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🤔😕 Just saw an ad for The Great British Bakeoff & in the weird animated bit there was a very phallic snail! 🤨

LinkedIn Joins Meta and YouTube in Abandoning Policies Designed to Counter Anti-Trans Hate | TechPolicy.Press GLAAD Social Media Safety Program's Jenni Olson says it is deeply concerning to see LinkedIn remove a policy protecting transgender and nonbinary people.

Check out this new GLAAD explainer for @techpolicypress.bsky.social to learn more about LinkedIn’s recent removal of its policy protecting transgender and nonbinary people from one of the most prevalent and extreme types of online anti-trans hate.

www.techpolicy.press/linkedin-joi...

🧵Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A small human (4?) is waiting for a cheese toastie to be made while roaring what can only be an ancient summoning spell.
It goes: "Melted CHEEEESE! Melted CHEEESE. CHEEESE! In. My. TUMMMYYY! CHEESE!"
A toastie appears.
Her work here is done. (1)

It's almost 2 years since the second season aired and the show is still woefully underpromoted by HBOMax, but Our Flag Means Death remains in the top 2.7% of all shows in the US and has an 'outstanding' level of demand.

Never left!

It's worth remembering that the number of female Star Trek novelists once FAR exceeded the number of male ones. The guys who made it into our exclusive fellowship in those days were invariably the really good ones. John M. (Mike) Ford. Peter David. (And yeah, @peter.petermorwood.com.) (1/2)

My copy of Witchy Stitching by Meg Black arrived. Lots of gothy cross-stitch ideas. 🖤🦇

I think he fancied the domineering side of her & the idea of mussing up her glamorous facade!

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No idea who this guy is (not my geekery), but this is very sweet.

A copy of the letter. The full text can be found on our website.

🚨 NEW 🚨

Sign and share this letter to Ministers to express your business' or organisation's concerns with the EHRC's proposed Code of Practice

www.transsolidarityalliance.com/businesses-o...

Anti-LGBTQ+ bullying charity must urgently raise £100,000 or face cutbacks Anti-LGBTQ+ bullying charity Diversity Role Models is urgently appealing to raise £100,000 or face cutbacks.

I rarely do this and I know times are hard, we're all skint and the world is in a bloody mess. But is there any chance you could consider donating to this charity? The JustGiving link is in the article.

I'm sure even £2/€2/$2 would help.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/08/13/a...

AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.

“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”

twice today, when pressured, Stripe operators have said, plainly, that i cannot use stripe for the purchase of LGBTQ content. not just adult content, but explicitly LGBTQ.

My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.

Three locations to find for 1960's 'Linda', a previously lost film now on TPTV Encore. Locations include Chelsea, Farnham Common and Brighton but these streets elude us. If you know where they are please let us know. As always, a credit to the first finder and thanks in advance.

#Edinburgh people. Thanks to a double whammy of one of our party having Covid and any other who cant travel due to hospital treatment. I've got spare tickets to some Edinburgh International Festival performances we bought back in March. Will take half the ticket value for them...
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Decided that The Charismatic Voice watching Iron Maiden is a good choice to distract from how much I'm melting.

My neighbour had a sega megadrive, so I would occasionally pop round to hang out. 🤣

‘I’ve been spat on’: gender non-conforming women tell of toilet abuse after UK’s supreme court ruling Support groups report that women and non-binary people are increasingly being challenged in toilets and changing facilities – but others call it scaremongering

Caz Coronel: “Now, more than ever, we need kindness and compassion and a genuine effort to understand each other, even towards those with prejudice.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

No point me even trying to sleep right now. Will just be sweaty, hot & irritated. Will have to watch something & try not to overheat.

Despite the trains being a mess, the transport gods were kind & it didn't take me as long to get home as I feared.

The weather gods hate me - flat is excruciatingly hot (over 29°) & am now desperately trying to vent heat! I am cuddling ice pack & eating feast ice lolly to try to stop melting! 🥵

Ouch! That's sucks.

Is that allowed on tv on a school night?

Our characters survived the Traveller scenario pretty much unscathed & without having to fire any weapons....well only the spaceship turrets & that was for humanitarian reasons. Huzzah.

And H.M. was fun to play & even got to 'check the perimeter' a bit. 😆

She Was a Judge. Now She’s an Exile, Fighting for Trans Rights in Europe’s Courts Discover how Victoria McCloud, once a British High Court judge, is standing up for trans rights in Europe's courts.

Word of the UK's attack on trans people is getting out there!

(worth a read)
gay45.eu/victoria-mcc...

This Bank Holiday Monday, 25 August, History and Heritage Yorkshire magazine invites you to explore the county’s rich past in time for Heritage Open Days and York Unlocked. From hidden gems to iconic landmarks, our heritage special edition uncovers the stories that bring Yorkshire's past to life.

20.30 HOW I MET YOUR MUMMY Egyptian sitcom

Happy Tuesday

Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong during his brief stint as Rancid's guitarist.

In 1993, Billie Joe played live with Rancid a few times. Vocalist/guitarist Tim Armstrong asked Billie to join the band, but he refused due to his progress with Green Day.

📷 Murray Bowles #Rancid #Greenday

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There are times when I wonder if I should've kept writing fanfic. I'm not sure my brain has ever stopped. 😂