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“Of all the stigmas that accompany not wanting children (and there are many), this is the one that upsets me the most. Just because someone doesn’t want to be a full-time parent doesn’t mean that they aren’t good with children or aren’t to be trusted with them.”
inews.co.uk/opinion/sick...
inews.co.uk/opinion/sick...
I'm sick of parent smugness towards people who don't have kids
Even those closest to you begin sentences with the dreaded phrase, 'as a mother'
inews.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
“Of all the stigmas that accompany not wanting children (and there are many), this is the one that upsets me the most. Just because someone doesn’t want to be a full-time parent doesn’t mean that they aren’t good with children or aren’t to be trusted with them.”
inews.co.uk/opinion/sick...
inews.co.uk/opinion/sick...
On the coach to London, for #Dragonmeet, on this dark and rainy morning. Who else is going?
November 29, 2025 at 7:04 AM
On the coach to London, for #Dragonmeet, on this dark and rainy morning. Who else is going?
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My favourite type of Internet Man are the ones who are disgusted by any sort of violent or disruptive protest and think you should just Do A Democracy and Vote About It.
My sweet, smooth-brained friend, where do you think your right to vote came from?
My sweet, smooth-brained friend, where do you think your right to vote came from?
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
My favourite type of Internet Man are the ones who are disgusted by any sort of violent or disruptive protest and think you should just Do A Democracy and Vote About It.
My sweet, smooth-brained friend, where do you think your right to vote came from?
My sweet, smooth-brained friend, where do you think your right to vote came from?
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Building connections with politicians is incredibly important in mobilising change.
See what we've been working on this year in this year's Annual Review: electoral-reform.org.uk/2025-at-the-...
See what we've been working on this year in this year's Annual Review: electoral-reform.org.uk/2025-at-the-...
2025 at the ERS: Our work behind the scenes
Each year we write an Annual Review which looks back at our achievements across the last 12 months, and explains how our team have campaigned towards securing our vision for a democracy
electoral-reform.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Building connections with politicians is incredibly important in mobilising change.
See what we've been working on this year in this year's Annual Review: electoral-reform.org.uk/2025-at-the-...
See what we've been working on this year in this year's Annual Review: electoral-reform.org.uk/2025-at-the-...
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If you want to buy something from Pit Trap Shop, tomorrow is not the day. The store will be closed in protest of Black Friday consumerism hysteria. Buy nothing. Play games or draw a skeleton instead.
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
If you want to buy something from Pit Trap Shop, tomorrow is not the day. The store will be closed in protest of Black Friday consumerism hysteria. Buy nothing. Play games or draw a skeleton instead.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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Beginning to suspect the writers of this season of the United States of America have been replaced with AI.
(This humor is brought to you by the letters w, t, and f.)
(This humor is brought to you by the letters w, t, and f.)
November 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Beginning to suspect the writers of this season of the United States of America have been replaced with AI.
(This humor is brought to you by the letters w, t, and f.)
(This humor is brought to you by the letters w, t, and f.)
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the Appalachian mountains are so ancient they predate the evolution of bones.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the Appalachian mountains are so ancient they predate the evolution of bones.
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receive an email. send an email. receive an email. send an email. one must imagine sisyphus happy
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
receive an email. send an email. receive an email. send an email. one must imagine sisyphus happy
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The risky choice is sticking with First Past the Post at Westminster
Labour must accept that the two-party age is over and embrace PR | Letters
Letters: Backing proportional representation would be in Labour’s interests, writes John Culley, while Austen Lynch says the greater risk is continuing with the current system
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The risky choice is sticking with First Past the Post at Westminster
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This is a method of genocide that has been used for centuries, and not just in the US and Canada, but across the world. Denying a child their heritage and culture isn't saving them, it's erasing them.
How the US is still removing Indigenous children from their families at alarming rates (video).
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
www.theguardian.com/world/video/...
How the US is still removing Indigenous children from their families at alarming rates – video
In South Dakota, Native American children make up 13% of the child population but 74% of the children in the foster system.Neelam Tailor investigates why, and how a system built on separation is still...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is a method of genocide that has been used for centuries, and not just in the US and Canada, but across the world. Denying a child their heritage and culture isn't saving them, it's erasing them.
