It remains illegal to discriminate against trans people or anyone you think might be trans. Inter alia, we retain the human rights to privacy.

Do try to remember that the EHRC guidance only affects service providers and not employment, so if you work somewhere where there are toilets or changing rooms for employees that aren’t open to the public then your employers are wrong if they try to stop you from using facilities for your gender

If he came back as a vampire it would be "There Will Come Soft Veins"

John Scalzi@scalzi.com · yesterday

If Ray Bradbury came back as a zombie, the title of the story he would write would be "There Will Come Soft Brains"

"Bluesky is a political echo chamber" okay but I'm mostly here to chat with fun internet people and post art and make jokes, I cannot stress how much I don't care

I'm sorry that YOU CAN'T BE ARSED TO LOOK AT WHO OR WHAT YOU ARE REPLYING TO

Stop talking about Nigel Farage and start talking about how compere, performer and drag king Mojo Jones has a new act called C*nty Binface 🗑️💖

"I can't take my niece anywhere!" I'd be surprised if he is allowed within 500 metres of her.

Janette Moser@mjmoser.bsky.social · 3d ago

If you've ever wondered what AC Slater is up to aside from being MAGA, turns out he's posting weird AI fetish content about his niece....?

The shaman of Bad Dürrenberg are the remains of a 25-35 year old woman, who was buried 8600 to 9000 year ago in Germany. Around her, were the remains of an extraordinary head-dress, made from the bones and teeth of different animals such as deer, wild boar, crane and turtle.

Today is Roma Holocaust Memorial Day. Around 500,000 Roma & Sinti people were killed by the Nazis in the Porajmos. There was no state given to them after the war. Commemoration of their suffering is often diminished or forgotten. Racism towards Romani people across Europe remains acceptable.

Sex work is work. And acceptability on platforms is abusive, dumb and just plain wrong. Now, if you don't want to see sexual stuff, and if you don't want your KIDS to see sexual stuff... then you should have that ability to click a thingie and turn it off. But to deny people the right to make

til that cars that follow motorcycle clubs with older members and kids on board are called "chasers" make of that what you will

Good MORNING they said MECHSPLOITATION AT THE ENNIES!!!! There's never been a better time to read Mechanisms of Rule, my series about the systems that surround hounds and Handlers.

Jax "unembarrassed unrestrained semiotic yelling" Romana🌹🌈@rufflejax.bsky.social · 2w ago

if you want to read all of Mechanisms of Rule so far in chronological order? this is how you do it. #ownsplo Find the full series here: archiveofourown.org/series/4728955

Hey, it’s me, Doctor Dungeon Master. I’m a mediocre white man with a high opinion of myself. I’m here to pitch the kickstarter for my new game, Heterosexual Dungeon. In my game, you can kill whoever you want for no reason AND all the chicks have huge knockers. I am asking for a mere 5 million us dol

Fascinating take. I have a #Manga section full of kids (older ones, but still) who buy/collect the books after reading the stories online, like they want the physical reminder of having enjoyed the thing. Don't have figures, but would love to know!

Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 5d ago

Has anyone done a study of teen online reading (fanfic/web comics etc)? That would be FASCINATING. What if there ISNT a drop in reading for pleasure? Just a change in mode?

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

"Whilst we do not share the views of all these organisations, we recognise the concerns raised by those labelled as “anti-rights” in the document" BUT THEY ARE. THEY ARE. THEY LITERALLY ARE. THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE FORMED TO DO, TO REMOVE RIGHTS. THAT IS LITERALLY THEIR PURPOSE

August is Romani Holocaust Memorial Month - hugest thanks to @euphoriaap.bsky.social for hosting me to talk about this important topic, my own response through TTRPGs, the symbol of the sunflower for Roma, and the work of Roma Holocaust survivor, artist, and poet Ceija Stojka💚💖💙

EUphoria Actual Play@euphoriaap.bsky.social · 6d ago

We had the pleasure of chatting with @glitzydemon.itch.io about their game 'A Field of Sunflowers: In Memory of the Roma Holocaust' and how sunflowers can bring laughter. This interview will be available on August 3rd on our YouTube and streaming on our Twitch at 7pm BST/8pm CEST

ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

Variety has a big headline saying "Sadie Sink is playing [SPOILER] in Spider-Man: Brand New Day" and I just wish they would consider that some people haven't seen the movie yet and don't want to know the big surprises. Spoiler isn't even a Marvel character, she's from the Batman comics!

am i allowed to talk about how weird it is that the main way liberals philantropize trans people is by donating money to liberal nonprofits for call centers that beg us not to kill ourselves, instead of directly funding our material needs which, when deprived, lead to suicidality? is that allowed?

mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️@mady.cat · 6d ago

Sorry i meant to say we need more celebrities to donate $100 million to suicide hotlines so we can call someone who will beg us not to kill ourselves when the state takes away our medication and housing, and then send the cops to our home if we say the wrong series of words. My bad.

In case you missed it: if you uploaded something to DTRPG before they instituted their policy in mid-2023 and didn't pointedly set the "created by humans" flag, *go check it and make sure it's set right.*

Chase Taylor-Carter@chasecarter.bsky.social · 6d ago

Looking to speak with tabletop designers whose DriveThruRPG products were recently and erroneously tagged as containing AI-generated content. Apologies if this is how you find out it's happened to you lol DMs open; email works too: chase@rascal.news

Amnesty have issued an apology to JK Rowling and the rest. Adjust your expectations, and donations, accordingly www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-ap...

An Apology for A Growing Threat briefing, published on 8 July 2026

Amnesty International UK has made a public apology for the publication of the briefing “A growing threat: the anti-rights movement in the UK”. Click here to read it in full.

amnesty.org.uk

Pistolheart Vol. 3 is out! I had a blast doing some Weird weird west and Alien illustrations for this 👽

Carlos Cisco@carloscisco.bsky.social · 6d ago

Did you enjoy the #Daggerheart Next panel? I'm so excited that Pistolheart Volume 4 will get to include six new colossi. But today why don't you get your hands on Volume 3 while it's still weird. This one has aliens! With guns! Live on Heart of Daggers and Itch. heartofdaggers.com/products/pis...

"A Unite spokesperson also confirmed to LabourList that the union will not be attending the party’s women’s conference this year and said: “This is because the party has excluded trans women, which runs counter to Usdaw’s policy on trans equality.”" labourlist.org/2026/07/unio...

Four unions announce boycott of Labour women's conference over trans exclusion - LabourList

Four major Labour-affiliated unions are set to boycott the party’s women’s conference over the exclusion of trans women.

labourlist.org

Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk · last wk.

Unison, Aslef, Usdaw, and the Musicians’ Union have now announced that they're boycotting the Labour Women's Conference over the party's anti-trans stance. Should they keep paying Labour money at all, though?

christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times

Cover I drew for Home Sick Pilots #4 a few years ago.

I love knowing how to pronounce characters' names. I always appreciate it.

Patch Zircher@patrickzircher.bsky.social · 7d ago

If you're reading the Lion Errant and want to know how to pronounce warrior queen Rani Durgavati's name, Durgavati rhymes with Her Java Tea.

Queer Romani and Traveller pals check it out... follow @qrtmhi.bsky.social for more info 💖