oh dear, looks like you copped an instablock
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oh dear, looks like you copped an instablock
This is why I think the wanging on about expensive bat tunnels when cancelling infrastructure is a big mistake.
People mostly like infrastructure, and even those that don't like when it accommodates nature.
Culture War: 60% of the country are woke eco-terrorists who prefer hedgehogs to brave Churchill
Yeah but you could make concrete from him
Oh sweetie, it's been THAT long since we were together?
Also building the right homes for my pokeys is making me happy.
e.g, Charmander was very sad when I took the campfire out of his house, till I gave him a FIRE PIT to replace it with.
Current project is making the most luxurious, beautiful bat cave for my beloved Zubat in the upstairs of my house.
Like, I have /written speeches/ for #LDConf and everything! I normally just get up there with some hastily scribbled bullet points and wing it...
Weirdly doing an hour of game and an hour of "it's the other person's go now" between me and son on Pokopia appears to be working for us like the way @drlucyrogers.com does that pomodoro thing. Both of us have productivity WAY up
It's son's turn on Pokopia, and I'm doing some work for @andrewhickey.500songs.com
Son is on a quest for limestone in the game.
My brain keeps singing ๐ถ Like a limestone cowboy...๐ต
Working for Andrew and having music brain is mostly a blessing, but sometimes....
Yes Iโm religious, I believe in the holy trinity
Yes I'm religious. I believe in the holy trinity
As I have said repeatedly, the only move the anti-trans side has is pretending that they've found a scandal, then describe the way medicine (or medical research) works in every other field but trans care in breathless, scandalized tones.
I'm fine = I'm not, but I want you to pretend I am
I'm fine. = Someone is going to have their spine ripped out through their nose, and it might be you if you ask me how I am again, so let's just move on
Yes, it is the run up to #LDConf.
Yes, someone had done something which has made my Really Quite Angry.
No, I can't tell you who or how or why
(it's nobody on FCC though)
Explanations of British English.
Today: moods
I'm OK = I'm having a depressive episode but I don't want to bother you
Could be better, could be worse = I'm OK
I'm a bit pissed off = I'm furious
I'm really quite angry = I'm so consumed with nuclear burning rage it's amazing I haven't exploded yet
Offspring is such a fan we have them all on CD
If everybody in the audience of a sitcom about Satan knew about how corrupt he was in 2011, I really can't believe that our Prime Minister was ignorant more recently.
Listening to a fifteen year old episode of Old Harry's Game. It's got a Peter Mandelson joke in it (which gets an uproarious reaction from the audience).
Excellent letter, @mariecgoldman.bsky.social - thank you and @libdems.org.uk for your work on this. ๐งก
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That we reject ON PRINCIPLE any review that does not have trans leadership and trans accountability steeped in its design.
The cis people who have been put into positions of authority across trans youth healthcare do not have our trust & continue to demonstrate they do not DESERVE our trust.
Really importantly - THIS 1000 page 'evidence' review, does not dignify a detailed response.
I will NOT be preparing a detailed analysis of every wrong step taken.
We need to instead state openly & clearly that this fraud is abusive and beneath contempt. That we reject it.
Trans healthcare needs to be led by trans people, to be accountable to trans communities and trans youth.
Folks who don't believe in the existence of a trans child cannot continue to hold the reins of healthcare policy and governance.
This is where we start.
We can't combat an exercise in power & domination over trans youth by showing them the errors in their homework.
The errors here are so obvious.
They are intentional.
They are almost showing off - how little pretense at 'evidence' is needed to subjugate trans youth.
GUESS what? This isn't a problem. Blockers at 16 and 17, on their own and without HRT, are actually a terrible idea.
They are not good healthcare. They cause menopause.
16 and 17 years olds shouldn't be put onto blockers with HRT.
16 and 17 years olds cannot access blockers at all on the NHS, through intentional government policy. They've not been able to access blockers for several years.
Therefore, 16 & 17 year olds wanting to start HRT, will, in the main, not have first started blockers.
Accordingly, the vast majority of past clinical studies, followed young people who first went on blockers, then to HRT.
But, in the UK, our government and NHS have criminalised access to blockers.
They are only accessible through a trial, that is only open to under 16s.
The vast majority of trans youth, in past clinical studies, had blockers first, and then HRT.
This stepped path was mandatory in the UK. It was literally not possible to go straight to HRT under the age of 18.
If AI developers wish to use our copyright work to build their software they can ask us for permission. If we agree, they can pay us to license it on clearly defined terms.
Tech companies ignoring copyright is theft. The UK government should uphold the existing law.
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