Christine
@chenry.bsky.social
Reposted by Christine
They were 8 and 11 years old
December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
They were 8 and 11 years old
Reposted by Christine
Please complain to the #BrexitBroadcastingCorporation about this disgusting article, using the blatantly transphobic slur “biological male, who identifies as a women”:-
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Complaints can be made here:-
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Complaints can be made here:-
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but guilty of damaging phone
Comedy writer Graham Linehan
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Please complain to the #BrexitBroadcastingCorporation about this disgusting article, using the blatantly transphobic slur “biological male, who identifies as a women”:-
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Complaints can be made here:-
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Complaints can be made here:-
www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...
Reposted by Christine
Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
Me, realising middle management has an upside: OK team, our meeting will be interrupted at 9.58 for me to buy @themountaingoats.bsky.social tickets on pre-sale, the reason we work is to do things like go to gigs, no apologies.
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Me, realising middle management has an upside: OK team, our meeting will be interrupted at 9.58 for me to buy @themountaingoats.bsky.social tickets on pre-sale, the reason we work is to do things like go to gigs, no apologies.
Reposted by Christine
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Reposted by Christine
Heads up 😅
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Scrap the Bathroom Ban
🚨This is urgent🚨
Bridget Phillipson, the Minister for Women and Equalities, has a decision to make. The EHRC, a regulator mired in controversy over anti-trans views, has sent a new draft Code of Prac...
actionnetwork.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Heads up 😅
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Sex Matters have launched their own MP letter-writing campaign insisting on trans segregation, an exclusionary Code etc etc
📝Let’s make sure our letters outnumber theirs+++
Template here!
If you’ve already written, grab a mate & get them to write too 🤗
actionnetwork.org/letters/scra...
Reposted by Christine
Somehow its day 8 of Trans Awareness Month and I've not yet shared this blog, so allow me to rectify that. And while I name 'trans people' specifically, most of what I suggest applies to marginalised people in general. Its my (non-exhaustive) thoughts on how allyship could look in 2025.
Simple Ways to Support Trans People
There are no magical or whizz bang ways to support trans people in this blog. You've likely thought of and are doing some already. But as its easy to feel overwhelmed of late, and for us ADHDers to ge...
elisecarlson.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Somehow its day 8 of Trans Awareness Month and I've not yet shared this blog, so allow me to rectify that. And while I name 'trans people' specifically, most of what I suggest applies to marginalised people in general. Its my (non-exhaustive) thoughts on how allyship could look in 2025.
Reposted by Christine
One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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
September 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Reposted by Christine
Hi guys, did you already know there are competitions for window tinting? With better commentators than most of the tennis matches I’ve watched on ESPN? (Low bar I know)
Anyway if you need to procrastinate harder than you’ve ever procrastinated before, I got you
Anyway if you need to procrastinate harder than you’ve ever procrastinated before, I got you
September 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Hi guys, did you already know there are competitions for window tinting? With better commentators than most of the tennis matches I’ve watched on ESPN? (Low bar I know)
Anyway if you need to procrastinate harder than you’ve ever procrastinated before, I got you
Anyway if you need to procrastinate harder than you’ve ever procrastinated before, I got you
Reposted by Christine
What I lived through twenty four years ago today, yesterday. To me it's always yesterday. heatherburns.tech/2023/09/11/t...
The things I learned under the bluest sky – Hi, I'm Heather Burns
heatherburns.tech
September 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
What I lived through twenty four years ago today, yesterday. To me it's always yesterday. heatherburns.tech/2023/09/11/t...
Reposted by Christine
This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.
September 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.
Reposted by Christine
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
September 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
Reposted by Christine
Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.
Reposted by Christine
“Once people get a taste for humiliating, they will fight very hard to be able to keep doing it. Like an addiction, the competitively powerful will often put this urge above all else and behave in profoundly self-destructive ways to chase it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/
The Politics of Humiliation
The politics of humiliation has moved to the center of the reactionary project under Trump II.
www.liberalcurrents.com
July 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“Once people get a taste for humiliating, they will fight very hard to be able to keep doing it. Like an addiction, the competitively powerful will often put this urge above all else and behave in profoundly self-destructive ways to chase it.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-politi/
Reposted by Christine
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohammed. Mohammed was an administrative worker at an electronic archive before this. He has two children Kinaz, 3 and Kinan, 1.5. Kinaz has very bad psoriasis since birth that he was taking her to specialists for before the war began.
July 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Mohammed. Mohammed was an administrative worker at an electronic archive before this. He has two children Kinaz, 3 and Kinan, 1.5. Kinaz has very bad psoriasis since birth that he was taking her to specialists for before the war began.
Reposted by Christine
Okay folks! We’ve a real opportunity here. This petition is at 78,000 (ends 28 July!). With a good push, we can get it over the line.
MPs *don't need to stick to the exact petition topic*. We can brief them to discuss any & ALL issues with trans healthcare.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
1/🧵
MPs *don't need to stick to the exact petition topic*. We can brief them to discuss any & ALL issues with trans healthcare.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
1/🧵
Petition: Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services
Introduce a law to legally protect the right of those aged 18 and over to transition using NHS services. This should specifically cover physical transition, including hormone treatment and surgery, as...
petition.parliament.uk
July 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Okay folks! We’ve a real opportunity here. This petition is at 78,000 (ends 28 July!). With a good push, we can get it over the line.
