Jessica Smith 🏳️🌈
@mintopia.net
Software Architect, Freelance network, broadcast and event engineer. Ask me about LanCache! ADHD. She/Her 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
Also on Fediverse @[email protected]
Also on Fediverse @[email protected]
100% this. If any of the UK political parties are listening?
No, I won't tactically vote for Labour to prevent Reform; not while my rights are being stripped by them.
No, I won't tactically vote for Labour to prevent Reform; not while my rights are being stripped by them.
September 15, 2026 at 11:39 AM
100% this. If any of the UK political parties are listening?
No, I won't tactically vote for Labour to prevent Reform; not while my rights are being stripped by them.
No, I won't tactically vote for Labour to prevent Reform; not while my rights are being stripped by them.
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The phrase "dignity & respect" is weaponised hate speech against trans + people.
If you use it, you're a transphobe.
If you use it, you're a transphobe.
September 14, 2026 at 10:38 AM
The phrase "dignity & respect" is weaponised hate speech against trans + people.
If you use it, you're a transphobe.
If you use it, you're a transphobe.
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guys the UK gender clinics -𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪- required trans people to use the facilities for their target sex, for two years, before they were given any access to healthcare.
rationale is not where these people go looking for answers. it is solely about their bigoted priors. everything comes after that.
rationale is not where these people go looking for answers. it is solely about their bigoted priors. everything comes after that.
It's a day ending in a 'y' and we're back to gender cranks rewriting history again. I came out first in 1989, I've been using appropriate spaces since the 1990s, I had friends who transitioned in the 1970s, April Ashley transitioned in the 50s, there is a very long list
September 14, 2026 at 9:37 AM
guys the UK gender clinics -𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕪- required trans people to use the facilities for their target sex, for two years, before they were given any access to healthcare.
rationale is not where these people go looking for answers. it is solely about their bigoted priors. everything comes after that.
rationale is not where these people go looking for answers. it is solely about their bigoted priors. everything comes after that.
I’m not against AI for software dev, it’s here and that’s not changing but as a maintainer of a large (but niche) open source project, I wish people would stop submitting issues and comments written by AI.
If you can’t be bothered to write the post yourself, I can’t be bothered to read it.
If you can’t be bothered to write the post yourself, I can’t be bothered to read it.
September 7, 2026 at 8:53 AM
I’m not against AI for software dev, it’s here and that’s not changing but as a maintainer of a large (but niche) open source project, I wish people would stop submitting issues and comments written by AI.
If you can’t be bothered to write the post yourself, I can’t be bothered to read it.
If you can’t be bothered to write the post yourself, I can’t be bothered to read it.
I felt more seen by this episode than any others. Absolutely amazing episode even if it did seem to strategically target me in quite a few places!
Tissues at the ready #ROBOTcar gang. Chapter Seven, the penultimate episode of season one, is out now.
The team members each have to face an individual test to fight their way out of Pix’s paracosm and things get HAIRY (Wilder).
The team members each have to face an individual test to fight their way out of Pix’s paracosm and things get HAIRY (Wilder).
Chapter Seven – Deeply Ironic Monsters
It’s a Superpower?? is an immersive audio experience and is best enjoyed with headphones. Tired of the New Dawns’ constant bellyaching, Pix transports the gang to her paracosm, where a host of fearsom...
thedailytism.com
September 7, 2026 at 8:47 AM
I felt more seen by this episode than any others. Absolutely amazing episode even if it did seem to strategically target me in quite a few places!
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Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.
September 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Somewhere in England, a tired man turns off Channel 4 news and wearily puts on a bin.
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People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
August 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.
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Richard Ayoade is a big transphobe
September 4, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Richard Ayoade is a big transphobe
People can change. In 2005, someone came out as trans in the community I was in, and they were more-or-less pushed out.
One of the people there was threatening violence against her if she ever went into the same toilets as his wife. I stopped talking to him and retreated deep into the closet.
1/3
One of the people there was threatening violence against her if she ever went into the same toilets as his wife. I stopped talking to him and retreated deep into the closet.
1/3
Whenever a beloved celebrity dies, I check to make sure they weren’t transphobic.
