<![CDATA[Scivillage.com Casual Discussion Science Forum - Style & Fashion]]> https://www.scivillage.com/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:02:14 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[CBS reveals its replacement for Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show' (hoot owl-en style)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-20132.html Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:44:31 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-20132.html CBS reveals
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/cbs-re...r-AA20hiwF

EXCRPTS: The network announced on April 6 that "Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen" will move into its 11:35 p.m. slot after "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" concludes on May 21. The comedy talk show [...] features a rotating panel of comedians performing their material. It currently airs on CBS immediately after "The Late Show."

Starting May 22, CBS will air back-to-back, half-hour episodes of "Comics Unleashed" Monday through Friday, the network said. This will be followed by back-to-back episodes of the comedy game show "Funny You Should Ask," which is also produced by Allen, in the 12:37 a.m. time slot.

"I created and launched 'Comics Unleashed' 20 years ago so my fellow comedians could have a platform to do what we all love — make people laugh," Allen said in a statement. "I truly appreciate CBS' confidence in me by picking up our two-hour comedy block of 'Comics Unleashed' and 'Funny You Should Ask,' because the world can never have enough laughter."

[...] Though Colbert's "Late Show" is known for its pointed political humor, Allen told The Los Angeles Times last year that he wants comedians to bring non-political material to "Comics Unleashed."

"I tell the comedians we're shooting 'I Love Lucy,'" Allen said. "Something that's evergreen. So I don't want to hear any political humor. Just be funny, family-friendly and advertiser-friendly." (MORE - missing details)

https://youtu.be/tc30msyRLyo

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tc30msyRLyo]]> CBS reveals
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/cbs-re...r-AA20hiwF

EXCRPTS: The network announced on April 6 that "Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen" will move into its 11:35 p.m. slot after "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" concludes on May 21. The comedy talk show [...] features a rotating panel of comedians performing their material. It currently airs on CBS immediately after "The Late Show."

Starting May 22, CBS will air back-to-back, half-hour episodes of "Comics Unleashed" Monday through Friday, the network said. This will be followed by back-to-back episodes of the comedy game show "Funny You Should Ask," which is also produced by Allen, in the 12:37 a.m. time slot.

"I created and launched 'Comics Unleashed' 20 years ago so my fellow comedians could have a platform to do what we all love — make people laugh," Allen said in a statement. "I truly appreciate CBS' confidence in me by picking up our two-hour comedy block of 'Comics Unleashed' and 'Funny You Should Ask,' because the world can never have enough laughter."

[...] Though Colbert's "Late Show" is known for its pointed political humor, Allen told The Los Angeles Times last year that he wants comedians to bring non-political material to "Comics Unleashed."

"I tell the comedians we're shooting 'I Love Lucy,'" Allen said. "Something that's evergreen. So I don't want to hear any political humor. Just be funny, family-friendly and advertiser-friendly." (MORE - missing details)

https://youtu.be/tc30msyRLyo

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tc30msyRLyo]]> <![CDATA[The Dialectical Landscape]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-20089.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:51:28 +0000 Magical Realist]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-20089.html
Looking on the nature of the park, or its history and our perceptions of it, we are first presented with an endless maze of relations and interconnections, in which nothing remains what or where it is, as a-thing-itself, but the whole park changes like day and night, in and out, dark and light—a carefully designed clump of bushes can also be a mugger’s hideout. The reason the potential dialectic inherent in the picturesque broke down was because natural processes were viewed in isolation as so many classifications, detached from physical interconnection, and finally replaced by mental representations of a finished absolute ideal. Bilious books like The Greening of America present one with a notion of “consciousness” without substance. Central Park is a ground work of necessity and chance, a range of contrasting viewpoints that are forever fluctuating, yet solidly based on the earth...."

https://holtsmithsonfoundation.org/frede...-landscape

“..."Nature" is not to be understood as that which is just present-at-hand, nor as the power of Nature. The wood is a forest of timber, the mountain a quarry of rock; the river is water-power, the wind is wind 'in the sails'. As the 'environment' is discovered, the 'Nature' thus discovered is encountered too. If its kind of Being as ready-to-hand is disregarded, this 'Nature' itself can be discovered and defined simply in its pure presence-at-hand. But when this happens, the Nature which 'stirs and strives', which assails us and enthralls us as landscape, remains hidden. The botanist's plants are not the flowers of the hedgerow; the 'source' which the geographer establishes for a river is not the 'springhead in the dale'.”
― Martin Heidegger, Being and Time]]>
Looking on the nature of the park, or its history and our perceptions of it, we are first presented with an endless maze of relations and interconnections, in which nothing remains what or where it is, as a-thing-itself, but the whole park changes like day and night, in and out, dark and light—a carefully designed clump of bushes can also be a mugger’s hideout. The reason the potential dialectic inherent in the picturesque broke down was because natural processes were viewed in isolation as so many classifications, detached from physical interconnection, and finally replaced by mental representations of a finished absolute ideal. Bilious books like The Greening of America present one with a notion of “consciousness” without substance. Central Park is a ground work of necessity and chance, a range of contrasting viewpoints that are forever fluctuating, yet solidly based on the earth...."

https://holtsmithsonfoundation.org/frede...-landscape

“..."Nature" is not to be understood as that which is just present-at-hand, nor as the power of Nature. The wood is a forest of timber, the mountain a quarry of rock; the river is water-power, the wind is wind 'in the sails'. As the 'environment' is discovered, the 'Nature' thus discovered is encountered too. If its kind of Being as ready-to-hand is disregarded, this 'Nature' itself can be discovered and defined simply in its pure presence-at-hand. But when this happens, the Nature which 'stirs and strives', which assails us and enthralls us as landscape, remains hidden. The botanist's plants are not the flowers of the hedgerow; the 'source' which the geographer establishes for a river is not the 'springhead in the dale'.”
― Martin Heidegger, Being and Time]]> <![CDATA[The five great Tom Bombadil theories (Tolkien style)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-20066.html Fri, 27 Mar 2026 21:16:57 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-20066.html Other analysis: Bombadil is omitted from Peter Jackson's interpretation of The Lord of the Rings. Jackson explained that this was because he and his co-writers felt that the character does little to advance the story, and including him would make the film unnecessarily long.

