Shoddyknight (they/them)

A screenshot of a news article discussing a UK judge’s ruling that Islam-critical beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010. The article reports that Patrick Lee, a 61-year-old actuary, was previously found guilty of misconduct and banned from his professional body for posting critical comments about Islam on X (formerly Twitter). The tribunal later ruled that his belief that Islam is problematic and should be criticised is legally protected. The piece notes that this is the first time a court has confirmed protection for “Islam-critical” beliefs, and compares the case to the 2021 ruling that gender-critical beliefs held by Maya Forstater are also protected under the same law.

This is how transphobia's right wing fuckery blew open basic respect in the UK, there is absolutely no reason to expect now that being "women critical" is not also a protected belief, if you truly do not believe that women should just be reproductive slaves for cis men.

This will be used to abuse.

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AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society and our descendants will be digging it out for generations”

Let's go Zack

People prefer trains to planes. 👇🏼

The trick is you actually have to build them instead of dicking around for decades then pulling the plug to focus on road building and airport expansions.

I've not been watching wrestling much of late, life's been too busy.

I just wanted to say

#DaParty #BayBay

Honestly hope someone fucking decks Keith

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Th cynic in me wonders whether the advertising agencies ran a competition to see who could run a whole proposal off the smallest change…

Sattchi winning a 500k contract around one hovering full stop being the winner

Starmer suggests welfare bill revolut just 'noises off" as he denies being bad at politics

'Starmer denies being bad at politics' is a great headline ngl.

The maddening thing is that this would have been PAINFULLY OBVIOUS if they had ANY EXPERIENCE AT ALL working with the government! In any way! Or if they had asked a single question!! 😖

"Are you the people that give the guidance or are you the people who don't give the guidance and encourage people to seek legal advice?" Get her, Jade

HAH

Every fucking day its just “trans people still allowed to exist: how dare they“

“We just counter the threat from Reform, by doing exactly what they want to do!” is the same as “we must counter the Luftwaffe by getting the RAF to bomb Coventry first”

Stop trying to win over Reform voters, there are other voters out there who make up a larger majority

Y'know when a supermarket says "we've got 100s of items price-matched to Aldi" but people still go to Aldi, because *everything* there is price-matched to Aldi. This is the far-right loon version of that.

AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.

A researcher calculates that, without increased production, AI will consume up to 82 terrawatt-hours of electricity this year—around the same as the annual electricity consumption of Switzerland.

It's just so funny this ruling has caused complete and utter chaos yet it's considered politically unacceptable just to say "yeah Supreme Court has made a complete hash of things, ruling is incoherent and incongruent with obvious intentions of government in 2010, we must legislate to correct this"

“And here comes the new Pope but…Wwait…..what’s that?! That’s the Undertaker’s music!!”

Time saved by AI offset by new work created, study suggests Survey of 2023–2024 data finds that AI created more tasks for 8.4 percent of workers.

Despite the widespread and often employer-encouraged adoption of AI tools, a new study finds that artificial intelligence chatbots "have had no significant impact on earnings or recorded hours in any occupation."

Labour lost to more progressive parties, not to Reform. Them going even harder on Reform-like policies should be every bit of evidence we need to show it's actually the right move to abandon Labour and go for more progressive alternatives. Despite the low turnout this is not a progressive loss.

LEEDS UNITED CHAMPIONSHIP CHAMPIONS 2024/25

AND, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY….
#historymakers #LUFC #MOT

I have no love for the Canadian liberals or the Australian Labour Party but

Lmao at the right wing Party leaders in both countries losing their seats

My beautiful old Poppy coming for morning cuddles on Thursday

Struggling with world news, but personally my recovery from Achilles Rupture is going well and my hearing has returned/improved post ENT surgery 🥰

Thanks Carla

All of us, whether we’re trans or not, deserve dignity and respect, and the freedom to go about our daily lives without fear of abuse or harassment. Govt has urgent Qs to answer about how it will ensure those rights for trans people - sadly I didn't get those answers yesterday.

@teamlabouruk.bsky.social you do realise Reform and Tory voters will NEVER vote for you regardless of how Right you go?