
GrumpyAndCynical
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GrumpyAndCynical
@GrumpyNCynical
Adult Human Bloke, fumbling through the slow collapse and the rapid enshittification of everything.



Prosecutors have been issued new legal guidance on the use of offensive banners, slogans, chants or symbols to recognise the changing context and increase in increase in hate crime attacks ahead of significant planned protests in London this weekend. orlo.uk/z2Tcn






I am absolutely devastated Men who claim to be women have more rights than actual women in Australia. It is women who are being discriminated against, not the men who claim to be us. But in a sense, nothing has changed: we will all wake up tomorrow & men will still not be women.






Call of Duty is dead. Arc Raiders is dead. Fortnite is dead. Battlefield is dead. GTA is still not out. What is anyone even playing anymore these days?




A cause for national shame. This is the Rainbow Map for LGBTI+ rights across Europe. Until 2015, the UK was top. We've now collapsed down the rankings - and are the worst in Western Europe. We're now near Albania.

















Labour says banning certain foreign political commentators from Britain is about “protecting democracy.” No. Democracies do not ban speakers because the Government dislikes their politics. We have formally demanded the evidence against Eva Vlaardingerbroek and others. If laws were broken, prove it. If not, stop branding political dissent as extremism. Free speech does not cease to matter simply because a government finds it politically inconvenient.




I learned today that the UK's Internet censor, Ofcom, will, tomorrow, fine U.S. website Sanctioned Su*c*de £1,000,000. SaSu has comprehensively voluntarily geoblocked the UK. Ofcom is fining the site anyway. I have thoughts. prestonbyrne.com/2026/05/12/tho…


Labour to introduce long-delayed 'trans-inclusive' ban on conversion therapy - despite concerns it could criminalise parents and doctors trib.al/aZIbZve




🚨🇪🇸 NEW: Spain has overtaken Malta as Europe’s top-ranked country for LGBTI rights, ending Malta’s decade-long run at the top 1. 🇪🇸 Spain - 88.7% 2. 🇲🇹 Malta - 87.7% 3. 🇮🇸 Iceland - 85.6% 4. 🇧🇪 Belgium - 85.3% 5. 🇩🇰 Denmark - 85.1% 6. 🇫🇮 Finland - 69.9% 7. 🇩🇪 Germany - 69.5% 8. 🇳🇴 Norway - 68.6% 9. 🇸🇪 Sweden - 68.4% 10. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - 68.4% ——————————————— 14. 🇮🇪 Ireland - 61.3% 15. 🇫🇷 France - 60.3% 22. 🇬🇧 UK - 43.9% 36. 🇮🇹 Italy - 24.1% 42. 🇵🇱 Poland - 21.5% 49. 🇷🇺 Russia - 2%





