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GordonWright
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Dog dad. He/him.
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hleehurley.com
The media blackout on the hunger strikers is disgusting.

Nothing but puppets for the worst people in the UK.

I've yet to meet a person in the real world who has heard anything about it.
December 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
gordonwright.bsky.social
#Starmer responds to Stephen Flynn's reference to North Sea Oil and Gas job losses by referencing Grangemouth, which imports US shale for processing.

Is he rather dim, or duplicitous?
December 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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natacha.bsky.social
"Sex is not one single, simple, uniform biological reality. Thus, biology cannot be invoked as a basis for such in legal terms."

Augustin Fuentes.
Politics, Not Biology, Is Driving Legal Efforts to Classify Sex
Sex is not one single, simple, uniform biological reality, so biology cannot be invoked as a basis for “immutable” legal classifications
www.scientificamerican.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
gordonwright.bsky.social
And as for Wes Streeting kissing the Orange one's backside.

Is a third state visit on the cards?
December 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
gordonwright.bsky.social
@channel4news.bsky.social "Patriotic opposition party", ReformUK.

Really?
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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jessothomson.co.uk
"In an email to Novara Media, Cunningham said: 'It is not my habit to comment to the media on cases in which I am instructed as counsel.'"

Is she having a laugh? She did an BBC entire podcast.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sandie Peggie lawyer says Scottish government is in denial
Lawyer Naomi Cunningham says the Supreme Court judgment is
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
gordonwright.bsky.social
Microsoft asking why I cancelled my subscription...

So I told them 🙂
December 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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gemmaclark.bsky.social
Please can folks help me with this? My petition being discussed in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 parliament 14th Jan. this is the second time I’ve petitioned on this. STILL no action on providing abortion care to legal limit in Scotland petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...
Petition: Ensure abortion services are available up to 24 weeks across all parts of Scotland
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure abortion services are available up to the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy across all NHS health boards in Scotland.
petitions.parliament.scot
December 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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lisaguerrero.bsky.social
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
gordonwright.bsky.social
We need to ban men from trains.
December 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM
gordonwright.bsky.social
Today's ScotRail coach has random seat numbering.
December 15, 2025 at 5:29 AM
gordonwright.bsky.social
@channel4news.bsky.social Utterly inappropriate and misleading to use digital technology to alter the face of an interviewee on #Dispatches.
While you acknowledge the use of the technology how this impacts the way in which the viewer absorbs the information is deceitful.

Shocked CH4 have done this
December 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
gordonwright.bsky.social
@channel4tv.bsky.social Truly weird and troubling that Dispatches are digitally altering face, rather than blurring, for interviewee.

So rather than focusing on the voice we are now "seeing" words spoken by a face that doesn't belong to the voice.

Seems inappropriate and misleading.
December 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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richraho.bsky.social
Three U.S. bishops: Racially profiling migrants (and Americans) is a betrayal of the Gospel. www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2...
Three U.S. bishops: Racially profiling migrants (and Americans) is a betrayal of the Gospel
As disciples, we cannot remain indifferent to injustice or the mistreatment of our neighbor. We are called to advocate for a just and meaningful immigration reform that respects human dignity, upholds...
www.americamagazine.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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rbreich.bsky.social
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.

You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
This #HumanRightsDay I am proud to be supporting Amnesty International’s efforts to support asylum seekers, immigrants, and refugees, as well as stopping the spread of dangerous authoritarian practices. Join me! amnestyusa.org/act
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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tristangrayford.scot
Duncan Hothersall criticising "London-based" @stephenkb.bsky.social for having a "caricature" understanding of SNP politics is very funny.

There's no group in the UK that has more of a caricature view of their political opponents than that of the Scottish Labour right towards the SNP.
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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adamparkhomenko.bsky.social
It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
Looks like Politico gave Trump a free press conference.
Trump thrashes European leaders in wide-ranging interview: ‘I think they’re weak’
In an interview with POLITICO, the president offered no reassurance to America's allies about Russia and vowed to reshape their politics.
www.politico.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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owillis.bsky.social
this politico interview with trump is so fucking incompetent. nobody knows how to talk to this guy.
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
Remember when Helen Joyce was called out as "not an expert" by Australian courts - Now Maya Forstater has been told the same in the Peggie judgment! 👏👏👏

The judgement states outright that the evidence submitted by her & Sex Matters was “not skilled evidence.”

