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Fantastic morning podcasting, looking forward to this afternoon!

Contributor: Why 'monstrify'? Look at who benefits when few are considered fully human The category of 'human' is shrinking as politicians, tech bros and right-wing pundits divide the world into two groups: You're a cis-het white man, or you're a monster.

My op-ed in the @latimes.com today:

"Monstrifying narratives have been undermining the possibility of a more inclusive body politic for millennia. But there’s an antidote to us-them messages of hate, fear and exclusion that claim that only a tiny minority of people are truly human." 1/2
🗃 #politics

Our birb friends 🧡🐦

Decided to focus on The Sims 4 for my PhD which has been great, but it does mean I end up watching sims videos on YT for "research" 😅

Just registered to attend 🥰 very excited!

I love you 💕

So proud!!! 💖

Sweet! I'll definitely start with S1 🥰

Ooo this looks fantastic! Can't wait to listen 🥰 would you recommend listening in chronological order from S1 or should I hop back and forth?

Thank you, Angela 🥰 that's really kind x

Get well soon Astro! 🥺💖

I've been making solid PhD progress since the new year ✨🥰 after a huge crisis in confidence, it's nice to feel good about work again

Do you have any recommendations? 😊

Thank you!

A gradient jigsaw puzzle

Finished 😮‍💨 the greeney yellows did not defeat me!

The taxidermy thylacine on display at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris

A screen shot of the label (with the English translation overlaid): "After the colonization of Tasmania by the English, the thylacine was persecuted because it was considered a predator of sheep. Dubbed the Tasmanian Wolf, it gained an overblown reputation as a ferocious predator. For many years, bounties..."

Colonialism is the ultimate cause of #extinction for so many species (in much of the world, introduced predators, habitat-loss, overhunting etc are all consequences of #colonialism), but it's rare for that link to be made explicit in #museums' labels, like with @mnhn.fr's #thylacine here. 👌

Gradient puzzle update! Getting through it a lot quicker than expected!

Today's reading in-between puzzling ✨️

A little bit of progress ✨️

At the moment* 😮‍💨

My valentines gift from @mutanttheorist.bsky.social 🥰 I've wanted this gradient puzzle for years, although the moment I'm wondering what the heck i was thinking 😅

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Can confirm it was delicious, 11/10, chefs kiss

The book cover to Game Changers: from minecraft to misogyny, the fight for the future of videogames by dan golding and leena van deventer, 2016, Affirm Press.

there seems to be a lot of organized forgetting happening regarding gamergate, which i guess is what happens after a decade. for those wanting a primer or refresher, dan and I wrote a book about it you might find useful.

here’s one of my favorite reviews of it: captainfez.com/2020/08/10/b...

I've been looking at getting a new laptop for over a year but have crippling decision anxiety and also no money, however I also think there aren't enough ✨️💖pink💖✨️ laptops anymore which is also hindering the decision making process

Puzzle updates ✨️ the Ravensburger London Postcard puzzle I completed in 2 hours 2 minutes! And the DragonBall Super puzzle I completed with @mutanttheorist.bsky.social 🥰

Another puzzle completed with @mutanttheorist.bsky.social a few days ago! This was the 2024 puzzle world champions pairs final puzzle and it was a lot of fun ❤️ i love how colourful and inclusive it is 💖

The stinky demons have gone... I miss them

(Ironically, it doesn't work on this site)

For future reference, 12ft.io might be helpful!