"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah, renewable energy, mRNA vaccines. Lots of cool stuff like that! Probably not the one whose main promise was cutting payrolls

The BBC reporting on Beth Upton’s current employment situation is definitely not in the public interest, and it is insane how much the British press freely get away with harassing her for the crime of simply living her life existing as a trans person in the UK.

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To give you an idea of how deranged the UK has become about gender stuff, here's Enid Blyton - the absolute avatar of classic English conservatism and a huge fan of racist "gollywogs" - casually describing a gender non-conforming kid in the 1940s and having their friends be totally cool with it.

I am gonna go out on a limb and say that a Jersey dude so horrified that he went to his first protest and is trying not to cry on camera has a pretty good chance of staying radicalized. And that while Bluesky loves to pick apart things like this, this kinda video moves the needle for OTHER dudes.

Can't believe the gvt's tactic of going 'actually, protesting an allied foreign state's genocide is terrorism, there's a very secret reason why we're saying so, trust us, we definitely have proof but we can't tell you about it because you'd be too frightened' didn't work

Good evening, I am a cunt.

If it wasn’t for the fact that The Guardian will support anyone as long as they’re transphobic enough, the sheer unmitigated gall of publishing this would be shocking.

The thing is he's not pitching this to people who work, he's pitching this to retired people who are furious that other people might get marginally better working conditions than they had.

The attacks on Wes Streeting when he runs are going to be so vicious and delicious.

Oh my god the memories.

I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.

I mean: obviously being a billionaire is inherently a moral failing, but do they really have to keep showing what amoral scumbags they are?

maybe it would be easier to make a list of people without a connection to the Epstein scandal

It's impossible to watch any of the main party twats talk now without clearly seeing how much contempt they hold for us. That they can tell us bare-faced lies and we will just nod along.

This is a great time to get off Substack. Beehive and Ghost are good alternatives. As an added benefit, your blog won't be driving traffic to Nazis and their sycophants.

This bastion of moral virtue has opinions about the Green Party. Just remember that as they continue to attack us. This is who they are. Mask is off.

if there is a man i would trust to pursue a colleague who crossed him to the ends of the earth it is Gordon Brown, so this feels kind of fitting www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Doesn't feel particularly radical to suggest that the taxpayer should not subsidise organisations whose entire purpose seems to be to hound an incredibly marginalised group out of public life.

Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House. They have rushed it to the Senate for passage. If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk. Live here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...

What the actual fuck is wrong with these people?

Calling transphobia a 'gateway drug' to the far right undersells it. It's pure accelerant. Grimly fascinating to guess what crankery becomes any famous transphobe's secondary obsession, cos they all have one: 15 minute cities are fascism! Grok noncing is cool! ICE are good! We should kill all dogs!

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

Pretti clearly did not brandish his gun. Which means the government is saying he was killed for legally exercising his right to carry. It’s as clear-cut a violation of the Second Amendment as I can possibly imagine. And we’re about to see the bulk of the gun rights crowd defend his murder.

ICE isn't law enforcement without training; ICE is white nationalism with guns.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

It's really something seeing the AI CEOs literally begging for people to use their shitty product. Lads; if it were any good - even with the planet-destroying aspect - you wouldn't have to sell it like this. Look at cars! They're like the worst thing ever environmentally and we love them!

What I like about Bluesky compared to that other place is that I was just inadvertently on the Discover tab and I only realised because of the number of new artists I was finding, not because I got a faceful of fascist ranting and transphobia.

Wednesday is TRANSPHOBES ARE TRASH DAY! Congratulations to those who celebrate this wonderful day. Also, every other day is also Transphobes are Trash Day, I forgot to mention that.

So very much all of this.

They assume we must all be getting paid to rise up cos: A) they can't imagine a scenario where they would stand up for a stranger without financial incentive B) they received financial incentives or free passes to cause trouble C) there is insane funding behind them, and they draw small crowds

In news which should be shocking to absolutely no-one with an ounce of commonsense or humanity, providing gender affirming care to trans young people reduces risks of harm. Preventing trans young people accessing treatment has never been about "protecting children" www.advocate.com/health/trans...

If (and that's a big if) the UK does go through with a ban, a large chunk of the UK users (those who can't work out a VPN anyway) will drain into Bluesky. Lots of them will be the absolute dregs of humanity. Block early, block often.

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Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.

Not commenting on Venezuela is one thing, but Starmer's ministers not even being willing to say "no of course the US shouldn't invade a peaceful sovereign democratic NATO country, which is one of our closest allies" is quite another.

i too have begun watching the straight man hockey podcasts discuss heated rivalry. this is the forum of athens to me

The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction

We’ve today formally written to multiple public bodies about BBC reporting on transgender people. Here’s who we’ve contacted and why. 1/6

We said "there is no language moderate enough to avoid condemnation and sanction by a British establishment which is determined to support this atrocity for as long as the Americans want it to continue." Does the evidence say we're wrong, here?

The number of absolute weirdos in these replies, jfc. Lady posts her Xmas dinner cooking plans. Does not ask for advice. Does not imply stress, overwork, or worry. Weirdos: MAKE THIS! MAKE THAT! DON'T MAKE ANYTHING! DO THE ROAST THIS [WRONG] WAY! DO WHAT I TELL YOU! As if they're fuckin invited.

I hope everyone understands that this was never about the grade or religious freedom. This was a targeted attack on a trans faculty member, and it succeeded.

look at how little effort it takes for someone on the conservative grievance circuit to destroy a life millions of college kids have half assed an assignment at the last minute, you eat the F and move on but the effort to push trans people out of public life will use whatever it can get

As a former editor of Popbitch – and the proud owner of a legal letter sent by HarperCollins, accusing me of being "highly likely to cause serious harm to [their former star client]’s reputation both as an individual and author” – may I just say: GET IT RIGHT UP YE

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Was looking up a particular mecha and it still blows my mind that Google are happy to have this thing at the top of their search page that just completely makes things up and confidently states them to be true. There is no connection between these two things.

Add in 'negative' as well and you get 25%. That's still only 25% of Britons feel negatively towards trans people after a relentless decade of anti-trans propaganda.

11% of Britons say they feel 'very negatively' about trans people which just highlights how much this is a top-down hate project with around 95% of the media hating trans people and a high percentage of MPs.

"Bluesky is an echo chamber." "Bluesky doesn't have enough reach" "Liberals must return to X to challenge the far right" I'm not a tech bro or a journalist. Your priorities are not my priorities. Stop telling me I need to do anything other than chat about comics & telly with people who seem nice.

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.