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Girlguiding leaders refuse to enforce 'horrific' trans ban Girlguiding leaders have told PinkNews they refuse to enforce a new policy banning trans girls from their groups.

has it occurred to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social that her segregation policies might make rowling happy on x and hadley freeman might write a nice column about her( until it dawns on her that her old friends still won't answer her calls ) that the majority of ppl will hate her?

ppl don't want this

I’ve just signed - it’s such a little thing, but we have to do all we can to support, however we can these days.

notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

pete_wharmby_books & ••• HADLEY FREEMAN Wes Streeting must stand up to the ADHD activists I can help with the minister's review: some people are just confused by life Hadley Freeman pete_wharmby_books Ah, as expected the right wing press (and Freeman's pipeline from the Guardian op-Ed pages to the Times is worth looking into) is now piling on, suggesting that these scary ADHD activists are just trying to ruin things for everyone. Not, like, try to improve people's self esteem and sense of what is going on. 2025 is so horrifyingly, predictably *boring*

then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM

The ultimate unsung superfood: 17 delicious ways with cabbage – from kimchi to pasta to peanut butter noodles Over the last 50 years, cabbage consumption in Britain has declined 80%. But it’s versatile, full of vitamins, and perfect on a winter night. Here’s how to make the most of it

The ultimate unsung superfood: 17 delicious ways with cabbage – from kimchi to pasta to peanut butter noodles

I am never voting for them again.

*does murders*

An image of the front cover of Wooing the Witch Queen shows a sinister witch queen in a spectacular beaded dress embracing her handsome and adoring new librarian (in a black wizard's robe) inside a library of magic filled with crows and masks and flying books. Above and beside it is this snippet from the book: “...Mmm?” One bushy green eyebrow rose meaningfully. Saskia followed his gaze across her outfit: the comfortably worn old grey gown covered by a sensible apron, which itself was covered with stains from old experiments, and a cheerful purple handkerchief that held her long, thick hair out of danger’s way. She liked that handkerchief. It had been sewn for her by a wickedly bawdy old goblin chieftain last year. She thought it looked quite well against her pitch black hair and pale skin. She sighed, though, as she accepted the inevitability. “You’re right, of course. As usual.” Shaking her head, she stepped back from the lectern where she kept her notes. “I’ll be ready in a quarter of an hour. If you could prepare the entrance chamber?” “I’ll start the skulls boiling now,” said Morlokk, and bowed his way out of the room, letting the heavy wooden door fall shut behind him.

This week's Saturday snippet comes from Wooing the Witch Queen, which you can grab now in ebook, paper, or audiobook: stephanieburgis.com/books/wooing-the-witch-queen

#romancelandia

The background image shows the pirate flag, the Jolly Roger

Allen Ashley heads to Greenwich, London, to review the in-person exhibition “Pirates” at the National Maritime Museum.

britishfantasysociety.org/exhibition-r...

Six inches of soil is what stands between us and starvation. We should treasure it

Ah, 50% puns, 50% "waste of good crumble". I'm proud of you all

Bless him :)

Absolute highlight of my week! :) i had to help them gently back outside. I am dying of excite!

A tawny owl sitting on the bathroom window sill in the roundhouse

@persiflage.bsky.social !!!!

To be announced at Eastercon, sorry. Stupid brain meats.

A pile of the NINE signed books you can win in the raffle.

I'm doing a raffle to raise money to buy books for two ace schools

Tickets are just £2 each!

You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.

More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for the schools.

TWO POUNDS.

Info here.

biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...

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I was once chased half way across the continent by an enraged walrus...

The hands look like they're rotting...

Indiana Jones found that is some FIFA directors tomb...

Yes, its really sad that they deleted the entire Jefferson Airplane back catalogue when this song was released.

You say that like its s bad thing...

Me too!

Oh yes, and ducks and gooses :)

Cast of Wonder 665: A Siren Stranded in a Sea of Grass | Cast of Wonders The Great Plains can be disorientatingly flat, feeling more akin to the distant oceans than to the forests or mountains of neighboring states. In a tiny oasis anchored by a gnarled old bur oak…

and more recently: www.castofwonders.org/2025/11/cast...

Chikkens got resting bitch face ;)

Amaratsu, a white Sussex chicke being held by Heather, glaring down the camera in a chickeny way

For @kitvaria.bsky.social - Amaratsu looking peeved.

Thank you xxx

Great stories from all these 3LBE folks. Happy to have one make it. That one drew heavily on a Seamus Heaney poem in the opening, then warped from there. I edited it on phone from a hotel while skirting security in case they found out our youngest was 3yo not 2, per certain rules. Anyway, Old Wells.

To the ducking stool!

Sending warming hugs and drinks