Simon Davis
@sdglyph.bsky.social
Comfortably beta. GeekDad. Multi-fandom nerd. Christian, subtype lib/prog. He/They. Stand with LGBTQIA+, protect trans kids.
Reads a lot, doesn't post much.
Test everything; hold fast to what is good.
📌 ⊂ ❤️, until Bsky implements proper bookmarks.
Reads a lot, doesn't post much.
Test everything; hold fast to what is good.
📌 ⊂ ❤️, until Bsky implements proper bookmarks.
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The British Medical Association appears to be fed up with Streeting and his TERFy nonsense:
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
Policy position on the rights of transgender and non-binary people in healthcare settings
Our policy position is centred around the need to advocate for equitable access to healthcare, create safe and inclusive workplaces for trans and non-binary people working in healthcare settings, and ...
www.bma.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The British Medical Association appears to be fed up with Streeting and his TERFy nonsense:
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
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the americanisation of the british right wing is just pathetic, like you can’t even be your own kind of wanker any more
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
December 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
the americanisation of the british right wing is just pathetic, like you can’t even be your own kind of wanker any more
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
war on christmas (lol), bathroom bans (we don’t call them bathrooms here), DEI (we didn’t used to put those letters that way round), even 15-minute cities (what the actual fuck)
/watches countdown for the Epic store's (delayed) Thursday freebie
"Hope it's something cool, they usually put up some good games in the Christmas set"
*tick*
*tick*
... it's H*gwarts fricking Legacy. 😡 🤮
"Hope it's something cool, they usually put up some good games in the Christmas set"
*tick*
*tick*
... it's H*gwarts fricking Legacy. 😡 🤮
December 12, 2025 at 2:33 AM
/watches countdown for the Epic store's (delayed) Thursday freebie
"Hope it's something cool, they usually put up some good games in the Christmas set"
*tick*
*tick*
... it's H*gwarts fricking Legacy. 😡 🤮
"Hope it's something cool, they usually put up some good games in the Christmas set"
*tick*
*tick*
... it's H*gwarts fricking Legacy. 😡 🤮
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"My child was perfect and has been replaced by a changeling baby," but in the year 2025.
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Oh, here's a big surprise. The transphobes don't believe in ADHD either.
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
some significant part of this is just catch-all fear for “this is not the child I ordered” I think
Grammarly advert just now: "Introducing grammar like you've never seen before!"
That, uh... seems like not what I'd want from a proofing tool?
That, uh... seems like not what I'd want from a proofing tool?
November 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Grammarly advert just now: "Introducing grammar like you've never seen before!"
That, uh... seems like not what I'd want from a proofing tool?
That, uh... seems like not what I'd want from a proofing tool?
As passed on by my brother... this seems a little embarrassing for a $400 / £350 flagship collector's set, LEGO!
Possibility of a running change and/or customer service replacement for people buying in the three-day FOMO window? (Not me, FWIW.)
Possibility of a running change and/or customer service replacement for people buying in the three-day FOMO window? (Not me, FWIW.)
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
As passed on by my brother... this seems a little embarrassing for a $400 / £350 flagship collector's set, LEGO!
Possibility of a running change and/or customer service replacement for people buying in the three-day FOMO window? (Not me, FWIW.)
Possibility of a running change and/or customer service replacement for people buying in the three-day FOMO window? (Not me, FWIW.)
Pedantry alert: "This <thing> comprises of <component parts>" - no.
"Comprises" or "is comprised of", please, but I think what you actually meant was "consists of". Or you could just say "contains" or "includes" if you're not listing every component!
"Comprises" or "is comprised of", please, but I think what you actually meant was "consists of". Or you could just say "contains" or "includes" if you're not listing every component!
November 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Pedantry alert: "This <thing> comprises of <component parts>" - no.
"Comprises" or "is comprised of", please, but I think what you actually meant was "consists of". Or you could just say "contains" or "includes" if you're not listing every component!
"Comprises" or "is comprised of", please, but I think what you actually meant was "consists of". Or you could just say "contains" or "includes" if you're not listing every component!
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Looks like this is it! www.gamesradar.com/sfx-issue-45/
SFX Issue 45
None
www.gamesradar.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Looks like this is it! www.gamesradar.com/sfx-issue-45/
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Anyway, my favourite bizarre celebrity interview moment remains Christopher Lee finding out Peter Jackson was making Lord of the Rings movies whilst doing an interview to promote his guest appearance as a wizard in some crappy Robin Hood show in SFX, and immediately only caring about that.