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Can we just give the LLMs their own higher education system? let them teach each other, produce and review their own research and scholarship, grant each other tenure, let them form their own clubs and host their own frat socials, and leave us alone?
No surprise: “AI peer reviewers recommend the acceptance of unsound papers created entirely by AI more than 80% of the time, a new study has found.”
Surprise: the article still tries to spin it positive for “human-AI collaboration.”
People, please draw the correct conclusion.
Surprise: the article still tries to spin it positive for “human-AI collaboration.”
People, please draw the correct conclusion.
AI peer reviewers are fine with AI-fabricated papers
Study finds artificial intelligence reviewers accept AI-generated scientific studies 4 out of 5 times
cen.acs.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Can we just give the LLMs their own higher education system? let them teach each other, produce and review their own research and scholarship, grant each other tenure, let them form their own clubs and host their own frat socials, and leave us alone?
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👻SAVE THE DATE FOLKS👻
Screams By The Sea is returning to its favorite #Bournemouth venue - Pvailion Dance SW
📽 Bringing you the same amazing film festival with movies, talks, vendors and all of the love for the genre.
📅Join us for a brilliant festival in March, 2026.
Screams By The Sea is returning to its favorite #Bournemouth venue - Pvailion Dance SW
📽 Bringing you the same amazing film festival with movies, talks, vendors and all of the love for the genre.
📅Join us for a brilliant festival in March, 2026.
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
👻SAVE THE DATE FOLKS👻
Screams By The Sea is returning to its favorite #Bournemouth venue - Pvailion Dance SW
📽 Bringing you the same amazing film festival with movies, talks, vendors and all of the love for the genre.
📅Join us for a brilliant festival in March, 2026.
Screams By The Sea is returning to its favorite #Bournemouth venue - Pvailion Dance SW
📽 Bringing you the same amazing film festival with movies, talks, vendors and all of the love for the genre.
📅Join us for a brilliant festival in March, 2026.
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This is good.
Also, not even $3 million will bring Joan Meyer back to life. In a way, there is no adequate compensation.
Also, not even $3 million will bring Joan Meyer back to life. In a way, there is no adequate compensation.
"A Kansas county has agreed to pay $3 million over 2023 police raids of a local newspaper and multiple homes."
"[R]aids came as the [Marion County] Record investigated sexual misconduct allegations against then-Marion Police Chief Police Gideon Cody."
#Kansas #USA #Policing #Media #Housing #Courts
"[R]aids came as the [Marion County] Record investigated sexual misconduct allegations against then-Marion Police Chief Police Gideon Cody."
#Kansas #USA #Policing #Media #Housing #Courts
Kansas Editor Hopes $3 Million Payout for Police Raids Stops Future Attacks on Press
"In our democracy, the press is a watchdog against abuse," said Marion County Record publisher Eric Meyer.
www.commondreams.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
This is good.
Also, not even $3 million will bring Joan Meyer back to life. In a way, there is no adequate compensation.
Also, not even $3 million will bring Joan Meyer back to life. In a way, there is no adequate compensation.
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“The report found that the heaviest AI users are thought leadership writers (84%), PR/comms professionals (73%), and content marketing writers (73%).”
How can you be a thought leader when you don’t think? Fraud. Scam. Grift and nonsense!
How can you be a thought leader when you don’t think? Fraud. Scam. Grift and nonsense!
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“The report found that the heaviest AI users are thought leadership writers (84%), PR/comms professionals (73%), and content marketing writers (73%).”
How can you be a thought leader when you don’t think? Fraud. Scam. Grift and nonsense!
How can you be a thought leader when you don’t think? Fraud. Scam. Grift and nonsense!
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“But you can bounce lasers off of mirrors the Apollo astronauts put on the moon yourself!”
I mean; ok, pretty good, but have you tried, “Yeah, the government /did/ lie about the moon landings…for example, every time an Apollo astronaut said ‘sunofabitch’ the official transcripts read ‘garbled’.”
I mean; ok, pretty good, but have you tried, “Yeah, the government /did/ lie about the moon landings…for example, every time an Apollo astronaut said ‘sunofabitch’ the official transcripts read ‘garbled’.”
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
“But you can bounce lasers off of mirrors the Apollo astronauts put on the moon yourself!”
I mean; ok, pretty good, but have you tried, “Yeah, the government /did/ lie about the moon landings…for example, every time an Apollo astronaut said ‘sunofabitch’ the official transcripts read ‘garbled’.”
