Every transphobe and political opportunist who caused this should get norovirus and a urinary tract infection as punishment for what they've done to these kids.

Trans issues feel like the prime ground for practicing positive apathy. Sit with the ideas and ask how they affect you in day to day life. Ask what harm transness actually does. And when the answers come back that it doesn't affect you at all, let them pursue happiness.

Can't afford a subscription? No worries - the local library probably allows you to borrow digitally.

Small Soldiers is a film that doesn't get enough love... in fact I'm going to have to rewatch it soon. I'm a sucker for puppetry and stop motion and this really hits buttons for me.

Are they going to release the special on Netflix and call it Uncut?

A scout leader is protecting British Values and supporting the community, way more than a twat spray painting a cross on a mini roundabout. @mrjamesob.bsky.social The scout leader also casually handles Britains flags with infinitely more respect...

Million dollars to address retail theft- easy.... Sponsor Community pantries. Freegan friendly disposal of out of date food & short life food donations to shelters. There we go, the big causes of shoplifting resolved.

Trump gets the Navy confused with Ao3

Doing this away from the OP because I don't want to bomb the thread with irrelevant (to that) stuff. Hospitals are dangerous. Infection, medicine resistant bugs, the emotional and mental toll of being an in patient. (Barely) functional food, poor sleep.

AI slop making more work for people @mrjamesob.bsky.social Basically it just makes sh...stuff up and experts have to sort it out. hbr.org/2025/09/ai-g...

A fascist war criminal and probable russian agent walk into a negotiation alongside a genocidal maniac @mrjamesob.bsky.social and we're expected to hope for the best? Pragmatism suggests that Trump and Israel need to give a strong sign of good faith before even contemplating going into talks.

I'd like to hear Starmer say "we have had too much of the tail wagging the dog. Human rights are not a threat to us. There is too much codswallop demanding we spend a fortune on sticking plasters rather than resolving the issues that actually affect the population." @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Comic creation for womens sports. I'd love to do something like this for HEMA but I'm way too male pale and stale to have a relevant story to tell.

At least Ahmed Djalili sold his soul for more than your average front bench tory. I also wish we had better language for these situations because everything that comes to mind requires the belief that sex work is inherently unethical.

If you see this picture post a random image from your device.

Erm... How do disabled and severely injured people get well enough to contribute? The state should be investing in their people. Education, health, quality of life... that's what taxes are supposed to pay for. A more secure and happy population breeds prosperity for all.

The big argument against PR is what if the fringe parties get seats? Well, that's better than having labour abandon their voters to pander to Farage and his ilk. Let the facts be seen. Let the racists have the correct number of seats. Stop betraying the electorate.

You cannot create a prospering country without increasing it's attractiveness to immigrants. It's bloody obvious: Making somewhere good to live in will mean people want to live there.

This is cheating.

Does the digital ID come with free broadband and devices for every member of a low income family and a plethora of public charging at every location you're expected to produce it? @mrjamesob.bsky.social

The government couldn't organise a LAN party in a compsci lab. They'd probably ending up putting on a database with admin/admin for the credentials while having a plaintext password list open to the web.

Saudi using comedians to whitewash their human rights violations and oppressive regime is.. business sense. (even though not being shitheads is financially wiser in the long run). Omid Djalili disappoints me, I just hope his ethics were bought for an eye-watering amount.

Autistic burnout is an absolute blight in employment. About 29% of autistic people are in work. @mrjamesob.bsky.social Reasonable accomodations were considered impossible before Lockdown forced it for everyone and revoking them after comfortable working is causing significant problems.

Woof.. woof.. bark bark bark. whine?

An ass sword is something halfway between a cutlass and a main gauche, also known as a bum dagger or an alehouse dagger and generally worn on the lower back.

What part of racist, brexit supporting Farage make you think he considers facts as anything more than an inconvenience. He's clearly got some profit in kissing Trump's festering arse. Be that Russian influence or something more attached to Trump and his powerful friends, I don't know.

This whole tylenol bullshit has got me thinking about autism moms. Those people who make having an autistic kid their entire personality and constantly look for reasons why their child "suffers" so much. Autism is genetic. Autism moms are probably highly traumatised undiagnosed autistics.

These are gorgeous. Love the womble marines, but they've spelled Eldar wrong.

And this is why nobody wants to play the mystery hour board game with me.

People talking about the rapture like it didn’t already happen years ago What? You never wondered where those people who paid for winrar went?

It's your weight. It's anxiety. It's your time of the month. We could wipe those as instant dismissals and go straight to the taking the woman seriously then there would be no need for the rule @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Report the truth, @mrjamesob.bsky.social Optimise the headlines and pages to appear in the kinds of searches that people would use to find the bollocks that Trump spouts. Put "President Trump disputes this" somewhere after the undeniable facts.

I'm still here, and have a headache. I knew I should have slept outdoors last night.

I've always wondered how those who want to eliminate trans autistic folks expect the Internet to keep working.

An additional reminder - Online presence means you're exempt from the physical buy-in cost of society. You don't need to be out of PJs, no make up, no crowds to navigate. No instant need to respond. We take it for granted but, life has a lot of overheads before we can just exist.

Does the recognition of Palestine as a state open up membership to NATO and the UN- because that would be a can of worms for Israel. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

A lot of comic artists are amazing value with some original pages just out of my modest budget. And the stuff that is legitimately expensive is, 99% of the time still cheap for what you're getting. Support them, and buy stuff before they wise up.

The bit that fucks me off the most is when a genetic disorder is diagnosed in a parent, they get bullshit for "wanting" their child to be diagnosed too. When what they're actually doing is recognising the early signs and just wanting their kids to get the support they never did.

Training in standard is fundamentally different to training in mask, gloves, padded jacket, plastron, padded trousers and box @mrjamesob.bsky.social (citation - you know)

Why the fuck has KFC decided to use the imagery and association with Ortolan for eating their new burgers. Do they blind their chickens to ensure they overeat?

The only skin I have in the game is best part of 2 decades studying medieval and renaissance swordsmanship and devouring fencing manuscripts whenever I have the time and opportunity. If my nerdery and expertise can help someone in comics- I'd be happy to.

Not all developments are improvements. Why can't they just fight in a Faraday cage like they used to.

Bloody hell, where's Theo when you need him. He was the perfect sidekick for when you're trying to fill space @mrjamesob.bsky.social

I'm convinced that Kemi and her ilk are desperately trying to save their skins by being that black friend that allows racists to claim they aren't racist. The ur "I don't mean you" Happy to enable violence on others and provide a smokescreen all for.. what a delay before the leopards wat her face?

I'm also going to point out that there is a high incidence of autism and transness. Which means those kids (and the inevitably autistic parents) will have researched the hell out of blockers before considering them. It's not taking a pill just because. It's an educated choice, with citations.

You really need to read "Hey Listen" by Steve McNeil (from go 8-bit) before you go on your next game history monologue @mrjamesob.bsky.social you'll sound informed instead of half remembered nostalgia. also set up some emulators and remind yourself of the old games

I used to have the novelisation of this movie. Bram Stoker's Dracula... Written by Fred Saberhagen. www.goodreads.com/book/show/87...

I can download and read Historical fencing manuscripts from about the last thousand years, with translations alongside them and have people to fence with. HEMA just would not have been possible in a pre-internet era. It's too niche to get a critical mass without the ease of communication.

This is an absolute lie. Due to the sheer volume of livestock and horse drawn carriages, the Tudor houses had to be built on stilts to prevent dung and blood flooding into the home. The stilts are particularly high here due to the proximity to Smithfields and their slaughterhouses.