Laura Hoyano 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

Barack Obama says it all. It is now up to each of us.

Avoidable tragedies. The US should be long past this. It claims to be the leader of the Free World. Actually the entire world. Yet women unnecessary die on their watch.

Schrödinger's Cat

Canada could be called on to help defend Gulf states, says top military commander | CBC News The head of the Canadian Armed Forces says Canada may be called on to help defend Persian Gulf states from Iran's strikes as the U.S.-led offensive expands into a wider regional war.

On International Women's Day, the woman heading the Canadian Armed Forces, General Jennie Carignan, explains the international law of armed conflict to the media. @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @rory-stewart.bsky.social

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I'm concerned to hear an Iranian protester in London calling Keir Starmer a "coward...hiding behind international law". The UK mustn't be complicit with the US and Russia collectively depriving the UN of its authority to enforce international law. Global anarchy not peace otherwise will result.

Now I need to find tuna for the Jinglekitties...

Lots of good tutorials available on YouTube and FB including for beginner-beginners. All you have to do is be able to sew a 1/4 inch seam. What you have shown in your pic looks meticulous. You can do the same on a machine. It's therapeutic to see the seam marching forward ;-)

Wow! One suggestion: invest in a sewing machine for that patchwork? Much more rewarding I assure you! Also invest in an automatic needle threader from Clover. It's a stress-buster amzn.eu/d/0c2gfjZS

Shabana Mahmood to limit refugees to 30 months in UK Shorter asylum period can be renewed under hardline policy aimed at stopping rise of Reform UK

Labour will not win the next election by becoming Reform. How could Labour lose its soul and principles so quickly after a landslide victory? @labourlist.bsky.social

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Reforming the admissibility of evidence of other sexual behaviour Baffled by the government’s proposed s 41 reforms and by the Law Commission’s preferred model, Laura Hoyano looks at what won’t work, and what will

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Ummm. Why would airports etc want to! "This is Flight 372 flying from Trump Airport to Trump Airport". Someone should recite Ozymandias to him.

BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Thank you for what you do Human Rights lawyers around the world respect and honour you.

Canadian Returnee (@canadianreturnee) Team USA in blue, Team Canada in red. Notice the difference?

Inherent cutest versus entitlement

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Hibernating ladybirds waiting for spring on a wall

Day 1328 of #IansDailyPhotoChallenge and even the ladybugs are now having meetings, asking how long it is until spring 🤗🐞🐞🐞❤️ #inspiringnature #wildlife #naturephotography #MentalHealthMatters
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Brits would overwhelmingly back Rejoin in new referendum Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, YouGov polling has found.

Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, according to the latest polling from YouGov, with clear majorities emerging across all age groups – especially among younger voters

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Short-term cost saving but lifelong loss for a vulnerable young person.

Canadian Returnee (@canadianreturnee) Team USA in blue, Team Canada in red. Notice the difference?

Yes. This. Simple courtesy versus entitlement.

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The tragic end of CBS News Another trusted source of information bites the dust under Trump

CBS in its halcyon days: courageous, truthful, defending the integrity of its journalists. And now?... Robert Reich selects a good comparator for Trump in McCarthy, even if the driving ideologies aren't the same. No freedom of expression or to disagree.
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One of my work colleagues gets several pics a day of her sausage dog at doggiecare, often dressed in undignified costumes. Does yours do the same?

Better than kitten-typing! Most of my unpublished work has been typed by gold and white paws.

The librarians @bodleian.ox.ac.uk in the Law Library save my life (sometimes almost literally, often late at night) every week. My guardrails against existential despair!

Ratcliffe complains UK is being 'colonised by immigrants'. My solicitor husband & I,barrister & Oxford law professor, are immigrants from Canada, obtaining entry because my UK grandparents 'colonised' Canada. Britain conquered Canada by force in 1759. Many other nations besides.Learn some history.

Ukrainian competitor displays images of athletes killed in war on Winter Olympics helmet Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych has trained the Winter Olympics in a helmet with images of compatriots killed during the war in his country

Unbearably moving

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Learning the Real Meaning of Rights in Canada Canada’s Charter balances freedom with responsibility. Understanding its limits is essential to protecting democracy and public life.

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Not that simple.Due to conquests C3 Head of several States concurrently.He cldn't be directed by UK Gov to sign war declaration on Cda bec he'd be declaring war on himself. UK govt has s/t acted contrary to Cda's interests eg ceding Alaska Panhandle to US. Viewed in Cda as betrayal.Signed by Crown.

Protests feel small until history catches up. YouTube video by Tod Maffin

A powerful message of support to the brave people of Minnesota and everywhere in the US who are peacefully defending their Freedoms.

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Don’t let this White House lie to you. Believe what you see.

Alex Pretti was trying to help a woman off the ground. Then immigration agents tackled, shot, and killed him.

It’s time for them to get the hell out of MN.

Holy shit.