@lampjaded
Scottish-Canadian with a wonderful, supportive, dorky family, a love of many things, especially coding, linguistics, biology, cosmology, truth, and justice. Have been to many interesting places. Have a pretty unique experience of transitioning. ❤
Cover of Harley and Ivy Life and Crimes #5 by Erica Henderson
Every time I think I can't love Harlivy more something like Life and Crimes comes out to make me fall in love with them again. Such an incredible run, I just want it to last forever.
... also, a whole lot of naked ladies for a book that's not black label in this one. #comicsky
When ‘your freedom of choice’ is diminished, are you truly free?
Why Alberta’s book banning initiative is ‘an affront to democracy’
Professor Ira Wells explains why the government order is ‘quite demeaning to Alberta's high school-age kids’
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For those caring for aging parents... if you feel you've hit the wall, you just want to break down, I feel you.
Taking care of their affairs, constantly assessing their needs -- it's a lot.
We seem reluctant to share these struggles.
If you're there, I'm with you. I know we're not alone. 💙
The fragile insecure flower is crying again.
Comic. Panel 1 has what looks like a person made of noodles. They say "Hi! I'm spaghetti man!". Someone says "Cool design! What's your origin story?". Panel 2 shows an astronaut costume, and the narration says "Once upon a time, I was a normal human astronaut". Panel 3 shows the spaghetti person again. "And then I went to study black holes in person!". Someone says "Cool!" and someone else says "Makes sense!".
Hi have a very stupid idea that came to mind while reading the Star Warriors channel in foxglove.
"trans people are so brave" no, we're a diverse group of average ordinary everyday people. we shouldn't have to have our qualities emphasized as exceptional to prove to cis people our lives and rights and livelihoods are worth fighting for.
we're just like you. we're just people. please help us.
These files confirm that Mandelson's malign influence runs through this Labour government.
Starmer knew exactly the choice he was making when he appointed him. He has to go.
FIFA's first ever Peace Prize winner has become the first person to bomb a country out of participating in the FIFA World Cup.
Might be worth keeping an eye on this lot too- a mass lobbying effort to stop the trial completely yesterday at Westminster- a few well known GC activists in that picture
REVEALED 👀
Who wrote the letter Wes Streeting relied on when he paused the puberty blockers trial?
https://goodlaw.social/t7ks
I’m 37, just started a career in tech after years of doing low-paid admin jobs, am able to buy a house due to inheriting from my mum who died from MS, and spend most of my evenings gaming and watching YouTube videos.
I just want a quiet life but I’m trans so Labour don’t think I exist anymore.
Windows 11 has an updated Minesweeper game
Amen
Canadian Para nordic skiing star Natalie Wilkie has now won a medal of every colour at the Milano-Cortina Paralympics, adding bronze in the women's standing sprint classic on Tuesday.
#Paralympics
#TeamCanada
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"Newly released [video of ICE goons killing a man in TX last yr] calls into question assertions by [goons] that a driver intentionally rammed an agent with his car immediately before he was killed"
Of course it does, these MFers are notorious liars.
No more $ for them: 202-224-3121 democracy.io/#!/
The right to a trial by jury is fundamental. There are a range of improvements put forward by legal professionals working in our courts to improve efficiency of our system without the need to restrict access to jury trial. That’s why I’ll vote against threat to jury trial today.
Send them to the publisher, not to us, please. All we will do is send them to our publisher, so, really, just eliminate the extra step.
to all candidate hopefuls...
the senate and the house of representatives aren't entry level positions.
please run for local/state positions, get elected, and get government experience FIRST.
This is clearly fine with the GOP.
Puget Sound Energy is jacking electric rates 30% even though residential customers only used 0.2% more power from 2024-2025, according to their annual financial statements.
Any other PSE customers see their bills spike despite using LESS power?
Telling my cat “You’re so smart and so strong and brave” even though I know it’s not true because you gotta just gas ‘em up sometimes.
The everyday people who marched for civil rights and voting rights in Alabama in 1965 did so knowing that they would face violence, they would face torture, and that their government would not protect them. But they came anyway. open.substack.com/pub/jbpritzk...
POV you are meeting Bluesky mutuals in real life
No.
Failing to apologise means your country IS immoral.
This isn’t about optics.
Trump administration officials make all kinds of bets in the prediction markets, including when they have inside information, which is tantamount to stealing.
ETVAX is the first vaccine that offers significant protection against pathogenic E. coli in children
First, trump causes chaos in the oil market so that he can lift sanctions on russia! 🤬
kyivindependent.com/us-waiving-o...
Our hens have been very busy laying lovely eggs.