MPs *don't need to stick to the exact petition topic*. We can brief them to discuss any & ALL issues with trans healthcare.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
1/🧵
MPs *don't need to stick to the exact petition topic*. We can brief them to discuss any & ALL issues with trans healthcare.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
1/🧵
Reposted by Christine
There's a rare moment - with abortion rights increasingly under attack - to decriminalise abortion. Please use our easy tool to write to your MP asking them to support NC20, Stella Creasy's amendment. Please use and share in your networks. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Ask your MP to put reproductive rights into law
The right to make decisions about our families and bodies is not protected by law. The 1967 Abortion Act allows people to seek abortion under certain circumstances but abortion otherwise remains a cri...
action.goodlawproject.org
June 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
There's a rare moment - with abortion rights increasingly under attack - to decriminalise abortion. Please use our easy tool to write to your MP asking them to support NC20, Stella Creasy's amendment. Please use and share in your networks. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Reposted by Christine
The EHRC Guidance is a wicked exercise in removing rights from trans people - and is bad too for employers and service providers, those outside gender norms, people with disabilities and the economy.
We've created a tool to make it easy to respond. Please use and share. goodlaw.social/9e59e9
We've created a tool to make it easy to respond. Please use and share. goodlaw.social/9e59e9
How to respond to the EHRC consultation
Good Law Project has taken advice from a leading public law King’s Counsel on how to respond to the EHRC’s consultation. What follows is a form which, after you complete it, will automatically be sent...
goodlaw.social
June 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The EHRC Guidance is a wicked exercise in removing rights from trans people - and is bad too for employers and service providers, those outside gender norms, people with disabilities and the economy.
We've created a tool to make it easy to respond. Please use and share. goodlaw.social/9e59e9
We've created a tool to make it easy to respond. Please use and share. goodlaw.social/9e59e9
Reposted by Christine
Wow, yes. An amazing glimpse of the LLM Lie Machine at work. Anyone whose students are bring tempted by LLMs, sharing this could be very helpful showing how it lies, and how it fails.
This is a hell of a thing to read.
Diabolus Ex Machina
This Is Not An Essay
open.substack.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wow, yes. An amazing glimpse of the LLM Lie Machine at work. Anyone whose students are bring tempted by LLMs, sharing this could be very helpful showing how it lies, and how it fails.
Reposted by Christine
Morning all, I've put together a post on my *likely responses to the EHRC consultation* which can serve as guidance if you're struggling to take it all in or understand where to go with it. 1/
sandraduffy.blog/2025/05/21/r...
sandraduffy.blog/2025/05/21/r...
Responses to the EHRC Code of Practice Consultation
These notes are being made by Dr. Sandra Duffy on 20th May 2025. They are subject to update and change as time goes on and things become clearer. They also may contain errors which are no-one’s fau…
sandraduffy.blog
May 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Morning all, I've put together a post on my *likely responses to the EHRC consultation* which can serve as guidance if you're struggling to take it all in or understand where to go with it. 1/
sandraduffy.blog/2025/05/21/r...
sandraduffy.blog/2025/05/21/r...
Reposted by Christine
THREAD on the *desperate* medical situation in Gaza from a presentation by UNRWA director at the World Health Assembly.
This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here.
Please read and share!
0/11
This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here.
Please read and share!
0/11
May 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
THREAD on the *desperate* medical situation in Gaza from a presentation by UNRWA director at the World Health Assembly.
This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here.
Please read and share!
0/11
This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here.
Please read and share!
0/11
Reposted by Christine
Another week, another research ethics controversy.
TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized.
But let's unpack this one... 🧵
www.404media.co/researchers-...
TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized.
But let's unpack this one... 🧵
www.404media.co/researchers-...
Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online
A Brazilian team used Discord’s API to scrape 10% of its open servers.
www.404media.co
May 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Another week, another research ethics controversy.
TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized.
But let's unpack this one... 🧵
www.404media.co/researchers-...
TL;DR Researchers released a public dataset of 2B+ messages from 4M+ users on 3k+ "public" Discord servers. Usernames/IDs are anonymized.
But let's unpack this one... 🧵
www.404media.co/researchers-...
Reposted by Christine
Starmer's anti-immigrant speech today wasn't just a moral and political embarrassment. It was also an intellectual embarrassment.
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Starmer's anti-immigrant speech today wasn't just a moral and political embarrassment. It was also an intellectual embarrassment.
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
Reposted by Christine
The bill must not proceed without these amendments being reinserted. There is no legitimate reason for the government not to require overseas AI companies to adhere to British copyright law if they want to operate in the UK.
Here is a template letter to your MP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here is a template letter to your MP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Template letter - Data (Use and Access) Bill
Subject: Please Support Common-Sense Copyright Protections in the Data (Use and Access) Bill Dear [MP's name], I am writing as a constituent to express deep concern about the Data (Use and Access) Bil...
docs.google.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The bill must not proceed without these amendments being reinserted. There is no legitimate reason for the government not to require overseas AI companies to adhere to British copyright law if they want to operate in the UK.
Here is a template letter to your MP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here is a template letter to your MP: docs.google.com/document/d/1...