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Lillard's Maximum Perception Control @junipersbird.bsky.social · Aug 20

Painfully clear case of #SexNotGender

Reem Alsalem @unsrvaw.bsky.social · Aug 19

While i would have liked to join this statement

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

and agree with much of its content.

i could not do so for two reasons:

Afghanistan: International community must reject Taliban’s violent and authoritarian rule, say UN experts

GENEVA – UN experts* today called on the international community to reject the Taliban’s violent and authoritarian rule and resist any moves towards normalising the de facto authorities’ regime, four ...

www.ohchr.org

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · Aug 20

'Athletes deemed to be male at birth, as evidenced by the presence of Y chromosome genetic material (the SRY gene) or with a difference of sexual development (DSD) where male androgenization occurs, will be eligible to compete in the male category.'
Good.
Fair.
Safe.
worldboxing.org/world-boxing...

World Boxing confirms mandatory sex testing will apply in the female category at the inaugural World Boxing Championships 2025 - World Boxing

New eligibility policy introduces mandatory sex testing for all World Boxing competitions World Boxing has introduced mandatory sex testing, to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes th...

worldboxing.org

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · Aug 15

BADASS

Ivan the K ™☑️ @ivanthek.bsky.social · Aug 15

🧒 💪

www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/s...

Chess prodigy, 10, becomes youngest female player to defeat grandmaster | CNN

A 10-year-old British girl has made chess history by becoming the youngest female player to ever beat a grandmaster.

www.cnn.com

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Aug 15

I remember the Conservative party criticising Labour reducing the number of jury trials like it was last month.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Aug 15

Reform UK and the Conservatives have called the acquittal of suspended Labour councillor Ricky Jones on charges of encouraging violent disorder after he called for far-right activists’ throats to be cut "two-tier justice" and called for government action.

This was a *jury trial*.

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · Aug 15

However,
'it is understood that producers have assured Ms Edwards that, should any future fundraising occur, all proceeds will be given to her charity, The Maiden Factor Foundation, which funds girls’ educational programmes around the world.'

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Cathy Devine @womensportfeminism.bsky.social · Aug 15

The irony of spending 90 minutes singing and dancing in celebration of women fighting for their rights in sport, only to trample all over those rights at the end, is off the scale.”
What an insult to one of our best ever female sailors.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...

Sailor attacks musical about her life after actors hijack ending with trans protest

‘They trampled all over women’s rights at the end,’ says round-the-world pioneer Tracy Edwards

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Archaeology Magazine @archaeologymag.bsky.social · Aug 15

Arnhem Land, Australia, is home to one of the world’s largest collections of rock art. The images here depict floating human forms in a time known as the Dreaming, an era in Aboriginal beliefs associated with creation.

archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2021/letters-from/australia-maliwawa-rock-art/

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Dr Dean Burnett @garwboy.bsky.social · Aug 15

I'm am absolutely on board with the blunt but long-overdue honesty of this hot drinks machine.

A hot drinks machine with an option for 'beverage with the taste of hot chocolate'. A welcome dose of honesty because vending machine hot chocolate never gets beyond 'tastes vaguely like hot chocolate' in terms of quality.

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Oonagh @okeating.bsky.social · Aug 15

It's a bit busy, though, isn't it. Could do with more magnolia.

The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, with multipe miniature compositions

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Richard M. Nixon @dicknixon.bsky.social · Aug 14

Dolly Parton currently sends a new book to 2.2 million children every month. The number has steadily increased for years. It's in honor of her parents, who were illiterate. She works with hospitals. Many people have told us they had no idea the books would come. They are addressed to the child.

Kayla B @queenofthesouth.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. She’s not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people it’s hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money.

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · Aug 14

John Bolton said re Ukraine/Trump, “a land swap is also a people swap, you are condemning people to live under an authoritarian regime.”

It’s so important people understand this. Land is where people live. Ukrainians living under occupation suffer violence & oppression & war crimes.

They matter.

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · Aug 14

That time Rod and Emu turned up on Blue Peter and it ended up looking like a painting by Caravaggio

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Hannah O'Hanrahahanrahan @tedmaul.bsky.social · Aug 14

A large percentage of my job is spent promoting the benefits of reading with your children and encouraging them to read independently. Articles like this make me sad but also proud that our library is one of the busiest in the country.

