The internet’s SpringaldJack

The internet’s SpringaldJack

@springaldjack.bsky.social

Trying to draw a line between two points. Negatively polarized against myself. He/him. Middle aged man. springald.jack@gmail.com

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The internet’s SpringaldJack
@springaldjack.bsky.social

Tom Paris was not in prison for being in the Maquis (canon answer) or for Nick Locarno’s crimes from “The First Duty”. He was in Prison for Temporal Prime Directive crimes after jumping to the future from the 20th Century!

Sophia_Nyx 🐰@sophianyx.bsky.social

Name two characters you think are the same person.

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Puff the Magic Hater
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social

I just want to name that people overcame this. Even against a stacked deck, the good fight is worth it. Win or lose, it's worth it. And sometimes the good guys win.

Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

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Karl Jacoby
@karl-jacoby.bsky.social

The soaring costs of public universities is a political decision. When these schools predominantly served white students, they tended to be free (UC, CCNY, etc.) But as the number of students of color has increased, funding for the public universities has decreased. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/b...

nytimes.comPublic Colleges Are Passing the $50,000-a-Year Mark. For Locals. (Gift Article)At the University of California campuses in Berkeley, Irvine and Santa Barbara, students get an unwitting education in navigating the housing market.

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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. * * *
The internet’s SpringaldJack
@springaldjack.bsky.social

It occurs to me that while Dune’s Butlerian Jihad is relevant to the anti-AI movement, the single most relevant piece of sci-fi I personally know in the specific TOS episode “Court Marshall” which ironically is not any of the several that feature an Artificial Intelligence.

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Jess Morrissette
@decafjedi.com

Coach Z, R-A-P, accidentally featuring Peacey P (You biscuit-head, you ain't featurin' me!) I said *accidentally* featuring Peacey P!

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Max Kennerly
@maxkennerly.bsky.social

Billionaires throw a fit at the idea of an annual wealth tax... but literally everyone else already pays one via property taxes (either directly as a homeowner or secondarily as a renter). The only reason securities aren't taxed the same is because that's where the rich keep most of their wealth.

Matt Novak@paleofuture.bsky.social

“The borrowing let Ellison keep his stock and avoid locking in taxable gains, and highlighted how billionaires often employ a strategy called ‘buy, borrow and die’ to retain their wealth without selling assets.”

wsj.comExclusive | Larry Ellison Went on Borrowing Spree to Bankroll His Son’s Warner Bros. BidThe billionaire put up shares in Tesla, SpaceX and Paramount Skydance this year to borrow more from banks.

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Robin D. Laws
@robindlaws.bsky.social

Whether you’re a Belle Époque art student, soldier in the weird Continental War, ex-revolutionary building a new democracy or just an ordinary person in our perfectly normal not at all reality shattered world, the Bundle of Holding has all the King in Yellow you need

bundleofholding.comYellow King RPG BundleInvestigator! We've resurrected (for a second time!) our June 2021 Yellow King RPG Bundle featuring .PDF ebooks of the surreal supernatural tabletop game The Yellow King from Pelgrane Press. Designed ...
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The internet’s SpringaldJack
@springaldjack.bsky.social

Both Communism and Social Democracy are rooted in the idea that you can actually make power accountable to the people at large to short circuit this problem, but so far success at doing so has been both pretty limited and relatively short lived by either movement.

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SWOP Behind Bars
@swopbehindbars.bsky.social

Update: The National Organization for Women and Florida NOW issued a joint letter disavowing flyers distributed at the Florida NOW convention in August 2026 – several of which carried NOW's logo – that promoted criminalizing the purchase of sex.

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FrozenQuetzal
@frozenquetzal.bsky.social

Replying to @frozenquetzal.bsky.social

I'm not trying to pull attention from Joelle. Just want to add - This WILL happen to more people. More of us will die. More of us will suffer unnecessarily if they aren't made to stop. And they'll do it again if they don't face punishment and justice.

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Mariah Scary 👻 🎃 • #ProtectJho
@dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app

MIND YOU, these drugs and their predecessors were designed for insulin resistant and diabetic people. People who sincerely need them to STAY ALIVE. The weight loss was an expected side effect with long term benefits to the patient. Especially the ppl with type 2 diabetes.

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Kelton Minor
@keltonminor.bsky.social

Together with other scientists I’m suing the 🇺🇸 US National Institutes of Health for violating our 1st Amendment rights & censoring our health science. I’m ready to shine a light on the darkest days. Buckle up, read on. This gets pretty wild… THREAD

ACLU@aclu.org

By terminating research grants like Kelton's to censor views it doesn’t like, the NIH is blocking scientists from work that would advance public health for all of us. We're pushing back. Tell Congress to demand the NIH restore the grants and stop its censorship campaign at aclu.org/nih_censorship_

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Musa Okwonga
@okwonga.bsky.social

Meta trying to steal the Brazilian election really should be bigger news.

Mike Elk@mikeelk.bsky.social

Meta has censored 1,080 pro-Lula accounts, so we need your help to crowdfund to cover Brazilian workweeks Donate today as Lula stages a comeback fight in Brazil! paydayreport.com/as-trump-tri...

paydayreport.comDonate to Cover Lula's Comeback Fight in Brasil that Meta is SupresingToo many in the U.S. are ignoring Trump's attempts to steal the Brazilian election this October.