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Lots of people focused on Reform's anti-GDPR rant as trivial. It isn't. It is wrapped up with Reform's aim of withdrawing from the ECHR - here's how.

1. EU Data Adequacy Decisions, a treaty of which the UK is a member, depends on article 8(1) of the ECHR - the right to privacy.

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Aren’t these… Canadian Geese?
Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social
We’re not a serious country anymore
The most recent data suggests that 12% of people in the US are LGBTQ+.
This is up from any previous estimate, which likely demonstrates that statistics about sexuality and gender identity are as much about peoples willingness to be open as they are about how many of us there really are.
“Why are so many people on out of work benefits?” asks the government, while slashing eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines year after year
manta del ray @seafoamghost.bsky.social
sure why the fuck not
nhsinform.scot
This year, the COVID-19 vaccine is not being offered to:
• pregnant women
• people aged 65-74 years
• frontline health and social care workers
• people with a health condition that put them in a clinical risk group
Tax the rich, tax their deaths, tax their businesses, tax their trust funds, tax their movement of money, tax their mansions and domeciles, yachts and private planes, tax their border crossings, tax their lawyers and accountants and the other in the consierges class doing their bidding
Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social
Former director of neoliberal
Institute for Fiscal Studies urges disability benefit cuts.

Disabled scapegoated for economic problems.

Silence on major causes.
Wait for 7.3m hospital appointments.
Hard to see GP, dentist.
Low wages, poor food/housing, economic insecurity.
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Terfs man

They really did just open the door for fascism to walk through

And theyll remain adamant till the end its everybody elses fault, because, i can only imagine, admitting you were manipulated and used by the far right christofash is a tad unsettling

jojostoday.blogspot.com/2021/01/gend...
Supporting the local economy ☕️
Two bags of coffee beans from my local roaster, Monsoon Estates in Stratford-upon-Avon
This is your annual reminder: propaganda isn’t a media-only weapon. It comes from politicians, journalists, influencers, activists, groups, friends and strangers. Don’t just believe what fits your side. Check the source, evidence and context. Question the rhetoric. Think critically.
Had a TERF troll come to my event at Edinburgh today, who wanted to defend the “lovely Jo Rowling” during my q&a. Reader, my reply was impassioned. I didn’t insult her or call her a name; but I robustly and heatedly defended the lives of young trans people against very unlovely billionaires.
The brand has been mired in multiple scandals and accusations, which owners firmly deny 👇

Read more 👉 https://www.wearequeeraf.com/understand-the-lgbtqia-news-what-are-the-challenges-facing-queer-journalism/
#%F0%9F%93%B0-pinknews-redundancies
The struggling LGBTQ+ media brand is asking staff to take voluntary redundancies

PinkNews has announced proposals to make up to 11 of its remaining 25 staff redundant and close its offices. The move follows changes to the Snapchat Discover page, where the publisher has 2.8 million followers. In a document sent to staff, it sets out that they anticipate that changes to the platform will lead to a fall in revenue by 80-90%, which represents a large majority of the publisher’s overall revenue
For trans people, there are a few things worth knowing before an election is called. This can help make the voting process feel more straightforward and help make sure your voice is heard.

Visit:
www.lgbthero.org.uk/vote to find out more.
I spoke about being queer in a religious upbringing to 200 Scottish teens at book event this afternoon. Had seven (yes, seven) queer students and two trans students come out to me quietly in the signing queue afterwards, one of them in tears. I will never forgive those who make their lives so hard.
It is time
QUELLE SURPRISE
GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk
Well, this was inevitable. Forstater is now using her own case to argue that racism should/is protected as a philosophical belief 🤮
"Even comments which are “serious, severely hurtful and 
prejudicial”are covered by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human rights (freedom of expression) which doesn't mean absolute freedom of expression in a situations, but employers should treat beliefs equally.

As the judge said in my case even beliefs that are profoundly distressing and offensive to many others are beliefs that must be tolerated in a pluralist society.""Cofnas's hereditarian belief has already been found to be "worthy of respect in a democratic society" by a court in the UK. 

Though not binding in Belgium, but its anti-discrimination law is based on the same principle.

Still it's better to have a good job than a good legal case. 

Ghent uni could string out the suspension - the process is the punishment.

If there are calls for a staff member to be discriminated against because of their beliefs the answer should be No (unless the belief falls below the v low threshold for belief discrimination), not "oh well if 2000 people object..."
Well, this was inevitable. Forstater is now using her own case to argue that racism should/is protected as a philosophical belief 🤮
"Even comments which are “serious, severely hurtful and 
prejudicial”are covered by Article 10 of the European Convention on Human rights (freedom of expression) which doesn't mean absolute freedom of expression in a situations, but employers should treat beliefs equally.

As the judge said in my case even beliefs that are profoundly distressing and offensive to many others are beliefs that must be tolerated in a pluralist society.""Cofnas's hereditarian belief has already been found to be "worthy of respect in a democratic society" by a court in the UK. 

Though not binding in Belgium, but its anti-discrimination law is based on the same principle.

Still it's better to have a good job than a good legal case. 

Ghent uni could string out the suspension - the process is the punishment.

If there are calls for a staff member to be discriminated against because of their beliefs the answer should be No (unless the belief falls below the v low threshold for belief discrimination), not "oh well if 2000 people object..."
@popher.bsky.social @lukeacl.com These posts arrived together in my feed and it’s a beautiful thing 🤣
Dolly Parton was apolitical in the sense that she never endorsed a political party. However, i was told on the BBC only this morning that support for the trans community is political and she was loud about that.
Useful diagram to show what racist pseudoscientists & their apologists fail to understand.
African
European
Asian
A Essentialist concept of race.
B Population concept of race.
C Actual pattern of genetic diversitv.
Figure 2 The essentialist and population concepts of race contrasted with the actual patterns of genetic variation (simplified to three geographic categories). Based on the work of Dr.
Jeffrey Long at the University of Michigan and depictions created by the Race-Are We So Different? project of the American Anthropological Association.
She also really debunks the common justifications about religion, region, and age. Your grandparents and parents have shitty values because they have shitty values, not because of anything else. They could do better. Anyone can use their eyes to see the world and have the correct read.
Jack Feerick @jackfeerick.bsky.social
What Dolly taught us is that it is in fact possible to be wealthy beyond your wildest dreams of avarice but still be a fundamentally good person with a strong moral compass, and the only reason more rich people aren't like that is because they don't want to be.
dolly parton taught millions of children to read

dolly parton raised millions of dollars for cancer research and disaster relief

dolly parton stood by the lgbtq community her entire life

dolly parton personally helped fund the moderna vaccine

if there was a right side of something she was on it
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