Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."
An international womenโs day message from my friend and partner in activism Sandi Toksvig #iwd #internationalwomensday
Starmer's "If you don't like it, you can leave" will go down as one of the greatest political speeches in the Green Party's history
Wtf
Letโs spare a thought for Chris Mason, who worked very, very hard over past 2 weeks, to build pressure for Starmer to resign.. all in vainโ๏ธ
Heโs paid ยฃ270,000 a yr for it
Fun fact- BBC is strictly required by its Royal Charter, Agreement, & internal editorial guidelines to provide impartial news ๐คท๐ผโโ๏ธ
I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Transparent Action . Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/tr...
Also, yah boo sucks to Sex Matters and their mysterious bottomless pockets of their anonymous backers. You're weird! Nobody likes you! Go away and find a hobby that isn't picking on a marginalised community, and get some therapy while you're there. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
I've just used Good Law Project's tool to email MPs on the Council of Europe and let them know they donโt have to bend down to Sex Matterโs transphobic threats.
The more they hear from us, the harder itโll be for them to ignore us. goodlaw.social/9f10d1
Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham tells Faisal Islam that Reform are โanti-Northโ over its plan to scrap the ยฃ45bn northern corridor rail link & โbreathtakingly arrogantโ to tell investors to shun the North of England.
โLook at themโฆ Thereโs nothing northern about them,โ he said
Is that when the shop moved to the current premises? Established in 1984, according to this share.google/bumaDRwmvikP... - and I have a clear memory of buying book tokens there Xmas 84 (heavily pregnant couldn't face any other form of shopping!) when it was round the corner. Congratulations to both!
Following @jamesdaustin.bsky.social lead, hereโs my starter pack of women journalists to follow. Apologies to any women Iโve inadvertently missed off. Itโs not a slight. Iโm just one woman, working in a specific area & region!
go.bsky.app/RaopwNN
Our street built of stone setts is very picturesque/olde worlde. Until there's black ice when it becomes lethal. Just placed an order for food delivery from local shop ๐ค๐ The abandon with which I used to glide along ice slides in the playground has vanished at 74! #hebdenbridge #blackice #stayingin
Gorgeous! Was the cafรฉ open?
Heptonstall hillside, I'd say. There are many trees in the way now, but this is what you'd see if there weren't.
An event in Hebden Bridge celebrating 25 years of the CRoW Act spurs on the movement for further land access rights in England and Wales
By Andrew Bibby
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/region/right...
Autism is not a mental health condition in and of itself and ironically if we didn't have to fight to survive in a predominantly neurotypical world, most of us would not suffer with poor mental health at all!
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
Hebden Bridge Town Hall getting ready for our Freedom to Roam conf on Sat week. 25 years since the last access legislation, time for a new Act! @righttoroam.bsky.social @ramblers.org.uk @openspacessociety.bsky.social @philbrickellmp.bsky.social @andymacnaemp.bsky.social @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
A concert poster with a star-filled, nebula-like background. Large text at the top reads โHepton Singers, Directed by Richard Bunzl.โ The title โCandlelight & Starsโ appears in bold yellow lettering. Below, the poster lists composers featured in the candlelit concert: Anton Bruckner, Hildegard of Bingen, Heinrich Schรผtz, Arvo Pรคrt, Caroline Shaw, Ola Gjeilo, Sally Beamish, and Kerry Andrew, along with โStarsโ by ฤriks Eลกenvalds. A simple line illustration of five singers standing together appears near the center. At the bottom, details include: Saturday 29 November, 5.30pm, Heptonstall Church, HX7 7NT, ticket prices ยฃ10/ยฃ8/ยฃ1 (under 18), and the website heptonsingers.co.uk for information and tickets.
โจ Candlelight & Stars โ A Winter Concert
Join the Hepton Singers for a candlelit journey through 900 years of choral music.
Tickets: ticketsource.co.uk/heptonsingers
#HeptonSingers #CandlelightAndStars #ChoralMusic
That awkward moment when your star columnist was responsible... and you have to write headlines around the Boris shaped elephant in the newsroom
Those who continue to target this minority group of trans+ people do not speak for us or represent our interests. They never have. They never will.
This statement is one line from the NION Women letter. If this reflects how you feel, add your name and join thousands of women standing in solidarity with trans people: change.org/nion_women
๐จ๏ธ Posters here: linktr.ee/nionwomen
#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #JoinUs
Screenshot of an email: Hi Rachel, Thank you for contacting us about the article youโve seen. We want our stores to be inclusive and welcoming places for our colleagues and customers. We have written to this customer and explained that our colleagues typically work across all departments in our stores and customers can always ask to speak to the colleague they feel most comfortable with. We also explained that our colleague was asking a customer if they needed help; they were not working on bra fit or offering this. Thank you again for getting in touch.
I wrote to M&S about the stupid lingerie department story - confirms nobody offered a bra fitting to a teenage girl. The Telegraph and JK can (always) do one.
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Did you know trans+ people in the UK are facing a bathroom ban, without a vote in Parliament?
Learn how you can help stop it... ๐งต
Placing Englandโs โlargest windfarmโ on a critically protected Site of Special Scientific Interest would be one of the most mindnumbingly stupid things the Government could do. West Yorkshire has tonnes of wind farms already. Other counties need to step up. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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TalkTV keeps broadcasting anti-trans views with nobody in the studio to push back.
Itโs up to us to stop them. Write to Ofcom here: goodlaw.social/66f6a3
Awake at 6 to find weโre still needing 60 signatures by 0820 to hit our daily #parkypetition100K target - please sign! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
More support very much welcome.
We have, so far, 36k+ signatures to our letter from women saying โNot in our nameโ - in response to the horrific demonisation of trans people under the guise of โprotecting womenโ.
Help us get to 100k by signing and/or sharingโฆ ๐ฉท
www.change.org/p/not-in-our...
โ๏ธ Should trans people have fewer rights? โNot in our nameโ, say over 35,000 women
Women tired of being told that their rights are threatened by trans people are using a petition to stand up for inclusive feminism
By Jennie Kermode
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
It's just absolutely insane watching all the "Gender Critical" people in government repeating the word "clarity" at each other without any of them being able to explain literally anything about how their hateful policies will work
If your MP is concerned by what BPAS think should happen to abortion law, tag them so they can see their
campaign about why we need the Northern Ireland human rights framework extended to England & Wales. Then ask them to co sign NC20 to make this happen. bpas-campaigns.org/campaigns/ti...
