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Scientist turned software engineer. He/him 🏹 Field archery πŸ€ Rats 😷 COVID cautious πŸƒ Parkrun https://medium.com/@davidallsopp @doublehelix@mastodon.social @doublehelix on the birdsite

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🚨 WATCH: Labour MP Charlotte Nichols reveals she was raped as an MP as she opposes the jury trial reforms

"I waited 1,088 days to go to court. We've been told [by the Government] that if we have concerns about this Bill, it's because we've not been raped"

10.03.2026 17:18 πŸ‘ 595 πŸ” 219 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 76

Cal's thread should be published in the national media, a completely rigged review that will achieve their aim of blocking all treatment for trans kids. The complete control anti-trans activists have in the NHS should be a national disgrace, it's akin to anti-vaxxers seizing control of vaccinations

10.03.2026 10:20 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Again again again again.

The scandalous corruption in trans health in the UK continues

Remember, the *international expert consensus* clearly and often directly contradicts the UK and the Cass report.

It’s a national and international scandal.

10.03.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Badenoch denies calling for UK to join US-Israeli war on Iran Conservative leader accused of taking confusing position after she said Starmer should β€˜do more than catch arrows’

"I've never called for war with Eastasia" www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

10.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 96 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1
An old calculator held upside down so that the number 5318008 appears to spell out the word "boobies"

An old calculator held upside down so that the number 5318008 appears to spell out the word "boobies"

I thought the common greeting for a calculator was somewhat less polite. At least if one is 12 years old.

10.03.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yo

10.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Parliament voting against a social media ban for under-16s but then giving a government minister the power to do it on a whim anyway perfectly illustrates how Labour is incapable of taking any responsibility for its own policies.

The Pathetic Party.

10.03.2026 05:13 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? 

* Yes
* No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):

10.03.2026 02:00 πŸ‘ 2160 πŸ” 467 πŸ’¬ 127 πŸ“Œ 122

The risk for babies who get measles under the age of 6 months to develop this within 10 years is 1 in 600.

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"Tell us what happened lad"

10.03.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

From CNN:

β€œA post regarding the two individuals arrested for throwing homemade bombs outside of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s home failed to reflect the gravity of the incident thereby breaching the editorial standards we require for all our reporting. It has therefore been deleted.”

10.03.2026 17:21 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Republicans Are No Longer Even Pretending to Care About Judicial Independence GOP lawmakers used to at least pay lip service to the importance of an independent judiciary. Then state courts started issuing rulings that GOP lawmakers do not like.

I had to read this several times to make sure I understood correctly: A bill in Missouri would make it so that if a judge releases a person charged with a crime on bail, and that person commits a felony, the *judge* would be charged with a felony for their decision to release that person

10.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 36 πŸ’¬ 18 πŸ“Œ 8
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"We're banning your medical treatment"

> WHAT?!

"You see, we looked for evidence based on left-handed patients ONLY, and evidence based on right-handed patients ONLY...

...and to our great sadness we didn't find any, so there's no evidence, so you can't be treated, soz"

10.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

See also: bsky.app/profile/esqu...

10.03.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The reviews searched over 12,000 references. They screened 547 full-text papers for inclusion. They included 17. That's a 96.9% exclusion rate at full text. 530 studies were relevant enough to survive initial screening, then rejected by the review criteria. 6/10 reviews found 0 included studies.

10.03.2026 10:57 πŸ‘ 726 πŸ” 210 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 7

And that wasn't even the only dirty trick they pulled to distort and hide the evidence - see the full thread.

Absolutely shameless data manipulation to justify a predetermined bigoted conclusion.

10.03.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Outrageously corrupt, prejudiced "science" from the NHS:

- Enforce one particular treatment pathway for years
- Rig your literature survey to exclude that pathway
- Declare that, amazingly, there is "no evidence" for any treatment pathway
- Ban the treatment
- Shrug as people suffer untreated

10.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I see that it has taken "Pissed Off Lawyer" - JK Rowling's latest pet detransitioner - less than a year since detransition to find Jesus and become a raving MAGAhead.

Every single prominent detrans voice I have come across is an ideological warrior, promoting Right Wing talking points. 1/

10.03.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 211 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0

"Never once did we say we'd cut council taxes" says Farage
"It's on your leaflet"
"I didn't put it there, we did not say we'd cut taxes"
"But it's on your leaflet"
"My name isn't on that leaflet"

10.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 123 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 4

This is not how you would review the evidence if your top concern was the health and safety of these children.

10.03.2026 11:19 πŸ‘ 238 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

The point is

- denying the lived reality of trans children
- preventing them from getting meaningful help
- lowering the number of trans adults

Hard to escape that conclusion that dead trans kids are "preferred" to alive, thriving trans kids as far as these people are concerned.

10.03.2026 11:26 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain-Risk Designation The Claude chatbot developer says the Trump administration overstepped by escalating a contract dispute into a federal ban on the company’s technology.

ICYMI: Anthropic filed a federal lawsuit against the US Department of Defense and other federal agencies on Monday, challenging its designation of the AI company as a β€œsupply-chain risk.” www.wired.com/story/anthro...

10.03.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 268 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 7

The response to this extraordinary piece tells us so much.

The British media and establishment remains so obsequious and deferential to royalty that to have the truth spoken so openly and freely feels positively revolutionary.

10.03.2026 11:45 πŸ‘ 218 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 3

"Which 'views on gender' exactly"?

> "Oh, you know the ones"

10.03.2026 12:45 πŸ‘ 86 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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'Cambridge has been infected by trans activism. We're launching a battle for women's rights'

Cclegraph 'Cambridge has been infected by trans activism. We're launching a battle for women's rights'

Again, the business of British newspapers is in large part just recruiting and exploiting the most bizarre cranks you can find for your horrible, unrelenting reactionary projects. IIRC the one on the right here is the daughter of a Times arts columnist, who is also a committed Gender War wacko.

10.03.2026 12:36 πŸ‘ 431 πŸ” 81 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 29

β€œHe is, of course, a serial liar & prone to espousing completely contradictory positions within moments of each other.” It is extraordinary to me that journalists continue to β€˜analyse’ Donald Trump without adding this constant caveat. It does readers, listeners & viewers a grave disservice.

10.03.2026 07:39 πŸ‘ 1350 πŸ” 325 πŸ’¬ 99 πŸ“Œ 14
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Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor.

Human Rights Watch says they've verified that Israel has used white phosphorus on civilian populations in Lebanon.

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