Third City Feliform
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Brianna Ghey wasn’t murdered by a phone. She was murdered by teenagers she knew in real life, influenced by the incessant transphobia in our media, in our politics and in our society. The fact her legacy is being co-opted simply as “phone bad” by a Government stripping trans rights is a disgrace.
November 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Brianna Ghey wasn’t murdered by a phone. She was murdered by teenagers she knew in real life, influenced by the incessant transphobia in our media, in our politics and in our society. The fact her legacy is being co-opted simply as “phone bad” by a Government stripping trans rights is a disgrace.
Might *technically* be a step up from "the teacher keeps your phone in their desk drawer and you have to beg for it back", but British prison is a step up from Russian prison and you still don't want to be there.
The more this farcical anti-phone charade goes on, the more I’m convinced that Esther Ghey was/is actually transphobic, resented the fact that Brianna was trans, and blamed the phone/social media for making her trans. It’s the only logical explanation I can come up with to explain this bullshit.
On Brianna's 19th birthday, this morning I joined @cheshirepcc.bsky.social and the Brianna Ghey Legacy Project Phone Free Education campaign at the launch at Jodrell Bank of a new £150k initiative to make Cheshire the first county in the UK where ALL state high schools have lockable phone pouches.
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Might *technically* be a step up from "the teacher keeps your phone in their desk drawer and you have to beg for it back", but British prison is a step up from Russian prison and you still don't want to be there.
The Anglosphere REALLY likes pretending people in cold countries can always afford protection from it, that our inherited stories of deadly European winters are a thing of the past, that anyone who can read their posts is currently experiencing comfortable temperatures.
I don't see people freezing to death any time soon in Gaza:
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The Anglosphere REALLY likes pretending people in cold countries can always afford protection from it, that our inherited stories of deadly European winters are a thing of the past, that anyone who can read their posts is currently experiencing comfortable temperatures.
I quit EA in like 2017 and still double take when it breaches containment, my sympathies for your having the cursed knowledge too.
OTOH, this tendency is sadly common and I'm glad to see a name other than "whataboutism".
OTOH, this tendency is sadly common and I'm glad to see a name other than "whataboutism".
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I quit EA in like 2017 and still double take when it breaches containment, my sympathies for your having the cursed knowledge too.
OTOH, this tendency is sadly common and I'm glad to see a name other than "whataboutism".
OTOH, this tendency is sadly common and I'm glad to see a name other than "whataboutism".
(1/3) So at age ~15 I was a miserably lonely high school stemlord whose favourite blogger was saying shit like "I want to break your allegiance to Science", and enough arrogance transferred to me via the internet that I internally broke with both my home and school cultures--
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
(1/3) So at age ~15 I was a miserably lonely high school stemlord whose favourite blogger was saying shit like "I want to break your allegiance to Science", and enough arrogance transferred to me via the internet that I internally broke with both my home and school cultures--
So I think there's multiple problems with liberal "trust the science" rhetoric, but the correct approach is absolutely NOT "trust your foggy memories of year 8 and some polemicist on a talk show".
In fairness they often understand it but find it inconvenient so they ignore it rather than get a substantial argument
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 AM
So I think there's multiple problems with liberal "trust the science" rhetoric, but the correct approach is absolutely NOT "trust your foggy memories of year 8 and some polemicist on a talk show".
Love it when one of my news outlets does an ~in-depth investigation~ on a subject I'd started wondering about because of recent headlines.
In this case, the BBC is doing "what's with all the Colombian soldiers fighting for Ukraine?"
In this case, the BBC is doing "what's with all the Colombian soldiers fighting for Ukraine?"
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Love it when one of my news outlets does an ~in-depth investigation~ on a subject I'd started wondering about because of recent headlines.
In this case, the BBC is doing "what's with all the Colombian soldiers fighting for Ukraine?"
In this case, the BBC is doing "what's with all the Colombian soldiers fighting for Ukraine?"
