sana
@cybiksana.bsky.social
Small gothy artistic embroidering medievalist type. She/her. Anti-fascist.
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Interesting move from Norway with Smart Glasses being temporarily banned in public spaces due to the covert filming element.
AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.
arstechnica.com
October 6, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Interesting move from Norway with Smart Glasses being temporarily banned in public spaces due to the covert filming element.
I have just realised that if I read the word “smirk” in a story, I instantly feel icky. I can’t like a character who smirks.
October 6, 2026 at 9:41 AM
I have just realised that if I read the word “smirk” in a story, I instantly feel icky. I can’t like a character who smirks.
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On Sunday, July 12th 1998, Jason (aged 8), Mark (aged 9) and Richard Quinn (aged 10) were killed in their home in Ballmoney when it was petrol-bombed by Loyalists, rioting after the Drumcree parade was banned from travelling the Garvahy Road that year. 3 brutal sectarian murders.
September 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
On Sunday, July 12th 1998, Jason (aged 8), Mark (aged 9) and Richard Quinn (aged 10) were killed in their home in Ballmoney when it was petrol-bombed by Loyalists, rioting after the Drumcree parade was banned from travelling the Garvahy Road that year. 3 brutal sectarian murders.
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Andy Burnham now presides over the return of Section 28.
No mainstream news outlet has asked him about that.
No mainstream news outlet has asked him about that.
New guidance says teachers must not use materials that “encourage” pupils to question their gender.
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English schools to segregate Trans+ kids from toilets – including those who've already transitioned – from September
New ‘Keeping Children Safe In Education 2026’ (KCISE) guidance sets out in detail the limits now placed on schools on supporting Trans+ children
www.wearequeeraf.com
September 23, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Andy Burnham now presides over the return of Section 28.
No mainstream news outlet has asked him about that.
No mainstream news outlet has asked him about that.
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Bisexuality does not require you to have dated X number of people Y times to count.
You attracted to more than one gender? Cool. You count.
Anyone saying otherwise is a jerk.
You attracted to more than one gender? Cool. You count.
Anyone saying otherwise is a jerk.
September 23, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Bisexuality does not require you to have dated X number of people Y times to count.
You attracted to more than one gender? Cool. You count.
Anyone saying otherwise is a jerk.
You attracted to more than one gender? Cool. You count.
Anyone saying otherwise is a jerk.
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The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
September 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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I’m really not sure that “goes rogue” is an accurate description of a behavior that is apparently both habitual and condoned
September 24, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I’m really not sure that “goes rogue” is an accurate description of a behavior that is apparently both habitual and condoned
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My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched.
September 21, 2026 at 11:25 PM
My Rage Against the Machine/Les Mis mashup is complete. This is my interpretation of the quilt guild’s summer challenge “quilt with your interpretation and/or feelings towards our current ‘democracy’” all hand stitched.
Last week I made a silly little thing: a tiny embroidery of the snail-cat or snat from the Maastricht Hours, which I put in a pocket watch case I happened to have lying around*.
*crafter problems
*crafter problems
September 20, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Last week I made a silly little thing: a tiny embroidery of the snail-cat or snat from the Maastricht Hours, which I put in a pocket watch case I happened to have lying around*.
*crafter problems
*crafter problems
“Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone”
Sorry, how are we living in the timeline where this is an actual headline? Stop the world, I want to get off.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sorry, how are we living in the timeline where this is an actual headline? Stop the world, I want to get off.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone
In text exchanges and conversations, multiple people who have worked for leading companies are sceptical of the warnings.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 20, 2026 at 7:22 AM
“Not all AI workers think the tech could kill everyone”
Sorry, how are we living in the timeline where this is an actual headline? Stop the world, I want to get off.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sorry, how are we living in the timeline where this is an actual headline? Stop the world, I want to get off.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
September 17, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
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Your 40s are for rage.
Your 20s are for believing everything is structural and your 30s are for learning that actually it's often just some guy or small group of guys (gender neutral)
September 16, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Your 40s are for rage.
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We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.
September 14, 2026 at 1:01 AM
We are not going to get out of the fascism problem by accepting just enough fascism to turn the heads of the fascism-curious.
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It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
September 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
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Your occasional reminder that performative sneering at whole genres of fiction is not a sign of intelligence, nor is performative misery a sign of superior talent. Read what brings you joy. No-one else gets to decide or to control what that means to you.
September 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Your occasional reminder that performative sneering at whole genres of fiction is not a sign of intelligence, nor is performative misery a sign of superior talent. Read what brings you joy. No-one else gets to decide or to control what that means to you.
Ugh I have to spend time today with someone who blanks me because he doesn’t really believe in mental or chronic illnesses. How dare I have my life ruined by covid, it’s such an inconvenience for him.
UGH.
UGH.
September 13, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Ugh I have to spend time today with someone who blanks me because he doesn’t really believe in mental or chronic illnesses. How dare I have my life ruined by covid, it’s such an inconvenience for him.
UGH.
UGH.
I’m finding it harder and harder just to exist in the world. I’m in constant despair over the rise of the far-right, AI, transphobia, misogyny, all the things that just make the world worse.
September 12, 2026 at 7:17 AM
I’m finding it harder and harder just to exist in the world. I’m in constant despair over the rise of the far-right, AI, transphobia, misogyny, all the things that just make the world worse.
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Reminder that AI is the tool of fascism.
September 11, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Reminder that AI is the tool of fascism.
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If someone who loves you has ever grown or cooked something delicious for you you have known contentment that is as far out of Elon Musk's reach as his wealth is of yours.
September 8, 2026 at 1:53 AM
If someone who loves you has ever grown or cooked something delicious for you you have known contentment that is as far out of Elon Musk's reach as his wealth is of yours.
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Unarrested fascists on the street only ever leads to more fascists on the streets and things being set on fire.
September 5, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Unarrested fascists on the street only ever leads to more fascists on the streets and things being set on fire.
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#cymru #wales
If you're skeptical about what these two Welsh farmers are alleged to have done over the weekend according to this AI translation, an alternative translation is in the alt-text.
h/t Hywel Mallett @[email protected]
If you're skeptical about what these two Welsh farmers are alleged to have done over the weekend according to this AI translation, an alternative translation is in the alt-text.
h/t Hywel Mallett @[email protected]
September 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
#cymru #wales
If you're skeptical about what these two Welsh farmers are alleged to have done over the weekend according to this AI translation, an alternative translation is in the alt-text.
h/t Hywel Mallett @[email protected]
If you're skeptical about what these two Welsh farmers are alleged to have done over the weekend according to this AI translation, an alternative translation is in the alt-text.
h/t Hywel Mallett @[email protected]
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Where did this idiotic idea that the Anglo-Saxons were pagan right up to the Conquest come from? Or, for that matter, that the Normans conquered “Britain.”
Today's BBC radio drama about the Bayeux Tapestry sounds arrestingly original.
September 3, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Where did this idiotic idea that the Anglo-Saxons were pagan right up to the Conquest come from? Or, for that matter, that the Normans conquered “Britain.”
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“In other adaptations, Scrooge is kind of an asshole, and then the rest of the characters are benevolent, perfect people. And it was really our goal to try to balance that out to say that there’s much more of a gray area in the story,”
Oh my god. They're "both sides-ing" A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Oh my god. They're "both sides-ing" A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
The film, which stars Johnny Depp, will try to find the "gray area" in A Christmas Carol. www.avclub.com/scrooge-gray...
Ti West's Ebenezer will ponder whether Scrooge had a point, actually
Ti West's Ebenezer will ponder whether Scrooge had a point, actually
www.avclub.com
August 31, 2026 at 9:12 PM
“In other adaptations, Scrooge is kind of an asshole, and then the rest of the characters are benevolent, perfect people. And it was really our goal to try to balance that out to say that there’s much more of a gray area in the story,”
Oh my god. They're "both sides-ing" A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
Oh my god. They're "both sides-ing" A CHRISTMAS CAROL.
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New from @vantortech.bsky.social. Absolutely astonishing images of the China-Nepal Gyirong Port/Rasuwagadhi border post.
Literally nothing is left.
(Before 19 April, After 27 Aug)
Literally nothing is left.
(Before 19 April, After 27 Aug)
August 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
New from @vantortech.bsky.social. Absolutely astonishing images of the China-Nepal Gyirong Port/Rasuwagadhi border post.
Literally nothing is left.
(Before 19 April, After 27 Aug)
Literally nothing is left.
(Before 19 April, After 27 Aug)
