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And everyone experiences their gender through a combination of socialisation, learned behaviours and our own sense of who we are and how we fit into the world.

It’s a sad day when a judge has to order the President of the United States to feed vulnerable families and hungry children with funds already designated for that very purpose.

If you didn’t know, anyone can sign up for a free JSTOR account and access 100 articles a year for free. I didn’t know before trying to read this paper, and now I can!

Park and Ride bus 300, (image via Oxford Bus Company)

Park and ride buses are free, meaning motorists can park for up to 16 hours for £2.50 and ride for free. The County Council said it was introducing the charge to work towards a healthier, more accessible and attractive city.
www.oxfordbus.co.uk/free-park-an...

I basically feel like if you watch War Games and Heathers, you’ve hit most of the Eighties.

"Oxford commas are a sign you write with ai" I will find such a unique way to rip out your spine that they'll make a movie about it

If people help you pack up all your stuff and get out of your apartment, you should make them a ton of pancakes.

Call it "Break Fast and Move Things"

Seven-Minute Heist at Louvre Leaves Museum Missing Priceless Jewels Thieves in Paris used a cherry-picker and an angle grinder to saw through a gallery window and steal the invaluable royal artifacts, officials said.

A group of thieves sawed through a window in a gilded gallery in the Louvre Museum, making off via motorcycle with a set of priceless royal jewels, French officials said.

Giant skeleton looking like it’s tipping over a house.

My friend’s neighbor’s house fell off its foundation (old steel structure collapsed), and they just did the funniest thing.

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

Tested sleep level of cat: deep

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 189:
There are many different ways to be a writer. Being a professional writer is only one of them. All are valid.

a flow-chart with 2 islands. "Do I need AI?" that flows into a final island saying "No"

Fair: glow stars would add to any hat. I should find some for my hat
(it's a winter-only hat, so anything that adds to the sense of cheer helps)

My family came here 50 years ago. They've worked, paid taxes, raised families, been good citizens.

My many colleagues and friends who were either born elsewhere, or their parents were, the same.

It's so offensive to be told you're here on sufferance.

I came here to say just that!

OxRAIL 2040: Plan for Rail OxRAIL 2040: Plan for Rail (the Plan) is Oxfordshire County Council’s bold plan to improve rail transport across the county over the next 15 years. We would like to hear your thoughts on the Plan to u...

I urge everyone in Oxfordshire (or who uses our rail systems) to reply to this consultation on the 2040 plans for rail. I've talked about how improving cycling connectivity up to our stations could be transformative for rail travel AND local communities (1/2)

letstalk.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxrail-2040

Nigel Farage: "We will abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR) status", and "We will rescind ILR statuses that have already been granted".

The first sentence is worryingly ignorant. The second sentence is frighteningly fascist.

Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the unprovoked violation of the EU’s airspace by Russia Statement by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the unprovoked violation of the EU’s airspace by Russia.

We condemn in the strongest terms Russia’s intentional violation of the airspace of an EU member state using drones.

This aggressive and reckless act is a serious escalation by Russia.

My statement on behalf of the EU27 ↓
europa.eu/!pn8NBC

Morning Bluesky.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says his country’s airspace was "violated by a huge number of Russian drones". He described them as a direct threat.

This incident should be a wake-up call to people in Europe. Putin won’t stop at Ukraine.

You know, the fair use and AI debate would probably look different if the AI companies hadn't opened with "Hey, authors, we've invented a thing that's going to turn you into buggy whip manufacturers, we're going to get rich doing it, you need new careers, no, we won't pay you, you're worthless."

As a general rule, if you are walking anywhere near a building and small pieces of stone start falling off for no apparent reason (nobody is pressure washing it), then get the entire fuck away from said building. Run across the whole street idk. A hard hat would not have saved you there

An animal hide covered in blue felt with a floor plan of a museum drawn on it

Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.

Sympathies: that is such a crushing loop to be stuck in and such a hard one to get out of. Good luck!

A black and white cat is climbing a red ladder in a shop.

*Sigh* "I have to do everything around here."

🛒 Aubuchon Hardware, Clinton, MA.

SOFTSTOP Barrier System - LASERVISION The Softstop Barrier System is an innovative water stop sign produced by Laservision. The water screen is installed in Sydney Harbour Tunnel.

The most absolutely clever crash deterrent I've ever seen is the Sydney Harbor Tunnel in Australia: they invented a system where an overheight vehicle triggers a water curtain with a STOP sign projected onto it: www.laservision.com.au/softstop-bar...

The Labour playbook is basically do the authoritarian fascism but shaking your head the whole time to show you dont agree with it