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Rubecula
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Working in equality and diversity. Bi, cis, trans ally
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Hard to believe when there is already light and void items tied to the epic edition as well as character portraits? How are they not tied to class fantasy or thematically important?
Housing items tied to core fantasies of a player’s race or class, or that already exist in Azeroth, won’t be sold in the shop. Thematically important decor that players know and love will also not appear in the shop.
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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This is hilarious. They're going to sell things like chairs and candles individually so you have to keep spending to actually decorate a room. Why would you fuck up a system that was looking so good with this?
Smaller Housing items in the shop are often low cost and players will want to purchase multiples of them to complete a set. As an example, you may want a full set of chairs to place around a dining table, multiple place settings for your invited guests, or even many candles to help decorate the room for a complete look. Using an in-game currency can help make the process of obtaining many of these types of inexpensive items more efficient.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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I love trolls but their customisation is so lacking 😭
Can't wait to get some new wild and rugged races in the game!
A screenshot of a female harranir wearing green armor. their skin is bluish grey with green body paint tracing down the arms. Spines poke through at the shoulders and are throughout the harranir's hair aswell. The Harranir has tusks, fairly short and wide pierced ears, and a wide nose. The Harranir's hair is in pigtails and is a dark black with highlights of a bright lime green throughout the hair.
October 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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I got this message from my actual union, couldn't believe how they were describing AI considering how much companies are going to fuck up work trying to integrate it.
Introduction to AI using Copilot Tuesday 7th October 10am - 12pm Online via teams In today's rapidly changing business world, artificial intelligence (AI) is a game-changer. To stay competitive, understanding AI is essential. Microsoft Copilot offers a responsible and ethical approach to AI, prioritising transparency, privacy, and adherence to industry standards. As more than just an assistant, Copilot empowers productivity by streamlining tasks, from drafting emails to providing expert answers. Focus on what matters most while Copilot handles the rest. Learning Outcomes: Understanding AI: Define AI and its various types. Mitigating Risks: Learn to identify and address potential risks associated with AI. Effective Prompting: Master the art of crafting effective AI prompts. Safe Copilot Usage: Discover best practices for utilising Microsoft Copilot (Free Version) responsibly.
October 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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Going well in Your Party then.
Tweets from Adnan Hussain from Tue 9th September 2025 "I put my name to Your Party on the promise of a broad, inclusive church. A democratic, grassroots focused approach. It appealed to me because this is how I won my election, as an Independent, supported by grassroots, and able to speak the language of the people I represent. People who won on a Labour ticket can threaten to push me out all they like. I took on the Labour Party machinery and won. They probably couldn't even win a by-election in their constituency with their juvenile student politics. Sit down.
September 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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One of those days.
A post from Sarah Lazarus "every day we have to wake up, confront the most upsetting shit we've ever seen, and then walk around obeying laws and saying" it's tomato season"
September 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Final scores after candidates are eliminated and votes transferred:

Ali 5337.67
Millward 5003.24
Adlington-Stringer 3642.42
RON 287.68
Fernandez
Townsend
Mace
Routh
Daw
Warlow
Ali 5337.67 Millward 5003.24 Adlington-Stringer 3642.42 RON 287.68 Fernandez Townsend Mace Routh Daw Warlow
September 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Ali 5366
Millward 3656
Adlington-Stringer 2567
Fernandez 1455
Townsend 1355
Mace 549
Routh 526
Daw 243
Warlow 160
RON 136

