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@loungeiguana.bsky.social
Lizard.Still sorting out my pronouns, but they/them will do fine. Cocktails. 🏳️⚧️⚧️rights, TERFs/GC will be blocked. Left-leaning but finance background, go figure. Climate change and renewable energy: ask me about my heat pump at your peril. UK-based.
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@loungeiguana.bsky.social
· Feb 14
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Brief PSA: If you're on the transphobia moderation list bsky.app/profile/asuk... I will never re-share any of your content.
I haven't blocked all accounts on it as I think some of my old follows deserve the benefit of the doubt. But forwarding labelled content implies I don't care, and I do.
I haven't blocked all accounts on it as I think some of my old follows deserve the benefit of the doubt. But forwarding labelled content implies I don't care, and I do.
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A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
February 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
A Reuters photographer captured this image of a page from Pam Bondi's "burn book," which she used to counter any questions from Democratic lawmakers during an unhinged hearing today.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
It looks like the DOJ monitored members of Congress’s searches of the unredacted Epstein files.
Just wow.
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When the reporting says "EHRC guidance does not apply to workplaces" the next question needs to be "Where does it apply then?".
Who is going to be segregated? Who is going to have their rights, dignity & freedom stomped on by our Government?
Who is going to be segregated? Who is going to have their rights, dignity & freedom stomped on by our Government?
February 12, 2026 at 9:40 AM
When the reporting says "EHRC guidance does not apply to workplaces" the next question needs to be "Where does it apply then?".
Who is going to be segregated? Who is going to have their rights, dignity & freedom stomped on by our Government?
Who is going to be segregated? Who is going to have their rights, dignity & freedom stomped on by our Government?
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We turned our neighborhoods into surveillance panopticons to help Amazon get a foothold in thousands of law enforcement agencies, chiefly because it wanted to cut its annual shrinkage from package theft by a few percentage points.
February 12, 2026 at 12:25 AM
We turned our neighborhoods into surveillance panopticons to help Amazon get a foothold in thousands of law enforcement agencies, chiefly because it wanted to cut its annual shrinkage from package theft by a few percentage points.
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The art of politics is not to do what people think. If it was, there literally wouldn’t be any politics. The art of politics is to convert public opinion in the direction of your policies. Not so subordinate your policies to opinion.
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The art of politics is not to do what people think. If it was, there literally wouldn’t be any politics. The art of politics is to convert public opinion in the direction of your policies. Not so subordinate your policies to opinion.
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My "I Was Never A Close Friend of Peter Mandelson" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the T-shirt.
February 10, 2026 at 1:04 PM
My "I Was Never A Close Friend of Peter Mandelson" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the T-shirt.
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The dull-minded fucks who are running things these days are not normal. They're not a majority. They're fucking weirdos & freaks, scared of their own shadows. Humans are creative, cooperative, & curious, they like novelty & diversity, they like movement & evolution & *life*. Fuck this death cult.
February 9, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The dull-minded fucks who are running things these days are not normal. They're not a majority. They're fucking weirdos & freaks, scared of their own shadows. Humans are creative, cooperative, & curious, they like novelty & diversity, they like movement & evolution & *life*. Fuck this death cult.
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having identical reactions to people when they say they use chatgpt for something as when they say that they ate at jersey mike's or a subway... i'm not religious but you're aware you only have the one human soul, right. why are you feeding it into a paper shredder
February 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
having identical reactions to people when they say they use chatgpt for something as when they say that they ate at jersey mike's or a subway... i'm not religious but you're aware you only have the one human soul, right. why are you feeding it into a paper shredder
"The horror and neglect of the obvious" is a phrase that I'm teaching more often. Thanks, Screwtape.
The New York Times will literally shut down before they admit that the party that was the most correct about Trump was the Democrats.
Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump
February 9, 2026 at 3:27 PM
"The horror and neglect of the obvious" is a phrase that I'm teaching more often. Thanks, Screwtape.
Wake up babe, season 3 of the Night Manager just dropped
Keep him!
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
“Information continuing to emerge from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) claims that the M23 armed group has detained Erik Prince, the American national known as the founder and former head of the private military company Blackwater.“
Reports Emerge Claiming M23 Detained Blackwater Founder Erik Prince in Eastern DRC
kigalidailynews.rw
February 9, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Wake up babe, season 3 of the Night Manager just dropped
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Okay, so it’s a coordinated effort, that makes more sense
BREAKING | Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan is set to follow Scottish Labour's Anas Sarwar in calling for Keir Starmer to resign
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Starmer latest: Scottish Labour leader to demand PM resign over Mandelson scandal
A major intervention from Anas Sarwar could be the tipping point for Keir Starmer’s premiership
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February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Okay, so it’s a coordinated effort, that makes more sense
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This will never be not funny to me
May 15, 2023 at 10:23 PM
This will never be not funny to me
Incredibly rare. Can't repeat this point enough.
This question is weirdly hard, bc the starting place itself is a result of anti-trans propganda shaping the debate.
Trans surgeries, for all ages, are vastly rarer than hormone therapy only, which is itself rarer than social adjustments alone.
Youth trans surgeries are *incredibly* rare.
Trans surgeries, for all ages, are vastly rarer than hormone therapy only, which is itself rarer than social adjustments alone.
Youth trans surgeries are *incredibly* rare.
Genuinely curious: I thought that was the general guidance all along? Puberty blockers or hormone prescriptions for youth, but surgery later on?
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Incredibly rare. Can't repeat this point enough.
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What's that you say, Anas? That you tweeted this last year in 2025 about your 'old friend' Peter Mandelson and now you think Starmer should resign but you should keep your job?
