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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
This is an important statement from Amnesty International UK. www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...
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An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026
Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.
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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Lords tributes to Lord Mackay of Clashfern
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House of Lords
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Rhiannon Grant @rhiannonbookgeek.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I enjoyed yesterday's Quaker Studies conference on Quakers and the Law. Fascinating presentations covered questions including what it's like to be a Quaker judge, how outer right internet discourse about Quakers focusses on prisons, and what Quakers might say about AI use in the legal world.
Our conference venue, the Central Quaker Meeting House in Bristol. It's a single story brick building with a sign board outside, some parking and bike racks, and a few steps or a slope up to a red door which is half open.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I had a great day yesterday at the Quaker Studies Research Association conference - am still feeling v privileged and honoured that they asked me to speak. Some spectacularly good questions from those attending www.qsra.org/2026-confere...
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2026 Conference
The 2026 conference will be held on 27th June at Bristol Central Quaker Meeting House, 10:00-17:00, on the topic "Quakers and law". Throughout its history, the Religious Society of Friends has...
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Another court case by For Women Scotland, this time about prisons. FWS are making a habit of winning. scotcourts.gov.uk/media/pnbpzg...
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
A recent UK court case casts some light on the side industry related to Only Fans www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...
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Making sure you're not a bot!
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Michael Foran's book is of high quality. I would urge anyone who is interested in the law in this area to read the book and judge for themselves.
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MargaretH @margaretj.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
The brilliant Centre for Women's Justice are looking for a female lawyer to join their team. Please share with anyone who might be interested.
Advertisement for a Criminal Appeals Lawyer for Centre for Women's Justice.
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Thomas Prosser @prossertj.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Proud to have signed this letter in support of Michael Foran, the Oxford academic who had his lectures disrupted by activists. Universities *must* be able to host debates about sensitive topics. johnarmstrongmaths.com/openletters/...
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Dear Vice Chancellor,
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I am not aware of any consultation with Quakers generally about this statement. I wish to state publicly that this statement is not made in my name and I do not endorse it. To be clear, in saying this I am speaking in my own name and not on behalf of any other person or group.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
There's a lot of interesting material on the @sexmatters2quakers.bsky.social account. It is a scandal and a disgrace that this account is blocked by the official @quaker.org.uk account. Sometimes the talk about finding "kinder ground" on contentious issues seems like so much pious hogwash.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I have seen various bizarre claims today on this site about Michael Foran: (a) he doesn’t have a law degree; (b) he incites violence against trans people; (c) he has no friends. All of these claims are false.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Very good to see that Michael's book is now out
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Naomi Cunningham @naomicunningham.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I'm very excited to be part of this. (If also slightly terrified to be Chair of such an alarmingly august committee.)
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Akua Reindorf KC @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Calling all lawyers! FREE CPD! Inaugural event of SaGLA the brand new Sex and Gender Law Association Save the date: 4 June (other details TBC) Civil discussion of any and all views welcome & encouraged
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Other facts that have not been widely reported include Harold's victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 and Napoleon's victory at Waterloo in 1815.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Religious pacifists tend to assume that "just war" theory means something like, "war, in general, is justified". Not so. Just war theory sets a high bar before warfare can be morally legitimate.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Nice story though it may very well be apocryphal: I've heard various versions of this, with different alleged participants, all of my life.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
No doubt the pro-Pangolins will block me now (see recent reposts)
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
There was literally a pangolin that flew combat sorties with the CIA in a dirty war in Laos that then died after drinking too much gin, so there’s at least one pangolin whose record is morally ambiguous
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Jenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
fun fact: no pangolin has ever done a single thing wrong in the entire history of the world
just the sweetest little pangolin you ever saw
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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
my statute law society lecture on interpretation and audience is available online for enthusiasts. Thrill to my broad accent.
vimeo.com
Audiences and Legislative Interpretation with Scott Wortley
This is "Audiences and Legislative Interpretation with Scott Wortley" by UCL Laws on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Another Quaker account blocked by @quaker.org.uk is @kaybaxter.bsky.social Very sad to see this. If we can't find a healthier way of handling differences within our own community, how can we be peacemakers to the wider world? Are we salt that has lost its savour?
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
@quaker.org.uk I see you are still blocking @sexmatters2quakers.bsky.social Shutting out a group of your own members like this is a terrible look, and no way to handle differences within our Society. It makes all the talk about looking for "kinder ground" sound very hollow. Please reconsider.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
For serious reading, Kindle is not an option.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Not on my bingo card for 2026: knowing about the Avignon Papacy now politically relevant.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Interesting take on how AI is being received
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
In the morally inverted world of today's self-styled progressives, it seems that words can be "literal violence", while actual violence can be legitimate communication.
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 21/02/2026
This week saw Professor Michael Wooldridge deliver our Michael Faraday Prize Lecture, exploring the gulf between popular expectations of what AI should be like and the realities of the LLMs that we use today. Watch the full lecture now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyyL0yDhr7I
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This is not the AI we were promised | The Royal Society
YouTube video by The Royal Society
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
On this delightful site, I find myself on a list called "Toxic": "Accounts which in the view of our moderators, present content of low or no societal value." Apologies in advance to anyone whose messages I repost.
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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Spring has sprung lads
Daffodils on a university campus with a stone building in the background
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Elizabeth Fry Stops By www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elizabeth-...
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Elizabeth Fry Stops By
Support the publication of a new and important poem, with original illustrations - in the form of a limited edition commemorative booklet.
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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Note to viewers: Women observe behaviour because it gives a lot more information about people than the words they say. They learn to do this from about age 13 onwards, because it's a crucial step in keeping themselves safe outside the home (and sometimes inside). It's not particularly funny.
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN Trump's "emergency" tariffs. The vote is 6–3. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Kim Stanley Robinson, Aurora. A main character is spaceship’s computer system.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
@quaker.org.uk here is a nice Quaker-themed project for International Women's Day www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/elizabeth-...
crowdfunder.co.uk
Elizabeth Fry Stops By
Support the publication of a new and important poem, with original illustrations - in the form of a limited edition commemorative booklet.
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Tim Gee @timquaker.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Today I held in my hands with the original 1666 edition of 'Women's Speaking Justified', by Margaret Fell, the first full length written defence of women in public ministry. There's a new modern English version coming soon, translated by @paulanderson88.bsky.social . Here's my summary:
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
An interesting post on an important recent judgment. This is also worth reading: publiclawforeveryone.com/2026/02/13/t...
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The High Court’s judgment in the Palestine Action case
The High Court has ruled that the government’s decision to proscribe Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act 2000 was unlawful, holding that the decision contravenes the government’s own policy on…
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Akua Reindorf KC @akuareindorfkc.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Incredible how much bitter ad hominen there is in the comments from academics who haven't been directly quoted by the Supreme Court in one of the highest profile cases it's ever decided. Mystifying. Puts me in mind of this para from Jo Phoenix's ET judgment.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I’m two chapters into “Love Machines” by @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social about AI entities operating as friends, lovers, therapists, or simulacra of the deceased. Well-researched, clearly written, informative, and alarming.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Looking at the comments, Michael must be feeling rather like the man in the Monty Python sketch who was hoping for an argument but accidentally walked into the room for abuse.
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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Failure to use biological sex as ‘basic variable’ will make research ‘weaker and less reliable’, says City St George’s head Anthony Finkelstein #highered #academicsky
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City v-c backs Sullivan Review on gender question in research
Failure to use biological sex as ‘basic variable’ will make research ‘weaker and less reliable’, says City St George’s head Anthony Finkelstein
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Professor Alice Sullivan @profalices.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
“We don’t live in a system that executes mathematicians…but we do live in systems that reward conformity, discourage awkward questions and quietly reshape categories so that certain answers no longer appear”
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
I've just got hold of James Muldoon's "Love Machines" - about the role AI entities now adopt as friend, lovers, therapists, mentors. Also "death bots": AI entities as simulacra of the dead. It looks v interesting, if alarming.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Two important posts by Michael Foran about GLP v EHRC - substack.com/home/post/p-... and substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Disinformation and The Good Law Project
Public discussion of the law relating to sex and gender identity is often polarised.
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Naomi Cunningham @naomicunningham.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Michael Foran's excellent clear explainer of yesterday's GLP v EHRC judgment. knowingius.org/p/good-law-p...
knowingius.org
Good Law Project v EHRC
The High Court has dismissed a judicial review brought by the Good Law Project and three individuals challenging the lawfulness and accuracy of the Interim Update issued by the Equality and Human Righ...
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
There's been a lot of misinformation and outright lying about the judgment in GLP v EHRC. Michael Foran sets the record straight knowingius.org/p/good-law-p...
knowingius.org
Good Law Project v EHRC
The High Court has dismissed a judicial review brought by the Good Law Project and three individuals challenging the lawfulness and accuracy of the Interim Update issued by the Equality and Human Righ...
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Scott Wortley @scottwortley.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Unsurprised to see the interpretation of s 9 (3) GRA applied in the GLP case regarding the workplace regulations. Section 9 (1) never applied as widely as was suggested by some.
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timpittpayne.bsky.social @timpittpayne.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
People fret about “low-information voters”. Right now I am more worried about low-information MPs.
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