@gruffthedog.bsky.social
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Doesn’t feel good that the head of BBC News Content is instructing reporters to refer to trans people with slurs. If this leak is real it raises questions about who made this decision, who was consulted, and why the BBC chose to ignore its own editorial guidelines on slurs and offensive language
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The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Doesn’t feel good that the head of BBC News Content is instructing reporters to refer to trans people with slurs. If this leak is real it raises questions about who made this decision, who was consulted, and why the BBC chose to ignore its own editorial guidelines on slurs and offensive language
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"I've never believed in this kind of workers against the bosses kind of rhetoric"
Chris Bryant, an MP for the party of organised labour.
Chris Bryant, an MP for the party of organised labour.
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"I've never believed in this kind of workers against the bosses kind of rhetoric"
Chris Bryant, an MP for the party of organised labour.
Chris Bryant, an MP for the party of organised labour.
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WTF are we doing here, BBC?
December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
WTF are we doing here, BBC?
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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Just let people go for a piss, for Christ’s sake. Do you have any idea how insane it looks to have a cadre of mean-as-fuck official toilet monitors as your national equalities regulator.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Doubling down on effectively excluding trans and non-binary individuals from public spaces.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Equality boss expects people to 'follow rules' over single-sex spaces
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson said "things could be sorted out if there is goodwill and recognition that everybody has rights".
www.bbc.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Just let people go for a piss, for Christ’s sake. Do you have any idea how insane it looks to have a cadre of mean-as-fuck official toilet monitors as your national equalities regulator.
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Any member of faculty at Oklahoma University who stands up for trans people will be automatically suspended.
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Any member of faculty at Oklahoma University who stands up for trans people will be automatically suspended.
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I honestly believe Cass Review and resulting policies will end up biggest bias-motivated medical "scandals" in modern times and eventually shown, beyond doubt, to be among most blatantly biased political hitjobs intended to manipulate sci/med standards for desired outcome in gens. they deserve jail
December 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I honestly believe Cass Review and resulting policies will end up biggest bias-motivated medical "scandals" in modern times and eventually shown, beyond doubt, to be among most blatantly biased political hitjobs intended to manipulate sci/med standards for desired outcome in gens. they deserve jail
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I say the Cass Review (Hilary Cass if she was a contractor) and NHS England committed criminal offences under the Freedom of Information Act.
🧵🧵🧵 When @rivkahbrown.bsky.social Published her story in Novara Media evidencing that Hilary Cass was already anti-trans before the Cass Review, I was intrigued by the fact that Cass hadn't tried to sue her or Novara. But if this report by @sophiemolly.co.uk is true, and she is advising on...
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'One parent told me that she was hearing reports of Dr Hillary Cass (of the Cass Review) teaching staff at NHS Sussex on how to detransition trans children.'
northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...
northwestbylines.co.uk/opinion-corn...
December 13, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I say the Cass Review (Hilary Cass if she was a contractor) and NHS England committed criminal offences under the Freedom of Information Act.
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"..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you said 'fuck off back where you came from', I was sick and you said we should replace the NHS with private health insurance..."
December 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"..the Lord said I was hungry and you told me I could make a meal for 30p, I was a stranger and you said 'fuck off back where you came from', I was sick and you said we should replace the NHS with private health insurance..."
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Please take the time this weekend to make a complaint to the BBC.
This is getting intolerable.
This is getting intolerable.
December 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Please take the time this weekend to make a complaint to the BBC.
This is getting intolerable.
This is getting intolerable.
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A hugely uncomfortable article on many levels. I wrote an article on Nation some time ago in response to what I felt was singling out English retirees as an attack line within the cause for Welsh statehood. I hadn't anticipated the extent of demographic change in Wales.
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Our anthem pleads for Welsh to survive, but the same rallying cry could be asked of Wales’ people. What will it mean when we are outnumbered by a colonial superpower in our own country? Democratically, linguistically, culturally? ✍️ Stephen Price
Saisplaining: Let Welsh people speak
Stephen Price Earlier this month, Nation Cymru published one of the most heartfelt, honest opinion pieces regarding the housing crisis facing people from Wales I’ve ever read. The piece from June Slat...
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December 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A hugely uncomfortable article on many levels. I wrote an article on Nation some time ago in response to what I felt was singling out English retirees as an attack line within the cause for Welsh statehood. I hadn't anticipated the extent of demographic change in Wales.
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Chaser: "The British government threatened to defund the international criminal court and leave the Rome statute that set it up if it pressed ahead with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, the ICC’s prosecutor has claimed."
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Karim Khan makes allegation in court submission while defending decision to prosecute Israeli prime minister in 2024
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Chaser: "The British government threatened to defund the international criminal court and leave the Rome statute that set it up if it pressed ahead with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, the ICC’s prosecutor has claimed."
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Why is Keir Starmer so hellbent on digital ID? Two words: Tony Blair.
At @thenerve_news we’ve tracked Blair’s influence - & his billionaire backer Larry Ellison - behind a policy that nobody asked for & almost nobody wants.
