James Wilson

I can never cope how French books write the titles upside down on the spine

it’s so stupid we have to pretend everyone was ‘wrong’ about the law for 15 years and not just say the actual objective truth that the Supreme Court changed the law

John Boyne says LGBTQ+ fiction prize backlash brought him ‘close to the edge’ Gender-critical novelist urges writers to re-enter prize they boycotted and may ask judges not to shortlist his novella

Feel like this little sob story *could* have mentioned that Boyne's Polari nomination came five days after he wrote a piece referring to trans-inclusive women as the evil wives in the Handmaid's Tale, "ready to pin a handmaiden down as her husband rapes her".

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

What is the big achievement since the 2021 election? I would honestly struggle to think of anything.

I’m desperate for publicity for my book, for it to be read far and wide (as surely all these authors are), for it must be read to change minds - but at any cost?

I hope I’d have been as principled as these amazing writers including the lovely @sachacoward.bsky.social on here.

Go buy their books.

When Brianna Ghey was called “it” and literally killed Kathleen Stock said there was nothing transphobic about her murder.

Gay girl forced to use boys’ changing rooms A GIRL who was forced to share a PE changing room with boys because she is gay tells her shocking story in a new video...

Actually it happened as recently as 2012: www.oldham-chronicle.co.uk/news-feature...

If he wins, I suspect he will use his speech to talk about how much he admires JK Rowling…

You don’t think being a racist has any impact on how she does her job?

The WhatsApp messages aren’t “alleged”, she’s admitted they are true. But you think it makes better if someone is only openly racist in their spare time?

It’s not “tragic” to think an NHS nurse shouldn’t send racist messages or say racist things.

You don’t think credible witnesses who said the nurse who sent racist messages also said racist things? Sounds very naive but then I suppose it must be rather tragic to see your heroine exposed.

These aren’t “off colour jokes”, they’re obviously racist remarks. It says a lot that ‘gender critical’ people are unable to call a spade a spade.

Certainly it is “alleged” unless or until she admits it or the witness comes up with corroboration, but given the court has also seen racist messages she has sent, the witness is very credible.

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Yet another problem Keir Starmer just refuses to address www.ft.com/content/60b5...

3/. Unless you’re claiming these messages are fabricated, how can you not conclude she’s a racist? I mean she’s refers to herself as one…

2/. That’s not “vague” or “hearsay”, that’s a very clear first hand account from a witness.

Trans tribunal nurse accused of wanting to "post bacon" to mosque Sandie Peggie allegedly made the comment at a work lunch, along with other alleged remarks insulting transgender people

“Ms Wishart…told the tribunal Ms Peggie's comment regarding a mosque in Kirkcaldy was made on 4 September 2023.

“She said Ms Peggie said "she had a good mind to post bacon through their letterbox" and that the comment stood out in her mind because it was offensive.”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Do you think she’s a racist?

I wonder what JK Rowling will have to say about this.

Imagine if she’d said this about someone who was black.

The bullet train in 🇯🇵-as glorious as everyone says. A reminder the Japanese built their first high speed train for the 1964 Olympics and it became national by the 80s. They’re now building Maglevs (floating trains).

Meanwhile in 🇬🇧 we can’t be sure we’ll connect HS2 to Euston. Pathetic.

Are journalists perhaps more sympathetic to them than to, say, tube drivers?

Say Nothing by Patrick Keefe might be the best history book I’ve ever read. It’s about the troubles in Northern Ireland.

Golden eagles were reintroduced to Ireland, but without prey they’re now struggling to thrive Rewilding isn’t just about reintroducing predators. Without prey and habitat restoration, even wild-looking landscapes can’t support them.

Golden eagles were reintroduced to Ireland, but are now struggling. How come?

Severe ecosystem imbalance due to overgrazing and other factors, causing a lack of prey.

Rewilding *must* take a holistic approach to restoring nature, or it won't work.
theconversation.com/golden-eagle...

Photo taken in a purplish pre-dawn light of four mallards in silhouette, on the wing and rising in the sky, flying from the bottom right of the photo to the top left. Each bird cuts a different wing shape

#Stunday #Photography #EastCoastKin

Of all the bird sights in all the world, nothing fills my heart with joy more than seeing mallards in flight.

Four Mallards Rising in the Dawn Sky

Happy Pride 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #SpéirGorm

British decline in one story.

Any state which finds itself incapable of managing a project as basic as rolling out a 20th century tech between its biggest cities needs to ask itself some profound questions about what hope it has of managing the technologies of the 21st.

My letter to the editor in the Irish Times today on why we ought to target one million people cycling every day instead of one million EVs on Irish roads by 2030.
#ActiveTransport