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Truth!

Heh heh heh! That's bound to be against some law or another, can't do anything these days.

Omg there's no hope for you!!!

‘Unlawful’ OfS ruling against University of Sussex should be quashed, court told Judicial review begins in high court over watchdog’s freedom of speech ruling that resulted in £585,000 fine

Remember, the state regulator "fined" U of Sussex almost £600,000 for attempting to protect the rights of trans people.

Hopefully this shocking and shameful abuse of power will be overturned.

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university? When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….

And as per the 30012th chapter of Capital one knows that steel wool produced at a rate of a Tunnocks tea cake per 17mins is equivalent to 30cm squared of cat vomit lifted, though square footage decreases with texture.

Lol! She's got ADHD & can barely see without her glasses on as her eyes are purely decorative, so she doesn't read signs either. I did try this for a while: "switch this off" "nothing to be left on this surface" "check door". To no avail!

The left is honestly how my partner "recycled" this cereal box. This is how I found it, balanced. Even the cat was appalled. The picture on the right is how I then recycled it.

Someone has spilled a load of grapes on a staircase on campus & honestly my first thought was: that's great the students are eating grapes. Not that I eat grapes, I live off gummy vitamins and vibes. The vibes are mostly rage, but still.

Ha! They definitely do pause, then they go erm, this, person. Well it's technically correct at least, can't complain.

I think what everyone wants is just respect. I get it occasionally or "this person" I don't mind personally as long as people are being respectful.

Exactly, even any customer service calls these days always ask you how you want to be addressed. Plenty of people I know working in NHS say you can never even assume names from records because someone will be Richard & they are actually called Billy or something.

Also there’s some new split vessels up and also there’s still some HRT jars!

I wish media would stop calling Epstein networks "paedophiles". It seems they raped & sexually abused those over 18 too. They are rapists, including child rapists & child sex abusers. Rape isn't a disease, it's a choice & a crime. They haven't got a complex illness, though their crimes are sick.

Ok, let’s do this🙄

We’ll start with an explainer covering:

🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from

And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article

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I've joined UpScrolled ! @ FinnFox Yet another platform, maybe this one will catch on.
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Oh no! My partner has on occasion been mistaken as my mother, I'm actually older than her!

Sign the Petition Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services

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I've just joined @upscrolled.bsky.social!

Social media outlets are being taken over by right-wing pro-genocide billionaires.

This one is Palestinian-run - and allows us to speak the truth.

Find me there at @ owenjones ❤️

Good for you, you can just tell people that's how you want to be referred to and people will respect your pronouns.

Build a paper model of Bristol with Action Hero Artists and Studio Residents, Action Hero are constructing 2000 paper buildings in our Café & Bar, and they need your help!

Action Hero are constructing 2,000 paper buildings for a special event at M Shed - and they need your help! Join them in our Café & Bar between Mon 2 - Fri 6 Feb.

No need to book, just turn up: wshd.to/buildapapermodelofbristolwithaction

Drop "sir" "madam" "lady" etc because they are offensive, sexist & outdated. Headline is an example of rage baiting, when it's not just an initiative for trans ppl, but better for everyone. Certainly better for women to drop sexist terms defined by marriage status and assumed relationship to a man.

Cats abandoned by the government: Sign the open letter Cats Protection's open letter is calling for the government to: end harmful cat breeding practices through regulation, ban electric shock collars, introduce a single point of search for microchipping ...

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Open Call for a-n Members: Exhibition Associates We are working with a-n to offer two Scotland-based, early career visual arts professionals or students from their network a 4-week paid opportunity, working as Exhibition Associates at La Biennale di...

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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.

'Grief is not one size fits all' - UNISON National UNISON members call for greater flexibility and support for bereavement and pregnancy loss

💚 Grief is not one size fits all.

UNISON surveyed 25,000+ members about bereavement and pregnancy loss. Across the UK, people told us about their experience of loss while dealing with unclear workplace policies, inconsistent management and financial pressure.

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To be fair the new Temu UK knows how to try and lure me in.

#CatMan on C4 first episode deals with loss of one of his cats, I was v honoured to have this article on pet grief in The Cat magazine a few years ago & am pleased that over the years this grief is discussed a lot more www.cats.org.uk/media/2012/t...

I'm so fucking sick of running. Join @greenparty.org.uk 💚