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Remembering trans man Albert Cashier for Pride, Union soldier during the civil war, was captured, marched a thousand miles without them figuring out his assigned sex at birth, escaped, and went right back to fighting them. Lived the rest of his life as a man. We have always been here.

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How is Wales run? I've now published the transcripts of each podcast episode so that the material can be more easily accessed, and - critically - to crowdsource different perspectives Would love to hear your experiences? amanwy.blogspot.com/2025/05/the-...

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A retired coroner in Ontario was asked what he'd learned after decades on the job. "Always hold the handrail on stairs," he replied.

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Not sure why you need to chase Reform voters when there are millions of disaffected voters who would quite honestly make do with a Labour party that showed a bit of compassion and vision.

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it took eighteen hours to read the names. eighteen. just for the children.

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and so anyway here's me and the fabulous @galeannehurd.bsky.social on our way to our hour In Conversation she generously offered to do for film students and young filmmakers

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What a lovely time we had this weekend. I've seen Tremors 1000 times but the sound design really pops in the cinema, lovely and squelchy. Give yourself a treat next year and come down!

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Thank you all once again for making Forbidden Worlds 2025 the biggest and best one yet. And of course, a special thanks to our Forbidden Worlds Legend - @galeannehurd.bsky.social - for joining us in Bristol! Forbidden Worlds will return: 24-25 October 2025. www.forbiddenworldsfilmfestival.co.uk

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Starmer and Jo Stevens campaigning hard for Plaid in the Senedd elections.

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Anyone saying ‘DEI’ here in the UK is telling you very directly where their hate is imported from.

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If you’re wondering what you’d be doing in fascist Germany in the 30s-40s, and you’re reporting Gazan accounts to get them banned? Whats to wonder? You’re already goose-stepping

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A large and growing majority of the Irish public want the government to pass legislation banning the import of goods and services from unlawful Israeli settlements. In line with the obligations of all States as stated by the International Court of Justice in July 2024 Poll from Sunday Independent.

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Enough of this racist fiction. Enough. Not a single non-white person in England is in a job in the NHS because they are non-white. Not a single one. And as for the idea that England's criminal justice system goes easy on non-white people because they are non-white. Well. Just think about that.

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whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing

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People so often overlook the importance of good penmanship.

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The fact that they use the US term "DEI" rather than the UK term "EDI" is a pretty clear indication that they're taking their cues directly from Trump's racist, neo-fascist government.

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UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money. This is murder. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Musk is only pretending to step away from destroying the government to avoid financial and ethical disclosures. Don't fall for it. newrepublic.com/article/1959...

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I got British citizenship via the five-year route. Labour’s new 10-year rule will cause untold pain | Nesrine Malik

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Remembering Chevalière d'Éon for Pride. A transgender woman in the 1700s who was also a spy and who turned double agent, extorted an entire monarchy to get her gender marker changed, and lived her life as a woman in a time when such was thought impossible. We have always been here.

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Terfs are just middle-class people with nothing to do who want a cause but aren't interested in making anyone's lives better.

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I know this isn't the point. But Liverpool has great museums and galleries, superb nightlife for all tastes, two awesome cathedrals, an attractive docklands, rich musical and footballing heritage, and a boycott of the Sun. If you believe it's a shithole, you're both intellectually lazy and wrong.

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I don't think the general population actually understands the risk. The genocidal entity known as "Israel" attacked the last flotilla with drones with clear intent to sink it. And years ago attacked another flotilla killing 10 people commando-style all with impunity. They know no one will stop them.

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This is the same though. Nobody seems to get the connection. Artists can explain. If you were part of normalising the financial value of art being zero, despite its cultural value being enormous - and we all fell for that offer - the current situation is all our collective fault.

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Eye-opening info on this global box office chart. Mickey 17, a bomb in relation to cost, still made $132m. Statham’s latest is about to cross $100m. New Bridget Jones made $140m w/o US theater run. Revenge of the Sith re-release is the #20 movie of the year. www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/?...

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The same people who've been funding anti trans attacks for a decade. The danger is already here and long embedded.

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A lovely article on the BBC news site about our Doctor Who documentary. This was such a labour of love, and it was a joy and privilege to hear people's stories. Give it a listen before the finale maybe? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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wild that we sent a huge number of guys to Iraq at the start of that war without rifle plates and now this is just how cops dress to frighten kitchen employees

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Calling UK-based film curators! Park Circus is teaming up once again with Cinema Rediscovered to invite you to pitch a 4-5 repertory film season idea curated from their catalogue for 2026. Submit your proposal(s) via the link in bio by Monday 2nd June 2025, midnight BST.

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We're all going to laugh in 100yrs from our bunkers. The split in logic is terrifying.

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Never mind the OED, this is the definition.

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"This production makes that queerness explicit, reclaiming the story through the lived experiences of trans and nonbinary artists.” 👏 www.attitude.co.uk/culture/sir-...

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“In a world where we’re constantly reminded that physical media is dead — that the future is just algorithms stomping our faces, forever — the fact that the Criterion Closet has gone viral suggests that all is not lost.” @bilgeebiri.bsky.social

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We tend to think of "New Hollywood" as beginning around 1967-1969 (Bonnie & Clyde, Easy Rider, etc) but this great film was New Hollywood as fuck in 1963.

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Alan Sparhawk - With Trampled By Turtles Beautiful record out tomorrow. #firstrecordoftheday @lowtheband.bsky.social

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i know nothing else about this guy except that he should be free to have an onlyfans to fund his olympic dream!!! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rowing...

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Britain has no idea - in terms of its self-image, not economists obviously - what economy it actually has One of my favourite facts to point out is: at over £8bn annually, the videogames industry is more than twice as valuable to the UK economy as fishing and steel combined.

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Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain needs a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily need universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.

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Also, I heard a lot of people taking about how hard it is to restart a blast furnace. It takes a long while to establish a community of scholarship as well. You shut universities, or even courses you can't just start them up again next year

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Thing is, which is the thing that these fucking idiots keep ignoring and missing, is that Universities can do both. What do you think degree apprenticeships are? My FIL is one of the UKs most important figures in skills based learning and he would think this guy is a complete dickhead.

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Please watch this. The poor get characterised as scroungers. We should always make policy with the most in need in mind, but if you have to think transactionally, it is a good investment.

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Heh. “Some [Trump] supporters imagine that foreign students are taking places that could have gone to Americans. This could be called the lump-of-college fallacy. In fact, by paying higher fees, foreign students tend to subsidise locals.”

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Global average temperature is expected to rise to almost 2C above preindustrial in the next five years, according to the WMO, with falls in crop yields and more than a third of the world’s population being exposed to extreme heat. People, I'm sorry but we have to deal with this. Later is too late.

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An important thread on thinking through whether to use the term ‘global majority’ which is being recommended by U.K. third sector organisations. Read in full for good understanding and the sound argument against using it

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