but not that funny!

No, its not a spelling mistake, its the name of the Anglo Saxon goddess of fertility who was honoured @ the Spring Equinox each year - yep Easter is yet another celebration adopted by the Christian church to appease the non believers.

Polka dot jersey winner Pippa York on finding happiness

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/pippa-york-podcast?fbclid=IwA...

I wrote about bees as possibly having self-awareness, now these tiny marvels, featured in research by an American scientist, seem to show this in spades leading them to reconsider how the laws in America don't protect these intelligent insects (they don't protect mammals much either compared to the UK) and how they need changing. I read Chittka's book last year, it was fascinating and now this American scientist, Stephen Bucchman, feels the same towards them. The article is interesting and easy to read.

I’m inviting you to my weekly Sunday Zoom meeting CMT. Only trans women are invited. If you have an invite feel free to invite others I include a link to my local time standard so that you might match it up to yours, Some of the ladies in the past are from Great Britain and Germany. Most of them are writers who post stories on a Big Closet Top Shelf though that this is no way a requirement. This will be the last week this invite log in will work. Next week's invitation will have the new sign information. If you haven't figured this out I send these out every Friday.

but historically this week has often been cold, wet & windy!

I see there was another shooting, this time in Nashville. This time by a Transgender girl.

Sad

Gwen

This woman caused riots in New Zealand with her anti-trans opinions, with which she courts the fascist right-wing, neo-nazis. She is British but I firmly believe if anyone should lose their citizenship, it should be her,

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/25/anti-trans-act...

Yahoo Columnist James Factora March 23, 2023

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/1-5-trans-kids-lives-194...

here in Brizz, just ahead of the Equinox and in time for Mothers Day!

I know this has been done to death. Politicians are always asked the question whenever a trans issue is debated

When people say "a woman has xx chromosomes" That is bullshit as there are XY females and XX males.

"A woman has a womb" Some are born without one and many have hysterectomies. Do they stop becoming a woman?

I just received email that nominations are open for Hugo science fiction awards. If we coordinate our nominations we can get a couple stories from Big Closet nominated. Who is is a voting member of world science fiction convention. Message me or email me @
Alankoslow....at.....gmail.....dot......com.

It's only a matter of time before we join the list of books banned in many states of the USA. When the Right-Wingers have finished going after the children and their parents and the doctors who treat them, then they are going to come after what they see as those who encourage and/or educate them.

That's US, folks. They can't burn our books but they can ban us from the internet and restrict us in many ways. Do you think we'll get any help from the tech giants?

Think again.

start to March

Its the first of the month!

guess i need to set something new!

With seemingly perfect timing, just after the SNP passed a Scottish version of the Gender Recognition Reform bill by 86 votes to 39, the story of Isla Bryson reared its ugly head.

Isla Bryson or Adam Graham, as he was known when he committed two rapes. Claimed to be transgender after he was arrested (he was living full time as a man then).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_Bryson_case

I am not American, but does not the preamble to your Constitution guarantee, among other things, the right to the pursuit of happiness to all citizens?

This being the case, how can a section of your political classes deny that right to another section of your citizenry?

Why hasn't someone lodged a case to protest this abrogation of rights to the Supreme Court?

you like it or not, the first non event of 2023 is behind us.

That the teenage girl stabbed to death on Saturday in Culcheth, Cheshire, was transgender though they don't believe it was hate crime. Brianna Ghey, aged 16 was found in a park on Saturday afternoon, a boy and a girl both aged 15 have been arrested on suspicion of murder. So if they are guilty, three children's lives have been messed up. It's a sad fact knives are too accessible and a significant number of people seem too quick to use them, like guns in America. Is this a reflection of our times with politicians ignoring the law of the land, so ordinary people copy them?

or what i did this week.

there seems to be a problem with my ability to post a new blog item

WTF?

yay I hope it had less trauma for you than it did for me!