Dr Headgear
@drheadgear.bsky.social
Eclecticism. Not random, just tangential. Possibly not here at all. Seeking refuge from that other place.
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This can’t be happening
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This can’t be happening
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after more than 25 years
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I wrote a complaint to Cycling UK today about their decision to remove trans women from their 100 Women in Cycling Prize.
They are NOT a competitive body, they do leisure & transport cycling advocacy. You can read my letter & copy it if you would like via here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
They are NOT a competitive body, they do leisure & transport cycling advocacy. You can read my letter & copy it if you would like via here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Cycling UK - in support of trans cyclists' inclusion in the 100 women in cycling prize
To: Cycling UK complaints email address – haveyoursay@cyclinguk.org Subject: Deeply disappointed by your choice to remove trans cyclists from your 100 women in cycling list Dear Cycling UK, I am a ...
docs.google.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I wrote a complaint to Cycling UK today about their decision to remove trans women from their 100 Women in Cycling Prize.
They are NOT a competitive body, they do leisure & transport cycling advocacy. You can read my letter & copy it if you would like via here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
They are NOT a competitive body, they do leisure & transport cycling advocacy. You can read my letter & copy it if you would like via here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Meanwhile its "translation" from Swedish refers to the Great Horned Owl as the Virginia vulture, the Virginia grebe and the Virginia creeper. This is quite an impressive taxonomic range.
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Meanwhile its "translation" from Swedish refers to the Great Horned Owl as the Virginia vulture, the Virginia grebe and the Virginia creeper. This is quite an impressive taxonomic range.
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Typo for "Lars Skull-Eater", of course. I'd need to check my references, but I think he makes a passing appearance in Orkneyinga Saga.
(Also: use human translators. They know a duck from an owl, and will only eat your skull if you suggest they work unpaid "for the exposure".)
(Also: use human translators. They know a duck from an owl, and will only eat your skull if you suggest they work unpaid "for the exposure".)
The translation from Danish is arguably worse. It's named as a Great scaup, great and great crested grebes and "Large skull-eater", which is *almost* a literal translation, but only if you get confused about "skal"(shell). Apparently it should not be confused with a crested martin (not a species)
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Typo for "Lars Skull-Eater", of course. I'd need to check my references, but I think he makes a passing appearance in Orkneyinga Saga.
(Also: use human translators. They know a duck from an owl, and will only eat your skull if you suggest they work unpaid "for the exposure".)
(Also: use human translators. They know a duck from an owl, and will only eat your skull if you suggest they work unpaid "for the exposure".)
Oooh, an Ezra Collective collab? Big energy, I like it www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOtC...
Fred again.., Ezra Collective, CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso - Beto’s Horns, Ezra Remix (London, 25th June)
YouTube video by Fred again . .
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Oooh, an Ezra Collective collab? Big energy, I like it www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOtC...
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Beyond the convictions for violence, the fraud, bankruptcy and racism, the man is remarkably stupid
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Beyond the convictions for violence, the fraud, bankruptcy and racism, the man is remarkably stupid
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My daughter was beaten, spat on, outed & bullied AT SCHOOL, btw. The only reason she wasnt beaten worse was because she got away, locked herself in the toilet and FUCKING PHONED ME.
How would removing her phone have kept her safe?!
How would removing her phone have kept her safe?!
I'm the parent of a trans teen a year younger than Brianna should be. She's been beaten, spat on, outed & bullied out of school. By children who have grown up surrounded by toxic transphobia. She didnt leave the house for over 2 yrs - her online trans friends were the ONLY ppl who understood 1/
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My daughter was beaten, spat on, outed & bullied AT SCHOOL, btw. The only reason she wasnt beaten worse was because she got away, locked herself in the toilet and FUCKING PHONED ME.
How would removing her phone have kept her safe?!
How would removing her phone have kept her safe?!
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If we designed roads for cars in the same way we design bike paths, we'd never have to worry about speeding again. Problem solved.
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If we designed roads for cars in the same way we design bike paths, we'd never have to worry about speeding again. Problem solved.
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Has AI completely broken Google translate?
Translation to English of the Swedish Wikipedia pages for Goosander - mergus merganser (common merganser in US)
It's is referred to as a great horned owl, great grebe and great crested grebe.
Translation to English of the Swedish Wikipedia pages for Goosander - mergus merganser (common merganser in US)
It's is referred to as a great horned owl, great grebe and great crested grebe.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Has AI completely broken Google translate?
Translation to English of the Swedish Wikipedia pages for Goosander - mergus merganser (common merganser in US)
It's is referred to as a great horned owl, great grebe and great crested grebe.
Translation to English of the Swedish Wikipedia pages for Goosander - mergus merganser (common merganser in US)
It's is referred to as a great horned owl, great grebe and great crested grebe.
