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Bluesky is becoming the extremes of either Twitteresque sectarian rage baiting or serious brown nosing of a disproportionate degree. In between, there are a lot of good people writing interesting & informed content. The former will be block mercilessly. The later will be reposted and shared widely.

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Bluesky is becoming the extremes of either Twitteresque sectarian rage baiting or serious brown nosing of a disproportionate degree. In between, there are a lot of good people writing interesting & informed content. The former will be block mercilessly. The later will be reposted and shared widely.

Every birthday is a celebration & should be enjoyed. We make a big deal out of birthdays because it's nice to be special for a day Never stop enjoying and treating people. There's enough in the world to be miserable about. The time to stop making a big deal of other people's birthdays is aged 111.

It’s time for my favorite cartoon of the year.

Hard agree this has broken me. I clearly didn't get the distance between the Earth and the moon or the size of the planets clearly framed in my brain. My head hurts!

Hey #BookSky Can we make this a trend, please. #FabBooks or #ITouchMyShelf or if we must be sensible 😉 #BookBoost Please vote for your favourite in the comments x

So we're in the same page: measles is one of the most infectious deseases known (R0 in the 20s). It kills between 1% and 3% of those infected. The measles vaccine was a fucking landmark of medical science and we (humanity) were on track to eliminate the disease this century

Book Tok does seem to be about aesthetic rather than the content & it shows There's a lot of different ways to organise your books. You find one that works for you However, organising books by colour is like organising doctors by size, not their medical speciality because it looks "nice" Shiver 😱

these people all organize their books by color

These are the people I've been told I have to write for. That I have to write to their level or they'll bounce off, and publishers won't take anything right now that risks making these readers bounce off. 😑

These have got to be posted on 1st April right! Right? Oh my... Do they think if the dessert was part of the meal, it'd be on the same plate as the main course? The #Prologue and #Epilogue set the scene (often when there is a large time period difference), which is especially true in #Fantasy

See also the Whovian and Trek communities. If you don't like books (et al), then don't read them. But there's no glory in hating on books and a community. There's no glory in bragging that you skip parts of books. Prologue and epilogues serve their purposes, a lot of readers find them informative.

Goonhilly originates from the Cornish language, specifically derived from the words goon (down, moor, or downs) & helghi (to hunt), translating to "hunting downs". Cornish is a Brythonic (P-Celtic) language, making it closely related to Welsh & Breton, sharing similar vocabulary, grammar & history.

“Yesterday’s judgement is a huge blow to all our civil liberties.” @mothinali.bsky.social on the convictions of two organisers of peaceful pro-Palestine protests. The Green Party stands in solidarity with those organising to end genocide and demand justice.

ai;dr

Me, an actual author of 4 novels and several short stories, wondering how much of my work has been plagiarized by "creatives" using AI to "write" their "novels." 🖕

As someone struggling with writing a novel, anyone that uses 'AI' has admitted defeat. The GPT stands for Ghostwriting Theft Plagiarism, he has not written a novel, he is just taking credit for the work of others.

I got so far & was too angry to read on Firstly, his sloppy assumptions that students who said they weren't using AI must be lying. An intellectually lazy/unsupported assumption Secondly, that to not accept AI, made writers "retrograde and fearful". No, we just dont like theft! 🤬🤬 #AI #WriteSky

As a Brit, this is too true to be able to invoke any plausible deniability. Investments have to be paid back? The shock, the horror! As though we didn't large-scale colonise large parts of the global south and take land, resources and labour as Britain's right. Brits never want to remember!

The best option would have been to never start an illegal war against a sovereign nation who had made no aggressive moves and attacked no allies. The second best option is to withdraw and accept that nations, whose regimes you may not like, want to be able to defend themselves. This war shows why!

FFS. Just nationalise it already.

As true as it ever was and ever so shall be. I don't object to you believing in a mythical onipotent being (as long as my right to be free from religion is protected), I do object to that God being cruel and used as an excuse for your cruelty too. #ThoughtForThursday #Russell #Atheism #Religion

Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Support disabled peope ♿️ Freedom of and from religion ☮️ Healthcare is a universal right 🏥 Not all opinions are equal 😳 Human rights are inalienable 🕊 #Equality #HumanRights

Tomorrow is a new day. That means it's time to get back on the horse and back in the #Writing office - as well as back in the swimming routine. I'm hoping I can get a couple of thousands words written. I can feel my brain twitching in anticipation, I need to get some words on the page #WriteSky

All of us have to be the heroes who fight against the vile rise of the far right, authoritarianism & attacks on basic human rights Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has It's up to all of us to be that change

The inbuilt assumptions fed to us for years by fossil fuel companies as well as purposeful misinformation and NIMBYism has numbed Britain to the potential of a mixed renewable system that is efficient and adaptable to ensure consistent, clean, cheaper power as well as fuel independence.

