I've been on a bit of the old "Command and Conquer" kick recently. Especially Tiberian Dawn era. However, looking at what happens to the planet between 1995 and 203- something C&C3, Tiberian Wars, has got me thinking it could make for a great co-operative experience.

When are we to expect newspaper front-page interview features with Dr. Beth Upton about her two-year ordeal of having her right to anonymity removed and her name dragged through the mud and being decried as a sexual predator only for a tribunal to clear her and find SHE was discriminated against?

EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items. It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too. Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.

Before I go on Etsy, are there any laid-off game artists in my follower/repost pool who would be available for a custom DnD party art commission? Four characters, a few special requests, preferably by Christmas? DM me! I have money!

the tribunal found that Dr Upton‘s charge of harassment against Peggie was accurate but strangely thats getting missed out.

Today’s judgment in the Sandie Peggie case says exactly what we have been saying – For Women Scotland does not require a trans bathroom ban:

A classic, easy-to-do and legal piece of resistance. Animal rights activists and others have used it for years.

I do appreciate a bit of stained glass. Two here at a Methodist church, one of the early organists favourite composers and the rose window with the trials of Christ.

The Green Party: "We would like to have a sensible conversation about legalising and regulating drugs" The Prime Minister: "ZACK POLANSKI WANTS TO PERSONALLY SELL CRACK TO YOUR CHILDREN" Adults in the room etc

I have these on Laserdisc because I am the only person I know with a laserdisc player (my mom got it as a birthday present from one of her brothers in the early 90's and it's still trucking). I'm glad the original films will see the light of day (or a projector) again.

A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...

Hey all, my mate DMAC is raising money for the Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home. Animal shelters really need help at this time of year! If you can spare a few quid, please chip in. tilt.fyi/w4c8t5nksO

then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM

■My 2025 works 2■ Ma.K. A.F.S. "Night Stalker", WAVE 1/20 scale. ■2025年の作品 2■ 今年作った物のまとめ、続きです。 マシーネンクリーガーA.F.S. "ナイトストーカー"、ウェーブ 1/20スケール。 来年には背景と地面をつけて ヴィネットに…と思っていますが、さて。 #scalemodel #模型 #プラモデル #プラモ #maschinenkrieger #マシーネン #SF3D #modelbuilding #マシーネンクリーガー #nerdlings

My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’

If you missed this earlier in the week, I wrote a piece about the British Library cyberattack, the crisis in UK Higher Education, and what we can do to fix our infrastructure that isn't sitting around waiting for the Government to help.

i posted about this in a different context but mutual aid networks are also a lifeline for trans people and between the tech layoffs hitting trans people and minorities particular hard, purging military and tying to across goverments those networks have definitely gotten devastated

The NHS just did a big independent review that concluded that ADHD is still significantly under diagnosed and under supported. But that's not the answer he wanted. So he's ordering a new conclusion. bsky.app/profile/hsw3...

Open AI doesn't want to be transparent about what's in their datasets - this bill would force them. If you're pro AI regulation (esp if you're in Bay Area), please show up and offer your support for this bill! If you can't make it, help spread the word! RSVP link: bit.ly/44lRMsX Details below 👇

Self-ID for left handed to be ended. Will now require a ten year wait and the opinion of three psychologists. Firstline treatments to include breaking all the fingers on the left hand with a mallet. NHS to offer sinister hand amputation to persistent cases. Move praised by charity Right Matters

On International Day of People with #Disabilities, please note some disabilities are invisible #Disability #invisibleillness #disabled #disabledpeople #IDPD #IDPD2025 #IDPD25

Example of a response to exactly this kind of attack: bsky.app/profile/hlee...

It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.

Agreed. You have to make sure you are directing your justifiable anger toward the perpetrators. Being angry at the Womens Institute or Girl Guides is like being mad at someone for being taken hostage and complying with the guy with the gun.

My desktop has been getting increasingly unreliable. I have changed the graphics card out just over a month ago, and was still getting random freezing. Now I’m also getting black-screen of death. I fear that my CPU is fucked.

Having been a Brownie, Guide and young leader, and then had a Brownie daughter, I’ve always been proud of Girlguiding’s inclusivity. So I’m devastated to hear that they’ve decided to exclude trans girls from the organisation. Sign here to protest (and appeal directly if you have contact with them).

Ned Ludd was right.

We’re not opposed to TECHNOLOGY, we’re opposed to management using technology to exploit labour without any regard for the physical or emotional wellbeing of workers.

An easy way to explain luddites: Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand. And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before. That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.

Let's push back.

This is a needed cause these days, I'm glad a foundation like this exists tbh

A box + Pom poms = a great night of rats 🥰

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Mini of the month - deep one herald Entry 4 by @sheroqueer.com

A diorama of the scorched earth on display at the Nagaoka Air Raid Center, one of many small memorial museums facing closure as survivor memory activists who fought to establish them pass away

sorry to post the other site but i did in fact get his ass (microsoft AI CEO)

Live now! 🔴 Doing a little Snowrunner today! Just to chill and relax. Come join me, it'll be a fun time. As always, all the signal boosts hugely appreciated: www.twitch.tv/caseyexplosion

Annual reminder that the "Salvation Army" is a protestant sect and openly, loudly, Trans-phobic and homophobic. Please check the name on the bucket so you don't accidentally give towards someone that would let you, your friends, or your family freeze to death.

This year's reminder that we don't donate to these red trash cans. Donate to your local food banks or shelters and not bigots who marginalize and hate the queer community.

Proof of Rat. Chaos and Anarchy snuggled together on the hammock.

🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

The new Knives Out wasn’t a bad little murder mystery.

This was obvious from the moment it was announced, but still worth mentioning. The genocide never ended.

Okay seriously damn this game is COOL. Like, just, COOL. A sleek spin on afro-futurism (including the excellent music), a remarkably solid gameplay loop that's both cerebral and frantic, a premise that hasn't gotten nearly enough visibility, and a wonderful array of African accents all the way.

Thomas Nast got it