Jessica Smith 🏳️🌈
@mintopia.net
Software Architect, Freelance network, broadcast and event engineer. Ask me about LanCache! ADHD. She/Her 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Also on Fediverse @[email protected]
Also on Fediverse @[email protected]
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I don't exaggerate when I say that Andrew Wakefield should be tried for mass murder. We'll never know how many people have died or will die as a direct result of his fraudulent study.
This is the large domino, with the small domino being some random quack in the UK in 1998 trying to undermine the existing MMR vaccine so his business partner can swoop in with his own. Instead he lost his work credentials and now kids are dying needlessly all over the world, so great job everyone.
Austria loses its WHO status as measles-free, too, together with Armenia, Azerbaijan Uzbekistan and Spain. This comes as no surprise, considering the rise in numbers in recent years and the decline in MMR vaccine coverage
#VaccineHesitancy #PublicHealthImpact #AllChildrenNeedProtection
#VaccineHesitancy #PublicHealthImpact #AllChildrenNeedProtection
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I don't exaggerate when I say that Andrew Wakefield should be tried for mass murder. We'll never know how many people have died or will die as a direct result of his fraudulent study.
"Don't be silly, you can't hear posts on BlueSky"
The post:
The post:
Ulysses! Ulysses! Swimming through all the seven seas! In search of Perth. Swimming into the Clyde.
Ulysseeeeeees, no once else can dodge Thames Water’s poo!
Ulyseeeeeeees, hit by heavy jetsam tossed by crew!
Ulysseeeeeees, no once else can dodge Thames Water’s poo!
Ulyseeeeeeees, hit by heavy jetsam tossed by crew!
January 26, 2026 at 2:09 PM
"Don't be silly, you can't hear posts on BlueSky"
The post:
The post:
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ICYMI check out some of our staff & @uksgmarathon.bsky.social's staff on the @gamesdonequick.com channel talking about grassroots events! Best of luck to our pals across the pond ahead of UKSG Red this weekend <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfcK...
UKSG Marathon and FastPacedEvents Showcase - GDQ Hotfix Speedruns
YouTube video by Games Done Quick
www.youtube.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:57 PM
ICYMI check out some of our staff & @uksgmarathon.bsky.social's staff on the @gamesdonequick.com channel talking about grassroots events! Best of luck to our pals across the pond ahead of UKSG Red this weekend <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfcK...
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i hate living in the second act of CABARET. i miss living in the first act of CABARET
January 25, 2026 at 5:27 AM
i hate living in the second act of CABARET. i miss living in the first act of CABARET
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OK so in 1992 a girl I know went with her brother to Lepre-con and she was one of the only girls there. The shy nerdy boys acted like she was the goddess Aphrodite and it did wonders for her self-confidence. Then one boy approached her with a figurine and said "I have painted you an orc".
January 25, 2026 at 10:29 AM
OK so in 1992 a girl I know went with her brother to Lepre-con and she was one of the only girls there. The shy nerdy boys acted like she was the goddess Aphrodite and it did wonders for her self-confidence. Then one boy approached her with a figurine and said "I have painted you an orc".
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And it's about making mainstream politicians realise that the mythical "floating voter" is only to the right because the currents running through their information networks are pushing them there.
You "win" them by countering those currents. Not by diving in to that side of the water yourself.
You "win" them by countering those currents. Not by diving in to that side of the water yourself.
January 25, 2026 at 9:54 AM
And it's about making mainstream politicians realise that the mythical "floating voter" is only to the right because the currents running through their information networks are pushing them there.
You "win" them by countering those currents. Not by diving in to that side of the water yourself.
You "win" them by countering those currents. Not by diving in to that side of the water yourself.
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We have officially completed the purchase of Warleigh Nature Reserve!! 🎉
We’re getting stuck in immediately. First up is Willow propagation and cutting access to a few areas that need work in spring.
Loads more to come but for those not familiar: youtu.be/2raJT5RM6mE
@protect.earth #rewilding
We’re getting stuck in immediately. First up is Willow propagation and cutting access to a few areas that need work in spring.