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At @thenerve_news we’ve tracked Blair’s influence - & his billionaire backer Larry Ellison - behind a policy that nobody asked for & almost nobody wants.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Why is Keir Starmer so hellbent on digital ID? Two words: Tony Blair.
At @thenerve_news we’ve tracked Blair’s influence - & his billionaire backer Larry Ellison - behind a policy that nobody asked for & almost nobody wants.
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At @thenerve_news we’ve tracked Blair’s influence - & his billionaire backer Larry Ellison - behind a policy that nobody asked for & almost nobody wants.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Congratulations you fucking morons
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Congratulations you fucking morons
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"Don’t speak in the name of the future. It’s not yours." says the Israeli foreign minister to the Prime Minister of Spain
December 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Don’t speak in the name of the future. It’s not yours." says the Israeli foreign minister to the Prime Minister of Spain
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We had the First Minister of Scotland John Swinney on the pod this week.
Was a fascinating chat including the question of why Scotland gets a much better deal out of the union than Wales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tWh...
Was a fascinating chat including the question of why Scotland gets a much better deal out of the union than Wales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tWh...
December 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
We had the First Minister of Scotland John Swinney on the pod this week.
Was a fascinating chat including the question of why Scotland gets a much better deal out of the union than Wales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tWh...
Was a fascinating chat including the question of why Scotland gets a much better deal out of the union than Wales. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tWh...
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For Wales, See Wales | First Minister of Scotland John Swinney on the pod!
forwalesseewales.buzzsprout.com/2410605/epis...
With John Swinney (whose wife is a big fan of the pod) on his relationship with Plaid's Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Barnett formula and what inspiration they have taken from Wales.
For Wales, See Wales | First Minister of Scotland John Swinney on the pod!
forwalesseewales.buzzsprout.com/2410605/epis...
With John Swinney (whose wife is a big fan of the pod) on his relationship with Plaid's Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Barnett formula and what inspiration they have taken from Wales.
First Minister of Scotland John Swinney on the pod! - For Wales, See Wales
This week the pod hosts Scotland’s First Minister. Speaking from a mobile studio at the British Irish Council Summit, John Swinney makes the wonderful confession that his wife is a big fan of For Wale...
forwalesseewales.buzzsprout.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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For Wales, See Wales | First Minister of Scotland John Swinney on the pod!
forwalesseewales.buzzsprout.com/2410605/epis...
With John Swinney (whose wife is a big fan of the pod) on his relationship with Plaid's Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Barnett formula and what inspiration they have taken from Wales.
For Wales, See Wales | First Minister of Scotland John Swinney on the pod!
forwalesseewales.buzzsprout.com/2410605/epis...
With John Swinney (whose wife is a big fan of the pod) on his relationship with Plaid's Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Barnett formula and what inspiration they have taken from Wales.
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Reposting with the picture of Lucy and Ricky looking for their home. Please share to help them find it! #LucyandRicky #ForeverHomeNeeded #Rescue #wobblycats #Connecticut #NewYork #kittens #cats
December 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Reposting with the picture of Lucy and Ricky looking for their home. Please share to help them find it! #LucyandRicky #ForeverHomeNeeded #Rescue #wobblycats #Connecticut #NewYork #kittens #cats
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🧵 A thing about this site are people who think they are progressive & rail incessantly to promote Trump’s hourly outrages. Then to demonstrate how extreme fascism is, they either compare to a normal liberal democracy, or how minorities are treated elsewhere. Let’s look at why that’s odd [1]
December 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
🧵 A thing about this site are people who think they are progressive & rail incessantly to promote Trump’s hourly outrages. Then to demonstrate how extreme fascism is, they either compare to a normal liberal democracy, or how minorities are treated elsewhere. Let’s look at why that’s odd [1]
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"Mike's on his phone, Mike couldn't care less. It makes me want to cry"
Ooof.
Representative from Covid bereaved families group calls out Welsh Labour politician for being on his phone "all the way through" their discussion about Covid response in Wales.
More in today's newsletter (see comments)
Ooof.
Representative from Covid bereaved families group calls out Welsh Labour politician for being on his phone "all the way through" their discussion about Covid response in Wales.
More in today's newsletter (see comments)
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Mike's on his phone, Mike couldn't care less. It makes me want to cry"
Ooof.
Representative from Covid bereaved families group calls out Welsh Labour politician for being on his phone "all the way through" their discussion about Covid response in Wales.
More in today's newsletter (see comments)
Ooof.
Representative from Covid bereaved families group calls out Welsh Labour politician for being on his phone "all the way through" their discussion about Covid response in Wales.
More in today's newsletter (see comments)
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Since 2016, the only political consensus has been that appeasing racists is the most important thing to do.
December 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Since 2016, the only political consensus has been that appeasing racists is the most important thing to do.
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🇺🇸 The US is threatening new sanctions on the International Criminal Court unless it pledges not to prosecute Trump or his top officials, Reuters reports.
December 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
🇺🇸 The US is threatening new sanctions on the International Criminal Court unless it pledges not to prosecute Trump or his top officials, Reuters reports.