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Jo Franchetti @thisisjofrank.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

I gave a talk at EMF titled "Men in Tech #YesAllMen", in which I told my experience of being a woman in tech. I was afraid to publish it in case it affected my current or future employment. With all the current news I would like to add my 2¢. So here is the recording: youtu.be/WXL6K1lhvt0?...

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Men in tech #YesAllMen - EMF 2026

YouTube video by Electromagnetic Field

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Jane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

My doctor asked me if I minded his use of AI to summarize summary my appt yesterday, so first I told him why I mind and then I consented because I wanted to see the summary it generated. It listed a medication I don't take and have never taken on my list of current meds, so here we are.

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

(am I actually going to go watch it to see how good or bad it is? no, I am not)

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The production company behind the newly-announced JKR documentary have previous in this space, btw. "The Clinic" was a 2023 documentary for ITVX about GIDS. www.roganproductions.co.uk/films/the-cl...

roganproductions.co.uk

The Clinic

This documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of the Tavistock Centre’s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), one of the most controversial units in the NHS

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Congratulations! ✨🎊🎊✨

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themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

seen a bunch of dudebro types playing dressmaker & getting super into it and that's a positive i think, a reminder that the "feminine" can be of universal interest to everyone, but lmao men can never again pretend to not understand their gf's tastes. you know what a juliette-bishop sleeve is now

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It's always Arden & GEM 😐

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EmiB71 @emiliab.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#UK #NHS The Welsh Gender Services review was awarded to Arden & Gem. With a staggering budget of 48K. For a complete review. It's an insult to common sense.

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

PS. Doing modest numbers, so check out my SoundCloud. Donate to charge, donate more to cast, idk bsky.app/profile/amer...

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

It is so demoralising to be on a team where this happens, and to have colleagues who think this is respectful and reasonable. And for whom there will be no consequences, because this is what management evangelizes.

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"That's a good point. [rephrases the point I just made] [suggests an alteration that goes in the wrong direction and makes it even more complicated]"

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I was asked to review some code changes today. The colleague responsible was feeding my questions about it on Slack into an LLM and then pasting back whatever the LLM had responded.

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j4 @jaffa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🌈 a whole rainbow of stars ✴️✳️

7 jars of paper stars, one for each of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink.

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've done the prioritisation ballot a few times before, and yeah, it takes a significant amount of time that I often just can't find. Likewise attending conference IRL or online. I wish I could have a standing proxy for the PB+voting, either to an individual or a group such as the LGBTQIA+ Greens.

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

probably excellent for people who aren't vegans tho 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One of the worst things that can happen to a person is they buy a drink and then accidentally knock it over after only having a couple of sips

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not the UK Government, but Parliament, to provide briefings to MPs outside of the machinery of Government and the Civil Service. post.parliament.uk/about-us/

post.parliament.uk

About us

POST connects parliament with the latest evidence on the topics that matter

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United Tech & Allied Workers @utaw.tech · 02/10/2026

7000 members and counting 🎈The UK's original and largest trade union for tech workers has hit a new membership milestone, with 7,000 active members joining our branch to fight for better conditions for workers in tech, and for more responsible deployment of the tech we build.

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Didn't seem to work, but I'll know what to look for in future! I really like Chinese because it doesn't have all this morphology, and the patterns in how a lot of words are formed are cool :-)

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I didn't know that, so thank you. I must confess to having run it through GTranslate (and back again as a basic check), and that I know very little of Welsh. Could probably compose something passable in Chinese for you with just a dictionary mind you!

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Rydych chi'n rhy garedig, syr! I should have asked him how old he was at my age 🙃 (genuinely curious about how old he actually is now)

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Someone in a meeting told me today that he was "programming mainframes when he was my age" and like, how old do you think I am, love?

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If your friends can't moonlight as your personalised recommendation engines, what are they even doing.

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 29/09/2026

The UK right's current political project is to co-opt the language of antidiscrimination to make bigotry legally unimpeachable.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I stared at Dzylynem for ages before I realised what it was (Tanbrydz-Lelz otoh makes perfect sense)

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anyway. Use @pronounsinb.io and unsubscribe from @pronounpicker.ripperoni.com. Take @asukafield.xyz with a pinch of salt. Perhaps use @hedgehogsafety.bsky.social's moderation list for muting or blocking transphobic accounts (note: it's not a labeller like the other things)

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Maybe clients should notice when labellers are defunct (though there's a difference between "service down" and "no longer a human behind it") and label the labels as potentially out of date? Or labels themselves get a "last reviewed at"? idk. I don't even know how this atproto stuff works 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can't appeal my wrong pronoun labels because that presumably gets sent to a web service that is no longer there. I can't hide them. I can't tell people (at scale) to unsubscribe from the labeller.

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What does bsky do about defunct labellers? @pronounpicker.ripperoni.com and @asukafield.xyz both seem unmaintained. The first leaves people unable to change/remove pronoun labels. The second has people tagged eternally as transphobic when they're not (thinking specifically of @iandunt.bsky.social 💜)

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United Tech & Allied Workers @utaw.tech · 24/09/2026

Everyone’s talking about AI, but no one’s actually asking workers how it’s affecting us. So we’ve done it ourselves. Today we are launching the AI Workers’ Inquiry, a new study led by workers themselves, into the way AI is changing work. Read it at go.utaw.tech/ai

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AI Workers' Inquiry 2026 | Tech Workers Inquiry

How AI is changing work in the tech sector, from the workers who build, deploy, manage, evaluate and use this technology. A Tech Workers' Inquiry from UTAW.

