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A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny... Let's have it!

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  • Yrtree.me - it's still early days for me in the Fediverse, so bear with me

  • Blahaj.zone has defederated feddit.uk

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  • Address the comments or address the defederation?

    I was the Admin who was contacted by Ada and that is a mischaracterisation of what I said. Our rules still stand that we won't allow transphobia.

    Unfortunately, as the ruling on the interpretation of the law has recently changed, we are going to have to figure out how we approach this and that is going to require a consensus amongst the Admins, and an agreement on our wording going forward.

    This is going to take a bit for us to work out (although not too long, we're getting there, I have been active on Lemmy but I don't call the shots, and we need input from all Admins) and if, in the meantime, LBZ feel we aren't moving fast enough and they need to defederate from us then that is obviously their right.

  • Right-wing media generating hysteria over trans women running non-competitively in London Marathon

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  • I hear there will be a new cartoon out soon about it called Gendercats.

  • Britain's state-owned energy company will not be allowed to use solar panels linked to Chinese slave labour, under changes to government plans

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  • I live in hope that this will kickstart a solar panel industry here, rather than us just finding a developing country with cheap labour and lax laws.

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  • Following the ruling, J.K. Rowling, the world’s richest author and perhaps its most prominent transphobe, tweeted a photo of herself enjoying a cigar and a bourbon on her $15 million superyacht, toasting what she called “TERF VE Day,” in reference to the acronym “trans-exclusionary radical feminism” and the surrender of German military operations that heralded “Victory in Europe” 80 years ago. “I love it when a plan comes together,” Rowling added.

    She's become a Bond villain.

    Astonishingly, the ruling specifies that what it calls “women living in the male gender”—i.e., trans men, and cis women whose appearance is deemed masculine—“could also be excluded” alongside cis men, from women’s spaces. “Not being allowed into the mens by rule does not mean you have the right to go into the ladies,” clarified the leading anti-trans campaigner Maya Forstater; “That may seem unfair, but these are life choices people make. If you make extreme efforts to look like a man don’t be surprised if you are denied entrance to ladies.” Forstater’s comments underscore the ultimate goal of TERFs and other transphobes: to expunge trans people from public life.

    The mask slips there. Even amongst TERFs that has to be a minority opinion (right? Right?) as everyone has the right to go to the toilet, but it does demonstrate that some don't see this ruling as an end point but just a foot in the door. One of my arguments against the ruling (or the misinterpretation of it) was that trans men will be forced into women's toilets, changing rooms, etc and this would underline the absurdity of all of this and lead to push back against it, but it seems like some TERFs are already planning for that eventuality.

    And, again, who do they expect to police this? I spoke to the landlord of my local and he is pretty clear that everyone should use the toilet that best corresponds to the gender you look like, not necessarily from some high moral ground but because it causes the least fuss and bother.

  • Heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in plans to save households money

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  • This will be a welcome move if it let's people get better control of their energy. I think someone has posted on here about their smart home setup that allows them to monitor their green energy production and usage.

  • Heat pumps to be sold ‘smart-ready’ in plans to save households money

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  • My previous house was a Victorian semi that had cavity walls. I phoned up about a green grant to get it done (as people two doors down had) and they wouldn't believe me until they checked Google Earth. Had it surveyed and it would have needed a lot of preparation work to get into a condition that it could have been insulated. Ended moving and I am unsure what the new owners have done on that front - not flash enough to make their Instagram account about renovating the house which I have been advised not to read as they are horrible people with bad taste. Although I get the gist as it often gets commented on at parties, especially as a friend's brother-in-law did the bathrooms.

  • okmatewanker @feddit.uk
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    Dear Americans, THIS is what an election in a mature democracy looks like. Yours, The UK

  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Passenger plane forced into emergency landing after 'rabbit sucked into engine'

    www.standard.co.uk /news/world/united-airlines-plane-rabbit-edmonton-dover-flight-jet-emergency-landing-b1222930.html

  • ‘Honest folk are paying for this’: the fight against Britain’s billion-pound energy heist

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  • there are also online tutorials which have prompted amateurs to carry out DIY interventions, with disastrous consequences.

    You really can learn anything on YouTube.

  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    'World's first sperm race' to be held in Los Angeles

    www.upi.com /Odd_News/2025/04/17/Sperm-Racing-Los-Angeles-Hollywood-Palladium/1181744921463/

  • Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson says

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  • And who is going to police this?

    My understanding is that it isn't illegal for anyone to use any toilet and it is down to the establishment to decide who can go in what toilet. I've definitely been to theatres were women take over one of the gents. Also the gents in The Philharmonic pub in the middle of Liverpool is so splendid you can ask to be shown around no matter what you sex. I often lock both sets of toilets in my local if we have a late drink and that involves a quick check to make sure they are empty.

  • okmatewanker @feddit.uk
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    Moment angry shopper smashes megaphone of vegan activists berating customers for buying Easter lamb

    www.lbc.co.uk /news/uk/vegan-shopper-protest-megaphone/

  • Comprehensive nesting category system made on PieFeed

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  • Yep, they do a nice job of wiki integration. We definitely want something similar with Ibis.

  • Comprehensive nesting category system made on PieFeed

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  • My thinking was that Lemmy instances could have their own Ibis instance that would include a page for each community named “c/community”.

    While I doubt Fediverse wikis will replace Wikipedia, it can definitely take on wikis/fandom but, as mentioned, it can also act as the kind of wikis subs have. So you might have:

    "c/community/faqs" "c/community/archive" "c/community/tutorials" "c/community/resources" "c/community/recommendations"

    Depending on their needs - meme communities might not need much, while computing, privacy, etc might want quite a few to add in useful information and links that might otherwise get buried.

