The BBC is lost
10.03.2026 13:29
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The BBC is lost
'Thistle Grove, South Kensington', from 'My Recollections and Reflections' (1913) by Yoshio Markino
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Latest attacks in Lebanon leave nearly 400 dead as two Israeli soldiers killed
Maybe the most impressive headline distortionism I've ever seen
A Sunday Times headline that reads "The Iran war shows why North Sea oil is an absolute necessity", by political commentator Iain Macwhirter, dated Sunday March 08, 2026.
Britain needs a China-style law that prevents non-experts from making public statements about important subjects. Exhibit A: a guy who doesn't know how energy markets work.
I know I’ve got some Labour local gov’t types following me, so I want to say this clearly so that you can share it internally as appropriate: I will never again vote Labour while these policies, or Wes Streeting, are in place. I will not vote Labour at any level because of this.
It's very frustrating, because what is the danger supposed to be?
In theory, it's regret, because we know there are no serious harms, there are only changes that could feel like harms if the person isn't trans.
But in practice they can't find the regret.
Cis people need to pay attention to the way they communicate this. They freely admit that after all of their research, they came up with zero evidence that HRT was harmful.
Then they banned it anyway, claiming their inability to find a reason is a reason in of itself.
If hormones, or puberty blockers, were so dangerous, nobody would be allowed them.
That some people are and that trans kids can even, notionally at least, stay on them if already prescribed, tells you all you need to know.
Yep. Starmer/Streeting/Phillipson have created a conversion therapy system for trans children with the prime intention of harming and killing as many trans children as possible.
It's 2026.
Puberty blockers have been banned on the basis of a fake study conducted by a generalist paeditrician.
Hormones for under 18s have been banned on the basis of a fake review conducted by a head injury specialist.
Both remain available for cis kids because that's 'different' somehow
‘A recent study found research papers with women as first authors had fewer retractions than those with men as first authors. Curt Rice argues these findings indicate more troubling patterns of power and attention in academic publishing.’
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
CPAC: the Conference that Dutch far-right Geert Wilders likes so much.
Hi #EarlyModern Bluesky - did you know that someone brilliant has built working printing presses using Lego and they are trying to get enough supporters so that Lego will release it as a kit?
They look so cool!
beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...
I've been saying for years that to deal with climate change and biodiversity loss we will need a peopled landscape. Here is an excellent argument for enlightened agriculture over 'rewilding'.
-Dentist: "You're brushing your teeth wrong"
-Nutritionist: "You're eating wrong"
-Parents: “You're living wrong"
-Liquor Store Clerk: "Excellent choice”
Satanic panic 2
It’s already happening. Iran attacked a desalination plant in Bahrain.
This war has to end immediately. If it turns into a water war we will be dealing with a whole different level of a humanitarian catastrophe across the region.
aje.news/64yl8m?updat...
"None of this was in Labour's manifesto...
By removing trial by jury, Keir Starmer & David Lammy are abolishing the ultimate guarantee of independence in our criminal justice system, placing extraordinary, unprecedented and untrammelled power into the hands of whichever politicians come after them."
This FOl enquiry for the Guardian has taken up a great deal of my life for the past 2 years. (1/3)
#InternationalWomensDay: Eva leading the way, and forming the Word Evangelium.
‘May we wake one by one.’ This is how we sometimes say 'good night' in Nigeria. It is a greeting and a prayer against a sudden disaster that wakes us all at once. ‘May we wake one by one.’
folukeafrica.com/may-we-wake-...
A couple of weeks ago I opted for a partial hospitalization program due to struggles with depression. I didn't really think it would help, but I was pretty desperate. I'm glad to have been wrong, and I wanted to pass it along. If you need help, it does exist and you should go get it.
Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained"
Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?
Not seen: A farmer with a boat and a bag of grain scrumpling up his plans and throwing them away in a tearful fit of defeated pique
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Pubic statement by GirlGuiding to carry on excluding transgender children despite being offered legal support by the GoodLaw Project. It is now apparent this exclusion is by choice not by threats of legal action by the GCIM
It with great sadness that we read the GirlGuides are continuing to discriminate against transgender children despite the offer by the @goodlawproject.org to defend them in any legal case. It is painfully apparent now they have used threats against them by the GCIM as an excuse to allow exclusion.
