DC
@tanngrisnir.bsky.social
Glasgow, Scotland based SFFH fan and sometimes conrunner. Less so these days since disabilities have worsened. Happy to eat tofu, not ashamed to be “woke”. Trans rights matter, queer rights matter, if you think otherwise, awa’ an bileyerheid.
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I used it to ask about a hockey score, and it got the answer SO. WRONG. Three times!
December 2, 2025 at 3:19 AM
I used it to ask about a hockey score, and it got the answer SO. WRONG. Three times!
I accidentally sort of used AI today. I did a reverse image search to identify an actor whose name I couldn’t remember, and unexpectedly some AI result came up, a very firm, “This is a picture of…”
It was *wrong*. Obviously wrong to anyone who had seen either actor. But not to the shit “AI”.
It was *wrong*. Obviously wrong to anyone who had seen either actor. But not to the shit “AI”.
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I accidentally sort of used AI today. I did a reverse image search to identify an actor whose name I couldn’t remember, and unexpectedly some AI result came up, a very firm, “This is a picture of…”
It was *wrong*. Obviously wrong to anyone who had seen either actor. But not to the shit “AI”.
It was *wrong*. Obviously wrong to anyone who had seen either actor. But not to the shit “AI”.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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the rich donors want a donorcrat candidate, he does way better kayfabe than the Vichy Dems in the senate, and where he's thrown trans and homeless people under the bus already to get ahead, that's just the proof the elite want that he's one of them
but........... why? deadline.com/2025/12/news...
Newsom 2028: Hollywood Donors Start Lining Up Behind Expected White House Bid; “He’s A Fighter, That’s What We Need!”
Gavin Newsom is Trump's greatest political antagonist, & the CA Governor could ride that wave all the way to the White House, with big bucks backing
deadline.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:45 PM
the rich donors want a donorcrat candidate, he does way better kayfabe than the Vichy Dems in the senate, and where he's thrown trans and homeless people under the bus already to get ahead, that's just the proof the elite want that he's one of them
I see that sometime soon Talking Pictures TV is going to be showing The Man from U.N.C.L.E., for anyone who likes uber-cool Sixties spies.
Given it’s TPTV I’m assuming they’ll be happy to show season 1, which the BBC didn’t repeat the last time they showed the series, presumably as it’s B&W.
Given it’s TPTV I’m assuming they’ll be happy to show season 1, which the BBC didn’t repeat the last time they showed the series, presumably as it’s B&W.
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I see that sometime soon Talking Pictures TV is going to be showing The Man from U.N.C.L.E., for anyone who likes uber-cool Sixties spies.
Given it’s TPTV I’m assuming they’ll be happy to show season 1, which the BBC didn’t repeat the last time they showed the series, presumably as it’s B&W.
Given it’s TPTV I’m assuming they’ll be happy to show season 1, which the BBC didn’t repeat the last time they showed the series, presumably as it’s B&W.
What the hell?
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers
Children who arrive in the UK on small boats could be searched to check if they are concealing phone sim cards in their mouths under new Home Office rules.
New measures will allow immigration enforcement officials to seize phones at the border if it is believed they contain useful intelligence about people-smugglers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
What the hell?
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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“I just have concerns about fairness in sport” - no, you don’t. There’s nothing fair about elite sports. You’re just looking for post hoc justification because we give you the ick
December 1, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“I just have concerns about fairness in sport” - no, you don’t. There’s nothing fair about elite sports. You’re just looking for post hoc justification because we give you the ick
I think I may need to see the GP soon, which I could do without giving I’ve already got three health-related appointments this week (and one of them is in what for a city is the middle of bloody nowhere).
December 2, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I think I may need to see the GP soon, which I could do without giving I’ve already got three health-related appointments this week (and one of them is in what for a city is the middle of bloody nowhere).
(This was in England. That’s relevant.)
I don’t work now for health reasons. When I did though, the thing I used to say most frequently was, “Just a wee jag.”
At least until, after several months, someone eventually told me, “No one here knows what on earth that means …”
I don’t work now for health reasons. When I did though, the thing I used to say most frequently was, “Just a wee jag.”
At least until, after several months, someone eventually told me, “No one here knows what on earth that means …”
December 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
(This was in England. That’s relevant.)
I don’t work now for health reasons. When I did though, the thing I used to say most frequently was, “Just a wee jag.”