Mothin wins the first position outright. Other candidates are eliminated in the following order:
Warlow,
Daw,
Mace and Routh,
Townsend,
Fernandez
Ali 5366 Millward 3656 Adlington-Stringer 2567 Fernandez 1455 Townsend 1355 Mace 549 Routh 526 Daw 243 Warlow 160 RON 136
September 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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@roseschmits.bsky.social What do you think of the PM's new social pic?
Rose Schmits' line drawing of Keir Starmer with a blank expression looking completely devoid of personality, but English flags have been crudely drawn behind him, little ones in a row and one really big one above his head.
September 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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For context, the people he is trying to woo.
A picture of a very badly painted union Jack on a white wall in a garden. The Facebook post attached says in all caps with poor spelling and punctuation: "WELL HOPE THIS IS ALLOWED, BUT IM NO BANKSY OR VANGOGH BUT THIS IS FOR BRITAIN, THIS IS PAINTING THE COLOURS, SO STARMER DO YOU DARE SEND THE COUNCIL TO REPAINT THIS FENCE, AS THIS IS NOT A STANDARD COUNCIL FENCE, THIS PENSIONER PAID FOR IT HERSELF, UNITED WE STAND AND UNITED WE FALL, RULE BRITAINER, BRITAINER RULES THE WAYS, NENER NEVER SHALL WE BE SLAVES, UP YOURS STARMER
September 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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He is so fucking proud of himself. He is totally convinced that this is actually all he needs to do and he'll be seen as the PM of the people. Never thought fascism would be so cringe.
Kier Starmer standing behind a podium with a lot of tiny English flags behind him, he has the biggest goofiest grin on his face with his finger held out.
September 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Just seen that the UK government has a reddit acount that answers questions about removing migrants on reddit boards like r/tooafraidtoask. What is 2025.
Screenshot of a reddit response from the accunt "UKGovNews. Why can we (UK) not just return small boat migrants back to France? by MikeTorsson in TooAfraidToAsk UKGovNews 1 point 10 days ago Great question. We've taken decisive action on this. The first small boat migrants have been detained under the UK government's landmark UK-France deal. Detained individuals are expected to be removed to France in the coming weeks. Our new returns deal strikes at the heart of the people smuggling gangs’ business model as we continue to strengthen border security through our Plan for Change.
August 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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I have had the first response back from GOSH. It's not particularly helpful so will submit a followup FOI for further information, attached.
Q.2. In what ways does your service engage with children, young people, and families to design and review service delivery? The service has established Parent/Carer and Young People’s Advisory and Focus Groups that are involved several ongoing workstreams, including: •Environmental •Branding: Developing the ‘look’ and ‘feel’ of the service •Coproduction of patient information •Design and review intervention material •Involvement in recruitment processes •The service utilises a ‘you said, we did’ mechanism to feedback to the groups. Q.3. In what way does your service collect and report children and young people’s experience of the service? •Shared learning from other services (North West and South West) on aspects of the service that they have already received feedback on. •CHI-ESQ and the NHS Friend and Family Test (FFT) questionnaires. •PALS/Complaints/Compliments logged via Datix as per usual Trust processes. Q.4. What patient reported outcome measures and patient reported experience measures have you developed? •The service uses standardised PROMs to measure patient experience •The service has developed a semi-structured interview process to gain feedback for participants in our group-based interventions •CChe service uses the CHI-ESQ and the NHS Friend and Family Test (FFT) questionnaires to evaluate patient experience. 1. You mention your Parent/Carer and Young People’s Advisory and Focus Groups and detail multiple workstreams they have given feedback on. Can I confirm whether these are workstreams are specific to the children and young people’s gender services, or are these workstreams related to the entire Trust’s services? 2. Can you estimate the size of the If the Parent/Carer and Young People’s Advisory and Focus Groups? E.g. the number of people who last attended group meetings. 3. Are the Parent/Carer and Young People’s Advisory and Focus Groups made up of parents/carers and young people with experience of gender services, or are they Trust wide groups? If they are Trust wide, are you able to provide an estimate of how many of members of the groups have experience with gender services? 4. Please can you share the outcomes of the gender service’s CHI-ESQ and the NHS Friend and Family Test Questionnaires you have received so far. 5. Please can you share the number of complaints and compliments received by the gender service so far. 6. Please can you share the standardised PROMS the service uses to measure patient experience. 7. Please can you share the outcomes as measured by the PROMS you have recorded so far. 8. Please can you share the interview questions used to get feedback from participants in group-based interventions. 9. Please confirm what the CChe service is. 10. Please can you share the outcomes of the CChe service’s CHI-ESQ and the NHS Friend and Family Test Questionnaires you have received so far.
July 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Is this line accurate?
"It is our policy to refuse all photo opportunities with government ministers."