Screw the Pope, the greatest Italian wizard of the last century was Enrico Fermi.
He wins on a technicality: on one hand his tools belong to all and none, and on the other they're *German Jewish* wizard shit.
Sorry Americans, European wizard shit is *built* on technicalities.
He wins on a technicality: on one hand his tools belong to all and none, and on the other they're *German Jewish* wizard shit.
Sorry Americans, European wizard shit is *built* on technicalities.
November 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Screw the Pope, the greatest Italian wizard of the last century was Enrico Fermi.
He wins on a technicality: on one hand his tools belong to all and none, and on the other they're *German Jewish* wizard shit.
Sorry Americans, European wizard shit is *built* on technicalities.
He wins on a technicality: on one hand his tools belong to all and none, and on the other they're *German Jewish* wizard shit.
Sorry Americans, European wizard shit is *built* on technicalities.
The BBC reports on Sudan.
From an American pseudo-intellectual, even a Jewish one, I would accept "lol the British don't matter any more".
From a Russian-Canadian, fuck off, you're European, they're *your problem*.
(Don't mean the BBC *don't* hate free speech and morphological freedom, ofc.)
From an American pseudo-intellectual, even a Jewish one, I would accept "lol the British don't matter any more".
From a Russian-Canadian, fuck off, you're European, they're *your problem*.
(Don't mean the BBC *don't* hate free speech and morphological freedom, ofc.)
if your conception of AGI or ASI is a utility maximizer with simpler value systems than humans, i will not take you or your arguments seriously (lucky for you @vitalik.ca i don't matter)
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The BBC reports on Sudan.
From an American pseudo-intellectual, even a Jewish one, I would accept "lol the British don't matter any more".
From a Russian-Canadian, fuck off, you're European, they're *your problem*.
(Don't mean the BBC *don't* hate free speech and morphological freedom, ofc.)
From an American pseudo-intellectual, even a Jewish one, I would accept "lol the British don't matter any more".
From a Russian-Canadian, fuck off, you're European, they're *your problem*.
(Don't mean the BBC *don't* hate free speech and morphological freedom, ofc.)
Countries with a Catholic power bloc liberalise the way the Anglicans did: separate magisteria.
Good news: we say God made stuff *via* geology and evolution.
Bad news: the thing we trust the Bible (and EU stuff e.g. Catechism, Book of Mormon) about is *ethics*.
Good news: we say God made stuff *via* geology and evolution.
Bad news: the thing we trust the Bible (and EU stuff e.g. Catechism, Book of Mormon) about is *ethics*.
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Countries with a Catholic power bloc liberalise the way the Anglicans did: separate magisteria.
Good news: we say God made stuff *via* geology and evolution.
Bad news: the thing we trust the Bible (and EU stuff e.g. Catechism, Book of Mormon) about is *ethics*.
Good news: we say God made stuff *via* geology and evolution.
Bad news: the thing we trust the Bible (and EU stuff e.g. Catechism, Book of Mormon) about is *ethics*.
In the Commonwealth, Catholics suspect Protestants are smarter and more European -- not *White*, *European* -- than them and are assholes about it.
In America, Protestants shat the bed so hard libs are like "hey, maybe the Italian wizard knows how to bind the AI-demons".
In America, Protestants shat the bed so hard libs are like "hey, maybe the Italian wizard knows how to bind the AI-demons".
November 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
In the Commonwealth, Catholics suspect Protestants are smarter and more European -- not *White*, *European* -- than them and are assholes about it.
In America, Protestants shat the bed so hard libs are like "hey, maybe the Italian wizard knows how to bind the AI-demons".
In America, Protestants shat the bed so hard libs are like "hey, maybe the Italian wizard knows how to bind the AI-demons".
The Pope, especially the American one, says sensible things sometimes! But if you're not posting the Worst Guy In the World photo when you reskeet, you're probably falling for his authority and hoping your audience will too.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The Pope, especially the American one, says sensible things sometimes! But if you're not posting the Worst Guy In the World photo when you reskeet, you're probably falling for his authority and hoping your audience will too.
