So the UK Met Office is inviting people to suggest up to 5 names for storms. And apparently lots of people have been suggesting "Storm Bigoil", along with BP, Equinor, Exxon & Shell... This is obviously appalling & definitely not to be emulated via this link:

Met Office

Name our Storms

If you ever think English is not a weird language just remember that read and lead rhyme and read and lead rhyme. But read and lead don't rhyme, and neither do read and lead.

I needed to read this today. Thought someone else might need it too.

This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵 #Pride ⚔️

Ravens have 17 primary wing feathers, called pinions. Crows have 16 primary wing feathers. So the difference between ravens and crows is a matter of a pinion.

Bus adverts being put up in London about X. If the bar lets Nazis in, it’s a Nazi bar.

If no one ever buys a property in Monopoly, everyone gets richer and no one loses.

Rain should not be wet and ice should not be cold ... Can the quality of our UK politicians get lower?

The London Economic

Tory shadow minister says judges should not interpret the meaning of laws

A Tory shadow minister has said judges should not be "interpreting what the meaning of a law is."

#UK #UKpol #UKpolitics

5 signs you're doing well in life - #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #catsoffediverse

How to measure like a Brit

German wifi is the wurst

Far ahead of its time! :heart_trans: #startrek #startrekng #trans

The trans mood of today is "take no prisoners, take no sh*t, DIY HRT is cool, and f*ck all the gatekeeping and gatekeepers of trans healthcare" Taken before heading out, this post from over morning coffee ... #trans #transselfie #transatfifty

Having been here and posting as openly #trans since early November, the reason I adore the #Fediverse (or at least my corner of it) is the safety for us and wonderful moderation. It's a joyful, quirky, safe space where people can flourish :heart_trans:​ It was much quieter back then, but you know what? I'm here to be openly myself. I'm not here for 'reach' and I don't want to read transphobic slurs - which I have also seen on the lemmy side of the Fediverse - it's like reading birdsite stuff. So I fully support servers wanting to protect people like myself pro-actively as a starting point because Threads can be the same, but also much worse given user numbers QT: can strongly recommend this:

Blåhaj Lemmy - Choose Your Interface

And if you don't follow Ada - the wonderful admin of blahaj.zone and lemmy.blahaj.zone - consider it a big recco, as she's simply awesome btw