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Under Labour, it is 'gaming the system' to ask for a jury trial.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Under Labour, it is 'gaming the system' to ask for a jury trial.
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For Transgender Day of Remembrance this year, please remember why we grieve. Our sadness is one of the most important biological adaptations that humans have evolved.
Because it drives us to seek each other out.
We mourn so we can come together and become strong again in community.
Because it drives us to seek each other out.
We mourn so we can come together and become strong again in community.
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
For Transgender Day of Remembrance this year, please remember why we grieve. Our sadness is one of the most important biological adaptations that humans have evolved.
Because it drives us to seek each other out.
We mourn so we can come together and become strong again in community.
Because it drives us to seek each other out.
We mourn so we can come together and become strong again in community.
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the tldr for the qt and so much more
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
the tldr for the qt and so much more
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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Good things can still happen!!
just thinking about billionaires panicking because all their money couldn't stop mamdani and that warms my heart
November 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Good things can still happen!!
Had my annual hair taming 😍
November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Had my annual hair taming 😍
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this is the heart of it. "you don't need dysphoria to be trans" is both axiomatic and a truism by virtue of the fact that framing transition around negativity is unhelpful when the joy of euphoria is far more notable.
when every day is full of grey clouds, you're going to be shocked by a sunny day.
when every day is full of grey clouds, you're going to be shocked by a sunny day.
the reason you don't need dysphoria to be trans is because dysphoria can be impossible to realize without first accepting your own transness
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
this is the heart of it. "you don't need dysphoria to be trans" is both axiomatic and a truism by virtue of the fact that framing transition around negativity is unhelpful when the joy of euphoria is far more notable.
when every day is full of grey clouds, you're going to be shocked by a sunny day.
when every day is full of grey clouds, you're going to be shocked by a sunny day.
What could possibly have happened between 2019 and now that had led to so many more people being unable to work due to ill health? A mystery for the ages
November 5, 2025 at 7:42 AM
What could possibly have happened between 2019 and now that had led to so many more people being unable to work due to ill health? A mystery for the ages
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November 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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This is extremely troubling, because Teen Vogue had some of the best political writing around. I'm so sorry.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is extremely troubling, because Teen Vogue had some of the best political writing around. I'm so sorry.
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Sagittarius: The celestial energy is indicating the moment has come to make some important decisions. Apparently the celestial energy has forgotten that you suck at that.
October 19, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sagittarius: The celestial energy is indicating the moment has come to make some important decisions. Apparently the celestial energy has forgotten that you suck at that.
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the world: idk about this AI slop. we should maybe not do that
the sweatiest guy you've ever seen: you don't understand. it's inevitable. it's coming to kill us. we have to make more
the sweatiest guy you've ever seen: you don't understand. it's inevitable. it's coming to kill us. we have to make more
October 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
the world: idk about this AI slop. we should maybe not do that
the sweatiest guy you've ever seen: you don't understand. it's inevitable. it's coming to kill us. we have to make more
the sweatiest guy you've ever seen: you don't understand. it's inevitable. it's coming to kill us. we have to make more
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Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.
October 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Historians argue that Trump indicting his enemies one-by-one rather than having them murdered in a single night proves he’s not a fascist.
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this is straightforward to reconcile imo - we dont have slurs for oil rigs or factory farms. i think treating LLMs as things to *de*humanize anthropomorphizes them too much already, which is tech marketing's desire - that's the thing the "friend" ads were looking for people to react with
fascinating that "no, the computer is not alive" and "yes, it's questionable to gleefully say anti-computer phrases modeled after racial slurs" are two thoughts people are struggling to reconcile
October 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
this is straightforward to reconcile imo - we dont have slurs for oil rigs or factory farms. i think treating LLMs as things to *de*humanize anthropomorphizes them too much already, which is tech marketing's desire - that's the thing the "friend" ads were looking for people to react with
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Elton John voice:
It seems to me / that you lived your life/ like a fuckin piece of shit
It seems to me / that you lived your life/ like a fuckin piece of shit
September 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Elton John voice:
It seems to me / that you lived your life/ like a fuckin piece of shit
It seems to me / that you lived your life/ like a fuckin piece of shit
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Got my performance review.
September 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Got my performance review.
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Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
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The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.
September 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The success of the far right is not only measured in votes and seats but in its impact on rhetoric, policy and ideology. The fact that a (nominally) social democratic head of government with a huge majority choses to say and do this is maybe the biggest success of the far right in Europe yet.
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Happy #Bisibility Day to those who celebrate. 💙💜❤️
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September 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Happy #Bisibility Day to those who celebrate. 💙💜❤️
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Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
September 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.
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A reading list for building durable organizations for both short term survival and long term social transformation.
They're Organized; We Need to Be Organized, Too
Trump and his far-right acolytes wield their power to disinvest from public services, terrorize our neighborhoods with ICE agents, and ensure that opposition to genocide becomes a fireable, and d...
www.haymarketbooks.org
September 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A reading list for building durable organizations for both short term survival and long term social transformation.
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I have got some exciting developments to report about the percentages of MSM news stories about trans people that are bad!
Trump: "When 97% of the stories are bad about a person, that's no longer free speech."
September 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I have got some exciting developments to report about the percentages of MSM news stories about trans people that are bad!
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i firmly believe these mysterious ghosts will make me money
This is hilarious. These people have never run a real business. It is 100% a scam operated by skiled, dedicated grifters.
www.wsj.com/articles/sto...
www.wsj.com/articles/sto...
September 19, 2025 at 4:28 PM
i firmly believe these mysterious ghosts will make me money