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i do enjoy that meta has gone: oh you’re a MAN, belts and wallets for you, forever

BUILT FOR WHEREVER THE TRAIL LEAD

This is the belt of the future, made for the Modern Man

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The Future Of Belts: Reimagined

“this belt is for the Outdoors” WHAT DO YOU MEAN

i don’t need a belt! i have one! i’ve had it since 2007!

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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 3h

made the mistake of clicking on ONE belt advert bc Cos is looking for a new one and now EVERY SINGLE ADVERT IS FOR BELTS

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And if you're a Starbucks customer, BOYCOTT STARBUCKS until the company respects their baristas by finalizing better pay, staffing, protections, and more in a union contract!

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Wawa SkittleTits @onesingleheck.bsky.social · 3h

We are so so close to having enough to pay for the vet stuff coming up Friday - or at least a decent chunk of it. Thank you everyone who has helped spread or donate. Please share this today/tomorrow if you can. if you prefer to send via PayPal, my username is @wawabrooke I love you awesome nerds.

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Donate to Amber, Brooke, and the Wee Feline Detective, organized by Brooke Shank

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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 3h

yeah!!!!! all the comments were like dude pls take this down please thank you jesus christ

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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 3h

fucksaaake someone in a local fb group found a bank card on the street and posted a picture of the full thing with all the relevant numbers visible

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Ariadne Griffin @ariadnereviews.bsky.social · 4h

lol at the vest they've put over Carlos because they're being so over the top on slogan shirts now #ItTakesTwo #itt #strictly

an interview with Carlos and Jaime - he is wearing a black vest over a t-shirt that you can clearly see some writing on.

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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 7h

nothing is moving!! it's starting to get itchy but i'm soooo close to getting it off. also last time and i'm assuming this time the actual surgical site is glued shut, means there's NO chance of movement pulling at the incision!

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Anna Horroridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 8h

Well, today is a great day for witnessing the rigid backbones of mainstream publishers and author societies.

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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 8h

less than 24hrs til i get it off!!

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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 8h

it’s like a rectangle of bandage material stuck all around with what appears to be like that tattoo second skin you get, and it’s stuck really well all week apart from a little under my arms from movement

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merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 8h

my bandage was very flat against my chest a week ago and now it’s all bumpy which i’m thinking means a bunch of the swelling has already gone down!

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Emma Southon @emmasouthon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Been sitting in a&e with a friend and waiting times are now so long that there’s a regular message about hot to avoid pressure sores while waiting. fucked up.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 8h

thing is, if this pledge had actually given specific real world examples of ethical do's and don'ts, so that people could assess if publishers etc were living up to them, it could have had some effect. Without that, handing out a "We agree to be nice and ethical" badge achieves nothing.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 9h

FYI people watching from abroad, the Society of Authors statement was also signed by Australian Society of Authors The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc The Writers’ Union of Canada The Association of Illustrators

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GeekOnALeash 🏳️‍⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 13/10/2026

The BBC has already responded to my complaint from yesterday, via copy and paste. This is unacceptable. I’ve raised a complaint in response to demand that my complaint is adequately addressed.

"Thank you for contacting us about Strictly Come Dancing regarding the blurring of a message on a T-shirt seen in a training room clip.

As is standard practice on any entertainment show on the BBC and in line with our editorial guidelines, appropriate steps are taken to reduce the inclusion of any overt branding or slogans that may be present, regardless of the wording or statement in question.

Thanks again for getting in touch. We’ve shared your comments with the Strictly team and with senior BBC managers through our complaints reporting process.

If you’d like to understand how your complaint is handled at the BBC, you might find it helpful to watch the short film on the BBC Complaints website about how the BBC responds to your feedback. It explains the BBC’s process for responding to complaints, what to do if you aren’t happy with your response and how we share the feedback we receive.

Kind regards,

BBC Complaints Team
www.bbc.co.uk/complaints"

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Your response acknowledges my complaint but fails to address it. You've repeated a generic statement about editorial guidelines while ignoring the points raised.
I didn't contact you to hear your branding policy repeated back to me. I complained because the BBC blurred a message supporting transgender women's safety, visibility and respect.
In December 2025, the BBC described "Protect the Dolls" as calling for "the safety, visibility and respect of transgender women against anti-trans rhetoric and violence". Which part of that message does the BBC not want its audience to see?
You claim to remove "any overt branding or slogans" regardless of wording. Yet Carlos Gu wore a T-shirt repeating "Feminist" during week one rehearsals. As a feminist, I'm glad he wore it and support his right to do so. But if the policy applies regardless of the message, why was his shirt acceptable while Bethany's was blurred? Your explanation isn't consistently applied. Explain why.
This also sits within the BBC's wider record on trans issues. A Good Law Project-commissioned poll found 70% of trans respondents considered BBC News's reporting about them hostile. TACC has documented patterns in UK media coverage of trans people and our rights. The BBC has helped sustain hostility towards trans people. Against that background, hiding a message calling for our safety and visibility raises serious questions about its role in our erasure.
Your response has addressed none of this. Sharing my comments with senior managers doesn't answer my questions.
I expect a substantive response identifying the exact guidelines that justified blurring Bethany's shirt, explaining the apparent inconsistency, and addressing the impact of suppressing messages of solidarity with trans women.
The BBC knows what this message means. It explained it publicly, yet chose to hide it. Why? Answer the complaint I actually made, rather than repeating a generic statement that evades it."

