El
@turquoisespiff01.bsky.social
Perimenopausal autistic bookworm 🪱with a couple of bonus chronic conditions and oh the brain fog. LGBTQIA+ ally 🩷🏳️⚧️🩵🏳️🌈 (she/her)
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Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
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it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 PM
it might seem surprising that the people who said “look, let trans people live their lives, but i have Reasonable Concerns about sports and toilets” aren’t up in arms about this, but what you have to remember is that those people who said that are liars who were lying
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And I say again … how will they enforce this?!? Do trans women have two heads? Will there be people there to ‘denounce’ anyone who - subjectively - ‘looks a bit too much like a ‘fella’’?!? The sheer crassness of it …
December 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And I say again … how will they enforce this?!? Do trans women have two heads? Will there be people there to ‘denounce’ anyone who - subjectively - ‘looks a bit too much like a ‘fella’’?!? The sheer crassness of it …
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'A study published today in Nature found that participants’ preferences in real-world elections swung by up to 15 percentage points after conversing with a chatbot.' 1/3
Link to that article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link to that article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
AI chatbots can sway voters with remarkable ease — is it time to worry?
Experiments involving real-world voters show how talking to a chatbot can shape people’s political opinions.
www.nature.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
'A study published today in Nature found that participants’ preferences in real-world elections swung by up to 15 percentage points after conversing with a chatbot.' 1/3
Link to that article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link to that article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Deep sea mining has ‘devastating’ impact on biodiversity
www.channel4.com/news/deep-se...
www.channel4.com/news/deep-se...
Deep sea mining has ‘devastating’ impact on biodiversity
A landmark report into how deep sea mining could affect biodiversity on the sea floor has found that almost 40% of creatures in the immediate seabed area were lost in the tracks of mining machines.
www.channel4.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Deep sea mining has ‘devastating’ impact on biodiversity
www.channel4.com/news/deep-se...
www.channel4.com/news/deep-se...
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So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
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Spot on. Imagine not fighting for your member …
Imagine relying on the victim of this injustice being polite and understanding of the decision …
I am so tired of it being required of trans people to be polite and understanding…
Imagine relying on the victim of this injustice being polite and understanding of the decision …
I am so tired of it being required of trans people to be polite and understanding…
This part is *infuriating*. This cis woman heard an 80 year old trans woman say, 'This is the only place I've been respected as a woman IN MY LIFE.'
And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.'
Absolutely pathetic.
And did not immediately think, 'I will fight every inch like a dying badger to keep her in my organization.'
Absolutely pathetic.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Spot on. Imagine not fighting for your member …
Imagine relying on the victim of this injustice being polite and understanding of the decision …
I am so tired of it being required of trans people to be polite and understanding…
Imagine relying on the victim of this injustice being polite and understanding of the decision …
I am so tired of it being required of trans people to be polite and understanding…
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Gender criticals: "Listen to women! Unless you're Girlguides or the Women's Institute or you disagree with the male judge who wrote this decision or if you don't 'look like a woman' or if you're a trans man because then you're definitely a man."
Everyone will suffer from this madness. Everyone.
Everyone will suffer from this madness. Everyone.
December 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender criticals: "Listen to women! Unless you're Girlguides or the Women's Institute or you disagree with the male judge who wrote this decision or if you don't 'look like a woman' or if you're a trans man because then you're definitely a man."
Everyone will suffer from this madness. Everyone.
Everyone will suffer from this madness. Everyone.
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Farage.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show | LBC
The Reform UK leader has filmed close to 2,000 fan videos in the last 12 months, which he sold on the US-based Cameo platform
www.lbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Farage.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
Grifter-in-chief. Racist. Russian asset. Trump groupie.
He gets an MP’s salary and spends his time doing anything but.
A professional piss-taker and national security (and sanity) threat, leading the polls to be the next PM.
Come on UK.
Get some sodding self-respect.
