BiFuriosa
@bifuriosa.bsky.social
Because bifurious was taken... and Imperator Furiosa is so great.
The 'formerly at Twitter but that's turned into even more of a cesspit' feed for https://bifurious.co.uk
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The 'formerly at Twitter but that's turned into even more of a cesspit' feed for https://bifurious.co.uk
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Actually, it sounds quite fun to start submitting traditions
"we welcome each new immigrant with a neighbourhood party and a whip round for their first month's rent"
"trans people are honoured for their bravery with gifts of transportation memorabilia"
etc
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"we welcome each new immigrant with a neighbourhood party and a whip round for their first month's rent"
"trans people are honoured for their bravery with gifts of transportation memorabilia"
etc
www.gov.uk/government/n...
From cheese rolling to bagpiping: UK launches search for traditions that define our communities
Communities invited to submit beloved traditions - from Highland dancing to Pancake Day - for recognition as UK living heritage.
www.gov.uk
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Actually, it sounds quite fun to start submitting traditions
"we welcome each new immigrant with a neighbourhood party and a whip round for their first month's rent"
"trans people are honoured for their bravery with gifts of transportation memorabilia"
etc
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"we welcome each new immigrant with a neighbourhood party and a whip round for their first month's rent"
"trans people are honoured for their bravery with gifts of transportation memorabilia"
etc
www.gov.uk/government/n...
I am not a huge fan of World Aids Day, largely because in the 37 years since it started, not once has the theme acknowledged that gay and bisexual men have been disproportionally affected by HIV.
But for Trump's US govt not to acknowledge the day - a first for a US govt - stinks.
But for Trump's US govt not to acknowledge the day - a first for a US govt - stinks.
December 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I am not a huge fan of World Aids Day, largely because in the 37 years since it started, not once has the theme acknowledged that gay and bisexual men have been disproportionally affected by HIV.
But for Trump's US govt not to acknowledge the day - a first for a US govt - stinks.
But for Trump's US govt not to acknowledge the day - a first for a US govt - stinks.
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It's the best time of the year to buy CameraBag, a fabulously easy and powerful photo manipulation program.
www.nevercenter.com/camerabag
The Pro version adds the ability to do this to videos too. It's just cost me less than a tenner to extend & get all the updates over the next year.
www.nevercenter.com/camerabag
The Pro version adds the ability to do this to videos too. It's just cost me less than a tenner to extend & get all the updates over the next year.
CameraBag - Ultra-intuitive tools for editing photos and videos. | Nevercenter
CameraBag - Ultra-intuitive tools for editing photos and videos.
www.nevercenter.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It's the best time of the year to buy CameraBag, a fabulously easy and powerful photo manipulation program.
www.nevercenter.com/camerabag
The Pro version adds the ability to do this to videos too. It's just cost me less than a tenner to extend & get all the updates over the next year.
www.nevercenter.com/camerabag
The Pro version adds the ability to do this to videos too. It's just cost me less than a tenner to extend & get all the updates over the next year.
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For the first time I have felt a shiver of fear because an AI can do my job exactly as well as I can.
October 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
For the first time I have felt a shiver of fear because an AI can do my job exactly as well as I can.
Just seen that the latest incarnation of Manchester Pride has gone bust owing hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Will it remain the second longest continually running annual LGBTQ+ event behind @bicon.bsky.social or will they skip a year?
Will it remain the second longest continually running annual LGBTQ+ event behind @bicon.bsky.social or will they skip a year?
October 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Just seen that the latest incarnation of Manchester Pride has gone bust owing hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Will it remain the second longest continually running annual LGBTQ+ event behind @bicon.bsky.social or will they skip a year?
Will it remain the second longest continually running annual LGBTQ+ event behind @bicon.bsky.social or will they skip a year?
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If "Tory officials say people will not lose their ILR for claiming the state pension", then they need to withdraw their published draft Bill and apologise, since it is carefully and precisely drafted to ensure that they would.
Conservatives complain to whips about fellow MP’s comments on legally settled people
Conservatives complain to whips about fellow MP’s comments on legally settled people
Exclusive: Criticism of Katie Lam comes amid widespread confusion in the party over its policy on indefinite leave to remain
Conservative MPs have complained to party whips after Katie Lam said many legally settled people should be deported to make the UK “culturally coherent”, the Guardian has learned.
Lam, seen as a rising Tory star, said last weekend she believed “a large number of people” living legally in the UK should have their right to stay revoked and “go home”. “What that will leave is a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people,” she told the Sunday Times. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If "Tory officials say people will not lose their ILR for claiming the state pension", then they need to withdraw their published draft Bill and apologise, since it is carefully and precisely drafted to ensure that they would.
"Sloppy, mad & ludicrously extreme" applies to more than just the Tories at the moment...
If *any* dependent receives *any* form of social protection at any point, you lose your legal status, as drafted. It is sloppy, mad & ludicrously extreme all at once
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"Sloppy, mad & ludicrously extreme" applies to more than just the Tories at the moment...
The poster from @thisisbiscuit.org.uk on the wall at the BiPlusEqual Founding General Meeting in Vilnius.
