Blueskybecky
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Mother, veg grower, dog walker, quaker.
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Clear, everyday understanding of female experience of sex based harrasment from the Darlington nurses tribunal.
No one is saying all men are the danger.
No one is saying all men are the danger.
January 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Clear, everyday understanding of female experience of sex based harrasment from the Darlington nurses tribunal.
No one is saying all men are the danger.
No one is saying all men are the danger.
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Do not take offence because others disagree with you. Be wary of ascribing unworthy motives to others. Try not to take things personally. Promote the spirit of friendship so people may speak their minds freely, confident that they will not be misinterpreted or misunderstood. Faith & Practice 3:10
January 15, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Do not take offence because others disagree with you. Be wary of ascribing unworthy motives to others. Try not to take things personally. Promote the spirit of friendship so people may speak their minds freely, confident that they will not be misinterpreted or misunderstood. Faith & Practice 3:10
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Member Reps met today to talk about big issues affecting members in 2026 and plans for the year ahead...
Become a member and join a network of like-minded individuals working towards Good Lives for people with learning disabilities together
www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/welcome/join-us/
Become a member and join a network of like-minded individuals working towards Good Lives for people with learning disabilities together
www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/welcome/join-us/
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Member Reps met today to talk about big issues affecting members in 2026 and plans for the year ahead...
Become a member and join a network of like-minded individuals working towards Good Lives for people with learning disabilities together
www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/welcome/join-us/
Become a member and join a network of like-minded individuals working towards Good Lives for people with learning disabilities together
www.learningdisabilityengland.org.uk/welcome/join-us/
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Sheree Bekker attempts to eradicate female sport, and replace it with mixed sex sport, through contorted, ideological, logic.
Women's sport is a protected category. Men's sport best thought of as open to all. Noone is excluded.
Next they will argue that children's sport is oppressive.
Women's sport is a protected category. Men's sport best thought of as open to all. Noone is excluded.
Next they will argue that children's sport is oppressive.
This is a fantastic book and very very topical as it argues that so-called protected spaces are often segregated spaces
January 14, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Sheree Bekker attempts to eradicate female sport, and replace it with mixed sex sport, through contorted, ideological, logic.
Women's sport is a protected category. Men's sport best thought of as open to all. Noone is excluded.
Next they will argue that children's sport is oppressive.
Women's sport is a protected category. Men's sport best thought of as open to all. Noone is excluded.
Next they will argue that children's sport is oppressive.
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🎉 Join us January 21 for a virtual #PublicDomainDay celebration! We’re throwing an online party to mark the latest wave of creativity entering the #publicdomain .
Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 are now free, and we’re celebrating together.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-o...
Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 are now free, and we’re celebrating together.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-o...
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
🎉 Join us January 21 for a virtual #PublicDomainDay celebration! We’re throwing an online party to mark the latest wave of creativity entering the #publicdomain .
Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 are now free, and we’re celebrating together.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-o...
Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 are now free, and we’re celebrating together.
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-o...
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The delicate fabric of Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity of some twenty million people, is photographed by Ollie Babajide Tikare. www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
Lagos Is a Vortex of Energy
In a recent book, “Èkó,” the photographer Ollie Babajide Tikare captures the messiness and hope of the Nigerian city.
www.newyorker.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The delicate fabric of Lagos, Nigeria’s megacity of some twenty million people, is photographed by Ollie Babajide Tikare. www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
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Greggs puts up price of sausage roll by 5p to £1.35 amid rising costs
Greggs puts up price of sausage roll by 5p to £1.35 amid rising costs
Bakery chain also adds 10p to a latte, bringing it to £2.25, as CEO warns of ‘a tough, challenging market’
Greggs has added 5p to the price of a sausage roll and 10p to a latte coffee as it leans on some of its bestsellers to soak up rising wage, energy and packaging costs.
The UK’s largest bakery chain said it had no plans for further price increases at present and it expected inflation to ease this year as it admitted it had sold fewer items in the run-up to Christmas amid a “very tough, challenging market”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Greggs puts up price of sausage roll by 5p to £1.35 amid rising costs
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蛍光灯の下のバッハ
Tokyo is loud. His headphones are louder—Bach, turning chaos into order.
From my #NovelBohemians —Tokyo’s backstreets, unseen lives. Classical music runs through it, especially Bach.
