All true. Though these are modern definitions; writers of the time were much more flexible in their definitions.

Today’s the anniversary of the passing into law of Section 28 in 1988, the first homophobic legislation in a century. Politicians and media said it was our own fault, told us to shut up and give up. We didn’t. Dont you dare give up now on trans people.

Time to sit on the sofa and second-guess and criticise Masterchef contestants while eating supermarket pizza.

So what happens when Reform take over your local council? This. #KentCountyCouncil

3D printer company Bambu Lab went after a small developer for using their own open source code. The blowback was enormous and may have exposed something far more consequential. aftermath.site/bambu-lab-agpl...

Am assuming there is a popular beat combo at Murrayfield tonight, given the pink cowboy hats heading west.

1. London Underground station flooding has reportedly been reduced by around 90% thanks to a group of engineers: beavers. After conservationists reintroduced a family of beavers into a nearby city park, the animals built dams and restored wetlands that now absorb and slow floodwater naturally.

A little reminder for Andy Burnham. There's no middle ground between people wanting to exist and people who don't want those people to exist. Ironicly, those positions are a binary. You can't exclude trans people from public life in a fair way. You can't do a genocide on us compassionately.

Finally, an explanation for Edinburgh.

reminder as the weather heats up in the UK that you can make nice iced tea (not the super-sweet american stuff) by: 1) filling a big bottle with water 2) putting four or five tea bags (or equivalent leaf) in it 3) sticking it in the fridge for 6hrs works perfectly.

We have been watching The Turkish Detective, and I’m really enjoying the soundtrack. I love rap and hip-hop in languages other than English - my lack of comprehension means the voice comes across as even more of a percussive instrument than usual.

We have been watching Secret Service on ITV and in my personal headcanon, this is what Gemma Arterton’s character went on to do after St Trinian’s.

Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

This is just *such* a bang-on description of REACHER.

I keep boggling at this. The Westminster bubble does something to people’s minds. Was this really why you joined the Labour movement? Was this what moved you, when you were young, and you heard the word “equality”? Do you see what has happened, in that last sentence?

There are people in my life who would not be in my life were it not for Blakes 7 and without whom my life would be much sadder and emptier. So raising a glass of adrenalin and soma* to him and to the others in the cast who have gone before. *Other luminous green drinks are also available.

I wrote a letter to my Colorado house representative and asked her to call a special session of the legislature in order to impeach Jared Polis.

Okay, but how much of this is “stripes” and how much is “paint”?

Just changed the default search engine used by the browser on this phone. Wonder how long that setting will survive?

It makes a pleasant change to hear of my government doing something to help people who aren’t objectively terrible.

I’m not sure why this isn’t being mentioned more, but: IRS policy for 50 years has been that the sitting president & VP get audited every year, in an effort to reassure the public they’re not corruptly abusing the office to enrich themselves.

Seen lots of comments about how outrageous and corrupt Trump is with a slush fund for past J6 rioters. Haven’t seen any comments about the message he’s sending to potential future J6 rioters.

Living his best life 🎉🎈 TT: finn_e_bear

Everyone keeps saying it's $1.8 billion so I missed the fact that it is actually $1.776 until I heard someone say it out loud, and I want to leave the fucking timeline where even the most blatant corruption you've ever seen is also a meme pun parody of patriotism just because they wanna rub it in.

I mean, he’s also kidnapping heads of state, assassinating others, sending the navy to murder people on fishing boats, bringing back Jim Crow, implementing a horrifying eugenics program, trying to eliminate trans people, and robbing everyone blind. But yeah, burgers cost 15% more.

After a mammal is a juvenile, they are an adult. But what are they after they are an adult? In seven species of mammal, including humans, life has a third act for females. We are underreacting to menopause.

Everyone needs to read this thread ESPECIALLY if you think nah, this isn’t relevant for me (looking at you, cis men of all ages)

If I were the opposition party I'd be saying anyone involved in creating this corrupt scheme will be prosecuted but also anyone accepting payments from it will at minimum be required to pay back the full sum with interest

Mantra when submitting manuscripts: The worst thing you finish will always be better than the best thing you didn't.

#OnThisDay, 18 May 1893, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia spoke at the Kotahitanga (Māori parliament) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She was the first woman to address the Kotahitanga, #AotearoaHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️ 1/2

Further progress on the study redecoration this weekend. Good: two coats of primer and top coat applied to walls. Bad: a bit of plaster filler stuck to the roller, so now there’s a new hole. Also bad: was just cleaning up at the end, and kicked over the paint tin.

I went down a rabbit hole learning about rice, does anyone want a big rambling thread about rice?

Do you ever just think about hiw we were told we can't have universal Healthcare because it would make too many people in the insurance industry unemployed, but meanwhile AI is allegedly going to wipe out even more jobs and we're told that's just inevitable? The Luddites were right

Sigrid Undset (1882 – 1949) was a Norwegian novelist. When she was only 11 years old, her father died, and the family's economic situation meant that Sigrid had to give up hope of a university education. Instead, at sixteen, she became a secretary, writing and studying in her free time.

The core of a thread making an important point.

This will be the first search for a new James Bond that won't involve the film's long-standing producers, the Broccoli family. Which is a shame, because they had an interesting way of screentesting all potential new Bonds with a really odd scene, for a really clever reason. Mini 🧵

#OnThisDay, 14 May 1943, Vera Leigh returns to France to work as a courier for the British Special Operations Executive. A fashion designer, Leigh had fled France in 1942 after running escape lines for Allied airmen. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2 🗃️ 1/2

Do I know anyone in or near Edinburgh with First Aid training who could help with Strandfall in early Sept? You'd get to see how we make our solarpunk orienteering larp behind the scenes and have our eternal thanks!

Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks... HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless. Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it So where's the wall-to-wall coverage? Tell me this isn't a rigged game.

Isabella Lucy Bird (1831 – 1904), was a nineteenth-century British explorer, writer, photographer, and naturalist, co-founder of the John Bishop Memorial hospital in Srinagar, and the first woman to be elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. #CelebratingWomen

HIVE MIND: anybody in the London area got a LEFT-HANDED electric guitar that they wouldn’t mind lending to me for a couple of weeks? Cheers M

Quick question what the fuck is that

‘We aren’t socialists, we’re just better at accounting’ is a killer line.

Please retweet.

This week in 1812 Spencer Perceval became the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated. Its the least interesting thing about him. Working with hedonistic lawyer James Stephen, the devout Christian engineered one of the first slavery bans in British territory WITHOUT Parliament's approval. /1

You really can’t overstate the significance of this diagram in understanding the U.K.’s political paroxysm. Also, having understood it, you are now better informed than every U.K. politician and media outlet. Check out the very detailed write up explaining how it was created.

Someone in this office keeps changing the default settings of the main “coffee” option on the coffee machine, to suit their personal preferences. Just setting up a call with HR to get their take on capital punishment.

You know this opens the door to an incredible amount of grim shit. They know this opens the door to an incredible amount of grim shit. They're rolling the pitch for a Reform government, and they wont just be against people that don't like genocide.

Intergalactic is being shown again on Sky Sci Fi, starting tonight at 11:00pm. It's intensely Blakes 7, but reverses the m-f gender ratio.