Consultation now open on EHRC guidance on Supreme Court ruling on trans people. It’s a long slog of “is this clear?” so set aside some time. Give your feedback, only open a few weeks. www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EHRC-code-...
Code of Practice Consultation
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May 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Consultation now open on EHRC guidance on Supreme Court ruling on trans people. It’s a long slog of “is this clear?” so set aside some time. Give your feedback, only open a few weeks. www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/EHRC-code-...
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Not a disaster waiting to happen, but a rolling wave of disasters, many of which have already happened.
Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13
The tech giant said it would make its Gemini chatbot available to children next week, and warned families in an email about the changes.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Not a disaster waiting to happen, but a rolling wave of disasters, many of which have already happened.
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It sometimes seems like a huge task to explain what’s being done to trans people to casual observers who don’t pay much attention to it, but Séamas does a great job here of plainly and succinctly explaining why you should be appalled
The UK's political and media class has spent years heaping sadism on trans people, and they want to do the same in Ireland next. Calls for civility and calm won't cut it. We need to fight them tooth and nail.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...
Séamas O'Reilly: Trans people have spent a decade being attacked in a moral panic
The poor provision of unisex children’s facilities— which reinforces gender stereotypes and inconveniences women and men both — was, incidentally, an issue I remember being quite talked-about a decade...
www.irishexaminer.com
April 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
It sometimes seems like a huge task to explain what’s being done to trans people to casual observers who don’t pay much attention to it, but Séamas does a great job here of plainly and succinctly explaining why you should be appalled
This is an amazing story. Some good news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First baby born in UK to woman with transplanted womb
Grace Davidson gave birth to a baby girl two years after her sister's womb was transplanted into her body.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is an amazing story. Some good news www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"hardening the biases of the past into the visual clutter of the future" I love this phrase in the description of this artwork onlineonly.christies.com/s/augmented-... in this whole very interesting Christie’s sale of art with a tech angle onlineonly.christies.com/s/augmented-...
CLOWNVAMP
CLOWNVAMPJUNK #8smart contract: 0xc2c2853301B296B7a2974012190aD279E2321bB2token id: 8 wallet: 0x40eB2D2c6F330ae244800ACCBB31f608F82cbCc9JPEG12,288 x 12,288 pixelsExecuted in 2024 and minted on 13 Nove...
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March 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"hardening the biases of the past into the visual clutter of the future" I love this phrase in the description of this artwork onlineonly.christies.com/s/augmented-... in this whole very interesting Christie’s sale of art with a tech angle onlineonly.christies.com/s/augmented-...
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Meta's trying to suppress Sarah Wynn-Williams book because it exposes what an amoral man child Mark Zuckerberg is and how Facebook "doesn't give a fuck" about people. Sarah, who is a friend, knows what she's talking about. She worked at Meta for years. Buy her book! www.amazon.com/Careless-Peo...
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism [Wynn-Williams, Sarah] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism
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March 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Meta's trying to suppress Sarah Wynn-Williams book because it exposes what an amoral man child Mark Zuckerberg is and how Facebook "doesn't give a fuck" about people. Sarah, who is a friend, knows what she's talking about. She worked at Meta for years. Buy her book! www.amazon.com/Careless-Peo...
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Anyway, if MailOnline are going to stick their story behind a paywall then I'm going to make mine available for free for 24 hours. So have a read, stick this in your WhatsApp group, and just help me spread the word about where to get the real thing.
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
Harry Potter and the unpaid tax bill
A London Centric investigation reveals one of the capital's most garish gift shops owes hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid taxes — and uncovers its mysterious owners.
www.londoncentric.media
March 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Anyway, if MailOnline are going to stick their story behind a paywall then I'm going to make mine available for free for 24 hours. So have a read, stick this in your WhatsApp group, and just help me spread the word about where to get the real thing.
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
Lovely piece about crosswords from a librarian at the National Library of Scotland www.nls.uk/papercut/a-p...
A puzzle in the Library
The delicate balance between preservation and engagement explored through the world of puzzles.
www.nls.uk
March 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Lovely piece about crosswords from a librarian at the National Library of Scotland www.nls.uk/papercut/a-p...
Save the Prince Charles Cinema #SaveThePCC please sign the petition to try to protect this iconic and irreplaceable London cinema you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa... more info here princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/
Save The Prince Charles Cinema
The future of the iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End is under serious threat!
We are beyond disappointed that our landlords, Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion...
you.38degrees.org.uk
January 29, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Save the Prince Charles Cinema #SaveThePCC please sign the petition to try to protect this iconic and irreplaceable London cinema you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa... more info here princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/
Very interesting research on how and when fact-checking can actually work www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/meta-drops...
Meta Drops Fact-Checking Because of Politics, but Also Because It Wasn’t Working
The change is politically motivated, yes, but the program never really achieved trust or scale. Issue #133
www.betterconflictbulletin.org
January 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Very interesting research on how and when fact-checking can actually work www.betterconflictbulletin.org/p/meta-drops...
This is very good. How to send progress updates: www.spakhm.com/updates-howto
How to send progress updates - Slava Akhmechet
www.spakhm.com
December 29, 2024 at 10:01 PM
This is very good. How to send progress updates: www.spakhm.com/updates-howto
I love this. A bug that only appeared for one engineer using external monitors. www.joshtumath.uk/posts/2024-1...
How a BBC navigation bar component broke depending on which external monitor it was on - Josh Tumath
www.joshtumath.uk
December 14, 2024 at 6:59 PM
I love this. A bug that only appeared for one engineer using external monitors. www.joshtumath.uk/posts/2024-1...