Rob C
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Rob C
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He/Him. Trans rights are human rights.

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Weird how this works
EVERY
SINGLE
TIME
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Maths Puzzles for Conspiracy Theorists.
One of the cartoons from my new book 'Physics for Cats'. In good bookshops now and online in English, French, German and Spanish editions.
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Linux using folks - what might cause a spontaneous reboot when running 'systemctl start multi-user.task'? (When all the dependencies have already been started).

Booting a live-usb image on the same machine has no issues.
November 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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In conclusion, join the
Greens.
Entitled to lower bills.

Entitled to a liveable planet.

Entitled to make hope normal again.

Know your entitlement. Know our collective power.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.

There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.

Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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my secret transgender project… @annehealthcare.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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The direction of travel has been clear for months, but it’s still a shock to see the lies go up on the CDC website.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.

What the fuck are we?
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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People are probably calling Labour racist because Labour keep being racist. If they want to stop being called racist they should stop doing racist things.
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?

It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Oh holy shit this is good news I didn't for a second believe we'd get.
Fuuuuuuuuck Kim Davis

Good riddance
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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If you’re media covering bike-lanes, watch this news story.

If you’re a downtown business association discussing bike-lanes, watch this news story.

If you’re anyone hearing the LIE that bike-lanes are bad for business, watch this story.

And please SHARE THIS STORY so others can watch it too.
WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you HAVE TO WATCH this news story. You actually can’t make this up. Ford claims without evidence that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data.

Safe bike-lanes mean business.
Annex businesses tell Ford to back off Bloor bike lanes
Stores in the Annex say the Bloor bike lanes have been a big boost to business. As Michelle Mackey reports, the neighborhood's BIA wants the province to back off its new bill that could see the lanes ...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system

1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK

2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc

3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT

"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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There is ample evidence that privatized public services are strangling households and extracting obscene profits off citizens. And there's shit in your water.
There is zero evidence that nationalising public services would lower bills. Detail on exactly how this would work, and exactly what this wealth tax would look like, are also terribly thin on the ground. I rather suspect that, dear heart, is why people are calling you "vibes".
Greens - Lower bills through nationalising our public services, wealth tax on assets and huge increase in investment in our public services.

Labour - ID Cards, random statements about flags and Austerity 2.0.

But apparently the Green Party are the "vibes era?"

Make it make sense!
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Suddenly when puberty blockers are given to cis kids, the Daily Mail (the same newspaper which backed Hitler btw) finally admits that "their effects are not permanent, and once a child lets their blocking treatment lapse, puberty will just continue as normal."

Which is true for trans kids too.
Because it’s cis kids.
The NHS will quite casually give cis kids whatever treatment they need, even PBs👇
No trials. No concerns about side effects. No moral panic.
November 2, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This was a very informative interview about last nights sad events

youtu.be/FK8gqsHy9NQ?...
Huntingdon train stabbing: Witness describes aftermath and driver's reaction in exclusive interview
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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If you blame the crimes of British UK-born ethnic minorities on immigration, you're racist.

British Nationals aren't immigrants.
You can ONLY mean their ethnic origin.

The Huntingdon victims are still fighting for their lives in hospital & Matt Goodwin is using them for racism.
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Whatever else comes out once the attack on the ECML train last night, this alone is a credit to the train crew, driver, and signalling team.

Huntingdon was the first possible stop. In a highly stressful situation and improvising a plan the train lost just 3 minutes vs line speed to get there.
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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This is apparently the second-highest 24-hour total recorded anywhere in the world.

The record occurred in the Bach Ma mountains above Hue.
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Interesting point from @nilsgilman.bsky.social at #ParisPeaceForum - one of the best predictors of political violence in a country is the infant mortality rate.
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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This is fucking *evil*. Pure evil.
Email from my dentist, informing me that the NHS require them from now on to only have my "gender at birth" on my health records. They're very sorry and will still use my preferred pronouns, but my dental record will say I'm a man.

Well that's just fucking great.
October 29, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM