Zia Troyana 🏴☠️☠️🍊🌈
@ziatroyana.bsky.social
Gen X she/they 🏳️🌈
Here for the gay pirates
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#OurFlagMeansDeath #OFMD
Here for the gay pirates
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#OurFlagMeansDeath #OFMD
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A wonderful, resonant essay from @thesicktimes.org about how we can better listen to anyone going through something catastrophic. "Avoiding the topic feels absurd — like I’m standing in quicksand, and we’re chitchatting over glasses of lemonade as I slowly sink." thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 AM
A wonderful, resonant essay from @thesicktimes.org about how we can better listen to anyone going through something catastrophic. "Avoiding the topic feels absurd — like I’m standing in quicksand, and we’re chitchatting over glasses of lemonade as I slowly sink." thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
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Saw person with 2" fingernails use chopsticks and type on phone tonight, as fast as anyone. Human brain consumes 20W total. Bet she didn't use 1kWh to learn either skill. Humanoid companies using big learning on big data to learn dexterity, eat your hearts out. You got it wrong. Humans are gooder.
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Saw person with 2" fingernails use chopsticks and type on phone tonight, as fast as anyone. Human brain consumes 20W total. Bet she didn't use 1kWh to learn either skill. Humanoid companies using big learning on big data to learn dexterity, eat your hearts out. You got it wrong. Humans are gooder.
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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🔥 Bound by wild desire, I fell into a ring of fire 🔥
#ofmd #ofmdfanart #ourflagmeansdeath #gentlebeard
#ofmd #ofmdfanart #ourflagmeansdeath #gentlebeard
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🔥 Bound by wild desire, I fell into a ring of fire 🔥
#ofmd #ofmdfanart #ourflagmeansdeath #gentlebeard
#ofmd #ofmdfanart #ourflagmeansdeath #gentlebeard
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In Scotland, Moray and the Borders are well above the average at 9.5 and 9.1% respectively.
But good news in the Shetlands, where last week's outbreak seems to have been stamped on, hard and effectively.
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But good news in the Shetlands, where last week's outbreak seems to have been stamped on, hard and effectively.
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November 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In Scotland, Moray and the Borders are well above the average at 9.5 and 9.1% respectively.
But good news in the Shetlands, where last week's outbreak seems to have been stamped on, hard and effectively.
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But good news in the Shetlands, where last week's outbreak seems to have been stamped on, hard and effectively.
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The PCR positivity map is out, and UKHSA is reporting English national positivity at 2.3%.
Adjusted for non-reporting, it's actually 3.53% - not as low as it was in January/February, but as low as in March.
In Scotland it's 2.67%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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Adjusted for non-reporting, it's actually 3.53% - not as low as it was in January/February, but as low as in March.
In Scotland it's 2.67%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The PCR positivity map is out, and UKHSA is reporting English national positivity at 2.3%.
Adjusted for non-reporting, it's actually 3.53% - not as low as it was in January/February, but as low as in March.
In Scotland it's 2.67%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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Adjusted for non-reporting, it's actually 3.53% - not as low as it was in January/February, but as low as in March.
In Scotland it's 2.67%.
jamestindall.info/skeuomorphol...
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This is also what happens when the scapegoating of benefit recipients and poor people by every single government for 50 years has become a national hegemony. Reeves and Starmer used the rhetoric themselves & now the press have turned it back on them to twist the ratchet another notch. And so it goes
It is IMO not possible to operate any kind of meaningful democracy when your national press is a joke and a travesty, but your mileage on that may vary. I think it’s incontestable that it is impossible to govern well and effectively, while being in hock to these pantomime clowns.
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is also what happens when the scapegoating of benefit recipients and poor people by every single government for 50 years has become a national hegemony. Reeves and Starmer used the rhetoric themselves & now the press have turned it back on them to twist the ratchet another notch. And so it goes
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I’d rather pay extra so that poor people can eat and have healthcare, than pay extra so that obscenely rich tech assholes don’t have to spend their own money on the costs of their useless vanity projects.
data centers are driving up electricity prices for households — and price relief may not be coming anytime soon… Residential retail electricity prices in September were up 7.4%, to about 18 cents per kilowatt hour, according the Energy Information Administration... www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/a...
AI data center 'frenzy' is pushing up your electric bill — here's why
Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, say experts.
www.cnbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I’d rather pay extra so that poor people can eat and have healthcare, than pay extra so that obscenely rich tech assholes don’t have to spend their own money on the costs of their useless vanity projects.
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Abysmal, mindless, utterly zombified. You can't even call it policymaking because that implies a degree of thought which simply isn't present. Pretty soon they might actually hit Cameron's 'tens of thousands' target and then they'll shit themselves with horror at the consequences.
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Abysmal, mindless, utterly zombified. You can't even call it policymaking because that implies a degree of thought which simply isn't present. Pretty soon they might actually hit Cameron's 'tens of thousands' target and then they'll shit themselves with horror at the consequences.
