“War of the Worlds” except instead of aliens - the US military. 🤷

How many times has Mandelson been sacked from government roles again? 🤷

The kool aid must be good

General illiteracy includes historical illiteracy. 🤷

Bigots gona bigot. 🤷

Can Stonewall Mark II put trans wars behind it? New chair talks of consensus but she’ll have a tough job unpicking charity’s bullying stance Kathleen Stock In the history of gay rights, there have always been fearless souls willing to face down mobs of pitchfork-wielding fanatics, but perhaps none so brave as Kezia Dugdale, incoming chair of trustees at Stonewall. In an interview with The Guardian this weekend, the former Scottish Labour leader did the unthinkable and praised JK Rowling.

If you had any doubts that Stonewall is a danger to trans people, here is Kathleen Stock praisng them in the Times.

"When the gay rights cause first got going, the ideal was toleration"

My first thought was “Oh fuck”, my second thought was “I don’t blame you.” 🤷😢❤️

Stay safe, survival is an act of resistance. ❤️

Sadly a lot of those who use the genocide as an excuse to be antisemitic, also use it to be islamaphobic.

Because they ate right wing bigots who are equally bigoted to Jews & Muslims. 🤷

"Speech can now be suppressed under the Freedom of Speech act".

Freedom is Slavery, etc.

Where are the twats crying "This is Orwellian!" now?

The Independent Phillipson tells universities to take firm action to protect Jewish students Story by Nina Lloyd • 11h L International Women's Day © PA Archive Bridget Phillipson has written to vice-chancellors urging them to take "practical and proportionate steps" to protect Jewish students as part of Government efforts to stamp out antisemitism following the Manchester terror attack.

Universities risk sanctions over Gaza protests, watchdog says POLITICAL THINKING 日日G RADIO Joshua Nevett Political reporter 2 hours ago Universities could face sanctions if pro-Palestinian protests descend into harassment and discrimination against Jewish students on campus, the free speech director at the watchdog for higher education in England has said. Arif Ahmed, from the Office for Students (OfS), told the BBC freedom of speech did not mean the freedom to intimidate, harass, and discriminate against Jewish students.

University of Sussex fined £585k in transgender free speech rOW GETTY IMAGES Branwen Jeffreys > Education Editor 25 March 2025 The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by the higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), for failing to uphold freedom of speech. The OfS investigation started with the case of Prof Kathleen Stock, who left the university in 2021 after being accused of transphobia for her views on sex and gender issues. The OfS said the university's policy statement on trans and non-binary equality, including a requirement to "positively represent trans people", could lead to staff and students preventing themselves from voicing opposing views. The University of Sussex plans to legally challenge the OfS findings, vice-chancellor Prof Sasha Roseneil said. Describing the judgement as an "unreasonably absolutist definition of free speech", the university said the ruling would leave institutions "powerless to prevent abusive, bullying and harassing speech".

Kishwer Falkner @EHRCChair • 01/06/2023 Congratulations to Arif Ahmed on his appointment as the first Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom at the @officestudents We are grateful for his contribution as a Commissioner, and wish him well when he leaves the EHRC Board to take up his new post in August. ors The Office for Students (O... • 01/06/2023 We have today welcomed the appointment of Professor Arif Ahmed as our first Director for Freedom of Speech and Academic Freedom. 12 L7 16 79 ıll 14K

“Free speech for me, but not for thee!”

They’re not even pretending that it was only ever just about free speech anymore…

“Freedom for me, but not for thee” 🤷

More like a “Right to bigot”. 🤷😡

*is* a bigot.

AntiGACs going to AntiGACs. 🤷

‘Things could go backwards’: Kezia Dugdale on safety, LGBTQ+ rights and the future of Stonewall Exclusive: Former Scottish Labour leader says she feels more scared as a lesbian today and calls for a kinder debate on transgender issues

It's true that Stonewall, attacked by the press, Charity Commission and the Right, came to the brink of collapse because it advocated for trans people. In the UK you can no longer do that work as a charity. But ceasing to be useful, genuflecting to hate, is not the answer. Better to cease to exist.