[...] The scholar of folklore David Elton Gay ... suggests ... that Tom Bombadil was directly modelled on the Kalevala's central character, the demigod Väinämöinen.

[...] The Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger writes that if there was an opposite to Sauron in The Lord of the Rings, it would ... be Tom Bombadil, the earthly Master who is entirely free of the desire to dominate, and hence cannot be dominated.

[...] Jane Beal ... writes that Bombadil can be considered using "the four levels of meaning found in medieval scriptural exegesis and literary interpretation"...

[...] The psychologist Timothy R. O'Neill interpreted Bombadil from a Jungian perspective ... O'Neill finds Bombadil to be the manifestation of the Self archetype and a vision of man's beginning and destiny...

[...] Robert Foster, author of an early guide to Middle-earth, suggested in 1978 that Bombadil is one of the Maiar, angelic beings sent from Valinor.

The Tolkien scholar and philosopher Gene Hargrove argued ... that Tolkien understood who Bombadil is, but purposefully made him enigmatic. Hargrove suggested that Tolkien left clues that Bombadil is one of the Valar, a god of Middle-earth, specifically Aulë, the archangelic demigod who created the dwarves.

Five great theories of Tom Bombadil ... https://youtu.be/mw9uKzy4GRs

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mw9uKzy4GRs]]> Other analysis: Bombadil is omitted from Peter Jackson's interpretation of The Lord of the Rings. Jackson explained that this was because he and his co-writers felt that the character does little to advance the story, and including him would make the film unnecessarily long.

[...] The scholar of folklore David Elton Gay ... suggests ... that Tom Bombadil was directly modelled on the Kalevala's central character, the demigod Väinämöinen.

[...] The Tolkien scholar Verlyn Flieger writes that if there was an opposite to Sauron in The Lord of the Rings, it would ... be Tom Bombadil, the earthly Master who is entirely free of the desire to dominate, and hence cannot be dominated.

[...] Jane Beal ... writes that Bombadil can be considered using "the four levels of meaning found in medieval scriptural exegesis and literary interpretation"...

[...] The psychologist Timothy R. O'Neill interpreted Bombadil from a Jungian perspective ... O'Neill finds Bombadil to be the manifestation of the Self archetype and a vision of man's beginning and destiny...

[...] Robert Foster, author of an early guide to Middle-earth, suggested in 1978 that Bombadil is one of the Maiar, angelic beings sent from Valinor.

The Tolkien scholar and philosopher Gene Hargrove argued ... that Tolkien understood who Bombadil is, but purposefully made him enigmatic. Hargrove suggested that Tolkien left clues that Bombadil is one of the Valar, a god of Middle-earth, specifically Aulë, the archangelic demigod who created the dwarves.

Five great theories of Tom Bombadil ... https://youtu.be/mw9uKzy4GRs

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/mw9uKzy4GRs]]> <![CDATA[UK girl beaten: Is it just "school wars" fashion or drive out the white oppressors?]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-20054.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 18:37:43 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-20054.html https://youtu.be/RJVQqJzYnSQ

EXTERNAL INTRO: This attack didn't happen in a vacuum. We've had decades of anti-white violence normalised by the media, academia and our institutions. What did people think our academics and politicians meant when they said "abolish whiteness", "white lives don't matter", "kill all white men" and "it's good when whites are massacred"?

The backlash is interesting. For a long time, the worst aspects of "diversity" and anti-white racism mainly impacted working class girls. Now they're at the gates of the middle classes and "Pink Ladies" are protesting outside Zara. It's harder for the establishment to dismiss these clearly kind, caring women as reactionary bigots.

VIDEO EXCERPTS: So, this is a few days ago. A white girl was being chased by a mob of diverse individuals -- you know, scholars and engineers -- those sort of people. She took refuge in a branch of Zara, a clothes shop in Bristol ... And the security guards in Zara forced her out of the shop. Apparently, these are the claims. [...] whereupon the mob attacked her and savagely beat her.

[...] The assault, which was filmed and has been described as sickening by Avon and Somerset police, is thought to be linked to recent school wars trend on social media (Red versus Blue school wars). I think it's also linked to other trends as well. When I talk about trends, I'm talking about demographic change. Five teenagers who are arrested in connection with the incident, which happened on Wednesday, have been released on bail.

The girl's dad, who we're calling Phil to protect the identity of the family, told the BBC she feels let down that witnesses did not intervene.

How are they supposed to intervene when they're going to go to jail for racism if they stop it? You know, look at the security guard at Manchester Arena. He was scared to stop a terrorist because he's worried about being called racist.

[...] And number two, if you stop them performing their authentic cultural tradition, you're going to get called racist. Anyway, she was seen walking around the area with 25 people following her for 25 minutes. They were following her. Nobody wanted to help. Nobody wanted to say, "Are you safe?" A video of the attack is circulated widely on social media. Yeah, I just played it.

And it is thought to be linked to a recent trend which encouraged pupils to fight each other. The girl eventually found safety when a group of students took her into their flat...

https://youtu.be/RJVQqJzYnSQ

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RJVQqJzYnSQ]]> https://youtu.be/RJVQqJzYnSQ

EXTERNAL INTRO: This attack didn't happen in a vacuum. We've had decades of anti-white violence normalised by the media, academia and our institutions. What did people think our academics and politicians meant when they said "abolish whiteness", "white lives don't matter", "kill all white men" and "it's good when whites are massacred"?

The backlash is interesting. For a long time, the worst aspects of "diversity" and anti-white racism mainly impacted working class girls. Now they're at the gates of the middle classes and "Pink Ladies" are protesting outside Zara. It's harder for the establishment to dismiss these clearly kind, caring women as reactionary bigots.

VIDEO EXCERPTS: So, this is a few days ago. A white girl was being chased by a mob of diverse individuals -- you know, scholars and engineers -- those sort of people. She took refuge in a branch of Zara, a clothes shop in Bristol ... And the security guards in Zara forced her out of the shop. Apparently, these are the claims. [...] whereupon the mob attacked her and savagely beat her.

[...] The assault, which was filmed and has been described as sickening by Avon and Somerset police, is thought to be linked to recent school wars trend on social media (Red versus Blue school wars). I think it's also linked to other trends as well. When I talk about trends, I'm talking about demographic change. Five teenagers who are arrested in connection with the incident, which happened on Wednesday, have been released on bail.

