These are the real no-go zones in our towns and cities..

"NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said.

Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer"

#Flags #Racism #Healthcare #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/11/nhs-staff-who-visit-patients-at-home-say-st-georges-flags-can-mean-no-go-zones?CMP=GTUK_email

These are the real no-go zones in our towns and cities..

"NHS staff who care for patients in their own homes fear some areas have become “no-go zones” for them because of the presence of St George’s flags, health leaders have said.

Black and Asian staff have been left feeling “deliberately intimidated” as a result of the flags that were put up in many parts of England during the summer"

#Flags #Racism #Healthcare #UKPolitics

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/11/nhs-staff-who-visit-patients-at-home-say-st-georges-flags-can-mean-no-go-zones?CMP=GTUK_email

As I was cleaning up my GitHub repos and migrating what I can to Codeberg, I ran across this long forgotten gem - a colleciton of U.S. state information - flags, photos, seals, twitter and facebook accounts, all kinds of things.

Sadly it was abandoned 8 years ago, but much of the content is still relevant. I keep hoping it will get picked up again by someone - hint hint.

https://codeberg.org/box464/us-states/

#USA #Geography #Flags

See chords as flags – Visual harmony of top composers on musescore

https://rawl.rocks/

#HackerNews #See #chords #as #flags #Visual #harmony #top #composers #musescore #musicvisualization

George Mayerle, ca. 1907.

Source: US National Library of Medicine

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/04912429-f9d8-45d2-a0d9-f81d99d5c65b

#scripts #charts #flags #diagrams #optometry #letters #typography #writing #eyes #art #publicdomain

George Mayerle, ca. 1907.

Source: US National Library of Medicine

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/04912429-f9d8-45d2-a0d9-f81d99d5c65b

#scripts #charts #flags #diagrams #optometry #letters #typography #writing #eyes #art #publicdomain

Remember, a similar amount of people marched in support of Trans Rights but you didn't hear about it, ten times as many marched against Brexit in 2019.
The country isn't getting more open to Tommy Robinson, the Media and Politicians are.
This is Astroturf, not Grassroots. The Worlds Richest Man is a supporter.

#UKPOL#UKPOLITICS#TommyRobinson#UniteTheKingdom#Fascism#Whiteness#WhiteNationalism#Flagshaggers#Flags #StephenYaxleyLennon

Remember, a similar amount of people marched in support of Trans Rights but you didn't hear about it, ten times as many marched against Brexit in 2019.
The country isn't getting more open to Tommy Robinson, the Media and Politicians are.
This is Astroturf, not Grassroots. The Worlds Richest Man is a supporter.

#UKPOL#UKPOLITICS#TommyRobinson#UniteTheKingdom#Fascism#Whiteness#WhiteNationalism#Flagshaggers#Flags #StephenYaxleyLennon

"I'm not racist but the association with Tommy Robinson does not bother me" - some Brits

#UKPOL#UKPOLITICS#TommyRobinson#UniteTheKingdom#Fascism#Whiteness#WhiteNationalism#Flagshaggers#Flags

Whilst many here in England fly their flags, proud to be British, I couldn't be any more ashamed. Whilst "White British" for me has only ever been a checkbox on a form, for others it is their entire identity.
How boring, plain and empty does someone have to be for that to be the extent of who they are? To be so fearful of anyone even slightly beyond the basic, that it makes them hate with such passion? Creates such a desperate need within themselves to protect that, by pulling those people below themselves and trampling all over them.
I know these people well. They've bullied me at school. Bullied me in the workplace, and bullied me in the streets.
Yet for me, compared to others, I might first appear to be a "White British", just like them, but with a weirdness that doesn't pigeonhole easily, which always put me on the brunt.
I stand by trans. I stand by immigrants. I stand by homosexuals. I stand by neurodivergents. I stand by the creatives, and everyone who's existence offends them.
There are more of us together than there are of them. The fight has only just begun.

#uk #rights #ukpol #trans #immigrants #lbgtq #flags

Whilst many here in England fly their flags, proud to be British, I couldn't be any more ashamed. Whilst "White British" for me has only ever been a checkbox on a form, for others it is their entire identity.
How boring, plain and empty does someone have to be for that to be the extent of who they are? To be so fearful of anyone even slightly beyond the basic, that it makes them hate with such passion? Creates such a desperate need within themselves to protect that, by pulling those people below themselves and trampling all over them.
I know these people well. They've bullied me at school. Bullied me in the workplace, and bullied me in the streets.
Yet for me, compared to others, I might first appear to be a "White British", just like them, but with a weirdness that doesn't pigeonhole easily, which always put me on the brunt.
I stand by trans. I stand by immigrants. I stand by homosexuals. I stand by neurodivergents. I stand by the creatives, and everyone who's existence offends them.
There are more of us together than there are of them. The fight has only just begun.

#uk #rights #ukpol #trans #immigrants #lbgtq #flags

Extremely niche #vexillology question for Mastodon: what are your favorite distinctive American flags that are not, in fact, official U.S. flags?

Examples include: abolitionist flags (that only included stars of free states), random Revolutionary War flags, etc. #flags #history

Extremely niche #vexillology question for Mastodon: what are your favorite distinctive American flags that are not, in fact, official U.S. flags?

Examples include: abolitionist flags (that only included stars of free states), random Revolutionary War flags, etc. #flags #history

In March, the state of Utah passed a law[1] restricting which flags could be flown by city councils. This stopped the council of Salt Lake City from flying the pride, trans, and Juneteenth flags.

One of the kinds of flag allowed by the new law is an official city flag. Therefore, Salt Lake City has just introduced three new flags, which are the three flags just mentioned with a sago lily in the corner.[2].

Image: the four official city flags

[1] https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0077.html

[2] https://www.slc.gov/mayor/2025/05/06/salt-lake-city-adopts-four-flags-to-represent-residents-visitors/

#queer #lgbtq #lgbt #flags #vexillology

In March, the state of Utah passed a law[1] restricting which flags could be flown by city councils. This stopped the council of Salt Lake City from flying the pride, trans, and Juneteenth flags.

One of the kinds of flag allowed by the new law is an official city flag. Therefore, Salt Lake City has just introduced three new flags, which are the three flags just mentioned with a sago lily in the corner.[2].

Image: the four official city flags

[1] https://le.utah.gov/~2025/bills/static/HB0077.html

[2] https://www.slc.gov/mayor/2025/05/06/salt-lake-city-adopts-four-flags-to-represent-residents-visitors/

#queer #lgbtq #lgbt #flags #vexillology