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Force the government to rip up the EHRC’s transphobic guidance

It’s been a year since the Supreme Court's decision that accelerated the rollback of trans rights in the UK. It’s been a difficult year, but it’s also been a year of coming together and fighting back. And it’s working. Our people power just forced the government to admit the EHRC’s transphobic draft guidance got it wrong, and they’ve had to send it back to the drawing board. But the fight is far from over. The government plan to bring an updated version back to parliament in May. So we need to act – fast.

Good Law Project

Chris McCabe 3h ago

Karin's Art 5h ago

Here is another pet portrait I finished last year of a cheerful boston terrier mix! Painted in Krita. 1/3

#PetPortrait #DogsOfMastodon #ArtCommissions #AnimalArtwork #DigitalPainting #Krita

Chris McCabe 3h ago

Randahl Fink 15h ago

This touched my heart:

When the world finally had enough of Trump's threats to take Greenland in January, about a dozen countries sent troops to protect the island.

Even Iceland — a country of just 400,000 people — sent their coast guard because "Fokk honum!".

Icelanders are the best! 🇮🇸♥️

Chris McCabe 3h ago

mhoye 22h ago

Age verification is a deliberate attack on system sovereignty, both for individuals and countries. There’s no “age verifcation”, there is only “identity verification that includes age”, and the system doing that verification is not just a privacy-invasive user tracking system but a remotely controlled off switch for anyone of any age.

Chris McCabe 3h ago

Aral Balkan 3h ago

“Why can’t he just arm a foreign genocide like the last guy?” https://mastodon.social/@AlSweigart/116410956514666667

Chris McCabe 3h ago

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mhoye 21h ago

There is nothing special about “age” as a differentiator. It’s just a data point, a condition and a branch. And if a system exists that can start from some condition of your identity and decide that you don’t get to use a computer today - meaning, talk to your friends or employer or read the news or get medical information or, you know, _participate in society_, then that system can use _any_ data to make that decision. Age, gender, race, credit rating, anything about you and anyone like you.

Chris McCabe 3h ago

Chuck Darwin 6h ago

“It’s a new regime,” Trump said in a Fox Business interview that aired on Wednesday,
referring to Iran’s new leaders.

“We find them pretty reasonable to be honest with you, by comparison pretty reasonable.”

It was the latest instance of Trump’s trying to spin a “regime change” accomplishment in Iran,

even though analysts believe the war may have only increased the internal sway of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
-- the hard-line military force that has long been a major player in Iran’s politics and economy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/us/politics/trump-iran-war.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Trump’s Portrayal of the War in Iran Collides With Reality

President Trump is confronting a crisis that is not bending to his narrative of a “pretty reasonable” new regime in Iran and all-but-assured victory for the United States.

The New York Times

Chris McCabe 15h ago

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Nicole Parsons 16h ago

@randahl

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"JD Vance announces support for Putin's invasion of Europe."

Ukraine is thwarting Putin's plans to keep his captive fossil fuel markets in line in the EU.

Republicans are so heavily invested in preventing an utterly necessary fossil fuel phase out, they'll support petrostate dictatorships everywhere.

Ukraine will get its territory back again & ditch that corrupt minerals deal with Ron Lauder.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/01/10/from-mar-a-lago-to-kirovohrad-trump-friend-who-pitched-buying-greenland-now-gets-ukraines-lithium-maps/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/ronald-lauder-billionaire-donor-donald-trump-ukraine-greenland

From Mar-a-Lago to Kirovohrad: Trump friend who pitched buying Greenland now gets Ukraine’s lithium (MAPS) - Euromaidan Press

Ronald Lauder’s consortium secured rights to develop Kirovohrad Oblast's Dobra field, one of Ukraine’s largest lithium reserves, under a deal backed by Kyiv’s bid for closer US business ties, NYT reports.

Euromaidan Press

Chris McCabe 15h ago

Thom, exceedingly pure 19h ago

A massive sperm whale died and beached in The Netherlands, and as is common, it's going to be dissected and studied to determine its origins and cause of death. Apparently, all such studies are led by a single woman. Her name sounded familiar, and then it hit me.

Turns out that woman is a former colleague I used to work with when I worked at the hardware store like 20 years ago. Even back then, when she was like 16 or so, she wanted to be a marine biologist. She was very passionate about it.

Good on her for following her dream. What a small world. 😄

Chris McCabe 15h ago