  • Comprehensive nesting category system made on PieFeed

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  • ibis.wiki/threadiverse_privacy

    So top level might be:

    ibis.wiki/threadiverse_categories

    Under which you might have:

    • [[threadiverse_technology]]
    • [[threadiverse_media]]

    The latter then might contain:

    • [[threadiverse_books]]
    • [[threadiverse_films]]
    • [[threadiverse_television]]
    • [[threadiverse_comics]]

    Then the last one would include:

  • Comprehensive nesting category system made on PieFeed

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  • Very impressive.

    This is not finished - not in categories, not in organisation, not in communities, but I’m getting exhausted currently.

    It must be collaborative or you'll burn yourself out.

    I wonder if it can be done on !ibis@lemmy.ml and then that information gets pulled through to another site where it could be used for filtering. And/or, as Ibis now federates with Lemmy (see !wiki@test.ibis.wiki), it would just appear on here anyway and you could search "political communities" and it would bring up the relevant wiki page inside Lemmy.

    This also fits with what I was pondering on Threadiverse community alternatives to subs. There are a few sites that went up with the first Rexxit but they are no longer maintained and it would be better done in a wiki.

    My thinking was that Lemmy instances could have their own Ibis instance that would include a page for each community named "c/community". So we'd have:

    wiki.feddit.uk/c/privacy

    And elsewhere you'd have:

    wiki.lemmy.world/c/privacy wiki.lemmy.ml/c/privacy

    And these could then be linked in from both:

    ibis.wiki/sub_alternatives ibis.wiki/threadiverse_privacy

    Nail down your naming structure early on and it should go smoothly, with wikis being flexible enough to allow changes to be made if we needed to tweak things.

    It is one of the reasons why I asked @nutomic@lemmy.ml about being able to log into Iris with your Lemmy account, because you could closely integrate Lemmy and Ibis, especially now it federates (no point in having two accounts).

  • Reupload of the Buy European sticker (this time not just the EU)

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  • Turkey is also in Europe. Partly.

  • Terrible Estate Agent Photos @feddit.uk
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    "Yes its a right dump, but its a large dump"

    www.rightmove.co.uk /properties/160695920

  • ‘All-out war’: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk call for an end to intellectual property laws

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  • They want to be able to train AIs on everything without any constraint. So they get to make large amounts of money of other people's work, while the people actually creating original songs and stories get nothing.

  • United Kingdom @feddit.uk
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    X’s UK profits collapsed the year after Elon Musk’s takeover

    www.theguardian.com /technology/2025/apr/15/x-twitter-profits-uk-collapsed-year-after-elon-musk-took-over

  • ‘All-out war’: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk call for an end to intellectual property laws

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  • Dorsey left BS a while ago.

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
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    ‘All-out war’: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk call for an end to intellectual property laws

    www.musicbusinessworldwide.com /all-out-war-jack-dorsey-elon-musk-call-for-an-end-to-intellectual-property-laws/
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    ‘All-out war’: Jack Dorsey, Elon Musk call for an end to intellectual property laws

    www.musicbusinessworldwide.com /all-out-war-jack-dorsey-elon-musk-call-for-an-end-to-intellectual-property-laws/

  • European hosting suggestions

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  • There's a reason the Fediverse runs on Hetzner - it is difficult to find a solid service at a lower price.

  • List Of Local Facebook Marketplace Alternatives

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  • The Potential Amount of People From Each National Subreddit We Can Get onto European Instances

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  • 5.2m? I suspect we'd need a server upgrade or three.

  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Fintech founder charged with fraud after 'AI' shopping app found to be powered by humans in the Philippines

    techcrunch.com /2025/04/10/fintech-founder-charged-with-fraud-after-ai-shopping-app-found-to-be-powered-by-humans-in-the-philippines/
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    ‘Silicon Six’ accused of avoiding almost $278bn in US corporation taxes over 10 years

    www.theguardian.com /us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    Careless people: the decline and fall of the tech bros

    www.rte.ie /brainstorm/2025/0409/1506649-sarah-wynn-williams-careless-people-facebook-meta-technology/
  • Alan Moore @feddit.uk
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    In Pictopia

    glycon.livejournal.com /6940.html

  • European hosting suggestions

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  • Hetzner?

  • Terrible Estate Agent Photos @feddit.uk
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    How to balls-up a floor plan

    www.rightmove.co.uk /properties/159949991

  • A guide to switching your Audiobook app to support more ethical and EU-based companies!

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  • Broligarchy Watch @lemm.ee
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    Wealthy patriots launch campaign to overthrow 'broligarchs'

    kawsachunnews.com /w/wealthy-patriots-launch-campaign-to-overthrow-broligarchs/
  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Surprise as sealskin is discovered to be cover material of ‘hairy’ medieval books

    www.theguardian.com /books/2025/apr/10/surprise-as-sealskin-is-discovered-to-be-cover-material-of-hairy-medieval-books
  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    Alaska woman's nearly 3-inch mouth gape breaks world record

    www.upi.com /Odd_News/2025/04/09/Guinness-World-Records-largest-mouth-gape-female/5951744220885/
  • And Finally... @feddit.uk
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    'Fucking hell!' Boris Johnson shrieks as he's attacked by an ostrich

    www.express.co.uk /news/politics/2038164/fing-hell-boris-johnson-shrieks
  • Terrible Estate Agent Photos @feddit.uk
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    Cloudy with a chance of fire

    www.rightmove.co.uk /properties/157547147
  • Terrible Estate Agent Photos @feddit.uk
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    Unexpected Star Wars

    www.rightmove.co.uk /properties/154860140