The girl's dad, who we're calling Phil to protect the identity of the family, told the BBC she feels let down that witnesses did not intervene.

How are they supposed to intervene when they're going to go to jail for racism if they stop it? You know, look at the security guard at Manchester Arena. He was scared to stop a terrorist because he's worried about being called racist.

[...] And number two, if you stop them performing their authentic cultural tradition, you're going to get called racist. Anyway, she was seen walking around the area with 25 people following her for 25 minutes. They were following her. Nobody wanted to help. Nobody wanted to say, "Are you safe?" A video of the attack is circulated widely on social media. Yeah, I just played it.

And it is thought to be linked to a recent trend which encouraged pupils to fight each other. The girl eventually found safety when a group of students took her into their flat...

https://youtu.be/RJVQqJzYnSQ

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/RJVQqJzYnSQ]]> <![CDATA[Leaked Buffy reboot script is painful? (the axing of "New Sunnydale" style)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-20009.html Thu, 19 Mar 2026 20:55:17 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-20009.html Geneviève Bujold to play Janeway in Voyager, who had zero experience with television productions.

Inside Chloé Zhao’s failed ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ reboot: A close reading of the script, directed by Chloé Zhao, may give clues to why Hulu passed on the show, which has caused an ongoing uproar online from the “Buffy” faithful eager to see their favorite character return to television. ... Buffy has but one line in that original script.

[...] Why the absence of Buffy in the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot wasn’t flagged as a potential problem from the beginning is a mystery. Sources say, though, that Hulu is still hopeful that a new creative team can revive the revival sometime in the future. But one well-placed source close to the show said the pilot process wasn’t more difficult than launching any other television show — yet it was made “all the more difficult” by Hulu, which ultimately had “no idea what they really wanted.”

[...] On paper, there’s never been more of a slam dunk than “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale.” [...] Somehow, the stakeholders figured out how do it without Whedon, who’s considered too toxic to hire after allegations of abuse have sidelined his career. And most significantly of all, Gellar had finally — finally! — agreed to return as Buffy, after being convinced to do it by Oscar-winning director Zhao, who helmed the pilot. With Gellar and Zhao — who’s professed her love of “Buffy,” and has said she “watched religiously” — serving as stewards, what could go wrong?

[...] The issues with the pilot seem to be manifold. [...] despite her love of the original series, Zhao proved to be a mismatch for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale.” ... Those sources say that Zhao’s prodigious skills as a director didn’t lend themselves to a television pilot that requires a lot of exposition. It was undershot ... The performances from the actors playing the new characters, who need to make a strong impression as they’re introduced, were under-directed, the sources said. That Armstrong, the new Slayer, has a very young appearance — she turned 16 on March 10 — contributed to the whole enterprise playing too young.

Nerdrotic Daily
https://youtu.be/byAu3EwbNYw

VIDEO EXCERPTS: [...] So Sarah Michelle Geller is out there blaming the Hulu executive right now and they're naming this guy, which is just unbelievable....

[...] People are trying to protect Chloé Zhao. Hulu wanted to go forward with a season. They were paying up out the ass to keep the pre-production going cuz the contract stated that people in pre-production would still get paid.

They couldn't nail Chloé Zhao down to commit to a time frame to film this and then decided to ultimately just cut the neck off it. Maybe the release of the script is an effort to protect Chloé cuz maybe nobody ever believed in this script, and after you read it, you can sort of see why.

[...] Yeah, that script was something. It's making the rounds now and people understand why it was cancelled, but there might be a lot more to this story.

[...] Behind her, a second wraithlike figure crawls from the sand. Its skin is dead and stretched like a corpse with stringy hair and dirty clothes that might identify it as female. ... and Nova says, "Oh my god, a girl died."

And someone else says, "Well, we shouldn't assume her gender."

Leaked Buffy reboot script is painful ... https://youtu.be/byAu3EwbNYw

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/byAu3EwbNYw]]> Geneviève Bujold to play Janeway in Voyager, who had zero experience with television productions.

Inside Chloé Zhao’s failed ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ reboot: A close reading of the script, directed by Chloé Zhao, may give clues to why Hulu passed on the show, which has caused an ongoing uproar online from the “Buffy” faithful eager to see their favorite character return to television. ... Buffy has but one line in that original script.

[...] Why the absence of Buffy in the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot wasn’t flagged as a potential problem from the beginning is a mystery. Sources say, though, that Hulu is still hopeful that a new creative team can revive the revival sometime in the future. But one well-placed source close to the show said the pilot process wasn’t more difficult than launching any other television show — yet it was made “all the more difficult” by Hulu, which ultimately had “no idea what they really wanted.”

[...] On paper, there’s never been more of a slam dunk than “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale.” [...] Somehow, the stakeholders figured out how do it without Whedon, who’s considered too toxic to hire after allegations of abuse have sidelined his career. And most significantly of all, Gellar had finally — finally! — agreed to return as Buffy, after being convinced to do it by Oscar-winning director Zhao, who helmed the pilot. With Gellar and Zhao — who’s professed her love of “Buffy,” and has said she “watched religiously” — serving as stewards, what could go wrong?

[...] The issues with the pilot seem to be manifold. [...] despite her love of the original series, Zhao proved to be a mismatch for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale.” ... Those sources say that Zhao’s prodigious skills as a director didn’t lend themselves to a television pilot that requires a lot of exposition. It was undershot ... The performances from the actors playing the new characters, who need to make a strong impression as they’re introduced, were under-directed, the sources said. That Armstrong, the new Slayer, has a very young appearance — she turned 16 on March 10 — contributed to the whole enterprise playing too young.

Nerdrotic Daily
https://youtu.be/byAu3EwbNYw

VIDEO EXCERPTS: [...] So Sarah Michelle Geller is out there blaming the Hulu executive right now and they're naming this guy, which is just unbelievable....

[...] People are trying to protect Chloé Zhao. Hulu wanted to go forward with a season. They were paying up out the ass to keep the pre-production going cuz the contract stated that people in pre-production would still get paid.

They couldn't nail Chloé Zhao down to commit to a time frame to film this and then decided to ultimately just cut the neck off it. Maybe the release of the script is an effort to protect Chloé cuz maybe nobody ever believed in this script, and after you read it, you can sort of see why.

