ICYMI, Anthropic is advertising an executive assistant role for senior management in London, and the job description has me asking a lot of questions, like "Aren't these all things you keep telling us AI can do?"

not my pic, but Anko is a brand carried by Targwt over here

Same issue today as well.

BiFuriosa@bifuriosa.bsky.social · 2w ago

Sky Sports Mix continues to mess up NFL RedZone with bad audio lag.

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Richard Eyre is on BBC Radio 4's Today programme talking about casting Ian Charleson as Hamlet in 1989. And the presenter is agreeing that 'little was known' about Aids at the time in terms of things like life expectancy for people with it. Erm...

If you want to know how much of a shit Jeffrey Archer was - spoiler, a huge one - as various outlets call him 'extraordinary', read the biography by Michael Crick.

Sky Sports Mix continues to mess up NFL RedZone with bad audio lag.

‘if I were there in that room, I’d have stopped it.’ ‘if I were there in that group chat, I’d have said something.’ You're here now. What are you doing? A blog post about Cornell. www.girlonthenet.com/blog/cornell/

Cornell | What are you doing to challenge rape culture right now?

Protecting women from rape doesn't mean swooping with a sense of victory, it means starting a conversation that might leave you feeling like shit.

girlonthenet.com

I still prefer this to the bi pride flag. The flag's designer didn't want a symbol that signified queerness in the way that an adaptation of the pink triangle did, not least because of his personal history. I like the moBIus strip even more...

Equality Network@lgbtiscotland.bsky.social · 4w ago

The badge in this post was designed by artist Liz Nania in the 1980’s. It features the ‘Biangles’ - two overlapping pink and blue triangles, creating a purple triangle in the overlap - which were one of the very first symbols for bisexual visibility.

'Bi Visibility Day celebrated' was second in the Trending list just before I posted, and fifth just afterwards. I'm not taking it personally...

Hello for Bi Visibility Day. I've identified as bi+ since age 11 or 12, thanks to a combination of realising that if I fantasised about a m/f couple being sexual, I fancied both of them, & reading a very 'yeah, this is what society says, this is what actually happens' sex ed book that named that.

Classic examples: In 1663, someone urinated on a crowd. Court decided everyone knew this was illegal, creating 'outraging public decency'. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outragi... In 1962, someone published a guide to London prostitutes. Court created 'conspiracy to corrupt public morals'...

Olivia Waite@oliviawaite.com · last mo.

I remember starting to research English common law and magistracies for the Feminine Pursuits series, and eventually just yelling ”You mean they can just *make it up* as long as everyone nods their heads about it???”

New NFL season, but Sky Sports Mix continues with its habit of messing up the start of NFL RedZone. This time, the sound is a distorted mess of music / ambient noise from a stadium. And the picture has had issues too.

"Both" Heartstopper & BBC TV 1980s' Two of Us "feature one character who realises he likes both boys and girls, who falls in love with another guy." Zero uses of the B-word, but five 'queer's and nine 'gay's though. Do better, Guardian. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘That was all secret’: the ‘gay mole’ who fought the BBC to show the first queer kiss on kids’ TV

Everyone thinks Byker Grove broke the taboo in 1994, but another teen drama got there first. Here’s the astonishing story of Two of Us, which put a gay relationship on UK screens – and was the origina...

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Gloria Steinem died with fewer rights than she had during her lifetime. That fact needs to be front and centre of every media report, every dedication, every discussion of her death.

Still thinking about the 'Tao of Glass' I saw last week. At the risk of sounding pretentious, most of the shows by @openspacer.bsky.social have left me feeling that I have been in the presence of theatrical genius, and this was no exception. And with Philip Glass too! He is the only director...

It wasn't "couldn't", it was 'deliberately chose not to hire enough Burmese-speaking moderators'. Result: the Rohingya genocide. What did Zuckerberg say was his greatest regret a few years after this was clear? Doing fencing rather than wrestling at high school.

Albert Lee@albertl.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Facebook got stick for how its systems couldn't pick up hate speech in Burmese. A decade on, the same rhetoric is now in (extremely colloquial) Malay, English and Chinese, and Facebook automoderation will cheerfully tell you it or some hapless Accenture hire found nothing wrong every time

It's 2026 and the Guardian needs telling that someone attracted to more than one gender is bisexual, even if they are largely attracted to just one.

The legend that is Tim Curry has been called back to his home planet.

I remain utterly astonished that anyone who has had more than, oh, a handful of partners doesn't realise that attitude counts for vastly more than looks.

Playboy@playboy.com · 2mo ago

There’s a viral theory called "Shrekking" that beautiful college women are “dating down,” but they don’t quite see it that way. “I would rather be with someone who treats me well but isn’t as good looking than have someone who doesn’t treat me well but has good looks.”

"Stories that I have kept to myself, but perhaps shouldn't have." Some stories very much go both ways.

If I had the money, I would produce 'JK toilet roll-ing'. With pictures. Slogan: she shits on the rights of you and your friends, now shit on...

Polis Loizou 🐺🎃@polisloizou.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very much NOT standing with the trans community to be celebrating the increasing success of a bigot who uses wealth earned from this very product against that community.

BiCon 2026 starts next Friday afternoon - that's one week away! Online and in person (Nottingham, central England) socialising plus serious and silly sessions over a weekend for bi+ people and their friends & allies.

I try not to link to Substack, but this - open.substack.com/pub/belledej... - by @belledejour.bsky.social is absolutely spot on. As you'd expect.

RIP Dr Jason Arday

The venal UK press has blood on its hands. Not for the first time. Nothing will be done about it.

open.substack.com

He's beginning to feel a little bi-furious. 🐺 Vintage horror meets '90s teen flicks in I WAS A TEENAGE BISEXUAL, a one-of-a-kind, one-man beast touring in 2026. LONDON, 14-19 Oct NOTTINGHAM, 24 Oct SALE, 3 Nov WOLVERHAMPTON, 6 Nov 🎟 polisloizou.com/iwatb Thanks to @artscouncilengland.bsky.social

Apparently, the second highest paid podcast ($70 million a year) gets about 6,800 views per episode on YouTube and about 1,600 listeners a month. WTAF?!? Yes, nice work if you are privileged enough to get it, but on what basis is it worth that much?

It's now three weeks to BiCon 2026 in Nottingham and online. If you have been thinking of coming, do book soon: it makes the organising a lot easier.

Flyering for BiCon - "a weekend of things for people attracted to more than one gender, in Nottingham and online, four weeks time!" - at Notts Pride today. Sorry about the colours being upside down - I have a blue t-shirt but not a pink hat...

The WordPress #wp2shell security hole is horrendous. But at least I now know why WP has always allowed attackers to attempt to login as many times as they like, as fast as they like: they were working on a way to let people completely control your site without bothering to login!

Mark Zuckerberg's assistant at Meta, Josh Felker, who was responsible for Meta's "digital experiences for kids," was arrested after admitting he tried to sext a 13-year-old during an undercover sting. nypost.com/2026/07/20/u...

Exclusive | Meta worker who developed ‘digital experiences for kids’ admits to trying to sext child in undercover NYC sting

He admitted he had been grooming and sexting someone he thought was a 13-year-old girl during a sting by vigilante group Predator Poachers Long Island.

nypost.com