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Baby octopus
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Baby octopus @mancalledhorse.bsky.social · Jan 6
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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chompmancobra.bsky.social
I don't think this is a particularly fair framing.

I'm entirely willing to believe that Peter Mandelson gets up to so much corrupt bullshit day in day out, with sums of money that would astound most of us, that a deal to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via nested companies could genuinely slip his mind
danneidle.bsky.social Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 20h
Two weeks ago, Peter Mandelson told us he had no recollection of planning to buy a £2m apartment in Rio via a Panama holding company and a Brazilian company.

Yesterday we found notarised incorporation documents for the Brazilian company, with Mr Mandelson's signature.
February 13, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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brandonfriedman.bsky.social
If society doesn't normalize instantly knocking stalker glasses off people's faces, then I guess the alternative is to simply mask up all the time
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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faineg.bsky.social
Meta should be destroyed and the earth should be salted where it once grew.
eliasisquith.blog elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 18h
this is comically evil. brazenly anti-social. just absolute black-pilled nihilism. we will not have a republic, we will not be free, until we regulate these companies to the point where — at a bare minimum — they're too afraid to put stuff like this down on paper.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta’s internal memo said the political tumult in the United States was good timing for the feature’s release. “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns,” according to the document from Meta’s Reality Labs, which works on hardware including smart glasses.
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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sciencesocks.bsky.social
[On the bench today ⚒️ #BehindTheScenes]

Somewhere between here and Jupiter, #EuropaClipper is carrying an engraved plate with the waveforms of "water" in 103 languages. And here I am in the studio, putting those same waveforms onto a sterling silver pendant 😎

🔭🐡🧪🎨
A sterling silver Europa Clipper Vault Plate pendant held over a wooden bench pin, featuring engraved waveforms radiating from the center.
February 13, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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robertdallasgray.com
ok can't remember who asked for this but here ya go ... how to play juno by lwb x www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bu6...
Tutorial: Juno by Life without buildings
YouTube video by Robert Dallas Gray
www.youtube.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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danifroom.bsky.social
Suburban wine moms will really be like "you believe in voting? that pales in effectiveness to my strategy, firebombing a concentration camp" and then very effectively firebomb a concentration camp
Alleged someone allegedly burning a concentration camp in Kansas City.
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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humanbyweight.bsky.social
Y'all. New internal analysis just dropped. Owlfly's new YellowJacket™ insulation is around half the cost of traditional mineral wool once you factor in shipping costs (because ours packs down way better).

I've been running around the office giddy, showing everyone graphs. This is absurd. 🧪
February 13, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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sailorrooscout.bsky.social
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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lousadzak.bsky.social
invoking "biological reality" is always just another way of saying "your body, my choice"

those people are fascists
February 13, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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pptsapper.bsky.social
This book has everything:
The Napoleonic Wars
Labor movements
Mary Shelley
Lord Byron
Hammers
Tech bros (they’ve always been shitty)
The Prince Regent
War of 1812
Secret societies
The Brontës
Civ-mil relations
DRAG QUEENS SMASHING SHIT
A tall Luddite drag queen on their way to smash shit
February 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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pptsapper.bsky.social
I’m not even done with this book and I’m already out here screaming its praises

A marvelous synthesis of history, literature, politics, and contemporary issues with compelling storytelling

I shall call myself a proud Luddite from now on. Now I just need a large hammer called “Enoch”
BRIAN MERCHANT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ONE DEVICE BLOOD IN THE MACHINE THE ORIGINS OF THE REBELLION AGAINST BIG TECH
February 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM
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clairestranstalks.bsky.social
One thing that strikes me re the GLP / EHRC verdict is that it has shown up the complete dogs dinner that FWS has created - and pushed the ball firmly back into legislative territory.

