Caption competition 👇🏼

Someone said she looked like the crufts winner today

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils

Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Sunny morning canvass this morning in Crouch End

Sephy the whippet biting an open book that’s open on the page “Important Exercises to teach your dog”

Um…

Canadian new year 🇨🇦

He’s showing me Christmas in Canada

Canada is cold.

Meme of mean girls saying “I don’t think my father the earl of sandwich would be too pleased to hear this”

www.bbc.com/news/article...

A collage of two photos of Arthur, one on the left in his school uniform, he’s about 8, and the one on the right as an adult man in a green day shirt

When I see the news stories about the puberty blocker ban, I think about the little guy on the left. He's about nine here. He already knows he's a boy. His year group are having relationships and sex education at school, covering in detail all the changes that someone assigned female at birth can expect as they progress into adolescence. Most kids in his class find it quite funny. They're talking about sex and body parts with nine year olds, after all. He's not laughing. He's hoping, praying every night, that by some kind of magic he'll wake up one day and never have to go through that. Puberty blockers are that kind of magic. They would have stopped all the pain he's about to go through. The tears streaming down his face at a Travelodge in London as his period comes on early and he's tormented by his birth sex a week before he anticipated. The despair he experiences as he progresses up another cup size and an oversized hoodie isn't enough to hide his chest anymore. Hiding at his university halls instead of exploring a new city and going on adventures with friends because he's too afraid his body will betray him and he'll be misgendered from sunrise to sunset. It's too late for me. By the time I was able to start medically transitioning, they would have had no effect. It's not too late for today's trans kids. Fight for them.

Wrote this about puberty blocker bans earlier this year

@texceptional.bsky.social I won my squash match. No selfie taken.

What if there isn’t a next time

I lost last night

Sephy fully grown standing on two front paws

Sephy as a baby standing on two front paws

Can’t believe this little girl turns 1 this week

Sephy the whippet and Sascha the human lying on the sofa with Sephy stretched out on top of Sascha

Just in case you didn’t know how long Sephy was (Sascha for scale)

For actual emergency issues I can understand. I don’t need immediate info about Greg Wallace. Just tell me when you have the full story

One of my gripes about push notifications is when it’s a breaking news story and the the article isn’t complete so doesn’t tell me any more info than the headline

Post of Keir saying he will make spiking illegal

Spiking will be made a criminal offence.

The Labour government was elected to take back our streets, central to this mission is making sure women and girls can feel safe at night.

Perpetrators of spiking will feel the full force of the law.

Don’t make unnecessary journeys

I hate echo chambers online.

In real life, if I want to share an opinion like my favourite colour, I go and stand in a room full of nazis and let them call me a paedophile and threaten to kill me in numerous violent ways.

It’s the only way to have a constructive conversation.

Sephy’s first snow! She did not like it.

It’s been a while since your PhD Niall

After all this time?

Picture of microphone, badge and name plate with “Cllr Buxton, Chair of Climate, Community Safety and Environment Scrutiny Panel”. With a background of a town hall with councillors

Full council tonight!

What are the farmers planning?!?!!

How does my puppy have better biceps than me?

Is it Christmas jumper season? Cos I’ve just bought my first one

Okay we’ve spent too much on the flat today and we’re not even halfway done for the things we wanna do

Sephy the whipper with her paws on a chair

“Hi, can I have some brunch too?”

Tbf we think it could also just be the cold weather cos she’s been sneezing all week even after we got rid of them