Kim

"Television at its best is a beacon, it's a lighthouse, it's an emergency flare. It's a light in the dark. It is a torch bearer that stands for truth and insight and wisdom and justice, and we must not let that flame go out."

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

We always knew that Labour cares about little else other than keeping private developers happy.

But here's proof showing off to JP Morgan despite destruction of some of the "rarest creatures in our country."

Let's make that description Labour votes.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

a golden retriever stands between two bars in a baby gate, with his fluffy blond fur puffing out on either side. they say you can’t be two places at once, but this guy might have accidentally cracked the code.

a more overhead view of the golden puppy in the middle of the baby gate. he found the slightly wider slot between the first bar and the wall. his fluff obscures part of the bar, and his tail tilts downward in resignation.

another shot of Bear in his gate predicament. he’s closing his eyes as he tries to accept that he’s found himself here once more, and he seems to be avoiding asking for help.

This is Bear. He got stuck in the gate for the third time this week. Can't believe this keeps happening. Still 12/10 (IG: howdytherebear)

YouTube video by Green Party of England & Wales Let's Make Hope Normal Again - Green Party Political Broadcast

Let's make hope normal again.

youtu.be/qxt4HCjd7VA?...

Thread.

When Enron collapsed, taking Arthur Andersen (then one of The Big Five accounting firms) with them the two big issues were:
1. Enron’s corporate culture which was dependent on the value of their shares always going up.
And
2. Their Mark-to-Market bookkeeping system

Roberta Cowell (1918 - 2011) was a fighter pilot during the Second World War.

She was the first known British trans woman to undergo gender-affirming surgery in 1951.

TRANS WILL WIN.

"Does taking the UK out of the ECHR breach the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement?"

Yes.

"But what if..."

No. It breaches the Agreement.

"Ok, but..."

No. Unless your position is "renegotiate with Ireland and conclude a new Agreement including NI parties", it is a breach.

Cass Review does not guide care for trans young people Good medicine is guided by the values of the patient, not those of a clinician, politician or commentator. The Cass Review, lacking expertise and compromised by implicit stigma and misinformation, doe...

“Evidence‐based medicine has three pillars: (i) appraisal of research evidence, (ii) real‐world clinical expertise, and (iii) individual patient values and preferences. The Review's failures across all three are evident.”

Oh dear, Cass.

www.mja.com.au/journal/2025...

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Breaking: over 3,000 people joined @greenparty.org.uk over conference weekend.

Membership now stands at over 86,000.

We’re just getting started.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Not long ago -- in my lifetime -- all trans people faced unspeakable violence, including state-sponsored violence, for simply existing

And self-appointed gatekeepers made it as tough as possible for a person to transition.

Anyone who wants to bring back the gatekeeping also wants the violence back

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

Proponents say age verification = showing your ID at the door to a bar.

But the analogy is often wrong.

It's more like: bouncer photocopies some IDs, & keeps them in a shed around back.

There will be more breaches.

By @jaypeters.net
www.theverge.com/news/792032/...

... into the ground

Zack on Bold Politics podium

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

A black cat snuggles into the crevice between two couch cushions.

who doesn’t love a good crevice

A barn owl is perched on a wall at dusk. A full moon has risen in the still blue sky above a small village.

“A full harvest moon is rising, though it is still only twilight”

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL GrantWatson

UK will leave ECHR if Tories win election, Badenoch says The European Convention on Human Rights has become a focal point in debates around changing immigration policy.

Your right to life
Your right not to be tortured
Your right not to be enslaved
Your right to liberty
Your right to a fair trial
Your right to privacy
Your right to practice your religion
Your right to freedom of expression
Your right not to be discriminated against
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Freedom is just another name for “a gap in the law”.

Drystone facade with large megalithic stones forming entrance to passage entering large cairn

Passage of cairn with large stone side slabs all covered incised decoration and with stone slab floor and capstones

Large standing forming side slab of passage. Covered in incised decoration comprising rainbow 🌈 shaped forms, large ones in middle and smaller to side.

View into large square chamber at end of passage. Two large decorated backslabs and massive single paving stone.

Gavrinis is the most amazing megalithic site I have been privileged to visit. Taking a boat to reach, you encounter a remarkable concentration of #Neolithic rock art at a single megalithic monument. A deeply powerful & inspiring place.

@megalithic.bsky.social #rockart #archaeology #TombTuesday

Turns out, 6 months was optimistic

+ andytheg 13h My ID says my name is Andrew. Nobody calls me Andrew, everyone calls me Andy because I introduce myself as Andy and ask people to call me Andy. Nobody says, "ok but your name is Andrew, I'm not calling you Andy" This is a post about supporting trans people

This is what “common sense” looks like! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

particularly galling accusation to level at trans ppl too. we make up about 0.7% of the population. it's not possible for us to be in an echo chamber. we are forced to listen to transphobes all the time.

Jay D@@jay.bsky.team You could try a poster's strike. I hear that works crystal @cim.bsky.social your user base consists entirely of people who are willing to migrate from social media websites that turn on them

It’s funny because it’s true

Notice the abject silence from our trans & lgbt orgs on todays expise about GIC waiting times?

This morning, an attack carried out by Israeli forces killed Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff member, Omar Hayek, and seriously injured four others. The attack took place on a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to the MSF field hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza. All staff were wearing MSF vests, clearly identifying them as medical humanitarian workers. We express deep sorrow and outrage over the killing, which occurs less than two weeks after another MSF colleague, Hussein Alnajjar, was killed by the Israeli forces, in Deir Al Balah. Our thoughts are with Omar’s family and colleagues at this tragic time. Omar, 42 years old, is the fourteenth MSF colleague to be killed in Gaza since 7 October 2023.

MSF staff are universally understood to be engaged in an essentially sacred form of work. For a state to nonetheless continuously murder them is a testament to a truly unthinkable degree of depravity.

msf.org/msf-denounce...

Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care

This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.

Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.

www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...

Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.

This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.

If you possibly can, please do also contribute to the @translucent.org.uk fundraiser, so they can help defend the Hampstead Ponds in the legal case against them and stand up for trans inclusion.

translucent.org.uk/keep-hampste...

In memoriam...

A white cat crawling out of a TV that is playing the movie The Ring

I'm gonna getcha

Treatment of disabled panellist shows just how much contempt Labour has for disabled people At Labour's conference, a fringe event failed to provide basic accessibility for a disabled panellist so he could join speakers on stage

Labour conference literally de-platformed a disabled panellist share.google/bvl4EyFP2PE5...