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Image of the Yeti in the skiing Windows game SkiFree eating the player

Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics

I've just worked out that my beard is thick enough that I can simply bite off annoying beard hairs around my lips.

I’m ever so happy that I booked two seats on this coach.

Your Party Members Area - Your Party It’s time to build a new kind of political party. One that belongs to you.

Hey @thisisyourparty.bsky.social what’s the point in submitting amendment motions, emailing saying that they’ve all been reviewed yet mine is still sitting as a draft. Not very fair when others have been online overnight!

in.yourparty.uk/en/motions/205

Our interventions for Regional Assemblies: Guides and Resources - Democratic Socialists Download and share the Democratic Socialists of Your Party key guides and resources for interventions at Your Party Regional Assemblies.

📣 We've drafted a detailed set of amendments for @thisisyourparty.bsky.social Regional Assemblies. It's time to build a Party Republic guided by a minimum programme for maximum democracy!

Download and share our resources for Regional Assemblies.

🚨🚨🚨EXCLUSIVE🚨🚨🚨

This old draft of the constitutional document for @thisisyourparty.bsky.social is vague, rushed, and limits members to binary choices with no way to introduce new ideas. Members deserve real scrutiny, not a rubber stamp.
dsyp.org/wp-content/u...

This is a once in a generation opportunity. We must take it! - Trans Liberation Group. Get involved.

Get Invoved: Sign up (link in Bio). Follow our socials (Link in Bio). Attend an onboarding meeting. Contribute to our policy platform. Share your ideas on how a democratic trans inclusive party can function. - Trans Liberation Group

Get involved! (Link in Bio)

We are supporting campaigns for member democracy. - Trans Liberation Group

We know the average person in Your Party stands in solidarity with us in the fight for trans liberation. They are as repulsed as we are by comments made by MPs, such as Adnan Hussain, and other less prominent individuals jockeying for position in the party. Founding Statement: Through member democracy, we have a safeguard against individuals using positions of influence to embed transphobia in the party’s policy programme and create a hostile environment for trans party members. - Trans Liberation Group

Founding Statement: A democratic, member-led foundation can make trans liberation an integral part of the party programme, and use collective might to overthrow any self appointed party kings who believe their personal bigotry should undermine both our rights, and the principles of party democracy. - Trans Liberation Group

Founding Statement: By campaigning for a democratic party with a member led founding conference, there is an opening for trans people to make a significant intervention in what could become the largest political party in Europe. We do not need to beg for patronage from an MP for a seat at the table, we can organise and claim our own place as members. That is why we are urging you, whether trans or cis, to join our struggle - Link in Bio. - Trans Liberation Group

We support campaigns for member democracy.

Founding Statement: The situation for trans people in Britain is critical. We face a barrage of billionaire bankrolled abuse in the media. We endure decades long waiting lists to access limited healthcare, with dehumanisation and pathologisation built in to the system. In the job market, we are met with discrimination, lack of opportunity and stagnating pay. We are excluded from housing, healthcare, employment, leisure - now even our use of bathrooms is policed. - Trans Liberation Group

Something must change. - Trans Liberation Group

Founding Statement: For trans people, today’s politics is exhausting. The major political parties have used and discarded us time and time again. Too often, exclusionary figures are embedded in leadership capacities, and even in progressive parties, those on the fringes can spew hatred unchallenged. We say no more. This cannot happen in Your Party. The liberation of all marginalised people can only be achieved through their active and equal participation in class struggle; there can only be a precarious freedom for some under current conditions. - Trans Liberation Group

ounding Statement: We are the Trans Liberation Group and we are fighting to ensure Your Party, in its current and future iterations, explicitly advocates for trans liberation, and encourages the political participation of trans people. We know there are prominent figures who have been platformed under the banner of Your Party who hold regressive, misinformed and dangerous views on trans people. We are here to show them that this is our party, and we will fight tooth and nail to prevent this oppressive politics from taking root. - Trans Liberation Group

We are the Trans Liberation Group and we are fighting for a foundation of trans liberation in Your Party, in its current and future iterations.

