Rob Hind

@BD68359652 @JosephBottum Not a great novel.

@JosephBottum Blade Runner from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick

There has never been a truly great movie made from a truly great novel.

@Cocobuttered_ Ringe? What the fuck is ringers ?

fuck wordle

@PompeySteph Alternatively, you could concede that it’s legitimate to have female only spaces and drop this ludicrousness.

TransLucent Resignation Statement: Seeking to take the Labour Party to court. Some 6+ years ago, I started a personal blog, which led to a group of campaigners, which in turn led to an organisation we now know as TransLucent. It’s been an amazing journey for me as a founder and CEO. Still, in life, things change, and chapters end. In December 2025, the Labour Party discriminated against me by barring me from a space where I was once welcome - the National Women’s Conference. The Party claims that this is due to the Supreme Court judgment (FWS v SGM). I believe the Labour Party has been badly misinformed by their lawyers and could have chosen to remain trans inclusive. A court, perhaps ultimately in Strasbourg, will need to decide. I know this may be a marathon journey, but it is inconceivable that when the Gender Recognition Act was drafted, exemptions, which included single-sex spaces and female sport, would also mean a trans woman could not attend a conference. For nearly a year, the Labour government has witnessed the chaos the Supreme Court judgment has caused: likely suicides, certainly suicide attempts, trans people outed at work, trans women and girls expelled from Girlguiding, and volunteers quitting in protest. The Women’s Institute has excluded trans women who had been members for decades, resulting in multiple branches closing, leaving many elderly s!s women without the companionship they cherished. This is madness, and the Labour government could and should have intervened - neither Girlguiding nor the WI wanted to exclude - this gender-critical “lawfare” has to be stopped. I never imagined that I would be the one embarking on this epic journey to help overturn the FWS judgment, and I know the right-wing media will target me relentlessly with lies and misinformation - something I have faced several times before. As I begin my legal case, it is clear that I can no longer remain the public face of TransLucent, which is not involved in my personal dispute. I have served the Labour Party loyally in various Women’s positions in the past. As a post op trans woman with a Gender Recognition Certificate and as an award-winning feminist, I am truly disgusted, but while I feel desperately let down, it is my intention to remain an active member of my CLP. I am pleased to confirm that Prof. Stephen Whittle OBE (who co-founded Press for Change) and Dr Debora Diamond, both eminently qualified, will take my place at TransLucent. I know they will do a superb job. My immediate resignation will not affect the tireless advocacy work the organisation has undertaken -TransLucent will continue to fight for the dignity, respect, human rights and healthcare that trans people so richly deserve. I have had months to prepare for this, as my dispute with the Labour Party has been ongoing since December. Although I am leaving my position at TransLucent, I will continue being involved in the cause of human rights and intersectional feminism. Finally, please support my Crowdjustice Campaign to help fund my legal case against the Labour Party. Initially, I need £25k, followed by a further £45k as soon as possible. All donations go directly to my solicitor - should you prefer by using the slider, you dont need to leave a tip to Crowdjustice. Please donate and share this post. Thank you. crowdjustice.com/case/justice-f…

@TheMafiaPoint The Untouchables

What’s a mafia movie not The Godfather or Goodfellas that everyone should watch?

@JerryMartynCo @gingerneilnc @tymprqv7r9 @JennyAscendant @DandyDuck118582 @Healthy_Control @How86917508 @alfredlanning23 @jamesdavis6939 For someone to struggle in at the back, others have to finish ahead of them.

@JerryMartynCo @gingerneilnc @tymprqv7r9 @JennyAscendant @DandyDuck118582 @Healthy_Control @How86917508 @alfredlanning23 @jamesdavis6939 Er, yeah, of course. What’s your point?

Another mask has slipped. You don’t care about women and girls having fairness at parkrun, but we do. That’s why the #SaveWomensParkrun campaign will continue, because unlike you, we care.

@JerryMartynCo @gingerneilnc @tymprqv7r9 @JennyAscendant @DandyDuck118582 @Healthy_Control @How86917508 @alfredlanning23 @jamesdavis6939 If they don’t do that the. Somebody places first. Pretending that isn’t the case is embarrassing.

