Every time I see someone partnering or using palantir, I wonder if they ask "are we the baddies?"

I talked about a thing with a fab local journalist - cyber security, ai, and governance www.isms.online/cyber-securi...

Used the ladies at a service station today and noticed a sign on the way in: "Male cleaner on duty." A man can access the ladies to clean it and nobody cares. Opposition to trans women using the ladies is, as we all know, about nothing other than making us suffer. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Sad to see Hugh Laurie and kit Harrington having done a recent harry potter audiobook. Don't fund the anti-trans movement. Buy your books second hand if you've got to get your hands on the story.

Confectionery cannibalism? Or is it ok because a gingerbread man isn't a doughnut variant?

This supposed war on Christmas still seems to be losing. Shocking, almost like there was never a group actually attacking Christmas.

Posted over on linkedin - it's ok to stop Linkedin.com/pulse/its-ok-stop-steph-locke-ytgme

All those republicans living up to their values

Have I mentioned recently that I hate Auth? I will be getting @zoelocke.bsky.social to make me a t-shirt to that effect and they will go on sale too 😂

Astonishing and incredibly sad that the thousands of deaths of children due to guns doesn't trigger a ban on guns but 10 child deaths supposedly due to vaccines means a govt effort to basically ban vaccines in the US😞

A good boy and a bad owner (imo) - well worth watching this film www.imdb.com/title/tt3552...

New local coffee shop at the train station in Caerphilly - about to test out the nommy looking almond croissant and my first ever pumpkin latte (made with actual pumpkin puree). Wish me luck on this attempt at being a snooty basic bitch!

> I give this House my solemn commitment, and that of the Government, that we will not rest until humanitarian aid is entering Gaza in the volumes required to try to meet the staggering level of human suffering [...]. hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...

Her: do you have an iron? Me: psht, I'm a millennial, of course I don't have an iron 🤣

# The tyranny of discomfort So much of the narrative behind politics that gets leveraged for the removal/blocking of rights for people is discomfort. People feel uncomfortable with what they're rarely acquainted with. 1/4

Tackling the big questions in my life: why do I need architraves? Can I just remove them and not replace them? Are they just Keeping up with the DIY Jones'?

Oh wow - up to 16bn of meta's revenue could be due to scams. Interesting reading how FB needs to reduce scams but is disincentivised by how much cash it drives www.reuters.com/investigatio...

More integrity than all of big tech combined

Empathy and kindness are values we should lead with. Immigrants, refugees, and "illegal" immigrants are people simply trying to do their best, as we all are, and recognising that helps us all lead better lives.

"The Christian cinematic universe" - Conk on life 😂

#sqlhelp I want to deploy a SQL db project to Azure SQL via GitHub actions. I'd like to deploy it as a data tier application and increment / set the version when I deploy via gh actions. How do I do that?

We call this Leia's space buns look! Leia is aptly named as a princess and a general 😂

I am gradually returning to work. I am looking for NED positions and offer the following services. Something a little different to break through the AI noise.

Over on linkedin I posted about my feelings and behaviours that are linked to the SQL community/ #sqlfamily - 8 years in the making but 6 weeks I've been particularly screwing up the courage to write it "These people aren't your friends" - A Neurodiverse Trauma www.linkedin.com/pulse/people...

This money plant in this state means I'm gonna win the lottery. Right?! Right?! 😂

I love these fidget cubes! I always need to be fidgeting and these stop me from picking at my nails 💅 They're highly tactile, durable, and goes through the washing machine fine if you leave it in a pocket 😂 #autism #adhd #fidget

Still regretting that one year where I didn't read a book at all for @zoelocke.bsky.social's birthday 😂

What if TERFs and transphobes get their wish: transition gets banned, we all have to use facilities related to our sex assigned at birth, and trans folk get forcibly detransitioned? A thread... 1/6 #TransRightsAreHumanRights #UKSupremeCourtRuling #antiTransBills

I'll just leave this here

The Lemkin Institute has issued red flag warnings regarding the UK's current anti-trans activity. When I talk about trans genocide of anti-trans actions I'm routinely laughed at, but this is an organisation dedicated to highlighting genocide. www.lemkininstitute.com/red-flag-ale...

Hmm, Caerphilly pride - public services going first and an escape room has a rainbow painted dalek (not really sure what the message is with that 🤔)

Less good than May but still a strong improvement over when I was fully consumed by work 💪

I just posted on Medium about #TransRightsAreHumanRights stephlocke.medium.com/the-supreme-...

I have a couple of these around the house now and they're awesome. @zoelocke.bsky.social is a great jeweller and maker!

Here today in Westminster for the @transsolidarity.bsky.social mass lobby! Visiting Chris Evans, Caerphilly MP, who unfortunately only has x & fb accounts 🙊 www.transsolidarityalliance.com/about-7

ND people trying to work their way through a conflict is wild. We all have so many traumas and built up issues it takes huge self-awareness and emotional intelligence to successfully navigate it!

How a regulator should feel about being held to account by the public: > We empower you to hold us to account for the difference we make when enforcing the laws we oversee Cc EHRC! ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...

The EHRC is bound to protect the right to protest. Instead, it is trying to crush it. That's why Good Law Project is intervening to resist an injunction which would prevent – and criminalise – protest on the EHRC premises. goodlawproject.org/the-ehrc-is-...

It's my birthday and i do an annual fundraiser for Campaign Against Living Miserably. Esp during #PrideMonth with the rights of so many being pushed back, some people are going to not see hope. Be there for ppl you know and support at scale those you don't. www.facebook.com/donate/17905...

This has been in my mind as a meme for a while

This year was the first since the ms build book of news started coming out that i didn't get excited for it and check it out. Was there anything that stood out for y'all as useful for your next 12 months?

My step count in may has already exceeded my step count for april, which was the personal best for recent months. 👣 I look forward to my feet and legs aching less in the mornings at some point in the distant future 😂

Wild idea, perhaps we could just modify spaces over time to be gender neutral and safe for all? Do folks need to get naked in an open space with people with similar bits or could cubicles be a thing? Like perhaps it's the initial setups that are a problem?

I've been upping my walking as part of good habits to build whilst #funemployed. Starting mid-april, i did my best month in more than a year and less than half way through may, i've already averaged higher than 4 prior months. My feet and legs have ached but it's an important habit i need to build.

There are few things in life as fun as dropping a load of frozen peas on the floor so your doggos play hungry hippos

Love living outside a big city. Here's the private slice of river just outside our back garden. #YesImBragging

MVP jackets up for grabs to current Microsoft MVPs Data platform mvp blue patagonia xl Mvp grey soft shell Dm if interested #MVPbuzz #Reuse

Green day's American Idiot is still super relevant youtu.be/Ee_uujKuJMI

What did i look at that made Facebook think i need an AI powered cat litter box? 😱