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Reluctant nurse, sometime actor, writer. Dad, Star Trek fan, kinda poly, definitely bi, definitely exists.

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A reminder that fascism thrives when people choose to sacrifice the weaker, and that people that might otherwise be sensible and kind but do step over that line will blame anyone but themselves to soothe their conscience when fascism does win.

28.02.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 523 πŸ” 107 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

The thing about the U.S. and Israel is that both of their leaders are trying to stay out of prison.

28.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 11168 πŸ” 3348 πŸ’¬ 313 πŸ“Œ 184

The only reason we are alive to debate this is because Stanislav Petrov decided not to trust a computer.

28.02.2026 20:13 πŸ‘ 498 πŸ” 189 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 10

Afraid I’ve never tackled TOS, and I rarely have the time for making costumes these days. Sorry.

28.02.2026 08:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Traditional values’ and β€˜religious freedom’ used to erode human rights – Freedom of Thought Report Authoritarian governments are eroding the human rights of minority groups, including the non-religious, women, and LGBT+ people, under the guise of defending β€˜traditional values’ and β€˜religious freedo...

The latest @humanists.bsky.social Freedom of Thought Report highlights a growing, global trend of 'traditional values' & 'religious freedom' being weaponised against the rights of humanists, the non-religious, religious minorities as well as women & LGBT+ people globally. Invaluable resource.

27.02.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 31 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
4 frame comic. a street journalist, off frame, asks someone with long hair exiting the subway : miss! do you think
it's fair for biological
female athletes to be
forced to compete with
transgenders?
she replies :
that's not a question. every
year, new studies show that
trans women have no inherent
athletic advantages over cis
women. science and research
have settled this already.*
*a meta-study published this month in the
british journal of sports medicine reviewed 52
studies with 5252 trans athlete participants.
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/3/198
what's unfair is how female
athletes, cis or trans, must
endure constant, unrestrained
sexual misconduct throughout
their formative years to simply
get a shot at competing
at an elite level.
just last month, a report*
showed that 88% of surveyed
u.k. elite athletes of the int'l
women's sports collective
reported sexual misconduct,
and 40% reported sexual abuse.
93% of the time, perpetrators
were cis men.
*"Women’s experiences of sexual
misconduct working in UK elite sport,"
summary report by Lindsey Simpson, 2026

4 frame comic. a street journalist, off frame, asks someone with long hair exiting the subway : miss! do you think it's fair for biological female athletes to be forced to compete with transgenders? she replies : that's not a question. every year, new studies show that trans women have no inherent athletic advantages over cis women. science and research have settled this already.* *a meta-study published this month in the british journal of sports medicine reviewed 52 studies with 5252 trans athlete participants. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/60/3/198 what's unfair is how female athletes, cis or trans, must endure constant, unrestrained sexual misconduct throughout their formative years to simply get a shot at competing at an elite level. just last month, a report* showed that 88% of surveyed u.k. elite athletes of the int'l women's sports collective reported sexual misconduct, and 40% reported sexual abuse. 93% of the time, perpetrators were cis men. *"Women’s experiences of sexual misconduct working in UK elite sport," summary report by Lindsey Simpson, 2026

That's not a question.

15.02.2026 16:03 πŸ‘ 454 πŸ” 202 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6
β€˜STAR TREK' HAD A BLACK FLAG OFFICER 5 YEARS BEFORE THE US NAVY HAD A BLACK ADMIRAL

β€˜STAR TREK' HAD A BLACK FLAG OFFICER 5 YEARS BEFORE THE US NAVY HAD A BLACK ADMIRAL

15.02.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

If I speak.

15.02.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 190 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1
Screenshot of a BBC News article on a mobile webpage. The text says the vast majority of people in the middle of the debate were silent, while β€œpeople at the extremes” and media rhetoric had been β€œfrightening for young people,” according to a clinician. It adds that some trans rights activists had been β€œso strident” it made life more difficult for trans people trying to β€œlive under the radar,” and that people who believed no one should ever transition had β€œsimilarly made it difficult.” The BBC logo and menu icons appear at the top.

Screenshot of a BBC News article on a mobile webpage. The text says the vast majority of people in the middle of the debate were silent, while β€œpeople at the extremes” and media rhetoric had been β€œfrightening for young people,” according to a clinician. It adds that some trans rights activists had been β€œso strident” it made life more difficult for trans people trying to β€œlive under the radar,” and that people who believed no one should ever transition had β€œsimilarly made it difficult.” The BBC logo and menu icons appear at the top.

