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Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!
December 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Happy Hogswatch to all who celebrate. Ho! Ho! Ho!
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a grinch is the offspring of a who and a sneetch. and like a mule, is genetically sterile
December 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
a grinch is the offspring of a who and a sneetch. and like a mule, is genetically sterile
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Important context here: when Peter Thiel and David Sacks began their war on diversity as undergrads at Stanford, thirty years ago, the very first tactic they adopted was to normalize slurs that had already been stigmatized out of mainstream society. This return of these hateful terms was a key goal.
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Important context here: when Peter Thiel and David Sacks began their war on diversity as undergrads at Stanford, thirty years ago, the very first tactic they adopted was to normalize slurs that had already been stigmatized out of mainstream society. This return of these hateful terms was a key goal.
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Also, "some people" are bigots ...
Just because you wrap your bigotry in the cloak of religion, it doesn't make you any less of a bigot.
It does mean, however, you're missing the central message of Christianity ...
Just because you wrap your bigotry in the cloak of religion, it doesn't make you any less of a bigot.
It does mean, however, you're missing the central message of Christianity ...
December 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Also, "some people" are bigots ...
Just because you wrap your bigotry in the cloak of religion, it doesn't make you any less of a bigot.
It does mean, however, you're missing the central message of Christianity ...
Just because you wrap your bigotry in the cloak of religion, it doesn't make you any less of a bigot.
It does mean, however, you're missing the central message of Christianity ...
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Despite numerous pilots evidencing that a 4 day week is usually better for the employee & the employer, the government rejects it out of hand. Why are Labour on the wrong side of so many issues?🤔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Councils warned against adopting four-day week
Local Government Secretary Steve Reed has told council leaders to not introduce four-day working weeks.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Despite numerous pilots evidencing that a 4 day week is usually better for the employee & the employer, the government rejects it out of hand. Why are Labour on the wrong side of so many issues?🤔
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Every single study into a 4 day week has concluded that it's beneficial for employees and shown there's not a drop in productivity. It's not a sign of failure, it's a sign of progress but the UK government is more than happy to stagnate at best and march backwards at worst.
Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told
Four-day week may be considered a sign of failure, England councils told
Local government secretary writes to town halls warning them against ‘part-time work for full-time pay’
The secretary for local government has written to all councils to warn that adopting a four-day week for staff puts them at risk of being declared a failing authority, according to reports.
Twenty-five councils have discussed a four-day week policy and one, South Cambridgeshire district council, has already moved to the pattern. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Every single study into a 4 day week has concluded that it's beneficial for employees and shown there's not a drop in productivity. It's not a sign of failure, it's a sign of progress but the UK government is more than happy to stagnate at best and march backwards at worst.
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hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
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Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
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This is it!
Falling for reactionary BS about "free speech" has led us to basic rights being actually threatened and removed
They never wanted debate or discussion, their point was always about putting the very humanity of marginalised communities back in the balance
Falling for reactionary BS about "free speech" has led us to basic rights being actually threatened and removed
They never wanted debate or discussion, their point was always about putting the very humanity of marginalised communities back in the balance
This kind of legal action against universities will chill the free speech of all who advocate for the rights of minoritised peoples. This was the bill’s intent. Lobbyists are already using it to shut down speech they don’t like.
Unless universities stand up strongly for ALL freedom of expression…
Unless universities stand up strongly for ALL freedom of expression…
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
December 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This is it!
Falling for reactionary BS about "free speech" has led us to basic rights being actually threatened and removed
They never wanted debate or discussion, their point was always about putting the very humanity of marginalised communities back in the balance
Falling for reactionary BS about "free speech" has led us to basic rights being actually threatened and removed
They never wanted debate or discussion, their point was always about putting the very humanity of marginalised communities back in the balance
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Children who lived in overcrowded or damp homes missed three weeks more school than other pupils over the course of their education, a study has found
Children in overcrowded and damp homes miss more school, UK study finds
Children who lived in overcrowded or damp homes missed three weeks more school than other pupils over the course of their education, a study has found. Pupils living in poor quality homes tend to be m...
wp.me
December 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Children who lived in overcrowded or damp homes missed three weeks more school than other pupils over the course of their education, a study has found
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A generation that grew up on The Simpson's monorail episode shouldn't be buying any of this, and yet.