#streetphotography #photo
#urbanphotography #tokyo
#EastCoastKin
Tokyo is loud. His headphones are louder—Bach, turning chaos into order.
From my #NovelBohemians —Tokyo’s backstreets, unseen lives. Classical music runs through it, especially Bach.
#streetphotography #photo
#urbanphotography #tokyo
#EastCoastKin
January 5, 2026 at 12:28 PM
蛍光灯の下のバッハ
Tokyo is loud. His headphones are louder—Bach, turning chaos into order.
From my #NovelBohemians —Tokyo’s backstreets, unseen lives. Classical music runs through it, especially Bach.
#streetphotography #photo
#urbanphotography #tokyo
#EastCoastKin
Tokyo is loud. His headphones are louder—Bach, turning chaos into order.
From my #NovelBohemians —Tokyo’s backstreets, unseen lives. Classical music runs through it, especially Bach.
#streetphotography #photo
#urbanphotography #tokyo
#EastCoastKin
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Join Achieve together, Surrey Choices and Active Prospects for an inclusive discussion group to share your views and feedback on the Down Syndrome Act Statutory Guidance (draft). Details below...
Please let Helen know if you’re coming 👉 [email protected]
Please let Helen know if you’re coming 👉 [email protected]
December 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Join Achieve together, Surrey Choices and Active Prospects for an inclusive discussion group to share your views and feedback on the Down Syndrome Act Statutory Guidance (draft). Details below...
Please let Helen know if you’re coming 👉 [email protected]
Please let Helen know if you’re coming 👉 [email protected]
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‘We were sitting with our calculator saying “we can afford that!”’ Joy for families as cystic fibrosis drug prices fall within reach
‘We were sitting with our calculator saying “we can afford that!”’ Joy for families as cystic fibrosis drug prices fall within reach
The cost of medication was too high for thousands of CF sufferers around the world. Now a Bangladeshi company is making a generic version that will change lives
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
‘We were sitting with our calculator saying “we can afford that!”’ Joy for families as cystic fibrosis drug prices fall within reach
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Voters disillusioned with parties constantly offering new and spectacular transformation would rather they just made things work | ✍️ Magnus Linklater
Politicians are hooked on quick fixes when steady maintenance is needed
Voters disillusioned with parties constantly offering new and spectacular transformation would rather they just made things work
www.thetimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Voters disillusioned with parties constantly offering new and spectacular transformation would rather they just made things work | ✍️ Magnus Linklater
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"Remember that each one of us is unique, precious, a child of God." Advices #22.
January 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM
"Remember that each one of us is unique, precious, a child of God." Advices #22.
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May 2026 bring healing and unity.
"Respect the wide diversity among us in our lives and relationships. Refrain from making prejudiced judgments about the life journeys of others. Do you foster the spirit of mutual understanding and forgiveness which our discipleship asks of us?" Advices #22.
"Respect the wide diversity among us in our lives and relationships. Refrain from making prejudiced judgments about the life journeys of others. Do you foster the spirit of mutual understanding and forgiveness which our discipleship asks of us?" Advices #22.
January 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
May 2026 bring healing and unity.
"Respect the wide diversity among us in our lives and relationships. Refrain from making prejudiced judgments about the life journeys of others. Do you foster the spirit of mutual understanding and forgiveness which our discipleship asks of us?" Advices #22.
"Respect the wide diversity among us in our lives and relationships. Refrain from making prejudiced judgments about the life journeys of others. Do you foster the spirit of mutual understanding and forgiveness which our discipleship asks of us?" Advices #22.
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Each species of fig has its own species of wasp. When you eat a dried fig, you’re probably chewing wasp mummies, too. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/sU16dJ
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Each species of fig has its own species of wasp. When you eat a dried fig, you’re probably chewing wasp mummies, too. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/sU16dJ
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Girls need single-sex spaces for healthy maturation and body acceptance. Prioritising the adult social construct of gender over children’s needs introduces confusion and shame. We must protect biological boundaries for safeguarding and psychological safety.
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Girls need single-sex spaces for healthy maturation and body acceptance. Prioritising the adult social construct of gender over children’s needs introduces confusion and shame. We must protect biological boundaries for safeguarding and psychological safety.