Loads more to come but for those not familiar: youtu.be/2raJT5RM6mE
@protect.earth #rewilding
Warleigh Wetlands Crowdfunder - Phil Sturgeon from Protect Earth talks about this exciting project
YouTube video by PocketfullOfAcorns -
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We have officially completed the purchase of Warleigh Nature Reserve!! 🎉
We’re getting stuck in immediately. First up is Willow propagation and cutting access to a few areas that need work in spring.
Loads more to come but for those not familiar: youtu.be/2raJT5RM6mE
@protect.earth #rewilding
We’re getting stuck in immediately. First up is Willow propagation and cutting access to a few areas that need work in spring.
Loads more to come but for those not familiar: youtu.be/2raJT5RM6mE
@protect.earth #rewilding
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 9:56 PM
"I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
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You're throwing everything you've got at us. We're supposed to be allies, you maniac! I'm the one that put you into office!
I am NOT your pet, Mr. President. We Romanovs have our legacy to consider.
I wouldn't give a wooden nickel about your legacy! You call them off! Alex, you call them off!
I am NOT your pet, Mr. President. We Romanovs have our legacy to consider.
I wouldn't give a wooden nickel about your legacy! You call them off! Alex, you call them off!
January 19, 2026 at 9:41 PM
You're throwing everything you've got at us. We're supposed to be allies, you maniac! I'm the one that put you into office!
I am NOT your pet, Mr. President. We Romanovs have our legacy to consider.
I wouldn't give a wooden nickel about your legacy! You call them off! Alex, you call them off!
I am NOT your pet, Mr. President. We Romanovs have our legacy to consider.
I wouldn't give a wooden nickel about your legacy! You call them off! Alex, you call them off!
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The Prime Minister has come up with a very measured, diplomatic response and I think that if the President could remember who Starmer was, he would respect that.
January 19, 2026 at 10:51 AM
The Prime Minister has come up with a very measured, diplomatic response and I think that if the President could remember who Starmer was, he would respect that.
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I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I’ve learnt that only hyperfocus can keep me from disappointing others. Sometimes.
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This *should*, in a sane world, be a resigning matter. A national scandal, all over the front pages.
EQUALITY CHIEF MEETS WITH HEAD OF HATE GROUP
and so on.
The fact that this won’t happen simply demonstrates how catastrophically far we’ve fallen.
I’m so very, very tired.
EQUALITY CHIEF MEETS WITH HEAD OF HATE GROUP
and so on.
The fact that this won’t happen simply demonstrates how catastrophically far we’ve fallen.
I’m so very, very tired.
FOI reveals that within the first week in office, Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson requested a meeting with Sex Matters to discuss "mutual priorities and ways to work together going forward"
January 17, 2026 at 7:05 AM
This *should*, in a sane world, be a resigning matter. A national scandal, all over the front pages.
EQUALITY CHIEF MEETS WITH HEAD OF HATE GROUP
and so on.
The fact that this won’t happen simply demonstrates how catastrophically far we’ve fallen.
I’m so very, very tired.
EQUALITY CHIEF MEETS WITH HEAD OF HATE GROUP
and so on.
The fact that this won’t happen simply demonstrates how catastrophically far we’ve fallen.
I’m so very, very tired.
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The effective conclusion of Sarah is that they can piss right off.
The effective conclusion of the ET is that trans people have to use third spaces. I think based on very poor legal analysis and uncritical adoption of "gender critical" talking points. But as I say, not binding, and all the relevant issues hopefully to be decided shortly by the High Court.
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The effective conclusion of Sarah is that they can piss right off.
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really can't stress how terrified i feel every day living in the uk.
that's the world @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, wes streeting, and so on have made for me.
i never felt so scared under the tories. not once.
that's the world @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, wes streeting, and so on have made for me.
i never felt so scared under the tories. not once.
January 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM
really can't stress how terrified i feel every day living in the uk.
that's the world @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, wes streeting, and so on have made for me.
i never felt so scared under the tories. not once.
that's the world @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social, wes streeting, and so on have made for me.
i never felt so scared under the tories. not once.
