This is a very interesting thread that ends with a citation of the 2017 conference where the plan to turn the world against trans people was first proposed, in plain sight, and we can see now that it has been followed closely. All GC people need to understand their complicity in this.

The Shed Olympic downhill skiing team hit a snag when their captain ate their skis.

A new paper shows that less than 2 months of exposure to Twitter’s algorithmic feed significantly shifts people’s political views to the right. Moving from chronological feed to the algorithmic feed also increases engagement. This is one of the most concerning papers I’ve read in awhile.

One of the things I find frustrating about sci-fi is that because of the American influence of it, all of the planets are called things like Zexion 5 and Danshassia 7. I’d call them things like ‘Nether Roundthorpe’ and ‘Spheresbury’. Gravity Bywell. Chalfont St Globeby. Bishop’s Goitre.

Trying to invent a comic-book-like villain that is not one that exists already and oh wow I underestimated the assignment. Taking 'large alien starfish who creates smaller copies of itself that attach themselves to others and bring them into the thrall of the original' off my list

This is amazing and I am excitingly quite good at it

Blindboy referred to how we’ve all been conditioned to argue online as ‘turn-based combat’ & I can’t get it out of my head. That’s exactly what it is. A pointless gamified system that no one ever really wins, designed to keep us all busy fighting each other rather than the actual enemy

Thought I’d just pass on some relationship advice my grandma once gave to me: if you’re unhappy with your partner or spouse why don’t you replace their head in every photograph in your house with a picture of your celebrity crush? x

It’s half-term and I’m planning to do some cooking and making activities with my children. Wrote about the joy of making here alomshaha.com/the-joy-of-m... and the thread below includes FREE videos of fun things to make with kids

These headlines are designed to cultivate rage, hostility, and anxiety towards trans people (while misrepresenting the British government as “pro-trans”). The media are manufacturing panics about trans existence and visibility, much like what they used to do about gay people. It’s recycled bigotry.

‘Trans children need to be supported & respected in order to be safe at school, in order to access their right to education,in order to enjoy their childhood. Instead, we're seeing a complete ban on access to appropriate toilets, PE, accommodation on school trips, a complete erosion of their rights’

Just a few hours left for this, but it's plenty of time. Even just answering the "overall do you agree" question can be meaningful. Speak against this endless cruelty.

This year we’re doing an open call for ordinary day diaries from the LGBTQIA+ community, and specifically we’re asking people to record their day on the 12th February. Whatever you get up to, we’d love to have it in our collection!

UK folks: if we care about what is happening in the US with ICE, we must take steps to push back against anti-immigrant and refugee policy by our own government. Fill out this consultation. It really doesn't take long. Amnesty have put together a super clear and helpful guide to follow.

anyway the consultation shuts tomorrow, one minute to midnight UK time: www.gov.uk/government/c... Amnesty have some good guidance here. Go on: media.amnesty.org.uk/documents/Am...

the whole thing is of course completely revolting. 20 YEARS to settlement for refugees? no settlement if you’ve ever had a criminal conviction or a tax debt? 10 YEARS added if you’ve ever received benefits? partners and children on their own routes to settlement? What are you even TALKING about

filled out the horrible settlement consultation and I’m sorry, the question that is framed as a negative so that you have to ‘strongly disagree’ with something not happening?? This has enraged me

If you have ever wondered what happens in The Traitors if one of the traitors has fundamentally misunderstood what they are meant to do, watch The Traitors Ireland. The producers must have been watching through little cracks in their fingers while sweating.

And once again #TheGuardian lables #ADHD as a mental illness when it is in fact a NEURODEVELOPMENTAL CONDITION. Is this an agenda on behalf of the UK goverment who can't afford to deal with ADHD appropriately? I think it's an agenda. www.theguardian.com/news/2026/fe...

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

On ep 3 of The Traitors Ireland and as promised, this is unhinged, these people have NO CHILL WHATSOEVER

Well that's all ok then

[circle of love] Nora Roberts: ok ladies we've got a new storyteller here tonight Roberts: everyone say hi to Coral hart Coral Hart: oh that's not my real name Hart: i have to keep my real name secret because readers hate anything its associated with Roberts:

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books. She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it. It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.

Just because good news is worth celebrating: There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection. HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.

so called autonomous vehicles still rely on human input futurism.com/advanced-tra...

It is a NEW BOOK DAY! 'Writing for Young People', by me, is an accessible look at how fiction for children and young adults is crafted. In eight chapters, we take a DEEP DIVE into picturebooks, MG and YA with AUTHOR INTERVIEWS and WRITING EXERCISES #kidlit #ukkidlit uk.bookshop.org/p/books/writ...

This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So: In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.

Today should be another reminder that when billionaires take control of vital platforms for communication, it’s not a win for free speech or "free markets." It’s a win for oligarchy.

Out of nowhere, I was struck by the question, ‘Lembit Öpik… what was his fucking deal again?’ And was rewarded beyond my wildest dreams.

It seems even more unlikely that Wes Streeting will ever be Labour leader or PM now and I think that's worth taking a minute to appreciate

Just sent this to my partner and then we had to agree that it is in fact Tuesday

Just a heads up that if you're planning to watch A Mighty Wind to cheer yourself up from the horrors, it ends on a several-minutes-long transphobic bit.

This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.

i will never forgive the techbros for ruining computer computer was the only thing i liked

I have paid my tax bill. Motivation/rewards as pictured.

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If you are a person who works in social media, and your job requires you to manage an account on Twitter/X, please ask your boss, in writing, to verify that you are required as a responsibility of your position to be on a platform that knowingly creates and monetizes child sexual abuse material …

This is where I remind folks once again that my personal site and Whatever, my blog, have been around longer than at least three and probably four generations of social media. Having your own space that only you control is a good thing, especially in an age of resurgent fascism.

Just in case anyone here knows of (or is!) a cis ally with money to support us: your can make a donation here to keep the project free for trans people (and, potentially, expand): goodlawproject.org/trans-unity-...

My miniature tree identification pins are finally back in stock and the 2nd edition is better than ever! Please share them around so people can see 💚 canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4386...

Wondered when the MMR came in in the UK because I had measles as a kid. Surprising answer.

Amazing news that Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK a mere 194 days since her husband, Rael Braverman, left Reform UK for comments they made criticising his wife.

The correct answer to this is "Yes, and everyone else too."

to turn off autoplaying video on the bluesky mobile app select the icon in the top left corner go to settings go to content and media make sure "autoplay videos and gifs" is toggled off

OOINYA could have sold the remaining Unbound copies of the books to me, in bulk, & no longer have had to pay for warehouse space. Instead, they have decided to sell them via Amazon, as new, interfering with my attempt to restart my career. Please do not buy these. Buy the new Swift press versions.