I don’t think there’s enough of an outrage around the fact that the Iranian World Cup team is not allowed to stay in the US so they have to leave after every game and go to Mexico.

All the tools currently exist for you to stop your kids using social media.

social media that's bad for minors is obviously bad for adults too. crazy to me that the move seems to be to just accept that and ban minors rather than regulate the obvious design patterns that were put in there on purpose which make it harmful to its users

At this point, I genuinely believe the entire public is being actively gaslit by both the media, and Esther Ghey herself, into forgetting that Brianna Ghey was murdered, by people she knew from school, in real life, who were partly influenced by transphobia, fuelled by the media and politicians.

Social media is not smoking. Nothing is smoking, apart from smoking.

Time for me to repeat one of my ‘sayings’. If you try to solve a problem by passing a law, but people don’t obey the law, you now have two problems where you used to have one.

Parents believe social media is bad for *other people's* children (yougov.com/en-gb/articl...).

VPN companies

If Reform near you are giving the cockamamie reason that Pride is political, ask them if they are treating military, monarchy and religous symbols the same way.

A poster reminding everyone the world works even less for them, driving them further into Musks hands. Good job.

If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?

We really gotta stop normalizing the whole full on speakerphone FaceTime call in a restaurant thing. Put the phone to your ear sir

This is no more about the details of immigration policy than the progroms my great great grandparents fled were about Jews committing crimes. It's straightforward racist violence and it needs the strongest possible response.

There isn't a lot of distance between 'stop and search young Black men and boys' and wearing a pillow case on your head. Let's be serious now. i will not be explaining why 'black on black crime' is not a real thing, nor is 'Black criminality' in general. It's been explained already, over and over

Hello! There are no "privacy preserving ways" to check uploaded content against a database of illegal content without opening a door to that database being expanded for political surveillance. Any such mechanism defeats the purpose of end to end encryption. alecmuffett.com/alecm/e2e-pr...

"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers"

FIFA has now confirmed that Artan will no longer be able to officiate at the World Cup, which like for players, is the biggest moment in the lives of referees. FIFA has said it is nothing to do with them, but a decision made by US authorities and that the decision is not likely to be changed.

On today's disturbing government announcements on children and online safety... (I'm trying Patreon out for an experiment - it's free, though, and I've no aims to change that.) www.patreon.com/posts/160555...

All fear the Purple Emperor!

I don't mind being taxed more. I do mind being taxed more if those with wealth get to keep raking it in.

Even if government doesn’t want to come off X altogether, there is no case for giving it a monopoly of government communications and refusing to post it elsewhere.

Ooooorrrrr scientists used a statistical algorithm to design the vaccine. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I found these two #sawflies at Bintree Wood in May and have now identified them as Aneugmenus fuerstenbergensis (both males) which is apparently new for Norfolk. Thanks to @andymus.bsky.social for confirming.

Everyone, and I mean everyone, is buying in to the framing. Does anyone think there would have been a different outcome of the Nowak policing if Nowak had been black or brown?

The same politicians, the same media, using the same play book as sought (and have largely achieved) the dehumanisation of trans people are now seeking the same for Black and Brown people. And, with its 'reasonable concerns' response Labour is playing right into their hands once again.

A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.

Banning social media for under 16s is like telling the kids not to drink while all the grown ups are pissed.

Genetic Diversity is important! And we need to monitor it to stop further loss. This should be done at local and international scale in policy and management. If you want to read more - read this review, led by the amazing Australian dream team: #consgen 🦤 www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Just a reminder that affirmitive action is trying to readress some balance for systemically disadvantaged groups and even tragically missaplied is not rascim against the advanataged group.

At which point does this become incitment to violence?

In the face of frenzied right-wing attacks, this government has successfully executed one of the most ambitious climate change projects in the world. Time to give credit where it's due iandunt.substack.com/p/guest-post...

Times Obituary for Peter Chandler today, written by close friend, Dr Ian F.G. McLean. Dr McLean said: "I am so pleased that Peter should receive this accolade, he was very helpful to many Dipterists and always disarmingly modest about his outstanding contributions to the study of flies".

Some happy news: 60% increase in invertebrates since removal of rats & mice🪲 from the island www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

"Go for the legs. It might be our only chance of stopping them." - Luke Skywalker An unfortunate Phyllopertha horticola.

I must have taken 100s of photos of Purple Emperor larvae over the years, but this one, from today, is probably my favourite ... showing just how camouflaged a fully grown larva is against a leaf of its foodplant (Salix caprea, Goat Willow, in this case).

It's interesting to think of AI in software development as micro outsourcing. You provide a spec and pay another company through the AI to build the code for you. I should imagine many of the same advantages and disadvantages will apply. groovetechnology.com/blog/softwar...

Lesser Spots still not fledged. Typical behaviour this morning. Chicks calling from the hole, Female brings a quick feed then tries to call them out. They didn't want to come out. Has to be tmrw but I've been saying that since Thursday! @lesserspotnet.bsky.social

Them: "Go outside in Nature, it is great for relieving stress" Me, who is stressed because when working in Nature (reserves) I'm seeing the rubbish everywhere, dogs off lead scaring wildlife, dog poo, cats hunting lizards, areas set on fire, ponds destroyed by constant dog activity..: "Ok, thanks"

With respect to those who say the major problem in the UK is growth / cost of living, I'm sorry but I think the way in which everyday life seems at the mercy of often completely unaccountable organisations is worse. And politicians talking in the abstract rather than lived experience.

@zackpolanski.bsky.social @eddavey.libdems.org.uk if you mean what you say and Reform should be stopped at all costs please drop out of the race.

But I'm afraid this is the new norm. A general commentariat unthinkingly passing on their own or others prejudices then telling anyone with any greater knowledge that they're wrong. And this is bleeding into government making a hard job worse.

Sounds like Palantir is so important we should nationalise it.

A few more guides added for the summer @uk-soldierflies.bsky.social. Now I'm off for a first visit to Martin Down on the weekend. It's going to be hot 🔥.

Sharing antisemitic conspiracy theories is really bad and grounds for withdrawal as a candidate. But being mates with the leader of the British Union of Fascists is also really bad and I can’t help noticing a) what we’ve heard more about and b) who’s still running.

Incidentally - and red flag on this until I've spoken to experts - I suspect the main outcome will be service providers opting for mixed toilets wherever possible as the safest way of avoiding trouble.

This means that if someone comes up to you and says hey, there's a tranny using your loos, kick them out, you may have to ask the customer discreetly "hey, sorry, I got a complaint. Can you confirm you're using the right loo?" and if they say "Yeah I am" you are DONE. That is all you need do.

This is not how governments are supposed to work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘Wildflowers’ out of a packet on one side of the path, weedkillered critically rare native plant on the opposite side 🤯

People will do PhDs on HS2. The real question is will those born when it was supposed ot be open get them in before it actually opens.

Now this is the way to watch & photograph woodland birds. Settle yourself in by a woodland pond, they're magnets for birds coming to drink & bathe. Forget the artificial feeding stations and their disease, competition, rats, grey squirrels & carbon footprints. Wider range of species, too. #ukbirding