At least until, after several months, someone eventually told me, “No one here knows what on earth that means …”
I don’t work now for health reasons. When I did though, the thing I used to say most frequently was, “Just a wee jag.”
At least until, after several months, someone eventually told me, “No one here knows what on earth that means …”
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and then I’m gonna need you to read this, because the actual science is abundantly clear
and then you’ll know 🌟
and then you’ll know 🌟
TRANS SPORTS 2: SCIENCE AND BIGOTRY - Tilly's Trans Tuesdays
Welcome to Trans Tuesday! Let’s get to the bottom of this huge, discriminatory issue that is not actually a real issue at all: TRANS PEOPLE IN SPORTS 2: SCIENCE AND BIGOTRY! Be sure you’ve read TRANS ...
www.tillystranstuesdays.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
and then I’m gonna need you to read this, because the actual science is abundantly clear
and then you’ll know 🌟
and then you’ll know 🌟
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if you legit care about actual science, imma need you to read this
I wrote it for people just like you
I wrote it for people just like you
TRANS SPORTS 1: ORIGINS AND “ADVANTAGES” - Tilly's Trans Tuesdays
Welcome to Trans Tuesday! This topic is such a non-issue scientifically, but it’s been used as a bludgeon against trans people (especially trans women), and a wedge to hold the door open to legalizing...
www.tillystranstuesdays.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 AM
if you legit care about actual science, imma need you to read this
I wrote it for people just like you
I wrote it for people just like you
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President Zelenskyy and the First Lady have arrived in Ireland, Prime Minister Micheál Martin announced.
December 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
President Zelenskyy and the First Lady have arrived in Ireland, Prime Minister Micheál Martin announced.
More proof the British public can’t be relied upon.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
More proof the British public can’t be relied upon.
That is *marvellous* ! 😀
the coop this evening with possibly the most baffling musical choice i have ever experienced in a supermarket
December 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
That is *marvellous* ! 😀
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Well, then Jeffries should not expect Democrats to pursue his or any other sitting Democrat’s re-election. Primary them ALL.
If you won’t impeach over murder, you‘re endorsing it. Aid and abet.
WTF is wrong with you, Jeffries? This is not keep the powder dry time, this is USE THE POWDER time.
If you won’t impeach over murder, you‘re endorsing it. Aid and abet.
WTF is wrong with you, Jeffries? This is not keep the powder dry time, this is USE THE POWDER time.
December 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Well, then Jeffries should not expect Democrats to pursue his or any other sitting Democrat’s re-election. Primary them ALL.
If you won’t impeach over murder, you‘re endorsing it. Aid and abet.
WTF is wrong with you, Jeffries? This is not keep the powder dry time, this is USE THE POWDER time.
If you won’t impeach over murder, you‘re endorsing it. Aid and abet.
WTF is wrong with you, Jeffries? This is not keep the powder dry time, this is USE THE POWDER time.
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Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social:
It is clear that Russia does not want peace and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible in order to them to be ready to stand up for themselves in this very, very difficult time.
It could be a pivotal week for diplomacy.
It is clear that Russia does not want peace and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible in order to them to be ready to stand up for themselves in this very, very difficult time.
It could be a pivotal week for diplomacy.
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Kaja Kallas @kajakallas.bsky.social:
It is clear that Russia does not want peace and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible in order to them to be ready to stand up for themselves in this very, very difficult time.
It could be a pivotal week for diplomacy.
It is clear that Russia does not want peace and therefore we need to make Ukraine as strong as possible in order to them to be ready to stand up for themselves in this very, very difficult time.
It could be a pivotal week for diplomacy.
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Your regular reminder that anyone calling Ukraine a proxy is ignorant or disingenuous. Ukraine has held back Ru military aggression for 11+ yrs completely alone; secured moderate Western aid since 2022 through tireless advocacy; and has now defied US diplomatic pressure to surrender for over 10mo.
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Your regular reminder that anyone calling Ukraine a proxy is ignorant or disingenuous. Ukraine has held back Ru military aggression for 11+ yrs completely alone; secured moderate Western aid since 2022 through tireless advocacy; and has now defied US diplomatic pressure to surrender for over 10mo.
