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@loungeiguana.bsky.social
Lizard.Still sorting out my pronouns, but they/them will do fine. Cocktails. 🏳️⚧️⚧️rights, TERFs/GC will be blocked. Left-leaning but finance background, go figure. Climate change and renewable energy: ask me about my heat pump at your peril. UK-based.
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@loungeiguana.bsky.social
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Brief PSA: If you're on the transphobia moderation list bsky.app/profile/asuk... I will never re-share any of your content.
I haven't blocked all accounts on it as I think some of my old follows deserve the benefit of the doubt. But forwarding labelled content implies I don't care, and I do.
I haven't blocked all accounts on it as I think some of my old follows deserve the benefit of the doubt. But forwarding labelled content implies I don't care, and I do.
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right...it's not all necessarily planned out beforehand, but there's massive animus against trans ppl and a huge infrastructure for destroying trans ppl, knowledge of which is widely available in right wing christofascist circles. 1
It's becoming increasingly clear that many of these events are orchestrated (either a-priori or post-hoc) to target trans people and generate widespread outrage.
We all could benefit from the @onthemedia.bsky.social Breaking News Consumer handbook: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
We all could benefit from the @onthemedia.bsky.social Breaking News Consumer handbook: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 PM
right...it's not all necessarily planned out beforehand, but there's massive animus against trans ppl and a huge infrastructure for destroying trans ppl, knowledge of which is widely available in right wing christofascist circles. 1
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Any given trans person (particularly one in any role of power or prestige) is at risk of being forcibly cast as the villain in an algorithmic right-wing fairy tale by some grifter who's greatest dream in life is to be a pitchman for crypto schemes and off-brand fertility supplements
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Any given trans person (particularly one in any role of power or prestige) is at risk of being forcibly cast as the villain in an algorithmic right-wing fairy tale by some grifter who's greatest dream in life is to be a pitchman for crypto schemes and off-brand fertility supplements
🧵. Move fast and break society.
We are watching a concerted effort to completely destroy the future happen. It's like we then turn from that and look at students and wonder why they aren't behaving like they used to. I actually appreciate that thread, it's thoughtful. But clearly its a reaction to the existential everything.
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🧵. Move fast and break society.
The UK. You're describing the UK.
So over time the population shifts to overt transphobes who also make hiring and commissioning decisions, and people who, even if they may not agree, know better than to kick up a fuss about their boss.
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The UK. You're describing the UK.
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on the one hand trans people are human beings who deserve the same rights as everyone. on the other transphobia plainly turns a person into a intolerable freak who alienates their friends and family bsky.app/profile/luck...
I keep saying it, and saying it, and saying - cis people, if you are a trans ally we need you to stand up for us, visibly and loudly and constantly. It's no longer enough - for anything, but especially trans rights - to assume that the default position is supportive, because it just isn't.
this is a key point. various elite centrists and liberals have become radically pilled on transphobia (likely on Vichy Twitter) and joined the right-wing exterminationist crusade
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
on the one hand trans people are human beings who deserve the same rights as everyone. on the other transphobia plainly turns a person into a intolerable freak who alienates their friends and family bsky.app/profile/luck...
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a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
December 1, 2025 at 9:05 PM
a real tell in all of this is that the trans instructor wasn't alone in trashing this essay! a whole other person also said they agreed completely that it sucked. but as far as i can tell only the trans person is getting punished. www.oklahoman.com/story/news/e...
This, FFS. The essay and how laughably awful it was is NOT THE POINT.
"the essay sucks ass" is no doubt true, couldn't be bothered to read it, but consider that the essay may have been written to receive an F in order to instigate a campaign against the trans TA. in any case it's not a great dunk because this isn't about the essay, it's about purging trans ppl
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This, FFS. The essay and how laughably awful it was is NOT THE POINT.
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The fact that this is even *exists* is a damning commentary on the depths of depravity and corruption to which we have descended as a nation
Ooopsie: Melania 'meme coin' value bottoms out as Trump brands collapse. “Digital ‘meme coins’ named for Trump and first lady Melania Trump are down 86% and 99% since inauguration day www.rawstory.com/melania-meme/
Melania 'meme coin' value bottoms out as Trump brands collapse: WSJ
Supporters of Donald Trump, who believed everything he touches turns to gold, are finding out the hard way that investing in the president has turned into a bad bet.According to a Saturday report from...
www.rawstory.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The fact that this is even *exists* is a damning commentary on the depths of depravity and corruption to which we have descended as a nation
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Gee, if only loads of people including me had predicted this years ago.
