Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

Likewise. Though I would take it a step further: contempt for consent.

I have seen AI described as a "technology founded on a lack of consent" and it has been echoing in my head since then

Would you like to come to Leominster and run our new post office? Vacancy about to go live- see article for details www.herefordtimes.com/news/2614288...

Yes, I use dashes. Yes, I use the Oxford comma. Yes, I sometimes say: “Not… but.” Fuck anyone who thinks those things belong to AI. Who did you think they were stolen from in the first place?

Working the night shift.

Well obviously, where else would they be 🙄

Tamsin Abbott, English stained glass artist #womensart #FullMoon #May

Ed Davey and I have written to the Minister for Women & Equalities, asking her to withdraw the EHRC Code of Practice. The Government have repeatedly assured trans people that they have protection from discrimination, yet this guidance does the opposite, breaking decades of precedent.

Lloyds of London have sponsored a requiem acknowledging the harms of its underwriting much of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

🚨10 TIMES AS MANY YOUNG BRITS HIRED AS YOUNG NON-EU NATIONALS🚨 But 👆🏼 isn't going to make any headlines anytime soon!🤷‍♀️ 9/

Sharing because this is the key stastic which even the report authors failed to highlight. This whole thread is top quality @monkemma.bsky.social exposing terrible grasp of quant research findings.

Opportunities to support trans+ rights over the next few weeks, please share #LGBwithT

Last night BBC QuestionTime broadcast an 'AI Special', featuring, among others, Laura Gilbert,as an independent AI expert. Gilbert works for The Tony Blair Istitute, which receives huge donations from Larry Ellison, who has interests in AI. Such significant funding should be made clear to viewers.

And the results are in: ‘for those described as “long term sick or disabled” – the addition of employment advice to regular talking therapy made it less likely that a disabled person would be in work and reduced average monthly earnings..’ www.disabilitynewsservice.com/government-r...

Alan Milburn's report on NEETs has been published today. Why are multinational corporations not providing apprenticeships and entry level jobs that our young people desperately need? #YoungPeople #NEETs

Peerless political poetry from Benjamin Zephaniah, may he Rest in Power

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This is good news for the Wye tributaries too, like the lovely, unassuming Lugg 💚 #RiverLugg

Honoured to take part in the launch of the River Wye charter, a landmark recognition of the rights of our beloved river and the urgent need to do everything possible to protect and restore the Wye catchment💚

I can't wait to get out and support Sarah during her campaign She's exactly what British politics needs more of, hardworking, dedicated and a track record to show she's already doing the work! Sarah will make a fantastic MP

Meet Sarah Wakefield. Manchester City councillor, mum of two, sustainable food campaigner - and your Green MP candidate for Makerfield.

Great to see the Secretary of State raise the problem of private equity involvement in essential services (in this case childcare) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Essential thread for surviving this heatwave at home - contains both useful advice & Flanders and Swann!

Carol Vorderman demands apology from Reform candidate for ‘abuse online’

I'm concerned people think I'm joking about this.

❗Leaving the ECHR would jeopardise the UK’s national security and hinder its efforts to tackle irregular migration, say a group of former justice secretaries and attorneys-general👇 🔗 www.ft.com/content/b3e4... via @financialtimes.com

📣 New from @jrf-uk.bsky.social Blunt cuts to social security don’t work- we need to tackle root causes of need. Hitting govt 80% employment target would reduce Universal Credit spend by £10bn Polling shows 59% public want causes to be tackled. Just 20% want restricted eligibility & 8% cut rates.

Wow.

The context for this bleet / skeet (sorry, too old to keep up with the lingo) is important. But it stands even without context. Just to say I am also over 50 and absolutely agree

We are in very big trouble in the UK unless govt moves rapidly to help everyone sort out heat adaptation measures. Net zero climate policy isn't enough, we need rapid climate adaptation response now, as this situation is only going to intensify & accelerate.

Moving documentary about what it's really like to navigate the bureaucratic grey zone when the state legislates against your rights. Cis people in the UK should listen to this www.thisamericanlife.org/887/two-is-o...

Everywhere in Britain except the Heybridge is hotter than average / normal right now

Exactly this.

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Girl was raped by boys, who also raped another girl, and videoed the rapes and shared them online. Judge Nicholas Rowland refused to jail rapists, he wanted to avoid "criminalising" the "very young" boys. Girl tells BBC decision was like 'rock in my face' www.bbc.com/news/article...

“When twilight turns to darkness, the swifts rise higher and higher into the night air and there they sleep on the wing. In the very early dawn, as light creeps into the sky, they dive down again” Writer: EL Grant Warson Artist: CF Tunnicliffe ‘What to Look for in Spring’ 1961

This👇@lgbtiqa.GreenParty.org.uk If the Green Party are serious about doing something about the EHRC’s discriminatory guidance, then they can start by setting the rules in Councils they control. Put your money where your mouth is.

Heroes 💜 These women played a big part in making me who I am

Finally watched The Forbidden Planet last night (as part of the project to help my non-English partner prepare to see The Tempest) and now I am obsessed with the Monster of the Id...

Read our full statement on the the Labour Government and EHRC latest Code of Practice: feministgreens.greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/s... 2.

We stand united with LGBTQIA+ Greens, who have written a statement detailing how the Labour government’s attack on human rights will impact and harm Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex people: lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/s... 3.

"The Labour government has made a choice, one rooted in the patriarchy, to further police women’s bodies and exclude people who do not conform to arbitrary standards of femininity. We reject their Code of Practice and the colonial, misogynistic, sexist, and transphobic assumptions they employ" 1.

How to help wildlife in a heatwave: 💧top up garden ponds or provide fresh drinking water 🌸 grow nectar-rich flowers 🐝 make a bee bowl More: littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/hel...

Anyway here’s the passage of Judith Butler that the Guardian censored years ago

I really strongly believe that most people in the UK do not want to live in a country where a marginalised group of people cannot use toilet facilities in dignity. But apparently our leadership have shown themselves unwilling to stand up for this principle. So we’re back to doing things ourselves.

Top idea for the UK today is: - become a regular at a cafe or other communal space near you. - tell them that it's important to you that trans people can go to the toilet there. - support them if they get attacked - create a shared online map of places where trans people can use the toilet.

Saw a post elsewhere about the code advising charities consider how to deal with this "changing landscape" - & suddenly felt the cruelty of the loss of so much achieved thus far. But #LGBT+ rights were never handed to us on a plate. And so we fight on. Together (perhaps we need another T in there?)