Alix Weasel
@alixwzl.bsky.social
Weasel, PhD (bat evolutionary genetics).
Queer, trans, furry, goth, pup. Data technologist and obstacle course racer. Snow Gryphon and Faruku fursuiter. They/them.
Queer, trans, furry, goth, pup. Data technologist and obstacle course racer. Snow Gryphon and Faruku fursuiter. They/them.
Pinned
Alix Weasel
@alixwzl.bsky.social
· Oct 20
Hey folks! Pinned intro/art thread incoming...
Fursona: Alix Weasel (they/he) - least weasel (Mustela nivalis) 🪡: @snowgryphonsuits.bsky.social 📸: @mitt.hindpa.ws
Second suit: Bastion (he/they) - black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) - 🪡: @farukucostumes.bsky.social 📸: @tibbsytiger.bsky.social
Fursona: Alix Weasel (they/he) - least weasel (Mustela nivalis) 🪡: @snowgryphonsuits.bsky.social 📸: @mitt.hindpa.ws
Second suit: Bastion (he/they) - black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) - 🪡: @farukucostumes.bsky.social 📸: @tibbsytiger.bsky.social
Sitting in traffic reflecting on how London's electric bus fleet somehow look like sex toys.
December 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Sitting in traffic reflecting on how London's electric bus fleet somehow look like sex toys.
Google photos auto labelling has, once again, chosen violence.
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Google photos auto labelling has, once again, chosen violence.
"BOOK IT, WE'VE BEEN MADE!"
The skin of their back suddenly parts, made less gruesome than it sounds by the revelation of a well-hidden zipper down the spine, and fifteen ferrets spill out of the collapsing figure and dart off in all directions.
The skin of their back suddenly parts, made less gruesome than it sounds by the revelation of a well-hidden zipper down the spine, and fifteen ferrets spill out of the collapsing figure and dart off in all directions.
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"BOOK IT, WE'VE BEEN MADE!"
The skin of their back suddenly parts, made less gruesome than it sounds by the revelation of a well-hidden zipper down the spine, and fifteen ferrets spill out of the collapsing figure and dart off in all directions.
The skin of their back suddenly parts, made less gruesome than it sounds by the revelation of a well-hidden zipper down the spine, and fifteen ferrets spill out of the collapsing figure and dart off in all directions.
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The two genders:
December 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The two genders:
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She compares trans people to two totally different situations. Both the other example behaviours? A breach would be criminal.
Which is telling…
Which is telling…
December 6, 2025 at 10:53 AM
She compares trans people to two totally different situations. Both the other example behaviours? A breach would be criminal.
Which is telling…
Which is telling…
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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.
We came close to a Leonberger that I have not met in the area previously on our dog walk this morning and for some reason, despite getting activated minutes earlier by a shouty greyhound, 'spicy around other dogs' Frankie was all calm, quiet and controlled... 🤣
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 AM
We came close to a Leonberger that I have not met in the area previously on our dog walk this morning and for some reason, despite getting activated minutes earlier by a shouty greyhound, 'spicy around other dogs' Frankie was all calm, quiet and controlled... 🤣
Realising on looking at the lineup for this evening's gig that I don't know how I would describe 'EBM' distinctly to other electronic goth music, and then when Kalt started and I immediately knew it was very traditional / old skool EBM that it's a fucking 'I know it when I see it' thing -.-
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Realising on looking at the lineup for this evening's gig that I don't know how I would describe 'EBM' distinctly to other electronic goth music, and then when Kalt started and I immediately knew it was very traditional / old skool EBM that it's a fucking 'I know it when I see it' thing -.-
This was an excellent idea, had a great night.
Now chilling a bit for the day and back out for the third gig in Reading tonight (I'll not be going until 3am this time though!)
Now chilling a bit for the day and back out for the third gig in Reading tonight (I'll not be going until 3am this time though!)
Rational brain: "You don't HAVE to do everything."
FOMO brain: "...but what if we could?"
Just on a train back from a gig in London to a gig in Reading now 😅
FOMO brain: "...but what if we could?"
Just on a train back from a gig in London to a gig in Reading now 😅
December 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This was an excellent idea, had a great night.
Now chilling a bit for the day and back out for the third gig in Reading tonight (I'll not be going until 3am this time though!)
Now chilling a bit for the day and back out for the third gig in Reading tonight (I'll not be going until 3am this time though!)
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Creating a Little Guy named Archie with @furetching.bsky.social!
He is a stoat who is doing his best…
He is a stoat who is doing his best…
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Creating a Little Guy named Archie with @furetching.bsky.social!
He is a stoat who is doing his best…
He is a stoat who is doing his best…
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It’s a short profile, but it contains important nuggets of furry history:
1) Being an online community by 1996, when only 36% of U.S. houses had a computer and only 44% *of those* had Internet;
2) Profile subject was 30 y/o, currently joked as the “greymuzzle” threshold and “too old” for furry.
1) Being an online community by 1996, when only 36% of U.S. houses had a computer and only 44% *of those* had Internet;
2) Profile subject was 30 y/o, currently joked as the “greymuzzle” threshold and “too old” for furry.
NY Times magazine, October 27, 1996 (page 352). It would be the first, and only mention of furries by the Times for the next 17 years.
December 5, 2025 at 11:41 PM
It’s a short profile, but it contains important nuggets of furry history:
1) Being an online community by 1996, when only 36% of U.S. houses had a computer and only 44% *of those* had Internet;
2) Profile subject was 30 y/o, currently joked as the “greymuzzle” threshold and “too old” for furry.