December 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A generation that grew up on The Simpson's monorail episode shouldn't be buying any of this, and yet.
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This is incredibly obviously going to be the rolling problem with a “tougher” immigration stance. We still need people to do things. And, ultimately, either we hire/retain them or the things don’t get done. Everything else is hollow rhetoric.
Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Hundreds of foreign prison staff who could have faced deportation and the sack have been offered an emergency extension to their visa in order to stop the prison system collapsing, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is incredibly obviously going to be the rolling problem with a “tougher” immigration stance. We still need people to do things. And, ultimately, either we hire/retain them or the things don’t get done. Everything else is hollow rhetoric.
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Resident doctors in Wales have voted by a large majority to accept a new contract, described as the most significant reform of their terms and conditions in more than two decades
Resident doctors in Wales vote to accept 'landmark' new contract
Resident doctors in Wales have voted by a large majority to accept a new contract, described as the most significant reform of their terms and conditions in more than two decades. A total of 83% of th...
nation.cymru
December 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Resident doctors in Wales have voted by a large majority to accept a new contract, described as the most significant reform of their terms and conditions in more than two decades
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Huge new poll puts Plaid ahead of Reform with Labour and the Conservatives on just 10% each. willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/bombshell-...
Bombshell polling for Wales
If this is correct we are seeing a seismic shift
willhaywardwales.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Huge new poll puts Plaid ahead of Reform with Labour and the Conservatives on just 10% each. willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/bombshell-...
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Absolute failures of reading comp. here as ppl say “so trans men with beards will have to use the ladies lol” no- the whole point is they are being asked not to use *either* men’s or womens toilets & be relegated to some mysterious third category. It’s not a punchline; horrific deliberate bigotry.
When this guidance is published (given legal standing), as it almost certainly will be, as a trans man I will not be allowed to use non-unisex public toilets. Which is almost every public toilet.
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Just want that to sink in, there.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Absolute failures of reading comp. here as ppl say “so trans men with beards will have to use the ladies lol” no- the whole point is they are being asked not to use *either* men’s or womens toilets & be relegated to some mysterious third category. It’s not a punchline; horrific deliberate bigotry.
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Taking the train into 2026
December 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Taking the train into 2026
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It sure is something watching Girl Guides protest the exclusion of their trans members, at the same time as the BBC pushes someone out for being a trans ally and routinely updates their news articles to insert transphobic terminology.
December 13, 2025 at 5:12 PM
It sure is something watching Girl Guides protest the exclusion of their trans members, at the same time as the BBC pushes someone out for being a trans ally and routinely updates their news articles to insert transphobic terminology.
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doing this to startle my cat
December 13, 2025 at 7:22 PM
doing this to startle my cat
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"Just need to get net immigration down and these people will suddenly become well-adjusted and happy with their lot" - the home secretary, apparently.
Some highlights from the X reaction to Sofie Jenkinson's concept of "Silly Sausage Britain":
December 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
"Just need to get net immigration down and these people will suddenly become well-adjusted and happy with their lot" - the home secretary, apparently.
BMA representative on Politics Live being berated by a Tory MP and Baroness Fox while a Labour MP just sits there like a lemon 🍋
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
BMA representative on Politics Live being berated by a Tory MP and Baroness Fox while a Labour MP just sits there like a lemon 🍋
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I love living in a country where there's no way to avoid having these people imposed on us even if we reject them at the ballot box. Either through constant media tours like Jon Ashworth or appointment to the Lords like this.
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I love living in a country where there's no way to avoid having these people imposed on us even if we reject them at the ballot box. Either through constant media tours like Jon Ashworth or appointment to the Lords like this.
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Falkner there - a relentlessly malicious wacko with notable impulse control problems - is especially glaring proof that you can tell what type of fox each one is, by looking at which henhouse it is they have been asked to guard.
December 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Falkner there - a relentlessly malicious wacko with notable impulse control problems - is especially glaring proof that you can tell what type of fox each one is, by looking at which henhouse it is they have been asked to guard.