Isn't a member of TransActual in this picture with Streeting? Or was the policy put in place after this?
A post from Jane Ozanne "grateful to @wesstreeting for a very positive 'reset' meeting with #LGBT leaders today, where we heard from #trans leaders about harm, hurt & hate they have increadingly experienced We acknowledged trust was at N all time low, but this was a good 1st step to rebuilding it. Attached to the post is a picture of ~ 20 people in an office meeting room with Wes Streeting in the middle.
July 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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Same image with alt text attached, the image was clipped by @hleehurley.com who does an amazing job keeping everyone up to date with news stories.
Gender-critical are ‘swivel-eyed transphobes’, says Labour MP Backbencher Tim Roca filmed attacking historic Supreme Court trans rights judgment The Sunday Telegraph 20 Jul 2025 By Nick Gutteridge and Gordon Rayner
July 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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The 10 year plan also mentions the need to accelerate the delivery of recommendations from the Messenger Review.

The second recommendation of which is "Positive equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) action"

www.gov.uk/government/p...
Excerpt from Messenger review recommendations. Embed inclusive leadership practice as the responsibility of all leaders. Commit to promoting equal opportunity and fairness standards. More stringently enforce existing measures to improve equal opportunities and fairness. Enhance CQC role in ensuring improvement in EDI outcomes.
July 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Discussion of health inequalities is throughout the 10 Year Plan. There is a strong emphasis on the need to narrow health inequalities, and you can pull from other resources about how LGBTQ+ patients are affected by these inequalities and how inclusive services address this.
Excerpt from the 10 year plan. It will be a service equipped to narrow health inequalities. Evidence shows that people in working class jobs, who are from ethnic minority backgrounds, who live in rural or coastal areas or deindustrialised inner cities, who have experienced domestic violence, or who are homeless, are more likely to experience worse NHS access, worse outcomes and to die younger. This is an intolerable injustice. Our reimagined NHS will be designed to tackle inequalities in both access and outcomes, as well as to give everyone, no matter who they are or where they come from, the means to engage with the NHS on their own terms.
July 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Certainly if they're keen on dispelling the usual lawyer stereotypes!
A gif of the lawyer Lionel Hutz from the Simpsons, shivering in horror at the idea of a world without lawyers, a peaceful utopia with all people of the world hand in hand.
July 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Can help to discuss the attack on trans people in the media. @ammsland.bsky.social has made some good images showing this. Mermaids have discussed this, e.g. the increase in terms such as “the transgender lobby” and describing trans people as deranged, aggressive.

mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/exclusi...
A chart showing the increase of trans stories matching a decrease in public support. A graph showing the rapid increase in trans stories in the media over the past 30 years, exploding in 2014 after gay marriage is legalised.
July 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Worth mentioning ILGA's information on the UK dropping from 1 to 22 in western Europe for LGBT rights. This map is also quite good for showing how stark the UK is in being one of 5 countries without legal gender recognition in western europe.
A map of europe showing countries with legal gender recognition. All countries are green apart from Bulgaria, Georgia, Hungary, Russia, and the UK.
July 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Worth mentioning that UK has previously issued travel warnings for states enacting a bathroom ban when apparently we've had a bathroom ban since 2010.
A news headline from Sunday 1st May 2016 saying "Foreign Office issues new advice for British LGBT people travelling to US" Subheadline says "LGBT travellers may be affected by legislations passed recently in the stats of North Carolina and Mississippi" Written by Emma Henderson.
July 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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ask them to appeal the judgement. I don't like cops at pride but I think this will lead to other institutions being required to withdraw support to LGBTQ+ people. Attached is what I've written.

