Trans people aren’t the problem. They never have been.

Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild: Orca Risso's dolphin Common dolphin Humpback whale Sperm whale (I've loved cetaceans since I was a kid, so it amused me to make it 5 cetacean species. 😄 🐬 🐳)

Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."

Down, down, down into the darkness of the grave Gently they go, the beautiful, the tender, the kind; Quietly they go, the intelligent, the witty, the brave. I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned. - Edna St. Vincent Millay

I have done the admin that was in the inbox And which I had definitely been putting off Inevitably It was so easy so quick and is gone

These are great fun. 😊 Thank you, @silverpebble2.bsky.social!

They could reduce every fare paid on TfL by (checks) 0.00002p for the small price of gentle philistinism.

Nice one, New York. 🙂

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

Yep. I feel far, far too seen by this (and NOT IN A GOOD WAY). 😬

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

I am all booked for @novacon.bsky.social! 😃

Wish I could internalize this

Evidence that @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social affected the actual timeline with "This Is How You Lose the Time War" Only question is, did Red do this for Blue, or did Blue do this for Red?

Go #parkrun go! 😃 Genuinely a highlight of my week. 🥰

you have a right to be angry

Never take advice on an English degree from someone who won't spell check their own merch.

I know this is uncomfortable to admit, but there is a small area in England's second city where people are just not integrated with the rest of society. Many of them hold views that arguably go against British values. Yes, we need to talk about the Tory conference in Manchester.

They’ll tell you that the arts & humanities aren’t practical and then …

Here is a thing that I hear from *almost every British Jew I know* but have barely heard expressed in any of these programmes: No single person has done more to make Jewish people globally less safe than Benjamin Netanyahu.

Nepal establishes 13th national park. The Chhayanath National Park will protect alpine forests, rivers, and snow leopard range across 1,600 km² and strengthen Nepal’s push to keep 30% of its land under protection by 2030. Tiger Encounter buff.ly/RNDeUhK #ShareGoodNewsToo

Really interesting piece!

#FridayFacts. People walking, wheeling and cycling help keep Cambridge moving. If all those who cycle daily in Greater Cambridge switched to driving, their cars would tailback 118 miles (Sustrans). Making it easier to walk, wheel and cycle benefits all road users.

Blue iguana climbs back from the brink. Grand Cayman’s blue iguana, once down to fewer than 25 individuals, now numbers more than 1,000 in the wild. Captive breeding, habitat restoration and community engagement reversed what was nearly a Caribbean extinction. CNN buff.ly/GKiJpcz #ShareGoodNewsToo

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One of my favourite moth species! They also *act* like a broken twig - they'll just play dead in your hand. So very cool.

being trans is awesome and trans people are amazing and gender is a dumb box and anyone who makes their own crowbar to smash it from inside is a hero actually.

Current mood is dismantle the patriarchy

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it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry

OK, in this spirit: I had SUCH a lovely time at #parkrun today. 😊 I ran round at chatty pace (but fast enough to feel I exercised) with a friend, then I drank tea and talked books and gender with another friend (& giggled at her toddler's escapades), then I chatted some more... More of this, pls! 😃

FFS!

This is a helpful thing for me to see today, when I've just sent my book to beta readers, and am feeling very much "maybe it sucks"...

Seven (SEVEN!) people in the world now have a copy of my book, and I feel like running screaming into the night. 😱 My brain can't decide if it's elated or horrified and is settling on crippling anxiety. 😬 (Bloody typical...)

🤯 Most people seeking asylum are not allowed to work and are forced to rely on state support—as little as £6.43 a day. 🤔 What might be a good way to help asylum seekers out of hotels? 🤝 Maybe let them work, gain financial independence and contribute to their communities!

Worked for me too. 🤣 The world is improved by the triumphant sea lion. Trust me, you need the sound on.

I am really not sure how I feel about living in a world where my toothbrush talks to my phone via Bluetooth. But I do really like having a working electric toothbrush again. 😁

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We were one of 50 or so small boats going in and out of Penzance harbour all week for a dinghy sailing event. I guess Mr Lowe would have reported us for being an invasion fleet! (God, these people are STUPID.) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

1688) Lionessbot. Lionbot may have a big spiky mane and a fierce roar but, as in nature, it's ultimately Lionessbot that gets the job done... #Lionesses

"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing." ~ Agatha Christie Summer (1911) 🎨 Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky

Begging someone to go into the Google offices and just spend every day yelling at random managers "remember when your products worked? Remember when they worked so well your company name became a verb? Have you considered doing that instead of shoveling this AI dogshit all day????"

A walrus, because I don't think it would enjoy swimming all the way up the Cam.

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You know what emergent tech of the last decade actually works well, and was adopted by millions? 3D printing. It’s great! So many applications. But also nobody is sneering at you for not having or utilizing 3D printing. Nobody is trying to sneak a 3D printer into your garage without your consent

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better