#biplusequal2025
#biplusequal2025
October 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The poster from @thisisbiscuit.org.uk on the wall at the BiPlusEqual Founding General Meeting in Vilnius.
#biplusequal2025
#biplusequal2025
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In an environment where there are regular anti immigrant protests, anti-semitic attacks at an all time high and where racist harassment on twitter appears to be de facto decriminalised, it seems odd priorities
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
EHRC drops interim trans advice and urges ministers to act fast to approve its guidance
Equalities watchdog removes interim response to supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman from its website
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In an environment where there are regular anti immigrant protests, anti-semitic attacks at an all time high and where racist harassment on twitter appears to be de facto decriminalised, it seems odd priorities
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Irony: someone at Ashley Madison, notorious for actively encouraging men to pay to talk to bots without disclosing that they were not real women, complaining about having to compete with 'AI girlfriends'.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘Obedient, yielding and happy to follow’: the troubling rise of AI girlfriends
AI dating sites claim they remove potential for exploitation, but critics say they are reinforcing harmful stereotypes
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Irony: someone at Ashley Madison, notorious for actively encouraging men to pay to talk to bots without disclosing that they were not real women, complaining about having to compete with 'AI girlfriends'.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"We must tackle rising tide of racism and homophobia claiming to be free speech, says Streeting"
Is transphobia still OK with you, though Wes?
Is transphobia still OK with you, though Wes?
September 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
"We must tackle rising tide of racism and homophobia claiming to be free speech, says Streeting"
Is transphobia still OK with you, though Wes?
Is transphobia still OK with you, though Wes?
Looking at some older gay (oh, bi) men's health stuff from one organisation.
Gives a list of underserved "gay" populations to be prioritised, & references a sector-wide document as the source of those.
Guess which group is in that document, but not in the organisation's one?
Gives a list of underserved "gay" populations to be prioritised, & references a sector-wide document as the source of those.
Guess which group is in that document, but not in the organisation's one?
September 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Looking at some older gay (oh, bi) men's health stuff from one organisation.
Gives a list of underserved "gay" populations to be prioritised, & references a sector-wide document as the source of those.
Guess which group is in that document, but not in the organisation's one?
Gives a list of underserved "gay" populations to be prioritised, & references a sector-wide document as the source of those.
Guess which group is in that document, but not in the organisation's one?
I went to the by-election there in the 1980s. The worst 'I wouldn't want to live there' constituency I ever went to. Most of it was a dumping ground for people moved from Liverpool, complete with iconic anti-heroin dealers signs at the entrance to estates.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I went home, to one of Labour’s safest seats, and it felt like a newly minted Reform constituency | Kirsty Major
Knowsley is a Labour stronghold. But judging by the polls and the people I spoke to, the messages of the right are truly cutting through, says deputy Opinion editor Kirsty Major
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I went to the by-election there in the 1980s. The worst 'I wouldn't want to live there' constituency I ever went to. Most of it was a dumping ground for people moved from Liverpool, complete with iconic anti-heroin dealers signs at the entrance to estates.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Waiting for the 'Far right march gets fewer attendees than recent pro trans rights one' story on the BBC.
September 14, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Waiting for the 'Far right march gets fewer attendees than recent pro trans rights one' story on the BBC.
His first go at a Race Relations Act (1965) didn't include jobs / housing either.
Particularly noticeable given it was a promise following the 1963 Bristol bus boycott over the local bus company's hiring 'colour bar'.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol...
Particularly noticeable given it was a promise following the 1963 Bristol bus boycott over the local bus company's hiring 'colour bar'.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol...
September 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
His first go at a Race Relations Act (1965) didn't include jobs / housing either.
Particularly noticeable given it was a promise following the 1963 Bristol bus boycott over the local bus company's hiring 'colour bar'.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol...
Particularly noticeable given it was a promise following the 1963 Bristol bus boycott over the local bus company's hiring 'colour bar'.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol...
Interesting that the Guardian's run through of the vile Charlie Kirk's bigoted statements skips his rabid homophobia.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’
The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Interesting that the Guardian's run through of the vile Charlie Kirk's bigoted statements skips his rabid homophobia.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
By coincidence, reading a book yesterday confirms that yes, the ECHR was responsible for the legality of sex between men in Northern Ireland.
Keio Yoshida's 'Pride & Prejudices' (2025) is a very readable mix of personal history & queer legal cases, but they can barely use the b-word.
Keio Yoshida's 'Pride & Prejudices' (2025) is a very readable mix of personal history & queer legal cases, but they can barely use the b-word.
The ECHR is also directly responsible for, amongst other things, the UK having an equal age of consent, plus the legality of sex between men with others around, sex between men in Scotland, and from memory, also in Northern Ireland.
Amongst much else that UK govts over many years didn't want.
Amongst much else that UK govts over many years didn't want.
The only european countries that are not signatories to the ECHR are Russia and Belarus and that’s all you need to know about people who want the UK to leave the ECHR and what they think about human rights.
August 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
By coincidence, reading a book yesterday confirms that yes, the ECHR was responsible for the legality of sex between men in Northern Ireland.