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Gee, if only loads of people including me had predicted this years ago.
Ok, if we're doing this:
Taylor Swift
Marina
Kylie
Aimee Mann
Steve Howe
Taylor Swift
Marina
Kylie
Aimee Mann
Steve Howe
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen
Mariah Carey
Michael Jackson with the Jackson 5
Madonna
Taylor Swift
Darren Hayes
Mariah Carey
Michael Jackson with the Jackson 5
Madonna
Taylor Swift
Darren Hayes
introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Ok, if we're doing this:
Taylor Swift
Marina
Kylie
Aimee Mann
Steve Howe
Taylor Swift
Marina
Kylie
Aimee Mann
Steve Howe
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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Sadly, I assume the best ones have already been eaten
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Sadly, I assume the best ones have already been eaten
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THIS is what the LGB Alliance is:
"It's not a charity.
It's a closed circle of status and connections, all covering for each other. An elite network cosplaying as a movement."
Also a hategroup cosplaying as a charity. 👇
"It's not a charity.
It's a closed circle of status and connections, all covering for each other. An elite network cosplaying as a movement."
Also a hategroup cosplaying as a charity. 👇
Jenny Watson spilling it on X
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
THIS is what the LGB Alliance is:
"It's not a charity.
It's a closed circle of status and connections, all covering for each other. An elite network cosplaying as a movement."
Also a hategroup cosplaying as a charity. 👇
"It's not a charity.
It's a closed circle of status and connections, all covering for each other. An elite network cosplaying as a movement."
Also a hategroup cosplaying as a charity. 👇
This, by @skepchick.org, is fantastic. On Epstein, the boy's club of abusive and powerful men, and how he's just the tip of the iceberg. Never less than rational - but angry, and rightly so.
youtube.com/watch?v=VNLd...
youtube.com/watch?v=VNLd...
So I'm in the Epstein Files
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This, by @skepchick.org, is fantastic. On Epstein, the boy's club of abusive and powerful men, and how he's just the tip of the iceberg. Never less than rational - but angry, and rightly so.
youtube.com/watch?v=VNLd...
youtube.com/watch?v=VNLd...
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Gosh these are from local news coverage of the Hong Kong fire.
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Gosh these are from local news coverage of the Hong Kong fire.
I hope we don't need this, but #timestamp
I know it’s hard to believe, but the creature Streeting is even worse than Starmer.
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I hope we don't need this, but #timestamp
"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build."
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build."
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
If the bar for harassment is so high that glinner can't get over it it must have been launched into orbit
I don't know the criminal standard specifically but Linehan did say *in court* that he was motivated by the victim's status as a trans person. If a clear statement of explicit prejudice isn't enough then you need a new standard.
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
If the bar for harassment is so high that glinner can't get over it it must have been launched into orbit
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i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
No, I do not “pick on” trans people, I have never done anything like this. And frankly, I think the willingness of some people to completely invent accusations of transphobia in the desperate search for a cudgel against ideological opponents suggests they don’t really care about transphobia
Listen dude, you can try and ride for this guy all you want, but the trans userbase of this platform fucking hates him because he picks on them. I'm going to listen to the trans people I know who are telling me he's bad. Plus I've been in these threads and seen it
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
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how it feels to run this account
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
how it feels to run this account
I hate AI as much as the next sceptic, but I think we need to acknowledge that the Google AI overview (and crucially the accompanying links) and the only half-functional part of Google search results at the moment.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I hate AI as much as the next sceptic, but I think we need to acknowledge that the Google AI overview (and crucially the accompanying links) and the only half-functional part of Google search results at the moment.
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Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Any political “leader” still selling the obviously false choice between #ClimateAction and “the economy” is just reminding us that they clearly don’t understand either the climate crisis OR the economy.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
Or they’re cynically hope that WE don’t understand the difference.
Or both.
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Noah Smith continues to be on The Trajectory™
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Noah Smith continues to be on The Trajectory™