Rhys Pockett
@rhyspockett.bsky.social
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Want to present at the nicest, funnest conference ever in the history of everything*?
The PyCon AU 2025 call for proposals is open! Help us put on an amazing program!
2025.pycon.org.au/program/
* Apart from all the other really awesome ones, that is.
The PyCon AU 2025 call for proposals is open! Help us put on an amazing program!
2025.pycon.org.au/program/
* Apart from all the other really awesome ones, that is.
Program—PyCon AU 2025
2025.pycon.org.au
May 27, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Want to present at the nicest, funnest conference ever in the history of everything*?
The PyCon AU 2025 call for proposals is open! Help us put on an amazing program!
2025.pycon.org.au/program/
* Apart from all the other really awesome ones, that is.
The PyCon AU 2025 call for proposals is open! Help us put on an amazing program!
2025.pycon.org.au/program/
* Apart from all the other really awesome ones, that is.
If you were going to put a biblical quote on a shirt, what would it be.
Mark 10:25 is obvious. Mathew 10:35 reminds me of the letter from Birmingham jail.
Mark 10:25 is obvious. Mathew 10:35 reminds me of the letter from Birmingham jail.
May 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
If you were going to put a biblical quote on a shirt, what would it be.
Mark 10:25 is obvious. Mathew 10:35 reminds me of the letter from Birmingham jail.
Mark 10:25 is obvious. Mathew 10:35 reminds me of the letter from Birmingham jail.
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Some kids made adoption signs to hang up around the shelter. Most of them were cute and sweet but I greatly enjoy this straight up threat.
May 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Some kids made adoption signs to hang up around the shelter. Most of them were cute and sweet but I greatly enjoy this straight up threat.
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I think of COVID as three separate, related events. The medical pandemic, the western psychological break, and the global sociopolitical fallout.
Covid killed millions of people worldwide and the damage that it did to societal cohesion and democratic governance may still have eclipsed the physical damage
May 26, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I think of COVID as three separate, related events. The medical pandemic, the western psychological break, and the global sociopolitical fallout.
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crabs in a bucket | patreon.com/lubchansky
May 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
crabs in a bucket | patreon.com/lubchansky
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Well, shit, I wouldn't have made it into the University of Chicago under this policy, and considering that I became the editor of the school newspaper and then the student ombudsperson for the university, maybe that would have been their loss.
Some of the most elite colleges in the US are making “civility transcripts” part of the admissions process.
Tone-policing as university policy.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
Tone-policing as university policy.
www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
May 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Well, shit, I wouldn't have made it into the University of Chicago under this policy, and considering that I became the editor of the school newspaper and then the student ombudsperson for the university, maybe that would have been their loss.
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Kittens, as far as I can tell, contain explosive devices that launch them into the air seemingly randomly. Little paws flailing out in all directions. Launching multiple heights taller than them. Who hit the detonator on Trevor the kitten? Why is he attacking my shoe? We just don't know.
May 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Kittens, as far as I can tell, contain explosive devices that launch them into the air seemingly randomly. Little paws flailing out in all directions. Launching multiple heights taller than them. Who hit the detonator on Trevor the kitten? Why is he attacking my shoe? We just don't know.
Anyone want to find me other treatments that ~700 people a year get in the UK and many people can name that treatment.
Trans people on the Telegraph front page for the 3rd time in the last week
May 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Anyone want to find me other treatments that ~700 people a year get in the UK and many people can name that treatment.
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In fact, we may never know the origins of SARSCoV2, but the preponderance of the evidence suggests a natural origin. But the lab leak is now embraced by many in the mainstream media. Immerwahr gets on the bandwagon in this piece. 9/ www.thenation.com/article/soci...
“The New York Times” Is Failing Its Readers Badly on Covid
A pair of shoddy opinion pieces proves that the paper is letting its audience down and undermining the fight to improve our knowledge of the virus.
www.thenation.com
May 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
In fact, we may never know the origins of SARSCoV2, but the preponderance of the evidence suggests a natural origin. But the lab leak is now embraced by many in the mainstream media. Immerwahr gets on the bandwagon in this piece. 9/ www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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BlueSky is the worst social media platform apart from all the other social media platforms
May 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
BlueSky is the worst social media platform apart from all the other social media platforms
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When our descendants unearth our devices and work out how to power them up, they're going to construct entire visions of how 21st-century humans lived in a world dominated by cats
I have so many pictures of cats, many of them essentially identical
May 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
When our descendants unearth our devices and work out how to power them up, they're going to construct entire visions of how 21st-century humans lived in a world dominated by cats
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Some people do not fully recover from an acute viral infection and experience persistent symptoms or incomplete recovery for months or even years. This is not unique to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and history shows that post-viral conditions like post COVID-19 condition, referred to as LC, are not new
1/7
1/7
April 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Some people do not fully recover from an acute viral infection and experience persistent symptoms or incomplete recovery for months or even years. This is not unique to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and history shows that post-viral conditions like post COVID-19 condition, referred to as LC, are not new
1/7
1/7
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No, it is just another variant. We do not panic, just as we do not for variants and mutations in OC43, 229E, HKU.1, NL63, RSV, seasonalç Influenza strains, etc. These are panic accounts that spread fear for clicks.