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The idea that if you keep teaching the word guessing programme words it will wake up is like if you keep breeding horses to run faster one of them will give birth to a locomotive”
Cory Doctorow on why AI singularity is a stoopid idea
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Cory Doctorow on why AI singularity is a stoopid idea
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Surpassing human capabilities isn’t the biggest threat that AI poses, says activist and author of “Enshittification” Cory Doctorow.
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The idea that if you keep teaching the word guessing programme words it will wake up is like if you keep breeding horses to run faster one of them will give birth to a locomotive”
Cory Doctorow on why AI singularity is a stoopid idea
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Cory Doctorow on why AI singularity is a stoopid idea
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A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
Six lies transphobes tell about puberty blockers - debunked
Ahead of the NHS PATHWAYs puberty blockers trial, PinkNews debunks six lies commonly told about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
A good summary of many of the lies told by people like Wes Streeting and the rest of the political far right about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/26/p...
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starmer hides his racism behind mahmood
starmer hides his transphobia behind streeting
starmer hides his disgust for disability behind reeves
starmer hides his misogyny behind phillipson
starmer hides his transphobia behind streeting
starmer hides his disgust for disability behind reeves
starmer hides his misogyny behind phillipson
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
starmer hides his racism behind mahmood
starmer hides his transphobia behind streeting
starmer hides his disgust for disability behind reeves
starmer hides his misogyny behind phillipson
starmer hides his transphobia behind streeting
starmer hides his disgust for disability behind reeves
starmer hides his misogyny behind phillipson
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We are standing in solidarity with families of transgender youth in New Zealand. Puberty blockers are a safe an effective way for transgender youth to delay puberty, and the decision to use them should be made by youth, their parents, and their doctors--not the government.
New Zealand bans puberty blockers for young transgender people
Critics warn move could have devastating impact on lives and wellbeing of those affected
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We are standing in solidarity with families of transgender youth in New Zealand. Puberty blockers are a safe an effective way for transgender youth to delay puberty, and the decision to use them should be made by youth, their parents, and their doctors--not the government.
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That woman is an idiot if she thinks lowering the threshold on ISAs will make people put their money in a stocks and shares ISA, I’d rather withdraw the money and keep it locked in a safe, why the hell is the government penalising under 65s for trying to save money???
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
That woman is an idiot if she thinks lowering the threshold on ISAs will make people put their money in a stocks and shares ISA, I’d rather withdraw the money and keep it locked in a safe, why the hell is the government penalising under 65s for trying to save money???
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in your 40s there will be a flag and it’s very important to know that is means death
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
in your 40s there will be a flag and it’s very important to know that is means death
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"we keep hearing conversations about tough choices, but these always seem to be tough choices for children in poverty, for disabled people, for working class communities, when are we going to see tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires?"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on #GMB
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on #GMB
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"we keep hearing conversations about tough choices, but these always seem to be tough choices for children in poverty, for disabled people, for working class communities, when are we going to see tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires?"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on #GMB
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on #GMB
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The other thing about keeping jury trials is that you are tried by your peers - something that encourages social cohesion, I would have thought.
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The other thing about keeping jury trials is that you are tried by your peers - something that encourages social cohesion, I would have thought.
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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Full story by @syalrajeev.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Full story by @syalrajeev.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Roxi comm me to draw alternative version of that one drawing with Ed and Stede in cake topper's outfits 💙🧡
November 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Roxi comm me to draw alternative version of that one drawing with Ed and Stede in cake topper's outfits 💙🧡
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not saying it was definitely because of covid, but just a reminder that getting covid make you more likely to have a stroke. younger people have started having them more frequently since the pandemic began.
#MaskUp
#MaskUp
At Camp Flog Gnaw, Donald Glover revealed the reason he canceled his Childish Gambino tour last year: he had a stroke. He joked his first thought was ‘Here I am, still copying Jamie Foxx.’
Donald Glover Had a Stroke Last Year
At Camp Flog Gnaw, Donald Glover revealed the reason he canceled his Childish Gambino tour last year: he had a stroke. He joked his first thought was ‘Here I am, still copying Jamie Foxx.’
www.vulture.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
not saying it was definitely because of covid, but just a reminder that getting covid make you more likely to have a stroke. younger people have started having them more frequently since the pandemic began.
#MaskUp
#MaskUp
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Dreamt that Rhys Darby coined the term 'chicken science' for the stuff that conspiracy theorists, Elon Musk, Trump, AI supporters, and RFK Jr. believe in. Everyone started using it widely. When Rhys was asked why 'chicken science', he said because it makes those who believe in it look like cocks.
November 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Dreamt that Rhys Darby coined the term 'chicken science' for the stuff that conspiracy theorists, Elon Musk, Trump, AI supporters, and RFK Jr. believe in. Everyone started using it widely. When Rhys was asked why 'chicken science', he said because it makes those who believe in it look like cocks.