November 1971. Chiswick, West London. Erin Pizzey is 32 years old. She is not a lawyer. Not a politician. Not a doctor. She is a woman who talked Hounslow Council into lending her a cold, rundown building on Belmont Road — a former community hall — for almost nothing. Her original plan was modest. A warm room. A cup of tea. Somewhere for mothers with young children to simply get out of the house. Then the door opened. A woman stood in the entrance. She was covered, head to foot, in bruises. She was holding two small children. She was shaking. She didn't want tea. She needed somewhere to hide. Erin let her in. She didn't turn her away. She didn't tell her to call the police. Because Erin had already called the police. They told her the same thing they told every woman in Britain at the time: they could not enter a private home over a "domestic dispute." That was the law. The home was private. What happened inside it was a family matter. When Erin contacted a female civil servant to report what she was seeing, the response was astonishing. The woman told her flatly: "There wasn't a problem of battered wives until you made one." Erin put down the phone. Then she went back to her residents and made sure they were fed. Within weeks, 40 mothers and children were sleeping in four tiny rooms. No funding. No staff. No legal authority. She didn't stop. By 1973, word had spread through quiet whisper networks — one woman telling another, "There is a place. Go to Chiswick. She won't turn you away." That same year, Erin hosted the first National Women's Aid Conference in the UK. Women from across Britain arrived, and they all recognized the same thing at once: what she had built needed to exist everywhere. In 1974, the council set a maximum of 36 residents. At peak times, 150 women and children were living inside those walls — sleeping on floors, on chairs, in hallways. The building smelled of cooking, fear, and something else entirely: relief. Erin was taken to court for overcrowding. She appealed all the way to the House of Lords. She kept the doors open the entire time. That same year, she wrote a book. Scream Quietly or the Neighbours Will Hear. It was the first published account of domestic violence in British history. It used real stories from real women inside the shelter. Overnight, a problem that had no official name was on front pages from London to New York. The movement spread. Refuges opened across the UK. Then Australia. Then Canada. Then the United States. The pattern she created in four small rooms in West London — no blueprint, no permission, no funding — had been replicated in hundreds of shelters across the Western world. MP Jack Ashley stood up in Parliament and said: "It was she who first identified the problem, who first recognised the seriousness of the situation and who first did something practical." She was ranked 14th in a poll of the 100 women who shook the world. She was awarded the Italian Peace Prize. She received a CBE. The charity she founded — Chiswick Women's Aid, which became Refuge — grew into the largest domestic violence charity in the United Kingdom, with over 460 employees and an annual income of more than £33 million. Erin Pizzey passed away on October 4, 2025, aged 86. She never stopped. It all began with one woman, one borrowed building, and an absolute refusal to say no. Forty women and children showed up with nowhere to go. She made room. Share this if you believe one ordinary person, refusing to look away, can build a shelter that holds the whole world. Follow us Lost in Yesterday

Is it just me, or were the 50-70s a golden era for light music,with musicians who could okay, and singers who could sing? Has it really all been downhill since?

Hey @grok I reported a post that used the “N” word to refer to another user. X said it did not break its rules against being hateful. Are there really no limits to foul, abusive, and hateful language in X posts and comments?

**Yes.** The document is the **Police Anti-Racism Commitment** (March 2025) by the NPCC and College of Policing. It explicitly says: > “Our commitment to racial equity means producing equality of policing outcomes for people from different ethnic groups by responding to individuals and communities according to their specific needs, circumstances and experiences, with understanding that these will be **racialised**… > It does **not** mean treating everyone ‘the same’ or being ‘**colour blind**’ (racial equality).” Chris Philp and others correctly highlight that this rejects colour-blind policing and endorses race-conscious approaches to engineer equal outcomes (e.g. arrest rates). That is differential treatment by race/ethnicity. The exact phrase “based on the colour of their skin” is a fair summary of the implication, though the document uses “ethnic groups” and “racialised.” This is the official policy document in question.

How often were you who were raised in a real working class British family presented with a full English breakfast, and how often with the classic roast Sunday dinner?

I’ve been thinking about the horrific teen rape case in Britain that resulted in such light sentences that even the Prime Minister was appalled. It is said that the offenders were less culpable because they were afflicted with AD/HD and because one had a very low IQ. If these conditions mean they are not responsible for their behavior, should they not be supervised? The judge also said he was responsible influenced by their demeanor in court. But if they knew how to behave in court, does this not argue that they were, in fact, responsible for their actions? The judge also said that he should avoid criminalising the offenders unnecessarily. That leaves questions about how society is to be protected and victims, as far as possible, healed. Finally, the judge added that “peer pressure played a large part in what went on”. If so, why are the peers also not in court?

We can't "stop" climate change—Earth's climate has fluctuated naturally for billions of years. Human CO2 emissions play a role today, but the path forward isn't degrowth or selective outrage. It's energy abundance through nuclear, next-gen tech, and innovation (including AI data centers that drive breakthroughs in efficiency and understanding the universe). Focus on adaptation and prosperity over fear.

Today is Memorial Day. This day isn’t about cookouts. It isn’t about having a three day weekend. It isn’t about the unofficial beginning of summer. It isn’t even about spending time with family. It’s about honoring and remembering the brave men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice to keep this country free. May they never be forgotten. All gave some, but some gave all. 🇺🇸

What are the seven pillars of wisdom?

If Ms. Rayner is not responsible, who was? Should the next Prime Minister be another who denies responsibility and blames advisors?

Exclusive: Zack Polanski falsely claimed to have worked at the Ministry of Justice telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…

Contrarian PIV, perhaps. The election results in England are perilous for Reform. Though they are gaining many council seats they are not winning many councils. That makes it hard for them to establish a track record of effective government. They will have to continue succeeding by campaigning and doing that without making mistakes is hard. There is room and time for the worn out older parties to rebuild.

The books children are given to read in school are chosen for many reasons. Rarely because they're impossible to put down. And for a reluctant reader, that's the only reason that matters. Share this if you think schools should prioritise books children actually want to read.

Is it just me, or are the “administration fees for charitable donations escalating?

Just as the Middle East war drives up uncertainty and drives down markets, let’s reduce the buffers against financial crisis. finance.yahoo.com/news/feder…

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Hey @amazon I paid $999 tax for a coffee machine. You sent me the wrong machine, which sells for substantially less. Now your agent is saying send the machine back for a refund and call the manufacturer to get the right machine. I’m paying more than I might pay elsewhere because I’m a long time Amazon customer and value your support. This is not good enough!