[...] Yeah, that script was something. It's making the rounds now and people understand why it was cancelled, but there might be a lot more to this story.

[...] Behind her, a second wraithlike figure crawls from the sand. Its skin is dead and stretched like a corpse with stringy hair and dirty clothes that might identify it as female. ... and Nova says, "Oh my god, a girl died."

And someone else says, "Well, we shouldn't assume her gender."

Leaked Buffy reboot script is painful ... https://youtu.be/byAu3EwbNYw

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/byAu3EwbNYw]]> <![CDATA[Left institutions abused Kendi's work as sacred text, creating image problems for him]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19976.html Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:36:11 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19976.html Ibram X. Kendi can’t separate his fame from how to be an antiracist
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/...acist.html

INTRO: "People cast aspersions on me as a director in order to cast aspersions on my scholarship,” says Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, “because they do not see a direct way to undermine my scholarship.” Huddled in a storage room inside Founders Library at Howard University, the 43-year-old historian, speaking softly and deliberately, is reflecting on the roller-coaster arc of his fame.

Nearly seven years ago, his 2019 book, How to Be an Antiracist, was seized upon by liberals as a sacred text, rocketing up the best-seller lists and earning Kendi, already a National Book Award winner for Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, a reputation as a racial-reconciliation guru.

Written as he was being treated for stage-four colorectal cancer, the book is infused with a spirit of personal transformation. (“The heartbeat of antiracism is confession,” Kendi writes in an oft-cited passage.) Both its language and its stakes felt biblical after the killing of George Floyd.

Yet today, How to Be an Antiracist is widely remembered as a self-flagellating manual for bleeding hearts. This baffles Kendi, for whom the book’s thesis — that “racist” is not a pejorative identity, like “evil,” but a descriptive term that should be applied to policies according to whether they shrink or widen racial disparities — is focused on material effects.

“I don’t know how anyone could read any of my books” and think of them as self-help, Kendi says. But the apparent simplicity of its “this or that” labeling system proved irresistible to institutions eager to virtue signal their way out of fixing inequality.

As antiracism became a corporate DEI buzzword, Kendi was excoriated by criticism across the ideological spectrum. Journalist Tyler Austin Harper accused him of peddling “self-help for white people that runs interference for corporations and wealthy universities.” The conservative strategist Christopher Rufo branded Kendi the chief exponent of “critical race theory,” the GOP’s bogeyman for the 2022 midterms... (MORE - details)]]> Ibram X. Kendi can’t separate his fame from how to be an antiracist
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/...acist.html

INTRO: "People cast aspersions on me as a director in order to cast aspersions on my scholarship,” says Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, “because they do not see a direct way to undermine my scholarship.” Huddled in a storage room inside Founders Library at Howard University, the 43-year-old historian, speaking softly and deliberately, is reflecting on the roller-coaster arc of his fame.

Nearly seven years ago, his 2019 book, How to Be an Antiracist, was seized upon by liberals as a sacred text, rocketing up the best-seller lists and earning Kendi, already a National Book Award winner for Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, a reputation as a racial-reconciliation guru.

Written as he was being treated for stage-four colorectal cancer, the book is infused with a spirit of personal transformation. (“The heartbeat of antiracism is confession,” Kendi writes in an oft-cited passage.) Both its language and its stakes felt biblical after the killing of George Floyd.

Yet today, How to Be an Antiracist is widely remembered as a self-flagellating manual for bleeding hearts. This baffles Kendi, for whom the book’s thesis — that “racist” is not a pejorative identity, like “evil,” but a descriptive term that should be applied to policies according to whether they shrink or widen racial disparities — is focused on material effects.

“I don’t know how anyone could read any of my books” and think of them as self-help, Kendi says. But the apparent simplicity of its “this or that” labeling system proved irresistible to institutions eager to virtue signal their way out of fixing inequality.

As antiracism became a corporate DEI buzzword, Kendi was excoriated by criticism across the ideological spectrum. Journalist Tyler Austin Harper accused him of peddling “self-help for white people that runs interference for corporations and wealthy universities.” The conservative strategist Christopher Rufo branded Kendi the chief exponent of “critical race theory,” the GOP’s bogeyman for the 2022 midterms... (MORE - details)]]> <![CDATA[UK warns not to photograph & share drone & missile strikes in UAE (Dubai fashions)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19968.html Fri, 13 Mar 2026 22:28:45 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19968.html UK warns its citizens against photographing strikes in UAE
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/202603...es-in-uae/

The British Embassy in Dubai on Friday warned British nationals living in the UAE not to photograph, post, or share images of strikes, as doing so could result in fines, imprisonment, or deportation, Anadolu reports.

“UAE authorities warn against photographing, posting, or sharing images of incident sites or projectile damage as well as government buildings and diplomatic missions,” the embassy wrote on US social media company X. “British nationals are subject to UAE laws, violations may lead to fines, imprisonment, or deportation,” it added.

This came after a 60-year-old British man was charged under cyber-crime laws in Dubai after allegedly filming Iranian missiles over the city, the BBC reported. According to the report, the tourist was detained under a law in the UAE that prohibits publishing or sharing material that could disturb public security, after he was found to have a video of a strike on his phone.

Since Israel and the US launched joint attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, which have so far killed around 1,300 people, including Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hostilities have escalated. Iran retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting US military assets.

Tehran has also effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz since March 1. The waterway carries about 20 million barrels of oil a day and roughly 20% of the global liquefied natural gas trade.]]> UK warns its citizens against photographing strikes in UAE
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/202603...es-in-uae/

The British Embassy in Dubai on Friday warned British nationals living in the UAE not to photograph, post, or share images of strikes, as doing so could result in fines, imprisonment, or deportation, Anadolu reports.

“UAE authorities warn against photographing, posting, or sharing images of incident sites or projectile damage as well as government buildings and diplomatic missions,” the embassy wrote on US social media company X. “British nationals are subject to UAE laws, violations may lead to fines, imprisonment, or deportation,” it added.

This came after a 60-year-old British man was charged under cyber-crime laws in Dubai after allegedly filming Iranian missiles over the city, the BBC reported. According to the report, the tourist was detained under a law in the UAE that prohibits publishing or sharing material that could disturb public security, after he was found to have a video of a strike on his phone.

