I have a father and mother in law in Iran. I have a sister in law. A niece. She's 14. She likes silly pink headbands and purses and dresses, just like kids her age all over the world. There are 93 million people like her in Iran. People who do all the normal mundane life things as the rest of us.

If it’s Naomi Klein, you’re fine. If it’s Naomi Wolf… oof.

Beautiful. The GREATEST greatest speech never made.

TIL that Cousin Richie is an Earthsea fan

In a cavern, in a canyon Excavating for a mine Someone sneakin’ round the corner Is that someone Mack the Knife

They could at least have called it 'the Great North American Co-Prosperity Sphere'.

You know someone who deeply loved those books, who read them over and over, who cosplayed as Harry and Hermione and "Steampunk Hermione," who identified as a Ravenclaw and quietly fantasized about how maybe it was real and a Hogwarts Letter would someday arrive? MY TRANS KID. Fuck you, JKR.

Hear, hear! #shewhomustnotbenamed

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So it has begun

Unfortunately, there's a fundamental mistake in arithmetic in this article: "The Cray-2 was... capable of processing at 1.9 gigaflops... the iPhone 17 is estimated to process at about 2,073 gigaflops... 109,000 times more powerful" No, it's 1,090 times as powerful. Still amazing, but hey, guys...

Father Hiroshima Twinkie? Father Stig Bubblecard? Father Johnny Hellzapoppin’ ? Father Luke Duke? Father Billy Ferry? Father Chewy Louie?

Quote from "Seattle-based professor Daniel Bessner" about the poor grammar in the Epstein files: “It was nihilistic almost in its total disinterest in communicating". It's just a shame he didn't use 'disinterest' correctly (I would have used 'lack of interest' there). #pedantry

So that’s that, right? We don’t have to put up with endless drivel about how expensive it is to save the planet abd ourselves ever again? Cool.

This International Women's Day, please remember that trans women are women. Full stop. No qualifiers.

Powerful oped, not just about public health but the state of our democracies: "That’s real progress. Not GDP going up 0.1% or Rachel Reeves forecasting an extra couple of billion in fiscal headroom – but whether you live or die, are well or sick" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I kept needing this, so I finally made it.

Is there any significance to the initials of Operation "Epic Fury" being EF? #EpsteinFiles

If Andy is found guilty of his crimes, he can't possibly go to a normal prison. So send him to the Tower Of London. Imagine the tourist revenue! #pronce #AndrewMountbattenWindsor #epstein

If the monarchy falls as a result of all this, would it technically be a Koo? #pronce #AndrewMountbattenWindsor #epstein

At least at that temperature nothing will be rotten in The State of Denmark.

Rare spot of a Giant Fruit Bat here at the local park.

This is one of the most wonderful things I've ever seen!

Is Robert "JD" Jenrick another sofa-botherer? I think we should be told! #Reform

Has anybody seen Macaulay Culkin and Gwendoline Christie in the same room? #Fallout #GameOfThrones

The first episode of series 4 - with the particle accelerator - has some of the most subtly creepy scenes I've seen. There's a Quatermass 2 vibe to it.

"Studies from all over the world have shown crop yields increase when food crops are partially shaded with solar panels. #Agrivoltaic yield increases are possible because of the microclimate created underneath the solar panels that conserves water" #Solar #climatesky

Once again, the NYT's multimedia journalists are doing a great job.

This whole "Western Hemisphere" thing is very troubling: so Croydon belongs to the USA, and Bromley is Russian, right?

I'll just keep reposting this... it's perfect.

biggest technological revolution of our lifetimes and it's not AI or blockchain or cryptocurrency or metaverse.

Morning all! Ivor remained asleep until 6am, bless him. Just had a look and we tipped 20k, which is magnificent. I’m going to repost some pix that I missed while slumbering. Thank you thank you #DuvetKnowItsChristmas www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...

I never knew there was video to go with the classic deeemented Christmas number, "The Pretty Little Dolly". Her facial expressions add a lot, as does Johnny Carson youtu.be/G0xq2K-ut8U?...

Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.

The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

I will NEVER vote for a politician who votes for anti-trans legislation. Never. I don't care who it is, it's a dead issue. Move on. If my vote is so important to the future of democracy they should have thought of that before they voted to exterminate my child.

The handle is a bit off-putting, but this is an interesting thread about one man's journey through the incel/conspiracist/misogynist rabbit hole and back again.

I was reading an interesting post on FB about the GG and WI situation. Essentially both have been secretly fighting legal action from anti trans groups for a little while and they can’t afford to continue, according to the post. Well funded TERFs are forcing their hand.

i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

Ably translated by Trevor and Simon as "Large Door" — a sister film to Buñuel's "Un Chien Andalou" ("A Dog and a Toilet").

Please watch this important new video from Youtube channel “Just Have a Think”.

Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.

If you read one #Bookseller article: read this: www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...

You do? Oh, that's wonderful! Can you keep it for me? My name... yes, it's: J R R Tolkien.

Attention @bezza.bsky.social !

Squee! Kennedy Fisher is on the case! #thelovecraftinvestigations

Remembering that time the late Queen set off from the Shire to take a ring to Mordor.

For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...