got messaged by a friend that 'this look really suits me' and ya know what, hell yeah I am dripped out as heck. North london forever, coyg

They're not angry with Ben-Gvir because of what happens in the video, they're angry with him for posting it

One of the reasons one of my best friends quit medicine was the attitude that to be a doctor is to just be a vending machine for a machine that wants to chew you up. That your only value is what you can produce for capitalism.

All jobs in capitalism are bad but I had a really great day at work today. My colleagues are cool as hell and i get to walk around the woods doing rad stuff. Tomorrow I'll have my first trip in a helicopter. its good man

flying over the kootenay river and noticed how there is a giant split in the clouds that basically follows it Don't think i've seen that before. Neat!

This is one of my real llm fears. Actual human connection is a good. I like seeing stuff other people have written down or drawn or glittered or glued. I find looking at anything thats an output from these hell machines makes me mad as hell and I think it should provoke you snd me to do something.

A notable feature of AI is that it has changed the nature of what feels amateurish. It used to be that a poster made by someone who didn’t know what they were doing would be comic sans on clipart, which was at least charming. Now it’s that creepy Ghibli-knockoff style and lots of greebly overdetail.

the world has no shortage of bad stories but this really hits home to me. Literally wanting to just make your life better and finding a country has locked itself shut on you would be awful. Imagine how you'd feel in this position.

Fwiw, I think this is why a pivot into cultural and mutual aid work is probably the right move for trans folk. We do not have the capacity to counter this at the institutional level. We tried, we lost. We defeat trans genocide by keeping trans culture and possibility and people alive.

Libraries are such radicalising places. In a world where so many people get nickel and dimed for just sitting down, that anyone can access a free world of books, internet, and so many other resources, for free, and you get to be a space that doesnt reduce you to your bank balance. It is very moving.

There's a lot wrong with living in this timeline but look at this wee printer doing its thing. Heartwarming. Reminds me of the game boy camera and printer.

Deeply greived that my shared house I'm subletting in is up for sale. If I lived here I would hope I'd be moving heaven and earth to make it unsellable and to keep the home. I am a guest so its a difficult position but I'd be hanging flags saying 'we live here' and all sorts. Whatever it takes.

Migrating again on Monday. One month in once place, now I am off to another. I am hugely grateful to the people and communities who've made me home since my trip out on April fools day. Emigration is terrifying. Bikes are a constant.

One of the most important anarchist principles I've learned is that while criticising structures is valuable, we must also promote what it actually is people want to do. Two very good friends run a DIY bike fixing service. They don't do it to get rich. They do it because they like to do it.

just hit 15,000 words on the book. That's about double that for my dissertation. It really is pretty easy to do this sort of thing when you're on vacation, I'd recommend it. no idea if this will be published. who cares. might just stick it on the blog.

Lived up to the insecure seasonal worker stereotype by buying two packs of playing cards and an uno set from dollarama, 20 rechargeable AA batteries, 3 sets of fairy lights, a lamp, and a hundred dollars worth of books. It has been a good day.

i have yet to see a single cis person say something about the fact that the government just designated trans people a terrorist group and threatened to kill all of us.

Just enjoyed my first in a while but of unsolicited cop behaviour. I rode my bike down on a wooden board way thing because that is the quickest way to where I wanted to walk. Some white guy in a shirt yelled at me 'no cycling.' I said it hurt me to walk, and I continued, paring up on some grass.

People will be like ‘Bluesky is all academics & historians’ & I’ll be like, ‘You mean the people who enthusiastically tell me the coolest shit I ever heard?????’

Came back from hanging out at a polo hangout in vancouver. Big up east van bike polo for having a great time and paying not a thing. Bike polo is so punk rock. You can make your own mallet, you can use the cheapest type of bike there is, you can make spoke guards out of milk jugs. It is the best.

6 days until new job and I am really, really trying to enjoy unemployment. I just end up staring at my bike all the time. It's great!

Went out, sent a letter, and got some headphones done at the post office. The worker there hadn't taken photos in ages or used a printer, just more bullshit they are expected to do without a pay rise, an entire career 'just figure it out'-ed. Upsetting and unfair. Being a worker should be bigged up.

Be angry with the government but also be angry with all the nice Sensible liberals who get very upset about minor failings of the left but are completely quiet on things like this and the entire Establishment wanting to unleash Israeli football hooligans on Birmingham.

Actual photo of me watching keith starmer getting the heave ho from his own party, from the other side of the world on TV

the greatest thread I've seen on reddit for a while. happy mother's day old.reddit.com/r/GirlDinner...

