Read four books, finished another, and started a sixth today. This is how I'm trying to cope* with the impending segregation of trans people this week. *this is not coping
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Rewatching Breaking Bad this week. Loving how much of it is written with the Deathnote brief: - This guy is going to die - Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong, usually by his own hubris - But he has an evil guardian angel to make sure he survives to be tormented another day
Ok I'll bite. Range defines a data structure to make it easier to plug in ranges (bounding numbers). As well as making reflection easier later on. The bits inside [[]] aren't anti-Semitism, they're annotations. These let you drop notes for the compiler to use. They cannot be used after compilation.
videah θΔ@videah.net · 2w agomodern C++ is incomprehensible what the fuck is this
I have a favourite little conspiracy theory that Coca Cola secretly sued Pepsi over Dr Pepper to stop them making syrups. Ya see, while they advertise it as being a secret recipe - Dr Pepper is manufactured and distributed regionally on license.
BBC describing one of the UK's largest ever protests as being only attended by "Thousands". And argues that protesting the EHRC is nonsense claiming that "it was intended to allow people to live free from discrimination and harassment". More coverage than the last few but that doesn't mean better.
Thousands attend London Trans+ Pride 2026 march
The march takes place against a political backdrop that organisers described as "stark".
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Parents having a normal one. They've spent two hours screaming at each other and physically tearing apart the contents of the house, garden, shed, and car over a bucket. Repeatedly said I will come away from work and go out and buy them a new one. Instead they're doing £100s more of damage 😭
Still blows my mind that anyone in the media is descry Mahmood's policies, which are to the far right of every government in two or three generations, As "moderate" and "centre". The collective willful ignorance across media is absurd.
Actually disappointed at how many people don't know enough about this minority reporting narc.
Respect the Dead@respectthedead.bsky.social · 2w agoI bet he didn't see THIS coming. (Thanks to @hamishsteele.bsky.social for dragging his corpse into the suggestion cemetery!)
If we don't call out the awful people On Our Team, what is the point? If all these red flag are not our red line, do we have a red line? And of course - if looking, acting, and wearing the iconography of Nazis on one's skin is acceptable, what remains that is unacceptable?
Brigitte Empire@brigitteempire.bsky.social · 3w agoGraham Platner finally crossed a red line most of his biggest supporters can't ignore, but some are still defending him even now, and even blaming his victim for her own assault. Let's talk about why victim blaming still exists in even progressive spaces, and why we must fight it.
Note to self: Don't watch scary movies alone 😭
Smile Dog Hiding Under Bed
Alt: Small Dog scrambles to Hide Under Bed, then peaks head out
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Usual reminder for UK Labour supporters: Your party is still much worse for queer people than Donald Trump.
Human Rights Campaign@hrc.org · 3w agoBREAKING: After nearly 20,000 HRC members and supporters spoke up, Trump's HHS walked back a proposal to restrict health care for trans youth at hospitals nationwide. While too many states still ban lifesaving health care, this is a huge signal of our movement's ability to FIGHT BACK.
On to Season 2 of Heroes and... I guess there's a reason I don't remember much of it. I'm three episodes in and it has all been filler and retconning, with the only interesting storyline is Hiro going back to feudal Japan to become a Samurai by accident?
Because there's misinformation going round - yes, Amnesty has removed their report on hate groups. No, it has not been moved. Here is the page linking to the report. The link goes nowhere: www.amnesty.org.uk/knowledge-hu...
It should be unfathomable that the Guardian ran an article yesterday bragging about how the Met police no longer investigates hate crimes. But it's not a shock, because they stopped so transphobes wouldn't be upset about being taken in for their transphobia 🙄
Graham Linehan gets £25,000 compensation and an apology from Met police after arrest
Father Ted co-creator detained by armed officers at Heathrow airport last year over gender-critical posts on X
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16 episodes deep in to Heroes. The blatant product placement is almost hilarious. While the rewinds every episode are almost Anime Recap levels of terrible, with scenes sometimes re-recorded, then replayed half way through the next episode with different dialogue. Writing continues to be painful 🤣
Rewatching Heroes for the first time since it was on TV 20 years ago. Do not remember it being this corny, and I have no idea what is up with the camera work, but at least the ad break cuts aren't as unsubtle as ST:NG.
My sad-days lifehack: Buying discounted shop doughnuts, and cooking them in the oven to make them crispy and fresh again.
Labour: Britain needs more workers. Also Labour: But we hate immigrants. Also also Labour: How about forcing disabled and sick in to work!
Even less effort put in to Starmer's gaslighting party this year. Just for some highlights: - Healthcare bans - Removal of workplace protections - Removal of equality and human rights - Expanded conversion therapy on the NHS - A CT ban that exempts literal conversion therapy "Dignity and Respect" 🖕
Keir Starmer hosts Pride reception at Downing Street
YouTube video by Keir Starmer
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The trippy sh*t we had to endure with a Catholic family. We weren't allowed to watch Disney. Instead we had VHSs like this: Noah's Ark told from the perspective of weirdly religious termites??
[LostVHSMedia] Stowaways on the Ark [JustForKids][1990]
YouTube video by DisneyVHSMuseum
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Feeling sad that being sick for so long means my closest friends are people who generally forget I exist. Not so much their fault, just wish things were different. Still hurts, but they're all I've got even if I feel like an imposition on them.
Forget how sad this twangy upbeat song is. Sounds like it's about a dad all happy about having a kid, and instead it's all about a dad neglecting his kid, then realising too late he done f**ked up and raised a kid who only cares about a career and neglects his dad.
Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
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Yesterday my parents were like "Farage is bad because he said he'd consider a deal with the Taliban" As if that was unthinkable for Labour. They wouldn't believe me when I pointed out Mahmood is already working on that deal. Labour is *also* bad for the same reasons 😭
Britain could enter talks with Taliban over returns deal, Home Secretary suggests | LBC
Britain could enter talks with the Taliban to coordinate a returns deal for failed asylum seekers, the Home Secretary has suggested.
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With Labour announcing their "Conversion Therapy Ban" (yet again) here's a reminder of what to expect it to contain. Added to this - they're only committing to write a draft, not actually making it law or implementing a ban. Below is from the King's Speech. Tl;Dr: The proposed "ban" is BS.
@naffdoodaa.bsky.social · 3mo agoFull details below. It looks like it's been somehow watered down even more since the last Kings Speech, as it is very open endedly exempting conversion therapy and specifically all done in a healthcare or religious setting. P p62. www.gov.uk/government/p...
"90% of parents back bans on social media" in that case, it's unnecessary to have a government ban, because all these parents who want to ban it already have multiple methods to ban it at home. I'm sure 90% don't want kids running with scissors, yet we don't ban kids having hands and feet 🤷♀️
Went on Reddit looking for a guide for something. One person went full method, in character, in universe response. Beautiful. Everyone else was complaining about how people were having fun wrong by using a guide.
Scared Cat Squeezes Through Door
Alt: A small cat has just walked through a door, the door is still ajar behind them. The orange cat looks up to the camera then back out through the open door, holds on with their paws on their way out, amd pulls the door shut while squeezing through backwards.
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Starmer: I will not compromise on children's safety! Also Starmer: Unless they're poor, queer, disabled, ND, ...
At work explaining to a project manager that it is my job to tell them how much work needs to be done and any constraints e.g. ordering, deadlines, etc. Their job is to work out the most efficient way to make it happen given the constraints 😭