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CTTeller
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22, old leftie. I like politics, trains, old music and indie games. And men, unfortunately.
(he/him)
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badsocialism.bsky.social
Sometimes people wonder why I'm still an optimist in these times and the simple answer is that if read how *liberal* people in the UK and US talked about black people you realise we have had such a total shift in world thinking in the last century even reactionaries can't think that far back
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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rine.bsky.social
Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
December 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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eicathomefinn.bsky.social
'Chris Parkes, a senior lecturer in history education at King’s College London, told Times Higher Education that “to be a trans person in the UK right now is to be exhausted and terrified”.' 1/3
Trans scholars being ‘pushed out of academia’, researchers warn
Universities ‘afraid to be trans inclusive’ after Supreme Court ruling and OfS Sussex fine, leaving staff fearing ‘hostile environment’
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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hleehurley.com
11% of Britons say they feel 'very negatively' about trans people which just highlights how much this is a top-down hate project with around 95% of the media hating trans people and a high percentage of MPs.
December 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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hughrbrechin.bsky.social
Keeping Up Disappearances
December 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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sundersays.bsky.social
There were 2 Labour Cabinet Ministers last week on TalkTV Harry Cole slot which plans to invite back an overt racist who'd ban the Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor, Leader of the Opposition & Deputy Speaker from parliament & all blacks, Asians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs from the civil service!
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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beetlebuggyboy.bsky.social
Speaking on this; there's a tumblr post that PERFECTLY explains why TERFs have 'so much reach', and folk need to see it.

Stop engaging with TERFS, block them, and get them offline. Likewise, report *their* harmful comments.

Organise and be smart.
Screenshot of a tumblr post by user khazrablood. It shows another screenshot from twitter/X by @advocate.com, stating; "Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targetted for mild criticisms of anti-trans billionaire." Beneath the quote, a hyperlink pop up of an informative article appears, with two images; the first is Bluesky's logo, and the second is of Joanne Rowling. Under the two portrait images, the header reads; "Bluesky silenced trans voices over J. K Rowling, here's why" The sub-header of the hyperlink further reads; "Outcry grows after multiple trans users were targetted for mild criticisms of the anti-trans billionaire." Underneath the screenshot of the Twitter/X post, khazrablood writes; "wannabe twitter already bending the knee to terfs." Following the previous tumblr post by khazrablood, fourohfourlifenotfound, a different user, has reblogged the post and added; If we are ever going to stop this, then you guys need to start learning why this happens. And it's not always because some executive made a decision to favor a TERF. It's because the technology is broken in a way TERFs have learned to use to their advantage. So content moderation is a HUGE task. It is incredibly inefficient to manually monitor all user reports-- when you "flag" something as spam or inappropriate or 'inciting harm' (what Blueskye is saying the banned users had in their posts). So what actually happens is that the bulk of it is reviewed by machine. The precise "how" is a bit of a black box (if you say exactly, it makes it more vulnerable to being bypasses), but we generally know it's a bit of machine learning ("ai", but not he chatgpt kind) and a bit of automation. Generically this gets referred to as an "algorithm" (which is a meaningless word I don't have time to unpack here). a continuation of khazrablood's tumblr post, reblogged and added to by fourohfourlifenotfound; The TERFs have a formula. A battle plan, if you will. I've been watching them use it for almost a decade. And they play social media sites like a fiddle every single time. The way it works is that they coordinate attacks on targets they dislike. (Usually trans people, but ace discourse is a notable example of targets not necessarily fitting that demographic.) They send links to each other of posts to report. They'll flag it for whatever the nearest thing they can is. The blueskye users were wishing ill to JK Rowling, so "inciting harm" was the excuse selected. "Inappropriate or sexually explicit content" is a common selection for other trans content. Then what happens is the content moderation "algorithm" sees a huge influx of reports for a certain post or user. And instead of making a human manually review all of that, it automatically initiates a ban or takedown. And if the "algorithm" has word censorship built in, it will begin to auto-flag for things containing words in posts frequently flagged, so it begins to auto-flag the word trans itself. The end of tumblr user fourohfourlifenotfound addition to khazrablood's original tumblr post; This has been happening for almost a decade. There was a trans youtuber who proved TERF hater group chats flagged his videos so much that it started auto-demonitizing identical videos with the word trans in the title, but leaving ones without the word alone. I strongly suspect this is why we see huge amounts of trans women banned for no reason on tumblr. And this is clearly what is happening now. How do we fix it? There's no easy solution. All the things about the "algorithm" that make moderation easier for the social media platforms are the exact reasons it's so difficult to defeat. It's hard to teach a machine what's a genuine flag and a malicious one. Again, it's been almost a decade since the issue was raised with youtube, and there has yet to be a solution for rooting out malicious coordinated flagging. But here's one thing that can help: get TERFs off of social media. Stop letting them bait you into petty fights. Learn how to identify them. Block and report them.
September 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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goodlawproject.org
Bridget Phillipson knew her history, was told by MPs not to appoint her, insisted on appointing her, and in her first interview the Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has ignored super clear and explicit human rights law that trans people are not a third sex. What a disgrace.
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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iamdavidbrothers.com
if you backed this and they used your hundred grand to crap out some AI art, there's a link further down the thread with examples and a way to report them to kickstarter for undisclosed AI use.
seannorthridge.bsky.social Sean Northridge @seannorthridge.bsky.social · 3d
Okay yeah, This feels like a mix of AI Slop, Trace Photo Ref, and Actual (mostly rushed) Art, all made to hide the duct tape and glue.

Im kinda mad I backed the Kickstarter, checking that now they REALLLLLLY hid this.

