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Employment lawyer, BBQ enjoyer, roller derby skater.

he/him/his

[˖ Ridhima 𓂀 ݁˖ @ridhima_z]

Someone said the UK heat is like the heat that comes out of the back of a bus & I’ve never heard a more accurate description

[soph @sphwbb]

won't be taking any prime minister seriously until they lay out a plan to make england better for people born post-1990. it's tiresome being expected to foot the bill for literally everyone else and getting increasingly little back for it

[ㅤً @Evertxn]

We chop and change Prime Ministers every two years because no one’s willing to accept the reality of the position the country finds itself in, and it becomes easy cope to keep blaming a central figure.

[Webl @webl1989]

@bornposting Dalek.
Gridlock.
Human Nature / Family of Blood
Impossible Planet / Satan Pit
Utopia
Midnight
Turn Left

[Carljob 🇵🇸 🇮🇪 @bornposting]

my idea for doctor who is that it should be good again, have they tried that yet

[Josh RR Jokien @joshcarlosjosh]

AI: "It looks like you're reading a lengthy document. Would you like to read a summary—"

ME:

[Webl @webl1989]

Slipshod, by @ENTERSHIKARI

[Nancy Comics by Ernie Bushmiller @JohnnyCallicutt]

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
June 28,1961

[🔻 Tony 🏳️‍⚧️ @tonyvtree]

Was a queer teen under Section 28. I am not going back again, and i refuse to accept a world where a whole new generation of queer & trans kids go through what i did at their age.

We are not fucking doing this again.

[David Paisley @DavidPaisley]

I support trans rights because I look at what's happening, the moral panic, the fear and disgust, the media manipulation, the toxic political climate, the legal restrictions on people just trying to live - and I hear section 28, I hear Thatcher, I hear 80s/90s tabloid homophobia.

[antipodean scourge @TheKnownLover]

You can be a billionaire if you invent Star Wars. I don’t care if it’s ideologically inconsistent with the rest of my politics. It’s just how it is.

[Webl @webl1989]

@hikingshawty Oh snap, this was my dinner also, although my afternoon in a sports hall was less pretty than your views!!

Lush post as always ☀️

[David Williamson @theirishego]

Very surprised @theipaper pushing this narrative but let's say it *yet again* for everyone at the back:

PIP is *not* an out-of-work benefit.

It is designed to help pay for the additional costs that come with having a disability.

[Metro @MetroUK]

'When I first watched the video – I wasn’t even angry or upset – I was actually jealous. Imagine this being your biggest problem in life,' writes Charlie Craggs✍️

[Ta West 🇿🇦 @wfreemantle]

Real sleepers know it's 6.

[Luke Zweiwalker☕️☕️☕️☕️🥃☕️ @zweiwalker89607]

Critical support to Rian Johnson for trying to rid us of inheritance based Jedi Dynasties

[Aχιѕ @AxisAntiquities]

I was just reminded of Tony Gilroy’s advice to writers on Andor:

[Kăskă (she/her)🏳️‍⚧️ @KaskaJessica]

Technically there have been protections in law for trans people to use toilets since 1999 but they've been using them longer than any of us have been alive.
If there was evidence trans women were a risk to women, we'd have 100 years of evidence right now.

[The Scarlet B!tch ᱬ @thechildoftime]

It’s funny how every time a terf posts a video about how ‘terribly’ they were treated it’s just them screaming & shouting about toilets and genitals. Then there’s a very kind & polite person (usually a minimum wage worker) reminding them how to compose themselves in public.

[David Cann @drwhofan_194]

Very clear that this guidance doesn't make anyone safer, but rather encourages harassment of both trans folks, & cis folks who don't conform to whatever gender-conforming standards TERFs have cooked up.

[Fergus Navaratnam-Blair @Fergus_NBlair]

One important but underappreciated facet of this story is the way in which it represents the creeping Americanisation of British politics.

This country does not have US-style separation of powers. It is not the role of the Supreme Court - let alone quangos like the EHRC - to make sweeping policy changes on the basis of definitional quibbling.

If we had a government with any backbone, or any commitment to protecting the rights of this country's LGBTQ+ people, this entire saga would have been over in a single vote.

But instead, our government has wilfully abrogated its own constitutional responsibility because the Labour party has bought into the narrative that this whole debate is "toxic" and there's no way to come out ahead or meaningfully set the agenda. (i.e., they don't want to get yelled at by J. K. Rowling OR their own largely pro-trans activist base)

In time, I think we might look back on this incident as a moment of profound constitutional change, a signal that our legislators are increasingly willing to wash their hands of any remotely thorny issue - regardless of the long-term damage to the trust and authority of our parliament.