Simon Davis
@sdglyph.bsky.social
Comfortably beta. GeekDad. Multi-fandom nerd. Christian, subtype lib/prog. He/They. Stand with LGBTQIA+, protect trans kids.
Reads a lot, doesn't post much.
Test everything; hold fast to what is good.
📌 ⊂ ❤️, until Bsky implements proper bookmarks.
Reads a lot, doesn't post much.
Test everything; hold fast to what is good.
📌 ⊂ ❤️, until Bsky implements proper bookmarks.
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The SPEAKER implies.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
January 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The SPEAKER implies.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
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GenAI being fundamentally based on a rejection of consent is obvious, but it's not as obvious that it destroys the inhibitions of the people who already reject consent.
It makes them act in public the way they used to only act when cornering their employees by the punch bowl or in their office
It makes them act in public the way they used to only act when cornering their employees by the punch bowl or in their office
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
GenAI being fundamentally based on a rejection of consent is obvious, but it's not as obvious that it destroys the inhibitions of the people who already reject consent.
It makes them act in public the way they used to only act when cornering their employees by the punch bowl or in their office
It makes them act in public the way they used to only act when cornering their employees by the punch bowl or in their office
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THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
December 31, 2025 at 3:44 AM
THIS. Did you know sickle cell is curable, now? FULLY curable.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
If you're feeling down or despairing about what FEELS like technology/advancement/science "standing still" or being fully malicious, I have great news: You're not paying attention to actual science. Just tech industry marketing.
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!
December 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals!
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Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
Worked hard to get this into Guardian Oz & big props to @fiercemum.bsky.social for setting it up & Melissa Davey for publishing it. She will doubtless get loads of hassle from transphobes for it, but it needs to be out there.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty Blocker bans harm trans kids, no-one should pretend they don’t.
Puberty blocker bans in Queensland and NZ risk extreme harm to trans youth, UK expert warns
Sociologist who surveyed effect of 2024 UK ban says denial of gender-affirming care has left trans and non-binary children in ‘abject misery and severe distress’
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.
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The British Medical Association appears to be fed up with Streeting and his TERFy nonsense:
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
Policy position on the rights of transgender and non-binary people in healthcare settings
Our policy position is centred around the need to advocate for equitable access to healthcare, create safe and inclusive workplaces for trans and non-binary people working in healthcare settings, and ...
www.bma.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The British Medical Association appears to be fed up with Streeting and his TERFy nonsense:
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
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the americanisation of the british right wing is just pathetic, like you can’t even be your own kind of wanker any more
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
the americanisation of the british right wing is just pathetic, like you can’t even be your own kind of wanker any more
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
/watches countdown for the Epic store's (delayed) Thursday freebie
"Hope it's something cool, they usually put up some good games in the Christmas set"
*tick*
*tick*
... it's H*gwarts fricking Legacy. 😡 🤮
"Hope it's something cool, they usually put up some good games in the Christmas set"
*tick*
*tick*
... it's H*gwarts fricking Legacy. 😡 🤮
December 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
/watches countdown for the Epic store's (delayed) Thursday freebie
"Hope it's something cool, they usually put up some good games in the Christmas set"
*tick*
*tick*
... it's H*gwarts fricking Legacy. 😡 🤮
"Hope it's something cool, they usually put up some good games in the Christmas set"
*tick*
*tick*
... it's H*gwarts fricking Legacy. 😡 🤮
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"My child was perfect and has been replaced by a changeling baby," but in the year 2025.
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Grammarly advert just now: "Introducing grammar like you've never seen before!"
That, uh... seems like not what I'd want from a proofing tool?
That, uh... seems like not what I'd want from a proofing tool?
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Grammarly advert just now: "Introducing grammar like you've never seen before!"
That, uh... seems like not what I'd want from a proofing tool?
That, uh... seems like not what I'd want from a proofing tool?
As passed on by my brother... this seems a little embarrassing for a $400 / £350 flagship collector's set, LEGO!
Possibility of a running change and/or customer service replacement for people buying in the three-day FOMO window? (Not me, FWIW.)
Possibility of a running change and/or customer service replacement for people buying in the three-day FOMO window? (Not me, FWIW.)
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As passed on by my brother... this seems a little embarrassing for a $400 / £350 flagship collector's set, LEGO!
Possibility of a running change and/or customer service replacement for people buying in the three-day FOMO window? (Not me, FWIW.)
Possibility of a running change and/or customer service replacement for people buying in the three-day FOMO window? (Not me, FWIW.)
Pedantry alert: "This <thing> comprises of <component parts>" - no.
"Comprises" or "is comprised of", please, but I think what you actually meant was "consists of". Or you could just say "contains" or "includes" if you're not listing every component!
"Comprises" or "is comprised of", please, but I think what you actually meant was "consists of". Or you could just say "contains" or "includes" if you're not listing every component!
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Pedantry alert: "This <thing> comprises of <component parts>" - no.
"Comprises" or "is comprised of", please, but I think what you actually meant was "consists of". Or you could just say "contains" or "includes" if you're not listing every component!
"Comprises" or "is comprised of", please, but I think what you actually meant was "consists of". Or you could just say "contains" or "includes" if you're not listing every component!
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Looks like this is it! www.gamesradar.com/sfx-issue-45/
SFX Issue 45
None
www.gamesradar.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Looks like this is it! www.gamesradar.com/sfx-issue-45/
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Anyway, my favourite bizarre celebrity interview moment remains Christopher Lee finding out Peter Jackson was making Lord of the Rings movies whilst doing an interview to promote his guest appearance as a wizard in some crappy Robin Hood show in SFX, and immediately only caring about that.
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Anyway, my favourite bizarre celebrity interview moment remains Christopher Lee finding out Peter Jackson was making Lord of the Rings movies whilst doing an interview to promote his guest appearance as a wizard in some crappy Robin Hood show in SFX, and immediately only caring about that.
Laika are so good at their process, it's getting genuinely difficult to tell the difference between retouched physical puppetry and pure stylised CG.
First look at "Wildwood" new stop-motion feature film by Laika studios.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQ-...
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQ-...
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Laika are so good at their process, it's getting genuinely difficult to tell the difference between retouched physical puppetry and pure stylised CG.
Out browsing TFs in Smyths today; stood behind mum & small child. Mum is scanning the shelves, asking who the child likes, remarks: "Is there an Optimus?" And it dawned on me that no, there actually wasn't. And that kinda seem like TF sales 101, that there should *always* be an Optimus.
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Out browsing TFs in Smyths today; stood behind mum & small child. Mum is scanning the shelves, asking who the child likes, remarks: "Is there an Optimus?" And it dawned on me that no, there actually wasn't. And that kinda seem like TF sales 101, that there should *always* be an Optimus.
Didn't have "spend the whole day trying and failing to repair my main computer after the boot drive suddenly died" on my bingo card, ugh.
And just DAYS after the MS deadline to sign a reinstalled Win10 up for extended support. 😡
And just DAYS after the MS deadline to sign a reinstalled Win10 up for extended support. 😡
October 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Didn't have "spend the whole day trying and failing to repair my main computer after the boot drive suddenly died" on my bingo card, ugh.
And just DAYS after the MS deadline to sign a reinstalled Win10 up for extended support. 😡
And just DAYS after the MS deadline to sign a reinstalled Win10 up for extended support. 😡
It's not *just* that I opened the microwave and found the cold cup of coffee I'd put in there this morning; it's that I would swear blind I'd drunk it at the time and taken the cup back out to wash.
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It's not *just* that I opened the microwave and found the cold cup of coffee I'd put in there this morning; it's that I would swear blind I'd drunk it at the time and taken the cup back out to wash.
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I wish any British politician would say anything even half as good as this
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I wish any British politician would say anything even half as good as this
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Who’s your favourite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
September 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Who’s your favourite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
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I find Wes Streeting's presence unpleasant, so he should be banned from all spaces I could ever possibly visit. That's how this works, right Wes?
🚨 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)
Streeting confirmed to MumsNet that Labour aims to exclude ALL trans people from single-sex spaces.
(Via MumsNet)
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I find Wes Streeting's presence unpleasant, so he should be banned from all spaces I could ever possibly visit. That's how this works, right Wes?
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For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
September 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA