Irian Greenleaf
@orm-irian.bsky.social
*shrug* let's give it a go - genderless animist/feral buddhist, also plural so mostly use we/us instead of I/me - this is emphatically not a couples thing nor a royalty thing :) - (we're earhartsease on tumblr in case that's relevant)
@jesszafarris.bsky.social @robwords.bsky.social do you know anything about the history of "the" being /ðɪː/ before vowels in british english (and to some extent in US english), but these days in US english it's increasingly /ðə/ (the usual pronunciation before consonants) even when it's a vowel?
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
@jesszafarris.bsky.social @robwords.bsky.social do you know anything about the history of "the" being /ðɪː/ before vowels in british english (and to some extent in US english), but these days in US english it's increasingly /ðə/ (the usual pronunciation before consonants) even when it's a vowel?
the audio on this video is bloody marvellous
A huge fireball exploded at a waste facility in an Australian suburb in western Sydney, sending flames 100 metres into the sky. Authorities are investigating the fire’s cause, but say a chemical tank exploded in the blaze, sending concrete debris flying and causing damage to nearby buildings.
November 30, 2025 at 1:19 PM
the audio on this video is bloody marvellous
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Excellent point! The "Benefits Scroungers" are the businesses paying their workers a pittance and having their wage bill subsidized by Universal Credit.
Here’s just one of many reasons why the success of Your Party, the continuing rise of The Greens, and the re-emergence of the SNP and Plaid Cymru are so important.
Our economy should work for everyone, not just a select few.
Our economy should work for everyone, not just a select few.
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Excellent point! The "Benefits Scroungers" are the businesses paying their workers a pittance and having their wage bill subsidized by Universal Credit.
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Wonderfully cogent interview with George Monbiot. A must-listen if you care about society or the environment.
I had a great conversation with the wonderful @zackpolanski.bsky.social on his podcast. Do please listen in. I don't think you'll have heard anything quite like it. And there's a LOT more here than the title suggests. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...
How Labour Negate Progressive Ideas Through ‘Divide and Rule’ | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
Podcast Episode · Bold Politics with Zack Polanski · 19/11/2025 · 40m
podcasts.apple.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Wonderfully cogent interview with George Monbiot. A must-listen if you care about society or the environment.
well perhaps the bad advice will kill someone rich and then there will be fur flying
Grokipedia copies Wikipedia’s format, but loose fact-checking and weak citations leave many of its claims unreliable.
What’s Grokipedia, Musk’s AI-powered rival to Wikipedia?
Grokipedia copies Wikipedia’s format, but loose fact-checking and weak citations leave many of its claims unreliable.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
well perhaps the bad advice will kill someone rich and then there will be fur flying
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
now would be a great time for Monica Lewinsky to send Trump some cigars
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
now would be a great time for Monica Lewinsky to send Trump some cigars
doppel gängam style
November 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
doppel gängam style
@pinotevil.bsky.social very much resonate with the adhd rawdogging - we spent 8 months finding out that 6 different meds fucked us up too much to stay on - so we've seen through that door but can't cross the threshold, or some other overdramatised shit
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@pinotevil.bsky.social very much resonate with the adhd rawdogging - we spent 8 months finding out that 6 different meds fucked us up too much to stay on - so we've seen through that door but can't cross the threshold, or some other overdramatised shit
@linanneblack.bsky.social we bloody love your account title ☀️🌿
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 PM
@linanneblack.bsky.social we bloody love your account title ☀️🌿
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Epstein emails released by US House Democrats provide further proof of ties between US president and sex offender.
Trump ‘spent hours’ with victim at Epstein’s house, email alleges
Epstein emails released by US House Democrats provide further proof of ties between US president and sex offender.
bit.ly
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Epstein emails released by US House Democrats provide further proof of ties between US president and sex offender.
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Inevitable to see that TERFs/Gender Critical ideologues [transphobes] have dropped their pretence & are now openly joining in with their fellow far right extremists.
Allow me, on behalf of the LGBTQ community, to say ‘we told you so’.
Allow me, on behalf of the LGBTQ community, to say ‘we told you so’.
Last night I was covering a violent bunch of racists who call themselves UKIP.
Among them were people waving "Adult Human Female" flags.
Below are people promoting the same "Adult Human Female" bullshit on Beeston High Road.
Treat these transphobes as the far-right hate group they really are.
Among them were people waving "Adult Human Female" flags.
Below are people promoting the same "Adult Human Female" bullshit on Beeston High Road.
Treat these transphobes as the far-right hate group they really are.
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Inevitable to see that TERFs/Gender Critical ideologues [transphobes] have dropped their pretence & are now openly joining in with their fellow far right extremists.
