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derekofpalmerdonia.bsky.social
I'm an actor, writer, Irishman in Wales, who lived in Scotland for years, and I apparently sound vaguely American. Mine is a confusing existence. He/him 🏳️‍🌈
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Oooh sorry, this weekend's not great for me. Friday I'm gonna be unclenching my jaw from *this* week, Saturdays are only 45 minutes long now, and Sunday I'm totally tied up having a series of little panic attacks about *next* week so

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Legitimising the lessening of fundamental rights like these is proof Starmer’s Labour cannot br trusted on human rights but the press is pretending it actually means they’re trustworthy and pragmatic

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“If” doing an awful lot of work in this sentence. LOL. LMAO, even. He doesn’t even care about the human rights of LGBTQ people in the UK, never mind all that stuff about Israel having the right to starve civilians or whatever the fuck

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Weird one, one minute you feel on top of the world and the next day you feel like your life amounts to nothing. (I know that isn’t the case) but whew, emotions are a messy thing.

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Every now and then I remember and have to reprocess how ridiculous the framing on British politics is Quite literally Labour today are just objectively worse for LGBT people than the last 5 Conservative governments were. And the last 3 Conservative governments were TERRIBLE for LGBT people

submitted 4 days ago • 13 comments

I don't think the right fully appreciates the effort it took for most queer people to become comfortable in themselves, to learn to like themselves. We won't crumble and fade away, we're built strong.

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Good morning 😊

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

submitted 6 days ago • 619 comments

Bringing new meaning to "box office poison" (I hope) at this year's @edfringe.bsky.social. YOU OUGHTA BE IN PICTURES 🎥 2nd-9th August, 12.20pm * Cinema Room, Banshee Labyrinth Part of PBH Free Fringe #EdFringe #edfringe2025

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Another Tinder update. I have apparently now seen every male in the British Isles. There are no men left. In other news, based on profile photos, a surprising number of men are cakes, smoothies or a dinner of some kind. Or a tiger. Seems fully legit 🤣

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

In discovering that the normal, over the counter antihistamines cause low moods - bleak depressionin me, I'm on a third type of antihistamine and guess what! Mood swinging loooooooow today! As always, this could just be a mood dip but, once again, the timing lines up! Sighness

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Hey pawb. Increasingly punitive government policy means that more and more people are struggling to feed themselves and their families. We try to do what little we can to address this in Abertawe through our food and baby banks. If you can spare a little cash we'd really appreciate it ❤️💪❤️

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

A further tinder update. It's been 4 days since I created my account. I've apparently already swiped right or left on every man in my radius as Tinder is now showing me men in Scotland! Don't get me wrong, Scottish men are wonderful and beautiful & I absolutely would. I live in Wales though.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

STOP ISRAEL, FFS

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I've been back on tinder for a few days now and apparently I am unmatchable. That's good for my ego 🤣

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Some fantastic photos from the dress rehearsal of the Fluellen Theatre Company production of Titus Andronicus back in March!! What an amazing play, what a phenomenal cast, all under the wonderful direction of Peter Richards ! Photos by Huw Richards Photography

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Since graduating in 2008, I have worked flat-out for a living, doing all my creative projects around day jobs. The money I have earned *in total* amounts to less than half a minimum-wage annual salary. Yet all I get is gatekeepers who "don't see" how a funded opportunity would benefit my practice.

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments

The Independent put Wes Streeting on their Pride list. Is that some kind of joke? They couldn't even think of 10 LGBT people who weren't actively campaigning against LGBT rights? Unbelievable www.independent.co.uk/lgbt/pride-l...

submitted 12 days ago • 51 comments

Will be in London tomorrow (Sunday) at the gorgeous @thecommonpress.bsky.social bookshop. See you there at 7? www.commonpress.co.uk/event-detail...

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So much manufactured outrage against queer folk in the culture wars, boils down to cis/het folk blithely strolling into queer spaces and queer conversations and completely misunderstanding them. Let me explain 1/

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Lots we could say here about how the British political/media class basically drove each other insane at threats to their status and with their fury at being called wankers on Twitter dot com, but let’s pause to marvel at “Equality commissioner instructs minority to accept reduced rights”.

submitted 14 days ago • 9 comments