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Mat @mathempell.bsky.social · 2h

nice?

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Mat @mathempell.bsky.social · 2h

How would one sing the happy birthday song to this person?

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Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · 4h

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

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Mat @mathempell.bsky.social · 3h

hmm, yes, this is drivel

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Scott Tobias @scotttobias.bsky.social · 5h

I think we know where this is going:

A tiny Stonehenge descends in This Is Spinal Tap.

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Mat @mathempell.bsky.social · 7h

These are actual ponds!

Mat @mathempell.bsky.social · 7h

"you"?

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Colin Mangan @colinmangan.bsky.social · 1d

A must read from Michael Foran.

knowingius.org/p/is-an-echr...

#HumanRights

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Nicola @scrapegroat.bsky.social · 1d

I've made a really big device that hurls peppers around, causing them to knock into eachother and change course. I'm calling it the Large Padro.....[shot rings out]

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Mat @mathempell.bsky.social · 1d

People can spend their money how they like and if they want to spend it on conspiratorial nonsense then so be it

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Mat @mathempell.bsky.social · 1d

No

Mat @mathempell.bsky.social · 1d

40 members of staff

30,000 direct debits giving £5.5 million

Total income approx £6.4 million

Jolyon Maugham paid approx £93k pa

Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 1d

The EHRC has just taken down their transphobic interim guidance 👀

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/our-work/uk-supreme-court-ruling-meaning-sex-equality-act-our-work

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Mat @mathempell.bsky.social · 1d

The EHRC has *always* said that orgs need to seek their own legal advice. But of course these clowns are trying to spin a tale

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Equality and Human Rights Commission @equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 1d

We've written to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to request the government to revoke the 2011 services code and make our updated version statutory. It accurately reflects the law and updated guidance is urgently needed: www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...