I've said it on here before: thank FUCK my mother had me read widely enough I had *multiple* Roman torture methods in what would later become my spank bank.
"when i rlhf the talking machine to embrace compassion it keeps steering toward buddhism instead of my freaky patriarchal torturer religion what the fuck"
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I've said it on here before: thank FUCK my mother had me read widely enough I had *multiple* Roman torture methods in what would later become my spank bank.
Kinkiness shows up early enough in puberty, *before high school age*, that I know the Catholics didn't put in there. But not for lack of trying!
Look, there's strains of feminism who just don't get why people seek out fucked up shit. Catholics know why, they're policing us for *doing it wrong*.
Look, there's strains of feminism who just don't get why people seek out fucked up shit. Catholics know why, they're policing us for *doing it wrong*.
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Kinkiness shows up early enough in puberty, *before high school age*, that I know the Catholics didn't put in there. But not for lack of trying!
Look, there's strains of feminism who just don't get why people seek out fucked up shit. Catholics know why, they're policing us for *doing it wrong*.
Look, there's strains of feminism who just don't get why people seek out fucked up shit. Catholics know why, they're policing us for *doing it wrong*.
It's not that hard to research, say as a teen doing some run-of-the-mill assignment, all the bits where they proudly say God decides when humans live and die, and neither freedom nor suffering are relevant.
part of what he means by "genuine reverence for life" is a rejection of women's right to choose to terminate their pregnancies btw. the catholic church is a proudly sexist institution, it doesn't rly put much effort into masking that
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
It's not that hard to research, say as a teen doing some run-of-the-mill assignment, all the bits where they proudly say God decides when humans live and die, and neither freedom nor suffering are relevant.
Yeah it was HPMOR, if you're getting your recs under the table they're not selected for being *good*. It's okay, now I read stuff like the Culture series ^.^
"We're making you spent your waking hours studying but being book-smart doesn't matter, your character does"
smol!me, reading the bit in HPMOR where Harry looks down on politicians as being ambitious but with no *real* ambition: "You know, I actually agree with that part".
smol!me, reading the bit in HPMOR where Harry looks down on politicians as being ambitious but with no *real* ambition: "You know, I actually agree with that part".
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Yeah it was HPMOR, if you're getting your recs under the table they're not selected for being *good*. It's okay, now I read stuff like the Culture series ^.^
I, specifically, an ethnic Russian fascinated by nuclear science, might have been one of the few targets that made *sense*.
Except their actual problem was that I was a nerd and a queer.
So why the fuck should I trust them on AI?
Except their actual problem was that I was a nerd and a queer.
So why the fuck should I trust them on AI?
November 8, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I, specifically, an ethnic Russian fascinated by nuclear science, might have been one of the few targets that made *sense*.
Except their actual problem was that I was a nerd and a queer.
So why the fuck should I trust them on AI?
Except their actual problem was that I was a nerd and a queer.
So why the fuck should I trust them on AI?
The Catholic Church's default stance is that scientists and engineers *as people* are guilty until proven innocent, and to downplay any self-policing among academics.
It's not as blatant as "no Jews and commies" but it doesn't tell its allies to knock that shit off, either.
It's not as blatant as "no Jews and commies" but it doesn't tell its allies to knock that shit off, either.
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The Catholic Church's default stance is that scientists and engineers *as people* are guilty until proven innocent, and to downplay any self-policing among academics.
It's not as blatant as "no Jews and commies" but it doesn't tell its allies to knock that shit off, either.
It's not as blatant as "no Jews and commies" but it doesn't tell its allies to knock that shit off, either.
This isn't just in the text, it's one of the bits believers and enforcers actually read.
You're allowed to disagree a little bit about the boundaries of the category "just war" or "stewardship of the earth". "Natural law" is not up for debate in remotely the same way.
You're allowed to disagree a little bit about the boundaries of the category "just war" or "stewardship of the earth". "Natural law" is not up for debate in remotely the same way.
here's an example of the "moral discernment" you're signing on with :)
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This isn't just in the text, it's one of the bits believers and enforcers actually read.
You're allowed to disagree a little bit about the boundaries of the category "just war" or "stewardship of the earth". "Natural law" is not up for debate in remotely the same way.
You're allowed to disagree a little bit about the boundaries of the category "just war" or "stewardship of the earth". "Natural law" is not up for debate in remotely the same way.
Third spaces for the youths!
But now, we've made it better.
It is now an expanded service to allow students from all Universities and schools to use it 7am to 11pm each day (and 8am to 7pm weekends) with new high tech video conferencing facilities.
It is now an expanded service to allow students from all Universities and schools to use it 7am to 11pm each day (and 8am to 7pm weekends) with new high tech video conferencing facilities.
November 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Third spaces for the youths!
So on one hand, the American right is flat out railing against dual citizens; on the other, instead of making Jews prove they're not Israeli nationalists they're making them prove they *are*.
Things are pretty stupid with Russians in Europe, but at least they had an exodus to kick it off!
Things are pretty stupid with Russians in Europe, but at least they had an exodus to kick it off!
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
So on one hand, the American right is flat out railing against dual citizens; on the other, instead of making Jews prove they're not Israeli nationalists they're making them prove they *are*.
Things are pretty stupid with Russians in Europe, but at least they had an exodus to kick it off!
Things are pretty stupid with Russians in Europe, but at least they had an exodus to kick it off!
Is MAGA smart enough to be trying to bait childfree-by-choice libs into posting cringe, or are they just that bad at selling shit?
There are defs going to be anti-Trump Americans who do have babies and flaunt how black or Spanish-speaking or Muslim they're making them!
There are defs going to be anti-Trump Americans who do have babies and flaunt how black or Spanish-speaking or Muslim they're making them!
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Is MAGA smart enough to be trying to bait childfree-by-choice libs into posting cringe, or are they just that bad at selling shit?
There are defs going to be anti-Trump Americans who do have babies and flaunt how black or Spanish-speaking or Muslim they're making them!
There are defs going to be anti-Trump Americans who do have babies and flaunt how black or Spanish-speaking or Muslim they're making them!
I know what the Catechism has to say about the hubris of wanting a child enough to make it happen without ~letting God decide~, and I know what Twitter says about (((IVF clinics))), and I know MAGA has *not* called either of those dogs off.
If they fund anything that actually *works*, stockpile it.
If they fund anything that actually *works*, stockpile it.
November 8, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I know what the Catechism has to say about the hubris of wanting a child enough to make it happen without ~letting God decide~, and I know what Twitter says about (((IVF clinics))), and I know MAGA has *not* called either of those dogs off.
If they fund anything that actually *works*, stockpile it.
If they fund anything that actually *works*, stockpile it.
Navalny's shtick is annoying if you're not West European, but it's only highlighting a difference we already have with them: Europeans love an exiled or imprisoned sadboi.
November 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Navalny's shtick is annoying if you're not West European, but it's only highlighting a difference we already have with them: Europeans love an exiled or imprisoned sadboi.
I have a general policy of being cool about cultural differences in a way that encourages a secularised, liberalised form the theocrats can't use to shit up society.
Unfortunately, this is going to involve a LOT of liberal atheist Russian sadbois being annoying as hell about prison and/or exile.
Unfortunately, this is going to involve a LOT of liberal atheist Russian sadbois being annoying as hell about prison and/or exile.
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I have a general policy of being cool about cultural differences in a way that encourages a secularised, liberalised form the theocrats can't use to shit up society.
Unfortunately, this is going to involve a LOT of liberal atheist Russian sadbois being annoying as hell about prison and/or exile.
Unfortunately, this is going to involve a LOT of liberal atheist Russian sadbois being annoying as hell about prison and/or exile.