Well I can see Bluesky is handling a PR crisis in their normal competent manner

Always worth bringing back up that a big part of why evopsych became such a thing was that Jeffrey Epstein was bankrolling it through academic donations

Castle Rock v. Gonzales is, no joke, my Roman Empire. Once you learn the full details of this horrific case, you will never again be able to see policing as a force for safety or justice. It will permanently alter your understanding of state violence, gender, and race in this country.

Has anything evolved in Australia that is not deadly or terrifying or both?

news blitzes like this are rough on survivors, be mindful of how you talk about this stuff. and please remember that the victims exist and should be a part of these conversations and at the front of our minds when having them.

Calling all #DoctorWho fans! Join PEARL MACKIE for The Show People Podcast LIVE, recorded at the Two Brewers tomorrow, Wednesday 12th November 2025. Tickets only £15 and all profits support @queertheatreuk.bsky.social. Book via the link in my bio.

The fae would have such an easy time to trap me. Was on an easy hiking trail and there was sign to a path going deeper into the woods, leading to a well said to have magical properties!

Found a butterfly in my accommodation so I carefully picked it and took it outside, only for a crow to immediately fly down and snatch it midair 😱

Long shot, but are there any observational radio astronomers out there (preferably someone who specializes in spectral line studies of comets/Solar System bodies) I could chat to about the latest 3I/ATLAS observations here? #astronomy #3iatlas #journorequest www.astronomerstelegram.org?read=17473

In a significantly weirder case, "Sleeping Lady with Black Vase" is a 1928 oil painting by Róbert Berény. It was lost in WWII, and considered looted by the Nazis and likely destroyed afterwards in the chaos... until someone recognized it as set dressing in the movie "Stuart Little." Yes, really.

Listen, I'm not saying I endorse brutal mockery of Avi Loeb's claims that every interstellar comet we see is an alien spaceship, but I will link to it because the aliens made me in order to sow doubt about their cometships. oddnews.com/article/this...

Me wandering around Dublin 😙🎶 “I wonder if I would like living in this city” A bus stops in front of me; a 6’2” ginger guy with a moustache, tattoos, and short shorts get off. “Ok St. Patrick,that was an excellent point!”

"How many trans people have you seen on the BBC in the last 5 years?" "How many trans kids/families have thanked you for getting the Tavistock closed down?" "Name me one Olympic medal winning trans athlete" Simple questions, all with the same answer, yet never asked.

Was having a conversation recently about these people and how they have to believe they are right. They truly believe history will laud. They couldn't do what they do if they believed anything else.

For years, I’ve known that Maitlis was a key player in the institutional and orchestrated attacks on Trans+ youth Now, emboldened and clearly unrepentant, she's flaunting her complicity The world can now see her for who she is - someone willing to weaponise their power against the vulnerable

NOT AGAIN @support.bsky.team IF YOU ARE GOING TO SANCTION PEOPLE YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM WHY

Feeling so blessed by knowing such wonderful person @shaunoboyle.bsky.social

This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone

iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last

Please share 🙏🏾 Yall fundraising is over. Survival funds are over. It’s done. Unless you change that. Because I can’t accept that after two years we are collectively telling Palestinians to die in silence. As much as that’s how it appears. Six families only eat through this link:

ScienceWrite 2026 is open for applications! 🧪 Our programme for minoritised/marginalised science writers based in the UK is running again! Have an idea for a book, article or other writing project for a lay audience? This is for you! Apply & find out more at sciencewrite.co.uk

It's important to keep pointing this out about the many people who have gone the same way. Too often we suggest or imply that the trans moral panic merely allowed these people to be who they always were. Not true. We're seeing a process of *radicalisation*. We can't fix things unless we name them.

I'm not a fan of BBC News; since the death of Dr David Kelly in 2003, the corporation has been too cautious about opposing the govt that manages its funding. But the current political interference is anti-truth. Anyone who thinks it's pro-Gaza and pro-trans is deluded observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...

