Katiebiker
@katiebiker.bsky.social
Biker, cheese eater and occasional thinker
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Beatrice Shilling #WWII invented device to counter engine cut-out by restricting fuel flow to carburettor preventing #Hurricane & #Spitfire engine stall. Helped win #BattleofBritain @wes1919.bsky.social memb, early electrical engineering apprentice d #OTD 18 Nov 1990 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...
November 18, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Beatrice Shilling #WWII invented device to counter engine cut-out by restricting fuel flow to carburettor preventing #Hurricane & #Spitfire engine stall. Helped win #BattleofBritain @wes1919.bsky.social memb, early electrical engineering apprentice d #OTD 18 Nov 1990 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatric...
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Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out
Claire Sharpe says she disagrees with Cycling UK only naming biological women in their top 100 list.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Cyclist turns down trans exclusionary honour for woman cyclists (and you can feel the BBC’s teeth grinding about it).
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
"If they don't want to ride with all women, then it's not the kind of ride I want to be part of".
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The stupidity of Brexit means we are now serving as a warning to possibly the stupidest administration in history 🤦🏽♀️.
And bafflingly around 35% plan at the next election to entrust our country’s future to the architect of the Brexit poopfest 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
And bafflingly around 35% plan at the next election to entrust our country’s future to the architect of the Brexit poopfest 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
The stupidity of Brexit means we are now serving as a warning to possibly the stupidest administration in history 🤦🏽♀️.
And bafflingly around 35% plan at the next election to entrust our country’s future to the architect of the Brexit poopfest 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
And bafflingly around 35% plan at the next election to entrust our country’s future to the architect of the Brexit poopfest 🤦🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
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It takes a lot to impress me, but this is fucking impressive.
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It takes a lot to impress me, but this is fucking impressive.
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I called out a Reform MP’s racist comments in Parliament today.
I withdrew calling her a racist for her racist comments. But let’s be clear - racism has no place in Parliament or our politics.
I withdrew calling her a racist for her racist comments. But let’s be clear - racism has no place in Parliament or our politics.
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I called out a Reform MP’s racist comments in Parliament today.
I withdrew calling her a racist for her racist comments. But let’s be clear - racism has no place in Parliament or our politics.
I withdrew calling her a racist for her racist comments. But let’s be clear - racism has no place in Parliament or our politics.
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We’re looking for a Narrative Design Intern for this summer to come help us work on Star Wars: Jedi! www.respawn.com/careers/narr...
Respawn Entertainment
Academy Award-winning studio behind critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order, and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.
www.respawn.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We’re looking for a Narrative Design Intern for this summer to come help us work on Star Wars: Jedi! www.respawn.com/careers/narr...
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Commissioner Michael O'Flaherty adds: 'I observe a tendency to see the human rights of different groups as a zero-sum game. This has contributed to narratives which build on prejudice against trans people and portray upholding their human rights as a de facto threat to the rights of others.’
The Council of Europe’s human rights commissioner has rebuked the UK over the arrests of individuals who express support for Palestine Action and the status of trans people following Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/strasbo...
Strasbourg warns UK on policing of demonstrations and trans rights
Human rights commissioner cites arrests of Palestine Action demonstrators and interpretation of Supreme Court's decision in For Women Scotland.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Commissioner Michael O'Flaherty adds: 'I observe a tendency to see the human rights of different groups as a zero-sum game. This has contributed to narratives which build on prejudice against trans people and portray upholding their human rights as a de facto threat to the rights of others.’
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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Errol Flynn lives!
October 8, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Errol Flynn lives!
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AI is a runaway train and I’d like to get off at the nearest station.
I’ll jump off and roll down a hill like they do in the movies if I have to.
Video: @varunmayya.bsky.social
I’ll jump off and roll down a hill like they do in the movies if I have to.
Video: @varunmayya.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
AI is a runaway train and I’d like to get off at the nearest station.
I’ll jump off and roll down a hill like they do in the movies if I have to.
Video: @varunmayya.bsky.social
I’ll jump off and roll down a hill like they do in the movies if I have to.
Video: @varunmayya.bsky.social
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This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is Ada Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron and considered to be the first person to write a computer programme which was for Babbage's Analytical Machine. She died in 1842
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
In her honour, today is Ada Lovelace Day and is all about encouraging women and girls in mathematics, science and engineering.
Can we pin this to appear every Monday morning? 😁
October 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Can we pin this to appear every Monday morning? 😁
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Genius. Up there with the Michael Gove one IMHO
![[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking]
1
SOCRATES:
Plato..
PLATO:
Yes Socrates?
2
SOCRATES:
Can you tell me, are you human?
PLATO:
Why… yes, Socrates
3
SOCRATES:
And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is?
PLATO:
Um, yep
4
SOCRATES:
So you can tell me, then
5
[Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel]
SOCRATES:
*Is that a chariot*?
6
PLATO:
Well
that’s more just a bit of wheel
7
SOCRATES:
So not a *chariot*.
PLATO:
No.
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SOCRATES:
[Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes]
So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*?
9
PLATO:
Well you can’t tap any of them really
10
SOCRATES:
So are we not human?
PLATO:
‘Spose not.
11
[Bleak pause]
12
PLATO:
I’ll get the hemlock
SOCRATES:
Yeah
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiazbuxbxnuyt5etli2cjseaychvbuym6n6z33nwx2mutlvoqjdhge@jpeg)
October 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Genius. Up there with the Michael Gove one IMHO
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Reform UK take donation from Greybull, the Private Equity who killed British Steel.
www.forbes.com/sites/france...
www.forbes.com/sites/france...
September 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Reform UK take donation from Greybull, the Private Equity who killed British Steel.
www.forbes.com/sites/france...
www.forbes.com/sites/france...
Ok, didn't see that coming. A very positive step! #HighetEducation
Well I wasn't expected this! And it's excellent!
Labour are bringing back maintenance grants for students in higher education.
They will be targeted to disadvantaged students studying priority courses to help them access & excel in their studies.
They grants were abolished by the Tories in 2016.
Labour are bringing back maintenance grants for students in higher education.
They will be targeted to disadvantaged students studying priority courses to help them access & excel in their studies.
They grants were abolished by the Tories in 2016.
Targeted maintenance grants for students to be reintroduced
Disadvantaged students studying priority courses will benefit from extra financial support to access and excel in higher education.
www.gov.uk
September 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ok, didn't see that coming. A very positive step! #HighetEducation
Don't think I can ever get bored of watching this 😊
September 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Don't think I can ever get bored of watching this 😊
Another entry for the next edition of Invisible Women...
Absolutely wild that, in the year of our lord two-thousand and twenty-five, there's a new research article that calls women "females" but calls men "men"
![Risk factors for anxiety disorders and environmental influences
Sex
Females are twice as likely as men to suffer from an anxiety disorder. The cause of this could be a genetic or neurobiological difference in females (Table 1) [3].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hjf3pq6h633jicai5o3hdcfu/bafkreicbajskou7xtsp67x3pbifc6ae3dr6svwxmvhamvyb4ipekzehqgm@jpeg)
September 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Another entry for the next edition of Invisible Women...
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Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
September 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
Love this, very evocative
September 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Love this, very evocative