jinty comixminx wildebeest the third
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Getting more hair-trigger at blocking transphobes and reporting hate
Getting more hair-trigger at blocking transphobes and reporting hate
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I see some other people doing ongoing threads of stuff they listen to or have read; seems like a good thing, share knowledge of good stuff and enjoyment of what’s out there. Here’s something I’ve just finished:
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In the past month 3 transport routes have collapsed - but they aren't roads so don't make national news. All 3 have the same root causes, climate change, and Tory austerity passing responsibility for critical infrastructure on to charities and councils. This will happen more, and people will be hurt
December 23, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In the past month 3 transport routes have collapsed - but they aren't roads so don't make national news. All 3 have the same root causes, climate change, and Tory austerity passing responsibility for critical infrastructure on to charities and councils. This will happen more, and people will be hurt
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If you enroll in a history course you don’t get to decide that, I don’t know, the Battle of Hastings took place last Tuesday or something.
Students are taught how to think within a context of agreed fact, knowledge of which can and should be tested.
Students are taught how to think within a context of agreed fact, knowledge of which can and should be tested.
1. This is terrible.
2. This is such a BS claim from a university: “We are committed to teaching students how to think, not what to think.” No! We do, in fact, commit to teaching you what to think. You sign up for a psych course, you have to learn psychology. You can ignore it later if you choose.
2. This is such a BS claim from a university: “We are committed to teaching students how to think, not what to think.” No! We do, in fact, commit to teaching you what to think. You sign up for a psych course, you have to learn psychology. You can ignore it later if you choose.
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If you enroll in a history course you don’t get to decide that, I don’t know, the Battle of Hastings took place last Tuesday or something.
Students are taught how to think within a context of agreed fact, knowledge of which can and should be tested.
Students are taught how to think within a context of agreed fact, knowledge of which can and should be tested.
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Oxford University Hospitals Trust has refurbished 17 abandoned bicycles for its staff to use. Bikes left on hospital grounds are repaired by prisoners in Aylesbury and Peterborough as part of a corporate social responsibility scheme called Recirculate.
www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
December 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Oxford University Hospitals Trust has refurbished 17 abandoned bicycles for its staff to use. Bikes left on hospital grounds are repaired by prisoners in Aylesbury and Peterborough as part of a corporate social responsibility scheme called Recirculate.
www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
www.ouh.nhs.uk/news/article...
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This is wholly unsurprising but absolutely appalling. This is like concluding a coin always lands on heads because every time it lands on tails you discard the result.
And, I am afraid, yet again, this is a symptom of volunteer Magistrates just not getting it.
And, I am afraid, yet again, this is a symptom of volunteer Magistrates just not getting it.
December 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This is wholly unsurprising but absolutely appalling. This is like concluding a coin always lands on heads because every time it lands on tails you discard the result.
And, I am afraid, yet again, this is a symptom of volunteer Magistrates just not getting it.
And, I am afraid, yet again, this is a symptom of volunteer Magistrates just not getting it.
Sadly none of the outside of the Arndale Centre in Manchester: covered in tiles that were always compared to public loo ceramic
December 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Sadly none of the outside of the Arndale Centre in Manchester: covered in tiles that were always compared to public loo ceramic
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A departure from the usual - a hand dawn image of the shopping centre in Keighley:
September 30, 2024 at 7:55 PM
A departure from the usual - a hand dawn image of the shopping centre in Keighley:
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Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
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For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.
December 21, 2025 at 9:41 PM
For Jesus’ birthday this year, he’s asking for affordable housing, universal healthcare, and for people to stop using his name to explain why they’re being cruel to strangers.
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This is WILD.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Waymo has halted service in San Francisco after numerous videos & images showed its autonomous cars snarling traffic during the blackout.
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
With traffic lights down, Waymos across the city stopped dead in their tracks at intersections.
missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...