Since Israel and the US launched joint attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, which have so far killed around 1,300 people, including Iran’s then-Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, hostilities have escalated. Iran retaliated with drone and missile strikes targeting Israel, Jordan, Iraq and Gulf countries hosting US military assets.

Tehran has also effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz since March 1. The waterway carries about 20 million barrels of oil a day and roughly 20% of the global liquefied natural gas trade.]]> <![CDATA[Anti-Khamenei protesters chased by Muslim horsemen in Manchester? (sharia fashions)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19942.html Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:58:16 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19942.html
Europe Says: A video recording of Muslim horsemen chasing people down the streets of Manchester, United Kingdom, has been generating massive attention on several social media platforms, including X. The footage also shows police officers stopping them, exchanging a few words, and then letting them go to continue intimidating others, sparking massive outrage online.

According to available information, the incident happened during rival protests organized by pro-Khamenei and anti-Iranian regime demonstrators on Thursday, 5 March. The two men on horseback are reportedly supporters of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who died on 28 February during the initial strikes of the US–Israeli military operation launched against Iran.

Police officer: "What do you want me to do, pull him off a horse?"

Guy filming with smartphone: "If they had a Union Jack on, you would."

Anti-Khamenei protesters chased by Muslim horsemen in Manchester? ... https://youtu.be/Mus9pWgr9JA

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Mus9pWgr9JA]]>
Europe Says: A video recording of Muslim horsemen chasing people down the streets of Manchester, United Kingdom, has been generating massive attention on several social media platforms, including X. The footage also shows police officers stopping them, exchanging a few words, and then letting them go to continue intimidating others, sparking massive outrage online.

According to available information, the incident happened during rival protests organized by pro-Khamenei and anti-Iranian regime demonstrators on Thursday, 5 March. The two men on horseback are reportedly supporters of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who died on 28 February during the initial strikes of the US–Israeli military operation launched against Iran.

Police officer: "What do you want me to do, pull him off a horse?"

Guy filming with smartphone: "If they had a Union Jack on, you would."

Anti-Khamenei protesters chased by Muslim horsemen in Manchester? ... https://youtu.be/Mus9pWgr9JA

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Mus9pWgr9JA]]> <![CDATA[Labour to create England's first 'anti-Muslim hostility tsar' (ministry fashions)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19934.html Mon, 09 Mar 2026 23:43:33 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19934.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...-Tsar.html

EXCERPTS: A new tsar is to be created to tackle growing hatred towards Muslims. The 'special representative on anti-Muslim hostility' will be appointed to 'strengthen understanding, reporting and response', the Government said. In addition, a 'historic' definition of anti-Muslim hostility has been created to protect followers of Islam from 'unacceptable abuse and violence'.

Hate crimes against followers of Islam are at 'record levels', the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said, with many 'living in fear that they will be targeted because of how they look or assumptions over where they come from'.

But ministers insisted the new definition would also guarantee 'the fundamental right to freedom of speech' amid fears it would create a blasphemy law by the back door. The Government ditched a plan to give a definition for the word 'Islamophobia' amid free speech concerns and decided to adopt a definition of 'anti-Muslim hostility' instead.

But campaigners have warned this could be more dangerous and risks creating an even broader term which could be exploited by some groups seeking to influence political debate on matters such as immigration and counter-terrorism.

The controversial announcements are part of a wider cross-Government drive to reduce divisions in society, which it said have grown after decades of rapid change including 'technological advancements, demographic change, local industries collapsing, the increasing cost of living and the decline of vital public services'.

The MHCLG blamed 'bad actors, including from abroad' for stoking community tensions and promoting 'toxic division and extremist ideology'. It claimed that their efforts will mean millions of families 'feel a stronger sense of community, unity and national pride'.

[...] The strategy will also set out 'clear expectations' of integration for 'people looking to settle in the UK' including 'shared language, local participation and respect for shared values'. To support this, the Government will look at how English is taught, and if new technology can help more people can speak the language confidently,' the MHCLG said... (MORE - details)]]> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...-Tsar.html

EXCERPTS: A new tsar is to be created to tackle growing hatred towards Muslims. The 'special representative on anti-Muslim hostility' will be appointed to 'strengthen understanding, reporting and response', the Government said. In addition, a 'historic' definition of anti-Muslim hostility has been created to protect followers of Islam from 'unacceptable abuse and violence'.

Hate crimes against followers of Islam are at 'record levels', the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said, with many 'living in fear that they will be targeted because of how they look or assumptions over where they come from'.

But ministers insisted the new definition would also guarantee 'the fundamental right to freedom of speech' amid fears it would create a blasphemy law by the back door. The Government ditched a plan to give a definition for the word 'Islamophobia' amid free speech concerns and decided to adopt a definition of 'anti-Muslim hostility' instead.

But campaigners have warned this could be more dangerous and risks creating an even broader term which could be exploited by some groups seeking to influence political debate on matters such as immigration and counter-terrorism.

The controversial announcements are part of a wider cross-Government drive to reduce divisions in society, which it said have grown after decades of rapid change including 'technological advancements, demographic change, local industries collapsing, the increasing cost of living and the decline of vital public services'.

The MHCLG blamed 'bad actors, including from abroad' for stoking community tensions and promoting 'toxic division and extremist ideology'. It claimed that their efforts will mean millions of families 'feel a stronger sense of community, unity and national pride'.

[...] The strategy will also set out 'clear expectations' of integration for 'people looking to settle in the UK' including 'shared language, local participation and respect for shared values'. To support this, the Government will look at how English is taught, and if new technology can help more people can speak the language confidently,' the MHCLG said... (MORE - details)]]> <![CDATA[Marxist news highlights rage against Trump’s attack & Starmer's complicity (UK style)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19919.html Sat, 07 Mar 2026 18:26:27 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19919.html Iran demonstration rages against Donald Trump’s attack and Britain’s complicity
https://socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-...omplicity/

INTRO: Tens of thousands of marchers raged through London on Saturday to oppose the murderous assault on Iran by the United States and Israel. A week into the war, there were huge explosions across Iran as Israel’s military announced a “broad-scale wave of strikes”. The escalating conflict is bringing chaos and bloodshed across the region.

Protester Atefeh told Socialist Worker, “I’m Iranian, and I’m 100 percent against this. There are some Iranians advocating for this. But they don’t represent us. We need to make sure our voices are louder than them. They think they can just overthrow Iran, we are going to stand against that.”

On the first day of the assault, US-Israeli missile strikes killed 165 schoolgirls in Minab, southern Iran. Julie told Socialist Worker, “I don’t know how grown men can murder children. It’s just awful. I don’t think many people in Britain want a war.”

Darius was at the protest with a cardboard sign saying, “Women, life, freedom”, the slogan of the protests in Iran during 2022 after Mahsa Amini’s murder by the police.

He told Socialist Worker, “I have family in Iran. I support the people of Iran. I don’t want them to be under an oppressive regime. But I don’t want them to be bombed into the ground by Israel and the Americans either. US imperialism does not help Iranians. They would seek to install a puppet regime and plunder Iran’s oil and gas. If the Israelis get their way they would fragment Iran into a number of failed states. I’m ashamed of the British government and Keir Starmer’s complicity with what is happening in Iran”, he added.

Faz, an Iranian living in London, explained, “I’m against the war and the Iranian regime. That’s why I’m here.” He argued that “the only result” of the war “is to benefit the powers of imperialism and the destruction of normal life. People aren’t winners in any war.” He added, “The regime is despotic. People don’t have basic normal life in Iran. Whether it is daily rations of food, water or basic political freedoms.”

Mike, an NEU union member, told Socialist Worker, “Hooligans are making callous decisions about the world, about which countries are next in terms of expanding the global US empire, with no regard for ordinary people on the ground. That is a time for us to stand up and say you don’t speak for us.” He said that trade unions are “absolutely crucial” to the anti-war movement.

The sixth form college teacher said, “We need to be out here in full force. The people who pay the greatest price are usually the workers when they see high energy bills and inflation. The trade unions should be here to stand up to the war criminals that we have in the world.”

Sophie Bolt, the general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament told Socialist Worker the war was built on lies about nuclear weapons... (MORE - details)

https://youtu.be/zUEWkfYnBUg

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/zUEWkfYnBUg]]> Iran demonstration rages against Donald Trump’s attack and Britain’s complicity
https://socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-...omplicity/

INTRO: Tens of thousands of marchers raged through London on Saturday to oppose the murderous assault on Iran by the United States and Israel. A week into the war, there were huge explosions across Iran as Israel’s military announced a “broad-scale wave of strikes”. The escalating conflict is bringing chaos and bloodshed across the region.

Protester Atefeh told Socialist Worker, “I’m Iranian, and I’m 100 percent against this. There are some Iranians advocating for this. But they don’t represent us. We need to make sure our voices are louder than them. They think they can just overthrow Iran, we are going to stand against that.”

On the first day of the assault, US-Israeli missile strikes killed 165 schoolgirls in Minab, southern Iran. Julie told Socialist Worker, “I don’t know how grown men can murder children. It’s just awful. I don’t think many people in Britain want a war.”

Darius was at the protest with a cardboard sign saying, “Women, life, freedom”, the slogan of the protests in Iran during 2022 after Mahsa Amini’s murder by the police.

He told Socialist Worker, “I have family in Iran. I support the people of Iran. I don’t want them to be under an oppressive regime. But I don’t want them to be bombed into the ground by Israel and the Americans either. US imperialism does not help Iranians. They would seek to install a puppet regime and plunder Iran’s oil and gas. If the Israelis get their way they would fragment Iran into a number of failed states. I’m ashamed of the British government and Keir Starmer’s complicity with what is happening in Iran”, he added.

Faz, an Iranian living in London, explained, “I’m against the war and the Iranian regime. That’s why I’m here.” He argued that “the only result” of the war “is to benefit the powers of imperialism and the destruction of normal life. People aren’t winners in any war.” He added, “The regime is despotic. People don’t have basic normal life in Iran. Whether it is daily rations of food, water or basic political freedoms.”

Mike, an NEU union member, told Socialist Worker, “Hooligans are making callous decisions about the world, about which countries are next in terms of expanding the global US empire, with no regard for ordinary people on the ground. That is a time for us to stand up and say you don’t speak for us.” He said that trade unions are “absolutely crucial” to the anti-war movement.

The sixth form college teacher said, “We need to be out here in full force. The people who pay the greatest price are usually the workers when they see high energy bills and inflation. The trade unions should be here to stand up to the war criminals that we have in the world.”

Sophie Bolt, the general secretary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament told Socialist Worker the war was built on lies about nuclear weapons... (MORE - details)

https://youtu.be/zUEWkfYnBUg

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/zUEWkfYnBUg]]> <![CDATA[Canada releases convicted murderer for 3-day visit to neighborhood (freedom style)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19892.html Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:54:16 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19892.html Even the police admit he's a valid danger to people there. The Māori party in New Zealand likewise has a movement to abolish prisons by 2040 and replace them with community based systems: Te Pāti Māori wants to abolish prisons. The idea is not just a fantasy
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‘A significant risk to the community’: Man convicted of first-degree murder out on a temporary, 72-hour release
https://www.cp24.com/local/durham/2026/0...r-release/

Durham police are warning the public about a high-risk offender who has been released on a 72-hour Unescorted Temporary Absence Permit (UTA). Darren Scott Ray is currently serving a life sentence for first-degree murder and is residing in Oshawa. Police say has a history of serious criminal convictions and “poses a significant risk to the community.”

Police say Ray is a 65-year-old Indigenous male, five-foot-nine, 199 pounds, with an average build. He is bald and wears glasses. The Durham Regional Police Service says they will continue to monitor his whereabouts and activities.

Ray’s UTA requires him to travel directly to his destination and report to his parole supervisor as directed by the releasing authority and follow the release plan approved by the releasing authority.

He must remain within the boundaries of Durham Region at all times for the duration of his absence, not own, possess or have the control of any weapon, not consume, purchase or possess alcohol or drugs, and not be in the presence of any male or female children under the age of 18, among other restrictions.

Police are asking the public to stay vigilant and to contact police if they have any information about Ray.

