Look at what the cis do with their “fairness in sports” bro lmao 😭

Given the effects of yesterday’s travel, the amount of mental effort it took to build the Zeiss Model II can only be described as Herculean, but are you kidding me with how cute these dinky starballs are?! L-R Konica-Minolta Infinium Σ, Zeiss Cosmorama, and a Zeiss Model II.

Yesterday involved two midnights, 22 hours of travel, 16 hours on planes, an empty middle seat, a crossing of the international date line, and a jaunt over Iceland. Japan was properly incredible, but it is also very nice to be home.

I was in no way prepared for the scale of this thing (the life-sized Unicorn Gundam on Odaiba Island) when I rounded a corner during yesterday’s long run. 4 miles that were apparently so sweaty a very kind stranger asked if I was OK. #RunningPunks #JogDivision

I actually don’t think I could have been much soggier if I’d just gone straight into the canal. 5km through Fukuoka before day 3 of #IPS2026. Nice to see the #RunningPunks heron’s Japanese cousin.

Keir Starmer is a bad person who used his power to make the United Kingdom a more unequal place and dismantle the possibility of opposing oppression and genocide, and to drive trans people from public life. If you think he is decent, I have news for you about your own moral judgement.

Britain loves a good ban as a protective means: -ban teens from socials to protect teens -ban gender affirming healthcare for teens to protect the teens -ban anti-war protests to prevent violence -ban trans women from bathrooms to “protect women” -ban foreign journalists from 🇬🇧 for “public good”

Flight one of two, done! Fukuoka and #IPS2026 (after a 13-hour flight to Tokyo and a five-hour Shinkansen) here I come!

Here I am flailing about trying to figure out the words for how I feel about the phone ban, and @roseschmits.bsky.social has done it for me.

I did not watch the football last night (though I am pleased with the result), but clearly a lot of Glasgow did, because it was 6am run levels of quiet at 9.30am. 10 slightly sweaty kms ahead of my Copenhagen half marathon training block starting tomorrow. #RunningPunks #JogDivision

Did you see the sign today about hobbies?

Pocket friends! I have a very long flight to Japan, and a long-ish Shinkansen ride after that, ahead of me next weekend. Please, give me your SFP (Safe For Plane) film and TV show recommendations to make the 18.5 hours fly by!

And yet he will still one day go the way of all flesh, leaving behind all of that money and a legacy of death, destruction, and white supremacist demagoguery

We don't half know how to crack down on protests when it suits us

Glasgow pals anyone going to the SUTR thing tomorrow fascists have put a call out to be there at the same time/place. And be warned with SWP led action they have a tendency to fuck off after speeches and leave everyone behind with fascists. Travel in groups.

It’s always a good (read: totally excellent) day when the Scottish Space School and @unistrathclyde.bsky.social are in the house. It was lovely to welcome Mike Baker, Suni Williams, and Tricia Mack to work. Seeing how hyped the kids (and adults!) were was really special.

Over 17 hours after racist disorder in Glasgow - with masked men marching around seemingly targeting random black men and scrapping with police - Police Scotland have not put out a statement. Neither have Glasgow City Council This isn't good enough

Space projects running ahead of schedule? This is rare! Huge celebratory high-5's all round to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team, due for early launch this August 🥳 This beast will discover >100,000 planets orbiting distant stars and so so much more 🤩🧪🔭🛰️ ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/blogs/roman/...

It’s an important rite of passage for a young nerd to realise that the correct option is neither Angel nor Spike but Giles.

GOD FUCKING DAMMIT. I know that’s not a particularly eloquent reaction, but fuck, that’s a real blow. How terribly, terribly sad.

Reminder that Klingons say TRANS RIGHTS BRING HONOR TO YOUR HOUSE

Running an hour behind, but absolutely here for the Pluto-isn’t-a-planet-ing, @chrislintott.bsky.social.

Cis folks - this is what I mean when I say allyship is having skin in the game.

In further “very exciting emails” news, I somehow got into next March’s Lisbon Half via my first go at the ballot. That’s #SuperHalf number 5, booked!

READ THE ROOM, METEOR.

If sex and gender were so fucking innate it wouldn't take a whole cultural apparatus to maintain them, would it

The National Museum of Rural Life has the single most Studio Ghibli-looking cat I have seen in my entire life, I love it so much.

Labour are no better than Thatcher’s Tories. In fact, they’re worse, because they have the evidence that Section 28 caused incredible harm to the LGBTQIA+ community, and have decided they’re fine with doing it all over again.

The Guardian newspaper will not be forgiven for it's death drive towards transphobia which took place in the last decade, cheerled on by bigots. It's a nice cartoon, but the Guardian is guilty of so much harm to the community. Your hand wringing now means nothing.

Labour are disgusting. They have pandered to a tiny band of bigots in order to ruin the lives of trans women who pose no threat at all to any of us. This is targeted at trans women who will bear the brunt of it but you’re a fool if you don’t recognise that it harms us all.

I find transphobes to be discomforting. Dear UK Government please write some code of practice distorting equalities legislation so I do not have to share a public space with Harry Potter fans.

#TransRights

Woke up to two excellent emails this morning. The first confirmed that I did actually book my Shinkansen from Tokyo to Fukuoka correctly AND I’ve got the Mt. Fuji seat. The second confirmed that I’ll have some brilliant reading material on the train. Happy publication day, @drcarpineti.bsky.social!

Kate Mulgrew got off lightly here. Garrett Wang in a pleather tee hawking CD-ROM encyclopaedias? Not so much.

Read more about these at: ras.ac.uk/news-and-pre...

@zackpolanski.bsky.social is spot on here, the Greens aren't splitting the left vote because this Labour party isn't left wing.

Delighted to have a reason to celebrate today!

Your semi-regular reminder to make that appointment to donate blood if you can. #DonateBlood

Just a bit of reassurance, if you see David Attenborough trending on socials, it’s his 100th birthday. Please don’t panic.

🚨 4 hours until the polls close! Together we can build a fairer, greener, kinder Scotland. Let's demand better. 🗳️ Everyone in Scotland can vote Scottish Greens on the peach ballot paper ✉️ If you have a postal vote you can hand it in 🪪 You DON'T need photo ID in Scotland

I didn’t need to be quite so brutally attacked before lunchtime on a Thursday…

🚨 The polls are open! 🗳️ Everyone in Scotland can vote Scottish Greens on the peach ballot paper ✉️ If you have a postal vote you can hand it in 🪪 You DON'T need photo ID This is our chance to vote for hope over hate. To demand better. To vote Scottish Greens.

One of the conspiracy theories I saw claiming #ArtemisII was faked said that it wasn’t real because you couldn’t see the satellites in the “Hello Earth” image. Well, I don’t know what to tell you buddy, here they are! Amazing work from @andysaunders-1.bsky.social, as always.

hot take: women are less likely to use AI because we’re quick to clock flattery as a tool of manipulation

I find it incredibly telling when men like Dawkins are convinced that the LLMs are ‘intelligent’ because it ‘agrees’ with them or tells them how insightful or clever they are

Absolutely raging that adult responsibility forced me out of the house and I missed Sawe breaking the 2hr barrier. Goddammit!