Philippa Cowderoy
@flippac.bsky.social
Executively dysfunctional, yet occasionally effectful programmer. Crazy trans dyke. Electronic music nerd. Autistic af. Plays lots of games in all the spare time that's no use for anything else.
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The West needs a fucking slap to come to its senses
February 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
The West needs a fucking slap to come to its senses
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I suppose I also take this personally bc attacks on craftivism land poorly with me as a Native person. Beading together, making regalia, sewing in groups — this is at the heart of how the women on my reservation gather to do healing work, political ed, and mutual aid. This has long been true.
February 9, 2026 at 3:08 PM
I suppose I also take this personally bc attacks on craftivism land poorly with me as a Native person. Beading together, making regalia, sewing in groups — this is at the heart of how the women on my reservation gather to do healing work, political ed, and mutual aid. This has long been true.
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Please don't accuse people in knitted hats of only wearing their supposed politics if all you're doing is posting, which is basically just another way of wearing your politics. It's a silly thing to attack people over in any case. Using fashion to signal support for ongoing acts of rebellion is good
February 9, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Please don't accuse people in knitted hats of only wearing their supposed politics if all you're doing is posting, which is basically just another way of wearing your politics. It's a silly thing to attack people over in any case. Using fashion to signal support for ongoing acts of rebellion is good
Every accusation is a confession - except bothering to pay protestors to show up
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Every accusation is a confession - except bothering to pay protestors to show up
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Next Wesley and Keir
Morgan McSweeney has now resigned as Keir Starmer's Chief of Staff
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Next Wesley and Keir
Suffice to say I don't want to be "touched" by an AI generated story, especially not in romance. Bad touch: perhaps not literally, but certainly not ironically.
Like, it's just really easy to see that I am not going to be able to keep up with the LITERAL REST OF THE WORLD in output. Even without AI.
The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
The way people like me win is by writing memorable books that relate to the human experience.
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Suffice to say I don't want to be "touched" by an AI generated story, especially not in romance. Bad touch: perhaps not literally, but certainly not ironically.
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My main argument about transphobes not all being obviously maliciously intended is partly because the "good intentions" are structured to facilitate harm also.
I think maybe a better framework than intention and malice (personal, psychological) is Values communicated (social, organisational)
I think maybe a better framework than intention and malice (personal, psychological) is Values communicated (social, organisational)
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
My main argument about transphobes not all being obviously maliciously intended is partly because the "good intentions" are structured to facilitate harm also.
I think maybe a better framework than intention and malice (personal, psychological) is Values communicated (social, organisational)
I think maybe a better framework than intention and malice (personal, psychological) is Values communicated (social, organisational)
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Professor Louis Appleby covered up a policy which killed trans children so that the British government could kill some more through neglect and lack of care.
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Professor Louis Appleby covered up a policy which killed trans children so that the British government could kill some more through neglect and lack of care.
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Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Every instance of "AI democratizes the arts, you're classist and ableist and a gatekeeper for trying to stop it" is a slap in the face to the literally centuries of poor, disabled people making art on the margins and a crass lie in service of a machine that strips down and regurgitates dreams
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I feel like an absolute dick continuing to say this out loud, but meshtastic is not a secure alternative to Signal.
I think if you're a hobbyist, it can be easy to not understand the difference between good and bad encryption. AES sounds great right!
I think if you're a hobbyist, it can be easy to not understand the difference between good and bad encryption. AES sounds great right!
February 6, 2026 at 6:12 PM
I feel like an absolute dick continuing to say this out loud, but meshtastic is not a secure alternative to Signal.
I think if you're a hobbyist, it can be easy to not understand the difference between good and bad encryption. AES sounds great right!
I think if you're a hobbyist, it can be easy to not understand the difference between good and bad encryption. AES sounds great right!
lootboxes in games are just the modern version of an old-fashioned slot machine: nothing new there except the regulation gap
February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
lootboxes in games are just the modern version of an old-fashioned slot machine: nothing new there except the regulation gap
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People planning security testing:
Stop asking "but would a hacker know about our secret handshake when they tried to hack us?"
Instead start asking yourself "would someone who couldn't be bothered to find out about the secret handshake be trying to hack you anyway?"
Stop asking "but would a hacker know about our secret handshake when they tried to hack us?"
Instead start asking yourself "would someone who couldn't be bothered to find out about the secret handshake be trying to hack you anyway?"
February 6, 2026 at 9:56 AM
People planning security testing:
Stop asking "but would a hacker know about our secret handshake when they tried to hack us?"
Instead start asking yourself "would someone who couldn't be bothered to find out about the secret handshake be trying to hack you anyway?"
Stop asking "but would a hacker know about our secret handshake when they tried to hack us?"
Instead start asking yourself "would someone who couldn't be bothered to find out about the secret handshake be trying to hack you anyway?"
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(1/7) Trump saying "he was not an angel and she was not an angel" in 2026 about Alex Pretti and Renée Good is a meta moment harkening back to New York Times writer
John Elgin writing that Michael Brown was "no angel" in 2014-but with a racial inversion people rarely notice...
John Elgin writing that Michael Brown was "no angel" in 2014-but with a racial inversion people rarely notice...
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
(1/7) Trump saying "he was not an angel and she was not an angel" in 2026 about Alex Pretti and Renée Good is a meta moment harkening back to New York Times writer
John Elgin writing that Michael Brown was "no angel" in 2014-but with a racial inversion people rarely notice...
