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Oxford-based software engineer, amateur pilot, and singer. He/him or they/them.

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If you bought into the "won't someone PLEASE think of the children" narrative for even a second, you're an idiot and I fucking hate your guts. This was never about kids. Trans people have been saying that since the start. The goal is to slowly legislate trans people out of public life.

10.03.2026 22:24 πŸ‘ 314 πŸ” 121 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Hey’ came before β€˜hi,’ and β€˜hi' came before β€˜hello.’

β€˜Hi’ is most likely a variant of β€˜hey.’

β€˜Hello’ is not related to either.

Goodbye.

10.03.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 6455 πŸ” 1187 πŸ’¬ 239 πŸ“Œ 155
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Ncuti Gatwa's acclaimed theatre run of beloved classic play is set to stream for free Alongside Gatwa, the play stars Sharon D Clarke, Ronkẹ Adékọluẹ́jọ́, Eliza Scanlen and Hugh Skinner.

quick reminder that NT's production of The Importance of Being Earnest, starring human ray of sunshine Ncuti Gatwa, will be streaming FOR FREE on YouTube this weekend

www.radiotimes.com/movies/ncuti...

10.03.2026 13:25 πŸ‘ 1697 πŸ” 1028 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 136
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Today, we're publishing Don't Steal This Book - a (mostly) empty book from almost 10,000 authors, protesting the theft of their work by AI companies.

🧡 1/3

10.03.2026 08:02 πŸ‘ 386 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 10

They never ask the question of the evidence of harms from withholding treatment. Despite the fact they found no evidence of harms from HRT. Wihtholding treatment from a population like this is not a neutral act, it is an intervention in and of itself. One that has no basis in medicine.

09.03.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 544 πŸ” 60 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

The reviews used to justify this excluded nearly 97% of all studies from inclusion in their analysis. This is an absolutely obscene hatchet job by the NHS specifically created to eliminate access to hormones for trans youth.

09.03.2026 20:19 πŸ‘ 2560 πŸ” 841 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 52
Waste collection and recycling is done by city and district councils.

Waste collection and recycling is done by city and district councils.

Send us your leaflets! We'd love to know what claims candidates are making while standing for public office. Are the parties' claims consistent across wards? Are they achievable? Do they even relate to the council for which they are standing?
We'll write it if you send us the leaflets. Email in bio.

09.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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a potato is being held up in a room with the words oh hi how are you holding up Alt: Clip from the game Portal 2. GLADoS in potato-powered form is falling down a lift shaft and saying "Oh, hi. How are you holding up? Because I'm a potato."

Stagecoach announcing a new logo/livery: "You’re Not Just Customers. You’re Oxford Tubers."

09.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When everyone talked about quitting tech and becoming farmers that was not what we meant

19.02.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 387 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
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TikTok hit with charges of breaching EU online content rules, app may have to change Social media app TikTok was charged by EU tech regulators on Friday with breaching EU online content rules through its addictive features and was told that it may have to change the design of its app ...

I think the European Union just killed off the concept of the infinite scroll (and with it, most apps that you use on a daily basis) www.reuters.com/business/med...

06.02.2026 11:22 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6
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An attempt to disconnect our gas connection earlier todayπŸ‘‡
SSE Airtricity’s AI chatbot is going a little out of scope 😬

06.02.2026 13:04 πŸ‘ 646 πŸ” 212 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 21
Screenshot from O.M.A.'s newsletter showing the numbers of food parcels delivered (10951), households supported (783), equating to 2406 unique people, which is 1.5% of the city's population. 885 of this are under 12s

Screenshot from O.M.A.'s newsletter showing the numbers of food parcels delivered (10951), households supported (783), equating to 2406 unique people, which is 1.5% of the city's population. 885 of this are under 12s

Screenshot from O.M.A. newsletter - over 150 drivers and bikers made over 1000 delivery trips, more than 500 volunteers spent over 4500 hours packing parcels

Screenshot from O.M.A. newsletter - over 150 drivers and bikers made over 1000 delivery trips, more than 500 volunteers spent over 4500 hours packing parcels

Oxford Mutual Aid (O.M.A.) have tallied up their 2025 in their latest newsletter: With the help of more than 500 volunteers, they packed and delivered more than 10,000 food parcels in Oxford last year. An eye-opening 885 of their more than food parcel recipients were children under 12.

14.01.2026 16:53 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
An off-brand Lego model of Terry Pratchett's Discworld

An off-brand Lego model of Terry Pratchett's Discworld

Got meself a wee project which took up my whole evening, I think people call this kind of thing a "timeline cleanse"?

14.01.2026 23:45 πŸ‘ 722 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 10

how many very large and long term studies have there been on this now, that everyone who's "just concerned" is free to ignore? but their feelings are all that ever matters, over any number of lives

14.01.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Luckily VPNs haven't been invented.

15.01.2026 07:59 πŸ‘ 651 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 10
A screenshot from DPD. It says "When our driver arrived we were advised the items were not ready for collection"

A screenshot from DPD. It says "When our driver arrived we were advised the items were not ready for collection"

DPD, Undefeated international Knock Down Ginger champions, 1977-2026.

15.01.2026 12:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A genuinely appalling response from the BBC, arrogantly contemptuous of the legal detail in favour of whatever misleading narrative their 'gender critical' friends have peddled them over lunch.

15.01.2026 11:35 πŸ‘ 351 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

The labour government folks

Peaceful protest is against the law

Genocide is fine

Animal cruelty is fine

If you do those youll be fine

Protest against those, you are going to prison

15.01.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 72 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you CNN for pointing out that everyone opposed to this regime has normal, pro-social links to the organizations that make up a liveable society where you can do normal shit.
Next article you can talk about how the vice president, by contrast, is in nazi groupchats with minors

14.01.2026 06:37 πŸ‘ 4458 πŸ” 892 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 5
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This dude is intense and correct

15.01.2026 09:05 πŸ‘ 9219 πŸ” 2960 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 369

It's depressing how much UK political messaging relies, not on promising better services, but by planting the suspicion that someone, somewhere, is getting something you didn't. We're told to expect next to nothing from the state, to the extent that supporting vulnerable children is framed as theft.

11.01.2026 12:19 πŸ‘ 232 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

i beg people who use computers to actually understand how computers work. a survey opened in chrome cannot grab your account from the discord client.

the survey was legitimate, hosted by discord's customer experience platform, connected to their official internal SSO portal. it was a real survey.

11.01.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 379 πŸ” 182 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0

Banning X would have loads of upsides and really not many downsides for the government. The argument for shutting it down (distribution of CSAM) is incontrovertible, the people who are its most avid users hate the government anyway, and it would address threats to social cohesion and public order.

09.01.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 550 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 7
Text only graphic reads: "Have you worked for Squid Game: The Experience? If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at pmpp@equity.org.uk. We have concerns that you may have been denied your basic employment rights and you could therefore be owed a significant amount of money" The text is in lilac on a dark purple background.

Text only graphic reads: "Have you worked for Squid Game: The Experience? If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at pmpp@equity.org.uk. We have concerns that you may have been denied your basic employment rights and you could therefore be owed a significant amount of money" The text is in lilac on a dark purple background.

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If you are an Equity member who was recently engaged as a performer or stage management on Squid Game: The Experience by Luna Cinema/Luna Entertainment, please contact Equity with a copy of your contract at pmpp@equity.org.uk

05.01.2026 12:38 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 151 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 9

Oh good. More time for gambling adverts.

05.01.2026 09:46 πŸ‘ 187 πŸ” 44 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 0

i made a helpful reference

24.09.2025 15:23 πŸ‘ 7083 πŸ” 2925 πŸ’¬ 74 πŸ“Œ 199
A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video

A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video

A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video

A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video

A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video

A screenshot from Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give you up music video

A photograph of the seminary gym in knives out. It has the same window.

A photograph of the seminary gym in knives out. It has the same window.

Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.

I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.

29.12.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 29042 πŸ” 7350 πŸ’¬ 430 πŸ“Œ 529

Louder for the people in the back: parents are not forcing trans identities onto kids. There is no trans 'epidemic'.

We have fought to make it a bit less terrifying for kids to tell their parents they're trans.

That's the difference. That's the only difference.

Trans kids have always been trans.

29.12.2025 11:36 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

it will never stop being funny that this post *still* gets new people to discover or remember the game

29.12.2025 10:50 πŸ‘ 2279 πŸ” 539 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 5