I'm not sure my French is good enough to understand the full subtleties of Libé's review of the Michael Jackson biopic

An article in the Times today by Kathleen Stock in which she claims, incorrectly, that ‘when the gay rights cause first got going, the ideal was toleration’.

To correct the record:
The gay rights movement I was a part of in the 1980s and 90s was not aiming for ‘toleration’.
Mere acceptance was not enough.
How would that help the isolated queer kid?
No. We wanted that child to know they would be loved and celebrated just as they were.

Decorative promotional image for the TVCE x BIGS symposium event with a Trans Flag filter. Overlaid bold white text reads 'Open Call for July Symposium 2026.' In the background is a lively campus scene with people sitting and walking outside featuring Birkbeck, University of London. Branding logos for Birkbeck and the TVCE are at the bottom of the image.

Symposium 2026 OPEN CALL
Theme: Existing Otherwise.
Inviting proposals exploring transdisciplinary and intersectional approaches to Trans+ research and practice. Hosted at Birkbeck University of London.

More information: tvce.cargo.site/existing-oth...

🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #EduSky #EdChat #Trans #LGBTQ

product image from amazon where one of the answers is "to be fully transparent as an AI"

Help I found this journal on amazon and the prompts in the image were clearly filled out by AI

I’ve been shouting about HowTheLightsGetIn for years, and yet philosophers I have respected or known have continued to present, headlining alongside the likes of Curtis Yarvin and extreme anti-trans propagandists. It’s a biannual reaction-normalisation machine

The Lovecraft Investigations podcast: excellent audio drama (also on BBC Sounds, if you have it). S1 - Charles Dexter Ward, S2 - Whisperer in the Darkness, S3 - Shadow Over Innsmouth, S4 - Haunter of the Dark. Then sign up to back this.

A mannequin is dismantled ‘neath a sign reading “looks we love” near the entrance of a Macy’s

Looks we love

A Strange Phrase Keeps Turning Up in Scientific Papers, But Why? Earlier this year, scientists discovered a peculiar term appearing in published papers: "vegetative electron microscopy".

“Finding errors of this sort is not easy. Fixing them may be almost impossible.”

An image of a marten.

#marten #mustelid

an emoji thats likethis

they should invent an emoji thats like this

Alex says "well, economy's fucked. Time to start camming." She asks herself "what's my niche?" She gets an idea. She has set up a sexual version of Cow Tools. Her friend says "I don't get it..."

Reminded of me of this post! bsky.app/profile/moh-...

*adjusts monocle*

An ad for bbwjobs.com but the letter spacing is extremely tight, so the second b look like an l and o instead.

keming. not even once.

Don't make us give you a shiny new one!!!!

Nooooo

“We know people of the past only through how others laid them to rest. In that sense, one is not born a woman, but rather dies as one.”

Archaeologist Sabrina Autenrieth alchemyofthepast.bsky.social asks: what can Bronze Age burials tell us about sex, gender and identity?

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Petition: Require all think tanks to disclose their donors, funding, and media spending Research bodies and representation of specialist interests is important when making policy. However, think tanks go beyond merely brainstorming ideas and presenting data and arguments. They can push s...

And the way they spin the media and government...

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...

"The reason British universities spend so much to attract international students is simple: if they were to rely solely on home students, they would go bust."

mods are asleep post camera falling out of plane and landing in a pig pen to be licked by a pig

HASTINGS: I say, Poirot, this vial’s labeled “hyaluronic acid”! Is it a poison?
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: Non, mon ami. This acid, it replenishes the skin’s barrier naturale
HASTINGS: So this is a gal who takes care of her skin.
SKINCARE HERCULE POIROT: *irritated* The gentleman may use it as well

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

We are hiring sign in window

📢New funded PhD available!📢 led by Professor Peter Vickerman and Dr Jack Stone.
Modelling the impact of homelessness and related social exclusions on health in the UK
More➡️ tinyurl.com/33tnjujc
@bristoluni.bsky.social

First Detection of Exoplanetary Cannabinoids: Evidence for THC and CBD in the Atmosphere of K2-18b We report the first unambiguous detection of cannabinoid molecules in an exoplanetary atmosphere. Using 420 hours of JWST observations combining NIRSpec and MIRI instruments, we identify spectroscopic...

arxiv.org/abs/2603.29700
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Under the new Crime & Policing Bill drs will have to report all sexual relationships between under 16s and 18+ to police & social services. This will destroy trust & deter young patients from seeking sexual health advice. It'll be harder to help vulnerable teens because they will stop talking to us.

This iron age man buried in Sussex was so proud of his awesome helmet that he developed an archaeologically detectable neck injury from wearing it so often.

The great care home cash grab: how private equity turned vulnerable elderly people into human ATMs When did care homes come to be seen as recession-proof investments? And who pays the price?

When private equity takes over a care home, deaths at the home rise by an average of 11%. When the private equity company is leveraged more than 75% in debt, the deaths double

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Felines Against Fascism are joining today's protest. #NoKings