Apparently the decision of the WI to rescind trans inclusion was prompted in part by an internal faction. If I were a cis member of the WI, I would want those bigots named,shamed and shunned. Aggressively promoting transphobia should have social sanctions applied to it.

I have called on the Equalities Minister to withdraw badly written guidance for single-sex spaces to protect everyone's rights and ensure trans people are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.

Today's burrito: Peanut butter, dill pickle, ground beef, elbow macaroni, blueberries and white cheddar cheese.

idea: before anyone can censor a video game for containing dark topics, they have to watch a video of two average children playing with barbie dolls for an hour.

It's time for a pilgrimage

My bullying story. At the private school that I attended, three boys slammed my face multiple times into the porcelain basin of a toilet. They broke two of my teeth and my nose. "He slipped and fell." They all said in chorus. "He slipped and fell."

Australia, and teenage Olympians and other upcoming sports stars are shuttering their Instagrams, likely impacting funding; or handing them over to “parents” to avoid bans https://alecmuffett.com/article/132775

Your seasonal reminder that Quality Street chocolates are a cash-in on a hit play by J M Barrie, and used to feature the characters on the box. So a bit like people in 2100 buying 2.22 A Ghost Story chocolates every Christmas with Lily Allen on the tin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality...

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I know my audience here is international, but for the few Indo-based friends, we're trying to adopt out a cat who hasn't been accepted by our other cats. Help/leads on rehoming her is greatly appreciated.

Self-ID for left handed to be ended. Will now require a ten year wait and the opinion of three psychologists. Firstline treatments to include breaking all the fingers on the left hand with a mallet. NHS to offer sinister hand amputation to persistent cases. Move praised by charity Right Matters

P- and S-waves from yesterday’s (23:23:32 UTC 2025/12/03) M3.4 earthquake 3km depth beneath Silverdale Lancashire, UK recorded on my @raspishake.bsky.social in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England (about 130km southsoutheast of the event) ⚒️🧪

🎵❄️🎵 He sees you when you're sleeping He knows when you've just ate He knows full well he's normalizing A mass surveillance state

Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...

I'm relaunching Dominion of the Fallen in the US with @awfulagent.bsky.social Magnificent covers by @fringe-element.net Deliciously gothic atmosphere, queer characters from across the world, and high intrigue--in a Paris wrecked by magical cataclysms March 10th, 2026! awfulagent.com/ebooks/the-h...

KEVIN: Good morning, best thing that ever happened to me! ME: I had a dream about a cult leader who was convincing his followers to roam the streets mutilating themselves so I dosed him with shrooms and compiled a soundscape to give someone a really bad trip. KEVIN: …Alrighty then.

this feels like another iteration of the "what if I give a homeless man money and he buys booze" thing. So then he bought booze, so what, you are not his personal life coach. You did your bit now go live your life.

the couch and he are not getting along well these days and JD is a man with a very active libido

14% more to go, people. If some projects can fund overnight, why not this? Translations. ko-fi.com/africantrans...

I've made some smaller beanie versions of the Devonian jawless fish - Zenaspis! At 25cm long, these are lifesize! www.palaeoplushies.com/shop/zenaspis I ship worldwide from the UK, US tariffs collected and pre-paid for easy delivery!

While obviously Lammy's proposal of scrapping many jury trials is getting the headlines, it seems odd how little attention his proposal to scrap the automatic right to appeal is getting. That seems like quite a big thing to be honest, especially for poorer and more marginalised defendants. #r4today

This sign raises more questions than it answers

Obviously this is impossible because Alan Moore looks like he's genetically a wizard, it's simply impossible to imagine what he would look like as a schoolboy oh there he is.

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.

i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries. Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.

I can only assume the people who made this poisonous-mushroom shaped teething toy for babies are in fact enacting a devious plot to reduce the global baby population www.thenaturalbabyco.com/products/oli...

We’re officially 1,000% (that’s three zeros) funded at 2M euros 🤯 Thank you all so much for the incredible support!

So chosen because of the way it will prompt those online to say "actually, that is two words". qed.

"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."

Don't use a.i. Its going to destroy your files. Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/google_ant... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpBK...

I am reminded of this thread I read recently: bsky.app/profile/sara... Basically how reading is being taught has shifted from phonetics based to context based and it is not setting folks up for success.

I was rereading the comic Digger the other day (www.diggercomic.com) and once again encountered @tkingfisher.com making purple ink really creepy *in a comic with no color anywhere*. And I just think that's neat. Not as neat as the jumpscare on the page in The Hollow Places, but neat.

Thank you all so much ❤️ We smashed our funding goal in just 4 minutes and 17 seconds! And somehow hit 1M€ in exactly one hour 🤯 We can’t wait to get these trackers into your hands as fast as possible ❤️

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I just backed FluxPose: An occlusion free 6DOF FBT tracking system on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/flu...

“But Putin will not be around forever. He might not be around for much longer. He’s perched on the top of a powder keg of his own making and he can’t get off.”

On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪 Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...

I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.

As I always do with boycotts, I urge: be tough with corporations, gentle with individual buyers. For some people, Black Friday sales are the way they get their kids jackets that fit, shoes that hold up to the weather. Yelling at them doesn’t help the cause.

I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.

Is it any surprise that the Welsh leader of Reform (former UKIP MEP) having taken money from the Russians, that now they are investigating the Scottish UKIP leader (from that period) for the same offence. Brexit was what Putin wanted in order to weaken the UK.

@franzanth.bsky.social you may already be aware of the existence of this, but I felt like it needed to be brought to your attention if not: store.steampowered.com/app/2053910/...

I really loved this book--it's like computer engineering as cooking and I'm here for all of it

The damage that the terfs have done is so much greater than many realise. Succefully protecting trans rights was no less consequential than protecting rights to not be discriminated against for all people

This.