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Writer of books and short stories: derekdesanges.wordpress.com/books Writer of feature articles & reviews in the museum sector: https://desangeswritings.wordpress.com/ Media-adjacent (sorry) https://linktr.ee/derekdesanges Profile artwork by Emma Weakley.
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I don't want to be associated with this comic, and won't receive money if you buy it, so please boycott.

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“The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator.” One dollar. I had a dollar! craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...

If you think he's mad now, wait until he finds out the resale price for Teslas.

If you're one of those trans inclusive small businesses which is getting attacked by transphobes, we've drafted this text for your website, or as a standard reply.

Any US booksellers out there have access to Ingram’s internal system and want to check some book sales and stock figures for me? I don’t want to deluge the friend who’s helping us authors out

Someone really ought to tell the Labour Party that there are potential Chairs of the EHRC that don't come burdened with transphobic baggage. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Mary-Ann Stephenson was very active in feminist politics in Coventry during the 2010s. I can confirm she is extremely transphobic, although she always kept her nastiest comments behind closed doors. This proposed appointment should be resisted in the strongest possible terms.

I just want a global 'turn all 'ai' off everywhere, categorically, no exceptions unless I individually approve them in triplicate' setting for all my devices

"meanderthals" is a joyous word. Also, who doesn't love a desire path??

I still think this is one of the most gutting notes I’ve ever read.

this this this I guarantee if you stop listening to your inner cop your life will immediately become much happier

I sit across from our Elon subject matter expert in the office and he just got up, put on his TV appearance blazer, and ran off

remember: the enemy of my enemy is probably also a shithead, but they can go a few rounds with my enemy while I hydrate with my doors locked b/c I am not inviting them over

the enemy of my enemy is not my friend but watching them smack each other in the nuts is still very funny

is being terminally online bad for you? yes does it make you less happy than your offline friends? absolutely is there anything that matches the high of a poster's ragnarok? there is not, and that's why we can never log off

Morten Harket. Come what may ❤️ I don't think I've shared this painting online before. Seemed like the right day to do it. 12" x 14". Oil on Canvas, 2019.

Jonathan Joss' husband Tristan has released another statement saying that donations to their old home GoFundMe are not needed at this time and would ask for everyone to direct their energy towards spreading the message about how he was in fact murdered in a hate crime

the guys who are Mad At Academia have discovered "phallocentric"

"I never thought I'd become THAT meme" sobs man who etc

Men are too emotional to use social media

finally the bbc understand what the people want

What if the US deport him and South Africa refuse to accept him, and he just ends up floating about the world, unable to dock like that cruise ship that was riddled with covid?

if the wheels had come off this thing any faster it'd be a Cybertruck

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

*taking a long drag on my cigarette* Look kid, you never think you'll see a leopard eating another leopard's face but sometimes, if you're really lucky and you log on at the right time,

I'm just not sure that posting past each other on two entirely separate text based social media platforms is "direct communication".

this is what it took to get the Democrats to make a good post

OH MY GOD! PUT THE LINK IN YOUR POST! I CAN SEE YOUR POST! I COULD CLICK ON THE LINK IF IT WAS THERE! I CAN'T CLICK THE LINK IF IT ISN'T THERE! I'M NOT ON INSTAGRAM! FAIRIES AREN'T GOING TO SHADOWBAN YOUR POST BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T CENSOR 'PATREON'! PASTE THE LINK!

happy pride everyone!

So many folks have reached out to me with kind things to say about my book, Best Summed Up, and this Unbound/Boundless publishing fiasco. Thank you all. Thought I’d share a video that does a good job describing the situation. I am one of 238. youtu.be/PLWsSQf8Mjs

Elon out there like "I spent a quarter of a billion dollars to get this pedophile elected, and this is how he repays me?"

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

Shit is really kicking off about the proposed new building at Highgate Cemetery and you have to love when shit kicks off in this manner.

So who gets Stephen Miller’s wife in the divorce?

We got another update on Jonathan Joss’ murder in San Antonio. The SAPD are walkkng back on their statatement that his murder was not a hate crime. I’m glad the attention to this case is forcing the police department to investigate this as what it was. A hate crime. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

these dumbasses can never name a "centrist" position "climate change happens sometimes" "women should only occasionally have the right to abortion" "LGBTQ people can exist but not ever have fun"

gentleman, gentleman, please, there's no need for this! you are both in the epstein files.

Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

go on you old pussy, drone strike his house. do it sir. are you gonna take that? you are the president

under the increasing impression that this is the goal

In finally admitting that they're trying to take away our rights, they're also admitting that we have exercised these rights for years -decades- and there hasn't ever, ever been an issue with it

A couple of things come to mind here. Firstly Reindorf clearly has no idea how the transition process actually works. You have to live fully in your new gender before you can qualify for a GRC, and that includes using the correct toilet. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The Guardian story does not mention that the EHRC's Akua Reindorf has previously advised and represented Sex Matters and been instructed by LGB Alliance. Seems relevant.