February 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
What's that you say, Anas? That you tweeted this last year in 2025 about your 'old friend' Peter Mandelson and now you think Starmer should resign but you should keep your job?
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NEW: PM’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney resigns
“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
February 8, 2026 at 2:25 PM
NEW: PM’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney resigns
“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
“After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
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The whole "Trump can't rig the elections" thing strikes me somewhat the same way as "climate change isn't going to drive human beings extinct" thing.
Like ... sure. OK. But there's a whole lot of bad shit that stops well short of that!
Like ... sure. OK. But there's a whole lot of bad shit that stops well short of that!
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 PM
The whole "Trump can't rig the elections" thing strikes me somewhat the same way as "climate change isn't going to drive human beings extinct" thing.
Like ... sure. OK. But there's a whole lot of bad shit that stops well short of that!
Like ... sure. OK. But there's a whole lot of bad shit that stops well short of that!
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This whole heap is gonna go public soon. So he made twitter investors whole with AI venture money and soon he’ll make the AI investors whole with public equity market money, on the back of an enterprise the US government won’t allow to fail.
A memo just went out to employees at two of Musk's companies: SpaceX has acquired xAI.
February 2, 2026 at 9:46 PM
This whole heap is gonna go public soon. So he made twitter investors whole with AI venture money and soon he’ll make the AI investors whole with public equity market money, on the back of an enterprise the US government won’t allow to fail.
The feeder queue is, I believe, one of Britain's premier contributions to world culture. It's fair and fast. If the old system was faster, it's because it was less fair, and disadvantaged the individuals that bar staff found it easier to ignore.
If publicans don't like it, they may be wrong.
If publicans don't like it, they may be wrong.
One of the realy interesting post-pandemic trends are 'people doing a thing that they clearly can't possibly be enjoying and ignoring everyone else urging them not to'.
‘It’s ridiculous’: publicans bemused by rise of single-file queues to get served
Bar owners say they struggle to dissuade people from forming a line as behavioural experts point to post-pandemic ‘new norms’
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:14 PM
The feeder queue is, I believe, one of Britain's premier contributions to world culture. It's fair and fast. If the old system was faster, it's because it was less fair, and disadvantaged the individuals that bar staff found it easier to ignore.
If publicans don't like it, they may be wrong.
If publicans don't like it, they may be wrong.
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I hate living in the Asshole Cinematic Universe.
“So the King of Pedophiles got the 4chan guy to make the Nazi board and that’s why the host of Celebrity Apprentice was made immune to laws by the Tradcath Illuminati. This has something to do with video game journalism, maybe?”
Fuck off.
“So the King of Pedophiles got the 4chan guy to make the Nazi board and that’s why the host of Celebrity Apprentice was made immune to laws by the Tradcath Illuminati. This has something to do with video game journalism, maybe?”
Fuck off.
January 31, 2026 at 1:02 PM
I hate living in the Asshole Cinematic Universe.
“So the King of Pedophiles got the 4chan guy to make the Nazi board and that’s why the host of Celebrity Apprentice was made immune to laws by the Tradcath Illuminati. This has something to do with video game journalism, maybe?”
Fuck off.
“So the King of Pedophiles got the 4chan guy to make the Nazi board and that’s why the host of Celebrity Apprentice was made immune to laws by the Tradcath Illuminati. This has something to do with video game journalism, maybe?”
Fuck off.
This tells you a lot about what social media bubbles the Economist hangs out in. The only time I hear people repeating this bullshit is to dunk on it.
This is basically infuriating >
Online culture war mercenaries appear to be a big factor in bullshit ideas about London and crime
London is far safer than violent viral videos will have you believe
economist.com/britain/2026...
from The Economist
Online culture war mercenaries appear to be a big factor in bullshit ideas about London and crime
London is far safer than violent viral videos will have you believe
economist.com/britain/2026...
from The Economist
London is far safer than violent viral videos will have you believe
Contrary to social-media lore, it is one of the safest cities in the world
economist.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This tells you a lot about what social media bubbles the Economist hangs out in. The only time I hear people repeating this bullshit is to dunk on it.
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🧵NEW VIDEO ESSAY: much of the focus of my post-Whipping Girl work (especially my books Sexed Up & Excluded) has been on understanding prejudice more generally & the role that "markedness" plays in how we (mis)perceive & (mis)interpret others. this video summarizes all that work! youtu.be/xiU-G0mTYVY
Prejudice and the Unmarked/Marked Mindset
YouTube video by Julia Serano
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January 28, 2026 at 8:08 PM
🧵NEW VIDEO ESSAY: much of the focus of my post-Whipping Girl work (especially my books Sexed Up & Excluded) has been on understanding prejudice more generally & the role that "markedness" plays in how we (mis)perceive & (mis)interpret others. this video summarizes all that work! youtu.be/xiU-G0mTYVY
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Today's newsletter: Chris Cillizza's response to Don Lemon's arrest was to ask whether Lemon is really a journalist. The DOJ is making the exact same argument. Funny how that works. www.readtpa.com/p/the-wrong-...
The Wrong Question
Two federal judges found no evidence Don Lemon committed a crime. The government arrested him anyway.
www.readtpa.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Today's newsletter: Chris Cillizza's response to Don Lemon's arrest was to ask whether Lemon is really a journalist. The DOJ is making the exact same argument. Funny how that works. www.readtpa.com/p/the-wrong-...
Hard agree. When I read the original essay by Zunger it changed the way I thought medium.com/extra-extra/...
January 31, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Hard agree. When I read the original essay by Zunger it changed the way I thought medium.com/extra-extra/...