Yeah, disabled people need reasonable adjustments so they can, you know, get an education.

There are incentives to get a cancer diagnosis because it is a gateway to chemotherapy... We can make anything sound scary if we put it in those terms. And of course it exactly mirrors the transphobic talking points of social transition being a gateway to irreversible surgery and a lifetime of meds

The UK government has discovered that disabled and neurodivergent people tend to try to go through the hoops required to access the accommodations they need in order to thrive. This has inexplicably been deemed a bad thing.

So minority/vulnerable groups will face more online abuse, harrasment, slurs & intimidation. That's A OK acc to Labour, only physical threats/actions should be acted on. Online abuse targeting protected characteristics should be a crime. They lead to minority groups being hounded & harrased online.

“Starmer must end this involvement in Iran and stop the King's visit to the USA.” @zackpolanski.bsky.social calls on Starmer to show leadership - stop UK involvement in illegal wars, refuse concessions to Trump, and oppose normalising fascism through inappropriate state visits.

Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Support disabled peope ♿️ Freedom of and from religion ☮️ Healthcare is a universal right 🏥 Not all opinions are equal 😳 Human rights are inalienable 🕊 #Equality #HumanRights

Common sense may yet prevail. Technology is also another big issue, online safety could be far more secure if we had homegrown systems and social media sites. Pharmaceuticals - we should never be in a position where we can be held to ransom.

Economic, energy, military and food independence is more important now than it's ever been. During a time when our "ally" threatens, insults and imposes tarrifs on us, we must turn our attention to British independence while building closer relations with our actual allies in Europe.

April 1st is apparently the only day of the year that people critically evaluate the things they find on the internet before accepting them as true.

In a desperate attempt to shore up the flagging economy, Labour have now accepted sponsors for Big Ben, the famous clock face on the Elizabeth Tower of the Houses of Parliament, London. Farage has said "When I get in it'll be the Benson and Hedges and Tetley beer clock".

following international law for refugees is a fairytale apparently

I think the years of betrayal and horrors have lead a lot of trans folks on here to be on constant high alert for signs that people secretly hate us, and to turn on a dime and dogpile anyone perceived as a potential threat, and it is a frankly awful and unsustainable way to exist in community

Everybody seems to think they're personally immune to misspeaking or being misread, or that their own intentions are simply too pure for there to ever be interpreted badly, and that too is a horrible standard to set for yourself and others

The Labour government cannot continue to support Netanyahu's apartheid regime. It's time for Starmer to stand up to the Israeli government. #BoycottDivestSanction

Look, if cis folks aren't gonna give us a break, we will just have to sieze the means of break production

This is utterly abysmal negotiating from Starmer. Training is not an optional extra you give doctors if they bend to your demands. Training is an essential part of patient care and professional progression for doctors. Doctors have a right to negotiate fair pay and employment conditions.

The BMA are there to advocate on behalf of their members, not to make Wes Streeting look good. When adjusted for inflation doctors are still on 20% worse pay than they were before the crash. They just want that redressed. The only ones detached from reality are Labour and their cheerleaders.

"Don't strike or I'll withdraw healthcare from tomorrow's public" is pretty stupid even by Labour's standards.

🧵/ The NHS is about to undergo one of the most radical – and scandalous - changes in its history. From 1st April (the public are the fools in this), GPs will be contractually obliged to seek remote “advice & guidance” from hospital clinicians, making it even harder to see an NHS specialist.

Israel has just passed a law to introduce the death penalty against Palestinians. Demand the British government takes action by calling for sanctions now! It only takes 2 minutes to send a message useing Palestine Solidarity Campaign's template palestinecampaign.eaction.org.uk/opposedeathp...

Shoutout to all my trans siblings today! Even if you can't be visible, we still see you. To the cis people who want to support us but don't know the best way to do so, give us money. Buy our art/books/games/jewelry/etc. Donate to Trans Lifeline. Yell at your Congress people to leave us alone.