Somehow I don't think crying about "biological males in toilets" is really going to make any difference in this, but that's all the 'effort' the State will give.
"Boys will be boys..."
Incidentally, I notice Mark Francois is back in Westminster again.
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#Misogyny #Patriarchy #UK #UKPOL #UKpolitics
Ministers ‘oblivious’ to UK’s scale of violence against women and girls, say MPs
Refuges turn down 65% of requests for support, says parliamentary committee calling for better monitoringJamie Grierson (The Guardian)
Trump Says India Offered to Cut US Tariffs But He’s in No Rush
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-16/trump-says-india-offered-to-cut-us-tariffs-but-he-s-in-no-rush?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"In cases where the consul was the victim of predation, responsibility for warehousing the items seized from his place of residence, bizarrely, was often assigned to the consul himself."
— Daniel Lord Smail: Legal Plunder, p. 203
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The UK’s Clean Power Future Relies on a 100-Year-Old Technology
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-05-16/uk-s-clean-power-future-relies-on-100-year-old-hydropower-technology?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Energy @energy-bloomberg
"Even seemingly innocuous objects were worth something. Otherwise, it is impossible to understand why, in Marseille in the year 1331, a man named Peire de Sepeda should have chosen to make good on a debt by invading the home of his debtor and removing, of all things, a tablecloth and two napkins. There is always the possibility, of course, that the debtor, Antoni de Serra, was eating off them at the time of the home invasion: the record carefully specifies that the tablecloth was on the table when Peire seized it. In this case, the value of the linens may have been incidental to the insult delivered by their seizure."
— Daniel Lord Smail: Legal Plunder, pp. 144-145
Pakistan Celebrates Ferdowsi Day, Honoring the Persian Epic Legacy
In a tribute to one of the most influential Persian poets, Pakistan commemorated Ferdowsi Day with a ceremony in Rawalpindi, highlighting the enduring legacy of Shahnameh and its impact across regional languages and cultures.iranpress.com
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/16/doge-social-security-musk-trump-cuts/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Politics @politics-WashPost
50 Years of Travel Tips
I’ve been seriously traveling for more than 50 years, and I’ve learned a lot. I’ve traveled solo, and I’ve led a tour group of 40 friends. I’ve slept in dormitories and I’ve stayed in presidential suites with a butler. I’ve … Continue reading →The Technium
If you love architecture and design, there are some spectacular projects on The Local Project, beautifully filmed and well narrated.
17 May 1908 | A Polish Jew, Abraham Mandelbaum, was born in Nowy Sącz. A merchant.
In #Auschwitz from 16 April 1942.
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He perished in the camp on 5 June 1942.
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NADA India Hosts WADA’s Global Anti-Doping Intelligence & Investigations Network Workshop In New Delhi. - TRIPURA STAR NEWS
New Delhi, Delhi, 16th of May, 2025 : National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) India with support from the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, hosted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Intelligence & Investigations (I&I) Workshop from 12 to 16 May 2025 in…tripurastarnews30 (TRIPURA STAR NEWS)
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この日の畑仕事のミッションは、びっしり生えているスギナ退治だったのですが、むしる前に美しいスギナのポートレート。
#nature #photography #マストドン写真部 #fedibird
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Election Analysis: Ensuring Fair and Transparent ResultsElection Truth Alliance
Art credit: lilyseikajones.com/ (@cxxvii thanks!)
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China Pivot, Sweden's Innovation Engine, US Army Secretary Driscoll | Wall Street Week
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-05-16/china-pivot-sweden-s-innovation-engine-us-army-secretary-driscoll-wall-street-week?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Apple's New CarPlay 'Ultra' Won't Fix the Biggest Problem of Phone-Connected Cars - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: Apple's next step for CarPlay is a version you'll only get to try if you're a fan of luxury cruisers or a popular spy film franchise.tech.slashdot.org
"The weight of justice and the omnipresent risk of indebtedness and seizure may have shaped the very profile of consumption in later medieval society, pushing consumption toward small, portable objects of high value. ... It may help us understand why there was a fashion revolution, rather than a furniture revolution, in fourteenth-century Europe."
— Daniel Lord Smail: Legal Plunder, p. 28
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Estudo Aponta Ligação entre Tipo Sanguíneo e Maior Risco de Câncer de Mama - Gazeta Brasil- Notícias do
Um novo estudo internacional identificou o tipo sanguíneo A como um possível fator de risco para o câncer de mama, o mais comum entre as mulheres no mundo.Gazeta Brasil
#Singapore #365 #365Project #Fediphoto365 #Photo365 #365in2025 #365in25 #Cat #Catsodon #CatsOfPixelfed #CatsOfMastodon
The absolutist-free-speech presidency moves to suppress speech by dissidents and regime opponents. (Comey bears more responsibility for the Trump catastrophe than possibly any other single person who is not Trump, but even so.)
Among newly discovered ocean species, a baby colossal squid is filmed for the first time. Watch now:
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#coral #ocean #wildlife #nature #science
Among Newly Discovered Ocean Species, a Baby Colossal Squid Is Filmed for the First Time — Colossal
Aboard te Falkor (too) research vessel, a 35-day trek to the South Sandwich Islands led to the discovery of new marine species.Kate Mothes (Colossal)
Starbucks Is Beefing With Its Workers Over A New Dress Code
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/starbucks-workers-walkout-dress-code_n_6827ad8ce4b0c9be419129d6?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Starbucks Is Beefing With Its Workers Over A New Dress Code
The new requirement adds to a list of labor complaints Starbucks workers have levied against the coffee chain.Li Zhou (HuffPost)
Love this idea for quick reference travelling
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