May 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
No, it is just another variant. We do not panic, just as we do not for variants and mutations in OC43, 229E, HKU.1, NL63, RSV, seasonalç Influenza strains, etc. These are panic accounts that spread fear for clicks.
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I've worked in the Australian health system, which is nowhere near as fucked & charity dependent as the US, but none of our major public hospitals would function without charitable giving. That is a *policy failure*. Public institutions shouldn't be dependent on individual whims & generosity.
May 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I've worked in the Australian health system, which is nowhere near as fucked & charity dependent as the US, but none of our major public hospitals would function without charitable giving. That is a *policy failure*. Public institutions shouldn't be dependent on individual whims & generosity.
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The fact that we are debating things like 'is preventative dental care good' is a truly dismal state of affairs.
I’m a dentist from India. The fluoride debate in the U.S. horrifies me
While debates in the U.S. rage about potential overexposure to fluoride, people worldwide still lack basic access to it.
www.statnews.com
May 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The fact that we are debating things like 'is preventative dental care good' is a truly dismal state of affairs.
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Julión Álvarez was due to play at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, in the middle of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, for a sold-out concert (50,000 tickets sold), cancelled because Trump revoked visas—he has now revoked 100s of visas of Mexican singers, actors, artists and politicians... just out of spite
Mexican singer Julion Alvarez postpones Texas show after US visa allegedly revoked
Julión Álvarez said he had to cancel a show in Texas after his visa to enter the United States had been revoked.
abc7.com
May 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Julión Álvarez was due to play at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, in the middle of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, for a sold-out concert (50,000 tickets sold), cancelled because Trump revoked visas—he has now revoked 100s of visas of Mexican singers, actors, artists and politicians... just out of spite
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I spent 72 hours checking the posting times of every Gazan account I saw fundraising. More than 2/3 of them were inconsistent with Gaza but consistent with Myanmar or Cambodia, where hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked into doing scam work under threat of violence or death.
and before you get hot under the collar about that statement:
it's 4AM in Gaza right now and I am watching two separate accounts post their gofundme in somebody's thread every 10 seconds.
as @rahaeli.bsky.social notes: it's 9AM in Southeast Asia, though.
people are being had. I'm sorry.
it's 4AM in Gaza right now and I am watching two separate accounts post their gofundme in somebody's thread every 10 seconds.
as @rahaeli.bsky.social notes: it's 9AM in Southeast Asia, though.
people are being had. I'm sorry.
May 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I spent 72 hours checking the posting times of every Gazan account I saw fundraising. More than 2/3 of them were inconsistent with Gaza but consistent with Myanmar or Cambodia, where hundreds of thousands of people are trafficked into doing scam work under threat of violence or death.
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bringing my piss license to the portaloo
having my groin card scanned by the wang bouncer
going through the genome scanner to access the segregated wee stations
all part of the extremely normal utopia we strive towards
having my groin card scanned by the wang bouncer
going through the genome scanner to access the segregated wee stations
all part of the extremely normal utopia we strive towards
Lets be very clear here, its not trans people could be forced to present papers, its people SUSPECTED of being trans
Trans people could be forced to present passports to access toilets, under proposed EHRC guidance
May 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
bringing my piss license to the portaloo
having my groin card scanned by the wang bouncer
going through the genome scanner to access the segregated wee stations
all part of the extremely normal utopia we strive towards
having my groin card scanned by the wang bouncer
going through the genome scanner to access the segregated wee stations
all part of the extremely normal utopia we strive towards
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Just blocked somebody for antisemitism, which I hate. Being against the Israeli government's genocide against Palestinians is no excuse for it. Many Jewish people worldwide are working against the genocide.
May 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Just blocked somebody for antisemitism, which I hate. Being against the Israeli government's genocide against Palestinians is no excuse for it. Many Jewish people worldwide are working against the genocide.
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New limited edition Clapton CFC trans solidarity goalkeeper shirt is available to pre-order now 🔥
All profits go to the Trans Legal Clinic ✊
The one-off window to buy closes on May 30 then they will be manufactured.
www.claptoncfc.co.uk/2025/05/20/c...
All profits go to the Trans Legal Clinic ✊
The one-off window to buy closes on May 30 then they will be manufactured.
www.claptoncfc.co.uk/2025/05/20/c...
May 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
New limited edition Clapton CFC trans solidarity goalkeeper shirt is available to pre-order now 🔥
All profits go to the Trans Legal Clinic ✊
The one-off window to buy closes on May 30 then they will be manufactured.
www.claptoncfc.co.uk/2025/05/20/c...
All profits go to the Trans Legal Clinic ✊
The one-off window to buy closes on May 30 then they will be manufactured.
www.claptoncfc.co.uk/2025/05/20/c...
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I sneezed in a meeting with a government minister and something solid, wet, and chunky flew out my nose. I hadn't a clue where it went, spent 20mins in fear. Found it in my hair afterwards.
May 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I sneezed in a meeting with a government minister and something solid, wet, and chunky flew out my nose. I hadn't a clue where it went, spent 20mins in fear. Found it in my hair afterwards.
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Kant’s famous formulation of the Categorical Imperative:
“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law—except for the Federal Reserve.”
“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law—except for the Federal Reserve.”
May 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Kant’s famous formulation of the Categorical Imperative:
“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law—except for the Federal Reserve.”
“Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law—except for the Federal Reserve.”
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Ancient Irish proverb.
May 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Ancient Irish proverb.