Daira-Emma Hopwood
@daira.bsky.social
Zcash's official load-bearing catgirl. The only good fascist is a dead fascist.
Still reading them, still learning from them. (It's "A Case against the GO TO Statement", btw. A curse on the ACM editor who mangled the title. www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcr... )
E.W. Dijkstra Archive: A Case against the GO TO Statement. (EWD215)
www.cs.utexas.edu
November 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Still reading them, still learning from them. (It's "A Case against the GO TO Statement", btw. A curse on the ACM editor who mangled the title. www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcr... )
"It may be that it contains, or is based upon, the instructions provided by
DfEE policy officials to the DfEE lawyer responsible for drafting the regulations,
although we are unable to confirm this."
Please tell me there are FOIA rq's to the Department for Education & DWP as DfEE successors. <3
DfEE policy officials to the DfEE lawyer responsible for drafting the regulations,
although we are unable to confirm this."
Please tell me there are FOIA rq's to the Department for Education & DWP as DfEE successors. <3
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
"It may be that it contains, or is based upon, the instructions provided by
DfEE policy officials to the DfEE lawyer responsible for drafting the regulations,
although we are unable to confirm this."
Please tell me there are FOIA rq's to the Department for Education & DWP as DfEE successors. <3
DfEE policy officials to the DfEE lawyer responsible for drafting the regulations,
although we are unable to confirm this."
Please tell me there are FOIA rq's to the Department for Education & DWP as DfEE successors. <3
Unlawful action has already occurred as a result of the ruling and the guidance — for example, the exclusion of trans people from toilets designated for their gender at the Scottish Parliament building. I'm sure there will have been other examples of unlawful action by public authorities.
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Unlawful action has already occurred as a result of the ruling and the guidance — for example, the exclusion of trans people from toilets designated for their gender at the Scottish Parliament building. I'm sure there will have been other examples of unlawful action by public authorities.
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Labour must be pressured. The Equality Act clearly does not refer to biological sex, yet they concealed the true legal position from both the court and the public.
We had limited recognition under the 1999 Regs, before the GRA was enacted, so the Equality Act cannot disapply s9(1).
We had limited recognition under the 1999 Regs, before the GRA was enacted, so the Equality Act cannot disapply s9(1).
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Labour must be pressured. The Equality Act clearly does not refer to biological sex, yet they concealed the true legal position from both the court and the public.
We had limited recognition under the 1999 Regs, before the GRA was enacted, so the Equality Act cannot disapply s9(1).
We had limited recognition under the 1999 Regs, before the GRA was enacted, so the Equality Act cannot disapply s9(1).
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11/ It is clear that the Regulations referenced the medico-legal fact of gender reassignment, and it does modify the interpretation of sex and gendered terms. No reference was made to the religious or legal fiction of a so-called biological sex.
The Supreme Court is wrong.
The Supreme Court is wrong.
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
11/ It is clear that the Regulations referenced the medico-legal fact of gender reassignment, and it does modify the interpretation of sex and gendered terms. No reference was made to the religious or legal fiction of a so-called biological sex.
The Supreme Court is wrong.
The Supreme Court is wrong.
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4/ “The purpose of this provision is to enable a person
who has gender reassigned to have all the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act.”
This directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s position that gender reassignment does not change sex. For the purposes of equality, it does.
who has gender reassigned to have all the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act.”
This directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s position that gender reassignment does not change sex. For the purposes of equality, it does.
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
4/ “The purpose of this provision is to enable a person
who has gender reassigned to have all the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act.”
This directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s position that gender reassignment does not change sex. For the purposes of equality, it does.
who has gender reassigned to have all the protection of the Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act.”
This directly contradicts the Supreme Court’s position that gender reassignment does not change sex. For the purposes of equality, it does.
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2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
2/ The instructions are just… fascinating? Well, every piece of public record I’ve uncovered on this subject so far has been fascinating, but this paragraph is exceptional.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
It contradicts the Supreme Court directly, comprehensively, and unequivocally.
I wonder why the poster at the bottom was worried about not being able to say those things without sounding transphobic. /s
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I wonder why the poster at the bottom was worried about not being able to say those things without sounding transphobic. /s
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Cis people arguing among themselves about whether the technology is there yet to mulch us with sufficient specificity.
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Cis people arguing among themselves about whether the technology is there yet to mulch us with sufficient specificity.
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These are real problems and the system is collapsing in on itself
and trans people who have been doing exceptional work, in these orgs AND in community, are left to survive on unemployment and are struggling to find literally any other work 6/6
and trans people who have been doing exceptional work, in these orgs AND in community, are left to survive on unemployment and are struggling to find literally any other work 6/6
November 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
These are real problems and the system is collapsing in on itself
and trans people who have been doing exceptional work, in these orgs AND in community, are left to survive on unemployment and are struggling to find literally any other work 6/6
and trans people who have been doing exceptional work, in these orgs AND in community, are left to survive on unemployment and are struggling to find literally any other work 6/6
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It's been really clear for a while that while the anti-LGBT extremists do want us harmed because they're extremists, there are people who are pushing this stuff *because* it will help usher in an authoritarian police state.
Nobody in power gave TERFs the time of day until they realised this.
Nobody in power gave TERFs the time of day until they realised this.
November 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
It's been really clear for a while that while the anti-LGBT extremists do want us harmed because they're extremists, there are people who are pushing this stuff *because* it will help usher in an authoritarian police state.
Nobody in power gave TERFs the time of day until they realised this.
Nobody in power gave TERFs the time of day until they realised this.
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The modern conservative panic is fueled by juvenile tantrums, of people clinging to hierarchies until their fingernails are bloody because they're too contemptuous towards undesirables and offal acquiring even a shred of humanity and dignity.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 AM
The modern conservative panic is fueled by juvenile tantrums, of people clinging to hierarchies until their fingernails are bloody because they're too contemptuous towards undesirables and offal acquiring even a shred of humanity and dignity.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.
But it's inevitable, and the clock will not turn back.