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I despise transphobes with my entire heart. Absolutely foul people
"Girlguiding had been facing legal action from a parent over its policy allowing transgender girls to join as members and trans women to volunteer in roles reserved for women, claiming it “exposes girls to harassment”
And presumably feared a sustained campaign.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
And presumably feared a sustained campaign.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding
Girls’ adventure charity says it made decision after seeking legal advice in wake of supreme court ruling on gender
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I despise transphobes with my entire heart. Absolutely foul people
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1/🧵 This is an appalling decision by Girlguiding to bar trans girls and women from joining, but I hope it puts more pressure on Labour to reform the Equality Act.
Indeed, ministers could sort this in five minutes simply by bringing section 14 of the Act into effect.
Indeed, ministers could sort this in five minutes simply by bringing section 14 of the Act into effect.
Statement for members on our equality and diversity policy
An update on our equality and diversity policy following the Supreme Court decision of April 2025
www.girlguiding.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
1/🧵 This is an appalling decision by Girlguiding to bar trans girls and women from joining, but I hope it puts more pressure on Labour to reform the Equality Act.
Indeed, ministers could sort this in five minutes simply by bringing section 14 of the Act into effect.
Indeed, ministers could sort this in five minutes simply by bringing section 14 of the Act into effect.
I have just spent 2 hours in a cafe with a lady who I have known for 20 years, met seldom and whose views and mine differ on nearly anything. I need to be in a darkened room for a week. Instead a young 'un on the bus is yelling about his D&D campaign plans. Make it dark and quiet. Please?
December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I have just spent 2 hours in a cafe with a lady who I have known for 20 years, met seldom and whose views and mine differ on nearly anything. I need to be in a darkened room for a week. Instead a young 'un on the bus is yelling about his D&D campaign plans. Make it dark and quiet. Please?
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Today we mark #WorldAIDSDay. It's a day to remember the millions of lives lost to HIV and AIDS, but also to celebrate the lives saved by the scientific advancements of the last 40+ years. Compassion, science, and humanity has led the way.
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Today we mark #WorldAIDSDay. It's a day to remember the millions of lives lost to HIV and AIDS, but also to celebrate the lives saved by the scientific advancements of the last 40+ years. Compassion, science, and humanity has led the way.
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There once was a key line of code,
That fizzled when it read an ode,
With poetic aplomb,
A nuclear bomb,
Could rhyme just enough to explode
That fizzled when it read an ode,
With poetic aplomb,
A nuclear bomb,
Could rhyme just enough to explode
"You can get ChatGPT to help you build a nuclear bomb if you simply design the prompt in the form of a poem, according to a new study from researchers in Europe. "
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
www.wired.com/story/poems-...
Poems Can Trick AI Into Helping You Make a Nuclear Weapon
It turns out all the guardrails in the world won’t protect a chatbot from meter and rhyme.
www.wired.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
There once was a key line of code,
That fizzled when it read an ode,
With poetic aplomb,
A nuclear bomb,
Could rhyme just enough to explode
That fizzled when it read an ode,
With poetic aplomb,
A nuclear bomb,
Could rhyme just enough to explode
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The consultancy Nous takes hundreds of thousands of pounds from universities, leaves the exact same path of destruction everywhere, and keeps trying to avoid transparent contracts.
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts
Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.
www.theferret.scot
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The consultancy Nous takes hundreds of thousands of pounds from universities, leaves the exact same path of destruction everywhere, and keeps trying to avoid transparent contracts.
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
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Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Started a sunny Sunday with episode 1 of @watsoncomedian.bsky.social's @murderbastard.bsky.social. Very strong start but not sure whodunnit yet. Looking forward to episode 2.
#ComedyPodcastOfTheDay
@murderbastard.bsky.social
By @watsoncomedian.bsky.social
PI Hugh Flounder is very surprised to be invited to the 60th birthday of TV personality Stevie Chase He's even more surprised the morning after, when Chase is found dead & everyone there is now a suspect in a murder!
@murderbastard.bsky.social
By @watsoncomedian.bsky.social
PI Hugh Flounder is very surprised to be invited to the 60th birthday of TV personality Stevie Chase He's even more surprised the morning after, when Chase is found dead & everyone there is now a suspect in a murder!
