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• Post #4280747

  Really disappointing, I expected better from Amnesty. Those orgs ARE anti-rights. https://www.amnesty.org.uk/latest/an-apology-a-growing-threat-briefing-published-on-8-july-2026/ #trans #transRightsAreHumanRights #transgender

• Post #4094991

  Estimated 150,000 at London Trans+ Pride…which makes it the biggest trans protest since last year which was 100,000. Glad I made it this year…a LOT of waiting in the sun. I marched with Switchboard cos John. This was my first London Trans Pride…or Trans Pride anywhere. I almost didn’t make it again this year…last year I bailed cos of imposter syndrome and feeling out of place in trans spaces as an enby. This year I had some online aggro from 3 people - turns out 2 of those are queerphobic/tr...

• Post #4088693

  Happy Trans Pride! #trans #nonbinary #transpride

• Post #3748910

  Signed - justice for those of us who grew up LGBTQ* under Section 28, I didn't realise til reading The Log Books how damaged my early years were by it. I always assumed John had it harder with pitched battles and GLF, but it was a different type of battle. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/760231 #section28 #queer #lgbtq #lgbt

• Post #3233007

  Depressing cycle of the Henry Nowak case is as ever everyone is flapping around. Doing the usual handwringing, re-arranging deckchairs and not asking the important questions: Like 'why do people think there is a second tier of policing?' and 'why are some looking to others to blame?' (be they trans, a different colour or creed). No, I'm hearing the usual centrist liberal condescension of 'they don't know any better' and '...

• Post #3233006

  Who knew drilling into sash windows could be so stressful? Not knowing how deep you needed to go (fnar) & where exactly the glass goes into the frames adds extra trepidation, and using a 11mm drill which took absolutely AGES to find and get here, cos why not never stock that size in a wood drill anywhere locally? One window done with secure sash stops, so now fully insurance compliant (realised one window didn't have either a bolt or stops, Dear Partner had put a single removabl...

• Post #3233005

  Almost as good as the Thin Lizzy original... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW8HHw8kpfM "Think I'll just fall to pieces If I don't find something else to do This sadness never ceases I'm still in love with you" Can't think why this song resonates, nope, not at all... :-(

• Post #3233004

  When I see a new restaurant open I think 'oh I'll try that, I'll tell....' then my thoughts trail off. Who with, exactly? We used to go to most of the restaurants around here, new one was an exciting thing - a new place to try! Now it's just a sad reminder of time passing and him not being here. #grief

• Post #3233003

  I haven't said Happy Pride this year because...it doesn't feel very happy does it? I think we should have a Queer Defiant Pride, or a Fuck You Pride. The first Pride was a riot after all. And Matt here reminding you that rainbow capitalism was a fad, they never cared about us at all... well apart from a few like Spice Girls and Madonna, LOL. We know who are eternal allies are...they are the ones speaking up RIGHT NOW when it's not easy or 'cool', Like...

• Post #3233002

  Love the useful idiots saying ‘capitalism is the best system we’ve got’. Cos when pressed on what makes it so, list a bunch of things that us socialist ‘commies’ spilled sweat and blood to get from their beloved masters. Weekends, worker protections, pensions, sick pay…they didn’t just happen.

• Post #3233001

  Second time in 24 hours I've heard the phrase "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes". Never heard it before, apparently written by Theodor Reik in 1965. It does indeed rhyme and sums up the times. https://grokipedia.com/page/History_doesnt_repeat_itself_but_it_often_rhymes

• Post #3233000

  RE: https://masto.ai/@rbreich/116704968282662836 Seen this before but it explains really well what the far-right/fascist/extremist schtick does, and wants. In previous and better times, these statements would have been obvious and I'd not have to CW it, as it wouldn't be so fucking damn relevant. Sigh. #uspol #politics

• Post #3232998

  Very satisfying to block every CIDR of a ASN host because they obviously don't seem to care they've been hacked (or a spamhaus) No idea who 'Drei 3K Tech GMBH' is, aka 3xktech. cloud but you can get the fuck off my servers, as I don't appreciate mass login attempts. Oh they are a Proxy company? 'Plainproxies. com' - well noy so plain they apparently harbour hackers. You don't get to see any of my sites. Buhbye. A little digging...

• Post #3232996

  Home Assistant / Zigbee folks - always ONE sensor that uses a shitload of batteries isn't there? Got some lithium rechargeables cos my cheap Chinese sensors seem to freak out with 1.2V rechargeables. Nearly all love them,have been on 100% *allegedly* for months. One has drained batteries entirely. It is the one with the LCD display, and there was a few times the network has been down so might have been pinging away, but it's alarmingly fast still. #homeassistant #zigbee #home...

• Post #3051551

  "Our focus has always been making sure organisations have clear, accessible guidance on how to implement the law," Women and Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0e2rj3zj02o?at_format=link It's about as clear as mud? This is like that old parody account 'Hope that Helps' - but for real.