Waymo halts service during massive S.F. blackout after causing traffic jams
Waymo stopped its service across San Francisco on Saturday after numerous autonomous vehicles caused traffic jams in the city.
missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is WILD.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
Power goes out in San Francisco and the robot cars, needing the lights to "self" drive, all stop at once, blocking streets and emergency vehicles - which are needed more than ever in a black out!
We knew AI causes power outages. Turns out it also makes them worse by being stupid.
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Soccer pre-game fits > Any other sport
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Soccer pre-game fits > Any other sport
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Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.
December 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.
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I spend an awful lot of time thinking about this moment in the history of King Crimson and it's transformative implications for our understanding of authorship. There's a straight line from here to me seeing my audience as co-creators of my work.
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"Bruford spent the entirety of "Trio" with his drumsticks crossed over his chest, waiting for the right moment to join in, but eventually realized that the piece was progressing better without him. His decision not to add any percussion was seen by the rest of the band as a crucial choice, and so he received co-writing credit.[8] "Trio" was later included on the 1975 compilation album A Young Person's Guide to King Crimson, the performance credits of which cite Bruford's contribution to the piece as "admirable restraint."[9]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7z2wmq7xoqez7ltguk7tcfzk/bafkreicnjlblxrbdkgee4lif5k2rkaqp5fg5rp3wx2knkqwh3qxzdtlxoi@jpeg)
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I spend an awful lot of time thinking about this moment in the history of King Crimson and it's transformative implications for our understanding of authorship. There's a straight line from here to me seeing my audience as co-creators of my work.
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Calling someone a blockhead is known as "adding insult to Ian Dury"
December 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Calling someone a blockhead is known as "adding insult to Ian Dury"
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I have downloaded this on Kindle; I am 9 pages in and every paragraph is gobsmackingly quotable & she hasn't even been born yet. Her mother is living in a tent in the drawing room having instructed servants to hammer the tent pegs into the parquet ...
Came across Clarissa Dickson-Wright’s autobiography in a charity shop. It is everything a devotee of weird history could hope for
December 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I have downloaded this on Kindle; I am 9 pages in and every paragraph is gobsmackingly quotable & she hasn't even been born yet. Her mother is living in a tent in the drawing room having instructed servants to hammer the tent pegs into the parquet ...
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Wife was talking to her 20 year old nephew who is newly single “i suppose your on the dating apps?” “No I prefer to meet people when I’m out it’s mostly older people on dating apps” and it makes me feel like I’m someone who lived through the creation and subsequent abandonment of the great pyramids
December 21, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Wife was talking to her 20 year old nephew who is newly single “i suppose your on the dating apps?” “No I prefer to meet people when I’m out it’s mostly older people on dating apps” and it makes me feel like I’m someone who lived through the creation and subsequent abandonment of the great pyramids
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The year in MOP pt 1. We will be doing AOTYs etc but first the reading list. Not that we are pretentious or anything. Books on place and things and music and art and books I have nicked lyrics from.
We have other books about dinosaurs and philosophy of science and SF, but these are the core texts.
We have other books about dinosaurs and philosophy of science and SF, but these are the core texts.
December 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The year in MOP pt 1. We will be doing AOTYs etc but first the reading list. Not that we are pretentious or anything. Books on place and things and music and art and books I have nicked lyrics from.
We have other books about dinosaurs and philosophy of science and SF, but these are the core texts.
We have other books about dinosaurs and philosophy of science and SF, but these are the core texts.
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I've had a good read of this now, and although it’s clearly not aimed at us I do have some thoughts on it. Buckle up, lads!
With the publication of Comic Book UK’s “Vision for growth” white paper today – essentially the blueprint for everything the newly-formed trade association plan to do going forward – Mark Fuller, its Chief Executive outlines their strategy: downthetubes.net/game-on-why-...
December 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I've had a good read of this now, and although it’s clearly not aimed at us I do have some thoughts on it. Buckle up, lads!
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LONG READ: Do you know your Blavatniks from your Bukhmans, your Saïds from your Schwarzmans? We take a look at Oxford University’s 21st century donors – and ask whether billionaires should pick and choose how they contribute to society. oxfordclarion.uk/oxfords-new-...
