Baby octopus
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What's alt text? Why is it important on Bluesky? How do I write it? Where am I? What's going on?
Alt text 101 for Bluesky | Digital Philosophy by Manning Krull
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If I've liked your hilarious meme or beautiful picture but not reposted it, it might be because you didn't include alt text
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Early resistance matters.
February 12, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Early resistance matters.
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And this is what queer people are colluding with when they describe themselves as "same sex attracted" in order to avoid the trans cooties. Self erasure through colluding with the splitting of the community that gave them their (limited) freedom, tenderising their own faces for the leopards.
The exact same reason they've shifted from describing patients as trans, to describing them as gender dysphoria patients, to now describing them as patients experiencing "gender confusion and distress".
There's a concrete known minority human experience right there, that they refuse to acknowledge
There's a concrete known minority human experience right there, that they refuse to acknowledge
February 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
And this is what queer people are colluding with when they describe themselves as "same sex attracted" in order to avoid the trans cooties. Self erasure through colluding with the splitting of the community that gave them their (limited) freedom, tenderising their own faces for the leopards.
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Yeah important point here too that studies of children given puberty blockers for precocious puberty show no indication of increased trans youth or health problems.
Gosh, I bet if they looked at cis kids on puberty blockers, they could find out if a bunch of them become trans later, and show if blockers are related. It's almost as if…
February 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Yeah important point here too that studies of children given puberty blockers for precocious puberty show no indication of increased trans youth or health problems.
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cannot believe it still needs to be said: suggesting sex workers should just fuck the misogynists is misogyny. you don’t “manage” male supremacy with sex workers’ lives and labor
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
cannot believe it still needs to be said: suggesting sex workers should just fuck the misogynists is misogyny. you don’t “manage” male supremacy with sex workers’ lives and labor
At the very least they need to become unwilling experts on removing large quantities of milkshake from clothing and hair
February 12, 2026 at 4:13 PM
At the very least they need to become unwilling experts on removing large quantities of milkshake from clothing and hair
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one of the things i got from diving into the weeds of this debate for my reporting on it was just how small the core 'gender critical' team is
almost all (anti-trans) reporting cites/ quotes the same half-dozen people
almost all (anti-trans) reporting cites/ quotes the same half-dozen people
February 12, 2026 at 1:24 PM
one of the things i got from diving into the weeds of this debate for my reporting on it was just how small the core 'gender critical' team is
almost all (anti-trans) reporting cites/ quotes the same half-dozen people
almost all (anti-trans) reporting cites/ quotes the same half-dozen people
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What's the betting that at least one of the dogs was called Bullseye
February 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
What's the betting that at least one of the dogs was called Bullseye
If before I'd seen that picture you'd asked me to imagine a guy who owns 10 XL Bullies, I would have imagined that guy
February 12, 2026 at 4:09 PM
If before I'd seen that picture you'd asked me to imagine a guy who owns 10 XL Bullies, I would have imagined that guy
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Some key topics covered in @fortrenn.bsky.social's 1949 Gaelic phrasebook
✅️ dirty forrin sandwiches
✅️ the unhelpfulness of moccasins
✅️ gruel/butter etiquette
✅️ gurnet v. dogfish
✅️ dirty forrin sandwiches
✅️ the unhelpfulness of moccasins
✅️ gruel/butter etiquette
✅️ gurnet v. dogfish
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Some key topics covered in @fortrenn.bsky.social's 1949 Gaelic phrasebook
✅️ dirty forrin sandwiches
✅️ the unhelpfulness of moccasins
✅️ gruel/butter etiquette
✅️ gurnet v. dogfish
✅️ dirty forrin sandwiches
✅️ the unhelpfulness of moccasins
✅️ gruel/butter etiquette
✅️ gurnet v. dogfish
I took it to mean the knife is plastered in to the wall so it's concealed, and in the event of an intruder making it all the way into his bedroom, he has to punch a hole into the wall in exactly the right spot to get the knife out before defending himself. Masterful gambit sir etc etc
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
I took it to mean the knife is plastered in to the wall so it's concealed, and in the event of an intruder making it all the way into his bedroom, he has to punch a hole into the wall in exactly the right spot to get the knife out before defending himself. Masterful gambit sir etc etc
Yeah that actually worked really well imho. The biggest plotting problem with The Expanse was having a truncated final series, a situation that could easily have been avoided if the famously huge fan who at the time was the world's richest man had simply put his hand in his pocket
February 12, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Yeah that actually worked really well imho. The biggest plotting problem with The Expanse was having a truncated final series, a situation that could easily have been avoided if the famously huge fan who at the time was the world's richest man had simply put his hand in his pocket
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I feel like a policy change that does a complete u turn on the established care model for a minority of kids resulting in many of them suddenly dying deserves to be taken more seriously but it's really hard to get cis people who don't have a trans relative to give a shit.
