Jenny List
@jennylist.bsky.social
Engineer and technical journalist.
Contributing editor and European correspondent, Hackaday.
Hackerspaces, Parkour, Trans Rescue.
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Contributing editor and European correspondent, Hackaday.
Hackerspaces, Parkour, Trans Rescue.
Tall, She/'Er. 🏳️⚧️
https://ko-fi.com/jennylist
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I was around in 1975, at primary school. Grownups were very pessimistic, the country was broken.
Rosy views of the '70s aren't unique to the right though.
Rosy views of the '70s aren't unique to the right though.
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I was around in 1975, at primary school. Grownups were very pessimistic, the country was broken.
Rosy views of the '70s aren't unique to the right though.
Rosy views of the '70s aren't unique to the right though.
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I'm wondering if anybody has any good articles written by reputable sources about how violent misgendering people is. Because I don't think that might people understand that they're hurting me
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I'm wondering if anybody has any good articles written by reputable sources about how violent misgendering people is. Because I don't think that might people understand that they're hurting me
We're a country of worn-out failed roads passing million pound houses while hundreds of billions are wasted on grand projects, a country of food banks and poverty, one where opposing genocide or climate change means arrest, and millions have no hope.
But it's trans people that are the problem.
But it's trans people that are the problem.
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We're a country of worn-out failed roads passing million pound houses while hundreds of billions are wasted on grand projects, a country of food banks and poverty, one where opposing genocide or climate change means arrest, and millions have no hope.
But it's trans people that are the problem.
But it's trans people that are the problem.
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Things that annoy me. Any embedded dev board > 30€ that requires a USB->TTL cable to program.
Lads. It's 2025. I've no idea where my damn cable is.
Lads. It's 2025. I've no idea where my damn cable is.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Things that annoy me. Any embedded dev board > 30€ that requires a USB->TTL cable to program.
Lads. It's 2025. I've no idea where my damn cable is.
Lads. It's 2025. I've no idea where my damn cable is.
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Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
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obviously fucking not.
What happened here is Labour reached out to support her and they had conversations at which point some Labour wanker said "we've got this great initiative and we'd like you to champion it" and Esther obviously said yes because she was told it would help kids like Brianna.
What happened here is Labour reached out to support her and they had conversations at which point some Labour wanker said "we've got this great initiative and we'd like you to champion it" and Esther obviously said yes because she was told it would help kids like Brianna.
November 12, 2025 at 8:51 AM
obviously fucking not.
What happened here is Labour reached out to support her and they had conversations at which point some Labour wanker said "we've got this great initiative and we'd like you to champion it" and Esther obviously said yes because she was told it would help kids like Brianna.
What happened here is Labour reached out to support her and they had conversations at which point some Labour wanker said "we've got this great initiative and we'd like you to champion it" and Esther obviously said yes because she was told it would help kids like Brianna.
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"im supporting her mum"
I wanna address this one real quick because this is what we call "scapegoating".
Do you honestly expect us to believe that after her daughter was murdered in a way that had nothing to do with phone use, Esther Ghey came begging for you to ban phones during school time?
I wanna address this one real quick because this is what we call "scapegoating".
Do you honestly expect us to believe that after her daughter was murdered in a way that had nothing to do with phone use, Esther Ghey came begging for you to ban phones during school time?
You're genuinely deranged if you think I believe either of Brianna's killers deserve less than the life sentences they were both handed, or that I think Brianna was in any way at fault for her own murder.
I'm supporting her mum, who is a constituent, which is... my job.
Go and touch grass.
I'm supporting her mum, who is a constituent, which is... my job.
Go and touch grass.
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"im supporting her mum"
I wanna address this one real quick because this is what we call "scapegoating".
Do you honestly expect us to believe that after her daughter was murdered in a way that had nothing to do with phone use, Esther Ghey came begging for you to ban phones during school time?
I wanna address this one real quick because this is what we call "scapegoating".
Do you honestly expect us to believe that after her daughter was murdered in a way that had nothing to do with phone use, Esther Ghey came begging for you to ban phones during school time?
