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Ellavescent ✨
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Middle aged, queer, disabled

I live in a pretty village with my wife and 2 cats

I post more on mastodon https://glitterkitten.co.uk/@ellavescent
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natacha.bsky.social
The “Pathways” trial is, IMO on more than one level, a thoroughly unethical piece of “research” to be carrying out on children, especially children who are part of a marginalised minority.
In Total Young people must complete: • 6 physical exams • 10 medical tests • 20 psychological questionnaires • 5 full neuropsychological test batteries (repeated 3 times) • 6 developmental screeners • 4 administrative assessments • MRI scans (CONNECT only) More than 50 assessments in total, many repeated six, eight or even more times over two years. And that still leaves out everything that surrounds them, including travel, long clinic waits, repeated appointments, disrupted schooling and the emotional weight of being asked again and again to revisit the most painful parts of their lives.
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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reactiveashley.bsky.social
1/🧵 The good people of the Cabinet Office has found a copy of the Department for Education and Employment’s drafting instructions* for the Sex Discrimination (Gender Reassignment) Regulations 1999.

* the Parly Counsel does vetting only in this case, so the instructions is to DfEE’s in-house lawyers
Sex Discrimination Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999 Drafting Instructions - a Freedom of Information request to Government Equalities Office
Please send me copies of the Sex Discrimination Gender Reassignment Regulations 1999’s Drafting Instructions given to the Parliamentary Counsel. If you can’t locate all versions, send me any one of th...
www.whatdotheyknow.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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notrightruth.bsky.social
Thinking about Brianna Ghey while reading this article on screen time and bullying. Labour are using her name to push for a crackdown on phone use among teens.

But this research indicates increased screen time does *not* correlate with increased bullying for trans kids - unlike their cis peers.
Developmental Effects of Screen Time on Gender Diverse Student’s Experiences of Bullying Victimization
We used a large state-wide sample of adolescent students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades (N = 58,689) to examine the predictive value of screen time on bullying victimization, as well as its interact...
www.tandfonline.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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shelleybwoke.bsky.social
The absolute gall of this. Trans people have been loudly decrying the blatant institutionalized transphobia being pumped out of the BBC offices FOR YEARS, and some staff made up bullshit "memo" sends the entire organization crashing within a week because they aren't transphobic ENOUGH.
bearlypolitics.co.uk The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29d
“It reflected a “cultural problem across the BBC” which treats issues of gender and sexuality as ‘a celebration of British diversity’ rather than a complex and contentious subject.”

Just a second - what exactly is contentious about sexuality and gender identity?
BBC trans coverage ‘censored’ by its own reporters — The Telegraph
Corporation’s LGBT desk ‘keeps other perspectives off air’, leaked internal dossier claims
apple.news
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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effies.bsky.social
Jupiter says trans rights
apod.shinyakato.dev Astronomy Picture of the Day 🪐 @apod.shinyakato.dev · 27d
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
The planet Jupiter appears full frame in apparent colours of a variety of blues and some pink bands. The Great Red Spot is visible on the lower left as a dark spot. Jupiter's Moon Ganymede is visible on the upper left. Please see the explanation for more detailed information.
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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acvalens.com
MasterCard is marketing its new MasterCard Threat Intelligence platform to issuers & acquirers. A source familiar w/ MasterCard’s internal operations told me MTI is flagging anime, VTubing, adult content, tabletop, video games as potentially “high fraud risk”

fintechmagazine.com/news/how-is-...
How is Mastercard Preventing Payment Fraud at Scale?
Announcing Threat Intelligence at Money 20/20 US, Mastercard showcases its latest technology in preventing fraud, combining insights from Recorded Future
fintechmagazine.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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comicsbyxan.bsky.social
Looking for trans anime? Wondering what makes an anime trans? All of these are good! Well, aside from Strawberry Eggs, maybe steer clear of that one
Is this anime trans? Okay, so this a chart listing anime on two axes: Thematic and Character. Thematic categories are Thematic Purist (Trans themes are central to the story), Thematic Neutral (Trans themes are present, but not central to the story) and Thematic Rebel (Trans themes rarely if ever appear in the story). Character categories are Character Purist (A central character is trans), Character Neutral (A central character can be read as trans, but may not be trans in the typical sense) and Character Rebel (Nobody has to be trans as long as there's some crossdressing afoot). And now, the anime! Thematic Purist, Character Purist: Stop!! Hibari-kun Thematic Neutral, Character Purist: Zombie Land Saga Thematic Rebel, Character Purist: Heaven's Design Team Thematic Purist, Character Neutral: Ranma 1/2 Thematic Neutral, Character Neutral: Vandread Thematic Rebel, Character Neutral: Sailor Moon Thematic Purist, Character Rebel: I My Me! Strawberry Eggs Thematic Neutral, Character Rebel: El-Hazard Thematic Rebel, Character Rebel: Slayers
June 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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alizaadi.bsky.social
NHS Gender Clinics are a state tool to control Trans+ existence - keeping numbers at a level cisgender clinicians and politicians find "desirable"

