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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 4d

It is actually fairly unhinged that this is happening in the UK. We are such freaks, like it’s actually embarrassing

A number of businesses also predicted wider economic and reputational damage to the UK under such rules, the MPs said, saying valued trans and non-binary staff at some larger UK firms had decided to move abroad, and citing evidence that overseas firms were limiting travel to the UK for transgender employees over fears they wwould be unable to use facilities at airports and train stations safely.

Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 8d

Scottish TERFs are more unhinged than the Falun Gong, but some evidence Scotland is slightly more trans inclusive as a whole (apologies about some of the terminology in these polls) d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/FI...

d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net

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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 10d

You're absolutely right — starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀. Thank you for calling me out on that — really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on.

Would you like me to get cracking on those 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿?

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 11d

dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated

Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 13d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · 13d

‘96% of healthcare professionals said the model helps to reduce children’s anxiety, and 46% reported a lesser need to use sedation after the children played with the set.‘

‘Lego doesn’t sell the sets and instead has donated more than 10,000 of the kits to hospitals around the world.’

Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 13d

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment www.cnbc.com/2025/10/13/l...

How Lego MRI scanner sets are reducing anxiety in children undergoing medical treatment

Lego's MRI scanner play sets, which launched in 2023, are significantly reducing anxiety and the use of sedation in children, according to new research.

www.cnbc.com

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Courtney 🐙 Lovecraftian 🐙 Actually @hexadecibelle.fyi · 16d

only just caught up on the news today.

imagine how relieved H from Steps must be.

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Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 16d

Let 100 flowers bloom

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 17d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 17d

Corbyn didn’t have much charisma, but more people liked what he was saying. This government could try having an idea and also try toning down the kicking minorities a bit.

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 20d

Many councils with high levels of poverty would experience significant drops in their assessed share of national children's services needs funding:

Haringey: down 52%
Lewisham: down 51%
Brent: down 50%
Redbridge: down 49%
Newham: down 48%

www.politicshome.com/news/article...

London Councils Face Losing Half Their Share Of Children's Services Funding

Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of funding for children’s services halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government gran...

www.politicshome.com

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JWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 21d

Again, for those at the back: parties advocating the mass deportation of millions of people legally resident in the UK, as well as the abolition of human rights for all UK residents, are at a combined 50%+ in the opinion polls. The electorate of no other European democracy is as extreme as this.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 21d

James is correct.

The Tories have simply copied Reform's deportation policy for *legal* permanent residents (of the wrong colour..)

(NB the numbers would not be remotely as large as James says because most of those with ILR do get citizenship).

James Bowes @jamesbowes01.bsky.social · 21d

The only difference is they’re proposing £38,700 as the threshold not £60,000. So basically they’re proposing to deport 2 million legal immigrants not 3 million (I haven’t checked the exact earnings breakdown so these are estimates). Still a really extremist far right position.

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Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 22d

When it feels like every day another D-list celebrity comes out as a bigot, it’s a lovely surprise when someone (who you didn’t expect) sticks their head above the parapet to defend what’s right. It’s heartwarming, quite possibly even more than SEB realises.

Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 22d

Sophie Ellis-Bextor hits out at transphobia: “These people make trans people their whole personality and spend their entire day being angry” 💯

“There was a time when Pride felt like a celebration of the shoulders people were able to stand on, but now it feels like an absolute political necessity”

Sophie Ellis-Bextor hits out at transphobia: "These people make trans people their whole personality"

Sophie Ellis-Bextor has criticised increasing levels of transphobia in the UK and overseas in a new interview.

www.nme.com

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Porcellino Spaziale @porcellinospaziale.bsky.social · 22d

#JaneGoodall

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fusipon @fusipon.bsky.social · 22d

this has been a thing I have thought about after the first 'AI psychosis' stories, that up until now the only way to get that kind of sycophantic boosterism is to be rich and powerful, and we know what that can do to some people

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Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 23d

This leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

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Joe Griffin @thejoegriffin.bsky.social · 23d

IMHO, the posters for After the Hunt look like ads for Marks & Spencers' autumn range.

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Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 25d

Government responds to the petition to use proportional representation at the next UK general election. (Spoiler: the response is disappointing)

The Government has no plans to change the voting system for UK Parliamentary Elections.

There are 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) in the UK Parliament, each of whom represent a constituency. Each MP is elected using a 'First Past the Post' system whereby electors vote once for a candidate in their constituency. The candidate with the most votes is elected as the MP for the constituency. This provides a robust and secure way of electing representatives that is well understood by voters.

While not perfect, the Government believes this to be the most appropriate voting method for UK Parliamentary General Elections. MPs representing a range of views and parties are elected to the Parliament, supporting a range of views to be put forward and debated. At the same time, the 'First Past the Post' system also ensures a clear link between MPs and their constituents, thereby ensuring strong and clear local accountability between elected representatives and their constituents.

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 29d

Madrid is the city London wishes it was. More on this later!

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Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 26d

And you can normally walk back to where you’re staying because the centre is so compact (maybe stopping for a quick drink on your way too).

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Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 26d

Having lived in both, there’s just no competition when it comes to bars and nightlife! (And quite a few other things to be fair)

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John Lubbock @jwsal.bsky.social · 26d

Oh there’s more than one of these in my area.

A thrown away mattress with an England Red Cross painted on it and the words ‘If you make your bed with Farage be prepared to lay in (sh)it’

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Richard Hebditch @richard.hebditch.org · 26d

"London is leading by example when it comes to air quality, with other major cities including Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham - with smaller populations and fewer vehicles - still exceeding the legal limits."
(from Mayor's press release) www.london.gov.uk/london-meets...

London meets legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s world leading air pollution policies

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, today hailed the success of his bold air quality policies which have led to the capital’s air pollution levels falling to within the legal limit for the first time.

www.london.gov.uk

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Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 27d

Screenshot of woman from the 1927 film Oktober

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Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 27d

Perhaps because there are certain treatments, e.g. transgender medicine, pain management, types of dentistry, that are almost impossible to get on the NHS, and other areas where people go private because they don’t want to suffer while waiting for years. That isn’t a luxury like private schools are.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27d

Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare.

Govt levies VAT on private school fees. Why not on healthcare? Billions can be raised.

Private sector freeloads on NHS trained staff, doesn't pay for training. Makes excessive profits from NHS contracts.

Streeting rules out VAT on private healthcare

The health secretary says

www.bbc.co.uk

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Nils 🥚 @1wayoranother.bsky.social · 27d

If he’s taking the fight to reform, then all the power to him, but it’s going to take more than one speech for me to convinced given how authoritarian and xenophobic his government has been so far.

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