In Ireland: This is the kind of case that would give the UK press and TERFs absolute conniptions > The low €5000 fine is basically because it was a charity who admitted they had discriminated against him Yes the EU, and hence EU-law, is a social as well as economic project, and *all* the better for it. 🇪🇺

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Trans man awarded €5,000 after facing discrimination by Irish youth group

A voluntary organisation has been ordered to pay compensation to a trans man after the WRC found he was subjected to discrimination.

#TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Tortoise/Turtle (order Testudines): Shells of many species of turtles and tortoises are intricately marked and coloured, yet are incredibly perfectly designed by nature to blend precisely with their natural habitats. Superb photos taken by Casey Leone 📷 Top row, from left to right: <li>Eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) </li><li>Pancake turtle (Malacochersus tornieri) </li><li>Bell tortoise (Kinixys belliana)</li> Middle line from left to right: <li>Irradiated turtle (Astrochelys radiata) </li><li>Florida box turtle (Terrapene carolina bauri) </li><li>Burmese star turtle (Geochelone platynota)</li> Bottom line from left to right: <li>Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata) </li><li>Bourret's box turtle (Cuora bourreti) </li><li>Striated shell turtle (Emys orbicularis)</li> #turtle #turtles #Photography

It took photographer Marcella Julia Pace ten years to capture these 48 colors of the Moon 🌕

Science

A purple moon? See 48 stunning lunar hues

After 10 years of taking pictures of full moons, a photographer has captured lunar light in a rainbow of colors.

#Photography #Moon

Last night I had a horrifying dream that Disco was actually making a comeback. At first I was afraid, I was petrified.

"Now, surely, Irish people will never take for granted the guardrails of our democracy" 🇮🇪 > "In a novel approach to wooing voters, he was determined never to meet any of them in person."

Irish Examiner

Mick Clifford: Conor McGregor abandons presidential tilt without ever facing the public

The former MMA fighter left just one positive in wake of his ridiculous non-campaign: Now, surely, Irish people will never take for granted the gua...

#Ireland #IE #Mastodaoine

Paula Mela, a Finnish freelance artist who loves to create fairytale like illustrations 🇫🇮 #WomensArt

Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments. credit:

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The ultra-rare “Firework Jellyfish” captured on camera nearly 4,000 feet beneath the ocean’s surface. 🪼 📹: Ocean Exploration Trust

Yep. Trans folks have been saying this for years now -

The original patent from 1891 for a toilet roll shows the correct rolling direction. In case you ever doubted it.