Convicted 1st-degree murderer granted 72 hours without escort in Oshawa ... https://youtu.be/kbZ0eLnZXUY

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kbZ0eLnZXUY]]> Even the police admit he's a valid danger to people there. The Māori party in New Zealand likewise has a movement to abolish prisons by 2040 and replace them with community based systems: Te Pāti Māori wants to abolish prisons. The idea is not just a fantasy
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‘A significant risk to the community’: Man convicted of first-degree murder out on a temporary, 72-hour release
https://www.cp24.com/local/durham/2026/0...r-release/

Durham police are warning the public about a high-risk offender who has been released on a 72-hour Unescorted Temporary Absence Permit (UTA). Darren Scott Ray is currently serving a life sentence for first-degree murder and is residing in Oshawa. Police say has a history of serious criminal convictions and “poses a significant risk to the community.”

Police say Ray is a 65-year-old Indigenous male, five-foot-nine, 199 pounds, with an average build. He is bald and wears glasses. The Durham Regional Police Service says they will continue to monitor his whereabouts and activities.

Ray’s UTA requires him to travel directly to his destination and report to his parole supervisor as directed by the releasing authority and follow the release plan approved by the releasing authority.

He must remain within the boundaries of Durham Region at all times for the duration of his absence, not own, possess or have the control of any weapon, not consume, purchase or possess alcohol or drugs, and not be in the presence of any male or female children under the age of 18, among other restrictions.

Police are asking the public to stay vigilant and to contact police if they have any information about Ray.

Convicted 1st-degree murderer granted 72 hours without escort in Oshawa ... https://youtu.be/kbZ0eLnZXUY

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kbZ0eLnZXUY]]> <![CDATA[Gavin Newsome (racism style)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19848.html Mon, 23 Feb 2026 23:23:29 +0000 Syne]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19848.html

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cu1PeTA_Pwo

If you have to ask what's wrong with what he said, you're likely racist too.]]>

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cu1PeTA_Pwo

If you have to ask what's wrong with what he said, you're likely racist too.]]> <![CDATA[Adios Robert Duvall (celebrity styles)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19813.html Wed, 18 Feb 2026 02:09:30 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19813.html
Apocalypse Now - full movie (Pluto TV)
https://pluto.tv/us/search/details/movie...05cc7267fa

I love the smell of napalm in the morning ... https://youtu.be/uchT2LH3eTY

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uchT2LH3eTY]]>
Apocalypse Now - full movie (Pluto TV)
https://pluto.tv/us/search/details/movie...05cc7267fa

I love the smell of napalm in the morning ... https://youtu.be/uchT2LH3eTY

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/uchT2LH3eTY]]> <![CDATA[Imam threatened girls with 'black magic' as he carried out sex attacks (UK fashions)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19797.html Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:24:37 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19797.html Imam threatened girls with 'black magic' as he carried out horrific sex attacks
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/im...c-36726865

EXCERPTS: An imam who carried out horrific sex attacks on women and girls after threatening them with black magic is facing jail. Abdul Halim Khan, 54, pretended to possess spiritual powers while a respected faith leader based in Tower Hamlets, east London. Khan told his victims they would be possessed by a Jinn - a supernatural spirit in Islam.

[...] Khan abused seven victims as young as 12 after persuading them to meet him in isolated places and the imam was finally arrested after his youngest victim reported him to a teacher at her school in 2017.

Met detectives interviewed more than 50 witnesses as part of their investigation. Khan, of Bethnal Green, east London, repeatedly denied the allegations claiming the victims had all conspired against him but he was convicted of 21 charges of rape and sexual assault as well as child sexual offences against seven women and girls between 2004 and 2015, at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

[...] Melissa Garner, Specialist Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Abdul Halim Khan a former Imam abused his position of trust and authority to carry out a vicious series of rapes and sexual abuses against seven victims including three vulnerable teenage girls.

"Khan coerced and deceived them into thinking that he possessed supernatural powers which could protect them and their families from harm in exchange for hideous acts of sexual abuse without their consent. The lifelong physical and emotional trauma caused to victims by men like Khan cannot be understated..." (MORE - missing details)]]> Imam threatened girls with 'black magic' as he carried out horrific sex attacks
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/im...c-36726865

EXCERPTS: An imam who carried out horrific sex attacks on women and girls after threatening them with black magic is facing jail. Abdul Halim Khan, 54, pretended to possess spiritual powers while a respected faith leader based in Tower Hamlets, east London. Khan told his victims they would be possessed by a Jinn - a supernatural spirit in Islam.

[...] Khan abused seven victims as young as 12 after persuading them to meet him in isolated places and the imam was finally arrested after his youngest victim reported him to a teacher at her school in 2017.

Met detectives interviewed more than 50 witnesses as part of their investigation. Khan, of Bethnal Green, east London, repeatedly denied the allegations claiming the victims had all conspired against him but he was convicted of 21 charges of rape and sexual assault as well as child sexual offences against seven women and girls between 2004 and 2015, at Snaresbrook Crown Court.

[...] Melissa Garner, Specialist Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service, said: "Abdul Halim Khan a former Imam abused his position of trust and authority to carry out a vicious series of rapes and sexual abuses against seven victims including three vulnerable teenage girls.

"Khan coerced and deceived them into thinking that he possessed supernatural powers which could protect them and their families from harm in exchange for hideous acts of sexual abuse without their consent. The lifelong physical and emotional trauma caused to victims by men like Khan cannot be understated..." (MORE - missing details)]]> <![CDATA[UK could allow pupils as young as 4 to 'fully transition' to opposite gender (style)]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19772.html Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:00:34 +0000 C C]]> https://www.scivillage.com/thread-19772.html Labour opens door to trans children in primary schools: Government could allow pupils as young as FOUR to 'fully transition' to opposite gender
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...chool.html

EXCERPTS: Labour opened the door on Thursday to primary school children changing their gender. Long-awaited trans guidance for schools finally arrived, having been watered down from previous Tory proposals.

Instructions drawn up by now Tory leader Kemi Badenoch forbade primary schools from changing pupils’ pronouns. But the Government’s guidance has scrapped the ban, instead saying those as young as four should be allowed ‘full social transition’ to the opposite gender, albeit in ‘rare’ circumstances.

Other sections have been deleted, including edicts that secondary pupils should change their pronouns only on ‘very few occasions’, that no teacher or pupil should be compelled to use the new pronouns and that teachers should not be stopped from saying ‘boys and girls’.