EHRC / Gov / Courts basically still doing this, and have been for a year.
three men in spiderman costumes are standing next to each other in a circle and pointing at each other .
Alt: three men in spiderman costumes are standing next to each other in a circle and pointing at each other .
media.tenor.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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michellestringer.bsky.social
w/ Alt text
GOOD LAW Project Good Law Project 167-169 Great Portland Street 5th Floor London W1W 5PF W: goodlawproject.org The Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP Minister for Women and Equalities Cabinet Office 70 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AS Dear Minister, I am writing to you following the High Court's decision in our challenge to the interim guidance of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. In its judgment, the High Court makes clear that service providers are not obliged to exclude trans people from gendered spaces and services. Trans women may, for example, be permitted to use women's toilets without service providers also being required to allow men to these facilities. This runs directly contrary to the description of the law set out by the Commission in its draft Code of Practice which you are now considering. In the version of the draft set out for consultation, the Commission claimed that a service (including toilets) provided only to women and trans women would be 'very likely to amount to unlawful sex discrimination' against men. But the High Court has said that this is not true. The draft Code of Practice is wrong about the law. It does not explain that service providers may lawfully remain trans inclusive. In those circumstances, you must reject it - or you will be acting unlawfully. Notwithstanding this decision on the substance of the law, the High Court dismissed the challenge. The High Court found that the EHRC's interim guidance, stating that "any single-sex lavatory provided will cease to be single-sex if [trans people] are permitted to use it other than in accordance with their biological sex" had been widely misunderstood. It did not in fact prohibit, for example, the provision of women's toilets which could be used by cis and trans women. This enabled the Court to conclude that the interim guidance was Good Law Project Limited not unlawful. This is despite the fact that many service providers have told trans people they have to be excluded because of that guidance. As you might anticipate, the Claimants will appeal those points on which they have lost to the domestic Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Good Law Project will also support applications to the Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg for breach by the United Kingdom of its Convention obligations and a reference to the Court of Justice in Luxembourg for breaching the non-regression provisions in the Good Friday Agreement. If the High Court decision is right, it must follow that the Supreme Court's comments that "a biological sex interpretation would not have the effect of disadvantaging or removing important protection under the EA 2010 from trans people" were wrong. And if they were wrong then the human rights of trans people have regressed. In the meantime, as you are aware, the Supreme Court decision is causing, and will continue to cause, profound uncertainty and cost to civil society and business; grave harm to trans people who ought to feel confident under a Labour government that they can enjoy the same right to live in safety and dignity and privacy as everyone else; and undermines your government's mission of responsible global leadership through a commitment to the rule of law. In its quiet moments, away from the arena of politics, the Government knows, it must know, that the foregoing paragraph is true. And you will know that the Government committed in its manifesto to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance." I urge you to take all necessary steps, including by legislation which puts right what the Supreme Court got wrong, to meet that Manifesto commitment and to ensure the dignity of trans people and the protection of their human rights. Please confirm at your earliest convenience, but in any event within 28 days so as to avoid the need for legal correspondence under the judicial review pre-action protocol, that you now intend to reject the Commission's draft Code of Practice. Yours sincerely, Jolyon Maugham KC Executive Director Good Law Project
February 13, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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mart-the-gooner.bsky.social
Happy #Flyday @rspb.bsky.social

#BirdsInFlight
Common Kingfisher caught in a majestic mid-air glide. The image showcases the stunning contrast between its metallic green wings and bright orange plumage against a blurred blue sky.
February 13, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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rspb.bsky.social
Zooming into #FlyDay!

📷 Martin Abbess
A vibrant Kingfisher in flight, captured in a streamlined position as it darts through the air. The bird's striking electric blue back and wings contrast with its bright orange underbelly. Its long, pointed beak is sharp and focused, as if it's hunting for prey. The background is a soft blur of green and brown hues, highlighting the kingfisher’s swift movement against the natural environment.
February 13, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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soapachu.bsky.social
If you're a parent, get involved at the school level. Grassroots pressure can have huge impact. This is going to harm and kill trans kids. School should be a safe space, and this is anything but.
hleehurley.com Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 1d
You all saw the guidance that went out yesterday for trans kids in schools. Absolutely horrific stuff.

This is how the right wing papers are covering that news. Times, Mail and Telegraph all have it on their front page, the first two as their main story of the day.

