Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 3mo ago Replying to @temptoetiam@eldritch.cafe @cstross@wandering.shop @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io Yep. To help gauge British soccer fans, Scottish supporters sang "Lizzie's in a box!" when the queen died, so... @temptoetiam@eldritch.cafe @cstross@wandering.shop @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io And at an Old Firm match when Charlie got his new hat, Rangers fans were singing the anthem and Celtic were singing "You can stuff your coronation up your arse"
Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 7mo ago Replying to @RealJournalism__dup_1569@mastodon.social <p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Florida</span></a> Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal and Produced Its Own <a href="https://truthout.org/articles/florida-has-deemed-all-existing-intro-to-sociology-textbooks-illegal/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=bf35dbf74c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_06_07_27_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-bde349abf8-651072241" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthout.org/articles/florida-</span><span class="invisible">has-deemed-all-existing-intro-to-sociology-textbooks-illegal/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=bf35dbf74c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_03_06_07_27_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-bde349abf8-651072241</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fascism</span></a></p> @RealJournalism@mastodon.social Men typically gravitate towards higher paying jobs like doctor, engineer, CEO while women tend to gravitate towards lower paying jobs like female doctor, female engineer and female CEO.
Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 7mo ago Replying to @CharlotteEowyn@chaosfem.tw It is 222 A.D. You are the transgender Empress Elagabalus, "call me not a man for I am a woman". Transitioning is new and experimental. It is 1776. You are "Public Universal Friend", a transmasculine Quaker. Transitioning is new and experimental. It is 1906. You are Karl M. Baer, a trans man undergoing sex reassignment. Transitioning is new and experimental. It is 1930. You are Lili Elbe. Transitioning is new and experimental. (to be fair you did get a uterus transplant.) It is 1966. You are in Compton's Cafeteria with a bunch of other trans people when the owners call the cops to throw you all out. You riot. Transitioning is new and experimental. It is 1969. You are Marsha "pay it no mind" Johnson. You are in a mob-run gay bar when the cops attack. You throw a brick. There is a bit of a scuffle. Transitioning is new and experimental. It is 2026. You are a transgender adult or child listening to the NYT and British Guardian claim this is the first generation anyone has tried transitioning in. Transitioning is new and experimental. @CharlotteEowyn@chaosfem.tw It is 2012. You are April Ashley. Queen Elizabeth II awards you the MBE for services to transgender equality.
Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 5mo ago Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop @mhd@tilde.zone @jwz@mastodon.social @mikej@mastodon.online @mjg59@nondeterministic.computer @glyph@mastodon.social If you posit that the goal of the oligarchy is to kill 7/8ths of humanity so they can own all the remaining natural resources, then reintroducing CFCs would be a logical move. Followed by smallpox. @cstross @mhd @jwz @mikej @mjg59 @glyph And guess who controls one of the two remaining stocks of variola major. The other is controlled by Putin.
Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 5mo ago Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop Major annoyance time: I had cataract surgery two and a half weeks ago and my eye is still adjusting, and it's the one eye I can read with. Which is okay, *but* the myopia I was left with has gotten slightly worse—just enough that reading on an iPad without glasses is now tiring, and I can't get a new prescription until this time next month (post-surgical waiting time to see an ophthalmologist is six weeks, to allow for the eye to settle down). Bah. @cstross@wandering.shop I use various strengths of (very cheap) reading glasses. But that only works if both eyes are similar of course.
Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 7mo ago Replying to @inthehands@hachyderm.io Here in Minneapolis it’s been widespread common knowledge that ICE agents are getting paid per head they bring in, no matter how incorrectly, no matter the actual immigration status of the person they kidnapped, no matter how carelessly or violently they do it. It’s nice to see this confirmed in print. @inthehands@hachyderm.io They probably also get a kickback from the private prison companies for each profit unit they hand over.
Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 8mo ago Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop @arafel@mas.to @bjn@mstdn.social @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org Preferably a wilderness area rewilded with cloned-from-DNA-samples sabretooth tigers. @cstross@wandering.shop No, put them where they want to be. Greenland.
Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 5mo ago Replying to @beasts@social.mythic-beasts.com We've written up the really quite boring changes we made to improve our website. https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2026/05/01/website-update/ We're hopeful other organisations will steal our dull but functional ideas. @beasts A company home page that tells you clearly what the company does? It will never catch on!
Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 7mo ago Replying to @cstross__dup_483@wandering.shop RE: https://mastodon.nl/@dvsoest/116137903918872938 They aren't rolling out the Company Face™ and the gimp suits with shock belts yet, so we're not *quite* in "Quantum of Nightmares" territory, but it's visibly slouching towards a public demo at TED … @cstross@wandering.shop Borger King
Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 7mo ago Replying to @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org Burger King announces it will use AI to spy on employees to make sure they are "friendly" @lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org Borger King?
Open post Rafe Culpin @RafeCulpin@mastodonapp.uk · 5mo ago Replying to @peter@thepit.social <p>my post clarifying that this is not a golden calf is raising questions already answered by my post.</p> @peter@thepit.social When they tear this down they should leave just the feet. Nothing beside remains.