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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
FWS win on prisons guidance in Scotland. Prison accommodation to be required for men and women based on biological sex. ECHR arguments considered and confer no right to be housed in prisons of the opposite biological sex. Not a surprising decision.
scotcourts.gov.uk
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Will 🇺🇦 Absolute Shower 🇺🇦 @showerabsolute.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Andy Burnham confirms he is your private dancer, a dancer for money, and will in fact do what you want him to do.
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Rich @rich-bryant.uk · 12/06/2026
This is glorious
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
You love to see it. Get cracking on the rest of the cases
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
They got what they deserved.
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 23/05/2026
My neighbour, as a young man, did IT work for the Conservative party that included some stuff at David Cameron's house, when they were in opposition. Somehow, Cameron ends up on his CV as referee. Cameron *as prime minister* took a phone call to say that he was a good guy and should get the job
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
It is guidance to what the law is and what it always has been despite the misrepresentation by activists in recent years. Changing the guidance won't change the law.
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This should not be a shock to anyone that paid attention to the supreme court judgement. Wishful thinking and bad advice from Stonewall has a lot to answer for
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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 22/05/2026
I have not yet seen a pic of Paddington leading Cronus off to the underworld and honestly, team, I'm disappointed in you all.
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
@showerabsolute.bsky.social HT likesmokenoakum from the other place #eurovision
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Rubbish
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
About time
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Incredible that you think this exchange reflects well on you.
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Tom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
‘As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a tree surgeon’
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Indeed. Government's proposed ILR changes are wrong morally & politically - that is the main point. But from purely *economic* perspective, they're likely to be self-defeating - the migrants most likely to be deterred from coming/staying are high-skilled/high-paid, because they have other options!
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
www.generationtechblog.com/p/trans-iden...
generationtechblog.com
Trans identification really is in free fall: New data
And so is nonbinary identity.
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Fair. You are sadly missed at the other place.
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Paging @showerabsolute.bsky.social
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Tracey Binnie @traceybinnie.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Bellenden Gardens in Edinburgh would like a word
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Ah, cherche pas...
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Binyizdabbalah @binyizdabbalah.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
RFK dislodging some week-old panda gristle from his jaw as he works out how long it would take to stuff the lifeless Trump in his trunk, joint him and burger him.
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
A septic?
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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Takes time and effort. Yes. It does. The time and effort involved is meeting the humans. Other humans. Understanding why certain communities do what they do and their representatives say what they say
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Blocked by OP, is that really what they said? It makes no sense.
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The QuaterJohn Ixperiment @frogalapeche.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
Bridget with The Beatles on Abbey Road.Bridget hanging out in Grant Wood's American Gothic.Bridget in Bruegel's Hunters In The Snow (with a freshly caught mouse).The Girl With The Cat Earring
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The Fair, not the pub.
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Three Musketeers in Borough bridge used to be pretty dodgy. Was worse when we still had Barnaby Fair. I think that was shut down after someone was killed though.
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I remember friends getting into fights in Harrogate FFS
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Genuinely think everyone in the Anglosphere and everyone in the States who has escaped this method should be aware of this, just as a reminder that a lot of the time, people's weird reading of your posts aren't their fault, they are the victims of a terrible way of teaching kids to read!
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
Excellent news. About time www.thetimes.com/article/6475...
thetimes.com
Athletes face new biological sex test for World Championships
Anyone competing in female category at World Athletics Championships faces SRY gene test, which determines if someone is biologically male
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Ivan @hellothisisivan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Well no one else was going to write it
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Unhinged comparison of the day
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Natalia Antonova🇺🇸🇺🇦 @nataliaantonova.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
I hope your grandmother has a great time!
Joke advertisement for a pegging event at Westside Library. The game is with pegs! It’s grandmother’s favorite once a year event!
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Not according to the Supreme Court decision.
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Reem Alsalem @unsrvaw.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
I welcome the decision by World Boxing to introduce mandatory sex testing, which is in line with the recommendation I made in my thematic report to #UNGA79 (A/79/325) worldboxing.org/world-boxing...
worldboxing.org
World Boxing to introduce mandatory sex testing for all boxers - World Boxing
World Boxing will introduce mandatory sex testing, to determine the eligibility of male and female athletes that want to take part in its competitions. The introduction of mandatory testing will be pa...
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
She's using it to support women. More power to her.
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Utter horseshit
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
media.tenor.com
a cartoon of a man in a suit and tie looking up at the sky
ALT: a cartoon of a man in a suit and tie looking up at the sky
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
One of our cavaliers is a nightmare for stealing pants out of the washing basket if it is on the floor within reach.
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Well, same county
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Generally, I think you are right but with the exception of workplace and schools: * Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 * School Premises (England) Regulations 2012
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Alastair @purplepangolin.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Congratulations to ForWomenScotland and their victory in the Supreme Court today. Brings much needed clarity to the legal position on single-sex spaces after years of misrepresentation by Lobby groups #SupremeCourt
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Essentially every politician has a problem they dream of going into politics to fix, whether small or massive. And mostly what marks out good governments is they accept they need to solve the problems in front of them, not the ones they hoped to fix.
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Ben Dreyfuss @bendreyfuss.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
It’s so funny that half of Bluesky was like “yes we must kill all the CEOs and then dance in their blood” but Jesse Singal’s mere presence is what led to the dumb company actually having to be like “let’s discuss moderation”
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DavidPGCSE @coldsoresteve.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
And you'd write 4000 words in a national newspaper defending them, you're both arseholes
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James Gillespie @jamesgillespie.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Lmao, she blocked me and I haven't even interacted with her and I've no idea who she is. This app is like a convention of the cringiest people on pre-Elon Twitter.
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