Funemployed for a few days longer. Really trying to make the most out of it in spite of the siren song of my phone, and the saxophone getting louder by the day

in a small rant that I feel like going on about, I really don't like david attenborough and here is why. I don't like him going on record saying 'humans have ruined the environment'. It is bollocks. Indigenous people all over the world have stewarded and protected waterways, forests, and more.

Many wonderful things about living in a bug old house but with housemates is seeing the rooms getting repurposed. Here's a equipment room getting used to grow seedlings. Very cool

Just got my ass kicked in online chess against another tree planter and it never gets unfunny when you blunder your own pieces as the other person writes 'sorry', this game is funny as hell Anyway we have a tournament and the winner will get a DIY trophy at the season's end. God bless our organiser

What made John Brown a great man was not actually that he was a "great" man. It was that he recognized himself as a regular man that rejected white supremacy. And was willing to die for that. That when he saw another Black face, he saw a human like himself. May 9, 1800 he was born

It's never 'British army deploys to give homeless people food' or 'British army deployed to collect litter.' It is always some paid jolly with transferable skills they can use to kill people and take their stuff. Every platoon of trained and geared soldiers is at our dime, it should be a library.

managed to save someone a bunch of money with their stuck suntour bike fork with a fix I put on my website. so long as I literally help one person a year with it I am gonna keep going. It is a great hobby.

went to post a letter, ended up coming across some kid fundraising for his soccer team's trip to Spain. You really can't walk past someone doing that while wearing an Arsenal FC shirt and do nothing, so I gave 20 bucks. Hope they have a great time. orixsoccervancouver.ca/high-perform...

I would rather review the finger paintings of a 16 month old, with drool and unchewed food and smeared hand prints all over them, than ever look at the output of abominable intelligence for as long as l live.

really fab bike ride with my pal this morning. I am riding an ''''old'''' rim brake endurance road bike with a triple and external cabling and it is so great. Boy are bikes a hoot. Didn't pay a cent except for the coffees and cakes when we finished, it was all for free. Amazing morning

This is my favourite cycling sticker because yeah it is nice to be out for a ride, but like, it is also nice to go home too.

Aha, I've just read a nasty review of my new book, Feminism for a World on Fire. Kathleen Stock takes umbrage at my argument that feminists should be 'pro-immigration'. Yes, I do believe that if you call yourself a feminist but you are prepared to strip refugee and migrant women of their rights

the most rewarding 'career moment ' I have ever had was giving a small child a book about my job, 'busy post van.' Apparently they read it every day.

New shoes and new insoles because I believe anything that separates you from the ground needs to be legit. The new balance insoles were 19g versus the aftermarket ones 60g but are for the same size shoe. These companies man, they will nickel and dime you like anything. Sorry for the bad photos

the news is fucking horrifying but a friend whatsapped me so I just rang them back and we yapped for about 30 minutes, it was pretty great and made it all seem nicer. would highly recommend just talking to someone. If nothing else you cant doomscroll when the phone is against your ear.

wrap it up lads.

how it feels to watch the uk election results from abroad as an immigrant. like I am invested and do care but like. I dont mind admitting it is good to just not be there.

robert moses was a terrible person who did bad things but at least even he realised going to the park was good for you. I read somewhere the aim of neoliberalism is to turn the world into one giant airport, where we are all surveilled, disciplined and told off, and I think about this often.

Getting the timing right with the loaves. New one ready just as the old one gets et. We're winning. Cant believe it took me until 34 to make bread.

it's not a debut if you've done it before. Here's episode 2 (two) of my podcast and this is about why I really like fixed gear cycling and why maybe you'd like it, too. www.podbean.com/ew/pb-zxye6-... no intro music time as I forgot. first podcast thing since I emigrated.

Made my first ever loaf of bread in a tin today. Its for a pudding, very proud

sent camp stuff for onward shipping. Canada is a big place so shopping is expected to be in about 9 business days. I am upset that the work won't have an actual mail service though, for me scooping your brain out and writing thoughts down and sending them to someone - just them - is really crucial.

Not me getting on the zoom call and demanding how I can print out photos and send post like I am some kind of sky captain of yesteryear living 50 years ago. I dont care, get me my post sack.

Everyone stop going to work and paying bills and all that nonsense. Let's just do whatever the hell this person is doing instead.

final post of my day, I went to my first ever hockey game this weekend. It was a pride match and I had a great time and while a lot about it was fab I also greatly enjoyed the pronounced booing of the transphobe whenever she got the puck, which got louder as the game went on.