Great day for Green plumbers! π
Where popular portrayals of polyamory most often miss the mark is in the idea that the practice is primarily about having sex with multiple partners. Polyamory is mostly about intimacy, not sex, and it has ethics at its core. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/polyamory-isnt-all-about-sex/
Heβs being undersold
Relic skull in an ornate gold reliquary with a glass front. It is adorned with flowers and a small tag that reads Valentine.
Valentine is also the patron saint of epileptics π§ ! (and beekeepers! π)
For more info on epilepsy:
epilepsysociety.org.uk
@amepilepsysoc.bsky.social
UK ban on Palestine Action ruled unlawful ft.trib.al/TKbvf6A
New Yorkers return Pride flag to Stonewall after Trump administration removed it reut.rs/4qCvPyh
Side by side images of Sally, a patchwork doll character from the nightmare before Christmas, and actress Catherine o hara who provided her speech and singing voice
Good night Sally β¨π€π€
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministryβs casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
π¨ 5 Days to go - National March for Palestine - Hands off Gaza
β° Saturday 31 Jan, 12PM
πRussell Square - Whitehall
Israelβs genocide against the Palestinian people has not ended. Join us for the next march for Palestine to demand our government end its complicity in Israelβs violence.
Resisting the might-makes-right order, in solidarity with the peoples of Palestine, Venezuela, Cuba and Greenland.
Boycott, divest from, or exclude from contracts these complicit US companies.
"How fleeting are all human passions compared with the massive continuity of ducks!" π¦
- Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night (1935)
The attack hits civilians gathering firewood near Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, sources say.
Good morning.
A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive.
Thatβs not an accident. Itβs a choice made by those in power.
Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.
Always π₯°βοΈπ¦βοΈ
Anyway, the real crazies are those freaky pollen-loving Spring people.
I appreciate the consistency π
Haha I believe the word βnutjobβ was initially fired by Team Sunshine.
Genuinely love the cold and dark π
But donβt worry, the spring and sun will be here in no time, and then it will be my turn to complain while youβ¦ I dunno, what do summer people like?β¦ Sit on a warm rock like a lizard? π¦
Cosy monsters in our cosy monster caves, going for long monster walks in the crisp air and sipping delicious monster hot chocolate βοΈ
No constant glaring light, no noisy crowded parks, no reapplying sunscreen every five minutes.
We are yes π
A displaced Palestinian girl was filmed gathering bread from the ground in a Gaza displacement camp after Israeli forces bombed the tents.
In response to the freezing temperatures, SWEP has been activated to ensure those sleeping rough have shelter.
If youβre worried about someone sleeping rough, notify StreetLink who can connect them with local services. One simple action can make a real difference.
thestreetlink.org.uk
Nice to see those oceans in place π π
Refreshing that itβs patient/culture-centred, and not myopically fixated (like so often) on whether it βtechnicallyβ meets the definition and specification of addiction.
And as the quoted therapist says: βnot an anti-porn crusadeβ. Actually focused on whatβs happening and what could be helpful.
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people donβt want to βrunβ a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Let's choose kindness in 2026.
youtu.be/lopMMkz0law
Watching the total donations shooting up after the Xmas Day Message is so beautiful.
Thank you all! ππ
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they donβt.
The stereotype of polyamorists as young, wealthy, White, and liberal isn't supported by the data. Research finds that people who practice polyamory are a surprisingly diverse group.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-myths-of-sex/202512/whos-into-polyamory
Very telling that the Guardian Weekly article showing teenagers' reactions to Australia's social media ban have a bunch of healthy kids saying "Annoying but no biggie, I can wait two years" and one very disabled one saying "welp there goes my entire world."