1) Being an online community by 1996, when only 36% of U.S. houses had a computer and only 44% *of those* had Internet;
2) Profile subject was 30 y/o, currently joked as the “greymuzzle” threshold and “too old” for furry.
Rational brain: "You don't HAVE to do everything."
FOMO brain: "...but what if we could?"
Just on a train back from a gig in London to a gig in Reading now 😅
FOMO brain: "...but what if we could?"
Just on a train back from a gig in London to a gig in Reading now 😅
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Rational brain: "You don't HAVE to do everything."
FOMO brain: "...but what if we could?"
Just on a train back from a gig in London to a gig in Reading now 😅
FOMO brain: "...but what if we could?"
Just on a train back from a gig in London to a gig in Reading now 😅
Joined my last work call of the day at 16:30, notably before dog dinner time (17:00-17:30), and looked up to find this pointed scene 🤣
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Joined my last work call of the day at 16:30, notably before dog dinner time (17:00-17:30), and looked up to find this pointed scene 🤣
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Terrified my life might get ruined and I might be longer be able to manage day to day life because a politician might make moves to take away the medication that keeps me adequately functional because he thinks the problem it treats doesn't exist
December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Terrified my life might get ruined and I might be longer be able to manage day to day life because a politician might make moves to take away the medication that keeps me adequately functional because he thinks the problem it treats doesn't exist
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I had hoped so much that we'd have been able to replace the Tories with a group less determined to do so much damage to the country.
December 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I had hoped so much that we'd have been able to replace the Tories with a group less determined to do so much damage to the country.
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The true scandal is not the fact that people with ADHD are seeking diagnosis but how many people waiting for diagnoses *actually have one* and are simply being refused treatment.
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The true scandal is not the fact that people with ADHD are seeking diagnosis but how many people waiting for diagnoses *actually have one* and are simply being refused treatment.
I am currently on the RTC waiting list for a second ADHD diagnosis as mine was through a private provider and I was getting my prescriptions from my GP through a shared care arrangement. Which my GP has now decided to unilaterally cancel. So I need a new diagnosis or a new GP to keep getting meds.
A huge part of the reason ADHD assessment wait lists are so long is that the NHS will take any excuse to refute an already made diagnosis, including: diagnosis made abroad, in childhood, privately, or through RTC. Which means that people are having to seek a second or third diagnosis. (🧵)
December 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I am currently on the RTC waiting list for a second ADHD diagnosis as mine was through a private provider and I was getting my prescriptions from my GP through a shared care arrangement. Which my GP has now decided to unilaterally cancel. So I need a new diagnosis or a new GP to keep getting meds.
The NHS: "Health sec, there is too much demand for autism, ADHD and mental health services, the waiting lists are too long, we need investment!"
Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"
Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"
December 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The NHS: "Health sec, there is too much demand for autism, ADHD and mental health services, the waiting lists are too long, we need investment!"
Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"
Wes Streeting: "Hearing you loud and clear! Let's have a review into how we can stop people accessing those services to cut the load :3"
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One of the people leading this likely farce is Simon Wessley whose previous work includes a reasonably well debunked study of ME which was used to make it harder for sufferers to get support or recognition. Streeting knows exactly what outcome he wants from this
meassociation.org.uk/2018/02/gove....
meassociation.org.uk/2018/02/gove....
Government-funded ME/CFS trial 'one of greatest medical scandals of 21st century' | 20 February 2018 - The ME Association
A controversial medical trial part-funded by the Department of Work of Pensions will emerge as “one of the greatest medical scandals of the 21st century” an MP today claimed.
meassociation.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:13 AM
One of the people leading this likely farce is Simon Wessley whose previous work includes a reasonably well debunked study of ME which was used to make it harder for sufferers to get support or recognition. Streeting knows exactly what outcome he wants from this
meassociation.org.uk/2018/02/gove....
meassociation.org.uk/2018/02/gove....
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The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
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Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The Cass Review is the worst kind of pseudoscience & has at least 13 peer-reviewed critiques of it (all ignored by mainstream media).
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
1/2
Streeting now wants a Cass Review for Autism, ADHD, etc.
I have characterised these as “contrived authority” strategies (referring to the work of Max Weber)
1/2
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Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Streeting to next launch inquiry into “over-diagnosis” of left-handedness.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
“Never used to be like this,” he insists.
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Up early, dogs walked, physio done, training rest day, so watching a episode of the X-Files before work.
Got up to go to the toilet and returned to...
Got up to go to the toilet and returned to...
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Up early, dogs walked, physio done, training rest day, so watching a episode of the X-Files before work.
Got up to go to the toilet and returned to...
Got up to go to the toilet and returned to...
Saw the orthopaedic consultant about my ankle again today as >2 months on from the sprain it is still very limiting and hurts every day.
So we've agreed to go with arthroscopy to clean out the crap visible on the MRI, with an option to do ligament reconstruction at the same time if it looks needed.
So we've agreed to go with arthroscopy to clean out the crap visible on the MRI, with an option to do ligament reconstruction at the same time if it looks needed.
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Saw the orthopaedic consultant about my ankle again today as >2 months on from the sprain it is still very limiting and hurts every day.
So we've agreed to go with arthroscopy to clean out the crap visible on the MRI, with an option to do ligament reconstruction at the same time if it looks needed.
So we've agreed to go with arthroscopy to clean out the crap visible on the MRI, with an option to do ligament reconstruction at the same time if it looks needed.