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The exhaustion with M.E. is horrendous. Falling asleep on my feet. So fed up with it.

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This is yet another disgraceful move. How refusing the entry of aid can be construed as anything other than collective punishment, I do not know. Collective punishment is a war crime. Israel blocks entry of all humanitarian aid into Gaza. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 22 hours ago • 0 comments

Seen these posts doing rounds (as they do before every Ramadan) of eejits posting photos with bacon rolls as some ‘owning Muslims’ malarkey. In my 39 years I have yet to meet a Muslim who gives an iota about non-Muslims eating pork. It isn’t the ‘own’ you think it is.

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I recon we should all congratulate Keir Starmer - it usually takes few yrs of deeply unpopular decisions and stinging cuts for a PM’s popularity to tumble so far [excluding those beat by lettuce]. Starmer shows it really is entirely possible to accelerate that 👏 Well done Keir!

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

submitted 7 days ago • 2171 comments

If you have testicles, check them at least once a month or you could show your partner how to and ask them to check you 🥎 🎾

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I’d be staggered if very little, if not zero, sex workers were meaningfully involved in the formation of this position. If an adult, of their own free and conscious choosing, decides to use their body or part(s) thereof as an instrument of commerce, then it’s nothing to do with any parties.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

I’d be staggered if very little, if not zero, sex workers were meaningfully involved in the formation of this position. If an adult, of their own free and conscious choosing, decides to use their body or part(s) thereof as an instrument of commerce, then it’s nothing to do with any parties.

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

A mobile billboard stationed outside The New York Times headquarters last week posed a pointed question: Why won’t the newspaper meet with leaders from the transgender community?

submitted 12 days ago • 5 comments

I’d have hoped this would already be in place. Utah bill would require cops to disclose AI-authored police reports. www.popsci.com/technology/u...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

When are politicians going to stop ignoring the fact that people aren't made of money and that you can beat them continuously to get it.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Breakfaaaaast

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Do medics still use this song as a musical example of MRI sounds for anxious patients who want a stylised rather than a technical example? youtube.com/shorts/sW29q...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Pathetic! Thanks Carole Vorderman et al. You’ve helped usher in this abject cruelty. But at least the rosettes are red 🙄 - Labour under Starmer is Tory lite. www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

in america giant bodies of water can change their names, but trans people can’t

submitted 19 days ago • 50 comments

Reminder that whenever someone says "gender ideology," they're referring to the mere existence of trans people, not an ideology. This is eliminationist garbage.

submitted 19 days ago • 33 comments

Please for the love of god, regardless of the number of years you’ve been a trans ally, if you are not trans then amplify trans people’s voices but do not speak or attempt to speak in their stead. Ever!

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Had a nosebleed and this demon has just eaten one of my tissues! 🩸👹

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

I know she looks very shaggy here but she absolutely hates having her hair cut. Only accepts a trim.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

The UK government are in the wrong here. Weakening encryption is never the answer and it leaves us all vulnerable. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

On Friday 14th February 2025 the Loch Lomond and Trossachs Partnership Against Rural Crime (LLTNPPARC) will be holding a livestock worrying/attack day of action at Conic Hill car park, Balmaha, G63OJQ between 11am and 3pm. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Police Scotland

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

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submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

PrEP isn’t a ‘gay sex drug’. This type of headline is lazy. The Supreme Court may hinder access to this HIV prevention, gay sex drug. Why? eu.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

😴 💤

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Had my appointment with specialist RE: medical cannabis today. Hoping to get started on THC oil soon but doctor was confident it may offer some relief. Having to see a Harley Street doctor for a prescription is ridiculous though! But it is a step in right direction.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

The High Court has ruled in my defamation case against Graham Linehan, finding that the statements he published were defamatory at common law. Huge thanks to my legal team for their support throughout this process. You can read the full judgment here: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025...

submitted 25 days ago • 252 comments

Google has reversed its opposition to its AI being used for weapons and surveillance www.wired.com/story/google...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

A cow molar next to a human molar 🐮 🦷

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

Am I the only one who wouldn’t be annoyed or upset in this situation? If it was me, I wouldn’t be annoyed, I’d be impressed 😙 slate.com/advice/2025/...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

John Bercow at the carvery

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

The US Traitors is wild. There about 300 contestants and the contestant wall is the size a genealogy chart. Alan makes every episode unique 💃 💅🏾

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Oh would you look at that… femicide to be removed from penal code. Clearly a bone fide defender of women and girls. President Milei's homophobic Davos speech spark protests across Argentina. www.euronews.com/2025/02/02/p...

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Trump’s claim that trade tariffs won’t affect consumer prices is plainly nonsensical. Businesses aren’t charities - they won’t absorb a 25% cost increase without passing it on to consumers. To suggest otherwise is untrue.

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

Nothing has been learned from the Post Office Horizon Scandal. What is the point? Business as usual for Fujitsu. UK Govt hands £67m Brexit contract to firm at centre of Post Office IT scandal. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

You can absolutely guarantee that Trump and his admin will seek to exploit these tensions. The Norwegian govt collapsed Thursday after the Euroskeptic Centre Party left the coalition after weeks of brawling over EU energy directives. www.politico.eu/article/norw...

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Using the tragic plane collision over the Potomac that cost 67 human souls as an occasion to slam DEI hiring was obscene. There’s zero evidence at this point that an underqualified air traffic controller or pilot had any role in this crash.

submitted 32 days ago • 1330 comments