Beth

Beth

@bethomas.bsky.social

Live in Spain with three rescue cats. LGBTQ supporter. Discovered my autism a decade ago and my life finally made sense. Old fashioned gamer… cribbage, chess, mah-jong and more. Refugee from X.

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Wow...amazing match for bronze position. 10 goals! Well done both teams, and of course especially England for winning the medal. If all matches were like that I'd watch more football (haven't watched men for @30 years). I bet the actual final isn't that good, but go España.

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On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance. It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful. The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions. goodlawproject.org/discriminato...

goodlawproject.org‘Discriminatory’ and ‘unworkable’ trans guidance to come into force | Good Law ProjectThe equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August – we’re pushing back

A good thread on what is happening in UK schools this year. Frightening, and even more so considering it's a so called left wing government. What on earth would a right wing government now feel emboldened to do.

Cal Horton (they/them)@fiercemum.bsky.social

Just had meeting with kiddo's school. She has been fully supported, treated with full equality & dignity for years. All of that changes from September. Full segregation & humiliation across the board. The school staff cried in the meeting. This will absolutely lead to children's deaths 1/2

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It's very hard to even attempt to counteract this when you're in the minority group, and therefore aren't allowed to write articles about it. (That would be "biased", something cishet white guys famously and uniquely aren't.)

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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez, "Europe is against this war with Iran" "Because it is illegal. There is no reason behind it" "And it is causing a lot of damage: civillians, refugees, and economic consequences"

Daily Mail, who back in the day supported Hitler, should perhaps look across the pond for a world threat rather than at the breath of fresh air Hannah.

spersjr.bsky.social@spersjr.bsky.social

Hannah: "We need more humans in parliament who care about each other." Daily Mail: "This woman is a threat to the world!"

Definitely no real promotion of EU before the referendum by politicians. You had to search for facts (which I did) but others sadly believed the Brexit lies of Johnson, Gove, etc.

Femi@femi-oluwole.bsky.social

10 YEARS OF Brexit PART ONE : 29 Feb 2016

And the Tories lost their deposit. The times they are a changing.

Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social

Gorton and Denton results. labour comes third. Ouch. Greens: 14,980 Reform: 10,578 Labour: 9,364

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The US President, which does not offer free healthcare to his own people, wants his own people to offer free healthcare… to Greenland… which already has free healthcare. Maybe it is time for another brain scan for the US president.

Yes, the number of ‘suicides’ around the Epstein files is certainly interesting, not just Epstein himself. It’s led to some people declaring they are not feeling suicidal just in case. Andrew M-W isn’t one of them… perhaps he should declare it asap.

DRH@bluesky.com@donh-----2.bsky.social

If he dies in prison, you know he has dirt on Trump.

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Bigotry, and performative cruelty to win the votes of people who would never vote Labour anyway having heartbreaking, real life consequences. Shameful.

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Putting Streeting in charge of health was about as good a decision as reappointing Mandelson. I’m glad @zackpolanski.bsky.social is calling it out.

Natacha@natacha.bsky.social

@thecanaryuk.bsky.social and @zackpolanski.bsky.social are not mincing their words about incessant transphobe and right-wing NHS privatisation advocate Wes Streeting.

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Statistics for Christian Nationalists to Ponder NUMBER OF TIMES YOUR HERO DONALD TRUMP IS MENTIONED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES: Over 38,000 times. NUMBER OF TIMES JESUS IS MENTIONED IN THE US CONSITUTION: Never. Not even once.

As a European totally agree with what this Canadian says. Also watch certain American YouTubers who give hope that not all Americans are MAGA nuts.

barely-sane.bsky.social@barely-sane.bsky.social

As a Canadian, it is heartening to see so many Americans with courage, determination, morals & empathy. One gets such a negative impression of the US watching Trump, his moronic fans & his evil cabinet, that one dreads the future. These protesters give hope.

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A decent President would pause. A decent President would want to know exactly what happened. A decent president would be deescalating, for the sake of their own people. But a decent president would not have allowed this in the first place. His rules are his morality he said, problem is that’s zero.

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Today should have been the 53rd anniversary of Roe v. Wade. But Roe was overturned by justices appointed by Donald Trump, making abortion illegal in 20 states, and hurting women all across the country. Let’s be clear: medical decisions belong to a woman and her doctor, not judges and politicians.

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Rep. Crow: “As a three-time combat veteran, I get pretty damn hot when a five-time draft dodger like Donald Trump pounds his chest and bangs the war drums in Washington…America is over it. America is over…the sending of our sons and daughters and brothers and sisters to enrich oil executives.”