Jane McLaughlin

Equality commission’s guidance after sex ruling is fundamentally unworkable | Letter Letters: The EHRC has ignored warnings about the contradiction between possibly being sued for challenging someone’s gender versus being sued for failing to, says Rachel Taylor MP

“MPs’ problem with the EHRC guidance was not that it failed to address every conceivable scenario, but that it set out fundamentally unworkable instructions to businesses that go far beyond what the supreme court actually ruled, and which places them at risk of costly litigation.” - Rachel Taylor MP

Reform-run Council Cancels Christmas... And, at significant cost.

I would say you couldn't make it up. But unfortunately Reform can and did. ~AA

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

To ALL the politicians, media and commentators who have stoked anti migrant racist xenophobia - this is on you:
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

AI data centre plans equivalent to building five new Edinburgh-sized cities TWO new artificial intelligence data centres proposed for Edinburgh would demand the equivalent amount of energy as building five cities the same…

www.thenational.scot/news/2557065...

A picture of a foggy street

Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage

Very sad. RIP

A wildly racist and utterly dishonest choice of picture

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So sorry for your loss, Matthew. 💔🐈‍⬛

“Literature” 😂

“What’s happened is that the window has shifted so dramatically that it’s now perfectly acceptable to be horrifically homophobic, racist or transphobic – not just with your mates, or in public, but in the media and Parliament. It’s acceptable again. The new normal is it’s okay to be a bigot again.”

Nick Clegg Silicon Valley is full of wealthy men who think they’re victims, says Nick Clegg Former Lib Dem leader and Meta strategist writes in new book that power in tech capital is interlaced with ‘self pity’ Full interview: Nick Clegg on tech bros, Trump and leaving Silicon Valley Lisa O’Carroll and Gaby Hinsliff Sat 23 Aug 2025 07.00 BST

The only way is to SMASH this system from the inside. Hero, icon, martyr really, Nick Clegg took one for the world, by infiltrating this world and becoming one of those extremely rich, straight, white guys in Silicon Valley, then

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no, that's it, he did nothing except defend them.

Makes me feel very not good that the BBC openly refers to trans people with slurs. If you weren’t aware, to call a trans person “biologically [their sex assigned at birth]” is a slur - it’s dehumanising and inaccurate!

Strength to your arm, Sacha! 💪🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

‘What have I done wrong?’ Trans kids go back to school bathroom bans in Scotland Councils rushing to put policies on school bathrooms in place leave trans children facing confusion, distress and the risk of being outed.

If you're a parent with kids at school in Edinburgh it's time to get in touch with your school admin and make clear you will not accept them bullying trans kids out of education.

This is cruel and discriminatory behaviour. Child cruelty.

goodlawproject.org/what-have-i-...

Google search for "all you can eat buffet near me" with an "ai overview" of the results saying that you can use Google to search "all you can eat buffet near me" to find a buffet.

We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real

A copy of the letter. The full text can be found on our website.

🚨 NEW 🚨

Sign and share this letter to Ministers to express your business' or organisation's concerns with the EHRC's proposed Code of Practice

www.transsolidarityalliance.com/businesses-o...

A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home. Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Meta’s AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.

Jesus www.reuters.com/investigates...

Tinderbox Britain: How conservatives ended up praying for violence iandunt.substack.com/p/tinderbox-...

Anyone interested in the reaction of queer authors to the Polari prize committee honouring an anti trans author would be well advised to look up the affair ignited by the shortlisting of a book called ‘The Man Who Would be Queen’ (by J Michael Bailey) for a Lambda Literary Award in 2004.

Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye

Great piece explaining the rationale behind the Polari Prize withdrawals and backlash.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Important thread from @sachacoward.bsky.social re impact and misrepresentation of the Polari story. 🫶💪🏳️‍⚧️

Dean Atta has now also withdrawn.

If you have never heard this album, it's one of the greatest of all time. Please listen ASAP! (preferably on #vinyl but anywhere will do)

What the actual??

A screenshot of a tweet by JK Rowljng saying "if you are born with egg-producing equipment, even if faulty, it's proof you are a woman." A reply by echobirdy shows a picture of a hen. The tweet says "behold: a woman." JKR's tweet has 3K likes. The reply has 44,000.

JK Rowling has had her Linehan "chair" moment. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

Robert Hamberger has also withdrawn tonight. 🙌🏳️‍⚧️

The Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ Literature Faces Pushback Over Nomination of Self-Described TERF LGBTQ+ writers are, shockingly, not happy at the inclusion of a proud transphobe and supporter of J.K. Rowling.

"Describing Boyne’s proud bigotry and support for a hate campaign as just a ‘radically different position on substantive issues’ is insulting and greatly downplays the situation."

Withdrawn: @vavapoetry.bsky.social, @jaseokundaye.bsky.social, and @aetwigg.bsky.social

www.pajiba.com/miscellaneou...

The Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ Literature Faces Pushback Over Nomination of Self-Described TERF The Polari Prize is an annual literary prize in the UK dedicated to LGBTQ+ literature. Founded in 2011, it has celebrated writers like Kirsty Logan, Julia Armfield, and Joelle Taylor. Among its longlisted nominees for the prize in fiction is... Read more...

The Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ Literature Faces Pushback Over Nomination of Self-Described TERF

Thank you for your integrity and solidarity, Sacha. 🙌🏳️‍⚧️💜