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Incredibly fragile genitally-obsessed bigots

There is a sizeable block of voters out there who support LGBTQ rights, support Palestine, and oppose racism. I know because I’ve been on the streets with them. Your Party prioritising solidarity with their mates over building solidarity with the people is a helluva way to shit the bed in public.

We had the pleasure of showing a pair of newly-restored Anglo/German silents starring Anna May Wong: Song (1928) & Pavement Butterfly (1929) presented by @pamhutch.bsky.social

Here’s a chance to catch them again at #BFISouthbank in London + a whole selection of other titles & talks…

We're publishing a new book by the incredible @pscalpello.bsky.social in 2026! A sexy and thought-provoking novel-in-verse, MIRRORSTAGE is follows our narrator on a road trip through modern Britain after their release from hospital. More info 👀 : www.instagram.com/p/DK1t0AIou-...

These are, for me, one process - tonal errors (or even approximations) will “feel” wrong. Voice is everything.

This is actually why I wrote 90% in order, scene by scene. Otherwise I can’t build tone.

Daily Mail, Friday, July 16, 1993 Abortion hope after 'gay genes' findings By JASON LEWIS SCIENTISTS in America claim to have found the first definite evidence of a genetic link to homosexuality

how easily would most regular folks support targeted eugenics against a minority group
well….

Donate to Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!, organized by Eileen Gunn Nisi Shawl, a wise and wonderful writer of science fiction and fantasy, had a… Eileen Gunn needs your support for Help Nisi Shawl write the book of her dream!

I donated to help @nisishawl.bsky.social write the book of their dream, and hope you will donate, as well:

gofund.me/63eccfad

Signal boosts also good. Thanks!

EU Commission reverses course on anti-discrimination directive | ILGA-Europe The European Commission has revived its draft Equal Treatment Directive after public outcry and a 33,000-signature petition.

Some REAL good news;

The EU is backtracking on its earlier decision to abandon stronger anti-discrimination protections, following a campaign by @ilgaeurope.bsky.social.

Now there will be stronger protections and rights in the EU for LGBT people.

There are protests taking place across the country in the coming days and weeks in response to yesterday's Supreme Court ruling

Drop me a message with any I'm missing and I will add details of each to the thread below:

U=U means that somebody living with H.I.V. on effective treatment, with an undetectable viral load, can not pass on H.I.V. Picture of a woman in a park. National aids Trust logo. Red Ribbon. Securing rights, stopping H.I.V.

What does U=U that mean?

The majority of people living with #HIV in the UK are on effective treatment, and virally suppressed (undetectable), which means that they can't pass the virus on (untransmittable): U=U

Learn more facts about HIV on our website:

nat.org.uk/about-hiv...

Screen shot from open letter reading ‘In many cases, this involves submitting highly sensitive personal data, such as ID documents or facial scans. Yet there is currently: • No public register of approved providers • No requirement for providers to meet any specific privacy or security standards, instead relying on data protection alone • No requirement for platforms to choose trusted or certified providers’

. @quietriotpod.bsky.social shared a useful open letter on age verification highlighting some of the privacy and data concerns action.openrightsgroup.org/sign-open-le...

It is genuinely interesting to see what crowds Labour will listen to. Tens of thousands for Palestine, for Trans rights? We can fuck off.

40 racist arsonists crying about foreigners? Legitimate concerns. We hear you.

Agustín Fuentes, bioanthropologist: ‘Saying that human beings are binary is a failure; it’s not biology, it’s philosophy’ The Princeton professor, author of ‘Sex is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary,’ reflects on human diversity and the ideological impositions that simplify the variety of genes, gonads and ...

Sex and gender ARE NOT BINARY. Seriously.

english.elpais.com/science-tech...

Displacement of Gaza residents in 2025. Copyright Jaber Jehad Badwan. Image is not linked to the letter but is taken from a post about the famine in Gaza by one of the letter's authors https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres/health-humanitarian-crises-centre/news/465306/famine-and-genocide-gaza-personal-view

UK-based academics: sign & circulate this open letter pub'd by @bmj.com to Starmer & Lammy to act to stop genocide & famine in Gaza
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
The letter was initiated by UK medical experts but UK academics of all disciplines are asked to sign
forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

TWIBS: Sandie Peggie Even Worse Than We Thought — Assigned Suspended Scottish nurse involved in workplace tribunal over harassment of trans doctor is revealed to also be a racist.

Now trying to doxx the Website owners, this article has absolutely boiled the piss of self-propelled ball of grease and sweat, Graham Linehan.

Enough said, share widely.

www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

ChatGPT dissidents, the students who refuse to use AI: ‘I couldn’t remember the last time I had written something by myself’ Some college students are beginning to limit their use of artificial intelligence, so as not to hinder their own creativity, discipline and critical thinking

Weird. This doesn’t match what I’ve been told—that students are going to use it no matter what.

I think that it's extremely strange when graduate students are so high on their own supply that they do not consider zines, curriculum, reports, blogs etc... as 'writing.' If you're going to evaluate people's thinking, then all of those things ALSO count as their writing.

tl;dr - I wouldn't even use AI to revise.

Grab a piece of paper, some colorful dollar store markers...

And sketch out your dreams! That's what I'm doing. 🙏🏾

A drawing of a sparkling kitsune sleeping in a meadow. The caption reads, "it's not laziness; you're overwhelmed and recharging"

Oh huh just like trans people have been saying for a decade

YouTube video by BBC World Service AI2027: Is this how AI might destroy humanity? - BBC World Service

AI 2027 is a monumentally stupid crock of shit.

Cod sci-fi projections.

Warnings: footage in this video is AI-generated.

Capitalism is the main problem of AI.

The unethical training data, the environmental death, the rush to replace human jobs, etc.

This is so cool! Can't wait to watch.

A grave injustice to me specifically that the library doesn't have a Women in Translation Month recommendation list on Libby yet. This is the one time of year the library suggests my kind of books! I burn I pine I perish!!!

“Coincidences are ‘God’s way of staying anonymous.’ They are a reassurance that there is a flow and it’s useful to note and appreciate them when they occur.”
– Richard Russell, Liberation Through Hearing

Writers With Drinks | Town Hall Seattle An evening of queer speculative fiction! Whether you’re a Seattle local or you’re in town for Worldcon, enjoy readings by six authors of queer science fiction and fantasy whose work spans galaxies and...

ICYMI we're holding a special Writers With Drinks in Seattle, featuring "superstars of queer SFF": Cecilia Tan, Andrea Hairston, Becky Chambers, me, Annalee Newitz and Darcie Little Badger!

It's Thurs 8/14 at 7ish. There will be queer vendors and fun stuff.

Tickets are selling fast — RSVP now! <3

It’s just making me turn my back on new things completely unless I know & trust the person who made them (& that they actually made them). They can scream “GET USED TO IT!” until they’re hoarse & no, I won’t.

Yeah for a while now (socials, online shopping) I've been thinking about trust, curation, connection & with AI I'm like "books from indie publishers from indie bookstores, music from musicians on bandcamp."

rpt.

Absolutely, 100%.