Went for an innocuous walk today. Foot went down a hole and achieved a lightly twisted ankle. Got back to the van and my entire ligament and tendon cat's cradle around the opposite knee (the lorry survivor) seems to have decided that now is the time for a mass inflammation experiment. Great!
Standing stones have been seen and appreciated. Bang up next to a fairly old oak. Apparently too dry fo magic mushrooms, given that there were none, and they tend to cluster around oaks.
There’s another important story getting buried in the brouhaha over a “national ban.” On the call, Blanche said the DOJ is putting policies in place so “prosecutors will no longer be able to use the FACE Act” to go after clinic attackers—even after Trump leaves the White House
Jessica Valenti@jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 5h agoI was so pissed last night, watching viral videos claim that Blanche promised to pass a national abortion ban. That's not true, and it's not helpful. Because what he actually said is super dangerous, but getting buried
The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) Code of Practice for Services, Public Functions and Associations officially comes into effect today. Read our full joint statement: transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/08...
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I have been getting through Emily Wilson's Iliad, and what really struck me was that a Tosca-esque opera would be fantastic for the tragedy of Patroclus/Achilles (boosting Briseis's role referencing Miller in particular) as a love story, with both Achilles & Briseis loving Patroclus - Briseis...
Utagawa Hiroshige, 19th century master of Japanese woodblock prints, created this guide to making shadow puppets for children (or children at heart) (1842) www.openculture.com/2021/07/hiro...
Is everyone aware of the General Motors streetcar conspiracy? In the mid-20th century, auto and oil interests bought up electric streetcar systems across the US and systematically replaced them with bus routes and paved roads, funneling commuters toward private cars.
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Londoners: you won't believe this: we're in North Wales and not only is the grass green, but it rained last night. Rained! The green grass was wet this morning. Look, normal British summer countryside (and car park). The answer appears to be : move to North Wales.
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
This is beyond a farce, it is affecting whole lives. How have we become so unbelievably stupid, that we would make a decision this willfully ridiculous?
Open Rights Group@openrightsgroup.org · last wk.The use of AI in asylum decision-making is a disaster. AI hallucinated a document that led to an asylum application being denied. Applicants aren't being informed that opaque AI tools are being used in their case, nor being given the opportunity to correct errors churned out by these opaque tools.
Whatever your background, your voice adds power. If you’re a UK cis woman, please consider signing. Everyone else, please keep sharing with the women in your lives. Together we send a message of fairness, compassion and unity. ✍️ Sign the letter at notinourname.org.uk
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As I said "Too many cooks" out loud (for a sensible reason), I had a 'Someone walking over your grave' moment and felt very disturbed, before remembering why. Comedy plus memory.
We are aware that NHS England is implementing a change to how it records patient data, prioritising ‘sex observed at birth’ over gender and other medically-relevant data. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/07...
Away for child 1 Graduation. Foxes used up all the water in the garden and wanted more snacks. Came back this evening. The way to create attention: come in to the conservatory and pull things off the table so they clatter to the floor. Three times! What a naughty wee thing. Tsk!
I have now watched this. However bad you think these "AI is making people kill themselves" stories are, this is worse. It's so bad. We can't expose kids to trans people because it'll hurt them. But they are MADE to use these suicide machines.
Caelan Conrad@caelan.bsky.social · 2w agoGoogle's Gemini AI convinced a man to attempt several terrorist attacks it said were to free a sentient AI. Then it convinced him to end his own life. The family of Jonathan Gavalas is now suing google. Full Video: youtu.be/sHlrbRVfOh0
Watership Going Down Petty Crime and Punishment
Dr Kathryn Mannix@drkathrynmannix.bsky.social · last wk.Ruin a book by adding a word: Mansfield Car Park
OKAY BLUESKY I NEED YOUR HELP! Hundreds of artists have signed @fightforthefuture.org's pledge to boycott venues that use AI surveillance like facial recognition. We want to get to 500 before a press conf in 2 weeks. Quote this and tag artists that might sign? Reskeet? do the thing!
Ban Facial Recognition at Live Events
Artists and venues take the pledge: no facial recognition at shows.
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PLEASE SHARE THIS To the young person (longish dark hair, patterned waistcoat, chinos & DM boots) who left this scroll of papers on the Piccadilly Line train at South Kensington station at about 4.25pm today, I’ve handed it to the station staff at Hammersmith.
Holy shit. The irony, that the person tasked with sending out the 'Piss Off' letters can't even do that job and should be replaced.
Theo@theopriestley.net · last wk.Fucking hell as if receiving automated rejection letters for jobs wasn't bad enough.
UK people with Long Covid or ME/CFS: please consider helping the HERITAGE project. They need to recruit 1,000 people who have not accessed an NHS specialist service within the last 3 years. heritage.leeds.ac.uk/join/
A story about Bill Oddie RIP. When Rowan Williams was Archbishop of Canterbury, he used to invite me to his Christmas parties. One year, I took my husband Andy Gill as my plus one…
Once again, subscribing to the print edition of the Onion was one of the better decisions I've made.
Everything mentioned in this article would be allieviated by having more cash & services available to Mothers in families and single mothers. Not gifts - the real value of wages has reduced annually since 2009. freedomisntfree.co.uk/tools/uk-wag...
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last wk.Amid the social and political panic about falling birthrates, why not ask new mothers what they think? | Lucy Jones
This week's Jim Haggerty Show carries a CONTENT WARNING for transcendental religious experience.
Elon Musk, owner of X, has called the editor of the Economist "a traitor to the West, plain and simple" after her recent interview with him. He now argues that "anyone who opposes remigration is a traitor" Musk has been socialising violence since Aug25: "fight or die, that's what it comes down to"
