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Mike Little
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Humanism. Stoicism. 🏳️‍🌈. He/they. Developer advocate at altis-dxp.com & humanmade.com. Owner at https://zed1.com. Co-founder of WordPress. Mastodon: @mikelittle@mikelittle.com
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humanists.uk
Cllr Fitzgerald’s comments are a reminder of why our work is so essential. Attempts to narrow children’s horizons must be resisted. Education should never be a tool of indoctrination – it must be about preparing young people to think freely and understand others. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...
Calls for Christian-only RE highlight rising tide of Christian nationalism
Humanists UK has condemned remarks by Reform UK councillor David Fitzgerald, who told Northumberland County Council that children should only be taught Christianity in Religious Education (RE) because...
humanists.uk
September 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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mwug.uk
Good Morning folks!

This Friday we'll be returning to The Foundation Coffee House on Whitworth Street in Manchester for our regular co-working sessions.

Numbers are a wee bit low (expected with the evening meetup last week), but it'd be great to see some faces there 👍

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September 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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humanists.uk
Did you know that the majority of British adults are non-religious? Here's how it breaks down (British Social Attitudes Survey).
British Social Attitudes Survey Find 53% of Britons have no religious. Breakdown 53% No religion. 12% Anglican. 7% Catholic. 18% Other Christian. 9% All other. Source: British Social Attitudes Survey 37. National centre for social research 1983-2021
September 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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humanists.uk
Well done, Netherlands! www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/10/n...
Dutch parliament votes to criminalise gay conversion therapy
The Netherland's parliament has voted to criminalise so-called 'conversion therapy' in a victory for the Dutch LGBTQ+ community.
www.thepinknews.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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mwug.uk
Just under a week to go until the next Manchester WordPress User Group to take place.

We're about half way through "selling out" (it's free). Let's get to two thirds. If you're in #Manchester #Stockport and use #WordPress in any capacity, we'd love to see you! 🐝

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Evening Meetup Kick off! - September 2025, Tue, Sep 9, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
We’re excited to announce that after the success of the monthly co-working session, the evening meet-ups are back! 🎉🎉🎉 The first one being the 9th September. The MWUG m
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September 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
mikelittle.com
The perfect introduction to humanism. #Thatshumanism from Humanists UK features Stephen Fry narrating four animations and brand new classroom posters on values, ethics, and meaning. Explore here: humanists.uk/thatshumanism/
That's humanism
Humanists make sense of the world through logic, reason, and evidence, and always seek to treat those around us with warmth, understanding, and respect.
humanists.uk
August 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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mwug.uk
The 3D Printed logo made it's illuminating debut at today's meetup. Missed it? We have the following events in September. Hope to see you there!

Evening Meetup: www.meetup.com/manchesterwo...

September Co-working: www.meetup.com/manchesterwo...

#wordpress
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August 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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arusbridger.bsky.social
Letter of the day (in the Times)
August 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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humanismedu.bsky.social
A huge thank you to all the teachers out there for all your hard work this year supporting and inspiring young people. Have a wonderful summer break! We'll still be here in September for all your resource needs for teaching about the non-religious. understandinghumanism.org.uk
July 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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imascientist.org.uk
A school 30 minutes away from a major research HEI is 2 TIMES LESS likely to receive a scientist visit than a school 15 minutes away 🏫🚗

That’s where I’m a… projects come in! They’re online, no travel involved, so students in any part of the country have the opportunity to connect with scientists.
The image shows a graph showing how the percentage of schools visited by university scientists is lower the longer the drive is from the nearest university. Starting at 69% when it's up to a 15 minute drive, which goes down to 43% for a 15-30 minute drive, and coming down to 15% when it's over 60 minutes. Under the graph it says: "Nearly 70% of schools within 15 minutes of a university had visits from university scientists." And "Schools more than 30 minutes away were visited less than half as often". At the bottom of the picture it says "Initial date suggests likelihood of a visit decreases by around 1% per minute's drive".
July 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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humanists.uk
Humanists are non-religious people who shape their own lives in the here and now because we believe it's the only life we have. A lot of people share humanist values without even knowing the term. Maybe you're a humanist! Find out by taking our quiz!

humanists.uk/humanism/how...
How humanist are you?
Take our quiz and find out. Many people are humanists without even knowing it. If you are non-religious and look to science, reason, empathy, and compassion in order to live an ethical and meaningful ...
humanists.uk
July 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
🚨 New blog: Human Rights Hijacked – The Politicisation of the EHRC

Labour is pushing through the appointment of a contested EHRC Chair — ignoring Parliament, civil society, and international standards. Here’s why it matters.