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Have you been craving a computational analysis of the last 20 years of Hackaday output?
Jenny List has just what you're looking for.
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Jenny List has just what you're looking for.
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Two Decades Of Hackaday In Words
I think most of us who make or build things have a thing we are known for making. Where it’s football robots, radios, guitars, cameras, or inflatable textile sculptures, we all have the thing…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Have you been craving a computational analysis of the last 20 years of Hackaday output?
Jenny List has just what you're looking for.
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Jenny List has just what you're looking for.
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The sad thing about the BBC story is they have bent over backwards to dance to the right wing tune. On Gaza, small boats, trans people, and more. But still this happens.
Something something leopards faces.
Something something leopards faces.
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The sad thing about the BBC story is they have bent over backwards to dance to the right wing tune. On Gaza, small boats, trans people, and more. But still this happens.
Something something leopards faces.
Something something leopards faces.
If you're interested in how the news media manipulates public opinion and creates false narratives, take a close look at the current assault on the BBC.
They are being portrayed as institutionally captured by "trans ideology", while the reality as you will seee below is the complete opposite.
They are being portrayed as institutionally captured by "trans ideology", while the reality as you will seee below is the complete opposite.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
If you're interested in how the news media manipulates public opinion and creates false narratives, take a close look at the current assault on the BBC.
They are being portrayed as institutionally captured by "trans ideology", while the reality as you will seee below is the complete opposite.
They are being portrayed as institutionally captured by "trans ideology", while the reality as you will seee below is the complete opposite.
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Trans woman: So I walked to the shops and purchased some milk.
Sonia Sodha: A man stomped menacingly down the street dressed like a hooker and stole milk that was reserved for biological women who will now starve. I am a left wing journalist.
Sonia Sodha: A man stomped menacingly down the street dressed like a hooker and stole milk that was reserved for biological women who will now starve. I am a left wing journalist.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Trans woman: So I walked to the shops and purchased some milk.
Sonia Sodha: A man stomped menacingly down the street dressed like a hooker and stole milk that was reserved for biological women who will now starve. I am a left wing journalist.
Sonia Sodha: A man stomped menacingly down the street dressed like a hooker and stole milk that was reserved for biological women who will now starve. I am a left wing journalist.
Somehow my VPN wasn't enabled this.mornimg, so I found myself pestered with Online Safety Act warnings.
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Somehow my VPN wasn't enabled this.mornimg, so I found myself pestered with Online Safety Act warnings.
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
The whole BBC bias story is a manufactured one in order to weaken the organisation.
It's an organisation packed with appointees of the previous government, that has swung consistently to the right for years.
But it's more important for the far right that it be weakened.
It's an organisation packed with appointees of the previous government, that has swung consistently to the right for years.
But it's more important for the far right that it be weakened.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The whole BBC bias story is a manufactured one in order to weaken the organisation.
It's an organisation packed with appointees of the previous government, that has swung consistently to the right for years.
But it's more important for the far right that it be weakened.
It's an organisation packed with appointees of the previous government, that has swung consistently to the right for years.
But it's more important for the far right that it be weakened.
My feed today is full of vile institutionalised transphobia in the UK, my own country.
I spend a substantial slice of my time advising trans people leaving the UK for their own safety.
Far from being a country besieged by refugees, we're now one that's exporting them.
I spend a substantial slice of my time advising trans people leaving the UK for their own safety.
Far from being a country besieged by refugees, we're now one that's exporting them.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
My feed today is full of vile institutionalised transphobia in the UK, my own country.
I spend a substantial slice of my time advising trans people leaving the UK for their own safety.
Far from being a country besieged by refugees, we're now one that's exporting them.
I spend a substantial slice of my time advising trans people leaving the UK for their own safety.
Far from being a country besieged by refugees, we're now one that's exporting them.
I do not understand this. The BBC has been the leading light in the terf movement for years, they hate us and have repeatedly platformed anti trans hate speech.