True Trans+ liberation means tearing down these harmful cis-led systems and creating Trans Healthcare options built by and for Trans+ prople
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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alexpagliuca.bsky.social
Two humorous social media posts about cats believing their owners can control nature, like rain and sunlight. Transcribed Text: Feline_Tales My cats have this meow that means “please come with me to fix this” after which they’ll lead me to the problem in question, usually a empty (or ‘empty’) food bowl or a closed door they want open. They look at the ‘problem’, they look back at me, clear message. What fascinates me is how this illustrates what they percieve as being in the realm of my ‘power.’ I control the food, I control the door, sure, but my cats love to sit on the balcony in the sun, and it has happened plenty of times that on a rainy day they come get me, go to the balcony and show me... the rain. “Please fix this” they say. “Please get rid of the wet” “Silly kitty,” I say, “I can’t control the rain.” I then walk into the shower and turn on the rain. purrfect_logic I hope this is a universal cat owner experience. Every single night he begs me to turn the sun back on so he can watch birds on the balcony. I tell him no, I cannot do that. But I can turn lights on and off in the house and he’s fairly certain I’m just not applying myself properly here.
October 29, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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jellyb.bsky.social
20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could

now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest
September 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
ellavescent.co.uk
Tilly isn’t sure whether she prefers the new duvet more, or the box that it was delivered in. #Cats
A tortie cat with white tuxedo and legs is sprawled on her back asleep on top of a comfy duvet on a bed. A tortie cat is curled up asleep in one small corner of a quite large cardboard box that is open on its side on the floor.
September 22, 2025 at 7:34 PM
ellavescent.co.uk
The private hospital that the NHS has outsourced my arm surgery to just bumped my surgery date by a week because a private patient wanted my slot. Just like that. It’s fine, I just have to rebook a different NHS appointment that was in the other slot now. No big deal.
September 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
ellavescent.co.uk
I updated my iPad to iPadOS 2026 and honestly? I want slideover back. I used it all the time to access a calculator or notes or even a quick puzzle game over the top of whatever I had open, and resizable windows just don’t replace that. And I keep knocking my main window out of full screen.
September 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
ellavescent.co.uk
After all her comments about obsession I just walked in on my wife watching videos about Kpop Demon Hunters
September 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
ellavescent.co.uk
When I was playing Overwatch 6 years ago I tried to know every characters abilities so I could work with them properly but now I’m trying to get back in to it I barely know my own abilities when they change mid-game, never mind all the new characters
August 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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acvalens.com
“She was not the only developer who reported the company singling out yuri content.”

Games journalists really dropped the ball on itchio targeting yuri content, both SFW and NSFW

The censorship of Toxic Yuri Game Jam hasn’t gotten any coverage from the games press
'We're not safe here' In the immediate days after, creators have found themselves at a loss of what to do. Game developer krispycat, also known as ButterflyLatte, reports that her NSFW game demo, known as "The Seventh Bride," was deindexed, and is only shown when specifically searched for. It wasn't just this game, either. "On a whim, I tried to search up my SFW games as well - Wendy, warm, Like Seafoam. These games are fairly innocent and wholesome; 'warm' and 'Wendy' star children. However, they don't appear in the suggestions either - I suspect it's because they're yuri games," she recounted, describing a genre of fiction which depicts romance between two female characters and has no inherent sexual elements. Some creators report that an entire game jam - or collection of games developed in a short period to build community - was affected. The Toxic Yuri Game Jam, consisting of over 200 different games, saw significant hits, with over half of the games delisted and several being completely removed from the site. One user, known as Kastel, describes how a joke game they made was delisted squarely for having the tag "erotic." They mention how this jam was filled with first time developers, and how the occurrence of these bans led to mass panic, watching a happy community turn into people feeling completely doomed. "I've done a bunch of these game jams, so I'm giving them advice. And then I'm looking at all this and it's just... what do I even say? This is a pretty bad situation. I can't pretend that this is good. This isn't a wonderful thing we can all survive. It's pretty rough. I feel bad for everyone, especially because it's their first wave of censorship."
August 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
ellavescent.co.uk
In a couple of hours I’m going to a see family that I haven’t seen in almost fifteen years, before I transitioned. I’m a little bit anxious about it.
August 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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badambulist.bsky.social
me: innocently stepping out of my front door onto the street

british engineers for some reason:
article screenshot: Let the carnage begin: 100mph e-scooter developed Bo’s 100mph Turbo e-scooter pushes engineering boundaries—but raises serious questions about safety and sanity on our streets. There is a photo of the scooter.
August 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
ellavescent.co.uk
Tilly has decided no more gaming today. She headbutted my Steam Deck mid-fight until I stopped and now she’s attempting to sleep on it.
A tortie cat sitting with her face and paws right against a Steam Deck handheld game console A tortie cat curled up attempting to sleep on my lap, with her head on top of the screen of my game which is supposedly in progress.
June 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
ellavescent.co.uk
Tilly has decided my wheelchair is hers now. Probably because it’s the most expensive seat in the house.
#Cat #Caturday
A tortie tux cat is sitting on an electric wheelchair looking up, having just been disturbed from sleep.
April 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
ellavescent.co.uk
Sunbathing cat can be hard to spot
A close up of a small bush, brown wood poking up from the green foliage and splashed in sunlight, a feline face with white jaw giving away the browns and blacks of the cat hiding among it all. A tortie cat with a bright white belly stretching out a blurry paw while lying in the undergrowth wrapped around a bush and enjoying the sun
March 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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ellavescent.co.uk
The box said this was supposed to be a cat
Tilly, a blob of black and orange fur surrounding bright white fluffy fur in the centre, with a head on the right and paws sticking out. Possibly a cat. She is on a blue blanket.
February 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
ellavescent.co.uk
The box said this was supposed to be a cat
Tilly, a blob of black and orange fur surrounding bright white fluffy fur in the centre, with a head on the right and paws sticking out. Possibly a cat. She is on a blue blanket.
February 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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makeitsnow.bsky.social
crazy to think that fifty years from now when you say ‘nazi rocket guy’ people won’t think of werner von braun
November 17, 2023 at 12:26 AM