Matt

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Definitely an element of confusion with "the cloud" + also there's another big tech company called Cloudflare

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Aidan Kelly: "I treat transgender children – banning puberty blockers is not a decision for politicians to make." www.theguardian.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

I treat transgender children – banning puberty blockers is not a decision for politicians to make | Aidan Kellywww.theguardian.com Decisions around the tiny minority for whom the option could be helpful should be made by clinicians, not Wes Streeting, says clinical psychologist Aidan Kelly

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I myself have 7 tiny cups but some of my colleagues have over 20 tiny cups and this is how marine biologists determine rank in our society

People say scientists are serious but marine biologists will spend hours quietly sitting around tables drawing on styrofoam cups and then tying said cups to deep sea submarines Because ocean pressure will squeeze the air from the cups And we are but human & we want tiny cup

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Everyone who has ever experienced burnout will tell you this is the part you go through right before burnout

TIL about "burn-on": "in the case of burn-on, the lesser-known close cousin of burnout, you accomplish all your tasks well, despite being exhausted. It’s much harder to accept something is wrong; you’ll reply to all emails, attend all events, and stay in office till late."

Burn-on, the ‘masked depression’: How is it different from burn-out?gulfnews.com People who suffer from burn-on carry on working with a smile...

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Just a reminder that People mag has a great Project 25 write up that you can share with your less politically aware friends and fam people.com/what-is-proj...

What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Educationpeople.com Donald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g...

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The scariest thing about the puberty blockers ban court case is how it lays bare the premise of the Cass review and the government’s interpretation of it as seeing a child going on to be trans in adulthood as an undesirable outcome classified as a Risk

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The largely silent ad, which will reportedly air in battleground states across the country, features a sequence of headshots depicting politicians, former Trump White House officials, journalists, and seemingly random average Americans with big red X’s over their faces.

New Trump Ad Shows Montage Of People He’ll Kill If Electedwww.theonion.com PHOENIX—Following this week’s landmark Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity against criminal prosecution for official acts, Donald Trump’s campaign released an ad Wednesday that con...

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When an article says "some scientists think" then remember this: I, a scientist, once thought I could fit a whole orange in my mouth. I could, it turns out, get it in there, but I hadn't given sufficient thought to the reverse operation.

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When people ask 'who can I vote for?', just say 'dot co dot uk'. Then if they're puzzled, repeat WhoCanIVoteFor.co.uk :) After that, if they say 'Where Do I Vote?' you can show them WhereDoIVote.co.uk. Equally pleasing. Two fab services from Democracy Club.

Democracy Clubwhocanivotefor.co.uk We build digital tools to support everyone’s participation in UK democracy.

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continue to think that white columnists are missing a big and fucking important part of the story of this election (and continue to be uncomfortable commenting about it because black and brown people are doing it better)

“Taraji P. Henson made Project 2025 the talk of the BET Awards. The host of this year's BET Awards warned viewers on multiple occasions about the far-right plan to dismantle and remake the government in Trump's image.” www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/sh...

Taraji P. Henson made Project 2025 the talk of the BET Awardswww.msnbc.com The draconian plan supported by conservative groups to dismantle the government if Donald Trump is elected was the talk of the Black Entertainment Television Awards.

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Morning, Bluesky. Two days and a wake-up until the start of much-needed change in the UK. As there’s some confusion, here’s a tactical voting guide from The Progressive Alliance. Everywhere not mentioned, it’s safe to vote Labour.

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Some scenes from the lovely memorial for Howard Waldrop here in Austin Saturday afternoon

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These young activists are incredible. Please read what they have to say and spread it around. Youth organizing is the only thing that gives me any fraction of hope for an otherwise terrifying future. transkidsdeservebetter.org/trans-activi...

Trans Activists Enter Second Day Protesting on NHS England’s Offices | Trans Kids Deserve Bettertranskidsdeservebetter.org Trans activists who scaled a London NHS building are calling on others in the trans community and allies to join them in their fight for a voice, healthcare and dignity

Good evening from 6.30 in the garden

Good morning from 6:30 in the garden.

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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER

For the love of god Montressor

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If you haven't been following what's happening in the UK, the Good Law Project has announced that they've been in contact with multiple whistleblowers from the NHS GIDs and have learned of sixteen young people who have died since the initial Bell ruling in 2020, after which blockers were paused.

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Kaitlin Ruiz

70s UK TV...

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So the UK govt is currently banning access to puberty blockers even via private clinics. The ban comes in 3 June and then - weirdly - ends 2nd Sept. So stock up URGENTLY - Maugham recommends getting a shot to carry you over the line. Twitter thread: x.com/JolyonMaugha...

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Darmok & Jalad at BlueSky

Löwenheim- Skarsgård

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Jim

When the protagonist is ready the nemesis will arise

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UK residents: Please share, please sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/66...

Petition: Do not ban transgender people from receiving care in mainstream hospital wardspetition.parliament.uk The Health Secretary has said that transgender hospital patients in England may be banned from being treated in female- and male-only wards. We believe that this segregation is discriminatory, dangero...

Chenille and Hyacinth in Wolfe's Book of the Long Sun are both sex workers - one working in a brothel, the other more of a high end call girl

Trying to do a bit of drawing - copy from one of Dorés illustrations for The Inferno

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Solidarity from the UK

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Jim

Best bit of the season

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Neil Gaiman

I heard of him in a footnote in one of Michael Chabon's books and immediately knew I had to read his stories

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Zach Weinersmith

The Olympians graphic novels were a big hit with one of mine at around that age www.georgeoconnorbooks.com/olympians

Olympianswww.georgeoconnorbooks.com George O'Connor's 12-book NYT bestselling graphic novel series inspired by Greek mythology.

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Dan Davies

Nice to see the Körner shout-out - he was a great lecturer and I really liked his books - very witty and he made the maths accessible without oversimplifying

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Jim

That's everyone unless you can also read Japanese