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Good news. Shame the FA couldn’t decide to do the right thing through common sense, and it took the legal ruling to make it change.

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For centuries, a “gossip” was a woman who attended another woman's delivery. The word was a corruption of “god-sib” or “god-sibling,” meaning “sister in the Lord.” The gossips offered support to mother and midwife. Only later did the term take on a derogatory meaning.

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Women have a right to the cricket they created. Apparently, first women's game recorded was in 1745. Women are also entitled to their sporting histories. Women established a broader variety of sporting organisations after 1918. Leave women alone!

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So here we have it. A trans ally considers that the Taliban is better than a woman who stands up for women and girls. Can you see it now?

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Never in a million years did I think I would post something about a flasher intimidating my daughter's community only to be told I should walk in the flasher's shoes. Is there nothing men can do wrong?

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This weekend I have learned: That supporting women and their rights is to be a Nazi. That a fox murdering psycho, and a massive misogynist, who is encouraging men to use women’s toilets and intimidate them, is being “kind”. Blimey. I wonder what next week has in store.

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You can’t say criminals don’t deserve due process when due process is the thing that decides if they're criminals. Otherwise you're just kidnapping people you don't like.

submitted 19 days ago • 564 comments

Labour’s planning changes will be diastrous for nature and wildlife @georgemonbiot.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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My murder-mystery pilot, HAWKWOOD, earned a Top 25% badge on @coverfly.bsky.social !☺️🎉🙏(where some of my Father Brown specs already have Top 3% & Top 10% Badges from various script-comp accolades!🙏) All my scripts posted there are downloadable to read!🎭 #scriptsky #writing #tv #ukagents #producers

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#PIP The vile DWP are sending out a toxic survey on how disabled people in receipt of PIP spend their money DWP have no legal right to ask this information & you have no legal obligation to respond to this survey Or you can send a letter of opposition about the proposed changes (cuts to pip)

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Man telling woman what she ought to be doing that she is, in fact, already doing. I imagine you ladies have never seen anything like this before, right?

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Happy Bat Appreciation Day! The German word for a bat, Fledermaus, means “flutter mouse.” The Basque word, saguzar, means “old mouse.” And the Estonian word, nahkhiir, means “leather mouse.” But to me (and to anyone who’s seen the picture below) the correct term for bats will always be “sky puppies”

submitted 28 days ago • 67 comments

This adorable Long-Tailed Tit has been collecting moss in your feed. (You should probably compliment them now).

submitted 29 days ago • 66 comments

I saw someone suggesting that this is a good thing as it means theatres must be producing more slowly, more intentionally, with better resources. I've spent the rest of the day doing some weird laughcrysnort thing every time I think about that.

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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

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In #Woking, we’ve had problems with the Hilton, Eastgate and our local hospital - that’s why I’m calling for retrospective accountability for failures in construction. Read about these challenges and my suggested solutions here ⬇️ parliamentnews.co.uk/building-saf...

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The five co-authors of this report on copyright, AI and the arts are all from the science and technology sectors. Not one artist or creator among them.

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URGENT - there are growing concerns that the NHS will be included in trade talks with Trump 🚨 EveryDoctor has set up a way to tell Keir Starmer within seconds that you do not want this. Please click here, and then share! bit.ly/TellKeir

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1. Infuriatingly, here in the UK, the government still seems to believe that the only way of introducing trees is to plant them (see, for example, the current Land Use Framework consultation). News just in: trees can self-seed, which could be why they've survived for 360m years. 🧵

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This is Pippa. She’s been on many scenic hikes and has seen many beautiful views. But she has also napped through her fair share of those views, and we don’t blame her one bit. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday

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We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

submitted 48 days ago • 550 comments

Pro-Russian fascists rule America. Sitting out the local elections is just what Farage and the Brexit media want. If you're angry with Labour, there are the LibDems, Greens, SNP, and Plaid. This is our chance to burst Farage's bubble. Seize the day. #Vote4Democracy in the local elections

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The human face of all those bullshit, blue tick Twitter accounts full of racism, lies, cowardice & cruelty…

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ABC News: "An unthinkable breach of national security." CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security." MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security." CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security." Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."

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The way Trump spoke to Zelensky and Vance badmouthed the UK, Denmark & Europe, Leavitt’s crassness about France, Hegseth’s vile europhobia, Musk’s disdain for our democracy, MTG’s unspeakable foulness to the British journalist… This US regime reeks of bigotry and diplomatic incontinence. Pure trash.

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‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’

submitted 52 days ago • 93 comments

Please stop using ChatGPT in general, but also, please, please stop using it and then taking what it says to you as fact. It's usually wrong! It doesn't fact check itself. It just creates approximations of information based on other text! It's basically magnetic poetry that sets the world ablaze.

submitted 51 days ago • 187 comments

When you’ve accidentally ended up on a party line with government officials discussing bombing Yemen

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"Woke mind virus" really is one of the worst reactionary stock phrases, just embarrassing hearing supposed adults talk like this.

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My followers on this platform are a terrific bunch. 🙌 Thank you for entertaining me and keeping me informed. That’s the post. Right… carry on.

submitted 53 days ago • 75 comments

Still working out the route to Billingsgate Fish Market and how I can get there and back undetected 🐟🐟🐟

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Oh.

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Pardons for people who attack police officers. Deportation for people who attack cars.

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