Keio Yoshida's 'Pride & Prejudices' (2025) is a very readable mix of personal history & queer legal cases, but they can barely use the b-word.
Keio Yoshida's 'Pride & Prejudices' (2025) is a very readable mix of personal history & queer legal cases, but they can barely use the b-word.
The ECHR is also directly responsible for, amongst other things, the UK having an equal age of consent, plus the legality of sex between men with others around, sex between men in Scotland, and from memory, also in Northern Ireland.
Amongst much else that UK govts over many years didn't want.
Amongst much else that UK govts over many years didn't want.
The only european countries that are not signatories to the ECHR are Russia and Belarus and that’s all you need to know about people who want the UK to leave the ECHR and what they think about human rights.
August 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The ECHR is also directly responsible for, amongst other things, the UK having an equal age of consent, plus the legality of sex between men with others around, sex between men in Scotland, and from memory, also in Northern Ireland.
Amongst much else that UK govts over many years didn't want.
Amongst much else that UK govts over many years didn't want.
I was at a number of UK Prides this year, promoting @bicon.bsky.social
The overwhelming support for trans rights at each of them was both wonderful and completely to be expected.
Bigots like Boyne & Bindel are the tiniest minorities of gay & lesbian-identified people.
The overwhelming support for trans rights at each of them was both wonderful and completely to be expected.
Bigots like Boyne & Bindel are the tiniest minorities of gay & lesbian-identified people.
August 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I was at a number of UK Prides this year, promoting @bicon.bsky.social
The overwhelming support for trans rights at each of them was both wonderful and completely to be expected.
Bigots like Boyne & Bindel are the tiniest minorities of gay & lesbian-identified people.
The overwhelming support for trans rights at each of them was both wonderful and completely to be expected.
Bigots like Boyne & Bindel are the tiniest minorities of gay & lesbian-identified people.
Days since a raging bigot wanted sympathy for the effects on them of their bigotry: 0.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/john-boyne-says-lgbtq-polari-fiction-prize-backlash-brought-him-close-to-the-edge
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/john-boyne-says-lgbtq-polari-fiction-prize-backlash-brought-him-close-to-the-edge
August 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Days since a raging bigot wanted sympathy for the effects on them of their bigotry: 0.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/john-boyne-says-lgbtq-polari-fiction-prize-backlash-brought-him-close-to-the-edge
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/14/john-boyne-says-lgbtq-polari-fiction-prize-backlash-brought-him-close-to-the-edge
Oh look, he still can't explicitly include bi+ people...
Way to build expectations around his next series.
Way to build expectations around his next series.
"Speaking to the Big Issue, (Russell T) Davies said: “When Queer As Folk came out in 1999, if you’d said: ‘What will gay rights be like in 2025?’, we’d have said: ‘Oh, it will all be marvellous – it’ll be sunshine and skipping down the street, hand in hand – gays, queers, lesbians, everyone.’"
August 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Oh look, he still can't explicitly include bi+ people...
Way to build expectations around his next series.
Way to build expectations around his next series.
"Speaking to the Big Issue, (Russell T) Davies said: “When Queer As Folk came out in 1999, if you’d said: ‘What will gay rights be like in 2025?’, we’d have said: ‘Oh, it will all be marvellous – it’ll be sunshine and skipping down the street, hand in hand – gays, queers, lesbians, everyone.’"
August 11, 2025 at 7:54 AM
"Speaking to the Big Issue, (Russell T) Davies said: “When Queer As Folk came out in 1999, if you’d said: ‘What will gay rights be like in 2025?’, we’d have said: ‘Oh, it will all be marvellous – it’ll be sunshine and skipping down the street, hand in hand – gays, queers, lesbians, everyone.’"
It's also screamingly obvious why there's nothing about the ratio of responses between bigots and trans people / allies - this is proof there were overwhelmingly more of the latter.
Source: archive.ph/taXyE
Service providers will be told to ask for birth certificates and interrogate service users to discover their "biological sex".
The guidance also ban trans men from female toilets on the basis that their presence would cause "alarm or distress".
Service providers will be told to ask for birth certificates and interrogate service users to discover their "biological sex".
The guidance also ban trans men from female toilets on the basis that their presence would cause "alarm or distress".
August 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It's also screamingly obvious why there's nothing about the ratio of responses between bigots and trans people / allies - this is proof there were overwhelmingly more of the latter.
Love the gap between "Some have questioned whether all 50,000 consultation responses could have been adequately analysed in such a short time frame" and the 'they're fucking right' confession of the AI 'analysis'.
Source: archive.ph/taXyE
Service providers will be told to ask for birth certificates and interrogate service users to discover their "biological sex".
The guidance also ban trans men from female toilets on the basis that their presence would cause "alarm or distress".
Service providers will be told to ask for birth certificates and interrogate service users to discover their "biological sex".
The guidance also ban trans men from female toilets on the basis that their presence would cause "alarm or distress".
August 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Love the gap between "Some have questioned whether all 50,000 consultation responses could have been adequately analysed in such a short time frame" and the 'they're fucking right' confession of the AI 'analysis'.