This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".

I have shown my wife that Salt Path piece and she is on a schadenfreude high that is truly wonderful to behold

The Salt Path has never appealed to me. Redemptive memoirs are really not my thing. But if Penguin had pitched it as an audacious heist getaway story...

Has Starmer condemned The Salt Path yet

Also, the path wasn’t made of salt.

Kalinda!

We need codified legal abortion yesterday.

increasingly concerned and convinced a lot of people, including MPs and the people involved in making it, think adolescence is a documentary made by experts in anti misogyny

Sesame Street is officially UNION! Workers at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street, have voted 55-19 to join @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Huge congrats to @sesameworkersunion.bsky.social! “We can officially say that today, May 15th, is brought to you by the letter U!”

Afternoon. Fuck the Labour Party.

How very 9th century of them

You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.

Considering this government's policies regarding assisted dying and PIP concurrently, it's quite clear that they want to replace the old meaning of "disabled" (someone with extra needs) with the even older meaning of "disabled" (someone we've already figured out how we're gonna kill).

I love how trans people are disabled when it's time to take our rights away but superhuman when it's time to take our medals away

The BBC keep doing this. This isn't true. This is straightforwardly wrong in law. The ruling *only* applied to the Equality Act 2010. Trans women are still legally women for the vast majority of purposes! That's the whole point of the Gender Recognition Act. I've put in a complaint. So can you.

One of my most churlish and uncharitable thoughts is irritation at how society lionises people running a long distance (most of whom already find running genetically pretty easy anyway) and marginalises people whose best is 'getting up that morning' but hey ho

crucially the most important thing to take away here is that *IT DOES NOT REVOKE YOUR EQUALITY ACT PROTECTIONS*. The perception of you, a transgender woman, as a woman is still very much enough for you to be discriminated against and bring legal action. This is expressly stated in the ruling docs.

Tell me I'm wrong - but from my view: @WeAreQueerAF.com is the only publisher in the UK, mainstream or queer, to work with a Trans journalist today to cover today's ruling? If you agree that's the way journalism should be been done, support our journalism: 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/membership/

Worth noting that the reason headlines concerning the case are focusing on the definition of woman is not to exclude trans men, but because that is the context in which the case was brought (specifically whether trans women with a GRC could form part of a 50% women quota).

Oops I had an 8 hour spreadsheet hyperfocus.

Put up by Katy Brand today - this is the story over and over again

Hang on. That’s Carrie Coon?!

Who is the best character in the MCU and why is it Kamala’s Dad?

Saw this and thought about that Loaded documentary I saw a few months ago where all the writers said they were eventually terrified by what they'd created or unleashed (they weren't sure which). The "lad culture" bubble was disgusting and was right in the formative years of everyone in that bump.

@mikemuncer.bsky.social just listening to your Frail Loop episode and I hope you’re bloody proud of yourself cos I’m scared shitless.

Finally catching up on this book having had it in my audible library for years and having a great time. McColluch’s writing, oratory and scholarly style is warm, curious and accepting. Would love to know what a 2025 reissue would include.

Holy shit, I totally missed this today. Both Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer are being sued for sex trafficking in federal court.

Worth reading for UK too

@pacificknitco.bsky.social Hello!

@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social Submission for your extremely short lived segment on Odd, Loosely Connected Double Bills. The Substance and Joy. Based on having the exact same opening shot.

Wild. Top is the NBC upload, bottom is the one aired as the live feed

They were my favourite books. He was my favourite author. I don’t give a shit. Throw them out. Get them off yourselves. Don’t watch the tv shows.

i went to read the gaiman article i did not anticipate the detail i gagged within a minute please don’t go to read it if you’re not feeling stable

Gotta love ppl who work in book shops

Programming myself a little Thomasin McKenzie season.

I love Heartstopper. I just love it.

Reading The Haunting of Hill House and enjoying finding all the euphemisms for *extremely gay shit*

Ultimately the use of AI art is a sign of raw cowardice. You're too afraid to learn a craft, and too shy to expose your "bad" art. If you're too afraid to be vulnerable enough to share something you made yourself, you aren't an artist.

I thought this was more Wicked advertising

Forget Whamageddon. My Christmas game is Mumageddon… How long will it take for my mum to hear Fairytale of New York then tell me how sad it was that ‘that poor girl died, didn’t she’?

Pictured: Angry pointing at no trees

It’s The Holiday time

not to be v Eat Pray Love but having a truly horrible year last year showed me that when there are lows you've just got to immediately create some highs to counterbalance them, there's no "oh when this is over I'll do nice things", you've got to actively live alongside the bad stuff

Casual clothing series #SuperMario

Plant your tulips when you’re sad. Spring will arrive when the winter is done.

I posted this comic on twitter and someone has submitted this community note lol

Did you miss this deadline? Because we're feeling the heat here on Bluesky, we decided to temporary re-open the call. Please share far and wide! #AcademicSky #HistSci #Autistic #Disability #DisabiilityJustice #PhDSky 🛟 🩺 🧪 😷 🌈🎓 ‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🩺📊 #FeministSky #STS #PhilSci #Metascience #Bioethics

The last couple of months has been the absolute pits. And now there’s vimto on the cat.

IT’S TIME