On one side, you have trans people asking to be left alone and maintain our access to health care. On the other, a bunch of people who believe we shouldn't exist. But Cass believes both sides are the same.

This whole interview is atrocious.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

15.02.2026 12:31 πŸ‘ 1529 πŸ” 302 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 12
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Ready? Go fast.

Very happy with the latest release from Fanhome. #StarTrekProdigy is near to my heart, so thrilled to add this lovely model to my collection. It will go very nicely with the Dauntless. :)

15.02.2026 16:12 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Because they’re looking for anything to complain about. Nothing will please these people.

15.02.2026 16:09 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t get it either.

15.02.2026 10:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I well remember people hating on TNG. Hell, in those early days I was one of them. I still see people who hate everything after TOS. People can be very scared of change.

15.02.2026 10:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You can just see news anchors tying themselves in knots trying to pretzel on their narrative. They don’t know what to do when someone talks the truth.

15.02.2026 10:06 πŸ‘ 242 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Paul Brand @ @PaulBrandITV .19m
X
Hugely concerning story about two of the country's best journalists. Westminster whispers are all too commonly used to silence quality reporting - they have my full sympathy.
Harry Yorke @HarryYorke1 β€’ 13h
@Gabriel_Pogrund and I were the subject of a disgraceful smear campaign β€”just for doing our jobs
I'm proud that The Sunday Times is calli...

Paul Brand @ @PaulBrandITV .19m X Hugely concerning story about two of the country's best journalists. Westminster whispers are all too commonly used to silence quality reporting - they have my full sympathy. Harry Yorke @HarryYorke1 β€’ 13h @Gabriel_Pogrund and I were the subject of a disgraceful smear campaign β€”just for doing our jobs I'm proud that The Sunday Times is calli...

Unbelievably infuriating that this is how these swine are finally going to deal with the long Labour ratfucking campaign in which *the same people* deliberately put their thumbs on the scales in a general election campaign.

15.02.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 289 πŸ” 73 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3

Accurate. I remember it well.

15.02.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Echoes. A Star Trek Fan Production Trailer (2026).
Echoes. A Star Trek Fan Production Trailer (2026). YouTube video by StarShipIntrepid

youtu.be/RlBrD-ruhJU?...

15.02.2026 10:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.

Decide. Who are you?

30.01.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 33934 πŸ” 9039 πŸ’¬ 1196 πŸ“Œ 345

Tonight, the President of the United States has launched an unconstitutional war of aggression, dooming another generation to spill their blood for oil, and lay waste to a sovereign nation.

I demand that Congress exercise its power, halt this conflict, and impeach this war criminal president.

03.01.2026 07:41 πŸ‘ 35473 πŸ” 9371 πŸ’¬ 780 πŸ“Œ 368

πŸ–– thanks to you and everyone on the team for all your work on this show. Looking forward to the final two seasons, but very sad it’s coming to an end.

20.12.2025 17:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The president hates democracy so much he mocks the murder of a cultural icon, and the many millions of Americans mourning him and hurting from this unspeakable tragedy, because that man dared to believe in democracy and use it to oppose him.

15.12.2025 16:49 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A wrong Grok post making up a white guy who stopped the Australian mass shooting.

A wrong Grok post making up a white guy who stopped the Australian mass shooting.

BBC
'Hero' who wrestled gun from Bondi shooter named as Ahmed al Ahmed
Emily Atkinson
Sun, December 14, 2025 at 1:06 p.m. CST
2 min read

A "hero" bystander who was filmed wrestling a gun from one of the Bondi Beach attackers has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed.

Video verified by the BBC showed Mr Ahmed run at the gunman and seize his weapon, before turning the gun round on him, forcing his retreat.

Mr Ahmed, a fruit shop owner and father of two, remains in hospital, where he has undergone surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family told 7News Australia.

BBC 'Hero' who wrestled gun from Bondi shooter named as Ahmed al Ahmed Emily Atkinson Sun, December 14, 2025 at 1:06 p.m. CST 2 min read A "hero" bystander who was filmed wrestling a gun from one of the Bondi Beach attackers has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed. Video verified by the BBC showed Mr Ahmed run at the gunman and seize his weapon, before turning the gun round on him, forcing his retreat. Mr Ahmed, a fruit shop owner and father of two, remains in hospital, where he has undergone surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family told 7News Australia.

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.

The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

14.12.2025 20:02 πŸ‘ 15668 πŸ” 5819 πŸ’¬ 278 πŸ“Œ 369
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Brown University Student Reflects On Her Second Mass Shooting: 'I'm Really Angry' β€” HuffPost β€œWe’re fed up with the current administration and Congress’ inaction.”