I'd encourage others to contact them as well. You can do so by the following:
Many thanks for your attempts to support the LGBTQ+ community. There is a lot of distrust between the LGBTQ+ community and police forces due to both historic and current actions that police have taken which harm queer lives. For instance, recently the CPS took advice from an anti-trans group to redefine domestic abuse to remove protections to trans people. I’m contacting you following it being ruled as unlawful for police forces to attend Pride marches. I am not trans, but I am a member of the LGBTQ+ community who is horrified at the attacks on the trans community and those who are painting trans people as abusers in the same way that lesbian, gay, and bisexual people have been in the past. As you are probably aware, anti-trans groups coordinated to make your situation the perfect issue to be taken to court in an attempt to get nationwide change in reducing support for the LGBTQ+ community. Anti-trans groups with large amounts of donated money create legal cases and when they do not succeed, they appeal until they find a judge who is also anti-trans. Most recently this was seen in the For Women Scotland legal case, a case which had been unsuccessful until it made it to the Supreme Court. Notably Lord Hodge who lead the Supreme Court for this decision has previously chaired a commission on same-sex relationships opposing gay marriage. The LGBTQ+ community does not have the resources and funds that the anti-trans movement does. We desperately need those who are targeted by anti-trans organisations to appeal decisions and ensure they do not become taken as the new normal. If it becomes widespread that police are not able to march in Pride, the very next target will be NHS staff being told that supporting LGBTQ+ rights is too divisive. We have just seen yesterday school guidance which prevents teachers using materials for children to teach about the existence of trans people. We are very quickly stepping back in society, we need people to stand up and fight to support the LGBTQ+ community. Please do your part and appeal the court decision.
July 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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I've sent the attached requests to the gender services listed as providing services, will let you know if I get anything useful back.
Hi there, On 9th June 2023 NHS England published an Interim service specification for services for children and young people with gender incongruence, accessible here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/interim-service-specification-for-specialist-gender-incongruence-services-for-children-and-young-people/ In this document it specifies that service’s outcomes should include: • Evidence of engagement with children, young people and families in design and review of service delivery • Collection and reporting of children and young people’s experience of the service • Build Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) and Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) for routine deployment no later than one year following service initiation Can you share the following information: • What date did your Gender services commence? • In what ways does your service engage with children, young people, and families to design and review service delivery? • In what way does your service collect and report children and young people’s experience of the service? • What patient reported outcome measures and patient reported experience measures have you developed? In a meeting of the NHS England CYP Gender Education and Training Programme Group that took place on 29th January 2025, the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges reported that it planned to share the Holistic Assessment Framework module handbook and materials it has developed with CYP gender services. It also reported that it planned to co-design content for its Holistic Assessment Framework with CYP gender services. • Please share any feedback sent from your gender services to the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges around any training materials or sessions. • Please share the dates and minutes of any meetings your service has had with the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges between 29th January 2025 and 9th July 2025.
July 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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If a child seems suicidal from not being able to access healthcare, have you considered that it's the fault of "heightened emotional content online"?
Awareness of Online Harm for Children and Young People (CYP) While the online world and social media may present opportunities for young people, they also present risks. Online channels can increase exposure to negative and harmful content including exposure to particular ideas and beliefs that may increase a young person's risk of self-harm and suicide by encouraging certain behaviours or exposure to online bullying. Young people may be experiencing an atmosphere of heightened emotional content online as a result of government restrictions on the use of puberty suppressing hormones (puberty blockers).
July 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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No puberty blockers and no hormones, you must somehow have neither!
Is it safe to take puberty blockers or hormones before I am seen by the new service? No. Unregulated medicines can have potentially dangerous short and long term side effects; and even prescription drugs can be dangerous unless prescribed by, and managed by, an experienced and appropriately trained healthcare professional.
July 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM