Continental Europeans will be absolutely kicking themselves tonight that as a result of Brexit freedom, their British neighbours are now the only people allowed to eat outside.

What will new MPs need to know about their new roles, in parliament and beyond? How might an induction process be best delivered?

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Amazing how rapidly “common sense” degenerates into “suits my version of politics”.

Don't buy the misinformation going around casting shade on Signal

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With these tweets JK Rowling makes clear she thinks trans people have no place in public life

By simply existing. By being the first.
You are (in her book) deserving of attack and ridicule

It is abhorrent and it is cruel

It was so much fun to get David Bowie Official's permission, record my weightless voice, guitar & video, add EMM GRYNER's piano & Joe Corcoran's instrumentals, and hand it all to Evan Hadfield & Andrew Tidby's video editing.

A small anecdote. I attended a DEI awareness course at FCO. Everyone there thought they were already sensitive, aware, “right-on types”, who of course, would never endorse racist, sexist or other discriminatory behaviour. The attendees were completely stunned when….🧵1/5

Regard this as a 'FOR THE RECORD' Post. In his new book, Magic Pill, about so-called fat drugs like Ozempic, Johann Hari says I was prescribed the drug but gave it up because it robbed me of pleasure in food. (See screenshot). This is complete and utter bollocks. 1/

The biggest story today is that the then-Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice was a direct witness to a criminal attempt to pervert the course of justice, and covered it up for four years because it involved one of his political allies.

Only one in ten science teachers in schools in less deprived areas have science degrees. Only one apprenticeship for every three who apply. Neither ever makes the Times front page. Yet the small travails of the privileged private schools is front page news

Waking to Elizabeth Alker on BBC Radio 3 in a post-aurora glow after last night’s amazing show - even here in Cambridge. (And getting used to the early start!)

Aurora, ⁦Bill Thompson⁩ and a few stars too. Cambridge

Philosophy in the Bookshop with ⁦⁦@edithmayhall⁩ and Nigel Warburton discussing Facing Down the Furies. Tickets (free), Sat, Jun 1, 2024 at 11:00 AM upstairs ⁦Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop⁩ eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy-i…

An amazing juxtaposition to the Apple 1984 ad, where a colorful, anti-establishment character is cheered as the savior. Here the establishment industrial press crushes all the color and life to reveal a grey device. Amazingly tone deaf.

While, um, killing everything in its path? Interesting message.

Hey, fun fact all medicines to treat depression and anxiety in children and teens are off label medications! There is more research on the safety of puberty blockers than there is with SSRIs or SNRIs in minors. Puberty blockers don't have a black box warning. Antidepressants do.

Fun fact - medicines for depression and anxiety have not been through blinded control trials specifically for 'treating' gender dysphoria. There is no evidence at all for this specific treatment goal.

Double standards. Transphobia.

And.. (see next post for the important bit)

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