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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

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One bit of good legal news, today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.

submitted 7 hours ago • 57 comments

Another reason why the UK should maintain the highest (EU) food standards and not agree to any trade deals that involve American dirty, poor welfare, contaminated rubbish. Look what happened when the UK used US blood/Factor VIII in the 70s & 80s.

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This is James Orr, whi #C4News have chosen to give a solus interview to, elevating Trump supporting Vance and putting down Zelensky, with no comeback. Just appalling. Even the Daily Fail is not impressed with him. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

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Genius post 👏👏👏

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Unless Trump can guarantee the safety of visitors, the governing bodies should be moving the planned US World Cup matches to Canada & Mexico and making other plans for the 2028 Olympics. The USA seems to have little regard for human rights or the law.

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I don't know about anybody else, but I am just bored of the constant drama in the USA. Trump reneged on the deals he negotiated with Mexico & Canada in his first term. The country is descending into fascism. I feel we should be putting our energies into ways out, not ways in.

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We need to stop dealing with Trump as though he’s anything but a fascist. Stop negotiating. Stop cooperating.

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You never know what they might find up there.

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and yet they come to Europe and lecture everyone on free speech

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The correct response to these requests is, "Fuck off". Librarians take note.

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EU issues US-bound staff with burner phones to avoid espionage https://www.ft.com/content/20d0678a-41b2-468d-ac10-14ce1eae357b

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I love flowers in their death throes. There is nothing lovelier than old fashioned overblown roses or anemones that get brighter until they drop. Breaking a foot meant I couldn't dig in my spring bulbs, but my tulips have been so happy in their pots. The end is nigh, though.

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“Starmer must not trade away our food standards as part of tariff negotiations. We are as indignant about American animal welfare as JDVance seems to be about the control of anti-abortion demonstrations outside UK clinics” So many reasons to focus on the EU, not the US. Letter of the week The Week

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🚨🚨 Very bleak piece from Christina Pagel reviewing President Trump's track record to date underlining how much damage to #democracy and #ruleoflaw has been able to achieve in such a short period of time. Essential reading. 👇

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It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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I've been trying to find ways out of using American tech (says she on Bluesky!) I've been using the French Qwant search engine and it really is quite refreshing. Slightly irritating (less familiar) lay out but the results seem to be broader and more interesting.

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