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Claire Vaughan

@pixieglas.bsky.social

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🏳️‍🌈📽️ 'A puffed-up orb of a woman with a gaping mouth'. Enthusiast. She / her / hi. Shift Cardiff // Reframed Film // Chapter Cinema Cardiff. Views personal are mine alone. No SWERFs or TERFs or Tories os gwelwch yn dda.

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Claire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · Apr 16

Love forever for my Trans siblings.

The Trans pride flag with Trans Rights are Human Rights written on it. Now and forever.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 7h

Tories pledge to abandon stamp duty to help 'everybody' own a home.

This says stamp duty doesn't apply to the first £125,000 of a property's value and is 2% on the next £125,000.

www.gov.uk/stamp-duty-l...

Stamp Duty Land Tax

You pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy houses, flats and other land and buildings over a certain price in the UK.

www.gov.uk

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 11h

Not one government has told Israel to stop kidnapping their citizens in international waters and let them bring baby formula to starving babies. What a shameful time to be alive

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12h

Israel intercepts another Gaza aid flotilla amid criticism over treatment of activists

Israeli foreign ministry confirms interception and says those on board will be deported A new Gaza-bound aid flotilla has been intercepted by the Israeli army, days after the detention of activists on board vessels bound for the war-torn territory caused international outrage and widespread protests. The Israeli military was jamming signals with at least two boats being boarded, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition said on Instagram. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 6h

Wild list of errors - significant but subtle enough that someone not paying attention would let is pass - generated by Microsoft's generative software INSIDE Excel formulas

We are so SO MUCH TROUBLE

office-watch.com/2025/facts-a...

ust one more example of Copilot getting facts wrong
We asked Copilot() for a list of UN countries and immediately noticed something was wrong. There are 193 countries in the United Nations not 194 so where is the other country? The answer is complicated.

=COPILOT(“list of UN countries, include headings”,”show short name, full name,date of UN entry and continent”)

Copilot has added Vatican City which isn’t a member, only an “Observer” but at least there’s a note.

Even more curious is Palestine which is also an Observer member only but is listed by Copilot as a full member which joined on 29 Nov. 2012.

That means Copilot has two non-members listed and there must be one member country not listed.

If that wasn’t enough, all the Central American and Caribbean countries are lumped into the “North America” continent which isn’t what most people would expect.

Different results on the same page!
For no explained reason, “Gold Coast Airport” appears in this Copilot() result (B17 result and below) even though it’s not shown in another result on the same page (Cell B3 and the spilled cells). All it took was small and irrelevant changes in the prompt.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 7h

Badenoch: "While Britain was redefining what a woman is, China built five nuclear reactors."

A perfect summary of conservative idiocy. Glorifying authoritarian post-communism for its efficiency while vilifying democracy for seeking nuance and respect.

It is the Right who hate their own countries.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 6h

They have made it clear that they believe if they make it awful enough to be trans, people will stop being trans. In service of that, the assault of children is a welcome outcome for them.

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 7h

When politicians like Trump, or Starmer, say & do transphobic things, parents talk about it in front of kids & then the kids bring it to school.

It’s horrific that these kids are being taught to hate & at such an early age.

It is critical we do not import this into Irish politics:

11-year-old trans child allegedly assaulted by fellow student

An 11-year-old trans child was allegedly assaulted by a fellow student over their gender identity, the student's father has claimed.

www.thepinknews.com

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Michael Scally @fizzvstheworld.bsky.social · 19h

From a moral standpoint, The Toxic Avenger is the movie of the year...

io9 @io9dotcom.bsky.social · 1d

'The Toxic Avenger' Has Helped Eliminate Over $15 Million in Medical Debt

The ooey-gooey, proudly raunchy horror comedy launched a fundraiser ahead of its theatrical release—and it's still going along with its arrival at home.

gizmodo.com

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Yo Gabapentin @yogabapentin.bsky.social · 21h

Obligatory Jenny Nicholson Tweet

Jenny Nicholson Tweet:

How come major film studios keep being like Jared Leto may have allegations, but at least he looks weird, stars in box office bombs, and is not a good actor

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 1d

Henceforth the red robes will only be worn as an away kit when the Canadian Supreme Court is playing the US one.

Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1d

Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right

Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe

The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe

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Guy Thomas 〓〓 @guywrites.bsky.social · 2d

Woodland sky from this morning’s early dog walk. May your day be peaceful, my friends. 😊🌳

#woodland #trees #walk #calm #peace #nature #life #photography

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Ricardo Autobahn @ricardoautobahn.co.uk · 1d

This is the maddest tour I've ever seen in my life. It seems like he's doing more gigs than there are days in the year.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

Stephen Miller in a gray suit, white shirt, and gray tie.

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Justin Sevakis @worldofcrap.bsky.social · 1d

1, man people are gross
2, "The Human Centipede of content" is the best descriptor of AI slop I've heard yet.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 1d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

zeldawilliams
20m
From Create Mode
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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

also just feels important to point out that after a whole wave of trans users were suspended for pointing out JK Rowling’s transphobia, now apparently we are suspending Jewish users for pointing out Christian Zionists’ antisemitism

the pattern is, uh

not subtle

Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 1d

it is genuinely shocking how much rage @jay.bsky.team and the devs seem to have for their user base. suspending Erin Biba over an old post just because she’s been criticizing you is deeply fucked up. fix this shit.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 2d

it literally isn’t though

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

Keir Starmer’s spokesman asked about Israel detaining British citizens who were on the Gaza aid flotilla, while in international waters, replies that it is a “matter for the Israeli Government”

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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 2d

“I left my wife, Nicole Kidman, because I was sick of her, Nicole Kidman, needing me to have sex with her, Nicole Kidman” do you hear yourself man

Tweet from Daily Mail Celebrity @DailyMailCeleb
How Nicole Kidman's 'bottomless need for sexual attention' led to the end of her marriage to country music star Keith Urban: Nashville insiders open up to
ALISON BOSHOFF

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Spooky Content Enjoyer @sirsandgoblin.bsky.social · 2d

Dear British media please imagine these are sycamore trees

Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 2d

Hundreds of olive trees were seen uprooted by Israeli forces in the villages of al-Mughayyir and abu Falah near Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

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So Mayer @suchmayer.bsky.social · 2d

Has anyone ever come across a short story (or novella -- or novel, let's be ambitious!) mostly or wholly related in the form of meeting minutes? 👀

Would prefer radical meetings using consensus based approaches, to Robert's Rules, UN or parish council but curious about all.

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JLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 3d

A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o

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Ray Pride @raypride.bsky.social · 2d

“The judge did not rule on the facts of the case, but rather that the suit should have been filed in New Zealand and not Wisconsin.”

Judge Dismisses Sexual Assault Lawsuit Against Neil Gaiman

A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled that the accuser’s suit should be refiled in New Zealand.

www.vulture.com

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pgofton.bsky.social @pgofton.bsky.social · 2d

Selling the Kenickie/Frankie & The Heartstrings tees I have doubles of. All money goes to MAP! Vintage, BNWOT, unworn or I can sweat in them for you if you want, your choice! Link here (check my seller items) ebay.us/m/KZTj2w

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Francis Bacon @francisbacon.bsky.social · 2d

Sand Dune https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/sand-dune-1981

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 3d

I say we all just become ungovernable. Random, confusing behavior. Not harmful just weird and disruptive

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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