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@oldenoughtosay.com regret to inform you that the crockery was not Somervillian whatsoever

So my thing about this is, from my experience in rationalist spaces I recognise the type of person you're talking about. But, I thought Scott Siskind was one of them and it turns out he was always a fascist masking his power level to recruit better - which makes me question my judgement of the type

@bolt451.bsky.social still struggling to get good photos, they're jumpy, but these are Lavender and Matilda

Oh look, the congestion charge is doing exactly what it's supposed to!

Doubt it'll do much good, but I've written to my nonentity of an MP asking her to stand up against the Nazi-adjacent policies coming out of the Home Office. Expressed that Labour is crossing moral boundaries which will make it very difficult for a lot of people to vote for them again.

Kipper says "wha?"

It's time to update some stereotypes for the modern age: Americans have bad teeth. TV personalities and politicians (but I repeat myself) spend US$big money$ hiding this basic reality.

I've had to break it to a less online friend that 2 of the 5 main UK parties want to abolish/massively restrict ILR, while Labour merely want to double the eligibility period. She has ILR.

@katmabu.bsky.social can you accept donations from non-Americans or does that cause you problems?

@stephenkb.bsky.social how many voters do you think have a numerical idea of how many immigrants they "want"? Most voters want "less" migration but still want all the benefits of migration, which is a level of imprecision that doesn't translate well into numbers

My most 'identity politics' take is that no-one without lived experience of running a discussion forum online should be allowed to write opinion pieces about online free speech.

Just a quick heads-up guys, we’re now *in favour* of people spending their benefits on unnecessary luxuries. Contrary to anything we may have suggested before.

Banning puberty blockers for trans kids but still allowing them for cis kids feels very much like discriminating against a set of patients based on their protected characteristic.

It's fun when 'adults' throw tantrums about children existing in public. No, wait, it's the other one. You were a kid once yourself, have a little grace.

Not my closest, but tight with friends of mine; we lost one to meningitis and one run down by a car on his bike within a few months of each other.

I see @stephenkb.bsky.social is assuming that Truss doesn't read his newsletter.

Linguistics meets nature. Polish has a special word for orange-red: RUDY. We use it to describe kania ruda (red kite), rudy lis (fox), rudy rydz (red pine mushroom), rudzik (robin), and folks with red hair. It's distinct from orange (pomarańczowy) and red (czerwony), perhaps closest to russet. 🧪🦊🪶🌏

8am: publish article saying that support for women’s rights is a fundamental value. 11am:

You have to admire the Tory party managing to find the worst possible timetable for its leadership election.

...do you know a single trans person who agrees?