Isaac (he/him)

Tbh, my guess is that it's schlagmetal (imitation gold leaf) or paint with mica. Genuine gold leaf looks much smoother and conforms to edges/bevels more 🤔

It happened again

I've been enjoying Cocteau Twins' music for about 20 years and only just realised they're not speaking Scots Gaelic 😅 almost every song is glossolalia ("speaking tongues") and somehow I didn't figure it out, LOL.

Tropical Cyclone #Alfred will bring damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and hazardous surf conditions to southeast Queensland, Australia 🇦🇺🌀

Flash flooding, storm surge, and power outages are likely as the cyclone nears the coast. Landfall is expected near Brisbane late Thursday or early Friday.

Technically speaking, it was a law to ban loitering for the purpose of soliciting sex work, but in reality, it was used as a way to discriminate against trans women for simply existing in public.

www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...

It's weird to think of an elevator music version of "Black Hole Sun", it's a pretty heavy piece 😅

In the middle of the frame the ambassador has her head in her hand while Pete Hegseth and others look on

The Ukrainian ambassador now just has her head in her hands in the Oval Office.

A global embarassment.

(📸 Kaitlin Collins, CNN)

Nathan: There’s that meme of “I want smaller games with worse graphics blah blah blah.” It’s not even that. I want mid-sized games that are scaled to a relatively sane degree – that are not trying to be everything for everyone because a) nothing can be everything for everyone, and b) the games that are functionally that already exist. You’re never going to supplant League of Legends and Counter-Strike and Valorant and Fortnite. But these big companies believe that if you just pump enough money into something, you can overcome all of life’s problems. And time and time again, they fail, and the money’s no longer imaginary; there are real, tangible repercussions in terms of how it affects the people who worked on those projects. They don’t have jobs anymore. The only people who were unaffected, as ever, were the fucking executives, and they get to keep making these stupid mistakes.

on this week's aftermath hours, the industry's obsession with fewer, bigger games and franchises – as exemplified by WB's post-wonder woman pivot – is a dead end

aftermath.site/aftermath-ho...

iirc, "plumpy nut" peanut butter is distributed by organisations like Medecins Sans Frontieres, UNHCR, Save The Children... and now those kids are going to go hungry 😞

The Trump-Vance State Department just approved $3.01 billion in arms & equipment sales to Israel

$2.04 billion in bombs
$675.7 million in bombs & weapon guidance kits
$295 million in bulldozers

Administration said "an emergency exists that requires the immediate sale," waiving congressional review

Elon is determined to give the name "White House" a new meaning 👃

A photo of the poster. He is white with brown hair and blue eyes, wearing corrective glasses and a surgical mask. He is wearing a skin-colour chest binder and has a black t-shirt draped over one shoulder. He is quite sweaty and flushed. He's in a packed crowd, and some people have their hands up doing the "horns" gesture.

The set list for Knotfest Melbourne 2025. From earliest in the day to latest (latest is the headliner). The list is: Sunami, Vended, Miss May I, Health, In Hearts Wake, Hatebreed, Enter Shikari, Within Temptation, Slaughter to Prevail, Polaris, Babymetal, A Day To Remember, Slipknot.

Had a great time at @knotfestofficial.bsky.social Melbourne yesterday.

I met cool people, saw amazing bands & nobody gave two shits seeing a trans guy in just a binder.

Shout out to Alex (Slaughter to Prevail) and Corey (Slipknot) for both pausing their sets to help people get out of the mosh pit.

I'm wondering what ethics committee approved the release/sale of the data... because I always thought patients had to consent even for de-identified medical info to be released?

Watching this set now and the vocals are incredible 🤩

I guess in their minds, it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission...

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Rhianan Rudd: Groomed girl under MI5 probe was 'fixated on Hitler' before death Rhianan Rudd was the UK's youngest female terror suspect before charges were dropped and she was found dead.

Australian authorities aren't learning the tragic lessons of their counterparts in the UK: the AFP grooming and further radicalising children or police prosecuting radicalised children instead of intervening...a similar tragedy here is just waiting to happen. www.bbc.com/news/article...

The National Weather Service is THE ONLY source of weather data in the US. Every weather app, local broadcaster, and weather forecast map is based on NWS data from NOAA. This is a ridiculously stupid own goal for the US that will disrupt all kinds of social and economic activity, and endanger lives.

I agree. It would be similar to how anti-soliciting laws were abused and turned into the "walking while trans" discrimination law (which was only repealed in 2021) 😓

It would be good to see coverage from @crikey.com.au, @pinknews.bsky.social and @wired.com - they're the most LGBT+ friendly outlets I can think of.

State Department visa policy could bar trans people from traveling to U.S. Violations could result in travel bans beyond just athletes

Finally.

A major media outlet has finally reported on Trump’s total travel ban for transgender visa applicants seeking the United States.

I had to scream for two days to get someone else to report on it.

It is NOT just for athletes.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

there really ought to be more discussion about the fact that virtually every promise (or denial) trump made during the campaign was a total lie

This is an astonishing story. Trump's personal lawyers, now in government, are trying to find any prosecutor take on a case to stop payment of $20 billion in funds by claiming there is fraud. The fact that career prosecutors are resigning rather than do so tells you how weak the case is.

After 33 years of research I have concluded Steve Job's "Reality Distortion Field" could also just have been called "being a straight white man" but other white people didn't have those words yet

It's confusing isn't it? 😔

Banging on this drum yet again, both men and women up to age 45 are eligible for this vaccine (and I’ve *heard* you can pay out of pocket if you are out of eligibility) and the amount of cancers it prevents: This is the cancer moonshot you heard about.

Third-party groups join election fray with accusations Greens and teals threaten Australia’s ‘stability’ One initiative, Better Australia, claims in a draft flyer to have helped reduce Greens support in NSW local and Queensland state campaigns that focused on the party’s stance on Israel

I took a look at the curious array of third party groups springing up ahead of the election--focused on the Greens, Teals & Labor. One is linked to a group that's hosting a volunteer event with Advance tonight. Do get in touch if you spot more as they emerge... www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Elon thought "Blade Runner" was the main character's actual name, so it wouldn't surprise me if he thinks Mad Max is a warlord.

Almost like thousands of people just got fired by Musk 🤔