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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 5h

If you want to get upset about trans people’s participation in society then please be very aware that that is a thing you are doing for your own benefit and noone else’s. Because trying to shove everyone and everything into neat little ‘sex based’ boxes certainly won’t help women

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 5h

People protesting outside the Supreme Court that trans rights harm women might be a bit more middle class than people protesting outside asylum hotels that immigrants harm women, but I don’t think their arguments are any better (or less ultimately damaging to women)

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · 10h

London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 13h

It’s frankly pretty insulting when people use some nebulous idea of ‘women’s rights’ as a reason to for attack vulnerable minorities and promote forms of biological essentialism that *are* deeply damaging to women

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 13h

Nothing in the Supreme Court’s judgment will benefit women or advance our rights.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 14h

On the perils of centrism or deliverism in the UK and France as per @rafaelbehr.bsky.social today, my high-level take (part of a long piece on modern globalisation to be published tomorrow).

We've forgotten governments cannot deliver it all, they must make and explain choices.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 23h

🚨Christian children were told they'd "be Muslim by year 6"!🚨

😱Sounds outrageous?

You know the drill…

If it sounds outrageous and designed to trigger you into being angry with “other” people, then you need to do some 🪏

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 1d

Last month I visited Yeovil and heard about the difficulties faced by parents because of the closure of the local maternity unit.

Thanks to the tireless work of @AdamJamesDance.bsky.social and campaigners, it's reopening.

Adam Dance and Ed Davey attend a baby and toddler group in Yeovil.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 1d

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 2d

Grid scale batteries are changing our electricity system. Excellent new visual story on batteries in FT today shows just how far this technology has evolved.

Fasten your seatbelts, this is just the beginning.

ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 2d

Back when I was on dating apps every other woman on there looked absolutely gorgeous in quite similar ways. Figured that to find someone I’d get along with the best approach was to post pics of me looking like me and see who liked them. Surely the same applies to chat?

Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 3d

Presumably the reasoning’s similar to calling the agreement for a slightly less bonkers form of Brexit the Windsor Framework, helps make it more appealing to some of the obvious sources of opposition

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 3d

Thousands of miles of disused railways, canal towpaths, and green spaces lie blocked off or forgotten across the UK.

@TimFarron.bsky.social explains the Lib Dem plan to reopen them, creating a national network of green routes for all.

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Banbury Liberal Democrats @banburylibdems.bsky.social · 3d

This is good. Can't help think this is Tim in his element. Get a lot of Duke of Edinburgh youngsters around here, great to see them having such an experience, especially those who don't normally have the opportunity to enjoy the countryside ... whatever the weather.

Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 3d

Thousands of miles of disused railways, canal towpaths, and green spaces lie blocked off or forgotten across the UK.

@TimFarron.bsky.social explains the Lib Dem plan to reopen them, creating a national network of green routes for all.

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 3d

I needed to transfer some money to a friend in the US a few years ago and it was UNBELIEVABLY hard to find a method that worked. Just kept running up against computer says no whatever I tried

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI: “Some still insist ‘downtowns will never attract kids & shouldn’t try.’ Then they design downtown to virtually repel kids, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Vancouver proves the opposite can be true...”

I’m quoted in this article by @johnlorinc.bsky.social for @calcities.bsky.social

People want to have kids and live downtown. Can they? - Western City Magazine

For decades, planners focused on attracting young singles to dense urban cores. That dynamic has shifted, in part because ...

www.westerncity.com

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d

The ENERGY in our big public event in downtown Kingston, Jamaica Thursday (700-800 registered plus walk-ins) was seriously off the charts. Remarkable constructive energy. An urgent call to action(I was VERY blunt!) Will it, along with media and 3 days working with local leaders, be a turning point?

Part of the big crowd. Huge room, full balcony too

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Neil Hegarty @neilhegarty.bsky.social · 4d

'In Fermanagh, the almost total disappearance of greys and re-emergence of red squirrels is being largely put down to pine martens.' This is a great story.

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

Pine martens on the move in Northern Ireland

One of Northern Ireland's rarest native mammals have been turning up in some unusual places.

www.bbc.com

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European Movement West London #FBPE #FBPR #RejoinEU @em-westlondon.bsky.social · 5d

Simon Jenkins, who once thought Brexit would be good for Britain, thinks it was an error.
Like him, the public is clearly ready to see #Brexit reversed. There cannot be a single industry that would oppose it.

Of course it will not be easy. But it will be right.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We all know Brexit’s to blame for the crisis facing UK steel – it’s time for politicians to be honest and reverse it | Simon Jenkins

With British industry faltering, the excuse that the public wants this is risible. Parliament must force Starmer to act, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

www.theguardian.com

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 4d

His poor kids

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Heather Glass @heatherglass.bsky.social · 4d

What’s going on in Soho please? Am passing through today, wondering if I should take suitable agitation materials

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Darrell Wakelam @darrellwakelam.bsky.social · 5d

Still making, still learning, still experimenting, still chasing.
www.darrellwakelam.com
#edusky #sculpture #artwork #recycle

A model of a T-Rex made entirely from recycled toilet roll tubes. Pictures show a simple head, made from one tube, and a complete 3D sculpture, something a little more complex, and made from many tubes.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 4d

At 9:03 am, the Mary Rose broke the surface of the water, seeing sunlight (such as you can on a cloudy day!) for the first time in 437 years.

#WhereWereYouIn82

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 6d

By me this week - the happiest thing I've got to report of late, with a glorious trip over the summer to Montreal

"Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport."

www.economist.com/internationa...

Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport

Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war

www.economist.com

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