Jake Staines
@sanakism.bsky.social
Increasingly grumpy software engineer from the English midlands; plays board games, paints miniatures, tries to convince everyone with a pulse to play Netrunner.
On Instagram, Mastodon.Social and technically Threads and Twitter with the same name.
On Instagram, Mastodon.Social and technically Threads and Twitter with the same name.
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"The ban on puberty blockers has affected Laura’s child deeply
Following the ban, no pharmacy in the UK is allowed to fill private prescriptions to under 18s for gender affirming medications."
Following the ban, no pharmacy in the UK is allowed to fill private prescriptions to under 18s for gender affirming medications."
MP fails to support suicidal constituent
A mother pleaded with her MP to help her suicidal15-year-old daughter who said she ‘wanted to take her own life’
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
"The ban on puberty blockers has affected Laura’s child deeply
Following the ban, no pharmacy in the UK is allowed to fill private prescriptions to under 18s for gender affirming medications."
Following the ban, no pharmacy in the UK is allowed to fill private prescriptions to under 18s for gender affirming medications."
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I don’t have much truck with most justifications for staying on X, but I will accept “I’m Joyce Carol Oates and I’m needling him into profoundly humiliating public self-exposure”
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I don’t have much truck with most justifications for staying on X, but I will accept “I’m Joyce Carol Oates and I’m needling him into profoundly humiliating public self-exposure”
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me when the AI bubble bursts
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
me when the AI bubble bursts
Can someone explain to me why this thing that doesn't affect any normal people's lives and is only really cared about at all by a small number of Neo-Nazis on Twitter is the biggest, most prominent item on the BBC News front page this morning?
![Headline from BBC News: "[LIVE] BBC chair to respond after director general and News CEO resign"; lede "Samir Shah is expected to apologise for the way Panorama edited a speech by Donald Trump, after Tim Davie and Deborah Turness resign."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nmprqvsx7dbbcxf4wxpvblaj/bafkreigtkixgvliigza6kp4ajx24mkrdhtz76eexa4pobqu45okhek4bcy@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Can someone explain to me why this thing that doesn't affect any normal people's lives and is only really cared about at all by a small number of Neo-Nazis on Twitter is the biggest, most prominent item on the BBC News front page this morning?
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See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
See what’s happening. A Trumpist US media company has taken over Channel 5. Another US company is gunning for ITV. Our social media is saturated by Musk’s calls for civil war in the UK. The BBC is the last thing standing, and Trump/Johnson are trying to bring it down
I had seen one mention prior - amusingly, on BBC News. And promptly thought "oh wow, what a pathetic non-story, is this the best they can do these days? Who honestly could give the first hint of a shit about that?"
I'm guessing the BBC 'scandal' has been big on X this week as this was the first I had heard of it...
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I had seen one mention prior - amusingly, on BBC News. And promptly thought "oh wow, what a pathetic non-story, is this the best they can do these days? Who honestly could give the first hint of a shit about that?"
Just wait, they'll replace him with the reanimated corpse of Joseph Goebbels or something.
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech
Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.
In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Just wait, they'll replace him with the reanimated corpse of Joseph Goebbels or something.
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warner brothers trickster figures explained
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
warner brothers trickster figures explained
What an incredible surprise, who could ever have imagined.
Why aren't we just doing this all the time already? Oh yes, the Daily Mail.
Why aren't we just doing this all the time already? Oh yes, the Daily Mail.
“Providing the homeless with a place to live may seem like a high cost for taxpayers. But the alternative, it turns out, is more costly, new research shows. Subsidized accommodation could actually be a bargain for the public, in purely economic terms.” Via @fastcompany
Housing The Homeless Saves Money--Here's The Research That Proves It
The best way to stop homelessness is mindbogglingly simple: Give them homes.
www.fastcompany.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 PM
What an incredible surprise, who could ever have imagined.
Why aren't we just doing this all the time already? Oh yes, the Daily Mail.
