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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 2h

“We all told you this would happen” round 2850372749

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2h

Google blocked STI awareness ads as ‘adult content’, Senate estimates hears

Search engine added ‘STI testing’ to list of sensitive topics, censoring important public health campaign, Greens leader says * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Google has blocked ads for a commonwealth-funded STI awareness campaign as “adult content” in a move sexual health organisations say frustrates efforts to share evidence-based public health information online. The Greens leader, Larissa Waters, told a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday that the tech company’s moderation practices had recently undermined the reach and cost-effectiveness of the national campaign, run by Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia (SRHA). Continue reading...

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 12h

Haha well, the story yesterday was an exception I think

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 13h

It’s inspiring and thought provoking stuff!

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 13h

I do have to handle your long voice memos 😉

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 13h

Met @virginie.bsky.social and started @ragmanspod.bsky.social !

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 13h

Yeah… 😬

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Ragman’s Harbour Podcast @ragmanspod.bsky.social · 14h

WE'RE BACK!
Our Patreon supporters can now hear our beautiful voices again, talking about the Lord of the Rings that, if you don't know, we're reading (in Virginie's case, for the first time) for our bonus episodes.
Thanks everyone for your patience in September 💜

www.patreon.com/posts/140765...

Bonus ep. LOTR 11: Walking trees and Gandalf is Jesus! | Ragman’s Harbour podcast

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 14h

I knooow. I introduced myself with how I pronounce it, but she keeps saying it like “loo” (she’s a friend of a friend - we’ve met a few times).

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 14h

In this person’s defence, she didn’t see it written, I said it out loud when introducing myself. 😅 But I definitely didn’t say “loo”.

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 15h

(The best way I have to explain the pronunciation is like ”Lou”, but I also accept like in ”hello”)

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 15h

Me when English speakers pronounce my name like “loo” (🚽)

a young boy in a yellow shirt is smiling with his eyes closed and making a funny face .

Alt: A young boy in a yellow shirt is blinking while seeming to think ”really??”. He seems exasperated/tired.

media.tenor.com

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 6d

Once again: Hegseth is the exact type of guy The Art of War was written for, which means he will never read it

Stella Sacco
@antlervel.vet
It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"

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lewys @generalquixote.bsky.social · 9d

Considering this is the reaction Watson got from JKR after saying something *nice* about her, I hope this is a salutary lesson for Watson and others: you cannot try to meet these people halfway. Nothing less than full-throated endorsement of their bigotry will be enough for them.

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 9d

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has hit out at Emma Watson in a lengthy statement on X, saying: “She has so little experience of real life she’s ignorant of how ignorant she is.”

J.K. Rowling Brands Emma Watson “Ignorant” in Lengthy Post Defending Anti-Trans Stance: “She Has So Little Experience of Real Life”

Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling has hit out at Emma Watson in a lengthy statement on X, saying: “She has so little experience of real life she’s ignorant of how ignorant she is.”

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Six people detained in California’s newest + largest ICE facility speak out, saying they are confined in filthy cells, struggling to access basic medications, going hungry due to insufficient food, drinking dirty water, and faced with “military-like” staff.

“This place is built to break us”

‘Hell on earth’: immigrants held in new California detention facility beg for help

Six people at a remote Ice facility in California City describe medical problems and filthy conditions, which operator CoreCivic denies

www.theguardian.com

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 11d

I certainly think it does, but I’m also glad you’re getting more sleep now!

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Lo (they/them) @lothelynx.bsky.social · 11d

Respectability politics sucks anyway

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Drew Scanlon @drewscanlon.bsky.social · 12d

Hi Internet! I'm Drew and THIS IS MY FACE.

If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society. It would mean a lot to me and to those I know affected by the disease!

Donate at blinkingguy.com

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 14d

Yep, this is exactly what I'd have expected. Great article from Ken.

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james @james.claims · 14d

Please do not read this and decide it is “double standards” vis a vis trans men or anyone else.

The UKSC ruling said:
- trans men - female, cannot use the men’s
- trans women - male, cannot use the women’s
- trans men can also be excluded from women’s
- trans women can also be excluded from men’s

Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 BREAKING | Wes Streeting confirms Labour is actively working to BAN trans women AND trans men from female spaces, describing their presence as "unpleasant".

Streeting confirmed to MumsNet that Labour aims to exclude ALL trans people from single-sex spaces.

(Via MumsNet)

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 15d

The anti-trans right heavily praised Gordon Guyatt as the “godfather” of evidence based medicine.

He worked for SEGM and was responsible for their GRADE reviews.

Now he disavows them, says evidence supports transgender youth care.

Great coverage from Henry carnell.

Henry Carnell @hencarnell.bsky.social · 15d

For years, medical professionals and transgender advocates have been saying the "Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine" was not following the principles of evidenced-based medicine.

Now the "godfather" of evidence-based medicine is leveraging the same claim against them. (1/)

Trans health care "skeptics" lost a key ally—now they're having a meltdown

The godfather of evidence-based medicine on rejecting anti-trans "misuse" of his work.

www.motherjones.com

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 15d

As usual with conspiracists, if their theories were true the evidence would be overwhelming.

Kinlika @kinlika.bsky.social · 17d

'Tylenol' is known in the civilised world as Paracetamol

2.4 million children born in Sweden between 1995 and 2019. Studied 186,000 children whose mothers were treated with paracetamol during pregnancy.

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No link between paracetamol use during pregnancy and autism or ADHD in children

In the largest epidemiologic study to date of the risk of giving birth to a child with autism, ADHD or intellectual disability following acetaminophen use during pregnancy, researchers found no associ...

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dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 16d

joining the war on autism on the side of autism

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Ragman’s Harbour Podcast @ragmanspod.bsky.social · 16d

@virginie.bsky.social -"Today is international hobbit day. Does that mean we all get second breakfast?
@lothelynx.bsky.social -I think so yes”

A good day!

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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 17d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Signe Krantz @signekrantz.swifties.social · 17d

This is fine

CNN @cnn.com · 18d

The United States will have control over TikTok’s algorithm in the acquisition of the social media platform’s US operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

US will complete TikTok deal ‘in coming days’ and control its algorithm, White House says | CNN Business

The United States will have control over TikTok’s algorithm in the acquisition of the social media platform’s US operations, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Saturday.

www.cnn.com

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