Hattifattener
@hattifattener.bsky.social
I work in the museum and charity sectors. Interested in buildings, wildlife, art, and fossils.
I meant Union sorry. I hate all rugby, though I respect other people's right to imagine they enjoy it.
December 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I meant Union sorry. I hate all rugby, though I respect other people's right to imagine they enjoy it.
It's Lando. He's super nice as well as being a world champion. And nobody likes rugby league outside the South East.
And please not golf.
And please not golf.
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It's Lando. He's super nice as well as being a world champion. And nobody likes rugby league outside the South East.
And please not golf.
And please not golf.
It's a shame he didn't extend the principles of natural law to his hair and moustache colouring.
December 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's a shame he didn't extend the principles of natural law to his hair and moustache colouring.
I mean, if they were running now, they wouldn't be my last choice.
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I mean, if they were running now, they wouldn't be my last choice.
I will never forget the Natural Law Party c.1992 which had the policy "demolish all the hospitals and replace them with community herb gardens". They thought the herb gardens would somehow stop people from getting ill in the first place.
This isn't far off that level of bonkers.
This isn't far off that level of bonkers.
December 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I will never forget the Natural Law Party c.1992 which had the policy "demolish all the hospitals and replace them with community herb gardens". They thought the herb gardens would somehow stop people from getting ill in the first place.
This isn't far off that level of bonkers.
This isn't far off that level of bonkers.
I think this is why he repeatedly steps back from the limelight. Too many skeletons. He will again before the next election.
December 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I think this is why he repeatedly steps back from the limelight. Too many skeletons. He will again before the next election.
They have to get attention somehow.
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
They have to get attention somehow.
In the UK we had (very briefly):
- French Revolution (bad)
- Napoleon B (even worse)
- Battle of Waterloo (great)
- Exile to St Helena (phew)
Then nothing about France until First World War.
- French Revolution (bad)
- Napoleon B (even worse)
- Battle of Waterloo (great)
- Exile to St Helena (phew)
Then nothing about France until First World War.
December 4, 2025 at 11:54 AM
In the UK we had (very briefly):
- French Revolution (bad)
- Napoleon B (even worse)
- Battle of Waterloo (great)
- Exile to St Helena (phew)
Then nothing about France until First World War.
- French Revolution (bad)
- Napoleon B (even worse)
- Battle of Waterloo (great)
- Exile to St Helena (phew)
Then nothing about France until First World War.
Anyway this is an old debate and we aren't going to solve it here. But there is more than one side to this story. There is no black and white.
December 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Anyway this is an old debate and we aren't going to solve it here. But there is more than one side to this story. There is no black and white.
That has some complication surely. Was Argentina a slave country? Or the Spanish colonial oppressor of the original inhabitants?
And surely what matters now is what the people who live there want. If they want to become part of Argentina, they would be free to do so.
And surely what matters now is what the people who live there want. If they want to become part of Argentina, they would be free to do so.
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
That has some complication surely. Was Argentina a slave country? Or the Spanish colonial oppressor of the original inhabitants?
And surely what matters now is what the people who live there want. If they want to become part of Argentina, they would be free to do so.
And surely what matters now is what the people who live there want. If they want to become part of Argentina, they would be free to do so.
This has led to the court's interpretation to be expanded to all sorts of things beyond the scope of that case. Probably incorrectly. It will take another case interpretation to alter this, unless the government legislate again. But they don't seem keen.
December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This has led to the court's interpretation to be expanded to all sorts of things beyond the scope of that case. Probably incorrectly. It will take another case interpretation to alter this, unless the government legislate again. But they don't seem keen.
They weren't implemented at all. It's quite complicated. The legislation was very much in favour of trans rights. But we have a common law system which allows courts to "interpret" the parliamentary law if it isn't clear.
In a very specific context, they interpreted sex to mean biological.
In a very specific context, they interpreted sex to mean biological.
December 4, 2025 at 12:20 AM
They weren't implemented at all. It's quite complicated. The legislation was very much in favour of trans rights. But we have a common law system which allows courts to "interpret" the parliamentary law if it isn't clear.
In a very specific context, they interpreted sex to mean biological.
In a very specific context, they interpreted sex to mean biological.
I don't have any issue with Brazil. It started with a post about whether the Falklands / Malvinas residents would prefer to live as they are or under the current Argentine government. I know what I'd prefer but everyone's different.
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I don't have any issue with Brazil. It started with a post about whether the Falklands / Malvinas residents would prefer to live as they are or under the current Argentine government. I know what I'd prefer but everyone's different.
Agree. It's really hard everywhere. There are also strong protection laws in the UK. There has been a setback because the courts interpreted "sex" in a specific legal context to be biological sex and it's had some unexpected ramifications. Getting to a place where everyone is happy will be hard.
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Agree. It's really hard everywhere. There are also strong protection laws in the UK. There has been a setback because the courts interpreted "sex" in a specific legal context to be biological sex and it's had some unexpected ramifications. Getting to a place where everyone is happy will be hard.
Oh they are here, I don't doubt that at all. But they are few, and they aren't parading nazi flags.
The danger is very real, I know.
The danger is very real, I know.
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Oh they are here, I don't doubt that at all. But they are few, and they aren't parading nazi flags.
The danger is very real, I know.
The danger is very real, I know.
I'll take a look. Thank you. But I'm just very glad we sorted it out in 1967. All long before my time. :)
Anyway I don't want to be antagonistic. I appreciate your interactions.
Anyway I don't want to be antagonistic. I appreciate your interactions.
December 4, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I'll take a look. Thank you. But I'm just very glad we sorted it out in 1967. All long before my time. :)
Anyway I don't want to be antagonistic. I appreciate your interactions.
Anyway I don't want to be antagonistic. I appreciate your interactions.
I'm not saying it isn't a challenge. But my point is it is everywhere isn't it?
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not saying it isn't a challenge. But my point is it is everywhere isn't it?
Really? Even to the many countries which were never British. Like most of South America? And Russia? I'm willing to be educated, but it seems unlikely.
December 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Really? Even to the many countries which were never British. Like most of South America? And Russia? I'm willing to be educated, but it seems unlikely.
I've just checked. Homosexually finally decriminalised in Russia in 1993. So not quite true. But well done to the people who tried in 1917.
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I've just checked. Homosexually finally decriminalised in Russia in 1993. So not quite true. But well done to the people who tried in 1917.
I work with two transgender people and they are very annoyed at the recent legal ruling. But they are getting on just fine. There is a lot of work to be done to ensure complete tolerance. But is that not true everywhere?
December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I work with two transgender people and they are very annoyed at the recent legal ruling. But they are getting on just fine. There is a lot of work to be done to ensure complete tolerance. But is that not true everywhere?
I'm sure they meant well. Didn't really work out so great.
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I'm sure they meant well. Didn't really work out so great.
And then criminalised again under Stalin in 1934. Not the best example.
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
And then criminalised again under Stalin in 1934. Not the best example.
Doesn't sound like it. But you be you.
December 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Doesn't sound like it. But you be you.
Well you sound super progressive :)
December 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Well you sound super progressive :)