• Post #3051550

  Never liked Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs...especially the line 'They don't love you like I love you'. That irritated me immensely, it comes off like 'mine is better than yours' Now a staple of weddings, a beige polite sort of indie....when I looked up the background I had satisfying schadenfreude that the relationship didn't last. And yes I know the song is about touring, so 'they' is the fans, but even that feels pretentious and grand...

• Post #3051549

  SIgned for John. We must defend libraries and we must defend librarians at all costs. https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/save-the-second-floor-of-cardiff-university-s-arts-and-social-studies-library-assl #cardiff #libraries #university #library

• Post #3051548

  Matt shows a post where an AI bro doesn't get what Van Gogh was going for or what (post) impressionism was doing. Oh dear. You can't 'improve' Vincent's work? It was a singular vision and the humanity, pain, mistakes and genius is everything that AI cannot create. And I mean CREATE. Not copy. Create. No a LLM is not creating anything, nor is inspiration trawling billions of images. It's one thing, a flower, a moment, a riff, a sound, a though...

• Post #3051547

  There are actual proper Stalinists on here? Oh dear. They got upset when I said 'depends what type of communist - tankies can get in the sea' when I suspected their response saying we should build radical groups JUST for the radicals, those who are poor and aren't sucks to be them and suffer cos they aren't radical was suspiciously Stalinist. Cos yes, FUCK THAT. We don't build community orgs to survive what is coming with the fall of Capitalism like...

• Post #3051546

  "It wouldn't kill you to clean this..." Heard that phrase a lot when I was growing up...but here's the irony - it literally can. A combination of dust and mould (and some disinfectant) triggered asthma and eczema triggered by sweat, heat, stress and a multitude of other things means cleaning is a nightmare for me. Especially in this heat...just been clearing the place for an engineer visit on Wed and looks like it's going to take that long in between...

• Post #3051545

  Laverne Cox on Caitlin Jenner - GO OFF QUEEN! I LIVE for this shit...and she's right. It's voting for the Leopards Eating My Face Party and being amazed that leopards did indeed eat your face. Also her fangirling over Gianmarco is amazing. Drop the tea! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLYRO354gNM

• Post #3051544

  It fascinates me that when I make mashups they directly reflect my mood, but when I write music it's often the reverse. Paradoxically joyful'* music when I'm down, moody music when I'm happy, etc. *it kind of annoys me we see joyful silly stuff as cringe, I certainly felt like before, but writing soundtrack stuff I don't care,, all moods are welcome. Moody depressing 'cool' shit is easy to write, it's actually harder to write &amp...

• Post #3051543

  Metal with Kenny G and his son? It's amazing. As a comment said, John Zorn prepared me for this, but great video, love the sax shredding! (his son is a metal artist, hence the link) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywcshfrpO3A

• Post #3051542

  Cable install went well, scary when they were drilling, but it's all up, and took me 5 minutes to switch to Modem Mode cos I have my own router...and it just works! Also Virgin Media has historically a bad rep, but so far the customer service and engineer service has been top notch. Obligatory speed brag! #cable #virginmedia

• Post #3051541

  Lynott was SUCH a good songwriter, and genre blind too... rock, folk, rnb, reggae, electro pop on his solo stuff and with Midge Ure... Sade knows how to choose a good tune to cover as well ;-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOIAEz4sonk #music #thinlizzy

• Post #3051540

  Love it when trolls try to ‘own’ me over my health. I can easily say I am an expert in that given it's my body, and many decades of chronic conditions…wrangling with the NHS, being misdiagnosed and not believed then accepted, etc. So please tell me how I’m somehow wrong in my hard won knowledge about my body? /Wonka And the classic own goal moment - their 'gotcha' in a discussion about cost of medicine, is they pay twice or three times for the branded version of a cream...

• Post #3051539

  Just bought some face masks. Here we go again.... (going to use them for hoovering if we don't get another pandemic, but I remember last time when I had to make a mask out of a hoover bag? And hand sanitiser and N95s were going for silly money!) Could be paranoia but rather not be unprepared this time, as they say in the video, overreaction is better than underreaction. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-eo6VDi5tM #hantavirus

• Post #963535

  You're crying, I'm not crying... Oslo Pride showing why those little rainbow symbols are important, and not just at Pride. It signals someone who is safe. Why banning them as 'poltiical' is BS, they know it makes us queer folk feel less safe... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVepoXddTW4 #lgbtq #lgbtq_plus #dei #queer

• Post #805351

  Via @susankayequinn which I boosted but there is much more in there...a discussion about the value of AI to people and why it's unpopular. AI bros don't get this. when the previous disruptions happened - MP3s, YouTube etc there was some benefit for people...not always good as Nilay says about big trucks etc. But with AI the net positives don't outweigh the negatives - people aren't stupid. They can see this - the unemployment, creative industries laying people...