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Asylum and immigration: a compassionate, informed humanist approach (Event report) Our community group came together for an informing and energising event on asylum and immigration. With contributions from attendees, expert speakers and activists we busted myths, and championed a more compassionate, informed and humanist approach.

Our community group came together for an informing and energising event on asylum and immigration. With contributions from attendees, expert speakers and activists we busted myths, and championed a more compassionate, informed and humanist approach. Check out my event report.

Elon Musk having a big public crywank

Breaking news: man who could end world hunger and make serious roads into contesting climate change but instead chooses to make porn-AI accessible and cheerlead for fascists can’t work out why he’s not happy. 🧐

Y is for Yes | A-Z of humanist parenting Teaching consent, dissent, and critical thinking gives kids necessary tools to say “No”. But we must also create conditions where they can say “Yes” to new ideas, experiences and activi…

I'd love a few more readers of my last A-Z of humanist parenting post - Y is for Yes. Reflecting on my language and values, I realised how much of my parenting is about creating conditions where my kids can give a safe informed “Yes” to new ideas, experiences and activities.

Not the biggest issue with this, but our Parliament is such an embarrassing joke that you need prayer cards to get a seat. Let's stop fetishising anachronism and adversarialism. For goodness sake give them a modern accessible semicircular chamber.

Environmentalism: a humanist response to the climate crisis (Event report) Our community group’s event with a local climate journalist explored humanist perspectives on nature, individual versus collective action, and optimism verses urgency.

I'm going back over last month's event report on "Environmentalism: a humanist response to the climate crisis", as I prepare for a meeting on asylum and immigration. There're a lot of shared issues and themes, and I hope we can replicate last month's sense of hope and humanisation.

Working on an #LGBTQ+ History Month display for my local group's event. First attempt a little smudgy and I'm missing some colours. Also sharing my article on why we celebrate and decorate for LGBTQ+ History Month and using engaging family traditions discuss values.

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Spoilers for next episode.

Y is for Yes | A-Z of humanist parenting Teaching consent, dissent, and critical thinking gives kids necessary tools to say “No”. But we must also create conditions where they can say "Yes" to new ideas, experiences and activities.

Teaching consent, dissent, and critical thinking gives kids necessary tools to say “No”. But we must also create conditions where they can say Yes to new ideas, experiences and activities. - Y is for Yes (A-Z of humanist parenting).

X is for Xenophilia | A-Z of humanist parenting Experiences of immigration, cultural differences, xenophilia and xenophobia impact humanist families and communities. Humanist values can encourage our children to think critically, gain cultural l…

Experiences of cultural differences, xenophilia and xenophobia impact humanist families and communities. In the face of anti-immigrant rhetoric and violence, humanist values can encourage our children to think critically, gain cultural literacy and engage positively with diversity.

It's been a couple of months since my community group's event on 'Humanism, ritual, and celebration' and I'm going back over my notes and reflecting on how we can implement those lessons to improve our events and strengthen our community.

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The links between even the 'non-political' parts of the manosphere and far right authoritarianism explain a lot.

This was my most recent talk on Humanism, autism and neurodivergence - and I think a good introduction to the topic and primer if your community group is considering a similar discussion.

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It’s a reminder of how completely unserious our nation is that we have a live illustration of where this leads in Minnesota and yet everyone pretends a Reform government is just an ok idea.

The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be…

The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

X is for Xenophilia | A-Z of humanist parenting Experiences of immigration, cultural differences, xenophilia and xenophobia impact humanist families and communities. Humanist values can encourage our children to think critically, gain cultural literacy and engage positively with diversity. Xenophilia is love for or appreciation of foreign people and cultures. When I think of Xenophilia more broadly and in relation to my humanist parenting, I think about: Supporting my children to be comfortable with difference and diversity.

Experiences of immigration, cultural differences, xenophilia/xenophobia impact humanist families and communities. Humanist values can encourage kids to think critically, gain cultural literacy and engage positively with diversity. Check out "X is for Xenophilia" in the A-Z of humanist parenting.

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W is for Why… Why? Why? | A-Z of humanist parenting Children’s ‘Why? Why? Why?’ stage of questioning everything you say shows their natural curiosity, but the challenge for raising freethinkers is supporting them to ask, reflect and listen more effe…

ICYMI - last week's post in the A-Z of humanist parenting "W is for Why... Why? Why?" - I discussed how children's questioning everything you say shows their natural curiosity, but the challenge for raising freethinkers is supporting them to ask, reflect and listen more effectively.

It's not hyperbolic to say that people in the UK shouting at migrants in hotels, assaulting people in the street, making racist FB comments, will be the ones signing up to whatever force emerges a couple of years into a UK government elected on this white supremacist platform.

My little dude is very sore and very burnt out today. He's going to spend the day in PJs watching @geofftech.bsky.social videos. If/when he feels better we can watch some Lego video together. Nothing new just a playlist of favourites.

There are FOUR lights.

This moment in history provides us with incontrovertible evidence that all the conservatives who claim to be extremely devoted to freedom of speech and the right to bear arms, and opposed to the encroachment of tyranny, are completely and totally full of shit.

It's all white supremacy and greed.

Can’t decide whether my favourite aspect of gender critical journalists’ commitment to free speech is their litigiousness, their abuse of power to blacklist trans writers and spike pieces by trans (any topic) and pro trans writers (anything inclusive) or their complete capture of literary editors

Always important to keep perspective on our niche policy interests.

W is for Why… Why? Why? | A-Z of humanist parenting Children’s ‘Why? Why? Why?’ stage of questioning everything you say shows their natural curiosity, but the challenge for raising freethinkers is supporting them to ask, reflect and listen more effectively.

W is for Why | A-Z of humanist parenting. Children’s ‘Why? Why? Why?’ stage of questioning everything you say shows their natural curiosity, but the challenge for raising freethinkers is supporting them to ask, reflect and listen more effectively.

Camp Quest UK – the secular summer camp for critical thinking kids – is a wonderful project and we're relaunching this year with a small family camp. With just over 3 months to go, we need to spread the word and confirm bookings. Please check out and share: buff.ly/1A5aqzL

To be fair they were also always about terrorising people of colour.

V is for Values | A-Z of humanist parenting Humanists may be more intentional about their values, but more wary of codifying them or talking about their impact on parenting. Values statement exercises can help reflection and learning.

Last week's post in the A-Z of Humanist parenting (V is for Values) explored idea of creating a family values statement, as a focus for discussion and reflection. I also touch on the idea that Humanists may be more intentional about their values, but more wary of codifying them.

It is absolutely time to boycott the 2026 Men's #FIFAWorldCup. I love international football, & have dealt with the cognitive dissonance and rationalisation of knowing FIFA's history & still being a fan. But I've reached my limit. My conscience & solidarity against fascism demands I #BoycottWorldCup

1934 FIFA World Cup - Wikipedia

It's so awful I don't think I can watch the tournament.

Maybe a very pointed Citation Needed esay on Mussolini's 1934 World Cup?

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Honestly, it FIFA had any guts or backbone it would remove the US from this World Cup entirely, and restructure around more stadia in Mexico and Canada.

And, fuck it, Puerto Rico, since the US doesn’t recognise them as states.

But they won’t, as they just declared Trump their man of the year.