On Radio 4's PM show on Friday, Lord Sumption said many people were misinterpreting the UK Supreme Court's judgement around The Equality Act. He said the judgement means organisations *can* exclude trans women from women's spaces/competitions, but that they are not *obliged* to do so. Yet today's #Observer editorial repeats the compulsory exclusion line.
Personally, I'm gonna try and find time to read the full 87 page judgment.
#gender #trans
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David Hardman
Senior Research Analyst at Rail Safety & Standards Board. TSSA health & safety rep. OPINIONS HERE ARE MY OWN.
An exile from academia, I'm the author of 'Judgment and Decision Making: Psychological Perspectives'.
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With this level of security, I think the USA might lose a war with Canada!
#tech #Trump #signalgate
https://mashable.com/article/hegseth-waltz-gabbard-us-government-password-breach
Zuckerberg is trying to squash this exposé of his shitty company and terrible management. Get your copy while you can. I'm several chapters in and the whole place seems jaw-droppingly shambolic. It's a great read!
#Facebook #censorship #greed
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq5zyq0250wo#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17420458339417&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com
'Workers leaving the Googleplex'. Holy shit, this is like #Severance !
#tech #Google
https://youtube.com/watch?v=w0RTgOuoi2k&si=xL4NPiYJFg9FLgDF
'Captain America: Brave New World and Snow White, both due for release in early 2025, are attempts by Marvel and Disney to normalize anti-Palestinian racism and cover up Israel’s ongoing carnage in Gaza.'
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/boycott-captain-america-brave-new-world-and-snow-white?source=facebook&fbclid=IwY2xjawIdbspleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHcb9iBJxVPdA5DdIAqHiJSaHDRZXjTO-FWQ3li96VMlXRK_csR5WNaf9wg_aem_-DSlO1lSS0XuhPkAxtUwrw
How do you kill Copilot?
#AI #tech #Copilot
https://unherd.com/2025/01/how-do-i-kill-my-microsoft-copilot/
On Christmas morning I finished reading 'The Night Land' by #WilliamHopeHodgson. Mind blowing. I've never read anything like it. Not sure what to make of the gender relations in the 2nd half, but overall it's remarkable.
#horror #fantasy #SF #fiction #literature
Keir Starmer's list for the Lords rewards a bunch of people who weaponised antisemitism smears against Jeremy Corbyn and the left.
https://labourlist.org/2024/12/house-of-lords-peerages-labour-full-list/
It's not often I agree with Michael Gove rather than Angela Rayner, but the M&S Oxford St building is beautiful and should be preserved, not destroyed.
#heritage #environment #architecture
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/05/marks-and-spencer-given-green-light-by-angela-rayner-to-demolish-oxford-street-store
Not mentioned when Tony Blair was eulogising #JohnPrescott on #Radio4 this morning:
"As the deputy prime minister in that Government I must express my fullest apology, especially to the families of the 179 [British] men and women who gave their lives in the Iraq War.
"I will live with the decision of going to war and its catastrophic consequences for the rest of my life."
John Prescott, 2016
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On release in the UK next week, #NoOtherLand is a gut-wrenching documentary account of how Israel bulldozed Palestinian homes in the West Bank, and the effect on the people there. Unbelievable cruelty.
https://youtu.be/-pI2IXKtlew?si=1jM-1czcTnacI9x9
#Heretic was a great creepy #horror movie for #Halloween. Recommended!
https://youtu.be/O9i2vmFhSSY?si=5bNkrV0N1b1jBhFF
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