John Elgin writing that Michael Brown was "no angel" in 2014-but with a racial inversion people rarely notice...
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I keep hammering this point about abuse being structural and systematic rather than a problem of individual bad actors (much as it relies on unscrupulous behaviour of bad actors) and to specialise the point to trans healthcare scandals of the last few years:
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February 4, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I keep hammering this point about abuse being structural and systematic rather than a problem of individual bad actors (much as it relies on unscrupulous behaviour of bad actors) and to specialise the point to trans healthcare scandals of the last few years:
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The number of Brits who are shocked and outraged by the cost of veterinary care (as opposed to just upset by how it affects pets and owners who can't afford it) demonstrates how wildly out of touch the conversation about moving to a private healthcare + insurance model is.
February 4, 2026 at 9:41 AM
The number of Brits who are shocked and outraged by the cost of veterinary care (as opposed to just upset by how it affects pets and owners who can't afford it) demonstrates how wildly out of touch the conversation about moving to a private healthcare + insurance model is.
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Given the way people have fetishized Andor it's very weird to see how many people also don't think opsec is worthwhile. Like, did y'all think the reason the rebels spend 90% of the show stressing about who knows what was for fun?
February 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Given the way people have fetishized Andor it's very weird to see how many people also don't think opsec is worthwhile. Like, did y'all think the reason the rebels spend 90% of the show stressing about who knows what was for fun?
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I'm glad Dr Todd and Prof Callard remind us right at the start of their article that the Sullivan Review was commissioned as part of the Conservative Party's "Kicking Woke Ideology Out of Science" programme. A strong and stable grounding for policy-based evidence-making.
February 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I'm glad Dr Todd and Prof Callard remind us right at the start of their article that the Sullivan Review was commissioned as part of the Conservative Party's "Kicking Woke Ideology Out of Science" programme. A strong and stable grounding for policy-based evidence-making.
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I swear to god, I left this cat alone for two fucking minutes with a jar of red beets.
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
February 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I swear to god, I left this cat alone for two fucking minutes with a jar of red beets.
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
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Finding the mirth that grows around stuff like the Epstein files disclosures a bit hard.
I know it's fun to see rich evil perverts topple but it kind of doesn't look like that's even a serious risk.
I know it's fun to see rich evil perverts topple but it kind of doesn't look like that's even a serious risk.
February 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Finding the mirth that grows around stuff like the Epstein files disclosures a bit hard.
I know it's fun to see rich evil perverts topple but it kind of doesn't look like that's even a serious risk.
I know it's fun to see rich evil perverts topple but it kind of doesn't look like that's even a serious risk.
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Politicians don't do shitty awful things to distract from other shitty awful things they did. They do shitty awful things because they're shitty awful people, and the sheer volume of that shitty awful stuff is absolutely overwhelming, to the point it's a sign we shouldn't let people be politicians.
January 30, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Politicians don't do shitty awful things to distract from other shitty awful things they did. They do shitty awful things because they're shitty awful people, and the sheer volume of that shitty awful stuff is absolutely overwhelming, to the point it's a sign we shouldn't let people be politicians.
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don't need a free course to tell me LLMs are plagiarised slop and create *more* not less work to correct the flaws they make because they're glorified text-predictors.
how about the government put money into paid apprenticeships for older adults (not just young folk and new graduates).
how about the government put money into paid apprenticeships for older adults (not just young folk and new graduates).
BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
January 28, 2026 at 1:39 PM
don't need a free course to tell me LLMs are plagiarised slop and create *more* not less work to correct the flaws they make because they're glorified text-predictors.
how about the government put money into paid apprenticeships for older adults (not just young folk and new graduates).
how about the government put money into paid apprenticeships for older adults (not just young folk and new graduates).
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"gender is a social construct" is so true that even the right wingers have adopted this line, but only to move towards naturalizing sex & naturalizing misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia to sex. thus, it has little political slogan value today. "sex is socially constructed" is what is provocative
January 27, 2026 at 12:48 PM
"gender is a social construct" is so true that even the right wingers have adopted this line, but only to move towards naturalizing sex & naturalizing misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia to sex. thus, it has little political slogan value today. "sex is socially constructed" is what is provocative
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PICT (UK Parliamentary ICT) requires the use of VPNs, I just checked. And, bless them, they’re incapable of rolling out any changes with less than a year’s head start. I think legislation-hungry MPs should be the guinea pigs here, by being blocked access from all PICT systems.
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 PM
PICT (UK Parliamentary ICT) requires the use of VPNs, I just checked. And, bless them, they’re incapable of rolling out any changes with less than a year’s head start. I think legislation-hungry MPs should be the guinea pigs here, by being blocked access from all PICT systems.
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I just want to remind people that when we talk about creating a "British ICE" and a concentration camp as somehow copying America, we already had the previous Tory government set up a concentration camp run by British military personnel for asylum seekers rapidly shut down after legal battles.
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 27, 2026 at 8:05 AM
I just want to remind people that when we talk about creating a "British ICE" and a concentration camp as somehow copying America, we already had the previous Tory government set up a concentration camp run by British military personnel for asylum seekers rapidly shut down after legal battles.
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Reminder that British journalists have a weird fetish for Harry Potter because it's a fantasy world where nobody mentions how fucking weird it is that everybody was privately educated in just five schools
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Reminder that British journalists have a weird fetish for Harry Potter because it's a fantasy world where nobody mentions how fucking weird it is that everybody was privately educated in just five schools