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Jill Hayward

@frdragonspouse.bsky.social

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Still all the things I was over at the Other Place. And still angry. Preoccupations: politics, education, disability and inclusive feminism. Cishet trans ally. Widow. Socialist. She/her.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · Apr 16

It's not a good time to be the socialist parent of a disabled trans person,tbh.

The UK is a bit shit right now...

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Mark Thomas @markthomasinfo.bsky.social · 34m

“You’re banned, you can’t chant that, you’re nicked for holding a sign, you’re kids are poorer, you’re colder, you have to have an ID card and the racists have legitimate concerns in our island of strangers… now vote for us or Farage wins.”

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 22h

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 2h

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 3h

In the creative industries/the media and want to mentor? @artsemergency.bsky.social is looking for enthusiastic professionals

Although we have lots of great potential mentors, we are still short of applicants in the Merseyside region and we could do with more applicants in London working in the following career areas:

- Gaming and animation
- Fashion design
- Broadcast journalism
- Visual arts: illustrators / people with illustration experience or any experience relevant to character design
- Performing arts: musical theatre performers or people with experience in the musical theatre industry
- Film & TV - on screen
- Architecture and interior design

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 2h

It's also interesting that despite being a much-derided subject, which would no doubt fall foul of Kemi's "rip off" description, I still recall a lot of stuff from my American Studies degree nearly 40 years later

Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 2h

"Even a very liberal Democrat like Ted Kennedy would be very ill at ease in the UK (Kinnock-era) Labour Party" was how my politics lecturer described it.

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 11h

Turns out that when Americans said "If it weren't for us you'd be speaking German now..." their objection was to learning a second language, not fascism.

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2h

This ursid writes so much good stuff, it's hard to keep up with it.

#r4today

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 21h

There’s nothing wrong with wanting to be a carpenter. I’d love to be one.

But when politicians use that to sneer at everyone else, you start to see what they’re really afraid of: people who can think for themselves.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 4h

CNN on the pastor shot in the head with a pepper ball by ICE in Chicago.

This is not an isolated incident. Even among priests! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMSy8o4y/

Amanda Tovar witnessed Chicago pastor David Black hit by ICE pepper balls and recorded video. Here's what she saw. #cnn #news #ice #chicago

TikTok video by CNN

www.tiktok.com

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 6h

I hope/pray this very flawed ‘deal’ from Trump that Hamas & Israel agreed to ends the genocide & famine & leads to a real ceasefire.

But my biggest fear is there is nothing and no one to stop Netanyahu from resuming the genocide once they get all the hostages back and Trump has his Nobel Prize.

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Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 3d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11h

A brave Hungarian peasant girl.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 3h

Jonathan Ashworth: "I've wanted to see a ceasefire for 2 years"

The collective position of the Labour shadow cabinet (which you were part of) for months after October 7th was to reject a ceasefire & Labour instructed its MPs not to vote for a ceasefire in Nov 2023.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 3h

"In Gaza, destruction is rewarded with contracts and the “peace plan” is property development.

Historian @adam_tooze & economist @ClaraEMattei
trace how capitalism profits through ruin: war, austerity, and reconstruction form one system of control. "
youtu.be/0iIEgp1LPpA

Rebuilding Gaza — For Profit | Adam Tooze

YouTube video by FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation

youtu.be

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 1d

“As the first comprehensive international human rights instrument dedicated to the protection of persons with variations of sex characteristics, the Recommendation marks a historic and much-needed milestone.”

This is a very encouraging move in Europe to better protect intersex people.

Council of Europe Adopts Landmark Intersex Rights Recommendation

The Council of Europe adopts a landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons, setting a new gold standard for intersex human rights across Europe.

www.ilga-europe.org

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 3h

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#r4today

Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 3h

Leunig, a former gov adviser, said scrapping it — while it would boost growth and productivity — would be “a very, very big tax cut for rich people”. One effect would be to boost house prices, making the main beneficiaries the existing owners of expensive properties in the south-east of England.

Should stamp duty be scrapped in the UK?

Conservative party says property tax deters people from moving house and stifles productivity

www.ft.com

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 10h

But of course she does!…

Because she’s an obsessive, transphobic, BILLIONAIRE!!! 😖

Yet public organisations are being criticised by the trans-hostile media for not just rolling over to wealthy BULLIES using their money to force their IDEOLOGY on others! 😣

The Torygraph

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies
Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Darius Quebec 🏳️‍⚧️ @ksej.bsky.social · 11h

And that's why "born this way" is not a particularly great justification. We should have rights because bodily autonomy and free expression, whether we were born this way or just took it up one day for funsies

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10h

President Trump, "We took the freedom of speech away"

👀

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 11h

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19.

"Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were able to observe the damaging effects Covid-19 can have on the brain."

Brainstem damage found to be behind long-lasting effects of severe Covid-19

Damage to the brainstem - the brain's 'control center' - is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests.

www.news-medical.net

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UK Green Stats @ukgreenstats.bsky.social · 12h

Yesterday, the Greens were celebrating 87,000 members.

Today, they have skyrocketed 93,000 members, making this most likely the fastest growth the party has ever seen before in terms of membership figures.

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 10h

NOTE: Leavitt says Trump will "stop by for his routine yearly check up."

But…Trump had his annual check up already. 5 months ago. On April 11.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 11h

New — White House says Donald Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday.

"On Friday morning, President Trump will visit Walter Reed Medical Center for a planned meeting and remarks with the troops. While there, President Trump will stop by for his routine yearly check up. He will then return to the White House. President Trump is considering going to the Middle East shortly thereafter." - White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 10h

Trotiscliffe, Meopham.

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JP Collins @profjpc.bsky.social · 10h

“Who” is, objectively, the funniest possible response here

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Q: Have you given any more thought to possibly suspending habeas corpus?

TRUMP: Suspending who?

Q: Habeas corpus

TRUMP: I don't know. I'd rather leave that to Kristi.

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Jill Hayward @frdragonspouse.bsky.social · 11h

We definitely had it (partner was a penguin-obsessive). I wonder what happened to it?

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