Paula Blart, LADY Mall Cop, Ultra Ph.D., IQ: 212

@flyingrodent.bsky.social

17 Nov 2024

You ever stop to consider that at any given moment you could DIE and then your friends have to try to find ways to grieve their loss of you so they go to your Twitter page and reread your pinned tweet about jenkem being real over and over and that's your legacy now?

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flyingrodent

Again, it’s important to understand that the transgender terror did not arise organically from the public. It was imposed from above, by the world’s most hateful and poisonous media class.

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *

Chat is this good

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corpse

@consume.red

Replying to @mardiroos.bsky.social

the virgin "[argument for the superiority of either mono or poly]" vs. the chad "mono and poly at their core require identical skills, neither will save you from your ineptitude"

lmao

incredible, wow

Still thinking about those two sets of couples who left about twenty minutes into YCSE, lol. I want someone to do a thorough investigation and interview everybody who walked out of this movie, I have to hear why.

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Prem Thakker ツ

@premthakker.bsky.social

My gosh. The Palestinian Farmers Union says that Israeli "settlers" committed 2450 violations just in the month of September: —Costing $6 million+ of damages —Maiming over 5600 trees that were 100+ years old —Killing at least 3 Palestinians and injuring another 165

My hot takes: - Holmes should not be in prison for 11 years, but she should also definitely not be allowed to have a business nor should she be allowed to have more than a thousand dollars in her bank account - none of these investors should be allowed to sue for fraud because are you for real

Letsfixit@emerald27.bsky.social

Billy Evans has raised $18.5M for his Austin blood testing startup Haemanthus. No background in science or engineering; family wealth is hotels. Elizabeth Holmes scheduled for "community detention" transfer 2027 in TX. Right wing influencers already talking about a pardon. NPR says she's advising

I realize that the money and business are technically associated with Billy but still

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Chris Person

@papapishu.bsky.social

My favorite summary of Phillip K. Dick is from the BBC arena documentary about him where they interview a guy at a pet store who is like “Phillip K. Dick was so poor he ate horse meat here” and then Thomas Disch chimes in to talk about what a self-mythologizing drama queen he was.

Okay. I saw everything.

I saw at least two sets of people leaving the theater about 20 minutes in and I am so curious why. It was sold out! They probably had to buy tickets in advance! Did they not know who Nathan was? Was it the constant, unbroken eye contact? Why did they leave! Why did they come in the first place!

I have many many many many many lingering questions, thoughts, feeling, pretty sure I will for months if not years if not the rest of my life But more than anything, I want to hear from Elizabeth's mom

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@rarecryptid.bsky.social

I saw everything

Paula Blart, LADY Mall Cop, Ultra Ph.D., IQ: 212 reposted

I saw everything...

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Gaius (from Tribunate)

@gaius.bsky.social

Congratulations to The Economist, your writers are now at the level of the @FiredforTruth guy who was a brief right wing media sensation in 2017

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.social

do think there's a danger of looking at extremely cool shit like a car driving upside down then doing a kickflip before landing, and convincing yourself it's actually lame because the guy funding it is a white supremacist

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+972 Magazine

@972mag.com

Award-winning American photojournalist Heidi Levine describes being violently attacked by a mob of Israeli settlers while covering the olive harvest in Turmus Ayya near Ramallah this morning. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social

Went to go watch some Heros release a bunch of baby sturgeons into the river today. There had to have been like a hundred people there to watch it, lol, it was so cool.

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Apparently surgeons were almost wiped out here for classic human reasons but they've run a program to recover their populations for like twenty years that is extremely successful and honestly it's so FUCKING nice to see a win.

One of the DEC guys releasing the fingerlings was kinda of taken aback at the size of the crowd, and I was like you guys deserve to be celebrities, congrats, this fucking rules.

Went to go watch some Heros release a bunch of baby sturgeons into the river today. There had to have been like a hundred people there to watch it, lol, it was so cool.

