Notices by Zoë O'Connell (zoe@zoeoconnell.co.uk)

It should not take me two evenings to write up a simple electronics project. But, being me, I also redid large portions of my web site backend.

Yes, I'm a geek, and I should write up geek stuff more. I haven't been in the habit of doing so for far too long.

https://www.zoeoconnell.co.uk/2025/12/titon_hrv_automation/

(Also testing to see if the social media previews now work properly)

Some excellent advice on what to say here, if you're stuck: https://www.translegalproject.org/post/urgent-action-write-to-your-mp-to-protest-the-supreme-court-ruling-and-the-ehrc-s-proposals-to-impo

You can find your MP, including contact details, here: https://members.parliament.uk/members/commons

Your email doesn't need to be long. Just say you support the trans community, and that unless parliment intervenes, there is a risk of serious harm to an already marginalised community.

Cis or trans, if you have not yet written to your MP about the Supreme Court ruling please do so as soon as possible. Marches are one thing but MPs getting lots of emails from their constituents and having to answer awkward questions will have an even greater impact.

@goatsarah @saramg It made me wear a DRESS. Willingly.

@saramg @goatsarah The book is… not about what the summaries say it’s about. That’s just the central conceit needed to get to the ACTUAL subject matter.

However, the content warning is “yes”.

@nonlinear @goatsarah Most wine in France uses corks. But more variable in the UK but still predominantly cork. Portugal is unusual for having NO screw tops.

@christineburns I thought the rule for an Irish passport was simply grandparent born on the island of Ireland? Is there another route? (Asking for my kids as I didn’t get my Irish paperwork done until after they were born, unfortunately)

@andrewducker @goatsarah runs Friendica as her fediverse presence and likes it. It’s not quite Facebook as, being fediverse, it’s more open conversations than “sharing photos of grandkids with the rest of the Bridge club”. But it’s as close as you’ll get in a federated system I suspect..

@goatsarah @jon ah, French railway timetabling. Otherwise known as “just rent an effing car”.

Even South Western are better than this.

@goatsarah Could that have something to do with the fact you got “a bit” of said toxic material on your hands, you muppet?

@kitten_tech @goatsarah Yeah, in the UK it’s generally “here is my list of restaurant chains I know are safe”

Hurt a bit after nine edges yesterday. Significant improvement on last year’s over ten hour time, when I still had largely untreated prolactinoma.

If I see another major news outlet do an “infographic” on how the Baysean sunk which amounts to “not floating any more” I’ll scream.

They seem to be missing the “info” part of “infographic”.

Final* update on my Visualising the #Hugos thing: now has a proper web page at https://zoeimogen.github.io/hugo-sankey/ which includes all the nomination graphs as well as final round voting.

Camestros Felapton has some more statistics covering the awards too, over at https://camestrosfelapton.wordpress.com/

*I may add second/third place runoffs at some point as well as previous years but all the copy-pasting has become a bit tedious for now.

OK, here we go: Visualising the #Worldcon #Hugo2024 voting results.

Alternative Title: Why ranked voting matters.

As a quick explanation, the last placed candidate in each round is eliminated and their votes transferred to the next candidate on each ballot.

This is the first place ballot only, the second place is calculated by treating the winner as eliminated and rerunning the election. I have not included the final round runoff against "No Award" as this year that's all uninteresting.

British Medical Association calls anti-trans Cass Review “unsubstantiated”. https://www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-centre/bma-to-undertake-an-evaluation-of-the-cass-review-on-gender-identity-services-for-children-and-young-people

This is major: the BMA is the major union for doctors in the UK and not a niche group, most doctors are members.

@goatsarah @christineburns It’s frustrating that France has cracked down on short haul flights but not inter-regional train pricing being OTT.

I see the current lot in power can't even get reimplementing section 28 right without effing it up. They're de-facto section 28ing the straights too.

No discussion of sexual assaults and consent until MINIMUM age 9. (Some kids will be 10)

No discussion of actual sex or the negative effects of porn until MINIMUM age 13. (Some kids will be 14)

Have they actually ever met a teenager? Do they think nobody experiences sexual harassment or assault before they're 10?

@christineburns I believe we get free oil changes on the Leaf…

Yeah.