Oxford’s new billionaires
Do you know your Blavatniks from your Bukhmans, your Saïds from your Schwarzmans? We take a look at Oxford University’s 21st century donors.
For centuries, Oxford’s university buildings have each bee...
oxfordclarion.uk
December 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
LONG READ: Do you know your Blavatniks from your Bukhmans, your Saïds from your Schwarzmans? We take a look at Oxford University’s 21st century donors – and ask whether billionaires should pick and choose how they contribute to society. oxfordclarion.uk/oxfords-new-...
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This is the point where I traditionally drop in my thread of my cover version bsky.app/profile/alke...
Thinking about the time I did a cover version of a Jon Klassen book for @kess.bsky.social
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December 19, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is the point where I traditionally drop in my thread of my cover version bsky.app/profile/alke...
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Oxford people - coming up this Saturday. Meet in Bonn Square to counter a far right demo.
On 20 Dec the far right in Oxford, the ones who keep protesting at the hotel where asylum seekers live, are marching from Morrell Ave to Bonn Sq. They have had to invite non-local groups to swell numbers. If you'd like to join a counter demo, we'll be assembling in Bonn Sq from noon. Please share.
December 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Oxford people - coming up this Saturday. Meet in Bonn Square to counter a far right demo.
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"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
December 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
"you're a man"
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
ad hominem
"you were born a boy"
sunk cost fallacy
"you're amab"
false dichotomy
"you have xy chromosomes"
false equivalence
"trans people are mentally ill"
non sequitur
"changing your sex isn't possible"
skill issue
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I am glad that one Labour MP is asking critical questions about dependence on AI - economical in this case. It's an MP who didn't get her tech expertise from hosting a Faculty intern for a few months.
The OBR has warned of the downside risk to the UK economy of an 'AI bubble' bursting
I asked the Minister whether he agreed, and what steps his department and UKRI are taking to protect investments in innovative companies that would undoubtedly be affected by a market correction
I asked the Minister whether he agreed, and what steps his department and UKRI are taking to protect investments in innovative companies that would undoubtedly be affected by a market correction
December 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I am glad that one Labour MP is asking critical questions about dependence on AI - economical in this case. It's an MP who didn't get her tech expertise from hosting a Faculty intern for a few months.
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Which will happen first:
a) A space elevator
b) A Leeds tram?
I despair at the unseriousness of this country sometimes.
Major cities without mass transit should be as unthinkable as major cities without sewers.
a) A space elevator
b) A Leeds tram?
I despair at the unseriousness of this country sometimes.
Major cities without mass transit should be as unthinkable as major cities without sewers.
December 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Which will happen first:
a) A space elevator
b) A Leeds tram?
I despair at the unseriousness of this country sometimes.
Major cities without mass transit should be as unthinkable as major cities without sewers.
a) A space elevator
b) A Leeds tram?
I despair at the unseriousness of this country sometimes.
Major cities without mass transit should be as unthinkable as major cities without sewers.
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Thanks to Trump, we're approaching the point where it'll be harder to get into the 2026 Football World Cup than it was for the last one, hosted by a tiny despotic teetotal Middle Eastern petrostate. Quite an achievement, in a way
December 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Thanks to Trump, we're approaching the point where it'll be harder to get into the 2026 Football World Cup than it was for the last one, hosted by a tiny despotic teetotal Middle Eastern petrostate. Quite an achievement, in a way
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Following the news that Paris has launched a cable car, a councillor is calling to explore this in Oxford. Green City & County Councillor Emily Kerr said “Cable cars are cheap, fun, and low-environmental impact. We should be following transport innovators like Paris in considering all options."
Europe’s longest urban cable car unveiled in Paris 17 years after initial proposal
The innovative new project will connect the south-eastern region of the city which is poorly served by public transport
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Following the news that Paris has launched a cable car, a councillor is calling to explore this in Oxford. Green City & County Councillor Emily Kerr said “Cable cars are cheap, fun, and low-environmental impact. We should be following transport innovators like Paris in considering all options."