Becca

Gov.uk User reports indicate possible problems at GOV.UK

Is anyone else unable to access the employment tribunal part of the gov.uk website? I've tried on my phone with WiFi and mobile data, nothing. Cleared the cache, nothing. Logged into the laptop, nothing.

DownDetector says the gov.uk website may have problems but I can't see anyone talking about it

You know it's a bit ridiculous to still be going "but tuition fees" when someone talks about the Lib Dems right?

The Labour Party under Tony Blair committed war crimes and now they're in government again.

The text of our thread on an image of Big Ben with a rainbow and a trans flag.

The text of our thread on an image of Big Ben with a rainbow and a trans flag.

LGBT+ Liberal Democrats condemn our party's decision to base internal gender quotas on sex assigmed at birth.

This trans-exclusionary decision is an attack on one of the most vulnerable groups in our society.
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It is not lost on me that the cis women crying out at how wrong the Party's changes to quotas are and they should be abolished are the same cis women who told those of us who campaigned against quotas ten years ago that quotas were a good thing and we were naive.

Fuck Elon Musk.

Also the irony is phenomenal.

You cannot march against immigration and for "British values" and whatever the hell the Tommy Robinson gang tried to claim their bigoted BS is about and then get a hard-on for an immigrant praising you.

This account is unapologetically pro trans rights. I have no interest in your TERFy nonsense.

Do you often feel the need to trawl the internet to argue with people you dont know 3 months after they post something you disagree with?

I believe dog training should be accessible to everyone - regardless of their budget. That's why I've launched this personalised training plan on Fiverr.

Dogs are individuals and their training deserves to be too.

www.fiverr.com/s/vvkmLwD

Is that person then forced to live life as a man? That's what you're asking trans folk to do btw.

The Supreme Court legally defining something that cannot be proved is dangerous. For everyone.

Trans rights are human rights. And this ruling affects everyone.

The Supreme Court have determined legally what a woman is.

Problem is... you can't prove it. A karyotype test to determine chromosomes will cost £400 and results take 2 weeks.

And that may show that someone who has developed anatomically as a female that they have Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome.

If you drink the koolaid that people are worried about women's safety when it comes to discussing trans rights then just know you're firmly under the patriarchy's thumb. You've fell victim to their propaganda.

You've decided women are women based on how much they look like a woman.

This. Protect trans kids. Protect trans rights. Gender is a spectrum. Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Non-binary people exist. Inter-sex & DSD people exist. Gender-non-conforming people exist. Transphobia is anti-feminist. Laws are often wrong and unjust. We must fight for a fairer future.

Christine, you know this is a non statement.

What this ruling has done has actually made women less safe. The bogeyman has always been cis men pretending to he something they're not to hurt women.

This makes that easier. Any man can now wander into a "woman only" space claiming to be a trans man.

Colouring page of a ghost in a cowboy hat riding a giant duck also wearing a cowboy hat

Me: I don't think the illustrator of this colouring book put much thought into how much brown was needed in this image.
My husband: I mean you can use any colour for anything?
Me: No that's wrong.
Him: It's wrong is it?
Me: How many neurotypical adults do you think are using adults colouring books?

I haven't made it into work due to the storm so I'm doing my online compliance training.

They're using the term "smishing" and I haven't taken my adhd meds today. So the word smishing is killing me. It's not that funny but also it is.

It was years ago now but I had serotonin syndrome from an antidepressant I was on. They didn't want to give me an appointment bc they said "sweating and a rapid heart rate is just your anxiety".

The colour drained from my GP's face when he saw me.

Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

fuck’s sake you’re gonna make me say it again

IF YOU

DEADNAME AND MISGENDER

A TRANS PERSON YOU DON’T LIKE
(even a gas station hot dog like Caitlyn Jenner)

YOU ARE SHOWING EVERY TRANS PERSON YOUR SUPPORT OF US IS CONDITIONAL ON YOUR APPROVAL OF US

fuckin’ knock it off ya dinguses

Funny how the right suddenly give a crap about autism... fairly sure this isn't the hymn sheet they're usually singing from.

Our bill was £41 once they adjusted for today's reading. Not £283.

The energy company charged us £283 for a month's electricity. We were £100 in credit and they took a further £183 out - despite being on a fixed £90 direct debit.

I submitted today's meter reading (after submitting the reading when they asked earlier in the month) and we've jumped back onto credit.

Waiting times for accessible council houses are in the decades, doctor's surgeries aren't mandated to have accessible toilets and the DWP links disabled people's benefits to their partner's income making them vulnerable to financial abuse, assisted dying cannot be for the "incurable".

"It's just for terminally ill people with less than 6 months to live."

When MAiD in Canada was introduced in 2016 it was for those "suffering intolerably during the dying process the choice to have a medically assisted death."

It's now for those deemed to be "incurable". Including mental illness.

Factor in that I can walk to my GP. It'd suck, but I can do it.

I'd rather not drive anywhere when I'm in pain. My partner doesn't drive. My family live an hour away in the opposite direction to where A&E is.

Do they want me to also clog up ambulance resources?

It's honestly ridiculous.

I have no numbness. I have no tingling. I have nothing to indicate an xray is required.

We can complain about people clogging up A&E for non-urgent issues and that's valid. But when your doctor won't even examine you to see if A&E is necessary then what are folk meant to do?

I have back pain following a very minor bump in a car. Someone hit me. I don't need xrays. But I am in pain and don't know the best way to manage it.

GP won't see me and insists I need A&E. My A&E has upwards of 12 hour waiting times for non-urgent issues. My presence will just piss off A&E.

I don't love the amount of twitter content making its way over here. We left it for a reason, we don't need it trickling in through screenshots of "Can you believe what this dude is saying?". Actually yes I can. And that's why I'm here. To stop seeing that inane bs.

Edinburgh at 'sharp end' in Scotland's homelessness crisis as Cyrenians launch winter campaign The Scotsman has joined forces with Cyrenians to raise money for people experiencing homelessness

🔴 The number of homeless people in Scotland's biggest cities has rocketed by almost 10% since pre-pandemic.

@thescotsmanpaper.bsky.social has joined forces with Cyrenians to help raise essential funds for people experiencing homelessness this winter & beyond.

www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...

100%. You can block anybody for any reason, and they you, and realising that can be quite freeing.

You don't need to let them wind you up. And who cares if they think they've "won" by you blocking them. Protect your peace.