Why aren't we just doing this all the time already? Oh yes, the Daily Mail.
Really fundamentally very strange how the default response of these apolitical patriots who definitely aren't far-right thugs to any and all criticism is that anyone questioning their motives must necessarily be "left-wing".
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Really fundamentally very strange how the default response of these apolitical patriots who definitely aren't far-right thugs to any and all criticism is that anyone questioning their motives must necessarily be "left-wing".
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Nobody should ever have to hate trying to look after a family member! Fenris Games sell an amazing range of bases, scenery and miniatures for early-20C/Cthulhu settings, Gaslands, fantasy, and sci-fi (particularly Aliens-themed) gaming. And Ian's a good bloke.
Hate doing this, because everyone is skint, but Oz is the only important thing in my life and I'm too broke to cover his additional surgery. If you'd like to help, please use OZVET20 at checkout on fenrisgames.com/shop for a nice discount or ko-fi.com/fenrisgames if you don't need toys.
Thankyou 💔
Thankyou 💔
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Nobody should ever have to hate trying to look after a family member! Fenris Games sell an amazing range of bases, scenery and miniatures for early-20C/Cthulhu settings, Gaslands, fantasy, and sci-fi (particularly Aliens-themed) gaming. And Ian's a good bloke.
In other news, the world's creepiest man is still incredibly fucking creepy.
“At a meeting in April, xAI staff lawyer Lily Lim told employees that they would need to submit their biometric data to train the AI companion to be more human-like in its interactions with customers, according to a recording of the meeting review by the Journal.”
xAI used employee biometric data to train Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend
Project Skippy?
www.theverge.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
In other news, the world's creepiest man is still incredibly fucking creepy.
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hahaha jk jk... unless?
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
hahaha jk jk... unless?
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Could Rachel Reeves break a 50-year taboo by raising income tax in her Budget?
Friend, for half of workers income tax has effectively been going up and up for years, if she raises the percentage cut she's just the first chancellor to be honest about it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Friend, for half of workers income tax has effectively been going up and up for years, if she raises the percentage cut she's just the first chancellor to be honest about it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Could Rachel Reeves break a 50-year taboo by raising income tax in her Budget?
It is more than half a century since a chancellor chose to put up the basic rate of income tax.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Could Rachel Reeves break a 50-year taboo by raising income tax in her Budget?
Friend, for half of workers income tax has effectively been going up and up for years, if she raises the percentage cut she's just the first chancellor to be honest about it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Friend, for half of workers income tax has effectively been going up and up for years, if she raises the percentage cut she's just the first chancellor to be honest about it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A reminder that Discord is not a substitute for a support portal, FAQ, forum, or website. It is an internet chat interface. IRC sans technical hurdles. ICQ without the charm.
It is transient and utterly unsuitable for the task of retention or dissemination of stored data, or for involved supprt.
It is transient and utterly unsuitable for the task of retention or dissemination of stored data, or for involved supprt.
November 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
A reminder that Discord is not a substitute for a support portal, FAQ, forum, or website. It is an internet chat interface. IRC sans technical hurdles. ICQ without the charm.
It is transient and utterly unsuitable for the task of retention or dissemination of stored data, or for involved supprt.
It is transient and utterly unsuitable for the task of retention or dissemination of stored data, or for involved supprt.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
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This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
November 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This isn't a closing election argument, it's Vidkun Quisling explaining why surrender is better than resistance.
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Never were truer words spoken.
November 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Never were truer words spoken.
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
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Also Harry Potter adults really ought to be ostracised and I mean that with my whole chest because if you can casually support it then that means you’re cool with supporting its creator against trans folks so please go house sort yourself into a bin where you belong.
November 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Also Harry Potter adults really ought to be ostracised and I mean that with my whole chest because if you can casually support it then that means you’re cool with supporting its creator against trans folks so please go house sort yourself into a bin where you belong.