If Prince Andrew has his Order of Garter revoked (as opposed to just not used), it requires the heralds to remove his coat of arms from St Georges Chapel and kick it out of the door and into Windor Castle's ditch. ... or prime time TV viewing as it might be called.

Day 303 - #retrorandom - Oh, I miss Maplin and I miss their awesome catalogues (US readers, think Radio Shack). I'd also forgotten how great their sci-fi inspired artwork was ...

A mosque attended by the Manchester synagogue attacker was previously reported to the Charity Commission by @natsecsoc.bsky.social over concerns of fuelling antisemitism and division. I’m quoted in today’s Times: 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/b613...

www.secularism.org.uk/women/missio... read and tell your MP.

Yes, The rumours are true! The DesTest MAX-Switch is released. Visit factorofmatt.com/destest-max-... for product details and information on how to buy or build one.

62% of Brits would support a law prohibiting the #circumcision of children for non-medical reasons. Are you one of the 62%? Join our campaign 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/religious-su...

There are tech-boys making the panopticon but there are tech-men making the world a better place. #respect

My son's #disability means he struggles to press the spacebar twice quickly enought to fly in #Minecraft. No problem, made a £10 MacroPad with the @raspberrypi.com Pico. Fully designed with @lightburn.bsky.social He's back in the game! #accessibility #accessibletech #rpi #pico #lasercut

Danny Kruger MP has called for more Christianity in politics while attacking secularism. His fire-and-brimstone speech is more suited to the pulpit than Parliament. Secularism is the best guardian of liberal democracy where freedom & tolerance can thrive. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/07...

One hour ago, Nick Castle (director of The Last Starfighter (1984)) posted this on his Instagram account. www.instagram.com/p/DMLulZEh_ky/ #TheLastStarfighter #YouHaveBeenRecruited #StarLeague #eighties #movies #nostalgia #sequel #NickCastle #SciFi #AlexRogan #Instagram #Sci-Fi

Sometimes a single image resurfaces an old memory.

Making a VCD using Windows 98 on LGR Blerbs just because youtu.be/B8GlBZAb-ao After the recent Dazzle retrospective, I felt compelled to add a rewritable disc drive to the Megaluminum Monster PC and create a Video CD using Nero Burning ROM for the first time in like 20 years. Cuz VCDs were rad.

I hope an appeal is possible and successful. This is not an acceptable outcome in a our society.

Christ that’s so true.

Labour are backtracking on a plan to help save birds: by blocking a new rule that would make developers put a £35 nest brick in every new home. They think it'll help win them votes - we need to show it would do the opposite. Sign the petition 38d.gs/ky2i

This is a great video on the history of Hudson Soft. I learned a lot youtu.be/sYAxNEJRs1s

Was invited to the launch of the Centre for Policy Research on Men & Boys. The argument for attention to this area is working. Great to see people across the political spectrum getting together to - hopefully - do some good.

How much you wanna bet #trump helping #India #Pakistan involves a hideous gold hotel in #Kashmir?

A KC has described the charge against Hamit Coskun, who burnt a copy of the Quran, as “plainly defective on its face”. Proceeding with the charge would undermine free speech and effectively reintroduce blasphemy laws. The prosecution should be dropped. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/04...

@geoffnorcott.bsky.social ‘s eyebrow is working overtime on #politicslive.

#USA needs to pick a vegetable that will outlast their #President. #POTUS vs #Vegetable. This is urgent. Salad items are allowed, potatoes are not.

We’re pleased to be holding a panel discussion with @leicsecularsociety.bsky.social on caste discrimination in the UK this summer. Speakers include representatives of Dalit Solidarity, @sikhwomensaiduk.bsky.social, Anti Caste Discrimination Alliance and more 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/04...

Agreed. Far more needs doing. Doesn't this come under hate speech laws? Hate against women?

📉We like to think this is the golden age of data visualisation. But check out this chart from the US military during WWII👇 German production of synthetic oil, plant by plant, and how it collapsed when Allies bombed the plants. Much more on this in Ch 14 of Material World...

V interesting interview with Sam Fender in the Sunday Times www.thetimes.com/culture/musi...

New: Male Muslim ‘community leaders’ are “a barrier” to women trying to enter local politics, a recent report has found. Worryingly, these ‘community leaders’ have a “special relationship” with the Labour Party. Read more... www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/02...

maps.google.co.uk... nope

Tomorrow, a modest bill to repeal the archaic requirement for non-faith schools to hold acts of worship will receive 2nd reading in the House of Lords. It's an important step toward respecting freedom of belief. Outrageous that the Gov't doesn't back this. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2024/07...

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Worth reading to the end. Cripes.

Why was a struck off doctor able to keep circumcising boys? The appalling harm wrought by an ex-doctor highlights the urgent need for boys to be protected from ritual #circumcision, argues Dr Alejandro Sanchez. www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2025...

The killing of Salwan Momika, who burned Qurans in Sweden in 2023, is a heinous act devoid of justification. It is another apparent attempt to impose blasphemy codes through violence, undermining the foundations of an open and democratic society. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/01...

Mark your calendars. It would be uncharacteristic of me to not have this in transparent blue. Should we make it?

How was it that a doctor who was struck off for 2015 for "callous and completely unacceptable" practice related to ritual #circumcision was allowed to keep circumcising boys? Our human rights lead Dr Alejandro Sanchez in the @bmj.com 👇 www.bmj.com/content/388/...

No child should be subjected to medically unnecessary genital cutting. Find out more about our campaign 👇 www.secularism.org.uk/religious-su...

NEW: We’ve welcomed a fresh bid to extend the hereditary peers bill so it abolishes the bishops’ bench. Automatic seats for religious clerics must go; attempts to extend them to other faith leaders must be resisted. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2025/01...

Yesterday I met with an amazing charity called JAMES’ PLACE (@jamesplaceuk.bsky.social) They do amazing work in male suicide prevention. Maybe you know someone who could benefit? Or maybe you could DONATE to support their life saving interventions with men www.jamesplace.org.uk/fundraising/...

Re: Home Office guidance supposedly issued in 2008 advising police not to intervene in child grooming cases because victims had ‘made an informed choice about their sexual behaviour’? BBC Verify found no evidence any document containing that advice exists www.bbc.com/news/article...

Classism isn’t spoken about much. Defo lovely to have a cockney voice on the show today

Great to hear @leahboleto.bsky.social ask Danny Dyer about being working class. Being working class and proud can be hard.

Ten years on from the Charlie Hebdo massacre, @stephenmevans.bsky.social says the legacy of those who lost their lives should be our unwavering commitment to free speech and secularism. www.secularism.org.uk/opinion/2025... #JeSuisCharlie #CharlieHebdo

Ukrainian boxing legend (and brother of Kyiv's mayor) Wladimir Klitschko responds to Joe Rogan...

The decision to ban this advert, along with the warning issued to Fern Brady, sets a chilling precedent that resembles a modern-day blasphemy code. www.secularism.org.uk/news/2024/11...