Anxious Annie

[Jean Hatchet @JeanHatchet]

Listening to the report into the Rochdale child sexual exploitation scandal. Lots of regret expressed. Thinking of all those girls whose lives were irreparably changed by those evil men and the authorities who failed to help them. Maggie Oliver and Sara Rowbotham named as significant in turning the tide for those girls.

[The Alexandra @TheAlexSW19]

If you're on your own tomorrow, (loads are, it's not your fault) come to the Alex. We'll give you free Christmas dinner, some beer/wine & great company. It's not a misprint, there's no catch. You don't book, you just come. Between 12-3pm. Do it, I promise you'll love it ❤️❤️

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Put my heart and soul into this over the last month to get it right. Lots of people helped with everything from designs to the website, free of charge.

I think you’ll love them and Tina would be chuffed 🙏🥰 (1/4)

You can see them here https://t.co/5vXFatj3d1

[David Challen @David_Challen]

“We probably spent quarter of a million quid [on a surrogate]… they have a company that basically is supermodels who are Ivy League educated… Our one went to Columbia… it’s a bit prostituty, isn’t it?”

“I think it’s quite fabulous… but we got a Brazilian supermodel.”

SIGH…

[Rachel Williams @Rachel_SUTDA]

Non fatal strangulation timeline:

6.8 seconds loss of consciousness
14 seconds an anoxic seizure
15 seconds bladder incontinence
30 seconds bowel incontinence
All deaths between 62-152 seconds

You only need the pressure of a handshake to kill someone.

It’s the second cause of homicide in females after stabbing.

Link to my interview with Central Club Podcast is on my previous post in the comments. @thecentralclub_

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

In the big old USA 🇺🇸 over the next week.

If anybody wants to come for a little dog walk with me the 3 dates are here. First one is in LA tomorrow (Sunday).

Just some nice little feel good walks with other dog people. Someone might have to lend me a dog! 🥰🙏

[Martina Navratilova @Martina]

@Dublinate @DreyfusJames Fuck off on the testosterone, asshole. My ovaries would beg to differ. I got to where I was with hard work and ridiculously great genes. Thank you mom and dad. Do you know how many matches I lost because of my period? STFU.

[Fatima Whitbread @FatimaWh1tbread]

“Fatima’s Campaign”

I am drawing on my lived experiences of the care systems; using my platform and past to create a nationwide campaign to amplify the voices of our children and young people. Let’s make a difference now and for future generations! We need to take action 🌟💓

[Fatima Whitbread @FatimaWh1tbread]

‼️I have some exciting news to share with you… I am working on a new nationwide campaign to raise awareness for and support children and young people in and from the care system. I hope to inspire meaningful change that will last a lifetime 🌟

[Coach @rowinggeek]

Amphetamines, steroids and men in boats. I spoke to two pioneers of women's rowing, Lin Clark & Penny Chuter, about the dark days of racing the Eastern Bloc countries and the parallels with the trans issues that affect fairness in women's sport today.
https://t.co/yEcWRRGCdn

[Genevieve Gluck @WomenReadWomen]

Chloe Cole was given puberty-blocking drugs at 13 and underwent a double mastectomy at 15.

"I would look at myself and I felt so ugly, I wasn't shaped like how I thought women were supposed to look like. I had smaller, less developed breasts and hips and I liked having my hair short, I didn't dress femininely.

I thought that I would never make a good woman, that in a lot of ways I would be better off as a boy. And I even questioned at times why I was born the way that I was.

But it wasn't until I was introduced to the transgender community online that I actually started to think of myself as a boy.

The whole thing was a lie.

The further I went into it, the more my body masculinized, and especially once my breasts were gone, with each step, it made me more conscious of the fact that no matter what parts of my body I was rid of, no matter what was taken from me, I would always be a woman."

@chloecole speaking with journalist @LiamRBartlett for @7NewsSpotlight
FULL VIDEO:
https://t.co/WGRv5yAvJY

[Laila Mickelwait @LailaMickelwait]

A 15 year old from Broward County Florida was missing for a year, she was found when her distraught mother was tipped off by a Pornhub user that he recognized her child on P*rnhub. The girl was found being raped in 58 videos on on an account called “Daddys_Slut.”

Police matched the abuser’s face in the videos to 7-11 convenience store surveillance footage and identified 30 year old Christopher Johnson. When police rescued the girl from his apartment and arrested Johnson she said the videos were filmed inside the apartment and that he had impregnated her.

The videos on P*rnhub were monetized with ads and sold as pay-to-download content where P*rnhub earned 35% of the sale of the videos.

The girl’s life will never be the same.

Here is a small sample of evidence we have about P*rnhub’s complicity:

-The CEO/owner admitted in emails that they did not verify the age or consent of any of the millions of individuals in the homemade user generated sex videos on the site.

- They ignored victims who were begging for their abuse videos to be taken down including underage children.

-When they did respond to victims they would hassle them to prove they were underage or victims of rape in the videos.

-Legal filings show they also ignored police demands to remove underage abuse on multiple occasions.

-If videos were removed they would just get uploaded again and again.

-They employed only 10 moderators per 8 hour shift for all of MindGeek/Aylo’s tube sites including P*rnhub, Redtube,YouPorn, Xtube and more.

-Moderators were reprimanded if they watched less than 700 videos per shift and were expected to watch up to 1200 with the sound off. Some of the more experienced moderators would skip through over 2000 per shift.

-Multiple whistleblower moderators have come out and said their job was not to remove content, it was to allow as much content to go through as possible.

- Last week text messages that were uncovered in legal discovery were published by the court where MindGeek employees said “The problem is that management does not want the rules enforced.”

-Text messages also show employees saying that management instructed them to stop sending notices of child sexual abuse on P*rnhub to management, presumably so they could claim ignorance.

-The depositions published last week confirm that P*rnhub was hiding child sexual abuse they knew about from authorities and not reporting any child abuse for over 13 years until the #Traffickinghub movement went viral. Not reporting CSAM is a criminal offense in Canada where their headquarters is.

- The depositions confirmed P*rnhub wasn’t employing any industry standard technology tools to detect or remove child sexual abuse for over 13 years.

- Legal discovery proved Pornhub had only one person employed 5 days a week to review flagged videos.

-They had a backlog of 706,000 flagged videos.

-They had a policy not to even review a flagged video until it has over 15 flags.

-A victim could flag their rape 15 times without ever triggering a review of the video.

-The CEO called their flagging policies “good and reasonable” in emails.

-The CEO admitted in emails it was obvious that they were trying to hide their policies from the credit card companies.

All of this was intentional company policy and practice. These were all decisions made by the owners and executives.

(The comments on the image below are real P*rnhub user comments)

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Today is the day! My book is out in all shops and online. It is as the title suggests a story of...Hope.

Every single penny I make will be used for Tina's Hospital. All support appreciated.

📘 You can buy it here https://t.co/1eZD4EUNrE

🎙️ Audio version is here https://t.co/KceOtoRoIQ

🌴✈️🐶 There is even a competition to win flights and hotel for 2 to spend a week with me and the dogs in Thailand. You can enter here https://t.co/fAaivKl6nA

To everybody who supports me thank you so so much. Lets get this hospital built!

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Tina. A dog that will live long in the memory. She didn’t let a life of breeding, neglect and being tied on a chain get her down. Once she found her freedom she fully embraced it.

I thought it would be a lovely tribute if people did something kind in her name. For yourself or someone else. Today or tomorrow.

Get an ice cream. Call an old friend for 10 mins. Watch a sunset. Take your dogs on a new adventure. Go for a surprise Sunday brunch. Give someone a lovely compliment. Something simple and kind.

Tina was always kind and loved others more than herself. A day where people did similar in her name would be just beautiful. Feel free to share any below this video to inspire others.

RIP Tina 🥰🙏

[Niall Harbison @NiallHarbison]

Farewell Tina - The Greatest Dog There Ever Was

Yesterday at 4.45 PM Tina gently passed away. She was in her favourite hammock wrapped in blankets in my arms and with 4 lovely woman who have helped care for her holding her paws. Her belly was full of sausages and treats, she was basking in the warm late evening sun and her favourite song was playing.

Tina was still alive in this picture but as far as she was concerned she was already very much in heaven and surrounded by pure love.

When The Time Came, Tina Left With Dignity 🐶❤️

Tina’s test results had been really bad for a month. We did everything imaginable to prolong her life. She followed me every single day on my rounds often going on 7-8 walks with other dogs despite her illness for fear of being alone or missing out.

On Thursday for the first time ever she came on one short walk and then retreated to rest. I’d never seen that before. When I came back with my dinner and she couldn’t get up to greet me at the door I instantly knew the time had come. I didn’t need blood tests or a vet to tell me. Tina had given everything she had left to give.

Up until the very last moment she always had a fresh clean bandana on, she ate the very best food and she was genuinely happy and at ease with her world. It will please everybody to know that Tina didn’t suffer one bit.

I Was Just A Conduit To Share Tina’s Message

I get about X20 more messages about Tina compared to every other dog I share. People picked up on her innate almost spiritual qualities through a screen thousands of miles away without ever meeting her.

We loved each other deeply but literally thousands of others loved Tina in their own way too. She was a beacon of hope. A soul so pure she could change people’s entire daily outlook from afar. Tina didn’t have a bad bone in her body and her ability to inspire others who were also struggling was all down to her. She radiated purity of soul and gentle goodness.

They really broke the mould when they made Tina.

Great Things Will Happen In Tina’s Name

Her final resting place is not in Giuseppe’s memorial garden with the other dogs who have passed. She is buried beside her hammock so I can sit and tell her how the mission to save street dogs around the world is going.

Much more important though is what I spoke to her about this morning after fixing up her flowers…

🔵This will be the site for a new hospital for street dogs

🔵It will be built right on top of her in this exact spot

🔵It will be called the “The Tina Hospital For Dogs Who Aren’t Doing So Good”

🔵The entrance will have a huge smiling photo of Tina

🔵I’ll figure out a way to get the best staff, machines and medicines

I won’t be able to do it overnight as I need to figure out logistics, planning and funding but It’s a promise to Tina now, so that means it will be done. And it will be done fast.

I can’t think of a better thing to do than having 100s of sick and needy dogs like she once was treated there. She would love that.

187 Joyous And Life Changing Days 🌞 🛵 🌴

Tina was put on this planet for a reason. We live in times with a lot of uncertainty, doom and gloom and endless negativity. After being on a chain for years, having dozens of puppies and nearly dying alone she would have every reason to also be down on life.

In the 187 days that we all knew her, Tina was… Compassionate. Beautiful. Gentle. Loving. Friendly. Easy Going. Loyal. Positive. Supportive. Angelic. Graceful.

She lit up any room or space she was in. People gravitated towards her. She didn’t need anything fancy or expensive. A tennis ball, her humans and some tasty food was all Tina ever looked for. She taught us all to…

🔵Live fully in the moment

🔵Don’t let the past define you

🔵Go “all in” on loving people

🔵Above all else…Be kind

187 days is not a lot but it also feels like a lifetime. She’s been swimming, made new friends, gone on hikes. had adventures and loved every second. Only a dog like Tina could have an impact like she has in such a short space of time.

The sadness hasn’t hit me too hard today. I look around for my shadow and she isn’t there but I’ve been getting ready for this day for weeks. My main feeling is relief for Tina that it all ended so well. That she didn’t suffer at all. That she felt endless love and warmth from many people when she was drifting off.

Tina could easily have been a street dog in Thailand tied to a chain that died alone months ago. Instead she was a wonderful creature that will have a huge lasting legacy.

After I put the flowers on Tina’s grave this morning and went off driving around feeding the street dogs, I could feel the sun on my back warmer than I’d felt it in months. I saw a beautiful blue butterfly flying on the wind. The sea looked the most aquamarine I’ve ever seen it. That warm sun, gentle wind and beautiful sea are all Tina. She is everywhere now.

Tina never asked for anything but I think she would have one wish we could all follow in her honour. To be kind. Maybe this weekend let someone ahead of you in a line. Check in on a friend you know might need it. Send someone flowers. Drop a note into a needy hand instead of a coin. Take a friend out for a surprise brunch. Play with your dogs a little longer than normal. Maybe just be kind to yourself and go for a walk and enjoy the fresh air. The thought of nice things happening all over the world in Tina’s name would be a lovely one.

In a world where you can be anything…Be more like Tina.

Broken hearted but big love to you all.

Niall 🙏🥰

[Independent Women @IWF]

“Bodies play sports, not identities.” ‼️

Professional powerlifter April Hutchinson weighs in on biological male who broke women’s powerlifting record in Canada…

WATCH: #SaveWomensSports

[Oli London @OliLondonTV]

Canadian powerlifter @Lea_Christina4 speaks out after transgender powerlifter broke woman’s record.

"A lot of women yesterday dropped out of the competition because they knew that Anne [Andres] would be lifting."

[REDUXX @reduxx]

A trans-identified male set a Canadian women's powerlifting record at a championship in Manitoba yesterday.

Anne Andres, who previously mocked female powerlifters, lifted a total of 210lbs more than the strongest female competitor.

FULL STORY: https://t.co/3WtBcqQNHE