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Ea-nāṣir @jedgarnaut.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Side effect of that realization is that it will also make you rethink the movie.

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Ea-nāṣir @jedgarnaut.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A while back I learned that matrix literally meant "womb" and it set my understanding of linear algebra back decades.

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 20/09/2026

Do you remember when Biden won in 2020 and he spent four years legislating to protect minorities, secured the right to abortion, and dismantled all of the detention camps? It was such a wonderful time, cannot believe trans people specifically want to prevent the Dems from doing this tbh.

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

And then the platform has no incentive to deal with misleading listings because the platform itself made up the listing

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Micah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026

I've got a lot of work to do today but I'm getting absolutely nerdsniped by the new Flock dataset. You can download it here. It's all of the Android partitions extracted from a Flock device ddosecrets.org/article/floc...

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Flock ALPR camera - Distributed Denial of Secrets

Filesystem images of the partitions on an in-use Flock ALPR camera, including custom Android APK files installed on the device, as well as its recorded media. The data reveals how the devices track bo...

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 (ᯟ︿ᯏ)” @reactiveashley.cat · 17/09/2026

1/🧵 From the agenda for next week’s meeting at NHS Wales. But we can assume the arbitrary decision to “pause” referrals was made on a summary of the same information. And, after a month, there is still nothing of substance that can be presented. Sorry, but people should lose their job for this.

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"I would never let down the fans who had made plans, nor would I abandon the touring crew and the other support acts and musicians who rely on me for work and to make a living."

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Sheeran said he wouldn't cancel shows in solidarity cos that would deprive the support acts of their publicity and income. He evidently didn't ask them what they wanted to do as now that they've all pulled out and it's telling that Sheeran is carrying on even though his justification has fallen away

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Guess it's reassuring that WB must be worried if they're trying to push this so hard? Just sucks that there's not one bit of solidarity in any of these other companies. 😑

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Meredith @ameredol.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

tf is this being pushed in a Google Pixel system update?

Screenshot of a Pixel system update notification. In the "What's new?" section it says "Instantly customise your Pixel with Harry Potter audiobook packs to celebrate the release of Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions on Audible"

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

New: Macklemore says Robert Kraft — who owns Gillette Stadium, where Macklemore & Ed Sheeran were to perform later this month — called Sheeran. Kraft rallied other owners together behind an ultimatum for Sheeran: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you won't be allowed in our venues.

I'm not sure how to start this. So I'm going to speak from the heart and share the truth. Ed Sheeran and his team have made the decision to remove me from The Loop tour.
But before I get into it, I want to say something that should be obvious. In this moment I think it matters. I am not a victim. Ed Sheeran is not a victim. Pink is not a victim. We have careers, money, opportunities, safety and audiences around the world. Whatever consequences any of us face for what we say, we get to go home to our families.

The victims are the Palestinian people. The men, women and children who have been killed, starved, displaced and forced to live through unimaginable violence. More than 20,000 children have been killed in Gaza alone. People are being killed today, and people will be killed tomorrow. I want to make sure that as I tell this story, we don't lose sight of that.

Ed is my friend. I've known him for 13 years. We've shared late nights, studio sessions and stages. He has this infectious magic about him that I've grown to love. I consider him a brother. And because of that, we've had some difficult conversations this past week. The type of talks rooted in love and respect for one another that still end in a place of fundamental disagreement. Nothing I'm writing here is out of spite or because I want to tear down his character. But as I told Ed multiple times on the phone, our friendship can't change my responsibility to tell the truth about what happened.

Last Monday, in the middle of all the media attention surrounding Pink and what I said at MetLife, Ed told me that Robert Kraft called him. We were scheduled to play Gillette Stadium later this month, which is owned by the Kraft Group. Ed told me that Kraft said I would not be allowed to perform in his stadium. Ed also told me that Kraft had rallied some of the other
stadium owners and collectively they gave him an ultimatum: if Macklemore stays on the tour, you will not be allowed to play in our venues.

Ed was in …

What I said at MetLife I have been saying on stages around the world for almost three years. So why is it an issue now? Because now I'm sharing a stage with one of the biggest artists in the world, in some of the biggest stadiums in America. At a certain level of exposure, "Free Palestine" becomes too much of a risk. If I kept doing the shows, saying Free Palestine, with Ed implicitly supporting it, the crowd getting loud and showing undeniable support for Palestinian liberation, what artist might speak out next? The stage becomes resistance. Maybe that's why this time it became so important to silence me.

And one of the most effective ways to enforce that silence has been to weaponize the accusation of antisemitism. Antisemitism is real. And that is exactly why the word matters too much to be used as a shield against criticism of the Israeli state. When criticizing Israel, opposing Zionism or saying "Free Palestine" gets conflated with hatred of Jewish people, it doesn't protect Jewish people. It protects Israel from accountability.

I hope this isn't the end of my relationship with Ed.
Thirteen years of friendship doesn't disappear because of one painful disagreement. I hope we both continue listening, studying what is happening in Palestine and wrestling with what neutrality means in a moment like this. My door will always be open to continuing that conversation.

When my brother Omar was doing the subtitles for the video I posted from MetLife, I thanked him. He told me there's a phrase in Arabic:
لا شكر على واجب
"La shukra ala wajeb." There is no thanks for a duty.
That stayed with me. Because that's what this has become for me and millions of others around the world. A duty. Not something deserving of praise or gratitude. Not brave. Human.

Who is winning the internet, who is getting canceled, who gets to play the stadium and who doesn't, all of it becomes so small when held against what we are actually witnessing in Gaza and the West Bank. An entire people be…

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