So the key findings of Amnesty's report was that these anti-rights groups have massive funding, that it comes largely from far-right christian groups in the US, and that they're abusing UK charity law to misrepresent themselves as pro-rights organisations.
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If you’re a Gondorian soldier your experience with hobbits is a tiny guy shows up with a wizard and is immediately taken in the Steward’s counsel. He saves Faramir when the Steward goes mad. A second tiny guy arrives with the Rohirrim and kills the Witch King. The first one then goes on campaign …
you get one place to have other topics, and that is the off-topic section of the forum
Hummingbird hawk-moth. Apparently warm weather and high winds means we have a lot of them this year
Can't be the first to say this, but (and yay UEFA - brilliant) this works equally well if you swap out "football" for maybe "water" or "a stable climate". Look at me being the revolutionary socialist. "No one has the moral authority to sell what they merely hold in trust for the next generation."
@innes.bsky.social You're up
giri nathanwe might be throwing out a generational umami opportunity. i will taste the forbidden fish sauce defector.com/abandoned-fi...
Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.
The Grumpy Cook website has a ‘Pay It Forward’ scheme where you can pay for a range of meals for people who may be struggling. These range from a small breakfast through to a family pack lunch and also including a child’s meal. The prices are suggested and start at £2.00. grumpycook.co.uk/shop/
Shop – The Grumpy Cookgrumpycook.co.ukHappyToastThis has really pissed me off, if you're in the area and can afford it go and give the cafe owner some money to help fund the kids meals. And if he refuses buy yourself a nice coffee and tip him as much as you can. Fuck Reform taking food from kids in need. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
academics..... is it time to prepare your syllabus for the autumn?? might i recommend.... me!! if you teach histories of computing or the intersections of queer life and computing, you might like these
katresearch thread! i study queer histories of computing -- how LGBTQ+ people seize the means of connection & computation to build community and keep each other safe. here are a few pieces that might interest you:
Sometimes when doing genealogy research you stumble upon stuff that leaves you speechless.
In the past few days: - Transphobes have lost two further court cases, extending their streak of majority losses over the past year - Amnesty International UK folded in the face of legal threats anyway
Something similar happened in France a few years ago. Climate activists responded by filling the golf holes with cement. www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
Happy anniversary of that time the post office asked me to provide evidence that my package was not delivered.
I designed an extremely aggressive and difficult to parse out new shirt about a plague that is ravaging the country, please help me raise awareness. roryblank.bigcartel.com
my blood boiled to read this. so I went and found this contact form www.amnesty.org.uk/contact-us/ and immediately told them what I think. recommend you do, too
Hugely hugely concerned by this archive.ph/2026.07.27-1...
I really don't know how we can message this in a way which cuts through, but we really need to try and figure it out, because the vast majority of people are appalled when they actually understand what's going on.
Jess O'ThomsonThe 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.