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Schedule mandatory sex to stop your partner from straying.
No, we've not blundered into sex tips circa 2003, it's the BBC's advice, today 🙄
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No, we've not blundered into sex tips circa 2003, it's the BBC's advice, today 🙄
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sex schedules and other people: How I keep my relationship alive
How bringing fresh conversation and perspectives into a relationship can help keep it alive.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Schedule mandatory sex to stop your partner from straying.
No, we've not blundered into sex tips circa 2003, it's the BBC's advice, today 🙄
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No, we've not blundered into sex tips circa 2003, it's the BBC's advice, today 🙄
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jesus christ, I've just noticed what family Google translate thinks this rather lovely duck belongs to....😱
Years of painstaking work from people suggesting better translations, to the point where it's finally a reliable translator, and they bin it for this AI shit
Years of painstaking work from people suggesting better translations, to the point where it's finally a reliable translator, and they bin it for this AI shit
The translation from Danish is arguably worse. It's named as a Great scaup, great and great crested grebes and "Large skull-eater", which is *almost* a literal translation, but only if you get confused about "skal"(shell). Apparently it should not be confused with a crested martin (not a species)
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Jesus christ, I've just noticed what family Google translate thinks this rather lovely duck belongs to....😱
Years of painstaking work from people suggesting better translations, to the point where it's finally a reliable translator, and they bin it for this AI shit
Years of painstaking work from people suggesting better translations, to the point where it's finally a reliable translator, and they bin it for this AI shit
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for the potato fears not death
December 31, 2024 at 1:55 PM
for the potato fears not death
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Happy 4th anniversary to the time this happened on Twitter.
September 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Happy 4th anniversary to the time this happened on Twitter.
Has AI completely broken Google translate?
Translation to English of the Swedish Wikipedia pages for Goosander - mergus merganser (common merganser in US)
It's is referred to as a great horned owl, great grebe and great crested grebe.
Translation to English of the Swedish Wikipedia pages for Goosander - mergus merganser (common merganser in US)
It's is referred to as a great horned owl, great grebe and great crested grebe.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Has AI completely broken Google translate?
Translation to English of the Swedish Wikipedia pages for Goosander - mergus merganser (common merganser in US)
It's is referred to as a great horned owl, great grebe and great crested grebe.
Translation to English of the Swedish Wikipedia pages for Goosander - mergus merganser (common merganser in US)
It's is referred to as a great horned owl, great grebe and great crested grebe.
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“On Thursday, a US district judge in Chicago, Sara Ellis, said that Bovino had lied about an incident in late October in which he had been caught on video throwing a gas canister at protesters in the same neighborhood without warning, in violation of her earlier temporary restraining order…”
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“On Thursday, a US district judge in Chicago, Sara Ellis, said that Bovino had lied about an incident in late October in which he had been caught on video throwing a gas canister at protesters in the same neighborhood without warning, in violation of her earlier temporary restraining order…”
Orange ball and everything, thank you Canada
LOL. Atletico Ottawa almost got a goal early on in the Canadian Premier League final
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Orange ball and everything, thank you Canada
I had one of these, built a snowman on it. Woke up the next day and both were gone. That unthankful thieving git
November 9, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I had one of these, built a snowman on it. Woke up the next day and both were gone. That unthankful thieving git
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Play time’s over, MAGAt. I’m coming for you.
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Play time’s over, MAGAt. I’m coming for you.
Finally got around to deactivating my old Twitter account. Should have done it ages ago. Fuck Musk, Fuck Grok, Fuck Nazis
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Finally got around to deactivating my old Twitter account. Should have done it ages ago. Fuck Musk, Fuck Grok, Fuck Nazis
Nice post on the roots of D'Angelo's Chicken Grease
nettricegaskins.medium.com/dangelo-s-le...
nettricegaskins.medium.com/dangelo-s-le...
D’Angelo’s Legacy: The History of ‘Chicken Grease’
Let me tell you ‘bout the
Let me, let me tell you ‘bout the chicken grease
Oh, oh, stuffs and things to make the people get out their seat……
nettricegaskins.medium.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Nice post on the roots of D'Angelo's Chicken Grease
nettricegaskins.medium.com/dangelo-s-le...
nettricegaskins.medium.com/dangelo-s-le...
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I don’t believe in treating the idea of beating a joke into the ground as a pejorative, I think it’s our responsibility, like a hunter who uses every part of the deer instead of letting it go to waste
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I don’t believe in treating the idea of beating a joke into the ground as a pejorative, I think it’s our responsibility, like a hunter who uses every part of the deer instead of letting it go to waste
"Where's your fucking Poppy?"
November 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
"Where's your fucking Poppy?"
"Where's your fucking poppy?"
November 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"Where's your fucking poppy?"