Gloria Steinem went from Transsexual Empire-inspired transphobia in the 70s to full support in later life.
Heroes change their opinions when they realize they’re wrong.
www.transgendermap.com/issues/topic...
Gloria Steinem went from Transsexual Empire-inspired transphobia in the 70s to full support in later life.
Heroes change their opinions when they realize they’re wrong.
www.transgendermap.com/issues/topic...
September 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
People can change. In 2005, someone came out as trans in the community I was in, and they were more-or-less pushed out.
One of the people there was threatening violence against her if she ever went into the same toilets as his wife. I stopped talking to him and retreated deep into the closet.
1/3
One of the people there was threatening violence against her if she ever went into the same toilets as his wife. I stopped talking to him and retreated deep into the closet.
1/3
+1 here for starting with Guards! Guards!
You can't go wrong with Mort either.
You can't go wrong with Mort either.
I suggest beginning your journey in Discworld with The Truth, Going Postal, or Guards! Guards!”
- Brandon Sanderson
3/3
- Brandon Sanderson
3/3
September 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
+1 here for starting with Guards! Guards!
You can't go wrong with Mort either.
You can't go wrong with Mort either.
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Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.
September 2, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Wile E. Coyote is doing a reddit AMA right now for Coyote vs ACME and strictly answering through signs, and it's genius.
Meanwhile the tone of this post about menopausal/peri-menopausal women struggling to access testosterone is completely different.
If this was for trans people, the doctor quoted in the article would be reported to the GMC, investigated and forced to leave the country.
If this was for trans people, the doctor quoted in the article would be reported to the GMC, investigated and forced to leave the country.
More appalling behaviour from the BBC. ⬇️
A trans person interviewed about their horrific experience having their surgery cancelled whilst in the hospital described as 'biologically female'.
And then half the article devoted to praising the work of an unemployed transphobe.
🗣️ DEFUND THE BBC 🗣️
A trans person interviewed about their horrific experience having their surgery cancelled whilst in the hospital described as 'biologically female'.
And then half the article devoted to praising the work of an unemployed transphobe.
🗣️ DEFUND THE BBC 🗣️
Welsh Gender Service: Transgender patients told surgery cancelled in hospital
One patient said they were "heartbroken" after being told their surgery was called off 24 hours before.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Meanwhile the tone of this post about menopausal/peri-menopausal women struggling to access testosterone is completely different.
If this was for trans people, the doctor quoted in the article would be reported to the GMC, investigated and forced to leave the country.
If this was for trans people, the doctor quoted in the article would be reported to the GMC, investigated and forced to leave the country.
I will always choose a place with a hand written sign, blackboard, old peeling vinyl or plastic stuck to a light box or letters pinned into a board, written in blood on velum or just printed out in Times New Roman over a place using an AI menu or sign.
It really pisses me off how many small businesses, food trucks, etc, get defensive around their AI posters and menus, saying they can't afford graphic designers or whatever. But where was this problem 2 years ago? It takes more time than just using a photo and writing a caption with marker pen?
September 1, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I will always choose a place with a hand written sign, blackboard, old peeling vinyl or plastic stuck to a light box or letters pinned into a board, written in blood on velum or just printed out in Times New Roman over a place using an AI menu or sign.
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I hate quote posts but, literally a locked door labeled "inclusive" with symbols representing two different minority groups is something only the UK could conjure up
Encountered my first one of these in the UK
And I can’t say this clearly enough
“No. Fuck off”
And I can’t say this clearly enough
“No. Fuck off”
August 31, 2026 at 11:10 AM
I hate quote posts but, literally a locked door labeled "inclusive" with symbols representing two different minority groups is something only the UK could conjure up
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Did they shut down the neonatal unit and conduct an “independent review” without a timeframe or a roadmap when Lucy Letby was killing babies?
If not, what warranted the drastic measure suspending Wales's gender-affirming surgery referral service?
If not, what warranted the drastic measure suspending Wales's gender-affirming surgery referral service?
August 30, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Did they shut down the neonatal unit and conduct an “independent review” without a timeframe or a roadmap when Lucy Letby was killing babies?
If not, what warranted the drastic measure suspending Wales's gender-affirming surgery referral service?
If not, what warranted the drastic measure suspending Wales's gender-affirming surgery referral service?
Much like The Bursar in Discworld, all LLMs hallucinate, it's how they work.
The trick is to make them hallucinate the correct thing.
Time to make a new skill for Claude, `/dried-frog-pills`.
The trick is to make them hallucinate the correct thing.
Time to make a new skill for Claude, `/dried-frog-pills`.
August 29, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Much like The Bursar in Discworld, all LLMs hallucinate, it's how they work.
The trick is to make them hallucinate the correct thing.
Time to make a new skill for Claude, `/dried-frog-pills`.
The trick is to make them hallucinate the correct thing.
Time to make a new skill for Claude, `/dried-frog-pills`.
Oh wow. Going to apply this to Christmas dinner this year.
I assume it was ignored because most people don't write recipes in Excel spreadsheets.
August 29, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Oh wow. Going to apply this to Christmas dinner this year.
A librarian reads a book.
Make your favorite film sound as boring as possible without giving away the title:
A chief technology officer is worried about keeping his spreadsheets private.
A chief technology officer is worried about keeping his spreadsheets private.
August 28, 2026 at 11:37 PM
A librarian reads a book.
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I have never seen a moral panic grip a country so quickly or thoroughly
The Welsh Gender Service has now released a statement regarding the cancellation of all surgeries:
'We have been asked to immediately pause referrals from the WGS for gender affirming surgery and existing scheduled surgeries while further independent clinical review work is carried out.'
'We have been asked to immediately pause referrals from the WGS for gender affirming surgery and existing scheduled surgeries while further independent clinical review work is carried out.'
August 28, 2026 at 10:05 PM
I have never seen a moral panic grip a country so quickly or thoroughly
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Has the Welsh NHS prioritised surgery for service users who have been on the waiting list for a long time to cut down the waiting list, so they can meet the LEGAL REQUIREMENT of seeing new referrals within 6 weeks? Scandalous!!!
Let’s investigate them for not defrauding public funds.
Let’s investigate them for not defrauding public funds.
With whats happened in Wales we really are now at the point where the moral panic can shut down transition care full stop cause of the “scandal” that transition happens, at all.
August 28, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Has the Welsh NHS prioritised surgery for service users who have been on the waiting list for a long time to cut down the waiting list, so they can meet the LEGAL REQUIREMENT of seeing new referrals within 6 weeks? Scandalous!!!
Let’s investigate them for not defrauding public funds.
Let’s investigate them for not defrauding public funds.
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AIUI the people affected were sent the phone number of The Samaritans.
So … yeah. That’s an entire look.
So … yeah. That’s an entire look.
August 28, 2026 at 6:36 PM
AIUI the people affected were sent the phone number of The Samaritans.
So … yeah. That’s an entire look.
So … yeah. That’s an entire look.
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NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre!
Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation.
Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation.
🚨🆕 @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com can reveal that the NHS has cancelled all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of the Welsh Gender Service
Some trans patients received the news just days or even hours before they were due to take place 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-cancels-...
Some trans patients received the news just days or even hours before they were due to take place 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-cancels-...
NHS cancels all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of Welsh Gender Service with immediate effect
Some trans patients received news their surgeries had been cancelled just days or even hours before they were due to take place
www.wearequeeraf.com
August 28, 2026 at 4:17 PM
NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre!
Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation.
Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation.
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I still hold, btw, that whatever happens will end with Charlotte on the throne.
I've got 4k hours in Crusader Kings 3. I can spot when someone is already planning a "hunting accident" or two. it's in the eyes.
I've got 4k hours in Crusader Kings 3. I can spot when someone is already planning a "hunting accident" or two. it's in the eyes.
August 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I still hold, btw, that whatever happens will end with Charlotte on the throne.
I've got 4k hours in Crusader Kings 3. I can spot when someone is already planning a "hunting accident" or two. it's in the eyes.
I've got 4k hours in Crusader Kings 3. I can spot when someone is already planning a "hunting accident" or two. it's in the eyes.