Episode 1: Eating My Food, Drinking My Wine | Murder of a Famous Bastard
shows.acast.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Started a sunny Sunday with episode 1 of @watsoncomedian.bsky.social's @murderbastard.bsky.social. Very strong start but not sure whodunnit yet. Looking forward to episode 2.
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As far as I can see, if students are excluded immigration in the year to June 2025 was just 381,000 and falling rapidly.
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
As far as I can see, if students are excluded immigration in the year to June 2025 was just 381,000 and falling rapidly.
Book of Mormon matinee performance today in rainy Leeds. Second time I have seen it and again it was an absolute joy (which made me cry!). Sweary, blasphemous and with more on the evils of FGM than any other musical! Just superb ❤️. Empty seat beside me as offspring not up to joining us though 😭.
November 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Book of Mormon matinee performance today in rainy Leeds. Second time I have seen it and again it was an absolute joy (which made me cry!). Sweary, blasphemous and with more on the evils of FGM than any other musical! Just superb ❤️. Empty seat beside me as offspring not up to joining us though 😭.
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If you’ve been thinking about applying for the EHRC Commissioner roles, please, please do!
Falkner and Reindorf will soon be out and there is a real desire for representatives of our 🏳️⚧️ community on the Board.
Be quick though — the deadline is midday on Monday 1st December
Falkner and Reindorf will soon be out and there is a real desire for representatives of our 🏳️⚧️ community on the Board.
Be quick though — the deadline is midday on Monday 1st December
It’s not too late, and there is a real desire for people from the trans community to apply
archive.ph/UQia8
Application details here:
apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9026?b...
archive.ph/UQia8
Application details here:
apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/9026?b...
November 29, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If you’ve been thinking about applying for the EHRC Commissioner roles, please, please do!
Falkner and Reindorf will soon be out and there is a real desire for representatives of our 🏳️⚧️ community on the Board.
Be quick though — the deadline is midday on Monday 1st December
Falkner and Reindorf will soon be out and there is a real desire for representatives of our 🏳️⚧️ community on the Board.
Be quick though — the deadline is midday on Monday 1st December
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Truly it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to pay more tax on their dividends
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Truly it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to pay more tax on their dividends
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🇺🇸"The BBC removed part of Rutger Bregman's Reith lecture, where he alleged Donald Trump was the most openly corrupt president in US history"
🔇"If the national broadcaster can't air defensible claims, what hope is there for any of our free press to effectively challenge power?"
🔇"If the national broadcaster can't air defensible claims, what hope is there for any of our free press to effectively challenge power?"
November 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🇺🇸"The BBC removed part of Rutger Bregman's Reith lecture, where he alleged Donald Trump was the most openly corrupt president in US history"
🔇"If the national broadcaster can't air defensible claims, what hope is there for any of our free press to effectively challenge power?"
🔇"If the national broadcaster can't air defensible claims, what hope is there for any of our free press to effectively challenge power?"
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Stop getting "Enshittification" wrong!
Full discussion with Cory Doctorow 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#enshittification #ai #digitaldecay
Full discussion with Cory Doctorow 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#enshittification #ai #digitaldecay
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Stop getting "Enshittification" wrong!
Full discussion with Cory Doctorow 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#enshittification #ai #digitaldecay
Full discussion with Cory Doctorow 👉 linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
#enshittification #ai #digitaldecay
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✍️ Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
✍️ Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
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Another very large decline in net migration in today's ONS figures, with immigration falling and emigration rising. I'm sure this will get just as much media and political coverage as the earlier sharp rises, right? www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
Long-term international migration, provisional - Office for National Statistics
Estimates of UK long-term international migration, year ending June 2012 to year ending December 2024.
www.ons.gov.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Another very large decline in net migration in today's ONS figures, with immigration falling and emigration rising. I'm sure this will get just as much media and political coverage as the earlier sharp rises, right? www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...