Owen Blacker

Trans activist detained in Dubai – demand justice now Lilit Martirosyan was humiliated and denied rights while in transit through Dubai – just for being trans. Emirates refuses to investigate. Sign now for justice.

Dubai is not a safe place to visit or transit.

I already knew that the UAE will deny HIV+ entry at the border and treats a cannabis seed in mud in the tread of a shoe the same as trafficking narcotics.

I didn't know they also humiliate transiting trans travellers:
action.allout.org/en/m/403a2f25/

Never cease to be amazed by the amount of tourists who seem to come to Edinburgh during Fringe with zero awareness of / interest in the Fringe. It's, like, the MAIN thing Edinburgh is known for.

Anyoke else notice that society is just slowly turning into a casino?

They at least bothered to put some effort into "helping" one bypass the "don't click on links from people you don't know" protections in some SMS clients, I guess.

And, presumably, ignoring that having the time and energy for home cooking and the budget for minimally processed foods are just things that magically happen?

We're still doing "eat less junk food" and dressing it up as "avoid ultra-processed food" as though there's some magical science reason that soya lecithin or some shit is the reason you're fat.
And of course, it's Chris van Tullekan who co-authored the study.

I think the thing for me is the view of dating as "everyone should adopt & abide by a narrow spectrum of behaviour that I'm comfortable with" vs "the entire point of dating is to find people who match your brand of weird amongst all the myriad versions of weird which exist out there."

Hurrah! 🥰

Oh awesome! 🥰

omg that's beautiful

Including this spikey prototype

How do you drink from it? Carefully

World Athletics’ mandatory genetic test for women athletes is misguided. I should know – I discovered the relevant gene in 1990 World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.

“World Athletics asserts the SRY gene is a reliable proxy for determining biological sex. But biological sex is much more complex, with chromosomal, gonadal (testis/ovary), hormonal and secondary sex characteristics all playing a role.”

Sex testing is not only invasive, it’s also inaccurate.

I think two things can be true: A lot of straight porn is deeply misogynistic and is warping straight men’s minds which is why education is needed… and the current porn backlash is also deeply conservative

Sounds lovely. Enjoy! :)

YouTube video by Richard Marx - Topic Magic Hour

Richard Marx has recorded a new album “A collection consisting of half standards from the Great American Songbook and half songs I wrote or co-wrote in that style”.

The album is out in January; the first track is out now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Uw...

3 plush bats with pride flag wings, and one plush dog with pride patches and tail

Plush dog with puppy pride patches and tail

New stock!

Lesbian, trans and bi bats now in stock, and a puppy pride puppy!

#HandmadeUK #WelshHandmade #WelshBusiness #QueerBats #CardiffPride #Cardiff #PuppyPride

*Looks at 2025 fascism* That no one fucking learns

The sum total of my planning so far is "I guess I'll have a meal with family? Exeter is sort of convenient for everyone I'm likely to invite and easy to get a train to from here? Guess I'll have a meal in Exeter huh"

(I have not yet investigated if there is anywhere I can eat food from in Exeter😅)

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(for context, chess uses the elo rating system, which disincentivises people from accepting a challenge from someone they think underrated. Ratings are for life, which means marginalised people in general are at a disadvantage.
But like... finding scapegoats isn't going to fix this)

I feel genuinely insane explaining this. It feels like explaining why 2+2 is 4, or how if Tony has three things and Jenny takes one of them, that Tony now has two things. But this is where we are! People think this guy is a business genius. He. Doesn’t. Understand. Percentages.

You can’t take $1500 off a $100 price. That would mean you’d pay someone $1400 to buy your product. I don’t know how to explain to people that if you lose $1400 every time you sell something, you go out of business. And that doesn’t even include the price of making the thing in the first place.

Okay. I’m going to do it anyway.

Imagine a drug costs $100.

If you reduce its price by 10%, that takes $10 off the price.

If you reduce it by 50%, that’s $50 off the price.

Reduce it by 100%, then you’re taking $100 off the price.

Reduce it by 1500%, you’re taking $1500 off the price.

Now, every single one of you understands why this is insane, right? I don’t really have to explain this, right?

Why is Trump saying that he’s going to reduce drug prices by 1500%? Because he’s an arrogant and irresponsible moron.

Turns out mass deportations and cancelling DEI and defunding foreign aid didn’t stop the economy crashing who’d have thought

"The dark heart of wokeness" was ever present in the criminal justice system? 🤣😭

That and the general fucked-up nature of late-stage capitalism, I'd guess

This guy reports on Palestine in Brazilian Portuguese:
www.instagram.com/okaisito/
(He's a queer Palestinian and he lives in Ramallah)

#palestina #brasil #portugues

It'll be mine in November; no point ignoring it 😅

Happy birthmonth, dude 😘