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Hari Conner @haridraws.bsky.social · 9h

I'm going to elaborate on this in as calm and reasonable way as possible, but sincerely: fuck off

the society of authors' feedback form about why you're not renewing your membership. In the write-in box, I have written: "I was shocked and deeply disappointed to see the magazine issue and now charter statement on genAI, which both seem totally full of waffle and apologist compromises.

This is a technology being used to put authors and illustrators out of jobs, using stolen work, and depleting the capacity for critical thought in people who use it. I get that you’re trying to make industry bodies agree to the charter as a ‘small step’ in the right direction. But I fundamentally disagree with the idea of some ‘ethical’ use becoming possible - look at the companies running these things, the severity of its environmental and community harms, the exploitative processes used to build and maintain the databases and server banks required.

As a full-time author who's marginalised and severely disabled, I do also find the idea that genAI companies are somehow making my job more accessible - not looking to undermine and destroy it - insulting and patently absurd.

I thought the SoA was supposed to advocate for authors' rights, and pleading with industry bodies to use this tech, but nicely, feels like a massive concession, and not one I'm able to be at all associated with."

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David Avallone @davallone.bsky.social · 20h

The casting breakdown listed the writer as "Ben Stark," if you want to know why those people didn't respond to the obvious alarm bell of Ben Shapiro's name. They never saw it. I wonder if there's anything legally actionable in this.

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[ sexual assault ] also really says a lot that i’m waiting to hear about a specific SA case from back home and i keep clicking on news links to see if it’s happened yet but nope! just multiple others!

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[ sexual assault ] someone i’ve known my whole life is posting pictures on fb with her tiny kid and husband, as if everything is normal and fine and they’re just on holiday, when the reason they’re on the mainland is because he’s on trial for multiple counts of sexual assault and rape

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_Mark 🏳️‍🌈 @marxgbaker.bsky.social · 19h

be free and stim!!! waiting for the kettle to boil is peak calf raise time for me, and the kitchen counter is good to hold onto for stability and wobblies’s

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Maybe this helps a little? Not sure.

Post from @davallone.bsky.social:

The casting breakdown listed the writer as "Ben Stark," if you want to know why those people didn't respond to the obvious alarm bell of Ben Shapiro's name. They never saw it.

I wonder if there's anything legally actionable in this.

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 9h

One of the many problems with the SOA ethical AI charter is that if you want to read the charter it isn’t at the link in the post, you have to click through a “learn more about it” at the end of a PR post and THEN if you want to read the UNESCO principles it’s based on you need to click again

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Carrie plays guitar 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @carriem.co.uk · 9h

I stopped my SoA membership over a transphobic appointee. Nice to see them being consistent by adding A.I. and the nazi newsletter platform to the mix.

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i would be able to swap my mobility element of ADP (scottish PIP) for a car because i am not allowed to drive with two of my disabilities. i also happen to have a nickel allergy. i wouldn’t be given a motability car FOR my nickel allergy.

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Sara Gibbs is Scary Enough Already @sararoseg.bsky.social · 10h

truly disgusting headline adding to stigma against disabled people, nobody is given a motability car FOR food allergies or tennis elbow

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I haven’t stopped thinking about this. This is properly mad, like someone in the marketing department just wanted to flame out and say the most brand-damaging thing possible before quitting??

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Mike Brooks @mikebrooks668.bsky.social · 12h

No you haven’t. You’ve sold out, and I guess I won’t be renewing my membership next year. Shame on everyone involved in this decision.

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botanical barbie @hemingwaymuse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My good friend is finally getting settled - yall were so helpful with the crockpot drive if you'd like to redirect efforts here it would be greatly appreciated

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Joe Twist @joetwist.bsky.social · 11h

A local building company renovating a house next to our picket opened up a tab for us at the local cafe

merman hellville @seafoamghost.bsky.social · 10h

my calves are extremely mighty bc turns out i do calf raises as a stim and i’m sure that must help pump the blood back up up my brain, even just doing a few every now and again when you’re able to hold onto something for balance with both hands