Stef "inclusion is a human right" Christensen

@wikisteff.bsky.social

Ph.D. in AI. Sr. Foresight Analyst, Horizons. Coder, numbers whiz, foresight expert. Sworn to use Evil powers only for Good. He/they. @wikisteff@mastodon.social

A memorial for Gloria Steinem In 1963, Gloria Steinem put on a fake name, a fake age, a satin corset, and took a job as a Playboy Bunny. Then she took the ears off, went home, and spent the next sixty years telling the world what it means to work in the sex industry.

(incidentally, the far superior series of 'young adult books about being a British magician' is Jonathan Stroud's Bartimeaus books, and as a bonus the author isn't an aspiring genocidaire.)

The latest in the Lindsay Clancy trial: The judge denied the defense's motion to remove the one juror who appears to be a hold-out vote. Per a note from the jury, the vote is 11-1 and based on reporting, the holdout juror has acknowledged doubt about the case, but refuses to follow the law.

Actress Susan Sarandon says she continues to be shut out of Hollywood and has “had movies taken away recently” for her views on Palestine but is happy that the world is waking up to the reality of what’s happening there.

Ro Khanna on why Speaker Johnson sent the House home early: He doesn’t want Epstein to become the issue before the midterms, and he doesn’t want votes on the Iran war to become the issue.

Dolly Parton charts three songs in the top 10 on the UK singles chart this week, with “9 to 5” becoming her highest-peaking song ever: #5: 9 to 5 #6: Jolene #9: Islands In The Stream

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remember the part where Hermione tries to free the race of house elves enslaved by magic wizard school and everyone treats her like an idiot because some races are simply born to be slaves. remember the bank goblins