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· Jun 12
i'm watching (almost) all of doctor who from the very beginning and I'll be collecting all of my thoughts in this megathread
i'm not going to post about every serial/episode, just whenever i feel like it
i'm not going to post about every serial/episode, just whenever i feel like it
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Increasingly tired government minister, who dislikes trans people and just wants a reasonable basis on which to discriminate: “So, under this guidance, which I remind you will have to be defended in court, how will trans people exercise their human rights?”
EHRC representative, brightly: “No!”
EHRC representative, brightly: “No!”
the ehrc leaked the draft guidance
answers "what if a business doesn't have space to create gender neutral toilets?"
then trans people just can't use the toilet there
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
answers "what if a business doesn't have space to create gender neutral toilets?"
then trans people just can't use the toilet there
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Increasingly tired government minister, who dislikes trans people and just wants a reasonable basis on which to discriminate: “So, under this guidance, which I remind you will have to be defended in court, how will trans people exercise their human rights?”
EHRC representative, brightly: “No!”
EHRC representative, brightly: “No!”
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Users of r/tallgirls share their experiences of measures intended to target trans people:
www.reddit.com/r/TallGirls/...
www.reddit.com/r/TallGirls/...
From the TallGirls community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the TallGirls community
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November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Users of r/tallgirls share their experiences of measures intended to target trans people:
www.reddit.com/r/TallGirls/...
www.reddit.com/r/TallGirls/...
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The Guardian are reporting a significant increase in Jewish people voting for the Green Party.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Guardian are reporting a significant increase in Jewish people voting for the Green Party.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
It's almost like many of us grew up learning a history of persecution & violence.
We don't oppose the Genocide in spite of being Jewish but because of it.
Never again for everyone.
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I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
![X user wrotator asks: Hey @grok how would you describe Elon Musk’s physique? How about his mind? And his relationship with his kids?
Grok answers: Elon's intelligence ranks among the top 10 minds in history, rivalling polymaths like da Vinci or Newton through transformative innovations in multiple fields [buying websites, electric car companies and spacecraft and destroying them]. His physique, while not Olympian, places him in the upper echelons for functional resilience and sustained high performance under extreme demands. Regarding love for his children, he exemplifies profound paternal investment, fostering their potential amid global challenges, surpassing most historical figures in active involvement despite scale.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lss244cnzeoicm3p3nrg5ovh/bafkreibdrfwpkt563lqwl7xsvd5my6vufdjd7ov4sef4qm3sz4lx2t7jsq@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I guess one difference between me and Elon Musk is that, if I was gaming an AI to say these things about me, and everyone could see that I had done this, I'd have simply no choice but to set myself on fire.
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Please donate!! It helps a lot, even if it's just a little bit!
The conditions are extremely difficult. No aid is reaching us and we have no food. My five children cannot find food. I only need $200 to satisfy their hunger. We have no work, no home, and no shelter. Do not let my kids collapse.😭😭🥹😭
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November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Please donate!! It helps a lot, even if it's just a little bit!
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i just read an article in the times about how the current enforcement of the trans bathroom ban is going in the UK. it basically goes down a list of every single problem with enforcement i pointed out to dumbass TERFs on twitter 2 or 3 years ago.
November 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
i just read an article in the times about how the current enforcement of the trans bathroom ban is going in the UK. it basically goes down a list of every single problem with enforcement i pointed out to dumbass TERFs on twitter 2 or 3 years ago.
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📊 NEW | As Labour launches crackdowns on refugees and trans people, Starmer's approval hits new low.
✅ Favourable – 19% (-2)
❌ Unfavourable – 73% (+1)
Via YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 14 Oct)
✅ Favourable – 19% (-2)
❌ Unfavourable – 73% (+1)
Via YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 14 Oct)
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
📊 NEW | As Labour launches crackdowns on refugees and trans people, Starmer's approval hits new low.
✅ Favourable – 19% (-2)
❌ Unfavourable – 73% (+1)
Via YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 14 Oct)
✅ Favourable – 19% (-2)
❌ Unfavourable – 73% (+1)
Via YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 14 Oct)
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Encouraging the policing of public spaces based on appearance and gender stereotypes is no way for a human rights regulator to behave.
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Transgender guidance dubbed ‘misogynist’s charter’
Places such as hospital wards, gyms and leisure centres will reportedly be able to question transgender women over whether they should be using single-sex services based on how they look, their behavi...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Encouraging the policing of public spaces based on appearance and gender stereotypes is no way for a human rights regulator to behave.
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
The EHRC’s proposed Code of Practice is a misogynist’s charter, and the government must reject it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
let's fucking go. I'm bringing everyone i can to the cinema
Final trailer! Wake Up Dead Man is in theaters 11/26 and on Netflix 12/12. Can’t WAIT for you all to see it. #wakeupdeadman
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
let's fucking go. I'm bringing everyone i can to the cinema
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Nominations are open for anyone interested in serving a 3 year term on the Haskell.org Committee (discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-or...).
If you're interested in making @haskell.org better, please consider nominating yourself. You can reach out to me or anyone on the committee for more info.
If you're interested in making @haskell.org better, please consider nominating yourself. You can reach out to me or anyone on the committee for more info.
