"why are conservatives doing X thing" or "why do they have Y belief?" Can almost always be answered "because they are pedophiles

Inject this into my veins. www.politico.eu/article/hung...

I’m pretty sick of getting minute-by-minute updates on what insanity runs through the mind of the most pathetic, narcissistic, garbage human on earth. His cholesterol clogged pumper cannot call it quits fast enough. It won’t solve the problem, but would give everyone a little fucking peace.

One last point: When governments talk about "age verification," they also mean "identity verification" So even if you're 55 years old, you will be virtually carded and all your social media activity will be linked to your identity. That means no online anonymity and raises privacy issues for adults

critically important toggle; they'll slap this one on stuff that just has, like, queer slogans or pride iconography, because this website's moderation is shit from an ass

In France, legislation came into effect recently for all car parks that have over 80 spaces to be covered with solar panels. Estimated to add around 11GW of renewable energy capacity to the national grid. Why not do likewise in Scotland? Braehead, Silverburn, Glasgow Fort etc.

Weird and not great development is that having to boymode outside any safe space more often than not makes me deeply unhappy? But I've been unknowingly* pretending to be a guy for a long time. what has changed? wearing the same stuff i've worn for years and doing the same things *Hah .... ;_;

Hey all, Kevin here. Please read.

sad picture with deep meaning from upcoming local alternative cool handsome artist

Olivia enjoying a little road trip. Note: The bike was traced from a photo to be quicker. Still took me hours.

I’m going to be using this line at least three times a week from now on

i don’t want my appliances to be smart or connect to the internet. i want them to do one mechanical task for 100 years

Illuminated Manuscript creatures!! #1 Cone Dog!!

Beautiful sunny (albeit windy) day as the demo begins in Edinburgh Good turn out for @guidersfortrans.bsky.social opposing trans exclusion. Girl guide leader talking to the crowd giving out safety instructions for protesters @whatthetrans.com

welp this is becoming part of my vocabulary forever

Hazarding a guess that this is Amazon pushing AI dubs for English now. Quickly becoming a worthless platform to watch anime on, what a shame.

James is not kidding. Someone on Twitter put together a clip compilation and Kenshiro's actor sounds like someone doing a parody of bad old anime dubs. I am SPEECHLESS. I am DUMBFOUNDED. He can't even do the fight noises right! Also no one can pronounce "Hokuto."

Still one of the greatest lines in TV history, and one I think of often. badfaithtimes.com/david-lynch-...

Gentle reminder…

aaaaaaaaaa pic by @strype.bsky.social commissioned by @ashleywylde.bsky.social thank you so much!!!

This is what the wealthy and political elites they fund don't want you to know about universal programs and why they insist on means-tested and targeted programs. Universal programs mean more taxes. They are also much harder to erode. The rich don't want to be taxed in a way that is harder to erode.

Tldr tho do brits want this ie transphobia? not really no. the British public in general want to be able to make a transphobic joke whenever they're presented with a transgender villain on social media, feel uncomfortable about trans youth but overall don't really care about any of this.

that's why you get people right wingers like Stephen Crowder or whoever in America saying things like "protect women and girls". It all came from a handful of bigoted British busy bodies. sorry about that ol chums. our bloody bad!

That new cyber shopping? I doubt it'll catch on.

Co-founder of Graveyard Keeper dev Lazy Bear Games regularly posts AI art & asks for help with AI gen code Going as far as feeding his own games art into the slop machine The game itself is from 2018 so it predates the stuff, but they announced a sequel & I expect it to be full of AI-gen slop

Yes, that is how we measure things in Britain

Together with fellow UN experts, I called on the United Kingdom to ensure that its review of statutory guidance under the Equality Act fully complies with international human rights law and guarantees equal protection for transgender people and all women and girls. #IESOGI #UN #UNCHR

The Darts Regulation Authority, very neutrally and reasonably, asked someone from Sex Matters whether they should ban trans women from women's darts. I'll give you three guesses what the answer was.

People peddling complete drivel can get published in mainstream media more easily than breathing, as long as it’s anti-trans. But if you are a trans writer trying to get something based on peer-reviewed research & solid data, getting into the media is like trying to break into Fort Knox.

Fox produced more articles about trans people than any other outlet in the country. More than The Advocate, more than NBC, more than the Post. And that's just one outlet. Kant found right-wing publications collectively dwarf mainstream and even LGBTQ+ media on trans coverage by enormous margins.

The Trump campaign spent $222 million on anti-trans ads. ADF's budget exceeds $100M. Chris Rufo has openly admitted to manufacturing moral panic as a political strategy. These aren't "conspiracy theories." These are documented facts. Singal dismisses them without ever actually addressing them.

Steve saves his pocket money all week so he can go bowling on Sunday afternoons. Steve is terrible at bowling, but nobody says anything because Steve is trying his best.

David Duchovny played a transgender woman, Denise, on Twin Peaks in 1990 and when greeting Cooper, the show's protagonist, she says, "I prefer Denise, if you don't mind" and Cooper responds with "OK" and her identity is settled within a couple seconds and was a non-issue, 36 years ago.

How is Jesse Singal not profoundly ashamed to be so publicly lathered up about trans people for a decade this way. Accusations of bigotry aside, imagine making this your life’s work.

It's so true though. Furry haters will pretend that furries are all overgrown manchildren with no lives, but it's really all projection. Almost every single furry I know that's over 30 is doing very well for themselves.

"Bluesky is dying because engagement is dying" How many of you are actually welcoming and sharing new creators on here instead of only reskeeting doomsday news articles?

all this art of our beautiful mom the Moon is fantastic.. it's just unbearable how beautiful She is

interesting that an increase in emotionally intelligent parenting and teaching is suggested as a reason, given, you know, who fucking hates it

“I was fine when they wanted to take away trans people’s rights! But now they want to take away mine! This is a shock for some reason!”

My work colleagues: "It's so clever isn't it? I ask it so many things and it just knows."

You might not know, but I quite like working with stage lighting. I like the intricacies and building all the plans, but every single time you end up on the day with one cable that's just a bit too short and throws all your best laid plans out the window. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

TERFs don't call trans women men because they believe it, they do it because it's hurtful

ohhh we've got some stone-cold stunners, folks images.nasa.gov/details/art0... images.nasa.gov/details/art0... images.nasa.gov/details/art0... images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

From Reconstruction to "We tortured some folks," from Iran-Contra to January 6th, a prevailing ideology of American politics is that no one should face consequences, nothing should be fundamentally changed, and we should all happily move on as if ignoring the problem solves it.

In 1953 Iran had a functioning democracy. A free press. Seven political parties. Women in universities. Women granted voting rights in municipal councils in 1952. A secular prime minister named Mosaddegh who believed Iran's oil belonged to Iran. The US and Britain decided he had to go.

ok one more, for the Mass Effect 1 fans out there, I always consider this to be the Peak of Chill Vibing In Space Music

Gave this the soundtrack it deserves. Kubrick was onto something when he picked the Blue Danube as the Theme of Objects Floating In Space. Call me, Nutella

Yes. YEEEEEEEEEEEESSS. GOD I miss functional aesthetics in UI.