innes mck
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queer craftworker in the Highlands • made a really big video game once but is doing something else now • tha Gàidhlig agam • cannot be killed • cannot be destroyed
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Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking
the whole thing is of course completely revolting. 20 YEARS to settlement for refugees? no settlement if you’ve ever had a criminal conviction or a tax debt? 10 YEARS added if you’ve ever received benefits? partners and children on their own routes to settlement? What are you even TALKING about
February 11, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking
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Channel 4's 'Palestine Action, The Truth behind the ban' reveals that despite all the things the govt claimed & implied about PA (Iranian backed, violent, secret intel etc), the real reason they proscribed the group as terrorists was because PA was damaging property. Thats it.
February 10, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Channel 4's 'Palestine Action, The Truth behind the ban' reveals that despite all the things the govt claimed & implied about PA (Iranian backed, violent, secret intel etc), the real reason they proscribed the group as terrorists was because PA was damaging property. Thats it.
having attended demos with pipers i genuinely suggest attracting and training pipers as a core component of leftist organising strategy
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
having attended demos with pipers i genuinely suggest attracting and training pipers as a core component of leftist organising strategy
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Some Speeches rachelnertia.github.io/personal/202...
February 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Some Speeches rachelnertia.github.io/personal/202...
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Since the #Olympics are on, let's repost a classic thread here: a brief history of the practice of "sex verification" in sport.
Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.
Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.
February 10, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Since the #Olympics are on, let's repost a classic thread here: a brief history of the practice of "sex verification" in sport.
Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.
Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.
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a nice thing about when the internet was a bunch of little sites and servers was that it was a lot harder for governments to pressure "the chat provider everyone uses" to implement age verification.
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
a nice thing about when the internet was a bunch of little sites and servers was that it was a lot harder for governments to pressure "the chat provider everyone uses" to implement age verification.
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
you wanna pressure 300 separate IRC servers? good luck with that. but one company? easy
ah yeah he's really fucked it. he made the press miss their lunch
February 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
ah yeah he's really fucked it. he made the press miss their lunch
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hire the person who came up with the most horrifying threat video games have ever leveled at a player
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
hire the person who came up with the most horrifying threat video games have ever leveled at a player
time to get learning how to set up irc
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
time to get learning how to set up irc
to be fair we do "lose" a prime minister approximately every 8 minutes on average
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
February 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
to be fair we do "lose" a prime minister approximately every 8 minutes on average
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Every Super Bowl ad is for the door in the forest. It’s annoying. “You must walk through the door.” Yeah thanks, I know that already. I dream of the door every night
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Every Super Bowl ad is for the door in the forest. It’s annoying. “You must walk through the door.” Yeah thanks, I know that already. I dream of the door every night
"Keir Starmer is one of only four Labour leaders ever to have won a general election." christ that's fucking grim
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
"Keir Starmer is one of only four Labour leaders ever to have won a general election." christ that's fucking grim
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they’re calling it the most immediately effective political poster of all time
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
they’re calling it the most immediately effective political poster of all time
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ICYMI: I interviewed older gay men about hockey fandom, history and their thoughts on Heated Rivalry.
This story has everything: The first gay hockey blog. A wedding cake shaped like a Zamboni. A wedding officiant wearing a ref jersey.
If you need a little sunshine, please read.
This story has everything: The first gay hockey blog. A wedding cake shaped like a Zamboni. A wedding officiant wearing a ref jersey.
If you need a little sunshine, please read.
Older gay men built their own hockey fandom. Then came 'Heated Rivalry.'
The hit show is an unexpected invitation for some older gay hockey fans to reflect on love, acceptance and coming out.
19thnews.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:49 PM
ICYMI: I interviewed older gay men about hockey fandom, history and their thoughts on Heated Rivalry.
This story has everything: The first gay hockey blog. A wedding cake shaped like a Zamboni. A wedding officiant wearing a ref jersey.
If you need a little sunshine, please read.
This story has everything: The first gay hockey blog. A wedding cake shaped like a Zamboni. A wedding officiant wearing a ref jersey.
If you need a little sunshine, please read.
watching tv shows made right now thinking "wow they were so prescient, how could they know what right now would be like"
February 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
watching tv shows made right now thinking "wow they were so prescient, how could they know what right now would be like"
okay so first of all,
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 AM
okay so first of all,
mum calling out Fallout as inaccurate on account of "tape drives did not run constantly"
February 8, 2026 at 8:10 PM
mum calling out Fallout as inaccurate on account of "tape drives did not run constantly"
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loot does not drop upon defeating me. the developers didn't expect anyone to attack me, i am so vulnerable, and only trying to help. why did you raise your sword? for material gain? i would give you anything i have if you had only asked. i did not ask to be in this game, i did not ask to have 6hp.
February 8, 2026 at 12:55 AM
loot does not drop upon defeating me. the developers didn't expect anyone to attack me, i am so vulnerable, and only trying to help. why did you raise your sword? for material gain? i would give you anything i have if you had only asked. i did not ask to be in this game, i did not ask to have 6hp.
i love this film so so so so so much
today's movie is november (2017).
this is special. it's actually quite delicate, well-constructed, and subtle despite the trailer. it moves in refrains, interweaving the stories of two not-lovers. around them boil other stories.
i'm really glad i watched it. (cw sexual assault, suicide.)
this is special. it's actually quite delicate, well-constructed, and subtle despite the trailer. it moves in refrains, interweaving the stories of two not-lovers. around them boil other stories.
i'm really glad i watched it. (cw sexual assault, suicide.)
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
i love this film so so so so so much
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An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
February 6, 2026 at 1:04 PM
An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier today👇
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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From this week’s Beano.
August 28, 2025 at 10:28 AM
From this week’s Beano.
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Got some things going in the shop today
February 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Got some things going in the shop today
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New bio just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 11:20 AM
New bio just dropped