Lolephant
@lolephant.bsky.social
Australian (very).
1. Trans Rights are Human Rights.
2. Human Rights generally also very excellent.
3. Keen on access & equity for all.
4. Massive feminist. Feministing all over the place.
5. Coffee.
1. Trans Rights are Human Rights.
2. Human Rights generally also very excellent.
3. Keen on access & equity for all.
4. Massive feminist. Feministing all over the place.
5. Coffee.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
Young ladyperson sitting at the cafe under the shady pergola, in a green slip dress and combat boots, headphones on, small white dog snoozing on the bench beside her, crocheting something complicated and delicate in white yarn.
I feel calm just knowing she is there, having a lovely peaceful time.
I feel calm just knowing she is there, having a lovely peaceful time.
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Young ladyperson sitting at the cafe under the shady pergola, in a green slip dress and combat boots, headphones on, small white dog snoozing on the bench beside her, crocheting something complicated and delicate in white yarn.
I feel calm just knowing she is there, having a lovely peaceful time.
I feel calm just knowing she is there, having a lovely peaceful time.
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The great defining bond of having experienced girlhood is turning 11 and being actively punished by the entire adult world because a bunch of weird men want to fuck you
Theres actually an important convo to be had re: the difference between 5 & 15yo victims of predation, how society treats them, etc. but the ppl most eager to have that talk tend to be interested in the concept of “acceptability” & excusing predation rather than preventing it or helping anyone
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
The great defining bond of having experienced girlhood is turning 11 and being actively punished by the entire adult world because a bunch of weird men want to fuck you
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1916 was an insanely goated year for party dresses, I gotta make one of these eventually
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
1916 was an insanely goated year for party dresses, I gotta make one of these eventually
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
enjoying the eldritch horror take.
Superior, it's said, never gives up her... Plums
i have sunk
the ship
that was in
lake superior
and which
you were probably
using
for haulage
forgive me
it was November
so laden
and so cold
the ship
that was in
lake superior
and which
you were probably
using
for haulage
forgive me
it was November
so laden
and so cold
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
enjoying the eldritch horror take.
Finally cracked 7 hours’ sleep straight through.
Telling you ppl because this is not something I could say to people I know irl, everyone struggles so much with sleep.
Now, if only I could figure out HOW.
Telling you ppl because this is not something I could say to people I know irl, everyone struggles so much with sleep.
Now, if only I could figure out HOW.
November 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Finally cracked 7 hours’ sleep straight through.
Telling you ppl because this is not something I could say to people I know irl, everyone struggles so much with sleep.
Now, if only I could figure out HOW.
Telling you ppl because this is not something I could say to people I know irl, everyone struggles so much with sleep.
Now, if only I could figure out HOW.
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I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
The old joke that what Crick and Watson really discovered was Rosalind Franklin’s notebook will hopefully outlast his lifetime as well.
Maybe he should have been in marketing, as that ability to understand the ‘market’ was his true strength.
SUPERB obituary tho, one can feel the refined enmity.
Maybe he should have been in marketing, as that ability to understand the ‘market’ was his true strength.
SUPERB obituary tho, one can feel the refined enmity.
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
November 9, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The old joke that what Crick and Watson really discovered was Rosalind Franklin’s notebook will hopefully outlast his lifetime as well.
Maybe he should have been in marketing, as that ability to understand the ‘market’ was his true strength.
SUPERB obituary tho, one can feel the refined enmity.
Maybe he should have been in marketing, as that ability to understand the ‘market’ was his true strength.
SUPERB obituary tho, one can feel the refined enmity.
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Are we and morning people even the same kind of people?
November 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Are we and morning people even the same kind of people?
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"The next enclosure features the Western Lowlife Gorilla."
"You mean Western Lowland
Gorilla?"
"No."
"You mean Western Lowland
Gorilla?"
"No."
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"The next enclosure features the Western Lowlife Gorilla."
"You mean Western Lowland
Gorilla?"
"No."
"You mean Western Lowland
Gorilla?"