Keen to get involved in forming #YourParty in your area? Me and @charlieporter.bsky.social have co-authored a toolkit to help get local meetings started, the key debates and how to prepare for the conference.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Keen to get involved in forming #YourParty in your area? Me and @charlieporter.bsky.social have co-authored a toolkit to help get local meetings started, the key debates and how to prepare for the conference.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

…democratic party, with socialist policies at its core and representation that is accountable to the membership, including mandatory re-selection.

I would say watch this space, consider getting involved. Nothing is decided and much is up for debate at the conference. Personally I’m against any alliance or umbrella of affiliated independents. Think it’s important (and I’ll be arguing for) a mass membership, mass participation…

The BT Text service reached its peak in 2006 when Tom Baker was the voice.

On a near empty train and I sit across from a bloke having the loudest possible phone call.

Adding to this the latest weekly data from the Environment Agency is suggesting that for the first half of May, most regions have had less than 10% of the long term average rainfall.

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6826fe...

April's YW Watsit report:

🌧️ 15.9% rainfall (TBC) in April across the Yorkshire region compared to long term average
🪣Reservoirs at 76% capacity (should be 90%+)
⬆️Water demand is up about 2-3% to last year
💦Some rivers are already below critical levels
☀️Dry, warm and sunny weather still forecast

I knew that Keir Starmer and his government would be particularly bad. Yet starting from my already low expectations, he manages to be even worse, cruel and duplicitous.

Rainfall and river flow: weekly reports for England Weekly reports on rainfall and river flow in England for the last 3 months.

I'm calling it now, there will be a drought in England soon. After a very dry March, the weekly data on April and May look grim; temperature forecasts remain way above average for the foreseeable.

In the North East, % rainfall of the long term average:
February: 64%
March: 38%
April: 17%

I'm not a fan of the new Guardian home page. The giant banner at the top needlessly fills space and the layout wastes far too much space.

To offset feeling rubbish stuck in bed I’ve entered the ballot for the London Marathon 2026 and watching Air Force One as a terrible good film.

I just can’t stop getting colds.

I really want to try the new Adidas Boston 13 shoes when they’re out. The upper and lacing looks much better and comfortable than on the 12s.

NHS England tells GPs to refuse blood tests to some trans children and refer parents to safeguarding NHS England guidance has instructed GPs to refuse any care that supports under 18s to receive gender affirming care like puberty blockers and hormones.

NHS England guidance has instructed GPs to refuse any care that supports under 18s to receive gender affirming care like puberty blockers and hormones. 👇

https://www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-england-tells-gps-to-refuse-blood-tests-to-some-trans-children-and-refer-parents-to-safeguarding/

Statue of "Boy with Dove" by Anthony D Padgett in Sheffield Weston Park Museum.

"Boy with Dove" by Anthony D Padgett International Brigade Memorial Trust Basque Children of '37 Association UK Sheffield Trades Union Council Unveiled 12 April 2025 In recognition of Pablo Picasso attending the World Peace Congress, Sheffield, 1950

Unveiling of “Boy with Dove” by Anthony D Padgett at Weston Park, Sheffield.

In recognition of Pablo Picasso attending the World Peace Congress, Sheffield, 1950.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

Eliminating sexual violence in trade unions YouTube video by Union Workers' Union

On International Women's Day we're proud to launch our draft Standards for Eliminating Sexual Violence in trade unions. Watch our video to learn more about the Standards, why they're needed and how they were developed.

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD2025 #TradeUnions #EndSexualViolence

But it’s exclusively LGBTQ+ *and* and a chilled friendly pace, 6:20-6:30mins/km and 6-7km total. If not let’s walk, not seen you in ages!

Come to my running group! 🏃‍♂️🏳️‍🌈

Bridgestone Arena - Wikipedia

I remember when I was little and used to watch wrestling, the announcers saying “live… from the gaylord entertainment centre”
It’s a real place (now renamed)
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridges...