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piperade.bsky.social
Champagne socialist, digital marketer. Would like to think I'm middle aged but am actually old. Likes dancing and science fiction. Social media admin for the 2023 and 2024 Eastercons and on social media team for Glasgow Worldcon. She/her.
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The other night I took a late night taxi from the airport & my driver was from Sudan. We got to talking, & he asked what I do - he is a sports journalist who writes about soccer & has been to many World Cups - so I explained what I write...

if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights

My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.

Everything you chose to do and everyone you choose to be with should make you happy at least 80% of the time.

Pope Bittermint V

Oh dear, the Brexit Party let their website expire or be hacked and now Farage and Tice's names are being used to advertise online casinos! Not a good look for sitting MPs! #ukpolitics #gambling

You're not old when Formula 1 drivers are younger than you - but you ARE old when they are younger than your children 😱 #f1

The 2nd phase of the Genre Creators for Trans Rights auction will go live just after midnight 2 May running til June 7 2025, with all new lots from genre creators being added regularly and proceeds to new trans charities. If you would like to donate something to be auctioned, please get in touch.

We are all story tellers. Make sure some of the stories you tell yourself are kind . #Halifax #HRM #Photography

Join Unconfined, the 2027 Eastercon, now and get our early bird rate, only available in April! Early Bird Rates: 🔹Full Adult Membership: £85 🔹Discounted Adult: £55 🔹Young Adult (16-25) and Student: £20 🔹Under 16: £5 🔹Apocryphal: £5 registration.easterconglasgow.org/members/regi...

It is an absolute bargain right now, and they are some amazing things that you can bid for. And it's for a very good cause.

Bizarrely, there are still tickets online for this event, featuring alumna Amal El-Mohtar being interviewed by our Neil Williamson. Come join us! @amalelmohtar.com @neilwilliamson.bsky.social

📢A new study from @uniofbath.bsky.social shows London's low emissions zones have had major benefits for human health and the economy, with a 10.2% decrease in respiratory issues following LEZ implementation, an **18.5%** reduction in sick leave, and annual public health savings of over £37 million.

Readers! There's a great auction of geeky stuff here to help fight for trans rights in the UK and South Africa, featuring stuff from @laurenbeukes.com @kierongillen.bsky.social @mytholder.bsky.social @rhi.bsky.social, and many other great writers. www.32auctions.com/genrefortran...

Overwhelmed 😭❤️ with the response to our DIY charity auction Genre Creators for Trans Rights. 4 hours in and we're already over £500, on top of the £500 from my rare book sales and the brilliant @EasterconUK Belfast just threw in an extra £500, so it's already £1500! www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans

I'm mailing postcards with favorite recipes on them (signed, obv). Please bid on stuff you're interested in; all proceeds go to two charities for trans rights

So in the midst of the chaos and joy of Eastercon, @ngjeannette.bsky.social and I have set up a charity auction: Genre Creators for Trans rights in the UK and South Africa as a small personal response to what's happening in the world. You can bid on cool things here www.32auctions.com/genrefortrans

That's me, come and say hello if you're in Belfast. Arriving this evening.

To insult two highly respected and free thinking politicians like this is disgraceful. It just shows how far standards in society have fallen. Anyone reposting this insulting photograph should feel utterly ashamed. 😡

Stop being metaphors, everything. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

american masculinity is so amazing. caring about clothes as a man apparently makes you "gay" but our position on geopolitics totally depends on whether you wear a suit

Strangely enough the Telegraph looks less ridiculous with Sunday Sport stories.

Imagine if you'd spent a year sliding between parallel universes looking for the way home. You find somewhere that looks perfect, your friends are all there, everything looks right but then you look at a map, see "Gulf of America" and slide off again

I just wrote a quick bit about 'genuinely contributing.' (This time with a working link) mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/genuinely-...

Bonus panel here: smbc-comics.com/comic/questi...

I've voted and donated, as part of my plan to procrastinate less in 2025

This!

I feel seen

They're writing these posts, they're getting them wrong, they haven't worked out the flow of the song

One type of heat replacing the other

CEO: This has been steadily going up for a century. Let's invest! CFO: Sir, that's climate data.

🚨 Introducing the ten regional/national publications of the Bylines Network! 🌍 We’re a collective of non-profit volunteer led online news publications driven by Powerful Citizen Journalism. 💪📰 In reverse order of founding, let’s meet the fabulous teams making it happen! ⬇️ #BylinesNetwork

Rickets. While the media caper about pointing at Wahid Alli and Starmer’s spectacles and Reeves’s CV and Louise Haigh’s fucking phone. Rickets.

Farage has conveniently selective amnesia. (Remember how he forgot about meeting the Russian Ambassador) Without Musk’s bots, dodgy algorithms and blue tick clones, a petition to remain in the EU got six million signatures

Post you from a different era

Iridescence is the bid for the 2026 Eastercon. Negotiations are under way to use the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel which was the venue for the 2011, 2017 and 2023 Eastercons. Visit the Iridescence website to sign up for their mailing list. eastercon2026.org

As previously reported there is an as yet unnamed bid to hold the 2027 Eastercon in Glasgow. Visit their website to sign up for their mailing list. easterconglasgow.org

Trump lives at a fucking golf club, he’s backed by some of the most powerful business interests in America, and the richest man on Earth was handing out million-dollar cheques on his behalf. Can we stop with the ‘elites’ bullshit now?

I've got a small (6x8) Star Wars print to give away. Follow me, like and repost this and I'll pick a name at random in 24 hours. If you want a bigger version they are available from happytoast.co.uk

This!