ruuubs.bsky.social

ruuubs.bsky.social

@ruuubs.bsky.social

Dumb nerd

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Hazel Southwell
@hazelsouthwell.bsky.social

the UK has the loosest gambling laws in Europe and let me tell you: this is one of the things that is killing every. thing. else. property greed is the other. but gambling is destroying high streets, areas, social cohesion; if you don't live in an area infested with slot arcades you don't get it

Mezentine@mezentine.bsky.social

I think we underestimate the appeal of antigambling politics because every problem gambler is surrounded by 3-10 people who are absolutely sick of their shit.

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JenWave1995
@jenwave1995.bsky.social

When trans creators are subtle, people dismiss the trans subtext as “headcanon.” When trans creators are loud and proud, people call it “obnoxious” and “cringe.” They just don’t want us to be represented in media at all. Because they don’t want us to exist at all.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

between serbia, brazil, and hopefully november 3, a good reminder: voting works it’s not the end, there’s always work to be done after the vote, but if you want to beat the motherfuckers and keep them out of power: vote your asses off

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George Potter 🔶
@georgepotter.bsky.social

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

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Delta🚀
@velocitycatte.space

Incredible...

Delta🚀@velocitycatte.space

Watched a Symboli Rudolf cosplayer kiss another uma cosplayer whilst an Agnes Digital cosplayer stares in awe...

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pumpkin pye 🎃
@pyeraptor.bsky.social

gay and think the anti-trans agenda / culture war currently being waged by the uk government will stop with trans people? you're next stand by your trans family now, because we're all in this together

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. * * *

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Qsy
@qsy.bsky.social

I'm not for the death penalty but I genuinely feel like if Finland executed the head of Google Finland it would be to the benefit of mankind as a whole.

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Ink Witch
@ink-witch.bsky.social

I dont think I've had a huge impact on the internet as a whole buuuut I think some people liked Vivian Bridget

knic@knictoons.bsky.social

"what was your biggest impact on the internet?" midwest miku

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Kurt
@kaatokunart.bsky.social

Not to beat a dead horse but i think people who say the Malfoy trend doesnt give JKR money so who cares need to consider Gacha companies comm artists all the time and theres no link to the game or anything the art itself is a positive promotion

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leon
@leyawn.bsky.social

php don't know what it is don't care (i try to log on to umamusume but its servers are down for emergency maintenance) PHP is a general-purpose scripting language geared towards web development.[11] It was created by Danish-Canadian programmer Rasmus Lerdorf in 1993 and released in 1995.[12][13] The

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Dragon Cobolt
@dragoncobolt.bsky.social

There is this pervasive thing in all tech grifts over the past decade: NFTs, crypto, LLMs that there all pushed by people who don’t…know anything? They don’t know how movies work, they don’t know how books work, how anime works, how video games work

Sam Leader Standing By 🍉🕎@rvengefulobster.bsky.social

I keep being annoyed by AI Game ads where they're like "here's a game where the characters react to your choices." WE HAVE THOSE! What are you people talking about!

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Jacobonaut
@jacobonaut.bsky.social

Replying to @internethippo.bsky.social

Orange Man Indeed Bad, but he's the fruiting body of the conservative mycellium that have been a fungal rot in our country since like the 80s.

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TaMix
@metaxz.bsky.social

#Pokemon #Pokemonart #pokemonfanart #corsola #galariancorsola #Cursola

Science Magazine@science.org

Researchers in #ScienceAdvances have demonstrated that brief physical contact between healthy and bleached coral can restore algae to the bleached coral, leading to their full recovery. https://scim.ag/4ilLAZq

scim.agRapid coral bleaching recovery via symbiont transfer from healthy coralsCoral bleaching, the temperature-induced loss of dinoflagellate symbionts, is a major driver of global coral reef decline. Although corals can regain symbionts through repopulation of residual symbion...

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John Scalzi
@scalzi.com

I see we're having a debate about whether it's okay to go back to "X," the site owned by a trillionaire fascist who is currently bankrolling the GOP's midterm, throttled Ukraine's war effort, and still winkingly allows vast amounts of CSAM on his service Answer: No, what the fuck is wrong with you

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JBRedux
@jbredux.dev

I'm writing a mod in C# and it's reporting a warning on line 3 of a file but the warning is blank for some reason so the "problems" overview just looks like this

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The Dessicated Husk of Thew
@toygrind.bsky.social

Don't buy from TF-Direct. Nazi bar rules apply. Boot em out on sight

Sixo | Transformers@sixotf.bsky.social

I’m not reposting it, but the website TF-Direct has put up a photo of Studio Series Optimus Prime posed into the shape of a swastika Absolutely disgusting There’s no ambiguity or nuance to stuff like this - it’s just awful, and it has zero place in the Transformers fandom

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vrynn
@vrynn.bsky.social

Replying to @vaknosh.bsky.social

Where the chuds get it wrong is that WoW isn't "woke" or progressive. It doesn't believe in anything. Its politically neutral and safe which in turn just means it pushes narratives like "Colonizer and Colonized are equals" by refusing to actually take a radical stance on things.

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vrynn
@vrynn.bsky.social

Replying to @vrynn.bsky.social

The platonic ideal of a lore character is running into Rexxar as an alliance character and screaming as he makes a beeline to murder you as hard as humanly possible before returning to his set path They should put Maiev in Forever the same way

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Ant
@agramuglia.bsky.social

So Danny Trejo was manipulated and tricked into being in Ben Shapiro's newest film. Holy shit.

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Lemon
@lemongrace.bsky.social

Replying to @lemongrace.bsky.social

cloak ver! tbh most of those updated looks are just me building on her original design, but I like to give it a refresher every now and again 😌

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It’s Olive Time
@olivebrinker.bsky.social

Replying to @olivebrinker.bsky.social

heartwarming: this 30 year old still struggles to remember to clean the filter of her washing machine the old fashioned way

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Andrew
@derachi.com
🌛Caio Santos Art🌜@blacksalander.bsky.social

I dont want nobody bad mouthing comic sans these days bc this AI thumbnail scratchy font is literally everywhere I look and people just go with it