Question for parents on here, if you are against the social media ban for kids, can you explain why?

The people who are cheering on the social media banning the UK clearly have no idea what is going on there. As a father, I agree that social media is toxic for kids. It’s actually toxic for most adults, but if you think that a government who has imprisoned adults for social media posts but covered up rape gangs is doing this for the benefit of children, I have a bridge in London to sell you. This will almost certainly be weaponized to further take away the freedoms of the British people, and although social media IS damaging to kids, it is one of the only ways they are getting alternative information than that curated by the leftist media. Just like the teens who are carrying knives in defiance of the knife ban, these kids will find a way around the social media ban. It is virtue signalling from a government who has been complicit in the destruction of British culture, and the useful idiots are cheering it on like the lemmings they are. Perhaps the onus to be responsible should be on the parents who give their kids the mental equivalent of crack cocaine in the form of a phone at a young age in an attempt to keep them quiet, rather than a tyrannical givernment who puts the interests of everyone but the British people first.

Other parents: “Thank God Keir Starmer has banned social media and YouTube for under-16s. Best thing he’s ever done.” Me, fully awake: “Don’t worry kids, I’ve got the VPN ready.” My children belong to me. Not the state. And that is non-negotiable.

BREAKING: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced a social media ban for under-16s. Live updates: trib.al/AaXv2Tr

It means that everyone wanting to use the Internet needs to prove their age and ID. Once the government can get that info from the platforms it will identify and come for you whenever you criticise it online. Anonymity is dead. Free speech is dead. Nobody will criticise a Starmer if they know they’ll be visited by police goons looking for thought criminals. Sounds ridiculous, but it’s exactly what’s happening.

Naturally since I believe that God can literally create the universe, then I also believe that He can make snakes and donkeys talk. Just seems like a strange "gotcha" atheists use.

The questions I get on here make me think some atheists are preparing a structural argument to use against God for when they see Him, to argue there was no way to logically deduce His existence beyond reasonable doubt The cross-examination is going to be out of this world 🤣😭💔

ये हैं दौलतगिरी जी महाराज। 12 साल की खड़ी तपस्या... जिसमें से 5 साल पूरे हो चुके हैं। जहाँ एक सामान्य इंसान 12 घंटे भी खड़ा रह पाना मुश्किल समझता है, वहाँ ये महात्मा 12 साल से बिना रुके, बिना बैठे, बिना लेटे... सिर्फ खड़े-खड़े भगवान का स्मरण कर रहे हैं। पूरा थ्रेड पढ़ें 1/2

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NB. In English, the name God has a capital. The small g gods are not God.

There are portions of Christianity that even Ph.D’s can’t comprehend. And there are simple truths that even a child can understand. While we humans complicate everything, the love of Christ is a very simple concept at its core. When you truly believe and appreciate Jesus, you’re naturally going to want to obey Him. Jesus doesn’t force you; He invites you. The evidence is laid out for us in the gospels, by His greatest friends who died willingly because they knew He was God. I can’t possibly understand how an infinite and omnipresent God I can’t understand or define would choose to love humanity, yet He does! We are precious to Jesus, made in His image, and He desires all of us to be saved in heaven with Him. We’ve done nothing to deserve this, and much to grieve Him. Yet still, He willingly accepted a tortured death on a cross because He covered our sins with His blood and gave us a way out we never could have found alone. No other faith has a god who loves us this much. Many enjoy demonstrating their power or battling adversaries. The humiliation of being a human and dying is beyond their comprehension, But not Jesus. When you understand how most you once were, headed to hell, hopeless and selfish, and how Christ stepped in and took a punishment you couldn’t for a debt you could never repay, you are forever transformed by the Holy Spirit. You desire to read His word, to learn more, to obey His commandments, to worship Him, to thank Him, and to lead others to Him. These things aren’t obligatory anymore; they’re as natural as breathing. You have the freedom NOT to do them, but you can’t imagine life another way. Loving Jesus means that you learn a new form of patience for unbelievers. You care for their souls and find ways to live even the unlovable. This feeling comes naturally because pleasing Christ is your life’s mission. Many love to hear about Jesus but fail to make Him Lord. Others equally misunderstand Jesus and make up false theology. Still others think following rules will save them. That’s not good enough because Jesus wants your love, not compelled obedience. If you struggle to feel anything for Him, ask yourself why. What sin bars you from embracing Him?

هندي يُدعى "دولت جیری جی مهاراج" قرر ترك الدراسة الجامعية والتحول إلى التديّن ونذر نفسه لأمر واحد فقط وهو الوقوف إلى الأبد. السبب؟ هذه العملية الدينية ستوصله في النهاية لرؤية الإله الهندوسي (ماهاديف) حسب اعتقاده. بعض التقارير تقول بأنه منذ 12 عام وهو على هذا الوضع، لم يجلس أو ينم على الأرض بل ينام واقفًا مستخدمًا دعامة. في المقطع أحد المتطوعين يقوم بتنظيف ساقيه بوضع مراهم موضعية ومطهرات للمساعدة في تخفيف التورم والعناية بالحالة الصحية الناتجة عن سنوات الوقوف الطويلة. يُذكر أن الهندي "دولت جیری جی مهاراج" لم يرى الإله المذكور حتى اليوم.

Watching Losey’s ‘M’ remake. Perhaps the best ever use of LA’s Bradbury Building.

I've just been to Tesco Salford...and on the tannoy..."LGBT Pride month", "love is love" and some other related crap. I'm going to make a complaint - not that it will get me anywhere, but maybe if loads of us do it...?

Jennifer Lopez says Oscar winner NOMADLAND is her "worst kind of film" and "not why I go to the movies." "It's a slow-moving thing about grief, and there’s no escapism to it. And I do like some movies like that… but that one I just didn’t. It’s just a taste thing." variety.com/2026/film/news/j…

God did this. Not evolution.