Look at this sweet little angel, have you ever seen anything more darling

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Guys aren't reading books because they went to Jupiter to get more stupider

brother life insurance just hit 🔥

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midgieeeek!

@midgie.bsky.social

i’m andy goldsworthy

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@moodprobiotic.bsky.social

for halloween i told everyone at my job "i drank a potion and now i don't feel so good" and i've been changing my slack profile picture every few days along with my display name accordingly to stuff like "potion update- still not feeling so good"

Rebecca McCarthy - Game Writing & Narrative 🔜 AdventureX

I have a million bajillion different (often conflicting) thoughts and feelings about just about everything all the time -- HOW is anybody supposed to function like this!!

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@rebeccamwrites.bsky.social

Dressmaker is a masterpiece.

Paula Blart, LADY Mall Cop, Ultra Ph.D., IQ: 212 reposted

The perfect is the enemy of the flawed, the disgusting, the legions of the ill-wrought and malformed. And we shall triumph over it

Paula Blart, LADY Mall Cop, Ultra Ph.D., IQ: 212 reposted

log̷o, reanimated dad

@loxophile.bsky.social

Lmfao this is so fucking funny on every conceivable level

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Gov. nominee Byron Donalds promises a Florida Republican voter "his word" that he will work on a 'grandparents' rights' law so her daughter stops estranging her

forbiddenstories.orgThe Deportation Project MapBetween 2025 and August 2026, the Trump administration deported over 25,000 people to countries other than their country of origin. Very few of these removals were publicly announced by the US. The De...

Making a zine with a detailed comedy drama slop YouTube channel tier list. The people need to know that PodcastCringe is a CHARLATAN.

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Connect2Nature 🇨🇦

@invisitech.bsky.social

#Connect2Nature #Birds #BirdoftheDay When I edit my photos, I often create a #Black&White version. Here's one of an Eastern Screech Owl. #Nature #Photography

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Chris Person

@papapishu.bsky.social

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David Kaye

@davidakaye.bsky.social

to be clear, the admin is alleged to have deported AT LEAST 25,447 individuals TO COUNTRIES THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN with, evidently, ZERO PROTECTIONS. this is a scandal and crime of historic proportions.

David Kaye@davidakaye.bsky.social

the @forbidden-stories.bsky.social investigation is so deeply important. put the illegality to one side. the trump admin is brazenly sending ppl to third countries, lacking any cxn, without any guarantee they won't be sent on for torture, abuse, persecution... it's horrible.

forbiddenstories.orgThe Deportation Project: Inside the Trump administration's secret deals to expel people worldwide - Forbidden Stories72 journalists, 26 news organizations, 15 countries: a global investigation into the Trump administration’s secret third-country deportation system

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MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Trump winces in pain during the loud military flyover as Xi shows no reaction

Imagine buying a house that is really old. The basement is empty except for a little shrine on a ledge -- a cross, a statue of the Virgin Mary, and a couple of old black and white photos (of a man and a family?) from probably like the 1920s. Do you remove the shrine when you move in??

Further context that is apparently relevant: the basement is unfinished and generally unpleasant to be in. Damp, very low ceiling. Looks a lot like this but with a lower ceiling.

Please I need everyone to weigh in on this, it's tearing apart my relationship

semafor.comKalshi to allow trading on borrowed fundsOnly some of the bets will allow margin trading, showing where the prediction-markets platform thinks its future lies.

Crazy reading this article and seeing it end with "boy polymarket sure better pick up its game!" as though this is not one of the most obscenely evil developments possible

Semafor@semafor.com

Kalshi will now let users juice their bets with borrowed money. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...

22 Sept

Looking for houses with an HOA so I can take it over and implement my woke regime. Every house MUST fly a trans flag. No lawns allowed; grass CANNOT be less than six inches tall. No cars parked in front of the house. No garages either.

@hausofdecline.bsky.social

22 Sept

Christmas decorations? Think again, pal, we're abolishing that shit.

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Haus of Decline

20 Sept