Chris Paton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺

Outgoing, attitude free. Edinburgh. Proudly woke

[Katie 🇵🇸 @KittyKi31017065]

@StanCollymore All I can think about is the terrified HUMAN BEINGS inside. Can’t leave or they’ll get lynched, can’t stay or they’ll burn. What a fucking time to be alive. Shame on them all

[Brendan May @bmay]

No idea how yesterday happened. None at all.

[NATEY METALI @nate_black]

This is Middlesbrough. I've never been so ashamed to be a Teessider. People are smashing windows, burning cars, doing Nazi salutes and shouting racial slurs. People of colour are being attacked.
This is a dark day for Teesside. I've never felt so ashamed.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Can't believe this is happening in the UK in 2024 🥴

➡️Hull: thug shouts to police saying you're as bad as the paki who killed those three girls (the full clip has more obscenities)

➡️ Manchester: group of thugs surround then attack a black man

➡️ A group of thugs push bins into the police

➡️ A group of thugs knock over a policeman on his motorbike, then attack him

There are the thugs who have turned up causing disruption across the country, and then those who are motivating and encouraging the thugs to cause disruption across the country - this behaviour must never be normalised

Thank you to the police for trying to keep the peace 🙏

[Chris Paton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 @DJPaton]

@BronwynChat @Kanyou95 @RealStephenKerr 👏👏

[Maile @MaileOnX]

Not all humans are born XX or XY. Apparently we need a science lesson on intersex chromosomes.

People who are intersex have genitals, chromosomes or reproductive organs that don’t fit into a male/female sex binary. Their genitals might not match their reproductive organs, or they may have traits of both. Being intersex may be evident at birth, childhood, later in adulthood or never. Being intersex isn’t a disorder, disease or condition.

People who are intersex have reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t fit into an exclusively male or female (binary) sex classification. Intersex traits might be apparent when a person’s born, but they might not appear until later (during puberty or even adulthood). You may never notice their intersex traits externally and you might only find out about them after a surgery or imaging test.

Being intersex isn’t a disorder, disease or condition. Being intersex doesn’t mean you need any special treatments or care. But some people who are intersex choose gender affirmation options if their gender doesn’t match the one they were assigned at birth.
Being intersex may affect your:
•Genitals.
•Chromosomes.
•Hormones.
•Reproductive system.
•Gonads (ovaries or testicles).

An estimated 1 in 100 Americans is intersex. Around 2% of people worldwide have intersex traits.

Experts don’t know what causes being intersex. Some intersex traits can be genetically inherited (passed from one generation to the next in a family). Being intersex might occur due to:
•Changes to an androgen hormone receptor gene.
•Natural or synthetic hormone exposure occurring during embryo development.
•Missing or out-of-place sex-determining region Y gene (SRY).
•Other genetic conditions causing abnormal levels of hormones related to genital development.

Being intersex can present in about 40 different ways. The most common intersex traits include:
•Combination of chromosomes:Everyone inherits sex-linked chromosomes from their parents. People who are male have XY chromosomes. People who are females have XX chromosomes. People who are intersex may have a mix of chromosomes, such as XXY. Or they may have some cells that are XY and some cells that are XX. Or they may have just one X chromosome (XO). Other combinations can occur too.
•Mixed genitals and sex organs: A person who is intersex may have ovarian and testicular tissue (ovotestes). For example, you may have genitals that are associated with being assigned male at birth (AMAB), like a penis. At the same time, you may have internal reproductive anatomy or hormone levels more closely associated with being assigned female at birth (AFAB), like estrogen.

Sex and gender are not the same. Key differences include:
•Sex refers to the male or female label healthcare providers assigned you at birth based on your genitals. This label goes on birth certificates. Chromosomes, hormone levels and reproductive anatomy play roles in determining sex.
•Gender is a social construct based on societal or cultural beliefs about how people should act based on their sex.
•Gender identity refers to how your feel inside, regardless of the binary male or female label you were assigned at birth. It can influence how you choose to present yourself through your appearance and behaviors.

People who are intersex have a range of gender identities, just like everyone else. Some people who are intersex consider their gender to be intersex. Others identify as female, male, nonbinary or a different gender.

Being intersex doesn’t affect whether you’re straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual or asexual or have another sexual orientation. It’s also not the same as being transgender. A person who is transgender identifies with a gender that’s different than the sex they were assigned at birth. A person who is intersex may be transgender if their gender identity doesn’t match the sex they were assigned or raised as.

