tl; dr. They can, but they shouldn't *have* to. All toilets should be accessible to all and segregation leads to exclusion.

"Why can't trans people just use the accessible toilet?" It's a question that comes up time and again. But as a disabled person, our latest blogger explains why that seemingly simple suggestion isn't a solution at all. Read here👉 notinourname.org.uk/why-cant-tra...

It's World Marine Aids to Navigation Day on the 1st July, so here's a quick thread on some aids to navigation. Now the first and most obvious aid to navigation is dry land. Dry land - pay attention at the back - is strongly suggestive that you can't go sailing here.

OK, this is a long shot, but: Do any fellow Weird Anglicans have a black double-breasted cassock that would fit someone 6' tall with 50" chest that they do not need any more and would donate to an ordinand? #CofEPeeps #Narthex

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it's always cute when Americans are like "LOL. Europe. we put aircon in ancient buildings ALL THE TIME it's easy." then you look and they mean sticking window units in some wooden buildings younger than my wardrobe.

it's like that Time Team episode in the US where the American archaeologists get excited about an 18th century skeleton. And when they ask Phil if he's dug up many before he's all: "oi 'ave not. on account o' them mostly bein in graveyards by then for us"

today on “y’all need to learn that two things can be true at once” aircon is good and should be more easily accessible and affordable across Europe And we need to fix climate change yesterday because it should not be getting this hot in Europe and that is the bigger issue

Hey North Oxfordshire: there’s a tour company, Townhouse Executive Travel Ltd, based in Woodstock, who are offering to do grocery/prescription runs for the elderly/disabled during the heatwave, for free. I can’t vouch for them personally but a friend wanted me to pass it on and I do trust her

Amazing news! Cervical cancer deaths in younger women have plummeted in England following the rollout of the HPV vaccine, according to new research, published today in The Lancet. Read more: cruk.ink/4ozraO5

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

Women: if you think men have a poor understanding of female anatomy, just you wait until AI replaces your gynecologist. freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2...

If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?

Update: Young people & families today received shocking & transphobic letters from NHS. These letters tell people that endocrine care (blockers / HRT) is being fully withdrawn in 7 weeks time (July 31st). Forced medical detransition. This country is a danger to trans children & young people.

Reform also want to repeal the handgun ban, raising the distinction possibility that they think the best way to eat a steak is to shoot it.

hey, fellow brits and europeans in this heat wave! If you're on any of these you're more sensitive to the heat. Make sure you drink water, stay in the shade, and avoid over-exertion.

1802) Transwrongsbot. Listen, validation and love is all very well, but at some point things get bad enough that action is required as a matter of simple survival. It's time to protect trans rights by doing some trans wrongs.

I'm so disappointed in our leaders right now. If you are too, here is something you can do.

It boggles my mind that it is apparently alright now to exclude people on the grounds of their protected characteristics.

UK folks who don’t want American politics to take hold here - check out how much money from US right wing groups funds the voices in the UK spreading trans panic. And yes they are absolutely coming for gay rights next and women’s rights after that. I wish it was just conspiracy thinking too.

I wish I was capable of being surprised by this but it completely mirrors all the fights we had to do with my brother. I'm glad we managed to win them for him while he was alive. I fear that if he'd lived longer we would have lost.

Important announcement: a staycation is where you have time off and stay at home. It is not a holiday away from home in the UK. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

One good thing you can say about the UK is that we're spoilt for metaphors

This is NOT how accessibility works. If you only provide accessible access (physical or virtual) when you decide 'it's important', you are discriminating against disabled people. You are telling them they shouldn't expect the same rights as abled people. It's hostile bullshit self-justification.

Okay let me summarise the English voter ID discourse for everyone not resident here: For literally centuries: no voter ID required The Tories, a couple years ago: “voter ID is now mandatory! We are only accepting forms of ID statistically carried mostly by old white wealthy citizen men”

NHS data should be driving innovation & improvement – it’s an amazing resource We just published the sequel to our 2021 "Road to Hell" paper on using NHS data for research... things are worse! Buckle up for a long 🧵about *how COMPLETELY mad* system is for accessing NHS data for research 1/20

I hate it when that happens

Well *my* ancestors witnessed both the demise of the Neanderthals and the Vietnam war. (I remember my dad in particular taking it very personally when I studied the Vietnam war in history...)

Friends, if you’re taking sertraline, check the batch number as there is a recall out and you may have ended up with a mislabelled lower dose of citalopram. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Check your Sertraline if you're on it in the UK www.gov.uk/government/n...

"Waymo has told advocates that expecting it to respect bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers expect to be dropped off in them." To be crystal clear, it's illegal for a car to be in a bike lane. It doesn't matter what Waymo's customers expect; the company shouldn't be doing it.

8% of adults in England and Wales faced domestic violence last year. A quarter of those were stalked by the perpetrator. And the council still insists on publishing names and addresses together on the internet, except for its councillors, due to, you know, the risks

Also, this is why I have absolutely no time for people online who say you can't be queer and Religious/Christian. This is the kind of thing that rhetoric enables, and it's actively harming vulnerable people in real life. Just because you can't be queer and religious, doesn't mean other people can't

AI scribes. Greta blog by @benngooch.bsky.social substack.com/home/post/p-...

Trans/NB friends: this is a really great opportunity to have a say on what research is needed for non surgical transition related healthcare for adults. It's a James Lind Alliance priority setting partnership, which are well regarded and used. wp.lancs.ac.uk/transadultsp...

Children at an Edinburgh hospital painted pebbles for the penguins at Edinburgh Zoo and will be able to watch them choose and present them to their mates via livestream. #SundayMorning

Literal headdesk. Although not incorrect - if you don't care about accuracy then I guess AI is ... fine?

I'd support an assisted dying bill if it came alongside a bill that would make sure no disabled or ill person has to worry for support or made to feel that they are a burden. I do not trust Governments who eagerly support harsh, dehumanising welfare systems to not use assisted dying for a clear out.

Students and others, we don’t know if meningococcal disease can spread through the air. I see some of you in the outbreak zone are wearing masks. If you want to maximise your protection against a *possible* airborne threat, wear a *respirator* (FFP2 or - better - FFP3). These are ~N95/N99 in USA.

Petriochor Sunshine Hugs

Firefighters in Charlbury have installed house martin nesting boxes as part of ladder practice. The boxes were fixed below eaves awaiting the arrival of the birds later this month. Charlbury Wildlife Society reports the martins are already regulars at (the eaves of) the nearby Rose & Crown pub.

🎉🏆 Congratulations to prize-winner and recent MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care (EBHC) graduate, Hamid Mithoowani who has been awarded this year’s Kellogg College Gillian Nicholls Prize for best dissertation.  🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4lhTyTf

And so we write to brilliant postgraduate students from Sudan, withdrawing the offers and scholarships they won in open competition with the best in the world. A sad day for the University of Oxford.

Was having a bad day until it became necessary to show 2 colleagues the Monty Hall problem in the office corridor.

Who called it homeopathic medicine and not dilutions of grandeur?

Students discussing ethnography in health care research and whether to be incognito or not - "it's like the healthcare version of Traitors"

If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.

I get that 20 can feel very slow and you feel like you have to monitor your speedo constantly. That's why I love my speed limiter. I can set it and then drive to the road conditions without worrying about my speed.