On Thursday, campaigners said the guidance puts pupils at risk by encouraging the ‘dangerous fairytale’ that children changing gender is possible.

Tory education spokesman Laura Trott said: ‘Primary school children should not be navigating changes in pronouns at all. But shockingly Labour’s guidance opens the door to children as young as four being referred to in a way that does not reflect their biological sex.’

The Department for Education guidance on ‘gender-questioning children’, which is subject to consultation, will eventually be backed by law. It has been backed by Dr Hilary Cass, who carried out the 2024 independent review of NHS gender identity services for children, which led to a ban on puberty blockers for under-18s.

[...] Maya Forstater, the chief executive of Sex Matters, said: ‘Schools are still being left with the idea that they can facilitate “social transition” – which remains undefined – and that they should negotiate this on a case-by-case basis.

‘They are being encouraged to think that children have a “birth sex” as well as some other concept of sex. This has no basis in law or reality, and undermines safeguarding.

‘It should be clear by now that allowing children and parents to think that a child who starts their education as a girl can graduate as a boy or vice versa is a dangerous fairy tale.’

Stephanie Davies-Arai, the founder of Transgender Trend, which advocates for an evidence-based approach towards children, added: ‘No child should be compelled to call a boy “she” or a girl “he”. It is other children who are expected to socially transition a classmate by using their “preferred pronouns” and this is a wholly inappropriate demand of any child.’

In common with the draft version, the new document also says girls’ toilets and changing facilities must remain female-only. It says that if gender-questioning pupils do not want to use the facilities designed for their sex, they should be provided with an alternative.,, (MORE - missing details)
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Parents should be consulted when children question gender identity, schools told
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho...19492.html

INTRO: Parents should be involved in the “vast majority” of cases where a child questions their gender, new government guidance for teachers says. Schools should seek parents’ views unless there is any reason not to, as well as always considering any clinical advice families have received, it also states.

The Department for Education has set out proposals in legally binding guidelines on how schools should support any children questioning their gender.

Schools must maintain single-sex spaces, the draft document says, and there should be no sharing of toilets for children over eight or mixed-sex sleeping arrangements on trips. The guidance also warns there are no exceptions to single-sex facilities at schools and colleges, including toilets and changing rooms. Single-sex sports must also be protected.

But schools have been given some flexibility over how they deal with issues such as children’s names and uniforms.

Teachers should not initiate steps towards social transitioning – when pupils change their name, pronoun or clothes to reflect their gender identity – but should instead consider carefully what other support a child might need. A child's birth sex must be recorded in school and college records, the guidance says.

The new guidance has been influenced by the recommendations of Dr Hilary Cass, who carried out a review of gender services for young people, and who backed the new advice... (MORE - details)]]> Labour opens door to trans children in primary schools: Government could allow pupils as young as FOUR to 'fully transition' to opposite gender
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...chool.html

EXCERPTS: Labour opened the door on Thursday to primary school children changing their gender. Long-awaited trans guidance for schools finally arrived, having been watered down from previous Tory proposals.

Instructions drawn up by now Tory leader Kemi Badenoch forbade primary schools from changing pupils’ pronouns. But the Government’s guidance has scrapped the ban, instead saying those as young as four should be allowed ‘full social transition’ to the opposite gender, albeit in ‘rare’ circumstances.

Other sections have been deleted, including edicts that secondary pupils should change their pronouns only on ‘very few occasions’, that no teacher or pupil should be compelled to use the new pronouns and that teachers should not be stopped from saying ‘boys and girls’.

On Thursday, campaigners said the guidance puts pupils at risk by encouraging the ‘dangerous fairytale’ that children changing gender is possible.

Tory education spokesman Laura Trott said: ‘Primary school children should not be navigating changes in pronouns at all. But shockingly Labour’s guidance opens the door to children as young as four being referred to in a way that does not reflect their biological sex.’

The Department for Education guidance on ‘gender-questioning children’, which is subject to consultation, will eventually be backed by law. It has been backed by Dr Hilary Cass, who carried out the 2024 independent review of NHS gender identity services for children, which led to a ban on puberty blockers for under-18s.

[...] Maya Forstater, the chief executive of Sex Matters, said: ‘Schools are still being left with the idea that they can facilitate “social transition” – which remains undefined – and that they should negotiate this on a case-by-case basis.

‘They are being encouraged to think that children have a “birth sex” as well as some other concept of sex. This has no basis in law or reality, and undermines safeguarding.

‘It should be clear by now that allowing children and parents to think that a child who starts their education as a girl can graduate as a boy or vice versa is a dangerous fairy tale.’

Stephanie Davies-Arai, the founder of Transgender Trend, which advocates for an evidence-based approach towards children, added: ‘No child should be compelled to call a boy “she” or a girl “he”. It is other children who are expected to socially transition a classmate by using their “preferred pronouns” and this is a wholly inappropriate demand of any child.’

In common with the draft version, the new document also says girls’ toilets and changing facilities must remain female-only. It says that if gender-questioning pupils do not want to use the facilities designed for their sex, they should be provided with an alternative.,, (MORE - missing details)
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Parents should be consulted when children question gender identity, schools told
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/ho...19492.html

INTRO: Parents should be involved in the “vast majority” of cases where a child questions their gender, new government guidance for teachers says. Schools should seek parents’ views unless there is any reason not to, as well as always considering any clinical advice families have received, it also states.

The Department for Education has set out proposals in legally binding guidelines on how schools should support any children questioning their gender.

Schools must maintain single-sex spaces, the draft document says, and there should be no sharing of toilets for children over eight or mixed-sex sleeping arrangements on trips. The guidance also warns there are no exceptions to single-sex facilities at schools and colleges, including toilets and changing rooms. Single-sex sports must also be protected.

But schools have been given some flexibility over how they deal with issues such as children’s names and uniforms.

Teachers should not initiate steps towards social transitioning – when pupils change their name, pronoun or clothes to reflect their gender identity – but should instead consider carefully what other support a child might need. A child's birth sex must be recorded in school and college records, the guidance says.

The new guidance has been influenced by the recommendations of Dr Hilary Cass, who carried out a review of gender services for young people, and who backed the new advice... (MORE - details)]]>