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Mixed-gender changing rooms 'magnet' for sexual predators, according to new report

www.lbc.co.uk/article/mixe...
Mixed-gender changing rooms becoming a 'magnet' for sexual predators, according to new report | LBC
80 sexual assaults, 16 rapes and 65 incidents of voyeurism took place in leisure centres in 2023 – many of them in mixed-gender changing areas.
www.lbc.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The chabad rabbi killed at Bondi Beach
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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A compelling read from Hannah Barnes.

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December 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Hannah Barnes, investigative journalist, writes about the impending puberty blockers trial.
"I’ve taken a deep dive into the new puberty blockers trial, exploring how we got here, what it will and won’t answers, with a sprinkling of new revelations too. With contributions from Hilary Cass, trial team members (past & present) and MPs."
Hannah Barnes
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Will the new puberty blocker trial put children at risk?
It's unclear whether the trial will be able to answer the many urgent questions surrounding gender care
www.newstatesman.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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“Any remaining doubts of the barbarity that underpins Hamas were dispelled by the events of 20 February.” Me on the horror of Hamas’s parade of hostage coffins for @newstatesman.com

www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...
The horror of Hamas’s parade of hostage coffins
The bodies of hostages taken on 7 October were returned to Israel in a disturbing spectacle.
www.newstatesman.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Found a lovely group of wrinkled peaches (Rhodotus palmatus) yesterday. Fairly rare these days as we've lost most of the elm trees they rely on for food.

Not sure what the bracket fungus is just below... might have to get the books out.

#fungi
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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You're telling me women's rights are about vaginas. You've shown little to no understanding of the argument while condescending to me. I'm not virtue signalling, you are.

No one checks what's inside a woman knickers before oppressinv her. Your total disregard of sexism isn't good faith discussion.
I would also say, that this all feels very virtue-signally. Which is one of the allegations in the article of trans culture. I don’t feel as if there’s serious effort here to engage the argument. Just emotionally charged language.
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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"I’ve taken a deep dive into the new puberty blockers trial, exploring how we got here, what it will and won’t answers, with a sprinkling of new revelations too. With contributions from Hilary Cass, trial team members (past & present) and MPs."
Hannah Barnes
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...
Will the new puberty blocker trial put children at risk?
It's unclear whether the trial will be able to answer the many urgent questions surrounding gender care
www.newstatesman.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Doctor: Describe your average night.

Me: They wear suits of armour.

Doctor: No, I mean at bedtime.

Me: Well, they probably take it off.
September 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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It's a week until our new episode! But make sure you're up to date with our last episode first! The fabulous Stephanie Davies-Arai!
youtu.be/KV2RaSbsCdM?...
Episode 25: Stephanie Davies-Arai and 10 years of Transgender Trend
YouTube video by Inciteful Sisters
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October 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Great article thanks. Identity in all its forms seems to reflect the overbearing narcissism of this age, the triumph of the individual over the common good, the me, me, me over the us. An open goal for the right.
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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"Gender ideology asks: do you validate my internal sense of self? It replaces class solidarity with identity performance. It turns comrades into enemies over pronouns. It fractures the working class [...] And the ruling class loves it." labourheartlands.com/trans-libera...
Trans Liberation Or Socialism: You Can't Have Both - Heartlands
The entire trans debate is coming to a head, and the left is fracturing along predictable lines. The Girl Guides have reversed their 2017 policy and banned
labourheartlands.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Bumbarrels on the downs
June 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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Let’s start the week with a pair of bumbarrels
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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'John Clare: The name bumbarrel comes from the barrel or oval domed shape of their exquisitely constructed nests.'

www.josieholford.com/bumbarrels/
Bumbarrel, Mumruffin and Poke Pudding
It was Clive Bennett who got me traveling down this particular track. He’s a real birder and maintains a wonderful blog – Art in Nature – where he writes of his adventures in the …
www.josieholford.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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I spent a delightful few minutes in the company of a flock of these adorable wee Bumbarrels at Lesnes Abbey Woods yesterday. I am also pleased to discover that another old name for Long-tailed Tits is Mumruffin.
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Time to ask: In whose interests is American foreign policy being conducted?
"By dangling multibillion-dollar rare-earth and energy deals, Moscow could reshape the economic map of Europe—while driving a wedge between America and its traditional allies"

Read this excellent @wsj.com account of the business deals behind the "peace"negotiations

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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'I loved how it made reading cool again.' For Culture Current, the original publisher of 'Harry Potter' reflects on the legacy of the series, the future of storytelling, and why children's literature remains a vital cultural force reut.rs/4oEvH19
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM