The Circus Animal's Disbarment
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It was in the reign of George II that the above-named personages lived and quarrelled ; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor, they are all equal now
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Nothing will satisfy the transphobes other than the complete eradication of trans people from society.
Helen Joyce, of Sex Matters, is quite open about this when she's speaking to fellow transphobes. There are receipts.
We know from history that you don't compromise with fascists, you defeat them.
Helen Joyce, of Sex Matters, is quite open about this when she's speaking to fellow transphobes. There are receipts.
We know from history that you don't compromise with fascists, you defeat them.
Transphobes: "ban gender-affirming care for children - there's no evidence puberty blockers are safe!"
*New clinical trial assessing risks & benefits of puberty blockers announced*
Transphobes: "No - don't do that!"
Telegraph ads by #BootsUK, #Sainsburys, #O2, #Waitrose & #SkyUK
*New clinical trial assessing risks & benefits of puberty blockers announced*
Transphobes: "No - don't do that!"
Telegraph ads by #BootsUK, #Sainsburys, #O2, #Waitrose & #SkyUK
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Nothing will satisfy the transphobes other than the complete eradication of trans people from society.
Helen Joyce, of Sex Matters, is quite open about this when she's speaking to fellow transphobes. There are receipts.
We know from history that you don't compromise with fascists, you defeat them.
Helen Joyce, of Sex Matters, is quite open about this when she's speaking to fellow transphobes. There are receipts.
We know from history that you don't compromise with fascists, you defeat them.
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Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
This sounds like a silly test but the hypothesis it provides evidence for is an interesting one: that *any* neutral but unexpected event tends to make observers more pro-social and sociable towards strangers, because it disrupts their routine and makes them pay closer attention to those around them.
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This sounds like a silly test but the hypothesis it provides evidence for is an interesting one: that *any* neutral but unexpected event tends to make observers more pro-social and sociable towards strangers, because it disrupts their routine and makes them pay closer attention to those around them.
Oxford is one of those places where the clearly ridiculous overly snooty cat name concept just doesn't really work, isn't it?
Glad to see Teabag on there: as I recall Teabag also had two kittens named Tealeaf and Earl Grey which the college kept.
Glad to see Teabag on there: as I recall Teabag also had two kittens named Tealeaf and Earl Grey which the college kept.
November 22, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Oxford is one of those places where the clearly ridiculous overly snooty cat name concept just doesn't really work, isn't it?
Glad to see Teabag on there: as I recall Teabag also had two kittens named Tealeaf and Earl Grey which the college kept.
Glad to see Teabag on there: as I recall Teabag also had two kittens named Tealeaf and Earl Grey which the college kept.
Honestly I think the trend basically begins with Call Of Cthulhu and it's habit of churning out sourcebooks to colonise every possible period of historical storytelling with 'what if the real story was the completely ahistorical, acontextual battle against G'Thar-D'Huffegf'
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Honestly I think the trend basically begins with Call Of Cthulhu and it's habit of churning out sourcebooks to colonise every possible period of historical storytelling with 'what if the real story was the completely ahistorical, acontextual battle against G'Thar-D'Huffegf'
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🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨🦜🐧Cover reveal! Thrilled to show off the cover of my upcoming book: The Story of Birds!
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
Coming April 28. The whole history of birds, from their dinosaur origins to colossal extinct penguins & terror birds, to the 10,000+ species today. From @marinerbooks.bsky.social
Preorder 👇
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Endangered Species of the Philippines 🇵🇭
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Endangered Species of the Philippines 🇵🇭
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NEW BLOG POST! I should probably have written this three years ago when it first came out, but Kate Beaton's DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS is a genuine masterpiece and you should all read it.
BOOK REVIEW: Ducks
TITLE: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands AUTHOR: Kate Beaton PUBLISHER: Drawn and Quarterly DATE: 2022 I don’t usually review graphic novels on here, and I’m pretty sure I’ve neve…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
NEW BLOG POST! I should probably have written this three years ago when it first came out, but Kate Beaton's DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS is a genuine masterpiece and you should all read it.
I keep saying to my Frankenstein-head friends that we should do a podcast where all the episodes are discussions of Frankenstein adaptations/retellings. Looking forward to adding this to the putative episode list.
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I keep saying to my Frankenstein-head friends that we should do a podcast where all the episodes are discussions of Frankenstein adaptations/retellings. Looking forward to adding this to the putative episode list.
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Happy World Anteater Day from me and my pal Sneef
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Happy World Anteater Day from me and my pal Sneef
This happens weirdly frequently in my areas (ghosts) because Big Hauntology has gotten everybody absolutely addicted to using ghosts as metaphors for basically anything.
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This happens weirdly frequently in my areas (ghosts) because Big Hauntology has gotten everybody absolutely addicted to using ghosts as metaphors for basically anything.
I don't think the existence of queer people within the church throughout history - a real and important part of Christian history - outweighs the homophobia that has characterised Christianity's institutional stances for almost its entire history.
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I don't think the existence of queer people within the church throughout history - a real and important part of Christian history - outweighs the homophobia that has characterised Christianity's institutional stances for almost its entire history.
The idea that Christian homophobia derives from one translation error in 1946 is simply wishful thinking. I am an expert on medieval Christian religious literature and these works roundly condemn men having sex with men for essentially identical reasons to modern Christian homophobes.
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The idea that Christian homophobia derives from one translation error in 1946 is simply wishful thinking. I am an expert on medieval Christian religious literature and these works roundly condemn men having sex with men for essentially identical reasons to modern Christian homophobes.
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March 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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An old-ish drawing of a Chinese Paddlefish for today's #SundayFishSketch 🐡
May 18, 2025 at 12:37 PM
An old-ish drawing of a Chinese Paddlefish for today's #SundayFishSketch 🐡
I very rarely run pre-written TTRPG adventures but I just finished 4 sessions GMing 'Deluge At Drizzle Distillery' by @munkao.bsky.social and we had an absolute blast. Cannot recommend it more for fun, imagination, or gameability, and the puzzle systems really engage the players' lateral thinking.
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I very rarely run pre-written TTRPG adventures but I just finished 4 sessions GMing 'Deluge At Drizzle Distillery' by @munkao.bsky.social and we had an absolute blast. Cannot recommend it more for fun, imagination, or gameability, and the puzzle systems really engage the players' lateral thinking.
If people want to read an actual adaptation of the Frankenstein novel that adds a lot of interesting material while keeping true to the essential themes, scope, and flow of the original you should absolutely read Junji Ito's manga adaptation.
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If people want to read an actual adaptation of the Frankenstein novel that adds a lot of interesting material while keeping true to the essential themes, scope, and flow of the original you should absolutely read Junji Ito's manga adaptation.
Was at an art museum today that had the same problem - absolutely no connection between the shop and anything in the gallery.
November 15, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Was at an art museum today that had the same problem - absolutely no connection between the shop and anything in the gallery.
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anyway this artist Charles McKim is really cool and I'd never heard of him, yeah don't bother making any prints or anything though. continue to sell chocolate and socks
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
anyway this artist Charles McKim is really cool and I'd never heard of him, yeah don't bother making any prints or anything though. continue to sell chocolate and socks
I was trying to find the source of the "The hottest thing a man can do is be fictional" meme and, I swear, the fifth result on Google was the wikipedia page for scaphism
November 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I was trying to find the source of the "The hottest thing a man can do is be fictional" meme and, I swear, the fifth result on Google was the wikipedia page for scaphism
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Is Steven Spielberg on bluesky?
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Is Steven Spielberg on bluesky?
Authentic in the sense that it is actually food?
November 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Authentic in the sense that it is actually food?
It sounds like, if anything, the actual difference is that book-Victor is sympathetic whereas film-Victor tends not to be.
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It sounds like, if anything, the actual difference is that book-Victor is sympathetic whereas film-Victor tends not to be.