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1/🧵 I know this long time ago but didn’t speak up. Trade unions are regulated by the Certification Officer, Stephen Hardy (also a part time judge). He somehow took the view that the Supreme Court decision in Scottish Ministers affected the interpretation of UNISON’s own constitution.

Heatwave. Drought. Now Fire. Crews tackle large fire on Dunwich Heath in Suffolk. Via BBC News

The biggest difficulty for trans rights – the general public seems to believe the new guidance makes it possible to exclude eg trans women from women's services in some circumstances. No. This was the previous position. The current guidance requires their exclusion, always, regardless of context.

Stop Sex Matters spreading transphobic hate goodlaw.social/8968d9 Remember Helen Joyce gave her vile ‘every trans person is a problem in a sane world and their numbers should be reduced’ speech, less than 24 hours before Alice died by suicide. Email for Alice 💗

🚨 BREAKING We've filed a complaint to the Charity Commission about Sex Matters, detailing 46 incidents which we think, together, amount to misconduct and mismanagement. But we also need wider action against charities spreading hate - help us tell the government & Commission they must step up 👇

any help goes a long way yall! we're trying to ensure that we raise the rest of the funds so we can keep the lights on and offer fellowships to other struggling trans journos!!

Climate breakdown is clearly increasing fire hazards to ecosystems, and that'll continue to get worse. But the point is that, right now, in Ireland healthy forests don't burn. Even as things worsen, they'll continue to be far less vulnerable to fire than when wrecked. And MUCH better for nature...

England on fire 🔥 Wales on fire 🔥 Scotland on fire 🔥

In the 90s when they started losing the climate debate, big oil switched to talking about it as a hypothetical problem generations down the line. There are many grim things about this timeline but that chunks of the world are literally on fire and this tactic still mostly works is morbid as hell.

New drilling isn't just a catastrophic signal of us stepping back from our climate commitments, it also runs against the geological reality of an almost depleted resource. Our focus should be on cheap, clean fuel for the future - not propping up oil and gas. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The Code of Practice will come into force on the 5th August. Here's what that means: goodlaw.social/3b7a2a

Are you... are you part of the *homo-sexual underground*?

WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"

Cutting PIP for ADHD, autism anxiety etc is the perfect example of government policies looking to grab headlines while actually costing more. PIP helps support many people to work. Cutting it means they risk being unable to, that means more costs in the long term. 1/ inews.co.uk/news/politic...

More hints on the unsettled question of how broad or narrow the forthcoming government u-turn on these settlement/remigration reforms is going to be inews.co.uk/news/politic...

it’s not actually possible for trans ppl in the uk to persuade ‘elites’ of anything. the reason terfs have been so successful is bcos they already members of our ruling class: columnists, editors, politicians, entertainment industry figures. all trans ppl can do is yell at ppl on social media.

This is amazing; 40 women’s organizations standing in support of trans people’s human rights against this government’s targeting of trans people against the EHRC transphobic code. Trans people and cis women’s rights are not in opposition.

The problem is that while the science of climate change is well advanced We are poor at predicting the extent of damage to biodiversity We talk about impacts on individual species But climate extremes, co-extinctions, loss of interactions, etc Will likely lead to extensive ecosystem collapse

“What we have is a shifting baseline,” said Dr Rob Robinson @btobirds.bsky.social... “People engaging in nature today are going to think the numbers they are seeing are normal, particularly children. But if you go back 50yrs, they would have been able to experience a much richer environment"

"It's just sports," "It will only affect a few people," & "It'll also be used against cis women" are, IMHO, all equally not-great takes on today's SCOTUS ruling, just different angles. The Supreme Court ruled it's okay to discriminate against a certain class of people. Full stop. That is a horror.

This is why they keep investing in carbon capture tech which doesn't work. They tell themselves that the put-the-toothpaste-back-in-the-tube machine will morally absolve them for trying to maximise their personal wealth and comfort at the expense of every single member of humanity yet to be born.

Seriously?

I especially love this diagram.

I've just found out this heatwave killed a very very good friend of mine last night, so do forgive me if I have absolutely no patience at all for "lol it's not even that hot" takes on here.

Federal sentencing has started. Zachary Evetts was just sentenced to 50 years by Chief District Judge Reed O'Connor. Maricela Rueda was just sentenced to 840 months / 70 years by Judge Mark Pittman.

i have $10 T2D critically high blood glucose. 100s of hours of asking 4 food, glasses, rent. no aid since Juneteenth need $50 for a meal urgently $200/wk grocery goal unmet for months FOR DIGNITY NEED $200 for 🛒 $100👁️ exam THESE MUST BE DONE TMRW PP: xomemereytwod KOFI+VEN+CA(is -48): memwho

Batteries large enough to power a city the size of Leicester for more than four days straight. www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

France 10-13C above normal weekly national average. It’s June and El Niño hasn’t started properly yet. 50C heatwaves in Paris and London are only 5 years away.

The complete loss of cold years in the Arctic since the 1980s is astounding. The last "blue" stripe was 1992, following the Pinatubo Volcano eruption in the summer of 1991. #ShowYourStripes #Climate #Arctic

THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT “NORMAL SUMMER WEATHER” FOR THE UK — ESPECIALLY IN JUNE! (Record is 35.6°C) We are seeing the effects of climate change due to human activity playing out. Image is the latest Met Office forecast for London

Renewable energy has become far cheaper and, over the longer term, that trend will continue. Good news for energy costs. But there’s another reason to be optimistic, which gets less attention. As time goes on, an increasing proportion of renewable energy projects will involve repowering. 1/2

Look after yourselves this week, in our record-breaking heat. And don't let this or any government backtrack on its climate commitments: both to prevent the worst and to help us adapt to the escalating impacts to which - unfortunately and infuriatingly - we are now committed. #35YearsOfFailure

The doomsday "cult" AllatRa has had extraordinary access to the late Pope Francis since 2024. AllatRa members have also participated in the two most recent UN summits on the climate crisis – COP29 in Azerbaijan, and COP30 in Brazil – as well as the 2025 Bonn climate conference.

fascinating stuff. you really see how Lady Ross can just fucking disregard human rights of trans people. she thinks, if you have a “capacity” or a higher calling, you must forego your humanity.

Update: Young people & families today received shocking & transphobic letters from NHS. These letters tell people that endocrine care (blockers / HRT) is being fully withdrawn in 7 weeks time (July 31st). Forced medical detransition. This country is a danger to trans children & young people.

I hate this myth so fucking much because it started after a study specifically to see if brains developed after 18. So they limited the study to age 25. And people decided that meant brains develop only until 25 even though a later study with no age limit showed brains NEVER stop developing.

Your reminder that this is supposed to be the good guy of British centrism, the one who’s our last chance of defeating the far right

Extreme weather is no longer a future problem. A new climate briefing film coming to Beccles sets out the evidence – and what can be done about it. Find out more and how to get free tickets👇 @eastangliabylines.co.uk

I created this Bluesky to post art, but then I can't draw for longer then two hours without the nerves in my arm deciding to ruin the rest of my day. I promise I'll post something eventually (even if it's just a WIP)

The way profit maxxing corpo culture has invaded every form of art through algorithms pushing people into daily posting is really weighing on me lately. Efficiency and regularity of making "content" being prized above all else feels so grim, man.