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@hex.ooo

noted transsexual yapper 🗣️ she/her. very gay extremely online since 1995 and don't regret a second of it. fka @hex on twitter 2007-25. https://hex.ooo accounts following me that have no posts or follow thousands of accounts will be blocked

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YOU WILL

WebDesignMuseum@webdesignmuseum.org

Happy 32nd Birthday The First Web Banner! On October 27, 1994, The AT&T Telecommunications Company placed the first web banner in Internet history on the HotWired magazine website. The first web banner in the world was 476×56 px.

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adding this to my mental library of literary anachronisms, to join the fact that acronyms (pronounceable initialisms) date from the mid-20th century

Gretchen McCulloch@gretchenmcculloch.com

The pettiest hill that I will die on is that if your cool character in a historical novel is rolling their eyes at social conventions, no they're not, eye-rolling didn't become a widely described gesture in English literature until the *1980s* books.google.com/ngrams/graph...

books.google.comGoogle Books Ngram ViewerGoogle Ngrams: rolled her eyes, rolled his eyes, 1600-2008
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it's been a busy day so i only just noticed today is the 19th anniversary of my mum passing. as usual, i wish she'd been here to see everything i've been through, and who i am now.

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one thing about outsourcing your brain to a slop generator is that it robs you of the distinctive experience of looking at code you wrote just a week ago and thinking "what the actual fuck is this? what is it even doing? you idiot. you colossal clod" then writing something much better

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related: bsky.app/profile/stup...

Nyek London@stupidhoroscope.bsky.social

I don’t know how people could say that programming and art are completely different disciplines when both workflows involve going ‘This will never work, I’m a failure’, changing one thing, then thinking you might be the smartest person alive

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headfallsoff
@headfallsoff.com

this image was clearly made with such burning hate and yet over the years these two have become warm friends. they tapped into something real and true. me when i find a cool stick

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note that this is the 2009 remaster, the last version that you should ever go near. (search my posts for beatles mix to see my reaction to the horrible meddling people have done in the 2020s)

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Greg Pak
@gregpak.net

None of us should forget this. Meta should be subjected to corporate death penalty and permanently broken up into small pieces.

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congratulations serbia congratulations brazil we will kick the fascists in the teeth one election after another and never stop

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drank two small beers with dinner and now i'm lowk ready to make some bad decisions. either that or fall asleep before managing to finish writing th

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this noted transphobic publication employs noted transphobe helen lewis? what a fucking surprise

Private Eye Magazine@privateeyenews.bsky.social

Who is E. J. Thribb? Private Eye is 65. To celebrate, we’re taking a peek behind the curtain to explain where some of the Eye’s lore, columns, and in-jokes originate from.

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nature account 🦭
@snakeroot.bsky.social

⃤` . ⁄......⧵ ` . ⁄............⧵ ` . ⁄.......🪲.......⧵ / ⁄........................⧵ / ⁄..............................⧵ / big beetle on the great pyramid of giza

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now this is timekeeping

Hayden Scott-Baron@docky.games

Instead of ending daylight saving time, how about switching to Docky Hexatime? 16 hours per day. 16 minutes per hour. 256 seconds per minute. docky.net/hexatime/

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the bbc is the instrument of the enemy. don't ever forget that

Leicester Gazette@leicestergazette.leicester.news

Two University of Leicester students speak out over ‘absurd’ and ‘Orwellian’ decision by the BBC and ITV Studios to edit out pride pins worn on University Challenge