"No."
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Seven *more* families?
And this is only the families who have the means to sue, and (critically) the families who FOUND OUT.
How many more vulnerable people has ChatGPT convinced? Will we ever know?
Fuck all this.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/s...
And this is only the families who have the means to sue, and (critically) the families who FOUND OUT.
How many more vulnerable people has ChatGPT convinced? Will we ever know?
Fuck all this.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/s...
Seven more families are now suing OpenAI over ChatGPT's role in suicides, delusions | TechCrunch
In one case, 23-year-old Zane Shamblin had a conversation with ChatGPT that lasted more than four hours.
techcrunch.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Seven *more* families?
And this is only the families who have the means to sue, and (critically) the families who FOUND OUT.
How many more vulnerable people has ChatGPT convinced? Will we ever know?
Fuck all this.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/s...
And this is only the families who have the means to sue, and (critically) the families who FOUND OUT.
How many more vulnerable people has ChatGPT convinced? Will we ever know?
Fuck all this.
techcrunch.com/2025/11/07/s...
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“Uh. Ick bin ein uh fantastisches curry; alles uh very beste.”
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
“Uh. Ick bin ein uh fantastisches curry; alles uh very beste.”
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consumer spending sentiment is at the lowest since both 2008 and 2020. did something bad happen in both those periods
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
consumer spending sentiment is at the lowest since both 2008 and 2020. did something bad happen in both those periods
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This is what future celebrities were supposed to be, not politics streamers
November 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is what future celebrities were supposed to be, not politics streamers
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Feeling the…borrowed? valour a little bit - I inherited my Dad’s wedding ring & have been terrified of losing it ever since. Today, while working out with sister and the jeweller how to convert a (tiny!) Victorian diamond shamrock into a pendant for niece no 3’s 21st birthday gift -
November 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Feeling the…borrowed? valour a little bit - I inherited my Dad’s wedding ring & have been terrified of losing it ever since. Today, while working out with sister and the jeweller how to convert a (tiny!) Victorian diamond shamrock into a pendant for niece no 3’s 21st birthday gift -
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Got the purple group first in Connections - there’ll be no living with me now.
November 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Got the purple group first in Connections - there’ll be no living with me now.
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i thought I'd mastered the force but it turns out i only have mid-chlorians in my blood
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
i thought I'd mastered the force but it turns out i only have mid-chlorians in my blood
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It's almost like... like maybe the fascism *never* actually arose from working class "economic anxiety"... like maybe the working class *weren't* actually the ones radicalised by bourgeois resentment of "cancel culture" and "wokeness"... like maybe the working class have... more pragmatic priorities
Remarkable: In Virginia and New Jersey, Spanberger and Sherrill erased the GOP edge among working class. Per exit polls, each got 50% of noncollege voters, big gains over previous contests.
Shocker: Anti-Trump politics appeals to working class, too!
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Shocker: Anti-Trump politics appeals to working class, too!
New from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Trump Humiliation Worsens as Fresh Info Reveals Scale of GOP Losses
The results showed that Democrats don’t have to choose between attacking Trump and highlighting the economy. In fact, they are often inseparable.
newrepublic.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It's almost like... like maybe the fascism *never* actually arose from working class "economic anxiety"... like maybe the working class *weren't* actually the ones radicalised by bourgeois resentment of "cancel culture" and "wokeness"... like maybe the working class have... more pragmatic priorities
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It is gonna be so funny watching the NYC bajillionaires scramble to get appointments with Mayor Mamdani after they all insisted they were gonna move to Florida if he won. First of all, most of you already have places in FL and claim it as your primary resident so you don’t have to pay NYC taxes
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
It is gonna be so funny watching the NYC bajillionaires scramble to get appointments with Mayor Mamdani after they all insisted they were gonna move to Florida if he won. First of all, most of you already have places in FL and claim it as your primary resident so you don’t have to pay NYC taxes
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Deeply moving to see this first family.
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Deeply moving to see this first family.