One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum. This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.

For ppl that are genuinely empathetic or sensitive to others’ energies please take some time for yourself that *doesn’t* involve browsing social media. Especially engagement sites like this one. Nothing is normal and doom scrolling is a very real and unhealthy thing. Find or make other outlets.

Israel has commenced its ground incursion into Gaza. History will remember everyone who helped enable this genocide.

"political violence is never acceptable," is a phrase you don't hear politicians say after cops beat the shit out of peaceful demonstrators

Adjusted for inflation Spirited Away cost $22 million to make. The Triplets of Belleville cost $16.5 million, Cartoon Saloon's Wolfwalkers cost $14.28 million, and Oscar winner Flow cost only $4 million. These critically acclaimed, made by real people films, cost less than this pile of actual vomit.

Success! We delivered our joint letter demanding full scrutiny, meaningful debate & a free vote for MPs on the new Code of Practice. www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/02/e... Many MPs we’ve spoken to are now ready to help. ❗️BUT they’ve advised that they need you—as constituents—to keep writing in❗️ 1/2

I think, in light of all the rotten people out there spreading terf nonsense, today would be a good day to support trans creators. Trans folk, please add your links to this thread for books or crafts or whatever you do!

i constantly think about this post

The Palestinian-led BDS movement has updated our priority targets, pressure targets and organic campaign targets.

Discworld QOTD, from Men at Arms

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

writing writing

Just incredible things are happening in the indie miniature sculpting world right now, real sickos freak shit, love to see it www.kickstarter.com/projects/200...

I love the way art creates more art by existing. It's like a microdosed religious experience. You get moved to creation. If I see an amazing painting, I have to paint. If I read a great comic, I have to make comics. Good art awakens something inside of you that you have to let out.

"any goal north of 60 per cent will require a major expansion of emissions reductions in the transport, industrial and agricultural sectors" yep that is the entire point????????????????????????????????????????????? www.afr.com/policy/energ...

Final touches ✨ Map of Epheria for @ryancahill.bsky.social --- #fantasymap #traditionalart #worldmap #fantasyart #cartography #inkdrawing #watercolor #painting

Here's the mini-practice-map, on basswood, I've been putzing with in the evenings. The largest mountain on the largest island had some hideous errors that I corrected last night. I was considering not sharing it if I couldn't correct those. I still have some shadows and highlights to add.

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lads. this is embarrassing.

Duolingo's CEO has been vocal about replacing human staff with trash AI that's more likely to get translations wrong and make your learning subpar. Stop using Duolingo. Uninstall it. Leave comments and reviews that you'll come back once they put people first again.

Lowpoly green onion friend #Mafubash #lowpoly #3DArt

Details -- #traditionalart #cartography #gameart #inkdrawing #worldmap #fantasyart #painting

I drew this on my lunch break your excuses are fucking pathetic

Kurt Vonnegut’s definition of what makes something “art” is one of my favorites I’ve seen - from a letter to his brother in 1995.

Replanting

The Crucible - World Map (2022) An older map I made a few years back. I basically wanted to create a map with a lot of names on it. A lot. Full-Res version is now available on my Patreon, along with many other maps. www.patreon.com/posts/crucib... #maps #fantasymaps #art #worldbuilding #mapmaking

Today is my birthday! Could you, please, share my art, it is the best gift an artist can get 💖

The NHS are forcibly detransitioning trans kids in Brighton and calling it “managed withdrawal.” Their own impact assessment acknowledges trans kids will be at increased risk of harm as a result, don’t want this, and are likely to just use DIY hormones instead

Age verification and these “child safety” laws are a massive gift to big tech. Persona, the leading third-party age and identity verification platform, recently announced a $2bn valuation after its latest funding round co-led by Peter Thiel.

Today a far right protest is expected to take place outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Bristol Let me be clear: the far right are not welcome in Bristol. They don’t represent us, or what we stand for But I also want to be clear about what’s driving this wave of unrest...

Bristol is ANTI FASCIST Who’s streets? Our streets! Anti fascists out in force today to protect an asylum hotel #refugeesWelcomeHere #cityofsanctuary #bristol

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity. "What service is Microsoft providing?" Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

I hear it's #InternationalOwlAwarenessDay (that's a hashtag and a half...) so please be aware of this owl Watercolor, gouache and pencil on hotpress paper about 11x16"

hello things are pretty dire over here and if anyone has spare trinket money, a sale or two would go a long way!! (and if you don’t, BOY do i understand!!!!! a share, either digital or word of mouth, would also go a long way!!) www.ariellemilstein.com/shop

“That’s all I ever wanted. Someone to hold. A hand strong enough to hold them.” Forget the world around you. Focus only on him 🕯️ July’s guest artist is @mintaii.bsky.social, with a romantic moment between Renfield and Dracula.

love my little dude 🤲🏻✨

⏳Final week to sign up to the Green Party. 🗳️ Vote for Bold Leadership on August 1st.

What the actual fuck @humblebundle.com

Our vision is simple - create space for nature through rewilding. Spaces which are open to all, but where the needs of wildlife come first. But land costs money and we need your support to do it! Become a member from £5 a month and help rewild the Somerset Levels www.somersetwildlands.org/support

Brilliant meeting last night - we discussed the possibility of England's first Overdose Prevention Centre in Bristol The national Labour government is dragging their feet to give the necessary legal permissions, despite overwhelming evidence that this works! www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

🚨If you want to raise issues with Bridget Phillipson’s new RHSE guidance, one way is to write (again!) to the Women and Equalities Committee. Phillipson has just written to them, summarising what her guidance says, including about trans people, in a way that further reveals her GC bias. 1/

Another in memory of Andrea Gibson. From Lord of the Butterflies. I always loved the aching simplicity of this one, and I know so many trans kids especially need their work right now.

Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.

Clause 72 in particular is functionally identical to Clause 28 of the Local Government Act in 1988: "[S]chools... should avoid materials that... could be interpreted as being aimed at younger children, or that... encourage pupils to question their gender."

www.gov.uk/government/n... This guidance mandates that children are taught that they have different legal rights based on their biological sex. So much for kicking misogyny out of classrooms.