Sophie Lawson
@lawsonsv.bsky.social
Shitposter, persistent typoer, Microsoft Paint user, uncomfortably English | Former journalist once called “The Attenborough of women's football"
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i don't want to minimize any of the kinds of cruelty of this administration, but given the nature of the american justice system versus the american educational system, this harms way more actual trans people than sports bans in a way more immediate and way more dangerous manner
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans & intersex people, memo says. A DOJ memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) do not align with Trump’s Jan. 20 anti-trans executive order, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports.
Trump administration plans to end prison rape protections for trans and intersex people
A Department of Justice memo says certain standards under the Prison Rape Elimination Act do not align with Trump’s executive order
prismreports.org
December 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM
i don't want to minimize any of the kinds of cruelty of this administration, but given the nature of the american justice system versus the american educational system, this harms way more actual trans people than sports bans in a way more immediate and way more dangerous manner
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is there anything more 2025-coded than “white” being the pantone color of the year
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
is there anything more 2025-coded than “white” being the pantone color of the year
Imagine, you've travelled back in time, but not to the distant past, just to the mid 00s; people have computers, we're coming out of the dial-up era and a lot of folk are tech-savvy, but try and explain this headline to someone from 2005.
"In two decades, the world will be so fucking stupid..."
"In two decades, the world will be so fucking stupid..."
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
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techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/e...
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Imagine, you've travelled back in time, but not to the distant past, just to the mid 00s; people have computers, we're coming out of the dial-up era and a lot of folk are tech-savvy, but try and explain this headline to someone from 2005.
"In two decades, the world will be so fucking stupid..."
"In two decades, the world will be so fucking stupid..."
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"We expect the contract... and the free agency to be respected."
NWSLPA Executive Director Meghann Burke explains why the multimillion-dollar deal offered to Trinity Rodman by the Washington Spirit should stand.
NWSLPA Executive Director Meghann Burke explains why the multimillion-dollar deal offered to Trinity Rodman by the Washington Spirit should stand.
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"We expect the contract... and the free agency to be respected."
NWSLPA Executive Director Meghann Burke explains why the multimillion-dollar deal offered to Trinity Rodman by the Washington Spirit should stand.
NWSLPA Executive Director Meghann Burke explains why the multimillion-dollar deal offered to Trinity Rodman by the Washington Spirit should stand.
The Birds (1963)
December 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Birds (1963)
been single for a while, getting a little desperate for contact
December 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
been single for a while, getting a little desperate for contact
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The Chronicle reported that Coates was a finalist last month. For more journalism around Bay FC, would appreciate a subscription. When you subscribe off of women's sports stories, it shows in the metrics that you care about this coverage
The new Bay FC head coach, Emma Coates, comes from England where she worked with Kay Cossington | @sfchronicle.com
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...
www.sfchronicle.com/sports/artic...
Bay FC hire England’s Emma Coates as head coach
Bay FC named Emma Coates as their new head coach on Thursday, ending a monthslong search. Coates most recently served as England’s Women’s Under-23 head coach.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Chronicle reported that Coates was a finalist last month. For more journalism around Bay FC, would appreciate a subscription. When you subscribe off of women's sports stories, it shows in the metrics that you care about this coverage
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A friend of mine, aged about 4, having been told by her mum that if all she ate was sweets then she’d get a big belly, greeted a very pregnant lady on the bus with the words “I know what YOU have been doing!”
This was hard for her mum to explain on several levels.
This was hard for her mum to explain on several levels.
December 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
A friend of mine, aged about 4, having been told by her mum that if all she ate was sweets then she’d get a big belly, greeted a very pregnant lady on the bus with the words “I know what YOU have been doing!”
This was hard for her mum to explain on several levels.
This was hard for her mum to explain on several levels.
the streets will never forget
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the streets will never forget
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I have a block 10 ticket for sale for the Arsenal Women vs Liverpool game this Saturday if anyone is interested.
Row 20. £12.50
Get in touch ❤️⚪
Row 20. £12.50
Get in touch ❤️⚪
December 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I have a block 10 ticket for sale for the Arsenal Women vs Liverpool game this Saturday if anyone is interested.
Row 20. £12.50
Get in touch ❤️⚪
Row 20. £12.50
Get in touch ❤️⚪
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so now if you worked in content moderation you are visa-blackballed like you'd be if you're friends were all al qaeda
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
so now if you worked in content moderation you are visa-blackballed like you'd be if you're friends were all al qaeda
the "is gay sex satisfying" is funny because straight sex is famously, not yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
December 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
the "is gay sex satisfying" is funny because straight sex is famously, not yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
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Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke, 1965 #roylichtenstein #museumarchive
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Roy Lichtenstein, Brushstroke, 1965 #roylichtenstein #museumarchive
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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The NWSLPA has filed a grievance with the NWSL on behalf of Trinity Rodman, arguing the league violated at least five different sections of the current collective bargaining agreement when it vetoed a proposed four-year, multi-million dollar deal between Rodman and the Washington Spirit.
December 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The NWSLPA has filed a grievance with the NWSL on behalf of Trinity Rodman, arguing the league violated at least five different sections of the current collective bargaining agreement when it vetoed a proposed four-year, multi-million dollar deal between Rodman and the Washington Spirit.
But still no news on her evil twin, Mary Short
Kansas City Current forward Mary Long, a hometown standout who joined the club in January 2025 as a collegiate signing, has inked a two-year contract extension. The Current announced Thursday that the new deal will keep Long in Kansas City through the 2027 campaign.
December 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
But still no news on her evil twin, Mary Short
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I am a suicide attempt survivor so I’m kind of selfishly interested in prevention and, again, while it may difficult to completely prevent IDEATION, what ChatGPT does (despite guardrails!) is *cheerlead and facilitate* completion. You can come back from ideation but not a chat-optimized completion.
This is not true. This is argument that pro-gun people use to discount red flag and waiting period laws. Ease of access and lethality (let alone cheerful instruction in the best method!) is the #1 predictor of attempts leading actual completion. The more barriers, the more people live.
I think it's fine Chat GPT is telling people how to kill themselves. They'll figure it out one way or another if they're serious.
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I am a suicide attempt survivor so I’m kind of selfishly interested in prevention and, again, while it may difficult to completely prevent IDEATION, what ChatGPT does (despite guardrails!) is *cheerlead and facilitate* completion. You can come back from ideation but not a chat-optimized completion.
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This will vary for everyone, my personal fave is
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This will vary for everyone, my personal fave is
My whatever comment is I liked what Coates tried to do with the Belles back in the day, there’s plenty of context to their results back then but she seemed like a good egg who tried to uplift her players + provide a positive environment for them - the move to youth football made all the sense.
December 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My whatever comment is I liked what Coates tried to do with the Belles back in the day, there’s plenty of context to their results back then but she seemed like a good egg who tried to uplift her players + provide a positive environment for them - the move to youth football made all the sense.
That would be the Fédération Internationale de Football Association's flagship competition...
football/soccer is the same tired shit as is Die Hard an xmas film; it's completely accepted that things are called different things in different parts of the world/country, see: fizzy drink/soda/pop etc
football/soccer is the same tired shit as is Die Hard an xmas film; it's completely accepted that things are called different things in different parts of the world/country, see: fizzy drink/soda/pop etc
I spoke with 2026 World Cup organizers about the *biggest*, silliest, thorniest question of this grand ⚽ tournament...
"soccer" or "football"? (or "fútbol"? or other?)
"soccer" or "football"? (or "fútbol"? or other?)
The World Cup is coming to North America: So in 2026, is it ‘football’ or ‘soccer’?
As the world descends on the USA, Canada and Mexico, it's time to fire up the age-old debate of what to call the beautiful game
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
That would be the Fédération Internationale de Football Association's flagship competition...
football/soccer is the same tired shit as is Die Hard an xmas film; it's completely accepted that things are called different things in different parts of the world/country, see: fizzy drink/soda/pop etc
football/soccer is the same tired shit as is Die Hard an xmas film; it's completely accepted that things are called different things in different parts of the world/country, see: fizzy drink/soda/pop etc
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This is like if Tyson stopped selling consumer chicken. RAM is about to cost as much as a brand new pc. The cost of everything from tablets, to phones, to laptops will skyrocket. All because AI data centers are consuming all the available RAM they can get.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
Crucial memory will soon be a memory itself as Micron abandons consumers in favor of AI data centers
The RAM crisis is just getting started.
www.pcgamer.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
This is like if Tyson stopped selling consumer chicken. RAM is about to cost as much as a brand new pc. The cost of everything from tablets, to phones, to laptops will skyrocket. All because AI data centers are consuming all the available RAM they can get.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/the...
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So if someone gets a dx that radically alters how they see themselves, makes them understand why their life has been like it has up to now and, in the small way it can given funding because of waxy cunts like Streeting, provides tools to help and improve their life, that’s a bad thing?
Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions
Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions
Health secretary says too many people are being ‘written off’ and that is driving ministers’ changes to welfare
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said he believes there is an “overdiagnosis” of some mental health conditions as well as “too many…
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
So if someone gets a dx that radically alters how they see themselves, makes them understand why their life has been like it has up to now and, in the small way it can given funding because of waxy cunts like Streeting, provides tools to help and improve their life, that’s a bad thing?
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Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Labour bearing down on immigration will fix this any day now.
My mum just sent me this, she's a good woman. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
My mum just sent me this, she's a good woman. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...