Anti-trans activists lost twice in one day, after the High Court rejected a challenge to police guidance. @jessothomson.co.uk argues that the ruling raises important questions for trans human rights: https://goodlaw.social/0kp3

High Court rules strip searches don’t have to be based on ‘biological sex’ | Good Law Project

Anti-trans activists lost twice in one day, after the High Court rejected a challenge to police guidance – Jess O’Thomson argues that the ruling raises important questions for trans human rights

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There is a regrettable category of writers who think that because they dislike a thing it is therefore inherently awful and should be banned: exhibit A. If you don't want to play a game, you don't have to. I opt out of shit all the time. But fun and games isn't just for kids. And even it was...

Marie Le Conte@youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 3d ago

happy to continue my journey down Unpopular On Bluesky Avenue and say that, though I do love playing video games by myself, which I believe is a different proposition altogether, I basically agree with all of this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nazi Germany and other Fascist states actually prove the opposite. Normalising the language of fascism encourages its use and shifts the Overton window to a point where unspeakable thoughts become the subject of legitimate policy debate. Using Substack feels fairly indefensible at this point.

Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 3y ago

NEW: Substack founders finally respond to Substackers Against Nazis. They say Nazis publishing and earning money on their platform is fine with them. Their full statement here: substack.com/@hamish/note...

Just spent a full minute getting increasingly irritated that my Alexa wasn't responding to my voice commands before remembering that my honorary niece was round today, and she makes me unplug all the Alexas because they freak her out.

Seems We Both Got Autism Well That'S Good To Know

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How have I only just learned that Peter O'Hanraha-hanrahan wrote Closer and Notes on a Scandal?

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Holy shit. Behold: a time capsule.

The First 3 Hours of MTV - August 1, 1981

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This means I now have to repost this. "You must have had to beat off a lot of American men?" It's up there with "I thought you said 'a rim'". youtu.be/ovIly_QFRiw?...

Good Morning Britain: Dan Stevens had to do what to get The Guest role?!

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Angry People in Local Newspapers@apiln.bsky.social · 3mo ago

One thing has led to another, and now I have a folder full of news headlines about people getting beaten off. I offer no apology at all.

Clearly in a Waymo testing area. See so many of them rolling around. I don't even like a regular taxi, I can't imagine what would make me get in one being piloted by KITT from fucking Knight Rider.

Saw this on TikTok. Absolute genius.

I know Amazon drivers have a hard job, but what the fuck is this guy doing? Just throwing 2 massive bags of shit into the road while he sorts parcels out and then getting surprised when drivers honk their horn because he's parked on a double red AND just leaving a load of shit in the actual road

Announcing MY new documentary, “Should Channel 4 suck my balls?”

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

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Kaye Elling@k000.bsky.social · 6d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Stop using it! It doesn't fucking work!

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d ago

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

I've long said to Kat that if people get up at my funeral to say I was beloved and everybody liked me, etc, that she needs to stand up and correct them. Most people don't like me. I'm not easy to live with, I'm not a good friend (unless you have a crisis), I rub people the wrong way. Don't pretend!

The New Republic@newrepublic.com · last wk.

“Virtually everyone—Republican or Democrat—liked Lindsey,” said Trump before jumping from his script. “Well, not everybody. But it sounds good. Not everybody. He was a tough cookie, okay? I have to be—I have to veer from this for a second.” trib.al/QlPKu0j

The fact that people advertise jobs without even posting a salary range ("competitive salary" etc) is incomprehensible to me. Instant decision not to apply.

Maladroithe@maladroithe.bsky.social · last wk.

RULES FOR EMPLOYERS POSTING JOBS -you must disclose whether you are actively seeking to fill a vacancy or just keeping your door open for new talent -opening salary range must be posted -post an ETA for when applicants should anticipate a response yay or nay

There are a couple of history Tik Tokers with double barreled name and whenever I see them (and I love them all) I always double take at their names and as I'm laughing to myself at their posh names, a part of my brain goes "you're also double barrelled, you twat".

Roads to our flat are shut off for a triathlon. Yet I've just seen some poor Domino's guy walking 400 yards to deliver his pizza. Here's a Deliveroo guy on his way back. Their mopeds are so far away they're not in shot. What fucking prick ordered that food knowing this?

Playing Will Riker, flashing a smile and saying, "Let's boldly get the hell out of here" was unabashedly one of my favourite roleplaying moments since I started GMing.

Dave The Tanuki@mrkebb.bsky.social · 2w ago

Last week my Star Trek RPG campaign got to the point where my players found an unconscious Will Riker, who has been woken up and forcibly taken command of their team. I am not trying to do an impression but I did spend a lot of time practicing saying, "what the hell is going on?".

Sound advice from the echidna.

Wangleberry@wangleberry.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you, Sebas. Continuing the Sega Health & Safety theme, here is Knuckles, offering timely advice to young people.

Have just found out about these reincarnated samurai masquerading as crabs and I have to work them into an RPG campaign somehow

Last week my Star Trek RPG campaign got to the point where my players found an unconscious Will Riker, who has been woken up and forcibly taken command of their team. I am not trying to do an impression but I did spend a lot of time practicing saying, "what the hell is going on?".

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these Young Male Christians should form some sort of Association, then they could offer services beyond gymnasiums and shower facilities, such as short-term lodging at which it might be fun to stay

huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 2w ago

foolproof 👍

On the coach to Latitude and have already had a ginger shot and a tea with dandelion and burdock (I own many such teas). Truly, my claim to still be working class looks weak.

What a paragraph. Prime Minister's wives have different back stories nowadays* *This is not a complaint, don't @ me

God, loads. But making handwritten notes is probably up there.

Black Aziz Anansi@blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 2w ago

What's your old person trait?

Was about to watch The Offence, a Lumet movie about a police officer who kills a suspect during an interrogation. I have cut out final line to avoid spoiling it, but it basically has a massive spoiler in it? Don't tell me what a film hints at before I've fucking seen it

Googled to check a Trek fact. Accidentally saw AI answer, which was wrong. When I asked why it had made a mistake, it said I had asked it for something about episode 2 and it had not verified it. My Google query was not episode related. It blamed me. The more I asked about it, the more it blamed me.

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This could all be avoided by a one page bill that states that for the purposes of the Equality Act, "woman" is not limited to biological sex. The FWS judgment would then be effectively void. This could all stop. And it could stop in a week.* *The Lords would probably try and block it, I know

Lisa Severn@lisasevern.uk · 2w ago

What a stupid, pointless mess we're in Government departments must compulsorily humiliate their trans employees, and only their trans employees, whilst not outing them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ metro.co.uk/2026/07/21/t...

Still thinking about this. The moment where I realised what was going on, I let out a noise that I found out this morning woke my wife up.

Dave The Tanuki@mrkebb.bsky.social · 2w ago

Just finished Firebrand. I thought Jude Law did a decent job of showing the malevolent and the pathetic in the older Henry. Marsan, Russell Beale and Vikander do their part. But the ending? What's that about? I'm all for a bit of dramatic licence, but come on.

Just finished Firebrand. I thought Jude Law did a decent job of showing the malevolent and the pathetic in the older Henry. Marsan, Russell Beale and Vikander do their part. But the ending? What's that about? I'm all for a bit of dramatic licence, but come on.