October 27, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Anyway, my favourite bizarre celebrity interview moment remains Christopher Lee finding out Peter Jackson was making Lord of the Rings movies whilst doing an interview to promote his guest appearance as a wizard in some crappy Robin Hood show in SFX, and immediately only caring about that.
Laika are so good at their process, it's getting genuinely difficult to tell the difference between retouched physical puppetry and pure stylised CG.
First look at "Wildwood" new stop-motion feature film by Laika studios.
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQ-...
>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQ-...
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Laika are so good at their process, it's getting genuinely difficult to tell the difference between retouched physical puppetry and pure stylised CG.
Out browsing TFs in Smyths today; stood behind mum & small child. Mum is scanning the shelves, asking who the child likes, remarks: "Is there an Optimus?" And it dawned on me that no, there actually wasn't. And that kinda seem like TF sales 101, that there should *always* be an Optimus.
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Out browsing TFs in Smyths today; stood behind mum & small child. Mum is scanning the shelves, asking who the child likes, remarks: "Is there an Optimus?" And it dawned on me that no, there actually wasn't. And that kinda seem like TF sales 101, that there should *always* be an Optimus.
Didn't have "spend the whole day trying and failing to repair my main computer after the boot drive suddenly died" on my bingo card, ugh.
And just DAYS after the MS deadline to sign a reinstalled Win10 up for extended support. 😡
And just DAYS after the MS deadline to sign a reinstalled Win10 up for extended support. 😡
October 19, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Didn't have "spend the whole day trying and failing to repair my main computer after the boot drive suddenly died" on my bingo card, ugh.
And just DAYS after the MS deadline to sign a reinstalled Win10 up for extended support. 😡
And just DAYS after the MS deadline to sign a reinstalled Win10 up for extended support. 😡
It's not *just* that I opened the microwave and found the cold cup of coffee I'd put in there this morning; it's that I would swear blind I'd drunk it at the time and taken the cup back out to wash.
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It's not *just* that I opened the microwave and found the cold cup of coffee I'd put in there this morning; it's that I would swear blind I'd drunk it at the time and taken the cup back out to wash.
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I wish any British politician would say anything even half as good as this
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I wish any British politician would say anything even half as good as this
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Who’s your favourite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
September 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Who’s your favourite Jedi? (wrong answers only)
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I find Wes Streeting's presence unpleasant, so he should be banned from all spaces I could ever possibly visit. That's how this works, right Wes?
🚨 BREAKING | Wes Streeting confirms Labour is actively working to BAN trans women AND trans men from female spaces, describing their presence as "unpleasant".
Streeting confirmed to MumsNet that Labour aims to exclude ALL trans people from single-sex spaces.
(Via MumsNet)
Streeting confirmed to MumsNet that Labour aims to exclude ALL trans people from single-sex spaces.
(Via MumsNet)
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I find Wes Streeting's presence unpleasant, so he should be banned from all spaces I could ever possibly visit. That's how this works, right Wes?
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For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
September 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
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there is an extremely well funded and dedicated international propaganda campaign to convince people that everyone is actually a racist and they should join the club, and it's a handful of rich extremists bankrolling all of it
Shot, chaser
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men
September 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
there is an extremely well funded and dedicated international propaganda campaign to convince people that everyone is actually a racist and they should join the club, and it's a handful of rich extremists bankrolling all of it
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
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You cannot understand politics in the United States in 2025 without understanding Gamergate.
It is the Rosetta Stone for our current nightmare.
It is the Rosetta Stone for our current nightmare.
September 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
You cannot understand politics in the United States in 2025 without understanding Gamergate.
It is the Rosetta Stone for our current nightmare.
It is the Rosetta Stone for our current nightmare.
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Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."
September 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Keir Starmer has appointed as his new Comms Director Tim Allan who was a board member of the hate group Sex Matters. It's no longer even pretending to adhere to its Manifesto promise to "remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance."
Keep seeing articles along the lines of "Farage/Trump is just telling people what they want to hear" and thinking... are they? 'Cos I think they're just saying the most extreme, headline-grabbing stuff and relying on the media to tell people it's what they want to hear. What WHO wants to hear?
August 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Keep seeing articles along the lines of "Farage/Trump is just telling people what they want to hear" and thinking... are they? 'Cos I think they're just saying the most extreme, headline-grabbing stuff and relying on the media to tell people it's what they want to hear. What WHO wants to hear?
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Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
August 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?
When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?