a world where Bill Maher and Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert and Matt Parker and Trey Stone are inside the line that must be protected at all costs... but Black journalists and academics and professionals are outside of the castle walls, and are acceptable losses in a siege.

IT'S BI-DAY AND YOU KNOW WHAT MEANS

It is possible to cherish the BBC as an institution while also saying that BBC News is failing very badly, day after day, in its duty to inform and that it always fails in a right-wing direction. It desperately needs to recover its integrity

I like Jimmy Kimmel. I really do. I have no issues with him. I'm talking about something very different. Kimmel was only suspended. But he's back now. Karen Attiah and all the other Black journalists are still fired. Y'all do know how to fight, when you want to. But you don't really want to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

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There's a lot of nice liberal folk on here who make nice, liberal points. But: 1. If you believe vaccines cause autism - you are a cunt 2. If you believe people on the autistic spectrum are somehow less human and valuable than you because of their condition - you are a cunt. Thank you.

Believe trans people when we tell you the 'science' behind the Cass Report is as solid as the 'science' behind paracetamol causing autism.

One of the best things about watching sumo on Twitch is the constant trail of "oh, look, two fat men are going to fight, fat men are funn- HOLY SHIT HOW DID HE DO THAT" and twenty minutes later it's "I have no idea what's going on here but THIS IS AWESOME" www.twitch.tv/midnightsumo

the whole right-wing culture war against autistic people, of which all the trump/rfk bullshit is only the more visible end, is really one of the most shameful episodes of all this. the eagerness of streeting et al to carry the train for it is unforgivable.

If the Rapture happens and they don't take Donald, he's _fucked_.

Reminder that autism isn't a disease and has existed before Tylenol Reminder that RFK Jr is a LAWYER, he has financial incentive to use his position to grift and rake in profits via litigation He isn't stupid, he's a greedy eugenicist and this is purposeful I'm so fucking tired

Barry and Terrance sat one night The script was bare, the pages white The air was fraught, the deadline up Terrance drained his coffee cup. He grabbed a pen, he wrote a line He looked at Barry, who said that's fine Then Terrance wrote, as Barry winced But Terrance he was quite convinced....

I like this explanation of what ‘pushing through’ can mean for a disabled person. www.stickmancommunications.co.uk/post/pushing... #disabled #disabillity

Do you know what? It doesn’t matter what causes autism because it is not in fact a bad thing in itself and some of your posts to say X or Y doesn’t cause autism are pretty fucking ableist

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#AEW #Collision 109 I don't want to see Tommy Billington if it means rehabilitating the flying headbutt. Maybe he can do it without scrambling his brains, but his uncle couldn't, neither could Benoit, and indie wrestlers copying him probably can't either. Get this shit off my TV.

Tea test 2 Twinings English Breakfast, black, 0 sugar 3m, mug Getting there; the taste is brighter - I'm not sure how but it is - and the bitterness is stronger but not overwhelming. But I'm not actively enjoying it yet.

Why on earth would anyone go to the US, as it is now, for the Olympics or World Cup? They're both on my bucket list, but even if I could afford it, I've been entirely too bisexual and outspokenly left-wing to take the risk.

Yes, you can and should argue that Reform’s new policy would lead to an economic crash that could resemble a full-on depression, not just recession. But you should also be able to straightforwardly say it’s *wrong*. Not that it should matter but: It’s not even bad politics to say that!

Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain. They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city. Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.

Anyone shocked that Reform plan to deport immigrants with Indefinite Leave to Remain hasn’t been paying attention. Next it will be stripping citizenship from dual citizens, then deporting them. Who do you think Reform are? This. This is who they are.

Instead of an account blackout to protest BlueSky’s anti-sex T’s and Cs update, how about you share content from adult creators whose work you love? We’re drowning. It’s not just me, I don’t know anyone who produces adult content who is doing well right now.

I've finally written the Champions and Europa League structure that I've been trying to get out of my head for years. The final piece came from a video from Jomboy Media about restructuring the MLB, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWMx... But there's still promotion and relegation in my plan.

Tea test 1 Twinings English Breakfast 2m, mug As my tad-cu would have said; water bewitched, tea be-buggered. The merest hint of bitterness, but it's still a little refreshing and the taste of caffeine is still there.