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘It’s so boring’: gen Z parents don’t like reading to their kids – and educators are worried

Screen time has increasingly replaced story time, and experts warn this could lead to children falling behind

www.theguardian.com

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honey i am a guy & i shrunk the kids @snowrespecter.bsky.social · Aug 12

Dad jokes from the vaults

QT of a Twitter post:
I'm pretty sure it's a horse

Original post:

A photo of a turkish woman next to a horse or donkey (idk I'm not a vet)

Above the photo is the Turkish flag emoji and the word 'Turkey'

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Jessica Malaty Rivera, MS @jessicamalaty.bsky.social · Aug 13

500 shots. This could have been a massacre. The shooter wanted a massacre.
It's time for RFK Jr. to resign. He has incited this violence for years with his anti-science, anti-vaccine, anti-public health rhetoric.
abcnews.go.com/US/suspected...

Nearly 500 rounds recovered from CDC campus after gunman attack: Officials

The suspected gunman who attacked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's campus on Friday may have fired many hundred rounds, law enforcement said on Tuesday.

abcnews.go.com

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · Aug 13

Innit

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 13

Me to my mentions:

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patwill.bsky.social @patwill.bsky.social · Aug 13

I've been promised whimsy *sits back, folds arms*

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · Aug 13

The evidence for more 20mph zones ⤵️

✔️ Cut deaths and serious injuries by 1/3
✔️ Protect children
✔️ Reduce crashes
✔️ Lower noise
✔️ Boost walking & cycling

Dear Britain, it’s now clear: 20mph zones save lives and don’t slow traffic. Implement them | Sadiq Khan

There is too much bluff and bluster on this subject. Ordinary people just want safe streets for themselves and those they love, and we can achieve that, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

www.theguardian.com

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · Aug 13

With a smaller¹ circle inside of those who think women's sexual choice is both disgusting & dangerous, & for whom the whole concept of "rape" is a perversion of men's natural entitlement to sexual service.

¹ But not small enough to not matter

sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · Aug 13

I drew a Venn diagram between people demanding ethnicities of those charged with sex offences, and those who think (white) men accused of rape should have anonymity and I got a circle.

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patwill.bsky.social @patwill.bsky.social · Aug 13

I'll be 70 in a few years, and have no problem with a test. I'll be getting gradually slower when crossing the road, and could do without getting run over by someone my age who isn't fit to drive

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Marina @marstrina.bsky.social · Aug 12

"Kyiv is a deeply underappreciated security provider for Europe, if not the ultimate guarantor. The uncomfortable truth is this: if Ukraine falls, Europe won’t be debating whether to confront Russia, but when."

The Trump Putin Alaska Summit and Europe's Munich Moment

"The uncomfortable truth is this: if Ukraine falls, Europe won’t be debating whether to confront Russia, but when"

bylinetimes.com

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · Aug 12

WE DO NOT NEED YOUR PROTECTION!!! This is a party that does not GAF about women's rights - see what they have to say about abortion. See how the far right responds to Andrew Tate.

Men abuse women. Men control women. Your narrative of "protection" is a narrative of control.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · Aug 12

"Men protecting women is a normal, sensible thing. We've got centuries of doing the same. It's the gentlemanly thing to do."

RefUK MP, Richard Tice, advising angry men to form vigilante groups and arrest people who look foreign for things including "leering" or "sneering". What could go wrong? ~AA

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patwill.bsky.social @patwill.bsky.social · Aug 12

The generation gap stuff is particularly good in Diary of a Nobody. Pooter's total puzzlement at the slang and behavior of Lupin is timeless

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patwill.bsky.social @patwill.bsky.social · Aug 12

I was at a council school in Salford, and *I* thought Molesworth was hilarious

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · Aug 12

A what?

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · Aug 12

A group supporting convicted rapists faces fierce backlash for allegedly harassing victims who waived their anonymity to speak out about the crimes they faced

‘Rapists’ rights group’ criticised after targeting victims

A group supporting convicted rapists faces fierce backlash for allegedly harassing victims who waived their anonymity to speak out about the crimes they faced

www.thetimes.com

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