This is the Tribunal’s exact wording!
Highlighted paragraph: Evidence from Ms Forstater and Mx Valentine 1038. We turn to address the evidence from Ms Forstater and Mx Valentine, which the parties had described as “research evidence”. That is not, so far as we are aware, a term of law. Nothing was cited to support the use of that term. It is not skilled evidence as explained below, and the parties did not suggest that either witness was skilled or expert in that sense. It was not necessarily inadmissible, given the terms of Rule 41, and until read and considered the extent to which it might be relevant could not be assessed, but the weight to attach to it was a different consideration Highlighted sections: 1040. In many respects the evidence in the statements was more in the nature of material for the public debate on wider issues as to what the law should be, and on occasion it appeared to us to be polemic, rather than evidence relevant to the issues at an Employment Tribunal. 1041. Opinion evidence was addressed in Walker and Walker on Evidence, Fifth Edition (“Walker”), which explained the distinction between evidence of fact, and of belief or opinion. Opinion evidence may be led from what Walker describes as an ordinary witness (the classification of witnesses is between ordinary and skilled), and examples of that are given. Ms Forstater 1042. The statement from Ms Forstater was not presented as impartial evidence, but specifically as one given in support of the claimant. It had at paragraph 10 an argument as to facts, of which Ms Forstater said that she was certain. They are however we consider not facts, but expressions of her opinion. The assertion at 10 (b) for example was “Sex is in general readily perceptible and is salient to other people.” That we consider cannot be other than her opinion, for which no support from any document in the Supplementary Bundle appeared to be referred to in her written witness statement. It was contradicted by other evidence, and the terms of a Note issued by EJ Tinnion on 5 January 2025 in relation to the second respondent. It did not appear to be an assertion related to the second respondent in particular, but as a more general proposition. 1043. The assertion at (d) had a further series of propositions which were opinions although presented as facts. If the 1992 Regulations, then as discussed they are not within this Tribunal’s jurisdiction, and the comment appears to be an argument over the policy of the law, or how the law should be interpreted, neither of which are relevant evidence before us. 1044. The sub-paragraphs include, by way of example, (ii) “women are in general more fearful of men than men … Highlighted sections: That is again an expression of opinion without cross reference to any document in the Supplementary Bundle. Sub-paragraph (v) was “unless rules about single-sex spaces are clearly stated and enforced it leaves women open to risk of sexual harassment and assault, and makes these spaces feel unsafe.” That again is an expression of opinion. The witness statement purports to expand on the comments at paragraph 10 stating that the facts stated are true. In our view they are not reliable as evidence from a person not a skilled witness on the propositions that are advanced. 1045. Where there was reference to documentation it is in our view both partial and incomplete. Part of it is based on research undertaken by Sex Matters, an organisation of which she is the Chief Executive Officer. It is a campaigning organisation, as set out in paragraph 4. There is an obvious risk that that research is impacted by the nature of it, which is not suggested to be an independent academic study .... In our view it would not be dealing with a case fairly or justly to rely on expressions of opinion from a person campaigning on one side of the argument on such an issue. We did not consider that the case of Connor on which the claimant founded, cited above and which indicated that in some situations evidence which was not expert in nature could be sufficient, was applicable to such a matter. 1047. Our review of the literature referred to by Ms Forstater reveals that the broad generalisations she seeks to take from it are not sufficiently supported by the document or document founded on, both from the terms of the document and the other documents in relation to the same broad issue, to be treated as reliable evidence.
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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prognews.bsky.social
Consumer Reports ranks Teslas as the least reliable used cars. "The best of the worst [ten] was Chevrolet at a score of 40. But Tesla makes that failing grade seem respectable with its absolute rock bottom rating of 31, trailing Jeep by just one point.” futurism.com/advanced-tra...
Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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soozuk.bsky.social
Hahaha this is amazing. England lost the Euros final to Spain last year....the Mail might as well have said "victory for the England lads!"
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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jojofe24.bsky.social
I genuinely cant fathom how embarrassing and shameful it isto be a journalist in these times

The outright abuse of power by so many must eat away at the few journalists who have a soul

Just wish more used their power for better instead of worse

But you can guarantee they are benefiting somewhere
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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premnsikka.bsky.social
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour.

Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.

Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM