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Old leftie with bus pass
Waiting for governments to restore and respect sex-based rights for women
Gies #Indyref2 too!

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

“What’re you in for mate?”

“Cleaning a river without a permit. What about you?”

@EnvAgency is really plumbing new depths of malevolent uselessness here.

[Genevieve Gluck @WomenReadWomen]

Amy Hamm, a nurse and single mother, was dragged through a modern-day witch trial for saying that men are not women.

The BC College of Nurses and Midwives found her guilty of "unprofessional conduct" for stating basic biological facts.

A nurse, being called "unprofessional" for understanding biology.

The result was a one-month suspension and $94,000 in costs.

She was subsequently fired without severance from Vancouver Coastal Health.

Gender ideology impacts us all, but the viciousness and contempt for women at the root of it ought to inspire more people to find their voices, and quickly, in order to put an end to this madness.

[Bev Jackson @BevJacksonAuth]

There are fashions with which you may agree or disagree. The current fashion for numerous large tattoos, for instance. Some people like them, others hate them. In the UK it is illegal to tattoo someone under the age of 18.

Why?

Because minors often lack the maturity to make permanent decisions about their bodies, as tastes and preferences frequently change before reaching adulthood.

How about elective double mastectomies — that is, surgical removal of the breasts without any pathology?

For girls to have their breasts amputated is apparently perfectly fine, presented as marvelous by companies such as Lush and organisations such as Amnesty, which publish images of surgical scars in celebratory mode.

There is no conceivable justification for this macabre misogynistic campaign. Girls aged 16 and even younger are undergoing elective mastectomies in numerous places such as certain US states.

In the UK the legal minimum age for this type of surgery is 18, but some private clinics assess girls aged 16.

Mastectomies are sometimes medically necessary. Those concerned often find this loss traumatic.

Giving girls the idea that an elective mastectomy is a joyful thing - reinforcing a negative body image - is absolutely disgusting.

These ads must be banned.

[Masih Alinejad 🏳️ @AlinejadMasih]

One day after the U.S. signed a deal with the Islamic Republic، the regime in Iran, handed Parastoo Ahmadi 74 lashes for singing on YouTube.

They call America the Great Satan. And then they flew to the table and signed a deal with the «Devil«. But a woman’s voice scared them more than any superpower ever could.

A regime that whips women for showing their hair and singing, there’s not a normal government.
This is called apartheid against women.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Last night, our long-range sanctions once again reached the Moscow region – for the second time this week, the Moscow oil refinery was hit. Targets were also struck in the Rostov region and in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. This is a fully justified response to Russian attacks on our cities and communities, and another important result of our warriors’ work against facilities that sustain Russia’s war machine. I thank our Defense and Security Forces of Ukraine for their coordinated efforts – the Security Service of Ukraine, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, Defense Intelligence, and our missile brigade for their precision.

In recent days, all of our partners have noted the precision and effectiveness of our mid-range strikes and long-range sanctions. It is time the war ended, and Russia must take the necessary steps in diplomacy.

[SEEN in Journalism @JournalismSEEN]

This man was repeatedly affirmed by the BBC *after* his initial conviction in 2021.

That is, @BBCDevon and @BBCNews *knew* he was a child sex offender, were fully aware of his multiple convictions, and *still* ‘respected’ his pronouns. Still did what he wanted and used the language he fancied.

It was never required by the court, or by a regulatory authority, but the BBC did it anyway.

https://t.co/4IgozFOTQC

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Cross sex hormones are not HRT. The clue is in the name. Hormone replacement treatment replaces small amounts of naturally occurring hormones that have diminished with age. Cross sex hormones don’t replace anything. They are intended to disrupt the body’s hormonal balance.

[Magi Gibson @MagiGibson]

What a travesty it is that academic, Michael Foran, until recently of Glasgow University, who has just written the definitive work on Sex, Gender, Identity and the Law is not appearing on any platforms at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Inclusivity is such a narrow concept for them.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I agree with every word of Anne Fine’s introduction to this report.👇

[Jill Foster @JournalistJill]

One of the ‘trans women’ openly boasting about going to the women’s pond and defying the law last week included Sarah Jane Baker, a man who served 30 years for kidnap and torture.
This is who the GLP fights for…

[Tonia Antoniazzi @ToniaAntoniazzi]

Hello @WalesOnline

This is a very unwell man with severe mental health issues not a woman. If he has a penis and is reported to be ‘wanking’ - he is indeed a man.

Please report a persons sex not their self identified gender when reporting such offences.

Thank you.

[Vfynn_🥷🏼 𐙚 @Vfynn_]

🚨🗣️New: Luis Suárez reacts to Uruguay’s arrival in the United States for the World Cup, where the squad faced sniffer dogs and rigorous security checks:

“I’ve been in football a long time, and I’ve seen tournaments all over the world. But what we’re witnessing here with the USA hosting this World Cup is deeply concerning. Take the Uruguay team arriving — world-class players like Manuel Ugarte, standing there with arms folded, looking utterly bewildered as sniffer dogs go through their bags like they’re common criminals. That image says it all. These are ambassadors of the game, not suspects at the border.

This isn’t hospitality; it’s humiliation dressed up as security. You’ve got a Somali referee, one of Africa’s best, denied entry despite a valid visa — a man who dreamed of officiating at the pinnacle of his career, turned away at the airport. African and South American delegations facing extra screenings, visa chaos for fans and officials from qualified nations. This is the ‘land of the free’ rolling out the red carpet? It feels more like a fortress with razor wire.

The beautiful game deserves better than being turned into a political football or a paranoid checkpoint. FIFA chased the dollars — and there are billions to be made, no doubt — but they’ve sold the soul of the tournament to a host that treats global football stars and supporters like potential threats. Meanwhile, American taxpayers and host cities are left holding a bill running into hundreds of millions for security and logistics that FIFA largely pockets.

Football has always been about unity, passion, and bringing people together across borders. Right now, under this hosting, it’s being strangled by suspicion and overreach. The world is watching these scenes and cringing. If this continues, it risks leaving a bitter taste that lingers far longer than any on-pitch glory. We needed a celebration of the game — not a showcase of division. Something has to change.”

[Kristen Waggoner @KristenWaggoner]

Let’s make one thing very clear: signing up for girls’ wrestling is in NO way a permission slip for sexual assault.

As @ADFLegal explained in our lawsuit: “Digital penetration falls outside the scope of implied consent to participating in athletics because, under normal circumstances of girls wrestling, it is not a reasonably foreseeable hazard from the perspective of a girl wrestler. Nor is sexual assault or groping generally accepted by society as part of any lawful athletic contest.”

Also: girls who sign up for girls’ wrestling aren’t consenting to wrestle boys. Kallie Keeler was betrayed by multiple adults in authority, who knowingly allowed her to wrestle a male without her knowledge or consent. They bear responsibility for what happened to her—and they are continuing to put female wrestlers in harm’s way through their actions and policies.

That’s why, besides suing governing bodies @wiaawa, @waOSPI, and the Puyallup School District, we’re also suing:

- State superintendent Chris Reykdal
- Kallie’s principal
- Her school district’s Title IX coordinator
- Her opponent’s coach

… and not just in their official capacities, but as individuals.

I’m also glad to hear the local prosecutor is reportedly still considering action against those who failed to report the sexual assault, as required by law. These mandatory reporters should have reported the incident within 48 hours but waited 53 days. They should face consequences.

We won’t rest until Kallie gets justice—and girls in Washington state get their sports back.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Recently elected male MSP argues that he and any other men who fancy denying women safety, privacy and dignity should break the law.

[For Women Scotland @ForWomenScot]

We are especially concerned by the role of Equality Network which is currently attempting to overturn the SC ruling. These groups are not accountable or open to FoIs.

It is time this was addressed.

[Sama Hoole @SamaHoole]

This year the Home Office moved to stop expert sheep shearers from Australia and New Zealand coming to shear British sheep.

The people who keep the animals comfortable were declared surplus to requirements.

For over a decade, around 75 of the best shearers on earth have flown in each spring on a simple visa concession. In a few brutal weeks they take the wool off up to two million sheep.

A top shearer clears a ewe in two or three minutes. Hundreds a day. Calm hands, no panic in the animal. It is a global trade and a young body's game, and Britain has never grown enough of its own.

The official line? Fourteen years to train Britons, so the door is closing.

Here is what that tidy sentence ignores. A sheep must be shorn every year or she overheats, cannot move properly, and gets eaten alive by flies and maggots. Shearing on time is welfare, plain and simple, written into law and into the animal's own skin.

So a government that lectures farmers without pause about welfare has quietly made the most basic welfare task harder to carry out. After the outcry they allowed one "final" year. Then the experts are gone for good.

A sector already losing money on every fleece, already burning wool it cannot sell, now told it cannot even get the people in to take the wool off.

You could be forgiven for thinking somebody wants the British sheep gone.

[REDUXX @reduxx]

IRELAND: A trans-identified male was fired from a childcare center after offering a "kiss" to an 11-year-old child as a "prize."

Aleena Starshine later filed a discrimination claim against the center, and suggested the mother of the child was transphobic.
https://t.co/ao8gGswMrC

[WheeshtCraft @Dis_Critic]

As someone who grew up in a housing scheme in Glasgow, I find it obscene that rich men get to invent their oppression- a glamorous oppression- the lanyard classes can 'address' rather than addressing real poverty, desperation and inequality. Shame on the complicit.

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

Appalling 🧵

I want those who champion men in women’s sport to explain why they’re happy to put girls at risk like this.

[Jill Foster @JournalistJill]

Teen daughter had sex education today where all pupils put a condom on a dildo.
One of the girls asked: ‘Why do girls need to learn this?’ And the teacher said: ‘Well, in case the man doesn’t know how to do it.’
Apparently my daughter then said: ‘Why the hell would we be with a man who doesn’t know how to put a condom on?’
I could not be more proud. 😂😂😂