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Labour's new policy - of humiliating trans people by requiring them constantly to self-identify - we believe puts the UK (again) in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and will seek a declaration of incompatability. goodlaw.social/0r6l
25.04.2025 07:55 — 👍 1613 🔁 605 💬 27 📌 43
are you based in glasgow...or are you elsewhere and do you simply enjoy a perfect Yarn. May i direct you to today's @glasgowbell.bsky.social's look at how beef over fencing in Cathkin Park has escalated to a court battle; a loo civil war and manspreading allegations 💯 shorturl.at/a8KUw
20.03.2025 11:24 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Ramzi Kassem, Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyer and the director of CUNY CLEAR, addresses a gaggle of reporters and other media outside the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse in lower Manhattan on March 12, 2025.
Press gaggle outside the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, as lawyers and supporters of Mahmoud Khalil speak to reporters during a rally in Foley Square, where hundreds have gathered directly across the street. The New York State Supreme Courthouse, which doesn’t house the state’s highest court but is just a trial court, is seen in the background.
Supporters of Mahmoud Khalil waving signs and Palestinian flags gather in Foley Square in lower Manhattan on March 12, 2025.
A digital sign on a truck in support of Mahmoud Khalil is seen in lower Manhattan on March 12, 2025. One side of the truck features a black and white photo of the activist and the inscription: “ICE: HANDS OFF OUR PALESTINIAN STUDENTS.”
A few images from outside the federal courthouse in downtown Manhattan, where a rally in support Mahmoud Khalil took place in Foley Square.
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"Saying to clients: 'yes, it’s fine to consume as much material as your gloriously Instagrammable open plan kitchen requires' while doing nothing to make the house less consumptive, felt fraudulent": we spoke to architects here about why retrofitting needs to happen NOW. 🧵
13.03.2025 15:33 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1
For inspiration for your own home and a rare bit of positive news about the climate crisis, check out the full piece by @sophieatkinson.bsky.social below 🏚️>🏠 manchestermill.co.uk/could-this-b...
13.03.2025 15:36 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Israel cuts off humanitarian supplies to Gaza as it seeks to change ceasefire deal
02.03.2025 09:22 — 👍 333 🔁 240 💬 69 📌 60rave review from the only critic i care about, my boyfriend
22.01.2025 13:31 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
You may not be shocked to learn that Elon Musk has egregiously misled the world about the Oldham grooming story. I've been reporting on it for years and so much of the noise traces back to one bad faith rabble rouser called Raja Miah. This is the real story.
manchestermill.co.uk/p/elon-musk-...
They wore spandex. They did a workout routine on camera. They smashed their fundraising target by 100 x - but who were their uniquely generous donors?
@jackdulhanty.bsky.social on the jazzercise fundraising miracle of 2020 is unmissable. shorturl.at/KKcUR
"The question is not one of whether women were involved in the label’s success, but rather why it’s taken just under half a century for their involvement to be recognised."
@ophiraophira.bsky.social on the forgotten women of Factory, for today's weekend read.
manchestermill.co.uk/p/she-helped...
I wrote a jampacked cultural edition (ft. some personal musings), where I reviewed the Hockney show at Aviva Studios, the xmas musical at the Royal Exchange — plus whether it might finally be possible to shed some light on the alleged binnings of books at Central Library. tinyurl.com/2p97z4mc
18.12.2024 10:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Not even 48 hours since the Assad regime fell in Syria.
09.12.2024 20:46 — 👍 21 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 0
Another Labour MP landlord story - this one's just evicted a homeless mother of two. Exclusive from @londonermag.bsky.social. Please share 🙏
www.the-londoner.co.uk/labour-bayo-...
it is perfect! imagine if early bret easton ellis were a woman and also suddenly acquired the gift of humour and wrote about dating in manhattan in a manic depressive fashion disproportionate to what she were describing.....(second description on it from friend)
21.11.2024 13:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
something i feel v intense about but not sufficiently to pitch a long read on is how the Sex and the City BOOK (pre-dated the tv show!) is one of the most underrated non-fiction collections of the 00s...feeling vindicated by bullying a friend into reading it and getting this text
21.11.2024 13:44 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0real anti-brrr sentiment on social media this week despite existence of big jumpers, candles, making a different soup each week (neck-deep into my 30s how did you guess)
20.11.2024 10:26 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
