While US markets strive to become viewed as part of a news and information ecosystem, the regulators in the UK have struck a very different tone

Spent some time recently working on postprocessing for my worm sokoban game. I really wanted to move towards a more painterly aesthetic, without sacrificing the easy pixel art workflow. here's a before and after: #godot #gamedev

I feel like I'm going to get a lot of use out of this Pluribus screencap

I wrote about prediction markets arriving at UK shores for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/busines...

I think the best thing about Wake Up Dead Man is how it made me value kindness in the face of evil, im still thinking about it. It’s not like love the MAGA out of your worst uncle it’s like don’t let their hate turn you into an unkind person

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

My hero @stephanieiv.bsky.social has turned the NY MTA's accidentally-trans train signage into a t-shirt. Do you like trains? Or trans? Or unintentional hilarity at local government's expense? Get yourself the F/M SWAP t-shirt today.

Amazing story from @paticlarke.bsky.social about the death of the girlboss and feminism in tech

since everyone's sharing/discussing that WSJ "pissed-off parent pushback" story today, thought I'd re-up this related essay on the Anti-Trans Parent Movement – these online groups actively radicalize parents against their trans kids (no-paywall): juliaserano.medium.com/understandin...

The gameification of everything is destroying us.

Hello, I know it's a long shot, but I'm only 103 paid subs away from hitting my 2025 Patreon goal. Would you mind sharing?

I don’t know what it says about the state of my mental health but I have inhaled this entire series in the space of 36 hours or so (with a brief pause for an early Christmas dinner at my brothers)

Really struggling to handle that I live in a timeline where the Prime Minister has a Substack like what are were doing here

Despite going viral over being banned, Horses cannot make enough money to save the studio, especially without Steam

Honestly been trying to write a piece like this since the Supreme Court ruling, so glad to see @jessothomson.co.uk being give space in a mainstream newspaper to actually talk about the law and what it ACTUALLY means

Me, in The Guardian today: "This is a moment that requires bravery in standing up for what is right. Organisations that value trans people should know not just that the law is on their side – but so, also, are many people who will step up to defend them if they have the courage to take a stand."

Absolute shambles on radio 4 this morning discussing the Sandie Peggie tribunal – "biological males have always posed a threat to biological females" as if Ms Peggie was sharing a changing room with a Viking, instead of a doctor.

This makes me wonder if AI was involved at least in the initial writing of the tescos ad as well because the premise is the exact same “everything is terrible, Christmas sucks, Tesco’s”

I also want to express my love for Dr Beth Upton. That woman truly has more courage than any of us.

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".

Some robust criticism is made of the way in which Naomi Cunningham conducted herself. Query whether this is going to come before her professional regulator.

A lot of outlets are about to or already have reported this as a blanket win and it’s important to understand the victory was incredibly narrow and a *lot* more was dismissed. Nuance? When reporting on trans people? Never.

Prediction markets being folded into mainstream news outlets lends them a legitimacy they absolutely have not earned, I know we're all in the business of handwringing over the future of journalism but this should absolutely concern everyone www.businessinsider.com/kalshi-cnbc-...

Brilliant piece from @beckypinnington.bsky.social about why inaccuracy at the ONS matters for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Are the ADHD activists in the room with us now?

Christmas music should BE sad but SOUND jaunty

This review is right: whether Horses is actually worth playing or not is sort of besides the point, whether we are allowed access to difficult and disturbing art and how media consolidation is stopping us is far more unsettling.

Around two thirds of Reform's money has come from overseas | me with @catneilan.bsky.social 📰 observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Not mentioned in the Guardian article, but we identified the man behind Mr Deepfakes www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/05...

If anyone enjoyed the reporting I did on video game censorship earlier this year just know that @acvalens.com was following that story before me and is still covering it in today so buy a coffee and support if you can

This is also deeply concerning because often when newsrooms are worried about language on a difficult topic the first question is “what does the bbc say?”

Just call us the t-slur at this point. I’d respect that more. www.erininthemorning.com/p/bbc-now-ca...

Yesterday I made my News Meeting debut for @theobserveruk.bsky.social! I talked about councils selling off their assets for quick cash, and the damage that will do to our communities. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7jJJ...

From FOI's to 36 local authorities, @translucent.org.uk found only TWO complaints: 1️⃣ Bradford: A complaint about the *policy* 2️⃣ Sheffield: Where the complainant *perceived* the person was trans (they could have been a butch lesbian or GNC cis woman!) ⚠️ There are 11K+ public bathrooms in the UK!

Leopards and faces etc etc

better to be lame than a fascist idk

Once again, we are way too relaxed about the fact that "shooting Irish people is good actually" is a mainstream political position on the neighbouring island.

LGB Alliance comforting their members who are going to have issues. The speculation is not silly, it's legitimate for some who won't meet the standards of the person making decisions. God forbid a woman has a deep voice.

I honestly didn't have it in me to really write a list of every single reason why I've been feeling pretty mental lately but I couldn't not mention Olivia fucking Nuzzi youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...

I don’t want to spoil the article, you should read the whole thing, but literally what is wrong with us

i love writing about crypto crime because these dudes do this constantly

"As rot spreads across journalism, politics, academia, law, and more, achieving success has become more of a riddle than a road map." best piece on Nuzzi and the wider state of journalism I've read from @marisakabas.bsky.social

The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.

My new big visualization project is out: The Trans News Initiative, a collaboration between UM's School of Communication, the Trans Journalists Association, and Polygraph (The Pudding): transnewsinitiative.org Here's a piece about it in the Columbia Journalism Review: www.cjr.org/news/visuali...

I simply don't think random dykes should be held to more rigorous standards of decorum than the president of the united states, but what do I know

if you consider yourself an ally please speak up about this, it’s overwhelmingly trans people who are trying to raise awareness of this attack and we could really use your voice rn. it’s certainly not going to come from the 40k follower 100k following AI Elonia meme posting blue maga crowd