Thekla K
@theklaken.bsky.social
Writer, broadsword fencer, cat dad. Fan of weird history | he/they | 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 | Scotland | #amWriting #amQuerying
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This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 AM
This piece was greenlit and then killed by a British newspaper, so I’ve decided to publish myself instead.
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
Trans People Deserve Better.
"Gender critical" feminism doesn't help women but it does help the far right
open.substack.com/pub/wellread...
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Victorian medicine chest, which contains medications for pain relief, such as opium. It also includes a set of scales, weights, a pill tile, and a spatula. It was probably used in the home or by an apothecary.
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
November 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Victorian medicine chest, which contains medications for pain relief, such as opium. It also includes a set of scales, weights, a pill tile, and a spatula. It was probably used in the home or by an apothecary.
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
Photo: Wellcome Collection, London
Editing* is going great why do you ask
*Integrating all my line edits that I marked up earlier. Admittedly I marked up five(?) chapters tonight before integrating them all into the draft. Don't worry about it.
*Integrating all my line edits that I marked up earlier. Admittedly I marked up five(?) chapters tonight before integrating them all into the draft. Don't worry about it.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Editing* is going great why do you ask
*Integrating all my line edits that I marked up earlier. Admittedly I marked up five(?) chapters tonight before integrating them all into the draft. Don't worry about it.
*Integrating all my line edits that I marked up earlier. Admittedly I marked up five(?) chapters tonight before integrating them all into the draft. Don't worry about it.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It's always good fun to think about what you're going to do if the state of trans rights gets any worse in the UK, only to realise that realistically you have very few options available
October 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It's always good fun to think about what you're going to do if the state of trans rights gets any worse in the UK, only to realise that realistically you have very few options available
Just got followed by an account proudly advertising their AI prompting packs so that people could 'make images like [they] do!' so this is your unfriendly reminder that if you use AI you can fuck right off. Do not interact with me, do not follow me, I will block you.
October 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Just got followed by an account proudly advertising their AI prompting packs so that people could 'make images like [they] do!' so this is your unfriendly reminder that if you use AI you can fuck right off. Do not interact with me, do not follow me, I will block you.
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Keeping up with Drawtober, my latest #art was for the prompt ‘mushroom fairy’, and tbh I’m pretty proud of this one! It’s my first time drawing mushrooms and fungi, and it took absolutely forever…
October 11, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Keeping up with Drawtober, my latest #art was for the prompt ‘mushroom fairy’, and tbh I’m pretty proud of this one! It’s my first time drawing mushrooms and fungi, and it took absolutely forever…
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A Mari watching the autumn leaves fly past while sitting on an arch.
October 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A Mari watching the autumn leaves fly past while sitting on an arch.
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No exceptions. If you use Gen A I in any capacity whatsoever, you suck.
Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.
"She probably doesn't mean me"
I do.
Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.
"She probably doesn't mean me"
I do.
I've seen some vocally anti-AI people recently make an anti-AI post and be surprised there are still pro-AI people following them, and I can explain this;
most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!
well, we do. so fuck off.
most pro-AI people think they are somehow the exception. the way THEY are using it, SURELY you would take no issue!
well, we do. so fuck off.
May 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
No exceptions. If you use Gen A I in any capacity whatsoever, you suck.
Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.
"She probably doesn't mean me"
I do.
Yes, the way you're using it too. You're not special.
"She probably doesn't mean me"
I do.
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"Move fast and break things" and "better to ask forgiveness than permission" get us a whole suite of "AI" literally built out of consent violation and coerced control, where human consent is not meaningful a possibility, and uses that suit to try to coerce or replace anyone who might tell them "no."
October 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Move fast and break things" and "better to ask forgiveness than permission" get us a whole suite of "AI" literally built out of consent violation and coerced control, where human consent is not meaningful a possibility, and uses that suit to try to coerce or replace anyone who might tell them "no."
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The moment you concede some lives are acceptable losses--I'm speaking specifically about trans people rn--you're adding a gray area to who deserves bodily autonomy and safety in a society.
Once you concede some people are acceptable losses, you've established other lives are ALSO negotiable.
Once you concede some people are acceptable losses, you've established other lives are ALSO negotiable.
October 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The moment you concede some lives are acceptable losses--I'm speaking specifically about trans people rn--you're adding a gray area to who deserves bodily autonomy and safety in a society.
Once you concede some people are acceptable losses, you've established other lives are ALSO negotiable.
Once you concede some people are acceptable losses, you've established other lives are ALSO negotiable.
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Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
When I started medically transitioning back in 2019, I was **lucky** that I only had to wait 1 year for my first appointment in Glasgow. Things were going downhill even then, but this is absurd.
This unfortunately is not exaggeration.
October 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
When I started medically transitioning back in 2019, I was **lucky** that I only had to wait 1 year for my first appointment in Glasgow. Things were going downhill even then, but this is absurd.
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The Starmer government is REALLY running scared of this petition, now at 2.75 million, to the extent that it has responded 3 months early, in a transparent attempt to spike it.
So please, under no circumstances should you sign it and share it widely. Starmer & his boss McSweeney would not like it.
So please, under no circumstances should you sign it and share it widely. Starmer & his boss McSweeney would not like it.
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
October 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
The Starmer government is REALLY running scared of this petition, now at 2.75 million, to the extent that it has responded 3 months early, in a transparent attempt to spike it.
So please, under no circumstances should you sign it and share it widely. Starmer & his boss McSweeney would not like it.
So please, under no circumstances should you sign it and share it widely. Starmer & his boss McSweeney would not like it.
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Oilspill
Prints in bio
Prints in bio
September 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Oilspill
Prints in bio
Prints in bio
Happy Tuesday, have a kitten
September 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Happy Tuesday, have a kitten
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Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life.
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
September 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Trans people have been around your whole life. You’ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. They’ve been in your communities your whole life. They’ve even been playing sport your whole life.
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
And you didn’t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should
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This glass bottle dates from the 1870s. The label on it reads "Glass vessel for holding carbolic acid solution 1 in 20 of a Lister's antiseptic spray."
September 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This glass bottle dates from the 1870s. The label on it reads "Glass vessel for holding carbolic acid solution 1 in 20 of a Lister's antiseptic spray."
Why is querying agents so incredibly scary? I feel like I'm being hunted for sport
August 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Why is querying agents so incredibly scary? I feel like I'm being hunted for sport
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This medicine chest dates from the 18th century. The chest includes 2 pewter containers & 10 glass bottles, 9 of which have pewter tops and one that has a glass top. The design of this bottle is slightly different and may be a replacement, it would have contained peppermint oil.
August 28, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This medicine chest dates from the 18th century. The chest includes 2 pewter containers & 10 glass bottles, 9 of which have pewter tops and one that has a glass top. The design of this bottle is slightly different and may be a replacement, it would have contained peppermint oil.
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Happy Tuesday, have a kitten
August 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Happy Tuesday, have a kitten
@bechillcomedian.bsky.social Hello! I'm the fella with the mesiodens. Just finished listening to the latest episode, love the podcast, blah blah blah, just wanted to let you know I'll be seeing your show this Saturday and will be bringing the tooth with me 🦷
August 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
@bechillcomedian.bsky.social Hello! I'm the fella with the mesiodens. Just finished listening to the latest episode, love the podcast, blah blah blah, just wanted to let you know I'll be seeing your show this Saturday and will be bringing the tooth with me 🦷
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Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Friendly reminder that AI data centers are working overtime to help cook the planet. If the fires are scaring you— start using ‘-AI’ at the end of all Google searches to cut out any AI response to your query. Refusal is possible & responsible.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...