Support your union! Can't say they're all good (Let's be honest some are the scum of the earth) but it pays to be represented. I work as a steward for free, the money we take in from dues goes directly into the org which pays for our lawyers and lobbyists who look out for your best interests.

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Everybody* secretly wants to be a werewolf. (* okay, maybe not everybody, but an awful lot of people**) (** and even more if you count "just to see what it's like")

Are we placing bets on how long it takes this "teacher" to tell the kids how to make pipe bombs?

Transphobes make up some crazy shit about us, but this is next level crazy. There is nothing remotely true in the word stream tumbling out of his mouth. All Americams need to see this and wake the fsck up.

literally this meme:

It’s always baffled me when furry event organisers see other furry events as competition. The more events the better, even more so if that brings variety in style and focus.

Amnesty International put out a major report documenting the influence of UK based anti trans gender critical organizations and their funding. Within hours, GC groups threatened defamation lawsuits and Amnesty was forced to pull it down. Proving the point they're anti rights. Anyways, here it is.

The thing that strikes me most about the Confuzzled discourse is, ten years ago every one of the staff members speaking out would have been dogpiled by current staff, belittled, abused more. Today they're being listened to. Maybe in some small way the world is healing.

*sigh* I'm going to have to resurrect TalkBack aren't I...

"Slowly rotating copper", as opposed to Slowly Rotating Carol?

I occasionally wonder why New Scotland Yard needs a sign that continuously spins round.

Volunteer-run events depend on trust, respect, and the time and goodwill people choose to contribute. Events aren't built by power and authority alone: volunteers believe in the mission, and contribute their time and resources to make something bigger than the sum of its parts.

I think “LaTeX hygiene” is my new favorite term

"Verify your age" First internet experience was a BBS at 9600 baud using a modem from a gifted (but broken) PC. Second was a 56k modem and one of those free dialup ISPs. The local library had engineering books (now it has woo) Sky TV was new and interesting because it had The Simpsons.

The Psion WaveFinder is a wonderful bit of early-2000s oddware which works as a USB DAB radio receiver for 98/2000/XP machines. Here it’s picking up and playing out BBC Radio 1.

We pay tax but we can't go to the loo in our own country.

My country is fsck'd, on Jenny's Bench. ko-fi.com/post/Trying-... Support me if you can.

Mental Health First Aid was not designed for use at a live in-person short-duration event, to be used in a team structure, and it does not teach some of the skills and knowledge it expects MHFAiders to have. There is a gap to be bridged docs.google.com/document/d/1...

"When you're accustomed to privilege, the basic rights of others will feel like a violation of your rights"

What kind of sociopath has EVER looked at a PDF document and said to themselves, "This could be a podcast?"

remember when a bunch of software companies made a big deal about "returning to the office," citing worsening quality of work? and then none of their products got any better? and then some of them started to vibe code everything? and their products got even worse??

NEW: Workers across industries say that AI-obsessed bosses are creating deeply toxic and chaotic work environments, with some staffers sharing that they feel as though their manager or employer isn't living in reality anymore due to endless AI validation. futurism.com/artificial-i...

If transgender people in sports bother you more than a pedophile covering up child rape, then you are disgusting.

You think the shots in Barry Lyndon when the camera pulled back were beautifully composed, wait till you experience this cinematic magic.

Some people can smile so genuinely but still be deceiving you. Specifically the shoplifters accomplice who distracts you while their partner robs your shop.

The biggest pun in #TADC is one I never see anyone talk about. It's not Caine and Bubble. It's Caine and A bubble. Say it fast.

The three largest RAM manufacturers in the world are being sued for allegedly working together to fix the supply and price of memory, leading to the recent surge in price for consumers. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ram-man...

Today in "'AI' will confidently tell you absolute bullshit": Wrong about the tattoo (and therefore wrong about any of the details about when and where and if I got one) and wrong about my college major, etc. Also the image there is of someone else getting a tattoo of my signature. That DID happen.

I was raised on these streets.

Adrian Chiles headlines are SO ripe for an online quote generator. Fuckit, a random generator of absurd irrelevancies.

fyi ADHD people yes you having coffee at 11pm to sleep. THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. "hey I had a nice date, wanna come up for coffee?" is the most obvious clear euphemism because it's CLEARLY NOT ABOUT COFFEE. Unless you have ADHD, so you think "Oh that's a nice comedown beverage".

Naming this mineral Umamite

I think this is a point worth making, I can only speak for the UK but when we complain about the heat please remember that we have houses that were planned for cold to moderate weather, they are very good at trapping heat but not exhausting it and things like AC are not cheap.

i see we've reached "dumbfuck wasps that can't figure out that open windows are bidirectional" season

Physical copies of GTA 6 confirmed to be a code in a box. I wrote about Switch 2 Game-Key Cards a while back. Got shit for this from some quarters. But I stand by the angle that a code-in-a-box is the worst of all worlds – and that physical media should be yours forever. www.stuff.tv/features/nin...

You could have asked any landscaping expert for a comment. Respect to the reporter who went to Four Seasons Total Landscaping. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

So *that's* what causes solar flares.

There is ONE thing I am looking forward to this heatwave: Pictures of paschal candles that have melted in churches. Here's an example from a few years ago. It's my favourite phenomenon. Because, well... Look at it.

We’ve had quite a few abusive and angry emails about this decision. Just to explain it a bit further, this decision was a delicate balance. We knew many people would want to go whatever we said - and would struggle to get refunds on booked travel - when the weather warning was still Amber. …

It's disgusting that an entirely volunteer trans org has been getting abusive emails for a difficult but necessary safety decision. If you have given them grief over this you should be utterly ashamed. Wasting our community's resources on soothing your tantrum – from an org actually doing the work.

Why do we, as in Transpeople do this so often 🙄, criticise or attack those who are our biggest supporters like yourselves? Its so self defeating. You made the right decision 👏

Curse of Private Equity. Former WH Smith’s small suppliers to lose half of debts in rescue plan. Some won't be repaid for a year. Products bought from suppliers sold but they won't be paid, with implicit threat -agree with us or else. Knock-on effects, expect wage/job cuts at suppliers.

Just wow. I Googled to see if 18th century artist Henry Fuseli had ever painted Orpheus and Eurydice, and AI overview said: "It appears you may be blending the tragic Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with the distinct, spiraling noodle known as fusilli"

GP on the BBC this morning parroting the oft-heard “stay indoors between 11 and 3 because the sun is hottest then”. The sun is *most intense* then, that’s the time of day you’re most at risk of sunburn. The hottest part of the day is usually between 4-6. Thinking you’re safer at 5 is daft.

Okay. Ai can go bankrupt then. This is not our problem, this sounds like a rich tech billionaire problem.

went down to the centrist convention. they’re all shaking and crying, I heard one guy say “I’m starting to think a better world IS possible.” the lady next to him slapped him in the face

And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

Just listened to John Cage’s 4’33”. Great piece, no notes.