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Misinformation warning
Two worrying examples of recent misinformation on COVID-19 transmission, from top bods at Public Health England and the National Health Service. Since late January / early February 2020, there’s been...
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Fabric masks
Why I’m now wearing a home-made fabric mask when out & about, and related facts. There’s been a lot of discussion about the question of whether wearing a home-made cloth mask can protect you from...
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New rules for meetups
Practical commentary on new English legislation to limit meetups, supposed to reduce covid virus transmission. As someone who sometimes runs events, like gigs or bi community things or home ed...
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BiCon, revisited
Change, systems, racism, ethics, and other personal/political musings. Plus news of a BiCon anti-racism review. About 12 years ago, I mostly disengaged with BiCon (annual residential UK bi gathering)....
View ArticleThe “Equally Safe” Scots consultation on sex trade law
My responses to 8 questions from the consultation. The Scottish Government recently did a consultation about sex trade law. I saw that sex workers were asking people to respond if they had the energy....
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Reasons for (& against) BiCon being online again in 2021
BiCon 2020 was online. Here’s my reasoning for why I think it’s probably best to do it that way again in 2021. This last autumn, I spent a lot of time listening to people about BiCon, because of the...
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Aspects of learning, in or out of school
Thinking about how school education compares with non‑school education (a.k.a. “home ed”). Recently, I was in a discussion about how non‑school education compares with school. And I realised that part...
View ArticleHistory of the BiCon Guidelines
A comment written by me in discussions in 2021. Still relevant, so I thought it would be useful to have it documented in public here. Context BiCon is an annual social/educational gathering, for bi...
View ArticleBiCon futures, BiCon structures
A late-night analysis related to a meeting coming up: about BiCon history, how I think it’s influenced the present day, and what could be next. As I write this, I’m in the middle of being at BiCon....
View ArticleBridging from the Fediverse to Bluesky (or not)
Comments on Ryan Barrett’s plan to create a “bridge” between the Fediverse and Bluesky, with reference to defaults, consent & moderation. Kind of a geeky post coming up! I was going to put it as a...
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