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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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Zohran Mamdani's campaign perfectly shows how much the democrat party leaders are a pack of lying conservative bigots who would rather lose elections then go against the billionaires who have them by the leash. Socialism is popular if you explain what it means and how it will improve lives.

submitted 6 hours ago • 2 comments

I'm going to be honest here, I think AI is going to do so much damage to the usable internet that even after it's inevitably crashes out, it's going to take years to disentangle from every space it's polluted, like digital asbestos it's gonna be time consuming effort and likely expensive venture.

submitted 1 day ago • 84 comments

I like to follow my grandmother's advice: "Do one thing every day that scares you." It's nice being able to check an item off my to-do list just by waking up.

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

Time for some fresh air!

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This from Keir Starmer is a de facto endorsement of Trump's illegal aggression against Iran. Talk of Starmer's deep commitment to international law belongs in the same garbage can as talk of Trump's deep aversion to foreign military entanglements www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 4 days ago • 11 comments

They keep softening the figures too. PIP is a gateway benefit so lose that & you lose much more. Many stand to lose in excess of £12k a year so most of what keeps them afloat. Not well enough to work and not disabled enough for support, what are they meant to do? #TakingThePIP #WelfareNotWarfare

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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

submitted 6 days ago • 11 comments

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

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

“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 7 days 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 10 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 11 days ago • 3 comments

Good morning 😊

submitted 11 days ago • 2 comments

Netanyahu Calls Iran Strikes Necessary To Prevent War He Just Started

submitted 12 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 14 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

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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 16 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 16 days ago • 1 comment

STOP ISRAEL, FFS

submitted 17 days ago • 0 comments

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

submitted 17 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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