This man is utterly spineless www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m serious. The two quoted sentences are little more than “trans women are blokes in frocks and therefore A Threat”, except with slightly more polite phrasing. But perhaps we shouldn’t expect more from The Church, which only recently recognised women as equal humans.

This: “most men who transition retain the advantage of adolescent male physical development. The balance in single-sex spaces and sports ought to be self-evident.” …reveals the author’s profound ignorance about transitioning. Do better. At least, do a little research.

Would any of you like to sell me a second hand games console? I have an almost overwhelming desire today to play a video game. No idea where that has come from

After this, no one should doubt Trump’s intention to invade Greenland. The EU needs to step up fast.

Trump’s action has freed up world powers to do whatever they want. International law no longer counts. Only strength.

It’s beyond time that we stopped attributing agency to lines of code.

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Apparently low mood and anxiety while you’re sick is caused by actual physiological changes triggered by the immune system, or something. Which probably explains my feelz this morning 🤷🏼‍♀️

as with pretty much everything else labour are doing their position on trans rights is *such* a mistake and a complete misreading of the public landscape. 'gender critical' does not really exist outside of our columnist class. there is no widespread public support for 'gender critical'.

sick of the 'civility bigotry' of ppl like @darrenpjones.bsky.social. saying that trans rights are in conflict with women's rights is like saying racial equality conflicts with white rights trans ppl aren't asking for new rights. we're asking not to be stripped of rights we've had for decades.

I have a hunch that John Rentoul will be moaning about how uncivil Bluesky is (while unironically wearing a hotdog costume).

LGBT+ friends, pls share #LGBT+

Have you got a copy of "How to delete my social media acc on X" by Maura L. Kompass?

Bit grumpy because I would've liked to have been making use of this dry / cold weather to do quite a lot of bike riding, but pesky chesty viral thing has made that impossible. Bah. Roll on spring, eh.

Seems a tad warped that if I as an adult want to watch two consenting adults respectfully fucking, I have to supply identification documents, but anyone can open an app used by the government and ask for it to strip children naked.

He’s not a happy boy, although he consented to a prolonged tummy rub and rewarded me with loads of purring 🥹

Hi, I'm a gale in the Irish Sea. And an experienced skipper completely incapacitated with seasickness. And an enthusiastic but inexperienced crew. And a very, extremely leaky old boat.

Brilliant 🧵

Also (and I realise this is a pedantic point, but nuance and accuracy matter a fair bit in this discourse), the SC did NOT rule on the definition of a woman. It just didn’t. I wish journos would try harder to get the basics right.

Stephenson’s charm offensive continuing to go well, I see 🙄

Visited Cat in hospital again with daughter, T. He’s looking much brighter and clearly recognised us both straight away 🥰

In the 6th largest economy, 103000 people died in poverty in 2024. 120,000 died in fuel poverty, couldn't afford adequate heating. Ethnic minorities, pensioners, single working age adults more likely to die in poverty. Poverty and death sentence is a political choice as govts appease the rich.

Post a selfie from 2025

He needs two different eye drops, ten minutes apart, three times a day. There’s no way I could administer those at home, on top of the other two meds he’s temporarily on. He’s too strong and fighty. So… a few more days in hospital it is, then 😢

Visited Cat in hospital. He looks pretty miserable there 😢 But he’s being well cared for, and he consented to a head scritch and a rare tummy rub, and rewarded me with a quiet purr 🥹

6/ And this is nut. Her starting point is not liberty but fascist control. And no, I do not have a “Biological Sex”, she is not entitled to impose one on anyone, she can go fuck herself.

This is the paradox created by Blue Labour: imagining an electoral base that simply doesn't exist.

I can feel a cold coming on. I hate colds. OTOH I have no idea of the last time I had one. At least a year? So I guess I’m doing pretty well. Being an antisocial hermit has its benefits 😂

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Falkner v2.0 demonstrating here that she’s as clueless and bigoted as the first version. Good luck building a “relationship”with the people you want to segregate out of public life 🙄 Also: more anti-trans boilerplate for the slow news season.

Cat had his operation today, with an excellent ophthalmic surgeon who was pleased with the outcome. I miss him hugely but provided his eye heals up well he’ll be home soon 🥰

No.

If I wasn’t the kind of person that I am, I might have accepted the inflated Nestle price… and that would’ve meant taking out a loan (that I can’t afford) to pay for the aftercare. My advice? Don’t accept a quote from a veterinary referral practice if they don’t have an online price list.

I managed to find an excellent veterinary ophthalmologist to operate TODAY at less than half the price I was quoted by the price-gouging, Nestle-owned megavet. This means the insurance should also cover the aftercare. I’m exhausted, but trying to do right by Cat.

how all youtube ads sound to me

Suzanne Moore in 2020: "As a feminist, I would argue that gender is socially constructed, and it can be reconstructed." And in 2025: "This must be the year Britain finally kills off trans ideology." Transphobia is the engine that pulls the train of fascism.

The plot thickens. The eye-watering surgery quote was provided by a local veterinary referral service. It has no published price list and is owned, ultimately, by Nestle and VC setups. The quote is more than £2k above other vets with published price lists. Can you say “price gouging”?

In the early hours it almost seemed reasonable to my sleep-deprived brain that I should ask the vet to put Cat to sleep, and then do the same for me. I’m so tired. Veterinary care shouldn’t be this stressful. Cat deserves better.

“It’s up to you” is a ridiculous copout when my (/Cat’s) options and possible outcomes haven’t been properly explained, and one route involves spending a very considerable four figure sum. My insurance might not cover all of it, which obviously adds to the stress.

I’ve been spiralling as a result of this. It doesn’t help that veterinary care in the U.K. is an unregulated mess, mostly owned by a handful of VC outfits. Rapacious bastards. My questions aren’t being adequately answered and the bill is already eye-watering. I’m angry and distraught.

we are so far over our skis on llms, we are basically upside down you can’t buy ram, because the ram (which hasn’t been manufactured yet) has been pre-allocated for servers (which don’t exist yet) in data warehouses (that haven’t been built yet), to run systems that don’t work well and no one wants

For those dreaming of longer sunnier days, this new Blackpool print is now available from my shop 🙂 juliaallum.co.uk/product/blac...

Took a while for me to figure out that the FWS fuss about being ejected from 'Spoons relates to something that (allegedly) happened back in *April*. The current slow news period is a great opportunity for confected GC outrage. See also: Stock, Sullivan et al in the past few days. They're grasping.

Don't think "gender critical" views are vile? Is that a bit strong? Just a difference of opinion? Try applying the othering, dehumanising and segregationist language used about trans people (and particularly trans women) by GCs to *any other minority* and see how it sounds...

I'm very worried about Cat and I miss him :( I've compensated by buying two dresses online in the sales, that I otherwise wouldn't have been able to afford.* I'll keep one of them. *Tbh I don't think it's a great coping strategy, but it's all I could think of at the time...

I've clearly put on a bit of weight over the last 10 days (who hasn't?). Thing is, I have zero motivation to go out and do the kind of exercise that would help burn at least a little of it off. Eating less instead it is, then 🙄