February 12, 2026 at 1:47 PM
I feel like a policy change that does a complete u turn on the established care model for a minority of kids resulting in many of them suddenly dying deserves to be taken more seriously but it's really hard to get cis people who don't have a trans relative to give a shit.
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Tech people have a pattern where they stumble up to basically any area of human endeavor and underestimate / misunderstand what is being done so wildly that they immediately start yapping about how whatever new shiny they are trying to sell can totally replace the whole discipline or industry.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Tech people have a pattern where they stumble up to basically any area of human endeavor and underestimate / misunderstand what is being done so wildly that they immediately start yapping about how whatever new shiny they are trying to sell can totally replace the whole discipline or industry.
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February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
However she also said, according to that report, that "no teacher should be compelled to use someone’s preferred pronouns in an educational setting" which is her as both the Equalities minister and the English Education Secretary giving the green light to transphobic bullying of kids by teachers
#BridgetPhillipson now says #EHRC single-sex guidance will NOT apply to workplaces #TransRights
coventryobserver.co.uk/news/bridget...
coventryobserver.co.uk/news/bridget...
Bridget Phillipson now says EHRC single-sex guidance will NOT apply to workplaces – NATIONAL NEWS
This morning (Feb 11), Christian nurse Jennifer Melle has met with the Minister for Women and Equalities, the Rt. Hon
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February 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
However she also said, according to that report, that "no teacher should be compelled to use someone’s preferred pronouns in an educational setting" which is her as both the Equalities minister and the English Education Secretary giving the green light to transphobic bullying of kids by teachers
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It’s not a plot hole that Elmo has been 3 years old for 50 years. He was bitten by The Count, willingly. Elmo asked for the Dark Gift
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
It’s not a plot hole that Elmo has been 3 years old for 50 years. He was bitten by The Count, willingly. Elmo asked for the Dark Gift
It's a joke, but you could always @ Kirsti and ask her to delete it
February 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
It's a joke, but you could always @ Kirsti and ask her to delete it
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This seems as good an excuse as any for a short thread introducing people to some single moths I've found in my area, looking for fun.
1. Here, for starters, is a Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth (I didn't make this up).
1. Here, for starters, is a Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth (I didn't make this up).
February 12, 2026 at 11:54 AM
This seems as good an excuse as any for a short thread introducing people to some single moths I've found in my area, looking for fun.
1. Here, for starters, is a Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth (I didn't make this up).
1. Here, for starters, is a Canary-Shouldered Thorn Moth (I didn't make this up).
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Nothing will change until the government stop saying people worrying about immigration have 'legitimate concerns' and they're all out there saying that today as they criticise Ratcliffe for being a racist.
They gave him the permission to say what he said.
They gave him the permission to say what he said.
February 12, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Nothing will change until the government stop saying people worrying about immigration have 'legitimate concerns' and they're all out there saying that today as they criticise Ratcliffe for being a racist.
They gave him the permission to say what he said.
They gave him the permission to say what he said.
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In a functional country, this would be a scandal. A service suffering only from chronic underfunding was ripped apart because the media created a myth of 1000s of complaints of malpractice. The truth - as in my family’s experience - was very different.
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
In a functional country, this would be a scandal. A service suffering only from chronic underfunding was ripped apart because the media created a myth of 1000s of complaints of malpractice. The truth - as in my family’s experience - was very different.
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
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If it was a gift to the far-right then the far-right would be boasting about being in the Epstein files. But they aren’t, are they? Because you can’t spin the sexual abuse of children the same way you can spin financial corruption or even genocide. It’s one of the last few “live rails” in politics.
“The Epstein scandal is a gift to the far-right” - no, this in itself is a far-right talking point; just look at Epstein’s actual politics and look at who his actual friends were. It can’t be a gift to the far-right if it *directly implicates the far-right themselves*.
February 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
If it was a gift to the far-right then the far-right would be boasting about being in the Epstein files. But they aren’t, are they? Because you can’t spin the sexual abuse of children the same way you can spin financial corruption or even genocide. It’s one of the last few “live rails” in politics.
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One of the fun things about a potential D&D boycott re Hasbro buying the Harry Potter contract is that pretty much all the significant influencers/personalities in the D&D space have basically had alternative game systems prepped and published and seeded since a year ago.
February 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
One of the fun things about a potential D&D boycott re Hasbro buying the Harry Potter contract is that pretty much all the significant influencers/personalities in the D&D space have basically had alternative game systems prepped and published and seeded since a year ago.