@robhind @gingerneilnc @tymprqv7r9 @JennyAscendant @DandyDuck118582 @Healthy_Control @How86917508 @alfredlanning23 @jamesdavis6939 Obviously not, but the online toxicity of these exchanges gives a false impression of parkrun events, which are normally friendly and of a welcoming nature. They aren't routinely overrun with hordes of aggressive marauding men impersonating women.

@gingerneilnc @tymprqv7r9 @JennyAscendant @DandyDuck118582 @Healthy_Control @How86917508 @JerryMartynCo @alfredlanning23 @jamesdavis6939 I’ve never done parkrun and it sounds fascinating. How does it work to make sure nobody places first? Does everyone’s hold hands and cross the finish line together?

@tymprqv7r9 @JennyAscendant @DandyDuck118582 @Healthy_Control @How86917508 @JerryMartynCo @alfredlanning23 @jamesdavis6939 Nobody 'places first' at parkrun

@myth_pilot @ATHE1STP0WER Terrible ending though.

To this day Das Boot is still the top-grossing German film in terms of worldwide box office. A critical success. I don't think a film like this could be made now. What a masterpiece.

@RestIsPolitics @Rep_McBride His point that straight people have a frame of reference to discuss homosexuality is a bit tone deaf given that he has no frame of reference from which to discuss what it is like to be a woman.

@RestIsPolitics @Rep_McBride Early on, McBride suggests that there are feminists who won’t accept a difference between sex and gender identity. This is a completely inaccurate. He is welcome say he has a gender identity, it doesn’t change his sex one bit and his sex is relevant in many areas of life.

"I found hope in politics as a means to make this world kinder and more just and more inclusive" -@Rep_McBride on how her experiences growing up shaped her path into politics.

@RestIsPolitics @campbellclaret @Rep_McBride I will be curious and I will listen to the whole podcast. But this is a man and you harm women’s rights by indulging his delusion that he is a woman.

@Kit_Yates_Maths @DrMatthewSweet I’d recommend writing to Viz with your story, you could win £5.

@Kit_Yates_Maths @DrMatthewSweet

Watched University Challenge with my dad last night for the first time in about 20 years. Was pleased with myself for getting the maths questions right. Then I remembered I am a professor of mathematics. Took the shine off.

@bookdevourerGR @Frances_Coppola But men with DSDs are not women and 3 of them won all the medals in the women’s 800m at Rio.

@Frances_Coppola Sex matters hate women Women with DSDs are women I cannot stress that enough

No trans women won medals in the Rio Olympics. So presumably the people Sex Matters calls "cheats" are women with DSDs.

@Frances_Coppola @PompeySteph Men with DSDs.

@AGallagherAlly Because the girls who joined scouts weren’t claiming to be boys. And it wasn’t “made compulsory”, it was a decision taken by the scout organisation itself.

Why didn't TERFs complain in 2007 when it was made compulsory for the scouts to permit girls?

@RMzeburger @poz_woods @jan_murray @berk_hamstead When it suits the argument they are making at that particular moment, they say this a lot.

@poz_woods @robhind @jan_murray @berk_hamstead When have you ever actually heard a trans person say that sex and gender are different

Rather than call time on boys being part of a girls’ organisation - which was never supposed to happen - Guardian columnist Zoe Williams suggests the 'obvious solution' was a name change. 🙄 Quite apart from her dreadful “gender-neutral” name suggestions - KidGuiding or RangersRainbow - this isn’t how charities work. Girlguiding isn’t just a brand. It’s a charity with a defined purpose: for girls. You can’t simply rename it and carry on as before. Changing that purpose would require formal processes, consultation, and potentially regulatory approval. In other words - not a quick fix. Not a rebrand. And certainly not something you solve in a Guardian opinion column. Honestly ... Link to read below 👇

@poz_woods @jan_murray @berk_hamstead She inadvertently confesses here that she thinks anyone who doesn’t want to dress as a fairy princess can’t be female. I imagine she consciously tried to get through the whole piece without linking trans to gender stereotypes but she slipped up here.

@jan_murray @berk_hamstead I don't even know where to begin with this.

@iocmedia Excellent news, thank you for protecting women’s sport.

The International Olympic Committee announces new Policy on the Protection of the Female (Women’s) Category in Olympic Sport. Read: olympics.com/ioc/news/inter…