@patwill.bsky.social
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Painfully clear case of #SexNotGender
While i would have liked to join this statement
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
and agree with much of its content.
i could not do so for two reasons:
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
and agree with much of its content.
i could not do so for two reasons:
Afghanistan: International community must reject Taliban’s violent and authoritarian rule, say UN experts
GENEVA – UN experts* today called on the international community to reject the Taliban’s violent and authoritarian rule and resist any moves towards normalising the de facto authorities’ regime, four ...
www.ohchr.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Painfully clear case of #SexNotGender
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'Athletes deemed to be male at birth, as evidenced by the presence of Y chromosome genetic material (the SRY gene) or with a difference of sexual development (DSD) where male androgenization occurs, will be eligible to compete in the male category.'
Good.
Fair.
Safe.
worldboxing.org/world-boxing...
Good.
Fair.
Safe.
worldboxing.org/world-boxing...
World Boxing confirms mandatory sex testing will apply in the female category at the inaugural World Boxing Championships 2025 - World Boxing
New eligibility policy introduces mandatory sex testing for all World Boxing competitions World Boxing has introduced mandatory sex testing, to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes th...
worldboxing.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
'Athletes deemed to be male at birth, as evidenced by the presence of Y chromosome genetic material (the SRY gene) or with a difference of sexual development (DSD) where male androgenization occurs, will be eligible to compete in the male category.'
Good.
Fair.
Safe.
worldboxing.org/world-boxing...
Good.
Fair.
Safe.
worldboxing.org/world-boxing...
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BADASS
August 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
BADASS
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I remember the Conservative party criticising Labour reducing the number of jury trials like it was last month.
Reform UK and the Conservatives have called the acquittal of suspended Labour councillor Ricky Jones on charges of encouraging violent disorder after he called for far-right activists’ throats to be cut "two-tier justice" and called for government action.
This was a *jury trial*.
This was a *jury trial*.
August 15, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I remember the Conservative party criticising Labour reducing the number of jury trials like it was last month.
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However,
'it is understood that producers have assured Ms Edwards that, should any future fundraising occur, all proceeds will be given to her charity, The Maiden Factor Foundation, which funds girls’ educational programmes around the world.'
'it is understood that producers have assured Ms Edwards that, should any future fundraising occur, all proceeds will be given to her charity, The Maiden Factor Foundation, which funds girls’ educational programmes around the world.'
August 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
However,
'it is understood that producers have assured Ms Edwards that, should any future fundraising occur, all proceeds will be given to her charity, The Maiden Factor Foundation, which funds girls’ educational programmes around the world.'
'it is understood that producers have assured Ms Edwards that, should any future fundraising occur, all proceeds will be given to her charity, The Maiden Factor Foundation, which funds girls’ educational programmes around the world.'
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The irony of spending 90 minutes singing and dancing in celebration of women fighting for their rights in sport, only to trample all over those rights at the end, is off the scale.”
What an insult to one of our best ever female sailors.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
What an insult to one of our best ever female sailors.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
Sailor attacks musical about her life after actors hijack ending with trans protest
‘They trampled all over women’s rights at the end,’ says round-the-world pioneer Tracy Edwards
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The irony of spending 90 minutes singing and dancing in celebration of women fighting for their rights in sport, only to trample all over those rights at the end, is off the scale.”
What an insult to one of our best ever female sailors.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
What an insult to one of our best ever female sailors.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
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Arnhem Land, Australia, is home to one of the world’s largest collections of rock art. The images here depict floating human forms in a time known as the Dreaming, an era in Aboriginal beliefs associated with creation.
archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2021/letters-from/australia-maliwawa-rock-art/
archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2021/letters-from/australia-maliwawa-rock-art/
August 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Arnhem Land, Australia, is home to one of the world’s largest collections of rock art. The images here depict floating human forms in a time known as the Dreaming, an era in Aboriginal beliefs associated with creation.
archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2021/letters-from/australia-maliwawa-rock-art/
archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2021/letters-from/australia-maliwawa-rock-art/
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I'm am absolutely on board with the blunt but long-overdue honesty of this hot drinks machine.