AWA Studios really pocketed 100K in Kickstarter Money and ran with this.
December 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
ctteller.bsky.social
The Beatles will govern Britain for over 60 years, Basil from Omori will become leader of the free world as UK PM, Wes Anderson will become Dr Who showrunner, Eric Idle will become UK PM ending over 30 years of Tory rule

My alt history wikiboxes will always have that surreal, fantasy element
gabino.bsky.social Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 2d
I’m always saying the same shit and I mean it every time. In the age of soulless AI slop, nothing matters more than your voice, so write/create whatever makes you happy. Make it weird. Make it dark. Make it queer. Make it surreal, diverse, sexy. Make it political as fuck. Do YOU.
December 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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gabino.bsky.social
I’m always saying the same shit and I mean it every time. In the age of soulless AI slop, nothing matters more than your voice, so write/create whatever makes you happy. Make it weird. Make it dark. Make it queer. Make it surreal, diverse, sexy. Make it political as fuck. Do YOU.
December 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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badsocialism.bsky.social
What the fuuuuck
jvagle.me Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 3d
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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jessothomson.co.uk
Which views the BBC considers unacceptably political in its presenters is particularly telling, isn't it?
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 3d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.

Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
thegmcconnachie.bsky.social Garry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 2d
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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andrewhickey.500songs.com
One of my big bugbears -- the way Spotify playlists have, in just a handful of years, replaced British Xmas music (leery boozed-up Brummies with ridiculous facial hair) with American Xmas music (cardigans and expensive dentistry).
fireh9lly.bsky.social Holly Boson @fireh9lly.bsky.social · 2d
The sudden cratering in value of Merry Xmas Everybody in place of smarmy Perry Como crap is seriously making the world worse
December 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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andrewhickey.500songs.com
It's only a tiny thing in this, but Peter Serafinowicz isn't his "own brother-in-law", he's his *ex* brother-in-law, and part of Glinner's awfulness is how he seems unwilling to accept that his wife is no longer his wife. It's scary, frankly.
mimmymum.bsky.social Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 4d
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬

He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
The Telegraph Graham Linehan My trans critics are cowards. Yes, Ardal O'Hanlon - that includes yOu I expected more from my friend of 25 years. But he would rather condemn me than fight for the rights of women and girls I expected more from Ardal. I never thought he would intone the catechism. "I still get on great with everyone," he said in a recent interview with The Times, "though I haven't seen much of the show's creator, Graham Linehan, and am baffled as to why he got involved in the culture wars. I feel sorry for him - he's entitled to his opinions, but the way he presented them made it confrontational. When I read that, I phoned him immediately. When people betray me, I always make the mistake of phoning them straight away. My heart was thumping in my chest as I found his number and gave him a faux-polite, "Hey Ardal, how's it going?". My anger was already boiling. I knew exactly what he would say - the exact same things Bill Bailey said when I phoned him, the exact same things Amelia Bullmore said when I wrote to her. I knew, and I phoned anyway, because I can't help myself. And when he started reading from the same script as all the others, I lost my temper. At some point, Ardal said, "I just disagree with you." I would have said all this to him on the phone, but I was so angry I could not get any of it out. In fact, at one point I said, "You're on my f--ing s--t list." Ridiculous, of course, but unfortunately true. Like Father Ted at the Golden Cleric Awards, I keep a tally of every person who took the easy path and watched me twist in the wind. I can't help it. I remember them all. Tim Heidecker saying I'd gone down a "rabbit hole". David O'Doherty, who didn't have the guts to speak to me. My own brother-in-law publicly calling me insane. Adam Buxton, Jon Ronson, Richard Herring, Stewart Lee. People who knew me, people who had my phone number, people who could have asked, people who assumed the worst because doing otherwise would have exposed them to the same treatment I was receiving. In condemning me, to use Douglas Murray's line, they raise a little flag outside their home so the mob will pass them by. And every time one of them hands a journalist another little quote - another "baffled," another "sorry," another "he's awful, but I hope he's okay" - they get to carry on with their lives while mine gets smaller. None of them
December 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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classicbritishtv.bsky.social
Dick Van Dyke is 100 today, Happy Birthday Dick 🎁🎂
December 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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jamellebouie.net
this fact is the definitive judgment on kirk's life
theophite.bsky.social rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 3d
ultimately, no one even grieved Charlie Kirk. he was just another thing for the worst people on earth to get outraged over. and when the outrage of real events wasn't enough, they invented new ones.

not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
ryanlcooper.com ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 3d
my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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gamerstavernshow.com
Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers.

NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.
wario64.bsky.social Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 3d
Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic Games Store. Mystery game is the next title buff.ly/HE94Ti2
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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jacktindale.bsky.social
oh wow it turns out that you can close a very important building for a period of time to do much needed restoration and renewal rather than constantly dragging it out for decades at much greater expense i wonder if theres a lesson there for someone

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/bar...
Barbican Arts Centre to close for a year for a £240m upgrade
A £240 million renovation of the Barbican Arts Centre is set to get started after the City of London granted full planning permission.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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internethippo.bsky.social
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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joebaldwin.me.uk
One of the bleakest things about living in the UK right now is that the country is full of people who, if their community is given something nice, will just destroy it for no reason. I really don’t know how you fix that.
December 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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joealouder.bsky.social
Hogwarts Legacy is currently on a 'games to gift' Xbox sale which reads like 'game to gift so your woke friend has plausible deniability'
batariangal.bsky.social Julianna 💎 @batariangal.bsky.social · 3d
Tuned out for a bit to listen to that and when I unmuted The Geoff was talking about Harry Potter...

urgh
December 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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jacktindale.bsky.social
our Bill Nye the Science Guy
December 11, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 5d
McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash

The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash
McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM