Alexandra Lanes
@ajlanes.bsky.social
Languages trains trans sf liberal law geek she/her
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I keep seeing "lol maybe I’m intersex? idk" "but you’re valid already! 💕" and yes babe, you very much are - and you’ll still be valid when your organs start a coup.
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I keep seeing "lol maybe I’m intersex? idk" "but you’re valid already! 💕" and yes babe, you very much are - and you’ll still be valid when your organs start a coup.
Advertised in another place. Harsh.
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Advertised in another place. Harsh.
England and Wales people: are you aware that getting married or civilly partnered revokes any will you wrote before that?
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
England and Wales people: are you aware that getting married or civilly partnered revokes any will you wrote before that?
I am sceptical of this signpost.
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I am sceptical of this signpost.
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Late to the party but I make royalty free instrumental music that anybody can use in their own projects / games / videos / streams, etc.
Just this second released Side A of my 4th album. 23 tracks, 85 minutes of music. Any support is appreciated. :)
speakablecassie.bandcamp.com/album/select...
Just this second released Side A of my 4th album. 23 tracks, 85 minutes of music. Any support is appreciated. :)
speakablecassie.bandcamp.com/album/select...
Select A Stage IV - Side A: Safe & Surreal, by SpeakableCassie
23 track album
speakablecassie.bandcamp.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Late to the party but I make royalty free instrumental music that anybody can use in their own projects / games / videos / streams, etc.
Just this second released Side A of my 4th album. 23 tracks, 85 minutes of music. Any support is appreciated. :)
speakablecassie.bandcamp.com/album/select...
Just this second released Side A of my 4th album. 23 tracks, 85 minutes of music. Any support is appreciated. :)
speakablecassie.bandcamp.com/album/select...
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I've said before that Britain is afflicted by a triple-humiliation: loss of aristocracy; empire; political/media credibility. Brexit was essentially the last gasp of the British ruling class yelling to the Commonwealth, "Come on chaps, we're leaving," then marching out into the blizzard alone—nude.
I liked when they explained to boris Johnson what brexit would mean and he said oh god that is horrible you must strike a deal. They had to explain that was the deal
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I've said before that Britain is afflicted by a triple-humiliation: loss of aristocracy; empire; political/media credibility. Brexit was essentially the last gasp of the British ruling class yelling to the Commonwealth, "Come on chaps, we're leaving," then marching out into the blizzard alone—nude.
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FFS 😡
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
FFS 😡
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
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britain i swear to fuck just ask the EU to take you back, sure we'll be insufferably smug about it and probably force you to get off the pound because we're feeling like being bastards but at least youll have, like, jobs and any kind of perspective
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
britain i swear to fuck just ask the EU to take you back, sure we'll be insufferably smug about it and probably force you to get off the pound because we're feeling like being bastards but at least youll have, like, jobs and any kind of perspective
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This is the energy they need to bring.
November 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is the energy they need to bring.
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OK, they have got a Link who looks suitably dozy as a box of rocks, so that's a casting win.
First official look at the live-action ‘Legend of Zelda’ movie ⚔️
In theaters May 7, 2027
In theaters May 7, 2027
November 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
OK, they have got a Link who looks suitably dozy as a box of rocks, so that's a casting win.
Kids these days.
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Kids these days.
Time to snooze. Have managed to drag myself from sad to content today, which is good.
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Time to snooze. Have managed to drag myself from sad to content today, which is good.
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
Hamilton’s sparkly helmet is playing merry hell with MPEG
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Hamilton’s sparkly helmet is playing merry hell with MPEG
“The McLaren pit wall are edging Piastri on”
Apparently.
Apparently.
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 AM
“The McLaren pit wall are edging Piastri on”
Apparently.
Apparently.
Not sleeping well, for the usual reasons
November 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Not sleeping well, for the usual reasons
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Gyoda Mamekichi, a sentient green soybean, is the mascot for Gyoda City.
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Gyoda Mamekichi, a sentient green soybean, is the mascot for Gyoda City.
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A reflection on today’s gc silliness: get a bra fitting done.
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM
A reflection on today’s gc silliness: get a bra fitting done.
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One of the most important voices of the Arab world's reaction to Mamdani
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One of the most important voices of the Arab world's reaction to Mamdani
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over on the mastodons, there is a thread about half life 1, vr, and floating point precision and it is wilder than you might expect
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
Tom Forsyth (@TomF@mastodon.gamedev.place)
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Recent discussion about the perils of doors in gamedev reminded me of a bug caused by a door in a game you may have heard of called "Half Life 2". Are you sitting comfortably? Then ...
mastodon.gamedev.place
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
over on the mastodons, there is a thread about half life 1, vr, and floating point precision and it is wilder than you might expect
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
mastodon.gamedev.place/@TomF/115589...
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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The essential trait every South Asian parent drills into their children from birth is the ability of charming the most cantankerous, unhinged uncles in the neighbourhood.
November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The essential trait every South Asian parent drills into their children from birth is the ability of charming the most cantankerous, unhinged uncles in the neighbourhood.
I would very much like 19th Century equity cases to be written more clearly, to have fewer commas, and if possible not to have quite such complicated financial arrangements.
November 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I would very much like 19th Century equity cases to be written more clearly, to have fewer commas, and if possible not to have quite such complicated financial arrangements.
A survival guide 🧵
if youre trans and youre struggling to justify why you as a person should be allowed to take up space in the universe just consider that by your sheer existence you make a lot of the worst people on earth mad enough that they will die early deaths from stress. so thats a p good reason
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
A survival guide 🧵
This is monstrous. Taking kids away from Greenlandic mothers based on Rorschach ink blot tests.
The Greenlandic families in Denmark fighting to get their children back - BBC World Service
YouTube video by BBC World Service
youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is monstrous. Taking kids away from Greenlandic mothers based on Rorschach ink blot tests.