This administration does not care about our children’s safety.
We need to stop electing people who do nothing to protect their constituents.
You don’t have a 2nd Amendment if you are killed in a mass shooting.
#ProudBlue#Boices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/AqKs8JVweQ12...

14.12.2025 20:37 πŸ‘ 249 πŸ” 109 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4
4. I was hired by and paid directly
Epstein
by Mr.
from the years of 1991-2000
to attract
adolescent
women to attend these parties,
most of which
were held at what is known as the Wener
Mansion
located at 9 E. 71st St. in New York City.
5. In June, 1994 while performing my duties as a recruiter of adolescent women to attend Mr.
Epstein's
parties,
I met a
adolescent woman,
13-year-old
at the
Port
the Plaintiff in this matter,
Authority
in New York City who said that she
had come to New York City in the hope of starting modeling career.
6. I persuaded the Plaintiff to attend a series of parties of Mr. Epstein that took place during the summer of
1994. I told her that, if she would
join me
at the parties, she would be introduced
to people who could
get her into the modeling profession
and she
7.
would be paid for attending.
It was at these
series of parties that I
personally witnessed the Plaintiff being forced to perform various
sexual acts with Donald J.
Trump and
Mr. Epstein. Both Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein were
advised that she was 13 years old.
8. I personally witnessed four sexual encounters that the Plaintiff was forced to have with
Mr.
Trump during this period,
including
of these
encounters where Mr. Trump
the fourth forcibly
raped
her
despite her pleas to stop.
HOUSE OVERSIGHT 025937
Case 1:16-cv-04642 Document 1-2 Filed 06/20/16
Page 2 of 9.
I personally witnessed the one
occasion
where Mr. Trump forced the Plaintiff and a 12-year-old female
named pertorm oral
sex on Mr. Trump and
witnessed
his physical abuse of both minors

4. I was hired by and paid directly Epstein by Mr. from the years of 1991-2000 to attract adolescent women to attend these parties, most of which were held at what is known as the Wener Mansion located at 9 E. 71st St. in New York City. 5. In June, 1994 while performing my duties as a recruiter of adolescent women to attend Mr. Epstein's parties, I met a adolescent woman, 13-year-old at the Port the Plaintiff in this matter, Authority in New York City who said that she had come to New York City in the hope of starting modeling career. 6. I persuaded the Plaintiff to attend a series of parties of Mr. Epstein that took place during the summer of 1994. I told her that, if she would join me at the parties, she would be introduced to people who could get her into the modeling profession and she 7. would be paid for attending. It was at these series of parties that I personally witnessed the Plaintiff being forced to perform various sexual acts with Donald J. Trump and Mr. Epstein. Both Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein were advised that she was 13 years old. 8. I personally witnessed four sexual encounters that the Plaintiff was forced to have with Mr. Trump during this period, including of these encounters where Mr. Trump the fourth forcibly raped her despite her pleas to stop. HOUSE OVERSIGHT 025937 Case 1:16-cv-04642 Document 1-2 Filed 06/20/16 Page 2 of 9. I personally witnessed the one occasion where Mr. Trump forced the Plaintiff and a 12-year-old female named pertorm oral sex on Mr. Trump and witnessed his physical abuse of both minors

Reminder…you have a sexual predator in the WH. in this page from the House Oversight Committee, you’ll see that Diddy Rump is specifically named.
He, & all other predators & enablers deserve consequences.
Survivors deserve justice.
We the people deserve the truth. #ReleaseTheFiles

14.12.2025 20:20 πŸ‘ 741 πŸ” 545 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 36

Good guy without a gun.

14.12.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.

The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity.

14.12.2025 19:58 πŸ‘ 860 πŸ” 327 πŸ’¬ 64 πŸ“Œ 21
Cat paw print in a red brick wall.

Cat paw print in a red brick wall.

I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.

10.12.2025 16:07 πŸ‘ 3405 πŸ” 762 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 31
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Calling the press β€œfake news” is harmful. Calling them β€œseditious, perhaps even treasonous” for publishing reporting is something else entirely. Treason is a capital crime. Suggesting journalists should face it for exercising their First Amendment rights and doing their jobs is dangerous.

10.12.2025 22:10 πŸ‘ 12754 πŸ” 3277 πŸ’¬ 1139 πŸ“Œ 290

People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!

10.12.2025 18:57 πŸ‘ 25454 πŸ” 7738 πŸ’¬ 652 πŸ“Œ 288
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Trumplethinskin creates his own version of reality & then expects us to believe it as if we don't have eyes, ears or functioning brains.

#SAD 🀣

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