leicester.newsBBC edits out pride pins on University Challenge in ‘Orwellian’ move* * * This story was published by **The Leicester Gazette** : a local, independent newspaper about Leicestershire. 1,000 people have already joined our community. Just use those buttons below to download our app and **sign up for free**. * * * Astrophysics student Samuel Carlier and History student Emmeline Hague-Wright were shocked to find that their LGBTQ+ pride pins had been edited out of their University Challenge appearance earlier this year. The episode, initially scheduled for BBC Two on 24 August, was delayed twice before airing on 7 September 2026. The pins showed the progressive LGBTQ+ pride flag, the bisexual pride flag and a rainbow feather. Speaking to the Leicester Gazette, Sam said: “Living in a liberal democracy and having the state broadcaster tell you ‘we’re editing how you look’, seems very Orwellian.” Sam described the choice to remove the pins before broadcast as “weird” and “absurd”. He said: “[Censoring] that seemed weird. If I had worn a rainbow shirt, would they have censored that? If the idea is to keep things impartial, where is that line in the sand?” A side by-side image of Sam wearing the pin and with it having been digitally removed. Photograph: supplied Sam contacted the BBC to try to understand why his pins had been edited out. He told the Gazette: “The BBC people said they’d ring me, and I chased them, they just said go to the complaints website and file a complaint there, that’s what I did.” Since then, Sam hasn’t had a response from the BBC as to why his pins were removed. After the episode had aired, Sam noted that his shirt ‘melted’ into itself occasionally, as a result of the editing. Photograph: supplied ## Students believe the decision was made following online transphobia Emmeline was also shocked when she found out that the feather pin she wore was due to be removed from the episode she was in. It was understood by Emmeline that there was online transphobia in response to previous episode of University Challenge, and she had been contacted by the BBC, anticipating support from the broadcaster. When the BBC contacted her, instead of an offer of support, she was told her pin was going to be removed. “At first it was mostly confusion,” she said. “I heard that they had received a lot of nastiness online from people and I thought they were going to call me to say ‘we have support services if needed,’ and that wasn't what I got at all.” Instead, Emmeline was notified that the episodes were going to be delayed. “It was out of left field, I was confused for a while,” she said. “This entire delay has been because of a feather and two badges on a teammate that were basically impossible [for viewers] to see.” Emmeline had expressed her frustrations with the repeated delays from the BBC, spanning from mid-July to early-September. She said: “We were announced on the website and then delayed again, and then announced on the website a second time, and delayed even further. Speaking about the removal, she said: “It takes a lot of time” she said. “Making it [the edit] look good would be even more expensive and time-consuming. It seems like drastically a lot of effort.” ## Join the conversation Our app is more than just a way to keep up – it's a gateway to award-winning journalism and the local community. __Want to support our work?__ Click here for membership__.__ ## Wider criticism on LGBTQ+ support The pins Sam wore during the episode. Photograph: supplied According to leading LGBTQ+ charity Stonewall UK, two in five LGBTQ+ students will hide their identities at university for fear of discrimination. Stonewall has reported that more than 36 per cent of trans students have received hostile conduct from university staff due to their gender identity. Reflecting on the digital removal of the pins, Sam spoke about how disheartening the choice was. He said: “There was maybe like a span of eight years where someone could be uncontroversially out in the open queer – now that’s gone again.” he said. The BBC has also been widely criticised for ‘an attack on the LGBTQ+ community’ by pulling its involvement with the popular show, RuPaul's Drag Race. The broadcaster pulled its involvement in September following “significant financial pressures” as the reason for axing their involvement. The criticism follows another recent controversial edit by the BBC. On its hit show, Strictly Come Dancing, a decision was made to edit out ‘Protect the Dolls’ from contestant Bethany Antonia’s T-shirt. It’s a slogan which has become widely used to support the rights of trans women. The BBC defended their decision, saying the changes were made to meet editorial guidelines. It comes as the LGBTQ+ community has faced challenges amid an increasingly less tolerant political climate. ## What the BBC had to say When we asked them about editing out the pins worn by Leicester’s University Challenge team, a BBC spokesperson said: “In line with our editorial guidelines, we advise that no badges, flags, and emblems or symbols are worn or visible during filming, along with clothing with obvious branding or slogans. If such items are not removed for any reason then a decision is made between the programme makers and the BBC regarding any edits to the programme.” The BBC said the delays to the episode were unrelated to the decision to edit out the pins. A spokesperson for ITV Studios said: “University Challenge is an entertainment quiz show and is made in accordance with the BBC Editorial Guidelines requirements for impartiality.” The University of Leicester refused to comment on the matter. * * * **Before you go…** We’ve recently surpassed 1,000 subscribers, which is amazing considering we’re a small team on a shoestring budget. Now, we’re ready for the next stage of the Leicester Gazette. **Download our new app and get all of our journalism anytime, anywhere.** The app connects with **Bluesky** , **Mastodon** and **Threads** , giving you access to a network of around 60 million people. It’s a safer, more meaningful alternative to mainstream social media – owned by the community. * * *
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flyingrodent@flyingrodent.bsky.social

Again, it’s important to understand that the transgender terror did not arise organically from the public. It was imposed from above, by the world’s most hateful and poisonous media class.

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Benjamin Louche
@sofuckinsuave.bsky.social

HALLOWEENIES! @thedoublerclub.bsky.social & Walthamstow Trades Hall presents Symphony Of Shadows, 31st OCTOBER! THE Halloween GOTH* Danse Party to wake the dead! *(& associated darknesses & deviations) Unholy Cabaret! Spooky Song! Danse like those from beyond the grave aren’t watching!

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forgot to mention that a few weeks back i asked a gp about the possibility of a bridging prescription while i wait the decade or whatever for a gender identity service appointment. he said he had to check with endocrinologists. they finally responded and the answer was "can't help, ask the gis"