Strawberry economics

Truly shooken by this reveal-all footage of the Blobby one's origins...

resharing hotel dog

"Call it out. Tell your friends. Write to your MPs and councillors. There will be protests – join them, we are going to." Our statement on the latest EHRC Code of Practice. lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/22/s...

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time

The @transsolidarity.bsky.social have said "clearly many businesses will just go gender neutral to avoid the headache, but the government risks pushing trans people yet further out of public life." Adding, "this guidance is going to be a Section 28 moment for this Labour government"

"Steely Dan" was named for a steam-powered dildo in Burroughs' "The Naked Lunch", but there was no soda named after the song.

It’s time for allies in the media industry to speak up for LGBTQIA+ people www.wearequeeraf.com/its-time-for...

You've probably seen the word #Landback somewhere and instantly had some feelings. It sounds blunt, which is part of why a lot of people tend to have an instant reaction or jump to some very problematic misconceptions about what it means. So, let's talk Landback, from my POV and work.

Looks like the original #LofiGirl livestream mighta been hit by another bogus copyright strike this morning. Stream link is popping up that it's been removed for 3rd party material. 😑 YouTube's moderation system is such a fuckin' joke (and they've no incentive to improve that abusive shit either).

Spanish researchers have documented the first known case of a female-only pair of Bonelli's Eagles successfully adopting and raising young:

I really love it when an artist I follow gets insanity levels of obsessed with [thing they like] and will not stop drawing it. It's so very charming. Go girl give us one billion drawings of that little freak in your head who I know nothing about. He's my blorbo in law now

I don’t know what to tell you, man. I’m a medieval historian, and, in my field, if you don’t check your sources (and your sources’ sources) you are just asking to be taken for a ride by some bored 19th C. aristocratic English antiquarian with a penchant for inventing history.

Mighta taken me 2ish years to complete (as they've not been consistently available on streaming), but I have finally finished marathoning all of the James Bond films, both old & new. Watched all of old Bond growing up as a kid, but revisiting them has been a wild ride.

Submitted for your consideration… #amwriting #fiction #Saturday

There is something wonderfully unnerving and uncanny valley about overdone jiggle-physics - especially when they've also applied it to the bum in glorious "wafty buttock syndrome". Same vibes I get when muscle men 'dance' their pecs IRL: they've got the weasels!

Fun rumination: Biologically hyenas are cats running dog software and foxes are dogs running cat software.

NEW LAIKA DROP

gay people can never talk normal they always have to say things like "it's giving absolute horses"

Cosmic horror story about the protagonist being driven mad by having forbidden knowledge seared into their mind in which it gradually becomes clear the protagonist is a cat and the terrible gnosis that renders even their most familiar intimacies alien to them is the ability to do first grade math.

Stellar article on the allure of Weird Fiction; its mirroring of the "wrongness" of our current reality and its ability to make radical statement in an era of uncertainty. Well worth a read!

The phrase “archaeologically invisible” is giving me pause for thought today. Absence of evidence not being evidence of absence etc.

Recently, FamilySearch digitized and uploaded tons of microfilmed records, including many from 18th-century Massachsuetts. They're using some sort of AI to transcribe/summarize the handwritten documents. I've noticed that the AI strips out references to race and enslavement in 18thc documents.

When I attended the ILGA conference last year there was a closed session with the Human Rights Commissioner for the problem cases: Hungary, Albania and the UK. I think this map flatters the UK and we are worse than it shows.

All Cats Adore Boxes

Not sure it's the fault of Bluesky or anyone on it that some people/institutions chose to stay on the fascist hellsite long after they should have, sensibly, left it. Likewise I don't particularly care if the rest of the world acknowledges this place exists, I'm here for the hangout with my pals.

The only expectation in the library is respect. Where else can you get that? No expectation of commerce, nothing grossly transactional, just "Here is a free and open space. Here are books. Books are wonderful, and while you are here so are you." What other place tells you that so explicitly?

It really is just laughable that Polanski's out there talking about a Workers' Charter rolling back anti-union legislation to 1979 and all Sir Keith's SPAD puppeteers can come up with is the nationalisation equivalent of slapping on a fake moustache and flairs for a Blue Labour 1970s theme night.

NOTICE: Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC? Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program. If they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Remember…last summer we had 95 degree weather. Look out for them

Look, I NEED manga-accurate Ghost in the Shell in my life, aight? The art style is just too perfect for the early cyberpunk aesthetic. I want wacky 90s faces, wild hair and eccentric gesticulations! Everything is bright & appeals to my too-much gene! 🏍️⚡

Absolutely VITAL Rat Lore

- Whitby Goth Weekenders: "Ghost Love Song" (Nightwish) - Caravan park disco karaoke singers: "The Tide Is High" (Atomic Kitten" - Edgy alt-rocker kids making CD playlists for schoolmates: "Private Eye" (Alkaline Trio) - Wannabe Chavs who just love dance music: "Every Time We Touch" (Cascada)

Edinburgh Central, ya beauty! *doffs my Green hat to all fine fellow residents*

Y'know, I'm very surprised by the Shetland constituency flipping to SNP (as there's always been isolation from mainland-led politics). Also, am ecstatic that Moray & Banff went SNP... parents were real worried Reform might creep in (but looks like the Cons voting block got split).

Scottish Election results going okay so far 🤞. But oooft England, you poor buggers! Awful lotta fash wins in yer countryside provinces (even if Greens are doing well in cities). It's influenced by wealthy landowners & oil baron retreats; yet we need to reach farmhands, fishermen & rig workers too!

Every three minutes on Bluesky today: oh that's a delightful name for a town! Dudly-on-Friendton. I see they have voted for the Murdering Orphans party.

garlic kitten is not real it cannot hurt you garlic kitten 🧄:

"this shit is so horses" is laying me out dude i can't stop thinking about how funny of a sentence it is. cellar door of declaring something sucks

I pray, pray, that “absolute horses!” catches on.

I. Am. Fascinated! A slightly risky pursuit in how sharp & fast-moving those are... but the sooooooound tho! 📐🎶

Civic duty accomplished. Lotta young folks at the polls when I went in. This bodes well, I hope!

Yep, IGV are a legit fash operation too, made up of former members of UKIP and the freakin' BNP. Clearly trying on this shit to mislead voters. Avoid like the plague!

An enormous ball of entangled long Furbies rolled over me and I joined with them and their thoughts, and we spent about 2 hours rolling around town, warbling, collecting litter to throw away later, contemplating the cosmos. We had a blast. I eventually fell off near the gas station and walked home.

Ah, so honourably providing the mascots with a meaty source of sustenance! Eco-friendly AND championing "The Circle of Life" from The Lion King. Perfection. 🍖🤌

One thing I do think the U.K. inclusive does well wrt elections is the widespread access to polling locations. they’re everywhere. they’ll turn anything into a polling station. I’ve never had to go further than my neighbourhood