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Human Rights Hijacked: The Politicisation of the EHRC
Labour’s push for contested ECHR Chair reveals how UK institutions are being bent to serve politics, profit, and ideologies, not people.
medium.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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mwug.uk
We’re excited to announce that after the success of the monthly co-working session, the evening meet-ups are back! 🎉🎉🎉

The first one being the 9th September.

Sign up below!

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Evening Meetup Kick off! - September 2025, Tue, Sep 9, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
We’re excited to announce that after the success of the monthly co-working session, the evening meet-ups are back! 🎉🎉🎉 The first one being the 9th September. The MWUG m
www.meetup.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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mwug.uk
If you would like to keep abreast of what other events are going to happen under the MWUG umbrella, please do give us a follow.

#WordPress #Manchester #MWUG
July 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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humanistceremonies.bsky.social
Naming ceremonies are deeply meaningful occasions that offer a heartfelt opportunity for family and friends to come together in celebration and support, welcoming a new child into your family and into the wider community.
July 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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humanists.uk
BREAKING: MPs vote to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales. The #AssistedDyingBill will now proceed to the House of Lords. A landmark victory for compassion, dignity, and choice.
June 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
mikelittle.com
Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
The weasel wording of this "guidance" allows hospitals to effectively refuse to treat transgender patients. Please sign this petition. The deadline is 9 July 2025
Petition: Do not stop transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wards
The previous government proposed changes to the NHS constitution which would mean transgender hospital patients in England may not be treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segre...
petition.parliament.uk
June 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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fair.pm
We're delighted to launch the FAIR Package Manager with the Linux Foundation - read our announcement and come collaborate with us! #FAIRPM

www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
Linux Foundation Announces the FAIR Package Manager Project for Open Source Content Management System Stability
Linux Foundation announces FAIR Package Manager project, creating simplicity, security and consistency for the WordPress ecosystem
www.linuxfoundation.org
June 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
mikelittle.com
I installed the Fair Package Manager (@fairpm) on my personal site last night. I'm excited to say it worked flawlessly. A couple of plugins were updated from Fastly's servers, & a paid plugin updated from its servers as normal. I'm excited to see what else comes from this interesting development.
FAIR Package Manager Project
FAIR Package Manager Project has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
fair.pm
June 10, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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ipstenu.org
Thoughts on #WordPress Plugins, #FAIRPM, and risk.

halfelf.org/2025/we-shou...
We Should Free All WordPress Plugins and Themes - Half-Elf on Tech
What if we democratized everything in WordPress, and not just publishing? What if we freed all themes and plugins? How far could we fly?
halfelf.org
June 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
mikelittle.com
Hello to all my new followers.
I'm a little curious: Over the last 10 days I have acquired around 1100 followers. Most in just a couple of days. Where did y'all find me?
June 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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davidbisset.com
Today is the 22nd anniversary of the first version of #WordPress (0.7) 🎉

I’ve been using and developing for almost 20 of those years. No regrets. Thanks to all who contributed (especially those that supported WordCamp Miami).

Thanks @mikelittle.com @ma.tt
May 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Your Child’s Most Exciting Summer Yet! ✨
Imagine your child’s eyes lighting up with excitement, their giggles of pure joy, and that burst of confidence as they create explosions, launch rockets, and make magical slime!
#junioreinsteins #scienceclub #summercamps #summerfun #kidscamps #funforkids
March 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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adrianaguatame.bsky.social
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience. No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent. And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted. ... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
mikelittle.com
Leaving a high-control religious group can be incredibly difficult and even dangerous. Humanists UK's powerful new animation lets those who leave know they're not alone, and that help is out there! Support #FaithtoFaithless and watch today.

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Introducing Faith to Faithless | Helping people leaving high-control religious groups
Leaving a high-control religious group can be one of the most challenging and painful experiences anyone can face. Humanists UK's new animation brings these deeply personal stories to life.
humanists.uk
March 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM