🇫🇷 URGENT - Le Premier ministre Sébastien Lecornu a demandé à Orange, SFR, Free et Bouygues Telecom de se tenir prêts à COUPER l’accès à TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat et 𝕏 en France, en prévision de la mobilisation du 24 octobre. (Blast)

📣🚨 FSU MEMBER TESTIMONIAL “The Free Speech Union has just helped me secure a public apology from disability charity Scope after my choir was dropped from this year’s London Marathon because of my gender-critical views.” Janet Murray is a journalist and founder of the Singing Striders, a choir that performs at running events and helps runners raise money for good causes. For the past two years, the choir had been part of Scope’s “cheer squad” without incident. But a few days before this year’s marathon, Scope dropped the choir after receiving two anonymous complaints about Janet’s public expression of her gender-critical views. Gender-critical beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010. They are lawful and were reaffirmed by last year’s landmark Supreme Court ruling, which confirmed that “sex” refers to biological sex. Janet is clear that these are her personal views; she does not know what the other choir members thought. Janet tried to resolve the matter privately with Scope before informing her fellow choir members. After the Free Speech Union intervened, Scope reinstated the choir — but only the night before the marathon. Janet put together a small group at short notice, which performed elsewhere along the route, separately from Scope. Scope has now apologised and publicly acknowledged that its decision was wrong. But the ordeal caused considerable upset to Janet and the choir, who did not deserve to be treated this way. Women should be able to speak freely about their sex-based rights without being punished for doing so. Janet said that when she first joined the Free Speech Union, she never thought she would need us. She’s grateful she did. We’re delighted we could help @jan_murray. Watch Janet’s story below, and join the FSU 👇

They're trying to keep Macklemore out of Britain ahead of his pro-Palestinian concert next week. A group of 50 peers has signed a letter urging Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to revoke his visa and bar him from entering the country.

Calverley & Farsley (Leeds) Council By-Election Result: 🌳 CON: 40.2% (+3.6) 🌹 LAB: 36.8% (+9.5) ➡️ RFM: 12.0% (-4.8) 🌍 GRN: 5.9% (-10.4) ◼️ RES: 2.6% (New) 🔶 LDM: 1.6% (-1.5) ⚪ Yorks: 1.0% (New) Conservative GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2026.

University Challenge student targeted by trans hate : “I thought they (BBC) were calling to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.”  Instead, the BBC called to say they were blanking out their trans Pride badge. Fuckers. Just weeks after @bbcstrictly erased a pro-trans t-shirt slogan. The BBC are institutionally transphobic. ‘Gender Critical.’ And Israeli propagandists. @BBC @BBCNews @rburgessbbc

The government says the draft Conversion Practices Bill will stop horrific abuses. But existing law already does that: what the new law would do is criminalise conversations. Ordinary, loving parents trying to protect their children are at risk. Watch a panel discussion including @HJoyceGender at Battle of Ideas 👇 piped.video/watch?v=NUCHW3mM… #BattleFest #BintheBill

Medicine's job is to resolve the mental distress, not to try to bash reality into conformity with the delusional belief.

Corporate Welfare Rolls-Royce closing in on £200m govt subsidy to fund development of a new engine. Govt not taking equity stake, money not repayable. RR had operating profit of £3.5bn in 2024-25, will hand up to£9bn to shareholders over next 3 years. archive.ph/r18wm

“One color in the kiln, countless colors out.” In a quiet Chinese village, a guardian of intangible cultural heritage makes Jun porcelain by hand, keeping a 1,000-year-old craft alive. #JunPorcelain #Porcelain #IntangibleCulturalHeritage #ChineseCraft #Handmade

To those who seek to create positive change in Cuba - now is the time. The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete partnership with the CIA.