Allow me, on behalf of the LGBTQ community, to say ‘we told you so’.
Allow me, on behalf of the LGBTQ community, to say ‘we told you so’.
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So a transphobe is threatening @northwestbylines.co.uk with defamation over this 100% accurate and factual piece of Journalism.
Support us by sharing it far and wide 🏳️⚧️
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...
Support us by sharing it far and wide 🏳️⚧️
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...
A demonstration of compassion and unity by the trans and cis community
Trans and cis people united in a heartwarming display of kindness outside the Scottish (Holyrood) Parliament on 1 November
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
So a transphobe is threatening @northwestbylines.co.uk with defamation over this 100% accurate and factual piece of Journalism.
Support us by sharing it far and wide 🏳️⚧️
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...
Support us by sharing it far and wide 🏳️⚧️
northwestbylines.co.uk/news/equalit...
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Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
ajustsociety.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
cis women please read this and add your support to inclusivity ☀️🌿
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
cis women please read this and add your support to inclusivity ☀️🌿
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The comet is the third interstellar object from deep space ever recorded to pass through Earth's solar system.
Why are scientists rushing to study a comet from deep space?
The comet is the third interstellar object from deep space ever recorded to pass through Earth's solar system.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The comet is the third interstellar object from deep space ever recorded to pass through Earth's solar system.
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I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.
did you know icicle means ice-icicle? because ickle meant icicle already
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
did you know icicle means ice-icicle? because ickle meant icicle already
@jesszafarris.bsky.social thought you might like this:
because incubus and succubus ("lies on you" and "lies under you") get binary gendered, we coined "iuxtubus" which means "lies beside you" and gets to be nonbinary and asexual - so when you're the little spoon, you're getting iuxtubated :)
because incubus and succubus ("lies on you" and "lies under you") get binary gendered, we coined "iuxtubus" which means "lies beside you" and gets to be nonbinary and asexual - so when you're the little spoon, you're getting iuxtubated :)
November 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
@jesszafarris.bsky.social thought you might like this:
because incubus and succubus ("lies on you" and "lies under you") get binary gendered, we coined "iuxtubus" which means "lies beside you" and gets to be nonbinary and asexual - so when you're the little spoon, you're getting iuxtubated :)
because incubus and succubus ("lies on you" and "lies under you") get binary gendered, we coined "iuxtubus" which means "lies beside you" and gets to be nonbinary and asexual - so when you're the little spoon, you're getting iuxtubated :)
hey, you can sponsor a rat to find unexploded mines or spot tuberculosis or or or
apopo.org/herorats/
apopo.org/herorats/
HeroRATs
For a small contribution a month, you can virtually adopt a HeroRAT or HeroDOG and help us save lives. Our mission is to allow people all over the world to live, work, and play without fear of landmines or disease.
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November 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
hey, you can sponsor a rat to find unexploded mines or spot tuberculosis or or or
apopo.org/herorats/
apopo.org/herorats/
this was an intense read, and vindication that queer and trans people were victims of the holocaust too (and also the first time we've ever seen use of the bald term "murdered" to describe what happened in the nazi concentration camps)
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-...
New Research Reveals How the Nazis Targeted Transgender People
Last year, a German court acknowledged the possibility that trans people were persecuted by the Nazis
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
this was an intense read, and vindication that queer and trans people were victims of the holocaust too (and also the first time we've ever seen use of the bald term "murdered" to describe what happened in the nazi concentration camps)
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-...
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-...
okay we shit you not, we just had a dream in which we were perched on a sumptuous ottoman, giving Oscar Wilde a foot massage - and (why??) we asked him if he'd ever seen a cybertruck, and he smiled demurely and murmured "ah, the picture of delorian gray"
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
okay we shit you not, we just had a dream in which we were perched on a sumptuous ottoman, giving Oscar Wilde a foot massage - and (why??) we asked him if he'd ever seen a cybertruck, and he smiled demurely and murmured "ah, the picture of delorian gray"
@jesszafarris.bsky.social we just learned that the tabletop game Subbuteo is named for the eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) - the inventor wanted to just call the game Hobby but the patents office said nope, so he went smartarse on them
also subbuteo is sub-buteo, and buteo is latin for "buzzard"
also subbuteo is sub-buteo, and buteo is latin for "buzzard"
October 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
@jesszafarris.bsky.social we just learned that the tabletop game Subbuteo is named for the eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo) - the inventor wanted to just call the game Hobby but the patents office said nope, so he went smartarse on them
also subbuteo is sub-buteo, and buteo is latin for "buzzard"
also subbuteo is sub-buteo, and buteo is latin for "buzzard"