August 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm am absolutely on board with the blunt but long-overdue honesty of this hot drinks machine.
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It's a bit busy, though, isn't it. Could do with more magnolia.
August 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's a bit busy, though, isn't it. Could do with more magnolia.
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Dolly Parton currently sends a new book to 2.2 million children every month. The number has steadily increased for years. It's in honor of her parents, who were illiterate. She works with hospitals. Many people have told us they had no idea the books would come. They are addressed to the child.
Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. She’s not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people it’s hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money.
August 14, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Dolly Parton currently sends a new book to 2.2 million children every month. The number has steadily increased for years. It's in honor of her parents, who were illiterate. She works with hospitals. Many people have told us they had no idea the books would come. They are addressed to the child.
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John Bolton said re Ukraine/Trump, “a land swap is also a people swap, you are condemning people to live under an authoritarian regime.”
It’s so important people understand this. Land is where people live. Ukrainians living under occupation suffer violence & oppression & war crimes.
They matter.
It’s so important people understand this. Land is where people live. Ukrainians living under occupation suffer violence & oppression & war crimes.
They matter.
August 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
John Bolton said re Ukraine/Trump, “a land swap is also a people swap, you are condemning people to live under an authoritarian regime.”
It’s so important people understand this. Land is where people live. Ukrainians living under occupation suffer violence & oppression & war crimes.
They matter.
It’s so important people understand this. Land is where people live. Ukrainians living under occupation suffer violence & oppression & war crimes.
They matter.
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That time Rod and Emu turned up on Blue Peter and it ended up looking like a painting by Caravaggio
August 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
That time Rod and Emu turned up on Blue Peter and it ended up looking like a painting by Caravaggio
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A large percentage of my job is spent promoting the benefits of reading with your children and encouraging them to read independently. Articles like this make me sad but also proud that our library is one of the busiest in the country.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘It’s so boring’: gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids – and educators are worried
Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behind
www.theguardian.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
A large percentage of my job is spent promoting the benefits of reading with your children and encouraging them to read independently. Articles like this make me sad but also proud that our library is one of the busiest in the country.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Dad jokes from the vaults
August 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Dad jokes from the vaults
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500 shots. This could have been a massacre. The shooter wanted a massacre.
It's time for RFK Jr. to resign. He has incited this violence for years with his anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-public health rhetoric.
abcnews.go.com/US/suspected...
It's time for RFK Jr. to resign. He has incited this violence for years with his anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-public health rhetoric.
abcnews.go.com/US/suspected...
Nearly 500 rounds recovered from CDC campus after gunman attack: Officials
The suspected gunman who attacked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's campus on Friday may have fired many hundred rounds, law enforcement said on Tuesday.
abcnews.go.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:29 AM
500 shots. This could have been a massacre. The shooter wanted a massacre.
It's time for RFK Jr. to resign. He has incited this violence for years with his anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-public health rhetoric.
abcnews.go.com/US/suspected...
It's time for RFK Jr. to resign. He has incited this violence for years with his anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-public health rhetoric.
abcnews.go.com/US/suspected...
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Innit
August 13, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Innit
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The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic. Implement them | Sadiq Khan
There is too much bluff and bluster on this subject. Ordinary people just want safe streets for themselves and those they love, and we can achieve that, says London mayor Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:31 AM
The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling
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With a smaller¹ circle inside of those who think women's sexual choice is both disgusting & dangerous, & for whom the whole concept of "rape" is a perversion of men's natural entitlement to sexual service.
¹ But not small enough to not matter
¹ But not small enough to not matter
I drew a Venn diagram between people demanding ethnicities of those charged with sex offences, and those who think (white) men accused of rape should have anonymity and I got a circle.
August 13, 2025 at 7:33 AM
With a smaller¹ circle inside of those who think women's sexual choice is both disgusting & dangerous, & for whom the whole concept of "rape" is a perversion of men's natural entitlement to sexual service.
