Mary Kelly 🍉🏳️‍⚧️

[Scene is ANCIENT GREECE - where SOCRATES and PLATO and others are sitting round, thinking] 1 SOCRATES: Plato.. PLATO: Yes Socrates? 2 SOCRATES: Can you tell me, are you human? PLATO: Why… yes, Socrates 3 SOCRATES: And would you agree, Plato, that a human knows what a chariot is? PLATO: Um, yep 4 SOCRATES: So you can tell me, then 5 [Socrates produces a papyrus, showing a drawing of the corner of a chariot wheel] SOCRATES: *Is that a chariot*? 6 PLATO: Well that’s more just a bit of wheel 7 SOCRATES: So not a *chariot*. PLATO: No. 8 SOCRATES: [Producing another papyrus with the full drawing of the chariot, chopped into boxes] So if a man were challenged to “tap the boxes containing chariots to prove you’re human” when he was just trying to check his ClubCard points... *where could he tap*? 9 PLATO: Well you can’t tap any of them really 10 SOCRATES: So are we not human? PLATO: ‘Spose not. 11 [Bleak pause] 12 PLATO: I’ll get the hemlock SOCRATES: Yeah [ends]

Stop trying to make Tilly Norwood happen. OOooooOOO a fake actress WOOOOWWWW. This is the blandest fucking most boring thing ever.

AND offensive. Real life women are earth shakingly fascinating, beautiful, smart and funny.

I get it. The world hates women and wants them subjugated. BUT I DON'T.

Petro-masculinity: Fossil Fuels and Authoritarian Desire MILLENNIUM Millennium: Journal of International Studies 2018, Vol. 47(1) 25-44 © The Author(s) 2018 Article reuse guidelines: sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1177/0305829818775817 journals.sagepub.com/home/mil OSAGE Cara Daggett iD Virginia Tech, USA Abstract As the planet warms, new authoritarian movements in the West are embracing a toxic combination of climate denial, racism and misogyny. Rather than consider these resentments separately, this article interrogates their relationship through the concept of petro-masculinity, which appreciates the historic role of fossil fuel systems in buttressing white patriarchal rule. Petro-masculinity is helpful to understanding how the anxieties aroused by the Anthropocene can augment desires for authoritarianism. The concept of petro-masculinity suggests that fossil fuels mean more than profit; fossil fuels also contribute to making identities, which poses risks for post-carbon energy politics. Moreover, through a psycho-political reading of authoritarianism, I show how fossil fuel use can function as a violent compensatory practice in reaction to gender and climate trouble.

tapping the sign

Publishers Marketplace Deal Report Ignore All Previous Instructions By Ada Hoffmann Imprint: Tachyon Publications, Recorded Books Author of THE OUTSIDE Ada Hoffmann's IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS, a light sci-fi novel pitched as a queer coming-of-age with an autistic main character and a cutting satire about AI in publishing, conglomeration of corporate ownership in media, and censorship and book banning, by Jacob Weisman at Tachyon Publications, with Jaymee Goh editing, for publication in spring 2026, by Hannah Bowman at Liza Dawson Associates. Audo rights to Brian Sweany at Recorded Books. Fiction: Sci-Fi/Fantasy April 8, 2025

YOOOOOOOOOO

Every good programmer I know has been saying this to me for months; meanwhile every not-great programmer I know has been trying to outsource their work to ai, causing more issues/delays than they if did it themselves.

A lot of these tools only seem good to people who are not great at their jobs.

Human rights defender Greta Thunberg: "I am not scared of Israel, I am scared of a world that has seemingly lost all sense of humanity. What we are doing here is trying to show there is some humanity left. That there are still people willing to step up when all other means fail." #3E

I am begging Canadians to understand that Canada Post, like public transit, should not be a business - it's a service.

Canada Post is a lifeline for rural, remote and Northern communities and overall, we need to re-evaluate why people think they "need" random shit delivered ASAP.

Navy blue text against a white background reads: Over 175 2SLGBTQIA+ and allied organizations call on Prime Minister Carney to maintain funding for 2SLGBTQIA+ equality and women's rights in the 2025 federal budget. The logos of Dignity Network Canada, Egale, Enchante Network, Fierte Canada Pride, Queer Momentum, and Pride at Work Canada are also shown. At the bottom, white text against a blue background reads: "Read more and add your voice: MomentumCanada.net/Budget"

Alongside 175+ organizations across Canada, including leading 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations like @egalecanada.bsky.social, @fiertecappride.bsky.social, Pride at Work Canada, Enchanté Network & Dignity Network Canada, we are sounding the alarm about potential cuts to Women & Gender Equality Canada (WAGE)

Postal union launches nationwide strike after Ottawa gives Canada Post the OK to end home delivery CUPW leadership is "outraged" after Canada's public works minister cited "unsustainable" losses to justify the Crown corporation's restructuring.

hear me out, government of canada, you could just FUND THE FUCKING POST OFFICE YOU ABSOLUTE GHOULS

www.thestar.com/business/pos...

I promise you it's worth it. You don't really know what it's actually like to be alive while you're still in the closet. No one regrets transitioning, but everyone wishes they had transitioned sooner. It's like suddenly being able to see colour after all of your life to that point was black & white.

This was from banning trans girls from girls sports. Just so you understand the reality of what's going on here.

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Look I understand that political cultures and legal regulation in Canada and the US are different but I honestly believe that if this happened at my university my colleagues might go on a wildcat strike. If you're an academic, join a union; if you're in one, support it.

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia A new paper calls on academia to repel rampant AI in university departments and classrooms.

"“Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia”…makes an urgent and exhaustive case that universities should [do] more to dispel…hype and keep commercial AI tools out…
research indicates that AI encourages cognitive offloading…and weakens retention and critical thinking skills."

Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...

"mounting scientific evidence suggests every COVID infection a person gets increases their risk of developing long-term health issues [...] such as shortness of breath, digestive problems, fast or irregular heartbeats, extreme fatigue and brain fog, or [...] accumulating cellular or organ damage."

why make up fake reasons to be scared when there's a whole cinematic genre that does that for you

Philomena Cunk against a collection of classical statues. "Antigone's death is even more tragic than it actually is, which makes her a tragic hero"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtful. "Goya continued to paint tapestries until 1792 when serious illness left him dead for life"

Philomena Cunk looking thoughtfully into the distance. "Society is slowly becoming more contemporary now"

Philomena Cunk looking into camera on a beach. "Diderot's Tahiti represents a typical male fantasy in which attractive young women are eager to engage in sexual activity with the French"

@gralefrit.bsky.social You have to see these! A friend of mine has been collating a series of images entitled "Things my students have written turned into Philomena Cunk quotes" and they're just glorious.

Numerous trans books laid out on a floor, including: Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane. The Hades Calculus by Maria Ying. Sundered Moon by Fae’rynn. When You Fell From Heaven by Alyson Greaves. Welcome to Dorley Hall by Alyson Greaves. (kimmy) by Alyson Greaves. Beneath Strange Lights by Vivian Valentine. Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell. The Hatchling by Vyria Durav. Magica Riot by Kara Buchanan. Heart of the Wolf Goddess by Autumn Wolff. The Potent Solution by Ashley Nova.

Me: buy ALL the trans books!

This is the problem when you train AI on Internet forums, it learns to dig into your position and never back down, and also to be dumb as shit.

The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz

We must refuse to allow the U.S. government and the media to normalize mass censorship in response to a manufactured moral panic about technology and social media.

The British media outlet ITV also went on a Jordanian airdrop and simply ignored the Israeli government’s illiberal demands:

www.itv.com/news/2025-08...

01: A girl labeled 'Artists' is holding a drawing tablet and pen under her arm. She is wearing round glasses and a blue sweatshirt. She has messy dark-brown hair and a brown skin-tone. She says "We don't really wanna MAKE A.I. art." 02: A guy labeled 'Art Enjoyers' holds his hand out while speaking. She is wearing a purple and yellow hawaiian shirt with a floral pattern over a white t-shirt, and has red hair and a light skin-tone. He says "We don't really wanna SEE A.I. art." 03: Behind them both, there is a cute girl in a business suit with a pink tie. She is blushing a bit and has pink eyeshadow, and looks upset. Her messy shoulder-length hair is parted in the middle, and held by two hairclips: one that looks like a red arrow pointing down, and one that looks like a green arrow pointing up. She says "Um ... I-Isn't there someone you forgot to ask?" She is labeled 'Shareholders'. 04: She puffs up her cheeks and pouts, a tear is on the verge of falling from one of her eyes. 'Artist Enjoyers' Guy is now in front of her yelling "AH!! SHAREHOLDERS-CHAN!!" while 'Artists' Girl is in front of her yelling "WE'RE SORRY WE HURT YOU!!!!"

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Forgotten AI Summit Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

Long before ChatGPT, a group of AI luminaries gathered on an island to discuss the future of artificial intelligence. Their funder ultimately cast a shadow on all who attended.

The drawing of an ant mound, titled "Soil secret surfaces: new communication method in an ant species?" with ants making various sounds. The sounds are labelled: "walking sound", "biting sound", "cleaning sound". One ant is producing a sound with a repeated pattern, and the label reads "unexpected sound". A text is under the representation of that sound, it reads: "Ants seem to react to it. Are they rubbing body parts to produce it?". Questions are at the bottom of the drawing: "Want to know how we recorded? What the sound could means? Full link to the study below!". There is also in the corner a QR code leading to the article mentioned.

Our latest study on ant acoustic communication originated from a project about soil health monitoring. A picture being worth a thousand words, I will let my abstract explain it all!
Here's the paper in #OpenAccess: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#acoustics #animalbehaviour #entomology

YouTube video by Benn Jordan I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird

Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.

(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...

The CAQ vs. women: Gender equality is under attack in Quebec Femonationalism has been a cornerstone of the CAQ's right-wing agenda, justifying legislation that undercuts gender equality in Quebec.

The CAQ vs. women: Gender equality is under attack in Quebec

“Femonationalism — using feminist language to promote nationalist and xenophobic legislation — has been a cornerstone of the Legault government’s right-wing agenda.”

An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.

Patriarchy is core to a fascist regime, as is control over cultural production, the means of distribution, the tools to shape ideology and manufacture consent. 'Obscenity' then has always been a tool of control, of regulating sexuality to be ... well, not non-exploitative, but under strict control.