I mean; ok, pretty good, but have you tried, “Yeah, the government /did/ lie about the moon landings…for example, every time an Apollo astronaut said ‘sunofabitch’ the official transcripts read ‘garbled’.”
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No party should be able to form a government alone on a tiny share of the vote - we need all parties to work together to make our parliament reflect our country. buff.ly/IRyYhDw
Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform
The Liberal Democrat leader backs replacing first-past-the-post with proportional representation.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
No party should be able to form a government alone on a tiny share of the vote - we need all parties to work together to make our parliament reflect our country. buff.ly/IRyYhDw
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"Horror is one of the broadest genres around, so you can find themes that you really enjoy.
You may be surprised where your morbid curiosity takes you – and the calm that it brings to the rest of your life."
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
You may be surprised where your morbid curiosity takes you – and the calm that it brings to the rest of your life."
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
'The paradox of horror': How scary films can soothe your anxiety
Jump scares and gore might not seem like the most soothing watching, but scary films can actually be the ideal therapy during anxious times.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Horror is one of the broadest genres around, so you can find themes that you really enjoy.
You may be surprised where your morbid curiosity takes you – and the calm that it brings to the rest of your life."
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
You may be surprised where your morbid curiosity takes you – and the calm that it brings to the rest of your life."
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
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💃🔪🧟♀️Tickets are low for our London Premiere of QUEENS OF THE DEAD!
We are delighted to be hosting a special festival warmup preview night on Thursday 20th November, at The Arzner Cinema London.
There’s just 10 left; so grab them quick!!!
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We are delighted to be hosting a special festival warmup preview night on Thursday 20th November, at The Arzner Cinema London.
There’s just 10 left; so grab them quick!!!
thearzner.com/TheArzner.dl...
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
💃🔪🧟♀️Tickets are low for our London Premiere of QUEENS OF THE DEAD!
We are delighted to be hosting a special festival warmup preview night on Thursday 20th November, at The Arzner Cinema London.
There’s just 10 left; so grab them quick!!!
thearzner.com/TheArzner.dl...
We are delighted to be hosting a special festival warmup preview night on Thursday 20th November, at The Arzner Cinema London.
There’s just 10 left; so grab them quick!!!
thearzner.com/TheArzner.dl...
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"...DOGE never came close to cutting as much money as he promised. But because its work has been obscured by crude accounting and White House maneuvers, it’s impossible to know how much DOGE and its allies actually did cut from the budget — or even what happened to that money."
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October 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
"...DOGE never came close to cutting as much money as he promised. But because its work has been obscured by crude accounting and White House maneuvers, it’s impossible to know how much DOGE and its allies actually did cut from the budget — or even what happened to that money."
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You know, whatever else there is to say about DC comics firing me, I have to say it felt deeply satisfying to tell a suit, "I get it, it's important to keep the faceless mob of Nazis happy"
October 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
You know, whatever else there is to say about DC comics firing me, I have to say it felt deeply satisfying to tell a suit, "I get it, it's important to keep the faceless mob of Nazis happy"
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"Catastrophic" potential as 'Brit Card' Digital IDs could out Trans+ people, campaigners warn 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/catastrophic-potential-as-brit-card-digital-ids-could-out-trans-people-campaigners-warn
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/catastrophic-potential-as-brit-card-digital-ids-could-out-trans-people-campaigners-warn
"Catastrophic" potential as 'Brit Card' Digital IDs could out Trans+ people, campaigners warn
LGBTQIA+ campaigners speak to QueerAF about how mandatory IDs could out Trans+ people
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Catastrophic" potential as 'Brit Card' Digital IDs could out Trans+ people, campaigners warn 👇
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/catastrophic-potential-as-brit-card-digital-ids-could-out-trans-people-campaigners-warn
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/catastrophic-potential-as-brit-card-digital-ids-could-out-trans-people-campaigners-warn
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The rituals of folk faith often derive their potency from reenactment of story, a reconnection to the imaginative power at its core. There is rarely such thing as a ‘simple folktale’. – Dr. M. Benn #Folklore
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The rituals of folk faith often derive their potency from reenactment of story, a reconnection to the imaginative power at its core. There is rarely such thing as a ‘simple folktale’. – Dr. M. Benn #Folklore