¹ But not small enough to not matter
¹ But not small enough to not matter
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"Kyiv is a deeply underappreciated security provider for Europe, if not the ultimate guarantor. The uncomfortable truth is this: if Ukraine falls, Europe won’t be debating whether to confront Russia, but when."
The Trump Putin Alaska Summit and Europe's Munich Moment
"The uncomfortable truth is this: if Ukraine falls, Europe won’t be debating whether to confront Russia, but when"
bylinetimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"Kyiv is a deeply underappreciated security provider for Europe, if not the ultimate guarantor. The uncomfortable truth is this: if Ukraine falls, Europe won’t be debating whether to confront Russia, but when."
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WE DO NOT NEED YOUR PROTECTION!!! This is a party that does not GAF about women's rights - see what they have to say about abortion. See how the far right responds to Andrew Tate.
Men abuse women. Men control women. Your narrative of "protection" is a narrative of control.
Men abuse women. Men control women. Your narrative of "protection" is a narrative of control.
"Men protecting women is a normal, sensible thing. We've got centuries of doing the same. It's the gentlemanly thing to do."
RefUK MP, Richard Tice, advising angry men to form vigilante groups and arrest people who look foreign for things including "leering" or "sneering". What could go wrong? ~AA
RefUK MP, Richard Tice, advising angry men to form vigilante groups and arrest people who look foreign for things including "leering" or "sneering". What could go wrong? ~AA
August 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
WE DO NOT NEED YOUR PROTECTION!!! This is a party that does not GAF about women's rights - see what they have to say about abortion. See how the far right responds to Andrew Tate.
Men abuse women. Men control women. Your narrative of "protection" is a narrative of control.
Men abuse women. Men control women. Your narrative of "protection" is a narrative of control.
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A what?
A group supporting convicted rapists faces fierce backlash for allegedly harassing victims who waived their anonymity to speak out about the crimes they faced
‘Rapists’ rights group’ criticised after targeting victims
A group supporting convicted rapists faces fierce backlash for allegedly harassing victims who waived their anonymity to speak out about the crimes they faced
www.thetimes.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
A what?
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oh weird i'm just drawing a venn diagram of people who think we need men patrolling the streets to keep women safe and men who think metoo went too far and you'll never guess how it's turned out
August 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
oh weird i'm just drawing a venn diagram of people who think we need men patrolling the streets to keep women safe and men who think metoo went too far and you'll never guess how it's turned out
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Biological—Sex matters—women are likelier to get autoimmune diseases, men more prone to infections—sex hormones shape immunity. Studying this could guide tailored cancer immunotherapies www.technologynetworks.com/immunology/n...
The Science Behind Sex Differences in Health and Immunity
Scientists have examined how genetics, sex hormones and environmental factors come together to shape the immune system.
www.technologynetworks.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Biological—Sex matters—women are likelier to get autoimmune diseases, men more prone to infections—sex hormones shape immunity. Studying this could guide tailored cancer immunotherapies www.technologynetworks.com/immunology/n...
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Is it really too much to ask?
Also laughing at Boy George’s reply. Twat.
Also laughing at Boy George’s reply. Twat.
August 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Is it really too much to ask?
Also laughing at Boy George’s reply. Twat.
Also laughing at Boy George’s reply. Twat.
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“Theodore Roosevelt famously said that US presidents should speak softly and carry a big stick. Trump has been talking loudly and wielding a noodle. Putin has good reasons to be hopeful on Friday.” My column - From Alaska with Love.
www.ft.com/content/3e49...
www.ft.com/content/3e49...
From Alaska with love
Ahead of Friday’s meeting, Putin knows that Trump is desperate for a deal on Ukraine
www.ft.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:42 AM
“Theodore Roosevelt famously said that US presidents should speak softly and carry a big stick. Trump has been talking loudly and wielding a noodle. Putin has good reasons to be hopeful on Friday.” My column - From Alaska with Love.
www.ft.com/content/3e49...
www.ft.com/content/3e49...