It's weird watching cis women in the UK who are actively supportive of trans women's human rights continue to use "women" to only mean cis women. E.g., after outlining harms to trans women, they'll say something like, "this guidance will harm women *too*."

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 17h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

Leader of Canadian white nationalist organization resigns after *squints* "photos surfaced of him discussing his sexuality, supporting Pride events, and singing homoerotic parody songs"

Canadian Anti-Hate Network@antihate.ca · yesterday

A co-founder of Dominion Society of Canada, a group promoting "remigration," has quit. Greg Wycliffe resigned from its board on July 30 after photos and posts revealed his past work at a Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ radio station and participation in Pride events. www.antihate.ca/dominion_soc...

You can submit a general inquiry here and let Timmy's know that funneling money towards an anti-trans hate-mongerer is an evil thing they should not be involved with:

Gross. Why is Tim Hortons supporting a transphobe's IP?

Critics slam Tim Hortons Harry Potter promotion as anti-2SLGBTQ+ | CBC News

Tim Hortons has announced a new Harry Potter promotion, but the reaction online has been anything but magical.

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Gross. Why is Tim Hortons supporting a transphobe's IP?

Critics slam Tim Hortons Harry Potter promotion as anti-2SLGBTQ+ | CBC News

Tim Hortons has announced a new Harry Potter promotion, but the reaction online has been anything but magical.

cbc.ca

"History involves sorting and organizing hundreds of thousands of facts" I remain astounded by how loud and wrong people are about what history actually is.

Following Rod Liddle's death I've been thinking again about the often unacknowledged privilege in being able to see the words of a demagogue as just things you disagree with rather than things that threaten people.

That said, let us take a moment to thank our Bluesky Trans and Furry Elders for freaking out Jack Dorsey so much he bolted and left us this nice social media playground, taking most of his crypto chuds with him. We thank you for your service.

Good morning, Bluesky! I'm back home, and this is your weekly reminder to take your HRT, medications, and vitamins. Bluesky still deserves better leadership. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️ Unban Link.

Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel)@nicomaramckay.com · last wk.

Good morning from Vancouver, Bluesky! Here is your weekly reminder to take your HRT, medications, and vitamins. Bluesky still deserves better leadership. Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️ Unban Link.

the latest Guardian's article on the 2026 UK drought effect on British landscape using the most Bri'ish visuals possible www.theguardian.com/environment/...

That explains so much.

Josh Sternberg@joshsternberg.com · 2d ago

There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

I fear Ontarians have forgotten the true meaning of the Civic Holiday

I've asked ChatGPT historical questions about the middle ages and it makes up random things and uses D&D lore as fact. When I try to correct it, it makes small adjustments and continues to spout garbage. Do not use ChatGPT as a basis for "research." That's not what that word means.

Lauren Morrill@laurenmorrill.bsky.social · 3y ago

I just saw an aspiring writer say she uses ChatGPT “just” for her historical research and like ma’am, that’s not just unethical, it’s foolish. You’d be better off asking a Magic 8 Ball

So, ok, a thing about telling yr audience "i use AI for my info gathering/research but then I look over it and fix any errors" is that you unfortunately told me youve outsourced your knowledge base on this subject to the machine, and therefore I have no reason to believe you CAN catch those errors

"Autistic burnout" is too mild term to express what I'm experiencing right now.

Never mind the heterosexist assumptions behind the euphemism, we've had four decades of safer sex advocacy and yet here we still are. 🙃

Gay Bitterskeets@gaybitterskeets.bsky.social · 5d ago

Hey pharmacy, buying condoms would have nothing to do with "family planning" for me, mkay?

Hey pharmacy, buying condoms would have nothing to do with "family planning" for me, mkay?

A question: does anyone know about communities or groups for scientists who are committed to writing without the use of LLMs / genAI?

I 100% have not changed a single goddamn thing about how I write here in the age of "AI." I write how I write. If the "AI" writes anything like how I write, it's because it stole from me. I'm gonna use any punctuation I like, and if it looks "AI"ish to you, you can go fuck yourself.

Manisha Krishnan@manishakrishnan.bsky.social · last wk.

Authors and journalists are doing more first-person (hello 2010s blogging) and embracing "mistakes" in writing to prove they're not chatbots. There's even an “anti-Grammarly" app that leaves in typos and signs off "sent from my iPhone" to create more authenticity: www.wired.com/story/more-t...

this summer's cultural cross over we've all been waiting for jimothy x bayeux

She loved her surgery cone for the first couple days (it made her feel powerful and intimidating) so we got her a courted ruff to look sinister in.

Proton's search function is cumbersome and irritating to use, but at least it will return its clunky search results in chronological order.

Alex Selby-Boothroyd@alexselbyb.bsky.social · last wk.

Impossible to put into words how useless Gmail search is. No wait, these guys did it!

Using AI in the "creation process" is a hilarious diminishment of the ideas of both creation and process. "I will not apologize for my use of ordering Burger King in my hamburger creation process. I am just as much a chef as anyone." What an absolute spoon.

Does Earth need mosquitos? If they all died, would we be ok? (This thought brought to you by the 6533468987532347965 million mosquito bites I received in Saskatoon.)

I've covered local government meetings for over 20 years, in a city where the mayor notoriously makes up rules to curb anything critical of city hall, especially clapping. So, it's worth a quick🧵 on how governments use rules of decorum to intimidate the public, even to throw opponents in jail.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.

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"I can excuse platforming Nazis, but I draw the line at AI labels"

404 Media@404media.co · last wk.

“I’m not going to apologize for using AI in the creation process.”

If you're a trans person in England (or the parent or guardian of a young trans person in England) I strongly recommend doing this immediately. The new data principles for the shared NHS record in England - based on the transphobic and psuedoscientific Sullivan Review - are designed to out us.

notorious transfem supremacist@takeyourpillsalice.bsky.social · last wk.

You can opt-out of having a shared NHS record. I opted out over a decade ago now and it has never affected any of the medical care I receive except having to give new doctors a list of my medicine because they can't pull it off my GPs system. www.nhs.uk/using-the-nh...