Just what crack is Suzanne Moore smoking?
Just what crack is Suzanne Moore smoking?
Suzanne Moore, who would rather be locked up than pay her BBC licence fee because the BBC is too nice to trans people for her liking.
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I do not understand this. The BBC has been the leading light in the terf movement for years, they hate us and have repeatedly platformed anti trans hate speech.
Just what crack is Suzanne Moore smoking?
Just what crack is Suzanne Moore smoking?
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I prefer to uncover good news with drones, however, I uncovered that a child has been injured by a police drone, which was difficult as I was initially misled on FOIA, the BBC are investigating.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inquiry after child hurt in Kent Police drone crash
A drone hit a cable and crashed hitting a child during the search for a suspect, police say.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I prefer to uncover good news with drones, however, I uncovered that a child has been injured by a police drone, which was difficult as I was initially misled on FOIA, the BBC are investigating.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
3 lenses on one camera. An M12 turret camera
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November 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Help me out here, I'm a Brit. What's the significance of the picture of Mandani holding a capital L?
November 5, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Help me out here, I'm a Brit. What's the significance of the picture of Mandani holding a capital L?
What I am about to say is probably illegal. But if it saves lives I do not care.
We trans people have the networks & experience to support parents of trans kids being detransitioned, with alternatives.
Risk jail or see a trans kid die? I'd rather be on the right side of history.
We trans people have the networks & experience to support parents of trans kids being detransitioned, with alternatives.
Risk jail or see a trans kid die? I'd rather be on the right side of history.
November 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
What I am about to say is probably illegal. But if it saves lives I do not care.
We trans people have the networks & experience to support parents of trans kids being detransitioned, with alternatives.
Risk jail or see a trans kid die? I'd rather be on the right side of history.
We trans people have the networks & experience to support parents of trans kids being detransitioned, with alternatives.
Risk jail or see a trans kid die? I'd rather be on the right side of history.
Looking at the parliamentary petition site.
Gosh, if ever I saw a collection of texts that could use an editor.
Gosh, if ever I saw a collection of texts that could use an editor.
November 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Looking at the parliamentary petition site.
Gosh, if ever I saw a collection of texts that could use an editor.
Gosh, if ever I saw a collection of texts that could use an editor.
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Interesting factlets about Digital ID...
Government is proposing a massive extension of right to work checks, to sweep up not just employees but all individuals providing services otherwise than to consumers. So the whole gig economy and even including eg barristers (shock!)... /1
Government is proposing a massive extension of right to work checks, to sweep up not just employees but all individuals providing services otherwise than to consumers. So the whole gig economy and even including eg barristers (shock!)... /1
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Interesting factlets about Digital ID...
Government is proposing a massive extension of right to work checks, to sweep up not just employees but all individuals providing services otherwise than to consumers. So the whole gig economy and even including eg barristers (shock!)... /1
Government is proposing a massive extension of right to work checks, to sweep up not just employees but all individuals providing services otherwise than to consumers. So the whole gig economy and even including eg barristers (shock!)... /1
Please don't forget the ID card petition, it's inching towards 3m signatures. I know they've said tbey'll do it anyway, but we've been here before under Blair. This will have the effect of kicking it into the long grass where it will be quietly abandoned.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Please don't forget the ID card petition, it's inching towards 3m signatures. I know they've said tbey'll do it anyway, but we've been here before under Blair. This will have the effect of kicking it into the long grass where it will be quietly abandoned.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
It seems terfs have a problem with trans women's height.
I hope they don't visit the Netherlands too often then.
But it pleases me that at >2m tall, I boil the piss of every terf on sight.
I hope they don't visit the Netherlands too often then.
But it pleases me that at >2m tall, I boil the piss of every terf on sight.
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It seems terfs have a problem with trans women's height.
I hope they don't visit the Netherlands too often then.
But it pleases me that at >2m tall, I boil the piss of every terf on sight.
I hope they don't visit the Netherlands too often then.
But it pleases me that at >2m tall, I boil the piss of every terf on sight.