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Supreme Court formally asked to overturn landmark same-sex marriage ruling 10 years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to all same-sex couples, it will consider whether to take a case asking it to overturn the decision.

Any marriages before the case is decided will still be legal thanks to the 2022 Respect for Marriage Act.

The Supreme Court was just formally asked to overturn same-sex marriage.

Friends: Consider getting married soon if you're inclined.

IF the case is accepted (there's no guarantee it will be - if we're lucky SCOTUS will entirely decline to hear the case), it'll likely be scheduled for spring 2026.

Well I thought there would a few years before we saw “Invading soldiers feel sad” stories BUT HERE WE ARE

I knew Keir Starmer was going to be a bad Prime Minister, but 'so incompetent I accidentally banned wikipedia' was not even in the realm of possibilities I had considered.

Amazing that I can still be surprised after all this time.

Always enjoy seeing chip golem turn up, alongside any other self-devouring food mascots. This is my favourite, from a local take-away spud place. Horrifying.

Allowing ICE, the agency which provides the attorneys that argue in Immigration Court for children's deportation, to interview children alone in detention facilities is obscene. Imagine the pressure that can be applied by an ICE agent inside the building where you sleep, eat, etc. 6/

Federal law enforcement to begin interviewing unaccompanied migrant children in government custody | CNN Politics The Trump administration notified shelter providers who care for unaccompanied migrant children this week that federal law enforcement agents will begin conducting in-person interviews of kids at shel...

Just got an update on this in our all-staff meeting. It's happening right now. Children's detention facilities around the country are now required to let in ICE to interview unaccompanied immigrant children without their attorneys or Child Advocates. 1/

Congratulations British law makers! You have saved children from that most pernicious threat; a free online encyclopedia staffed by volunteers.

The UK speedran straight from porn to educational material in the regulation-to-censorship pipeline. We were warning people of this kind of thing but it happened faster than I expected.

I see they made a biopic about your mom

this is the standard for convictions under terrorism legislation. you'll never pass a DBS check. that's a life bar in jobs in teaching, healthcare, social services, civil service etc. it's an international travel bar. there's also upcoming legislation for bans to social housing and access to finance

Whilst the police in London arrest blind pensioners in Wheelchairs for being anti-genocide, in Portsmouth the leader of UKIP makes a nazi salute at an anti migrant demo and the police do nothing. Welcome to Britain 2025.

"people": hooligans thretening putting fire on hotels full of vulnerable asylum seekers

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"terrorists": real people against ongoing genocide

I don't often say this so I hope I don't come across as alarmist or exaggerating but as a student of history, as a Pole, and as a person with a functioning brain, I just want to say:

This is literal Brownshirt shit. This is literally what the Sturmabteilung did to private businesses. Shot-for-shot.

Okay no but this masterclass is an actual STEAL. You can learn from some of the best picturebook makers ever (@pforde123.bsky.social and Paddy Donnelly and @chrishaughton.bsky.social) in an online session led by host extraordinaire @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social

Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer • Aug 7 .. . I said that if you enter this country on a small boat, you will face detention and return. I meant it. [video: migrant detainees with faces blurred being escorted out of the UK]

As far as I can tell, Keir Starmer thinks "Labour" means "the UK can must shall and will become the country we are as seen in 'Children of Men'".

Googled Manny Jacinto and yes that is an extremely handsome human @meemalee.bsky.social 🤩

Legitimate concern (which is made up): These days, if you say you're English, they arrest you and throw you in jail.

Not legitimate concern (which is real): These days, if you say genocide is bad, they arrest you and throw you in jail.

this 3 act story has something for everyone

So much fun! The 12 year old and I both cried at bits of it too.

Also I think I might have to watch the Acolyte now

Me and my 12 year old daughter either side of the ‘Freakier Friday’ poster of Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis. She’s looking sideways at me and grinning while waggling a finger and I’m smiling right at the camera and doing the peace sign. She’s dressed in a nice teal outfit with a buttoned shirt and I’m wearing a T-shirt that says ‘I’m your Cherry Bomb’ it’s an illustration of a woman eating a cherry, surrounded by a heart and stars.

So Freakier Friday is a very worthy follow-up and I think I have a crush on Manny Jacinto now.

Also the whole cast is just 🔥🔥🔥 with some EXCELLENT cameos

GITAROO MAN 🎸

August, of course - I’m going mad.

U Maung Maung Aung, NUG MOFA UK Representative (basically an ambassador for the National Unity Government, Myanmar’s exiled civilian government) and model/activist May Myat Noe speaking at the anniversary protest today. There are people behind them with more red NLD flags and a red banner that says ‘8888 Free All Political Prisoners’. Photo Credit: Min Khant Ko Ko / Myanmar Unity Movement

More protestors/marchers holding placards and red NLD flags. In the foreground you can see the hand of someone doing the three finger salute, the symbol of resistance.

The latest stats from AAPP Burma - the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (BURMA) - showing that there are still 22,276 political prisoners in Burma/Myanmar and that since the 2021 coup, they have verified that 7,043 people have been killed (of those, 875 were children and 1,749 were women), with 3,800 in the process of being verified.

Today’s march was to remember the fallen, as well as those who have been murdered since the 2021 military coup (7,000+ deaths have been verified by AAPP Burma) and also to support our people who continue to fight the military dictatorship to this day.

📷 Min Khant Ko Ko

#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

A group of people standing side on, holding red NLD flags (Myanmar’s National League for Democracy - the rightful but exiled ruling party) and four black umbrellas each with number 8 written in Burmese (၈၈၈၈)

The #8888Uprising as commemorated at Parliament Square, London today.

8th October 1988 (8/8/88) was the date that the people of Burma/Myanmar first took to the streets en masse to protest the military dictatorship and were brutally mown down in their thousands.

#၈၈၈၈

one thing that's making me feel particularly insane lately is how there is no longer any limit to the amount of wrong you can be

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

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A very mistaken list of the last 12 presidents of the United States and their years in office produced by the Ph.D level scholar known as ChatGPT-5. Includes John F. Katwady, president 1991-1968; George W. bush, president 220Z-1999), and Bill Christen, president 1999-2001

I've seen this on Bluesky and had to try it myself. The image below was the response to the prompt: "Show me a diagram of the US presidents since Herbert Hoover, with their names and years in office under their photos" Bravo, OpenAI, bravo.

37 years since the #8888Uprising - we will never forget and the revolutionary spirit lives on, even though the Burmese military junta persists in its dictatorship to this day.

#Myanmar #Burma

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