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OK so it's dark and rainy and I feel like this story should be shared. The movie Grace Of My Heart is a sort of 'film á clef' loosely based on Carole King's life, interpolating a fictional romance with a character based on Brian Wilson. Musical director J Mascis said they HAD TO use a theremin...
Allison also told an absolutely fucking great Beach Boys anecdote (from Grace Of My Heart soundtrack recording sessions) which would on its own make this one of the great Q&As
December 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
OK so it's dark and rainy and I feel like this story should be shared. The movie Grace Of My Heart is a sort of 'film á clef' loosely based on Carole King's life, interpolating a fictional romance with a character based on Brian Wilson. Musical director J Mascis said they HAD TO use a theremin...
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The intent of all of this is increasingly clear - it is to hound not only every trans person out of public life, but force every person who is not explicitly anti-trans either out of employment or into silence.
Sandie Peggie launches further legal action against NHS Fife
Sandie Peggie launches further legal action against NHS Fife
Ms Peggie has now expanded her case to include Carol Potter, the chief executive of NHS Fife, and its director of people and culture, David Miller.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The intent of all of this is increasingly clear - it is to hound not only every trans person out of public life, but force every person who is not explicitly anti-trans either out of employment or into silence.
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btw, every "reasonable" person who's own posting stuff like "well, the prompt was unclear," or "she actually kind of did the assignment OK so maybe the TA overreacted"--you are also part of the problem! You're laundering the deliberate targeting of a TA and a blatant abrogation of academic freedom!
This thread is 💯. Labor precarity in academia means the evisceration of faculty governance and academic freedom, opening the door to administrative purges of the most vulnerable. And faculty-esp tenured faculty and academic leaders-who aren't defending their trans colleagues are enabling it.
So yeah, this is fundamentally about trans people and that cannot be elided, but the ways in which junior faculty are targeted and disposed of, while academic jobs are increasingly precarized, and political grandstanders seek to influence academic governance are fucking terrifying for everyone.
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
btw, every "reasonable" person who's own posting stuff like "well, the prompt was unclear," or "she actually kind of did the assignment OK so maybe the TA overreacted"--you are also part of the problem! You're laundering the deliberate targeting of a TA and a blatant abrogation of academic freedom!
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The latest 500 Songs bonus is now up for paid backers! Terry Gilliam! Vampirism! Brian Eno! Emperor Haile Selassie! Pete Waterman! Linda McCartney! It's the story of Lee "Scratch" Perry "Return of Django" (and not "The Return" as I typoed in the post and so the preview says, even after fixing)
500 Songs Bonus: "The Return of Django" by The Upsetters | Andrew Hickey
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November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The latest 500 Songs bonus is now up for paid backers! Terry Gilliam! Vampirism! Brian Eno! Emperor Haile Selassie! Pete Waterman! Linda McCartney! It's the story of Lee "Scratch" Perry "Return of Django" (and not "The Return" as I typoed in the post and so the preview says, even after fixing)
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Something as simple as, say, visibly wearing a badge on your clothes that says trans rights or is a trans flag would work wonders, and they can be found online really cheap (even on Amazon if you want to lower yourself to that). We can't do it by ourselves, we can be comfortably ignored (they think)
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Something as simple as, say, visibly wearing a badge on your clothes that says trans rights or is a trans flag would work wonders, and they can be found online really cheap (even on Amazon if you want to lower yourself to that). We can't do it by ourselves, we can be comfortably ignored (they think)
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The right have caught on to the idea that they can claim a silent majority supports them and because there isn't visible, vocal pushback the narrative takes hold that no-one supports trans people. That can change but it really is on *you* to do it
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The right have caught on to the idea that they can claim a silent majority supports them and because there isn't visible, vocal pushback the narrative takes hold that no-one supports trans people. That can change but it really is on *you* to do it
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I keep saying it, and saying it, and saying - cis people, if you are a trans ally we need you to stand up for us, visibly and loudly and constantly. It's no longer enough - for anything, but especially trans rights - to assume that the default position is supportive, because it just isn't.
this is a key point. various elite centrists and liberals have become radically pilled on transphobia (likely on Vichy Twitter) and joined the right-wing exterminationist crusade
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I keep saying it, and saying it, and saying - cis people, if you are a trans ally we need you to stand up for us, visibly and loudly and constantly. It's no longer enough - for anything, but especially trans rights - to assume that the default position is supportive, because it just isn't.