Man admits rape and religiously aggravated abuse of Sikh woman John Ashby, 32, initially denies the attack but changes his plea one day after the trial begins.

Horrific. Throw the key away. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hey darth @darthbluesky.bsky.social I went to Mom Weekend at Mizzou and somehow this is my door prize

That's really tough 😭 I'm so sorry 😔

Tributes paid to lawyer described as ‘instrumental’ to Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 Tributes have been paid to Giles Peaker, a leading housing sector lawyer who passed away last weekend.

Giles was such a good guy. He is going to be so missed.
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/tribute...

Israeli Soldiers Sentenced to Jail for Damaging Jesus Statue in Lebanon

Murder children - no sanction

Rape prisoners - no sanction

Quadruple tap EMTs - no sanction

Take a sledgehammer to a piece of concrete - Jail.

Israel.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/w...

Israel's no.2 'antisemite' in the world.

Spread Greta Thunberg's face everywhere, someone brave enough to call Genocide, Genocide.

My cat Roscoe, hanging out on a bench, whilst at her most gloriously round.

"Bob was kind to me at a singularly lost and lonely juncture in my journey through the universe, when a lot of people weren’t. But then I discovered hot Bikram yoga, my faith and the 97% cheese diet that I maintain to this day, and everything changed forever.”

*I am an old woman now, with one foot in the grave and the other on its edge. I have experienced much ease and much hardship from the day I was born until this very day*.

So sad 😢 he was lovely

Grey cat sitting in a tree house, with his head emerging from one doorway, tail through another. One paw on the threshold.

Ozzy in his cat condo, with an extra doorway for his tail.

We actually DID used to allow people to dispense morphine in their home, and in a convenient pocket-size bottle!

This is why regulation absolutely matters in our society.

a person is playing a game of bingo with a golden cage filled with balls . ALT: a person is playing a game of bingo with a golden cage filled with balls .

The markets establishing today's price for Brent Crude.

If you haven't read this thread yet🧵 I recommend you take a moment

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Just War Doctrine.

A gray tabby cat’s head sticking out of a carrier being held by two hands

We adopted a new cat!! His name is Cannoli and he tried to escape from his carrier on the way home

A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN." Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.

Whatever you do,

Jay cradles a large fluffy cat in his arms. The cat is called Schubert.

The thing is that he's just a perfect little baby.

Sir Oliver “Olly” Robbins is a clever, well-informed person. He’s also ambitious & diligent. Sir Keir Starmer & his team now have a potentially highly dangerous enemy. Not because Sir Oliver wants revenge (though he might) but because of the facts of the Mandelson case.

A long 🧵. Have a cuppa! /1.

PUPDATE:

He aliiiiive

Our cat Professor Charles Cardigan meditating in the garden earlier today.

He's been so different ever since he signed up at the local Buddhist Centre.

an orange and white cat looks outside, wearily. he is in a basket and looks like a rotisserie chicken

Chancleta has observed a troubling increase in squirrel variance. there didn't used to be so many different kinds of squirrels. He is not angry. he is simply confused. who is making the new squirrels? could they make new cats?

Heavy is the head…

Mr Buster lived on his chain living on the cold concrete for years. Complete neglect as he was "Vicious and dangerous" according to his owners.

Just look at this big gentle baby boy now!

Only US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document At UN Commission - Health Policy Watch President of the UN General Assembly Annalena Baerbock told the opening of CSW that the backlash against women's rights "feels as though we are forced to

"Only US Votes Against Women’s Rights Document at UN Commission" healthpolicy-watch.news/us-isolated-...

A belted galloway cow walking into the mist, towards a bold, unpredictable future.

“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”

Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’ Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.

Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded.

“This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.”

www.advocate.com/politics/nat...

We're going to be burying Mummy on May 23rc 2pm in Lurgan. Keep that day free 09:30 What do vou mean has she not buried already 10:27 No. She's in Ethna's house 10:33 w Why 10:38 Why what? 10:38 w We just never buried her 10:39 Oh fair, whyd it take so long to bury her? 1 thought you usually do that pretty quickly 11:21 Also, does Ethna not find it creepy having her in he house 11:22 Oh fair, whyd it take so long to bury her? I thought you usually do that pretty quickly Cos we got her cremated and just never bothered 11:33 Well she had the aravestone at the side of the house for years. 11:33 She's in the kitchen 11:33 Oh right ok her being cremated makes alot more sense than what I was thinking 12:12 Ha ha haaaa!!!! 12

This is an actual conversation I've just had with my son about burying my Mum who passed away two years ago.

Have I failed as a mother? 😂