Source: Cleveland Clinic

https://t.co/gk4jyMEcN6

[Chris Paton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 @DJPaton]

@jackiebmsp @TheScotsman Trust In politics is broken because we have people like you talking shite and taking us for fools. How is the Welsh NHS performing? How do you expect Scotland to do any better (they are) when they have the same constraints as NHS Wales ? Be honest for once

[Chris Paton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 @DJPaton]

@ValentinaForSOS What a vile cretin of a person you are. Thick as mince

[Chris Paton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 @DJPaton]

@MhairiHunter It is WILD. Some of the comments are obscene. A lot of people are now very far down the rabbit hole. Can't believe how far a certain author has gone with things.

[Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com on Bsky @ErinInTheMorn]

1. Huge news out of the UK. The British Medical Association, which represents 190,000 doctors in the UK, has voted against implementation of the Cass Review, calling the review "unsubstantiated."

This will have global impacts.

Subscribe to support my journalism. Lets dig in.

[Politics For You @PoliticoForYou]

BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨

The rioters last night were not concerned locals, they were fascists from elsewhere who left on trains once they’d finished terrorising a grieving community.

The only way to stop this happening again is to throw the book at them.

[Martin Lewis @MartinSLewis]

News. The Chancellor's just announced Winter Fuel Payments will no longer be universal to all pensioners, now only pensioners on benefits will get it - in my view that's too narrow a group. Here's my formal statement to @RachelReevesMP ...
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The targeting of Winter Fuel Payments is too narrow with the winter we have coming. Pensioners were already due to get less as this will be the first time since winter 2022 they haven’t got the up to £300 extra winter fuel cost of living top-up.

The Energy Price Cap is likely to rise 10% this October and stay high across the winter, leaving most energy bills nearly double those pre-crisis, at levels unaffordable for millions.

Many pensioners eke out the £100 to £300 Winter Fuel Payments to allow them to keep some heating on through the cold months. While there's an argument for ending its universality due to tight national finances, it's being squeezed to too narrow a group – just those on benefits and Pension Credit.

Yet again, those just above the thresholds will be hardest hit. This is often justified as there's a 'lack of household income data' to allow other targeting. However, there's a usable precedent from the emergency energy crisis measures announced in April 2022, which I'd urge the Government to look at.

Then, a payment was made to homes in council tax bands A to D – as an imperfect but workable proxy for lower household incomes. That'd allow an additional group of lower to middle-income pensioners to keep the payments and mitigate bill shocks. Councils' discretionary funds could also be funded as in April 2022, for the limited numbers who still need help but don't qualify.

Plus, with this announcement, the Government has a huge moral imperative to ensure the 800,000 people eligible for Pension Credit who don't get it, are informed, educated and helped through the process. It is planning an awareness-raising campaign, but it needs to ensure that reaches every corner – and if possible proactively and personally contact people.

Pension Credit is a crucial gateway benefit, giving access to a host of other entitlements, and now with the link to the Winter Fuel Payment, it makes it even more important to ensure fewer miss out."

[AukeHoekstra @AukeHoekstra]

Some are angry about the "anti-Christian depiction of the last supper" at the Olympic Opening ceremony. (@elonmusk and @realDonaldTrump among others)

A Dutch art historian explains it's not the last supper but a Dutch painting of the Olympic gods.
And I explain what I loved.
🧵

[Sappho (she/her) @LadySappho]

Scratch a transphobe, find a homophobe?
What were the odds?

[Chris Paton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 @DJPaton]

@NetworkRailSCOT Ah ok. Thank you so much. I did read somewhere that I belonged to Network Rail, but it's obviously old information. Really appreciate the help 🙏

[Chris Paton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 @DJPaton]

@NetworkRailSCOT hello 👋 I have just discovered you have allotments in Portobello, Edinburgh (Brunstane Road). How would I go about applying for one ?

[Chris Paton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 @DJPaton]

@SandraToFriends @D4444Syd @brawday Where can you check?

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Heard the one about the former prime minister who knocked 40% off the value of pension funds in just a few days and then called for the pension age to be jacked up to 80?

[Chris Paton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 @DJPaton]

@CraigWHoy1 @ScotRail 🤣🤣🤣🤣 your party never resolved the dispute with the railways in England, where and when you were in charge. Still ongoing