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Hello from Bermuda! #HelloWorld #Bermuda #language #linguistics

Today my cousin accidentally misread the last stop of the Piccadilly line as Cockfrosters, and dunno about you but that's one hell of a name for a brand of frozen chicken.

@KaraLG84 @bermudianbrit He is, isn't he? 🥰

@bermudianbrit @Jage love how he just throws me into this conversation... 😯

Yesterday, the women's teams for Clapton Community & Dulwich Hamlet Football Clubs were to play in the London & South East Regional Women's League trophy final. Hundreds of supporters from both teams traveled to Maidstone to attend the match, hosted at Gallagher Stadium (owned by Maidstone United FC).

Clapton - a club whose home ground was the first in the UK to be recognized as an apartheid free zone - continued their long-standing tradition of showing support for the Palestinian people by flying Palestinian flags from the stands. Maidstone supporters matched the effort with an enormous banner reading SHOW GENOCIDE THE RED CARD.

This wasn't just a trophy final. It wasn't just the last match of the season for both teams. It was the last chance for trans women on both sides to play football, after the Football Association's transphobic ban against trans athletes, which takes effect on June 1st.

The match was going along smoothly and Clapton was up 2-0 when, 20 minutes in, something unprecedented happened. In the words of the Clapton players:

“Today, 32 women were denied the opportunity to play the L&SERWFL Trophy final.

About 20 minutes into the match, both Clapton and Dulwich supporters were approached by a representative of of Maidstone United, Gallagher Stadium owners. He demanded that our supporters must stop waving the Palestinian flag, and the Dulwich supporters must take down their banner which read ‘Show genocide the red card.’

After both groups of supporters refused, a league official walked on to the field of play to stop the game. In a discussion with the match officials, players and coaches, he communicated that we could not use the ground while both the Palestinian flag and the banner were displayed.

Our given options were to 1) play the game behind closed doors or 2) to abandon the game. Clapton’s players chose to abandon the game. Both sets of fans then came together in solidarity with the Palestinian people, singing more songs and holding up our banners in support of trans women and the Palestine people, respectively.

Our players and fans are united in their support and concern for Palestinians who are being bombed daily. Showing that support with a flag or banner is no reason to abandon a cup final."

With that, the Clapton players climbed into the scaffolds to join the supporters, soon followed by Dulwich Hamlet supporters who brought their banner over. Both teams & supporters united in defiance of the attempt to silence their support for the Palestinian people and their opposition to genocide.

The Football Association - that same body that banned women from playing football for fifty years and has now banned trans athletes from playing football effective June 1st - have declared the Cup void and will not award it to either team nor schedule a rematch. They have also threatened both Dulwich Hamlets and Clapton Community FCs with discipline.

In the words of Dulwich supporters Pepper Army:

"Sport has long played an important role in putting pressure on governments perpetuating human rights abuse - from South Africa during the apartheid era to Russia since its invasion of Ukraine. Those who argue that political protest does not belong in sport are either ignorant or are deliberately ignoring that history this is particularly true in the women's game access to the game has always been political and, even now, women continue to fight for the right to play football.

We don't protest at our games because we think one protest in a regional football competition will change what is happening in Gaza. But we do it knowing that every protest joins a drum beat of defiance that is slowly convincing the world it cannot ignore the daily murders perpetuated by the state of Israel.

We are proud of the behavior of Dulwich Hamlet fans today and we are equally proud to join hands with the fans of Clapton CCFC, who have already done so much to shine a spotlight on the plight of the past on the Palestinian people.

History will judge us. Let us all be able to say we're on the right side."

In the words of Clapton supporters Clapton Punks:

"Clapton Punks have always had a huge respect for the women's team but the actions yesterday have elevated this to a new level. We are so fucking proud of you. In Maidstone we stood together behind our shared moral principles without compromise against the whimsical prejudices of some rich stadium owners and their flimsy objections to a flag."

For those of you who live in the UK and are blind/VI, a job opportunity that just paid a visit to my inbox:
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@RainbowRemedy hiii

On this day in 2005, the Burlington Industries headquarters in Greensboro, NC was demolished. I recorded it with a budget portable recording system -- a Sony MZ-R700 minidisc recorder and an Audio Technica ATR25, with some post-production processing to compensate for the microphone's relative lack of low-end frequency response. I really wish I had better gear at the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bm3kbboFcE

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Conservatives:
“You have no money, so you have no car, and we have consistently voted against public transport, so you also have no buses or sidewalks, but we want you to have to get a job to be eligible for food stamps. We also cut funding the office that helps you find a job. Oh, and the people Medicaid paid to help care for your disabled family while you might have worked? We cut their funding too. So yeah, use your bootstraps to get to work while also being at home. Praise Jesus.”
Assholes.

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Our favorite childhood stories were written by an autistic, for autistics. Hans Christian Andersen didn’t know to call it autism, but he sure knew what it was. And he celebrated & respected it, even if sometimes the story had a sadness to it.

From being nonverbal and dimming (masking) in The Little Mermaid
Calling out shit in Emperor’s New Clothes,
Not fitting in & rejected in The Ugly Duckling, being extra sensitive in Princess and the Pea.

#autism #autistic #actuallyautistic

My Italian friend & his wife own an Italian restaurant. When they come to dinner at mine, they always praise the garlic bread I home-make, saying it's the best they had. I keep the "recipe" secret from them though. It's just Asda own-brand French baguette, butter and garlic salt.

hay humans, boosts appreciated. I'm trying to find out who in the US plays the blind sport Showdown. I know that several states have tables, and that there are players who have done it recently. Trying to figure out whose connected to that scene, where they get their tables and if we can establish some international cooperation. Shout me if anyone knows anything.

@sapphireangel Thank you. <3 I might call you to bitch tbh. I feel very overwhelmed.

@kyle @Quartizer fair fair.

I take my son to the train station for hours to watch trains pass by. He loves it and I get emotional because it's where my grandparents would bring me 30 plus years ago