Random thoughts: it’s funny what you think is important.
When I was younger, I wondered about who people credit with investing the incandescent light bulb. Many people will say Thomas Edison, others will say Joseph Swan, and others from outside the angliosphere may give yet another answer.
But ISTM now that it’s a really weird thing to focus on. The light bulb was obvious. Its invention is trivial, and the fact that several people did it simultaneously should tell us that. It wasn’t a great breakthrough. Everyone knew wire glowed when it got hot. The problem in using it for light was that it burned.
It’s not the invention of the light bulb that’s important. It’s the invention of the vacuum pump.
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London using eBus pantograph charging to spark a green future (ChargingInfrastructure) - London Reconnections
The leading source for independent news and analysis about transport in London and beyond. Award-winning coverage of transport infrastructure and politics alongside stories about the history of the Capital's transport networks.Long Branch Mike (London Reconnections)
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Standard deviation meme:
Bottom bit - dolphins are fish
Middle bit - dolphins are not fish, they're mammals!
Top bit - dolphins are fish
Can't be arsed to draw the curve, ok?
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I can’t be the only one to notice this, but in the last week or so, the UK media trans narrative seems to have flipped.
What the fuck are they up to?
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Also reminds me how good a bean Sandi Toksvig is.
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Ah, people on social media being knobs about the orcas again. Apparently they are “trying to send a message to humanity” by ripping the rudders off the boats of middle class people pottering about on what are basically floating caravans.
Fine, if you’re gonna anthropomorphise the murderfish, I’m gonna do the same and suggest that, given the attacks are being carried out by adolescent males, the message is, “nice boat, be a shame if anything happened to it. Now toss some tuna and dolphin hentai overboard.”
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just gonna start calling fascists "future compost" from now on.
it cuts right to the heart of how to deal with them and what purpose they serve in society.
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Installed a vitamin D calculator thing.
I live in the sunniest part of Europe, on the 37th parallel.
I take vitamin D supplements.
It still thinks that I am deficient.
Guys, if you live outside the tropics, consider supplementing your D3 levels.
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UK: Sandi Toksvig flooded with support after expressing ‘rage’ at ‘anti-trans’ people
https://www.indy100.com/identities/sandi-toksvig-trans-lqbt
Really enjoyed this part too - bang on! 👍
"She also founded the Women’s Equality Party in 2015 and is working on a campaign to remove unelected Church of England bishops from the House of Lords because of its opposition to same-sex marriage.
She said: “It’s shocking. They don’t deal with gay people or women in an equitable manner. And they aren’t some sort of obscure organisation – this is our state church.
“None of them have been elected. This is our parliament and it’s not OK. Be a bigot if you want to, in your own back yard – but don’t come and play in mine”
#LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Trans #TransRights #TransRightsAreHumanRights #UK
Sandi Toksvig flooded with support after expressing ‘rage’ at ‘anti-trans’ people
Sandi Toksvig has prompted an outpouring of support for expressing her anger at anti-trans people in politics and the media.Alex Daniel (indy100)
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A fuller article on iNews (if you didn't already find it) ...
https://inews.co.uk/culture/comedy/sandi-toksvig-distressed-anti-trans-radical-feminists-2768064
Sandi Toksvig: 'I'm so distressed by anti-trans 'radical feminists' I could weep'
Ahead of fronting a festive concert for the London Gay Men’s Chorus, Sandi Toksvig talks to Louis Staples about hosting GBBO, risking her career to come out and her gripes with modern feminismLouis Staples (iNews)
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It's a systemic anachronism in 2023, the CoE is a protected animal
Tbf the Bishops in the Lords are far less obnoxious than 3-4 Conservative far right evangelicals who ARE elected in the Commons and get disproportionate press space for their extreme views on trans rights and abortion etc
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Happy Buy Nothing Day!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_Nothing_Day #waste #pollution #permaculture
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For the love of god, can you try NOT to win the next UK election for the Tories? FFS. Is Sunak giving him backhanders or something?
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gender system. while she strugles for years against prejudice and transphobia, will she ever gain empathy for other people?
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When I was an eggy yoof, a fair number of terfs would actually have been overjoyed at this.
But the world has moved on and now I think their primary connection to transness is through the porn they obsessively watch.
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Content warning: trans positivity, boosts OK
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Was it long ago ? Did you made friends easily in there ?
Feel free to ask whatever question you like about me 😋
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The greatest thing about the internet is that it's given every one a voice.
The worst thing about the internet is that it's given EVERYONE a voice.
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Tip for well-meaning people doing diversity monitoring: if your form expects trans women to, at any point, tick anything that says “male”, then that is profoundly offensive and most of us will just lie to you.
Please stop doing this.
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“The following programme contains strong and frequent language”
So, like, swearing really fast?
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A short history of the Tory party...
Traditionally - "Party of law and order"
1980s onwards - "Party of law and order"; cruelty is the collateral damage of ideology
2010s - cruelty is the ideology
2020s - to be cruel we'll break the law if we have to.
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There will come a time when the Raspberry Pi Foundation does not require a super secret mythical combination of USB C power supply and cable that is only dubiously complainant and can only be obtained on the third Thursday of the months with no R in them.
That time is not now.
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Given how they were told of by the AUTHOR of the power delivery portion of the spec because of what they did to the 4, you'd think they'd have made *some* effort on the 5.
But hey, this version has AI in it, so yay?
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Modern political semantics:
Tory/GOP politicians: We oppose, um, Flerb!
Tory/GOP voters: What's Flerb?
Politicians: It's anything you hate.
Voters: Like what?
Politicians: Your choice, whatever. Now, see my opponent? They personify Flerbism.
Voters: Oh no! We must stop Flerbery ruining our country!
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I now ask interview questions about frustrating replaced commands to anyone who says they have a history with Linux.
"Which netstat flags have been replaced with other commands?" tells on a person
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•I'm gonna lay odds Sarah was all over that as a kid😉 .
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•Ridley Scott left that important detail out of the movie … like a few other things
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