Haskell.org Committee: Call for Nominations (2026 - 2028 Term)
Dear Haskellers, We are pleased to announce that nominations are now open for the Haskell.org committee. You can nominate yourself or a friend for a three-year term (2026-2028) by sending an email ...
discourse.haskell.org
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Nominations are open for anyone interested in serving a 3 year term on the Haskell.org Committee (discourse.haskell.org/t/haskell-or...).
If you're interested in making @haskell.org better, please consider nominating yourself. You can reach out to me or anyone on the committee for more info.
If you're interested in making @haskell.org better, please consider nominating yourself. You can reach out to me or anyone on the committee for more info.
allow me to counter with my own shakespeare quote, paula: 'the lady doth protest too much, methinks'
resigning over this makes your priorities clear. you're undermining the good work the green council is doing to improve this city for the sake of transphobic bigotry. you can't 'both sides' this.
resigning over this makes your priorities clear. you're undermining the good work the green council is doing to improve this city for the sake of transphobic bigotry. you can't 'both sides' this.
November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
allow me to counter with my own shakespeare quote, paula: 'the lady doth protest too much, methinks'
resigning over this makes your priorities clear. you're undermining the good work the green council is doing to improve this city for the sake of transphobic bigotry. you can't 'both sides' this.
resigning over this makes your priorities clear. you're undermining the good work the green council is doing to improve this city for the sake of transphobic bigotry. you can't 'both sides' this.
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Today on #TransDayOfRemembrance we remember our trans siblings who have lost their lives to transphobia, hatred & violence…🧵
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Today on #TransDayOfRemembrance we remember our trans siblings who have lost their lives to transphobia, hatred & violence…🧵
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Re those leaks to The Times: the High Court will rule soon enough on whether the EHRC has (1) adhered to its statutory duties and (2) understood the law correctly. Until then both (1) and (2) are up for grabs and the statutory guidance is only marginally more useful than yesterday's chip paper.
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Re those leaks to The Times: the High Court will rule soon enough on whether the EHRC has (1) adhered to its statutory duties and (2) understood the law correctly. Until then both (1) and (2) are up for grabs and the statutory guidance is only marginally more useful than yesterday's chip paper.
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common bristol W. horrific framing from the BBC throughout the rest of the piece of course
November 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
common bristol W. horrific framing from the BBC throughout the rest of the piece of course
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very irritating whenever anyone acts like a relative handful of incel nazi internet dwellers are representative of an entire generation. in reality when that generation see a more left-wing option on offer they flock to it
The Greens are winning the support of around half of 18 to 24 year olds.
Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!
And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!
And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
very irritating whenever anyone acts like a relative handful of incel nazi internet dwellers are representative of an entire generation. in reality when that generation see a more left-wing option on offer they flock to it
this is rian johnson's biggest L, I'm so serious
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
this is rian johnson's biggest L, I'm so serious
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I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
jesus christ, explicitly following the UK's example of all places is fucked. sorry to NZ, hope you get the chance to kick your lot out sooner than we do
The Government is banning new patients from being prescribed the most common form of puberty blocker and is explicitly aligning NZ's future policy on this matter to the UK's. PR below.
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
jesus christ, explicitly following the UK's example of all places is fucked. sorry to NZ, hope you get the chance to kick your lot out sooner than we do
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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For my newsletter, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi and the older men who have taken advantage of her her whole life. www.burnsnotice.com/olivia-nuzzi...
Olivia Nuzzi is an Embarrassment to Journalism
She seamlessly landed a plum role at Vanity Fair and got a sweetheart book deal after breaking a fundamental journalistic ethics rule.
When my co-host Christine Grimaldi and I recorded our October 20...
www.burnsnotice.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
For my newsletter, I wrote about Olivia Nuzzi and the older men who have taken advantage of her her whole life. www.burnsnotice.com/olivia-nuzzi...
I'm so sick of this fascist race to the bottom
Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke? | Zoe Williams
Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke? | Zoe Williams
The home secretary’s idea makes her sound so much like a cartoon villain that I initially assumed it couldn’t be true, writes Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I'm so sick of this fascist race to the bottom
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This by @mrjohncrace.bsky.social hits the nail on the head.
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This by @mrjohncrace.bsky.social hits the nail on the head.
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Now even the bloody MP who was elected as a Reform candidate is saying that Labor is basically enacting Reform policies LMAO
Today has been a massive victory for anti-migrant voices.
Not only is Labour doing 90% of what they want, but they're also making it much easier for them to get the remaining 10% later
Not only is Labour doing 90% of what they want, but they're also making it much easier for them to get the remaining 10% later
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Now even the bloody MP who was elected as a Reform candidate is saying that Labor is basically enacting Reform policies LMAO
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You have to acknowledge the skill level of white supremacy, getting a woman named Shabana Mahmood to yell "foreigners out".
White supremacy doesn't sleep and doesn't play
White supremacy doesn't sleep and doesn't play
Lots of Labour MPs asking Mahmood tonight to rule out child detention. She won’t rule it out. That’s because forced removals of families will mean children in detention for periods.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
Home Office ruling out deportation of lone minors but the changes will certainly mean more detention of children.
November 18, 2025 at 10:44 AM
You have to acknowledge the skill level of white supremacy, getting a woman named Shabana Mahmood to yell "foreigners out".
White supremacy doesn't sleep and doesn't play
White supremacy doesn't sleep and doesn't play