We urgently need investment in high quality, universal care services, better pay and conditions for care workers, and real support for unpaid carers — so that caring is a choice, not a burden.

Women (& girls) across Brighton tell us again & again that single-sex spaces are life saving & necessary to heal after sexual trauma.

This is not a myth & the basis by which we lawfully run a popular women-only organisation.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Threads post from an entity that calls itself @sabbbrwna: what do y'all use instead of ChatGPT?

My brain.

Just learned that Keats had a younger brother who emigrated to America. His son, Keats’ nephew lived until 1917, into the age of cars and planes and world war.

A robin purchased on a red brick wall with February flowers in the foreground and a view of bare trees in the background

‘Forsythia, Chionadoxa, Hellebore, Crocus’
(Garden Flowers, 1960)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton

Four years have passed since Russia's full scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia was supposed to win in three days. Instead, Ukraine reinvented modern warfare, built a drone industry, and can destroy a thousand Russian soldiers in a day. Ukraine can win.

Don’t mess with measles. #IDSky

First I remember was Boots

Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.

'The [puberty blockers] clinical trial will not start to recruit until the issues the MHRA raised have been resolved. It will only be allowed to go ahead if the expert scientific and clinical evidence and advice conclude it is safe to do so.'
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

Painfully clear case of #SexNotGender

World Boxing confirms mandatory sex testing will apply in the female category at the inaugural World Boxing Championships 2025 - World Boxing New eligibility policy introduces mandatory sex testing for all World Boxing competitions World Boxing has introduced mandatory sex testing, to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes th...

'Athletes deemed to be male at birth, as evidenced by the presence of Y chromosome genetic material (the SRY gene) or with a difference of sexual development (DSD) where male androgenization occurs, will be eligible to compete in the male category.'
Good.
Fair.
Safe.
worldboxing.org/world-boxing...

BADASS

I remember the Conservative party criticising Labour reducing the number of jury trials like it was last month.

However,
'it is understood that producers have assured Ms Edwards that, should any future fundraising occur, all proceeds will be given to her charity, The Maiden Factor Foundation, which funds girls’ educational programmes around the world.'

Sailor attacks musical about her life after actors hijack ending with trans protest ‘They trampled all over women’s rights at the end,’ says round-the-world pioneer Tracy Edwards

The irony of spending 90 minutes singing and dancing in celebration of women fighting for their rights in sport, only to trample all over those rights at the end, is off the scale.”
What an insult to one of our best ever female sailors.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

(Courtesy Paul Tacon)

Arnhem Land, Australia, is home to one of the world’s largest collections of rock art. The images here depict floating human forms in a time known as the Dreaming, an era in Aboriginal beliefs associated with creation.

archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2021/letters-from/australia-maliwawa-rock-art/

A hot drinks machine with an option for 'beverage with the taste of hot chocolate'. A welcome dose of honesty because vending machine hot chocolate never gets beyond 'tastes vaguely like hot chocolate' in terms of quality.

I'm am absolutely on board with the blunt but long-overdue honesty of this hot drinks machine.

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, with multipe miniature compositions

It's a bit busy, though, isn't it. Could do with more magnolia.

Dolly Parton currently sends a new book to 2.2 million children every month. The number has steadily increased for years. It's in honor of her parents, who were illiterate. She works with hospitals. Many people have told us they had no idea the books would come. They are addressed to the child.

John Bolton said re Ukraine/Trump, “a land swap is also a people swap, you are condemning people to live under an authoritarian regime.”

It’s so important people understand this. Land is where people live. Ukrainians living under occupation suffer violence & oppression & war crimes.

They matter.

That time Rod and Emu turned up on Blue Peter and it ended up looking like a painting by Caravaggio

‘It’s so boring’: gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids – and educators are worried Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behind

A large percentage of my job is spent promoting the benefits of reading with your children and encouraging them to read independently. Articles like this make me sad but also proud that our library is one of the busiest in the country.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

QT of a Twitter post: I'm pretty sure it's a horse Original post: A photo of a turkish woman next to a horse or donkey (idk I'm not a vet) Above the photo is the Turkish flag emoji and the word 'Turkey'

Dad jokes from the vaults

Nearly 500 rounds recovered from CDC campus after gunman attack: Officials The suspected gunman who attacked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's campus on Friday may have fired many hundred rounds, law enforcement said on Tuesday.

500 shots. This could have been a massacre. The shooter wanted a massacre.
It's time for RFK Jr. to resign. He has incited this violence for years with his anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-public health rhetoric.
abcnews.go.com/US/suspected...

Innit

I've been promised whimsy *sits back, folds arms*

Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic. Implement them | Sadiq Khan There is too much bluff and bluster on this subject. Ordinary people just want safe streets for themselves and those they love, and we can achieve that, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️

✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling

With a smaller¹ circle inside of those who think women's sexual choice is both disgusting & dangerous, & for whom the whole concept of "rape" is a perversion of men's natural entitlement to sexual service.

¹ But not small enough to not matter

I'll be 70 in a few years, and have no problem with a test. I'll be getting gradually slower when crossing the road, and could do without getting run over by someone my age who isn't fit to drive

The Trump Putin Alaska Summit and Europe's Munich Moment "The uncomfortable truth is this: if Ukraine falls, Europe won’t be debating whether to confront Russia, but when"

"Kyiv is a deeply underappreciated security provider for Europe, if not the ultimate guarantor. The uncomfortable truth is this: if Ukraine falls, Europe won’t be debating whether to confront Russia, but when."