Asked about JK Rowling’s opposition to trans rights, Dugdale said: “I have a huge respect for JK Rowling. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting her before and I think her story and how she came to be this prolific, incredible children’s writer in this city as a single mum writing in a cafe is phenomenal and an inspiration to so many women across the world. “I think she’s been a really powerful political advocate [for] improving the lot of single mums, making a case for tackling poverty and inequality in all its forms, and there is absolutely a place for her in public life to share her experiences and tell her story and make a difference.”

The new Chair of Stonewall, Kezia Dugdale, on JK Rowling (www.theguardian.com/politics/202...).

I'm starting to think that 40 years of electing governments based on how little they think the state should do, might be the cause of how little the state can do.

Stonewall's new short strategy is out. Not one specific mention of trans people. Not one specific mention of mass segregation and persecution. Not one specific mention of trans children. Not one specific mention of mass oppression and healthcare criminalisation.

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There's no common ground with someone who fervently wishes you didn't exist.

"A man accused of trapping a cleaner in a train station toilet and sexually assaulting her has been granted bail.

"David Campbell (31) appeared at Laganside Magistrates Court, charged with sexual touching and unlawful imprisonment." [Sunday Life]

Men don't need to pretend to be women to assault women in 'women only' spaces - example #9,756

Palantir put plans for techno-fascism in a document. Like a techno-fascist manifesto with themselves at the center. Features fascistic distortions of language and declarations of inherent superiority that should be acknowledged and made permanent, but driven by and with a more central role for tech.

AI Company Known for Teen Suicides Launches New Feature to Turn Books Into Roleplaying Experiences After a litany of bad press, Character.AI announced a feature that's seemingly designed to stop children from reading books.

“Now the company has announced ‘c. ai Books,’ a bizarre feature designed to turn books into ‘choose your own adventure’ novels.”

"The company scraped classic and copyright-free titles from Project Gutenberg,a library of over 75,000 public domain books, including “Alice in Wonderland,” “Pride and Prejudice,” and “Romeo and Juliet,” to create chatbots that allow users to “enter a story, and interact with its world in real time"

The LEs will be a good opportunity to see which way the wind is blowing. 🤷

a close up of a man in a suit and tie looking at the camera . ALT: a close up of a man in a suit and tie looking at the camera .

The electorate clearly rejected the obviously right wing option last time with a large majority.

The isn’t really a strong alternative to the Greens on the left. 🤷

We’ve literally almost quadrupled in size in membership since he was elected. 👍😀

One person who detransitions is more important to the UK media and politicians than 10,000 happily transitioned trans people.

I’m a walking ad for what’s wrong about trans dogma Michael Kerr says his treatment doubts were ignored. Now he aims to help others detransition, Nick Wallis reports Michael Kerr, who lived for seven years as Caitlin, is launching the Detransition Pathway UK support network Next image › A man who reversed his gender treatment said an NHS gender clinic told him to “basically keep going” even though he had doubts about it. Michael Kerr, 33, is telling his story as he prepares to launch the UK’s only active support service for those “detransitioning”.

New grifter just dropped [Times]

Kerr claims he was 'indoctrinated' by the gay community to think he was trans.

"his desire for a trans identity grew out of “social contagion” and a traumatic experience."

He started to transition in his 20s. Waited 2 years for an appointment.

Also, you can say what you like about Z Polanski but since even before he’s been working tirelessly, more than any other party leader to help put the greens on the map, it’s extraordinary, he’s going up and down the country making the case for the party’s vision and I think that’s quite commendable

Girlguiding chief – We need to advocate for girl-only space It comes after the organisation announced last month that transgender girls must leave by September

Well, these can be no doubt now that it was a CHOICE to be trans excluding…

And, she got a gong for it…

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