Balance isn’t the same as objectivity. The former can be done fairly mechanically. The latter requires analysis, clear thought, data and being prepared to present your conclusions. The BBC is very capable of the analysis, but scared of the presentation part, because it inevitably pisses people off.

Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

I give a lot of talks but this was the first time I gave a talk in a castle 🏰

Farewell then Tim Davie. Under his watch the BBC whitewashed genocide, had the BBC News website resembling a “migrant crime” X account, boosted trans hate and the right wing STILL hate him. Quite an achievement

British political journalists never beating the allegations of being the stupidest people around

River, frog, scorpion, et cetera.

Can we just stop please? Just let it go. We are not anywhere close to “conscious” machines. We’re going to look back on hot takes like this in 20 years and wonder how people fell for such clear fairytales.

Off to the Emerald Isle for space, cocktails, and queerness 🪐🌈🍹 Today (might be sold out): spacefest.net/beyond-the-v... Wednesday: spacefest.net/taking-up-sp...

When we understand that our history is diverse, it changes our outlook. I hope that this Black History Month, we all take the time to uncover the history lessons we were denied in school https://www.wearequeeraf.com/how-many-more-generations-will-be-denied-black-queer-history-before-we-take-action/

The… the bbc that wrote an article about trans people that only took from a “gender critical” group and included quotes from a lesbian rapist? That bbc? Lmao. These people are actually deluded to think the bbc is left wing and pro trans.

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Rowling and Liddle are both repugnant, hate-driven arseholes, and this stuff is saying that believing they are is some kind of wild extremist insanity that must be expunged. How long do we think these miniature Canutes can send back the incoming tide, do we think?

Could all fireworks now kindly piss off for ever. Thank you.

We are very happy to share the first part of our our LGBT+ History Month UK resources in collaboration with Pop'n'Olly! prideinstem.org/primary-scho...

We dispatched our IFLScience Investigates team – a motley bunch of intrepid sleuths – to dig into the origins of the Loch Ness Monster story. 🎧 www.iflscience.com/searching-fo...

From Mckenzie Ferrari: Teegarden’s Star b is a promising Earth-like planet, but future observations could change our view on its ability to support life. ⚛️🔭☄🧪 astrobites.org/2025/11/06/r...

Selling these badges each year is one of the main ways that Schools OUT (the charity who founded LGBT+ History Month) are able to fundraise, so please do check them out if you like my design! lgbtplushistorymonth.co.uk/product/scie...

Immensely proud to share that I am the designer of the official badge for LGBT+ History Month 2026. Last night, @lgbthm.bsky.social revealed that the 2026 theme for the month will be 'Science and Innovation', so get ready to learn about some amazing queer scientists next year!

Does anyone on here work with race and medicine in the southern US in the early 20th century? Niche, I know, but I came across something very weird in my late father's stuff that might be of interest. Feel free to share.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A PREORDER! 🔔🐈 ⁠ In collaboration with Trip Galey and Titan Books, we are so excited to announce our LitPins&Co Special Edition of A Market of Dreams and Destiny! #LitPinsAndCo #AMarketOfDreamsAndDestiny

Today is Intersex Day of Solidarity and Remembrance. It's an opportunity to highlight the continued struggles faced by intersex people globally, from unnecessary medical intervention or stigma. We all deserve to be treated with dignity, and live a life free from discrimination.

Good morning! We have finished classifying ports and airport in Jamaica, AND we're 57% of the way through the HAITI classifications! One final push, and we can get Haiti done 🥳 You can also check out this IFLS article www.iflscience.com/citizen-scie... to find out more. Spread the word if you can!

It's not pedantic. This is the kind of thing I've had conversations about on copy desks at publications both national and local, and we typically erred on the side of accuracy over pithiness. It matters because it's the difference between reporting and perpetuating a narrative.

Giving a talk about Robert Boyle tonight… oh, god he’s behind me isn’t he?

We're a third of the way through Haiti!! It would be awesome if we could keep the momentum up 🧪