Reading the entire verdict that was published today, it sounds like horrific bullying of Rose by the nurses. Even her presence, as required by her job, was seen as a cause for complaint.
They even accused her of 'eyeballing' them in the corridor. I mean really.
They even accused her of 'eyeballing' them in the corridor. I mean really.
January 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Reading the entire verdict that was published today, it sounds like horrific bullying of Rose by the nurses. Even her presence, as required by her job, was seen as a cause for complaint.
They even accused her of 'eyeballing' them in the corridor. I mean really.
They even accused her of 'eyeballing' them in the corridor. I mean really.
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the worst ppl in the country keep winning and they're not doing so by being sly or sneaky. they're perfectly open about how horrible and disgusting they are and yet they keep winning anyway.
despair is all i have left. i have no hope. im tapped out.
despair is all i have left. i have no hope. im tapped out.
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
the worst ppl in the country keep winning and they're not doing so by being sly or sneaky. they're perfectly open about how horrible and disgusting they are and yet they keep winning anyway.
despair is all i have left. i have no hope. im tapped out.
despair is all i have left. i have no hope. im tapped out.
Followup 2026 challenge for organisations. Get competent, well briefed legal teams for your tribunals involving trans people.
Ideally ones that don't accept that the definitions from Equality Act can be applied to 1992 laws, even when this goes against prior case law.
Ideally ones that don't accept that the definitions from Equality Act can be applied to 1992 laws, even when this goes against prior case law.
January 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Followup 2026 challenge for organisations. Get competent, well briefed legal teams for your tribunals involving trans people.
Ideally ones that don't accept that the definitions from Equality Act can be applied to 1992 laws, even when this goes against prior case law.
Ideally ones that don't accept that the definitions from Equality Act can be applied to 1992 laws, even when this goes against prior case law.
New 2026 Challenge for organisations: Stop fucking up handling complaints by TERFs.
Every time it's the procedural fuck-ups that they win on - and they always lose on the transphobia, yet the TERFs always spin it as a win and shift the Overton window.
Every time it's the procedural fuck-ups that they win on - and they always lose on the transphobia, yet the TERFs always spin it as a win and shift the Overton window.
January 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM
New 2026 Challenge for organisations: Stop fucking up handling complaints by TERFs.
Every time it's the procedural fuck-ups that they win on - and they always lose on the transphobia, yet the TERFs always spin it as a win and shift the Overton window.
Every time it's the procedural fuck-ups that they win on - and they always lose on the transphobia, yet the TERFs always spin it as a win and shift the Overton window.
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Ultimately, it's best to think of Scott Adams as another creative person who went through the full Linehanisation process.
Not a victim. That process is ALWAYS self inflicted.
But a warning.
That just because you're creatively successful doesn't mean you know more, or are better, than anyone else
Not a victim. That process is ALWAYS self inflicted.
But a warning.
That just because you're creatively successful doesn't mean you know more, or are better, than anyone else
January 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Ultimately, it's best to think of Scott Adams as another creative person who went through the full Linehanisation process.
Not a victim. That process is ALWAYS self inflicted.
But a warning.
That just because you're creatively successful doesn't mean you know more, or are better, than anyone else
Not a victim. That process is ALWAYS self inflicted.
But a warning.
That just because you're creatively successful doesn't mean you know more, or are better, than anyone else
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"We would welcome ex-Marlingtonians to give talks to our students on their jobs and experiences as part of the tutor time careers programme."
It's tempting. "Boys, anything is possible..."
It's tempting. "Boys, anything is possible..."
January 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
"We would welcome ex-Marlingtonians to give talks to our students on their jobs and experiences as part of the tutor time careers programme."
It's tempting. "Boys, anything is possible..."
It's tempting. "Boys, anything is possible..."
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Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.
January 13, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Remember, Scott Adams won't see your posts focusing on his late-career bigotry, but J.K. Rowling might.
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i bet you could get a bargain on a bunch of really good software engineers right now just by promising they don't have to use ai
January 13, 2026 at 1:39 AM
i bet you could get a bargain on a bunch of really good software engineers right now just by promising they don't have to use ai