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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 · Feb 14

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.

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 1d

I dragged my family to this, and yes. I think the circumstances of its creation overshadow the film itself?

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Parker Molloy @parkermolloy.com · 1d

Also available at The Present Age here: www.readtpa.com/p/what-happe...

What Happens When Bad Journalism Gets Institutional Credibility?

Bari Weiss's Free Press published a story full of holes that led to Missouri banning trans healthcare. Now she's editor-in-chief of CBS News.

www.readtpa.com

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 1d

She's literally trying to find out what real journalists do.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: Bari Weiss just sent a memo to staffers at CBS News asking them to produce a memo explaining "how you spend your working hours—and ideally, what you've made (or are making) that you're most proud of."

One CBS News staffer puts it like this to me: "We just got Elon Musked."

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Gwen Snyder is undead @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 1d

As a protest optics nerd love about the inflatables is how much they visually disrupt and pull focus from the fascist shock imagery Noem & Miller are trying to create.

So many of these photos now look like the world's silliest dance party, backgrounded by a bunch of guys in uniform looking awkward

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

Russia has a liberal constitution I believe

🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

@sophiemolly.co.uk I think this is the reason for the fall?

Claire's Trans Talks @clairestranstalks.bsky.social · 2d

Basically, the UK Gov changed reporting rules last year (so, under Labour, Mahmood specifically) to make malicious communications (mainly online) against trans people harder to report / taken less seriously.

More concerningly, reports for criminal damage & public order are down as well.

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

Right? Does anyone seriously think the UK has become less transphobic?

The only divide is between those who think that's a good thing and decent people.

🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

Not thought about him in a decade or more, but not remotely surprised

🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

I'd support this if it was posthumous

🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

"The coroner's prevention of future deaths report found the "wait for treatment" was a factor in her death & that the risk remains for others."

TransHealthNow @dadtrans.bsky.social · 2d

My heart grieves for Leia Dorothy Pandora Sampson-Grimbly.

"Leia was 17 years old at the time she died a beautiful person inside and out, complex, kind, fair, intelligent, determined, dedicated and talented with a great future ahead of her and greatly loved by all who knew her".

Remember her.

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Matthew Sheffield @matthew.flux.community · 2d

🧵 Trump is criminally invading states under false pretenses. His supporters are trying to instigate violence by dressing as antifa and committing crimes.

In this clip from Portland, Joey Gibson of "Patriot Prayer" and his fiancée, Lindsey Nichols, tried to cause trouble before being forced away.

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

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Nicole DeWitt @catastro-v.bsky.social · 2d

the idea that trans rights have swung elections to republicans is a fiction made up by media and political elites (both conservative and liberal) who are personally transphobic and want transphobia to be politically popular so they no longer have to hide how disgusting they think trans people are

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

(secondary sexual characteristics, genital configuration, presence of gonads, blood hormone balance, and X/Y genotype if you're interested. Only the last can't be changed. It's also irrelevant for most purposes, and most people don't know what theirs are)

🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

Whether human beings can change their "biological sex" depends how biological sex is defined. There are several ways to do this, and it's not true for most of them.

Of course, what GCs mean by "biological sex" is actually assigned sex at birth, which is none of the above.

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

Hostile environment for low pressure systems

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2d

This is 🤌🤌 chef's kiss beautiful.

The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 3d

"The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix", writes @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social.

Read their full piece now: https://bit.ly/4mWSYtp

Yes, Robert Jenrick, we have an integration problem: raci...

The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

If it's the same vintage then PDP-11?

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pygmyshrew.bsky.social @pygmyshrew.bsky.social · 25d

So the #TypicalToryTraitors appointed to the #BBCBoard continue to say whatever #TuftonStreet wants, whenever it wants, and #Labour allows it to continue... why?
#DisbandTheBBCBoard

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

An original VT100!

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

They blame government for the weather?

🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

Shrinkflation, beer edition

🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

Is there any semantic difference between "mob justice" and "community moderation?"

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🦎 @loungeiguana.bsky.social · 2d

Hunter's Moon

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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