Joe Cassidy

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And the winner of the first FIFA peace prize goes to the man blowing possible fishermen out of the water and murdering the surviving crew who were trying to get back on board.

It was 20% of all young people, as in not just the GOP, 2 years ago.

When people say antisemitism is only going to get worse the longer Israel is conflated with all jews this is really what they're talking about. There's really no way around it.

Pro-Putin Washington has pressed the EU to drop its plan to leverage frozen Russian central bank funds for a major Ukraine loan, warning the move risks escalation and insisting the assets should not be used to "prolong the war”, Bloomberg reports.

There is absolutely a place for you and I’m sorry these pricks have made you feel otherwise.
They don’t speak for us.

I am - and always will be - proud of my time as a Girlguiding ambassador. As a former Rainbow and Brownie myself, I know first hand what a difference these spaces make to girls. I've seen it in the faces of the young people I met on site visits - including trans girls, who were every bit as bright, joyful and deserving as any other child. Which is why the organisation's decision to exclude trans girls has devastated me. Some of those girls and their families have now found themselves caught in the crossfire of culture wars they never asked to be part of. I am truly heartbroken for the trans community who simply want to live their lives, be included, and have access to safe, supportive spaces. Trans girls experience the same threats as other women and girls - they are not a threat to us. They are our sisters. And so, with a very heavy heart, I will be stepping down as a Girlguiding ambassador with immediate effect. I stand with my trans sisters today and always. Inclusion makes us all stronger, and I will continue to use my voice to fight for a world where every girl - cis or trans - grows up knowing she ngs. N - Ashley x

Ashley James, celebrity star of Good Morning has resigned from Girl Guides in response to their exclusion of trans girls.

Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman

Trans women has been welcomed at the Women's Institute since the 1970s and one member is in her 80's and has been a member for decades. This is pure bigotry pushed by legal threats backed monetarily by JK Rowling.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Thanks Lloyd, an excellent response from yourself and WCF 💚

Woodcraft Folk statement on the exclusion of trans children from Girlguiding - Woodcraft Folk Woodcraft Folk stands in solidarity with every trans child, young person and volunteer who faces exclusion from Girlguiding UK following the announcement on Trans inclusion.  We recognise that Girlgui...

See shorturl.at/Fnre4 our statement on the exclusion of trans children from Girlguiding.

A reminder that everyone is welcome at Woodcraft Folk including people who are trans 💚.

For support or LGBTQ+ specific youth group, The Proud Trust offer a search and chat service www.theproudtrust.org

A Letter in Support of Trans Inclusion This initiative from Woodcraft Folk is to be applauded and supported. The IDYW Steering Group has added its name to the Letter. Woodcraft would be pleased to receive messages of support from any ot…

Woodcraft will respond with a clear and supportive message for our trans siblings.

Here are recent statements from us on the issues: indefenceofyouthwork.com/2019/09/10/a...

woodcraft.org.uk/a-statement-...

Happy to hear I was right and you’re all over it 

Blue skies! 🌲🌅🌲

@russell-moyle.co.uk hi Lloyd, hope you’re well.
Seeing the disgraceful girl guides announcement today & thinking it would be really timely for Woodcraft to loudly reaffirm their trans-inclusionary principles and offer support finding local groups for affected families.
Am sure you’re on the case 👍

I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.

“We’re taking this to court”: Doctors Are Fighting New Zealand’s Puberty Blocker Ban “Only a small number of young people in Aotearoa are prescribed reversible pubertal suppression, but for those who need it, the negative impacts of this regulation will be huge.”

1. New Zealand doctors are officially suing to reverse the country's ban on puberty blockers for gender affirming care.

“These regulations are being enacted based on politics, not on clinical evidence."

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www.erininthemorning.com/p/were-takin...

Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court.

That sliding noise is really getting quite loud isn't it?

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

Asked for comment by Sky News, the IDF responded: "Earlier today, IDF troops identified two suspects who crossed the yellow line, conducted suspicious activities on the ground, and approached IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them. "Following the identification, the IAF eliminated the suspects in order to remove the threat."

They were 8 and 11 years old

In the 1950s a Ford official was touring a new automated factory line.

He asks union leader Walter Reuther:
“Walter how are you going to get those robots to pay your union dues?"

To which Reuther replied:
“How are you going to get them to buy your cars?"

Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures.

“So the plan is to replace all their jobs with AI”

Five minutes later: “what do you mean, broke people don’t spend as much?”

Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings

Lol, Zillow tried to rate the climate risks facing individual properties. The real estate industry *hated* it, precisely because it worked -- it made selling risky properties more difficult. So they rebelled & Zillow caved.

Don't look up!

In scale of consequence, yes of course you’re right tbf.
But Kwarteng did so much damage so quickly that he barely survived a month (thank Christ).

I got the notification, thanks it was exhausting.

My setting for this is to be not good at posting so I don’t get any notifications 😇

I agree with all of this apart from not giving Kwasi Kwarteng the accolade he richly deserves.

I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.

This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse

UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined

The One Ring contains the essence of the Dark Lord Sauron.

It grants power proportional to the user's abilities but progressively corrupts the mind and opens the door to evil.

Sorry, did I say The One Ring?

I meant the Home Office.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“Violence has no place in America”
is very much not supported by the available evidence.

Counterpoint: get in the sea

This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened

Two billion kids would REALLY appreciate it if we did more about this than just make a few non-binding promises every year & then instantly forget about them.
#COP30