Guardian's coverage included
Times front page - Pupils able to change their gender at school Pronoun guidance for children as young as four Geraldine Scott - Assistant Political Editor, Georgia Lambert - Education Reporter Pupils will be allowed to change their gender at school and use different pronouns, including in some “rare” instances those as young as four. Mail front page - LABOUR OPENS DOOR TO TRANS CHILDREN IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS Daily Mail13 Feb 2026By Eleanor Harding Education Editor LABOUR last night opened the door to primary school children changing their gender. Long-awaited trans guidance for schools finally arrived yesterday, having been watered down from previous Tory proposals. Instructions drawn up by now Tory leader Kemi Badenoch forbade primary schools from changing pupils’ pronouns. But the Government’s guidance has scrapped the ban, instead saying those as young as four should be allowed ‘full social transition’ to the opposite gender, albeit in ‘rare’ circumstances. Telegraph front page - Children will be allowed to change gender at school The Daily Telegraph13 Feb 2026By Camilla Turner and Daniel Martin PUPILS will be allowed to change their gender at school, according to guidance published by Bridget Phillipson. The document, published yesterday after delays, confirms teachers must consult parents and proceed with “caution” when dealing with a child’s request to transition socially. Plus Trans killer wanted to be ‘petite’ woman School gunman posted videos of himself firing gun and was arrested under mental health act New gender guidance for schools allows use of different pronouns The Guardian13 Feb 2026Peter Walker Senior political correspondent Primary school-age children who question their gender could be allowed to use different pronouns under long-awaited government guidance on the subject. The guidance, billed as moving away from a culture-war approach to the subject, has some notable changes compared with a draft produced in 2023 under the Conservatives, which said that primary-aged children “should not have different pronouns to their sex-based pronouns used about them”. The latest draft, which applies to England and is open for consultation, sets out that school staff members should not adopt social transitioning markers such as a new name or different pronouns unilaterally, and that this should be agreed by the school or college based on proper procedures, including parental involvement and clinical advice.
February 13, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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soapachu.bsky.social
Pay attention. Vote tactically.
gregk.co.uk Gregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 1d
In our current electoral system, a vote for Labour is throwing your vote away. I don’t like it anymore than you do, but anyone serious about stopping Farage is going to have to suck it up, do the strategic thing and vote Green.
February 13, 2026 at 8:39 AM
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carolinejmolloy.bsky.social
an awful lot of fuss about the likely new cabinet secretary’s taste in shoes and so on, seems to me this is more relevant 👇
carolinejmolloy.bsky.social CarolineJMolloy @carolinejmolloy.bsky.social · 1d
The Antonia Romeo who did more than most to saddle us with Palantir? That Antonia Romeo?
between the Department for International Trade's (DIT) then second most senior civil servant Antonia Romeo and Palantir's Louis Mosley, executive vice president and head of U.K. operations. During the meeting, Romeo told Mosley about NHSX — a new "joint organisation for digital, data and technology" that uses new technologies and data to deliver British health care — set up that month. The meeting is described in briefing notes prepared by DIT and was obtained by POLITICO through a freedom of information request. After their April 2019 meeting, Romeo connected Mosely with David Prior, chair of NHS England who later ensured that Matthew Gould, the CEO of NHSX, was looped into By July 2, 2019, Prior was drinking watermelon cocktails with Mosley at a dinner the Palantir boss hosted on the eve of the launch of NHSX, according to the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. The same day, Palantir had been added as a supplier to the government's approved list of cloud technology contractors, a spokesperson for the U.K.'s government contract tendering body, the Crown Commercial Service (CCS), said. A series of engagements with Prior, Gould and DIT followed in the months after the dinner. Prior then visited Palantir's headquarters in San Francisco on January 14, 2020, where he saw a demonstration of the company's health care software Palantir Foundry. Mosley met Romeo again a week later on January 22 at Palantir's pavilion at the 2020 saw a demonstration of the company's health care software Palantir Foundry. Mosley met Romeo again a week later on January 22 at Palantir's pavilion at the 2020 annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Romeo's briefing notes said she should court him by promoting the U.K. as a leader in tech and "a great location for Palantir to expand their software business" and connect him with the technology director at the Crown Commercial Service. The company sees the U.K. as "a gateway to the rest of the world," according to briefing notes prepared for the meeting in Davos. Immediately after the January meeting, Romeo's private secretary emailed Mosely to introduce him to DIT health care officials, including DIT's Life Sciences leadership team and director for investment.
February 13, 2026 at 8:40 AM
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spacegrace.bsky.social
Trans folk and allies, flood this. It won’t stop them doing irreparable damage to trans kids in schools but in twenty years when this gets studied we’ll be able to say they knew the consequences and how poorly received it was.

consult.education.gov.uk/independent-...
Keeping children safe in education: 2026 proposed revisions - Department for Education - Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by the Department for Education
consult.education.gov.uk
February 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Anyone who had genuine concerns about youth gender medicine would staunchly and wholeheartedly support social transition. Let kids explore their identities to see what works for them!

The fact that this movement opposes even pronouns and haircuts shows that it's just bigotry all the way down.
lousadzak.bsky.social Ethel Weapon @lousadzak.bsky.social · 1d
This draft guidance reproduces Cass insisting that clinicians must be involved in decisions about *social transition* which actually should be none of their damn business

They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
259. Schools should keep in mind the emphasis in the Cass Review on early clinical involvement when families are considering social transition for pre-pubertal children, including how to support their children in a non-directive way, whilst also keeping options open and flexible. The Cass Review emphasised that clinical involvement in the decision-making process should include advising on the risks and benefits of social transition as a planned intervention, referencing best available evidence. This is not a role that can be undertaken by staff without appropriate clinical training.
February 12, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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reactiveashley.cat
It’s simply one SI. Bring into force dual characteristics discrimination, amend Schedule 3 and you’re done.
February 12, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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helenbelcherobe.bsky.social
It cannot be right that one’s right to use a particular loo depends upon which judge you might appear in front of, and can change day by day. So much for “clarity”.

The SC ruling and how it’s been presented by the media has created confusion and fear, exactly as predicted 10 months ago.
February 13, 2026 at 1:16 PM
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goodlawproject.org
The (fucking stupid) legal answer is, you both (1) don't need to come out to your employer but (2) legally shouldn't use the 'wrong' toilets (and should follow any lawful instruction from your employer). What a nonsense.
 meleki.bsky.social @meleki.bsky.social · 19h
Thanks Jolyon.
As other clever people have informed me that this effectively nullifies the protections a GRC offers, does this require me to come out to my employer (which I thought the GRA made not necessary) or am I liable if I go stealth?
February 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
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notrightruth.bsky.social
Just commemorated the latest confused judgment from the High Court by taking a piss in the ladies at Carlisle Station

Next week I'll do the same at work.

Segregation can and must be resisted every day, by every one of us who is able to do so.
February 13, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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frametoframenature.bsky.social
Black cats are the star of Friday the 13th, but right behind them are crows. These birds are tied to many superstitions because of their black feathers, and whenever we see a group of them, we think of a "murder" of crows. But all aside, they are lovely lovely.#birds. #crows #nature #birdphotogaphy
Crow Murder of crows
February 13, 2026 at 1:58 PM