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The animal once named as Britain’s loneliest sheep will be lonely no more as she prepares to become a mother for the first time ⬇️
Britain’s loneliest sheep expecting twins two years after rescue
Fiona the ewe, saved from a remote Scottish cliff after a public campaign to save her, is pregnant after settling into life at a Dumfries farm
www.thetimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The animal once named as Britain’s loneliest sheep will be lonely no more as she prepares to become a mother for the first time ⬇️
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Gender fluidity, on the other hand, can be a way of refusing to settle on one sexuality or identity. Adding a label to doubt rather than embracing evolving exploration of identity, as an adolescent, is also a fixed - protective - belief.
December 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Gender fluidity, on the other hand, can be a way of refusing to settle on one sexuality or identity. Adding a label to doubt rather than embracing evolving exploration of identity, as an adolescent, is also a fixed - protective - belief.
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While biological sex is immutable, our identities are both fluid and often conflictual. Adolescents, as a normal part of development, shift between different masculine and feminine identities. Fixing an identity rigidly may be a way of denying doubt and confusion, and is often based on stereotypes.
December 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
While biological sex is immutable, our identities are both fluid and often conflictual. Adolescents, as a normal part of development, shift between different masculine and feminine identities. Fixing an identity rigidly may be a way of denying doubt and confusion, and is often based on stereotypes.
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When he took power in 2024, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer immediately set out plans for a big AI bill.
Within a year, his government's view on regulating the tech had changed.
This is the story behind the shift.
Within a year, his government's view on regulating the tech had changed.
This is the story behind the shift.
How the UK fell out of love with an AI bill
Ministers have gone from promising “stronger” AI regulation to ditching plans for a big AI bill.
www.politico.eu
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM
When he took power in 2024, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer immediately set out plans for a big AI bill.
Within a year, his government's view on regulating the tech had changed.
This is the story behind the shift.
Within a year, his government's view on regulating the tech had changed.
This is the story behind the shift.
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Good morning, New York. While you were sleeping, house prices falling in about half of London’s local council districts was the most-read story ft.trib.al/tPAU1DU
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Good morning, New York. While you were sleeping, house prices falling in about half of London’s local council districts was the most-read story ft.trib.al/tPAU1DU
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30 years on, we remember Srebrenica.
Judith Baker reflects on 30 years since the massacre and the ever-pertinent questions "Why did we let it happen?" and "How can we stop it happening again?"
Read the full blog here: www.quaker.org.uk/blog/remembe...
Judith Baker reflects on 30 years since the massacre and the ever-pertinent questions "Why did we let it happen?" and "How can we stop it happening again?"
Read the full blog here: www.quaker.org.uk/blog/remembe...
Remembering Srebrenica: 30 years on
Judith Baker reflects on 30 years since the massacre at Srebrenica and the ever-pertinent questions
www.quaker.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
30 years on, we remember Srebrenica.
Judith Baker reflects on 30 years since the massacre and the ever-pertinent questions "Why did we let it happen?" and "How can we stop it happening again?"
Read the full blog here: www.quaker.org.uk/blog/remembe...
Judith Baker reflects on 30 years since the massacre and the ever-pertinent questions "Why did we let it happen?" and "How can we stop it happening again?"
Read the full blog here: www.quaker.org.uk/blog/remembe...
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Paul the appalling statement BYM put out does not mention women and girls once. It is as if we do not matter to you. You have routinely ignored women's voices and concerns. And this is a biased and flawed article
April 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Paul the appalling statement BYM put out does not mention women and girls once. It is as if we do not matter to you. You have routinely ignored women's voices and concerns. And this is a biased and flawed article
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The Observer view on Equality Act ruling: A dignified compromise that respects the rights of everyone | Editorial
The Observer view on Equality Act ruling: A dignified compromise that respects the rights of everyone | Editorial
The supreme court judgment gives protections to women at the same level as other groups
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The Observer view on Equality Act ruling: A dignified compromise that respects the rights of everyone | Editorial
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Supreme Court ruling: what does it mean in practice?
Wednesday’s judgment on sex and gender is likely to have implications for women, trans people, politics and organisations ranging from the NHS to the police
Wednesday’s judgment on sex and gender is likely to have implications for women, trans people, politics and organisations ranging from the NHS to the police
Supreme Court ruling: what does it mean in practice?
www.thetimes.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Supreme Court ruling: what does it mean in practice?
Wednesday’s judgment on sex and gender is likely to have implications for women, trans people, politics and organisations ranging from the NHS to the police
Wednesday’s judgment on sex and gender is likely to have implications for women, trans people, politics and organisations ranging from the NHS to the police