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Books, cats, science, music. Physics graduate. Current Bio student. Greater London via NY. #queerrightsarehumanrights #BlackLivesMatter ¡No pasarán! 🍉 She/them
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Migration is too often used as a political weapon from those on the far right to demonise some of the most vulnerable in society, with terms like asylum seeker, refugee and migrant deliberately conflated. Here's what you need to know.

Welcome to the public domain, THE SKELETON DANCE (1929). 🎞️ 🎶👻 Walt Disney Studios' first Silly Symphony cartoon is a wordless masterpiece of synchronized animation & music featuring dancing skeletons in a graveyard. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025⁠

Happy Public Domain day to those who celebrate: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_in...

Dear Santa, You didn’t get me the thesaurus I asked for and now I’m mad. You made me really mad. I’m mad at you

every job is at best tolerable until you drop dead or retire, except congressperson, which from the way they cling to power must feel like riding down a water slide 24/7

Back when using a watch to communicate was only science fiction, I never dreamt how dorky I'd look trying to type in an SMS on a tiny smartwatch screen. And, yes, I can use voice to text, but I still have to edit it (which looks worse than swipe typing to begin with).

My cat be shitting in the year 2077

Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

Dudes from India and high school science and maths teachers from the US with videos on YouTube: getting me through my second undergraduate degree.

To the extent you’re able, please support indie media including individual commentators and journalists as well as the new worker-owned outlets like Flaming Hydra and The Flytrap that are challenging the billionaire-run legacy media. I’m proud to be a part of @theflytrapmedia.bsky.social

The Democrats definitely didn't lose the 2024 presidential election because they were too lefty, but that is/will be the narrative for far too many.

This is the sort of crap that makes me laugh when I remember so many people see the Beeb as an impartial source for news. Don't get me wrong. There's worse sources. But this should be called out every single time.

I'm hoping everyone can feel a little less alone

Christmas has landed in the Moggsy household.

Plugging 66 space heaters into this bad boy

Large parts of adult social care in England face collapse, thinktank says. The budget blamed but there are other factors. Massive real cut in local govt funding since 2010. Privatisation: 30%-40% of money vanishes in profits. Money buys less. End Privatisation www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

what’s stunning to me is the reaction from rightwingers experiencing actual moderation on bsky. they don’t seem to realize how aggressively extreme their own rhetoric has gotten. these are like, facebook grampas posting memes that a decade ago you’d only find in the nazi edgelord parts of 4chan.

If Congress was so worried about people being safe in the bathroom you’d figure they’d have gotten rid of all the rapists idk

Don't consent in advance.

those rights only matter when it’s time to ask for donations.

If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up. If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds

In case anyone's wondering why bluesky DMs don't support images: I'm pretty sure this is why

right lads, hit the orchards now

Mitch McConnell suffered from polio as a child as he contracted it before the vaccine was invented. He has said he was lucky to survive. We live in a world where McConnell might vote to let RFK Jr a man who doesn’t believe in the polio vaccine into office. How does that make sense?

The super rich would still be super rich even if we taxed them properly. #TaxTheSuperRich join the campaign @patmillsuk.bsky.social

I am not feeling motivated to study at all today. But then I remember I am learning about how mate selection affects evolution. I am still not motivated, but at least I can watch videos of male birds doing elaborate dances for the ladies while I am studying. So, there's that.

It is shocking and revealing that so many commentators (particularly liberals and centrists) are employing Trump and far-right arguments and narratives about white grievance, the left & 'wokeness', etc. to explain the Democrat loss instead of actually opposing him and such politics.

This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...

#AgathaChristie starter pack that you didn't realise you needed.

Heartbreaking Nature article showing up to 72% rise in suicide attempts of US trans kids as result of anti-trans laws. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Let's talk about Ernest Everett Just, a cell biologist who unraveled the mysteries of fertilization in spite of the obstacles he faced as an African-American. Just's story weaves together good, rigorous science with racism & tragedy. He was born in 1883 in seaside Charleston, South Carolina.

once again we have people lying about the campaign we all witnessed

"this is fine" British Library Manuscript - royal ms 20 a ii f3r

We've just created our first Starter Pack for staff at The Open University (UK)... join us! go.bsky.app/UhqW8VR #OUfamily

ok one more "how we do it on bluesky" re: "block, don't engage." it's not that anybody wants to tell you what to do -- it's that we collectively realized that this is what works. it works really great! zero, zero response needed. just block! don't argue at all with dickheads! try it! you'll see.

So many times over the past almost 2 weeks how fortunate, how privileged I am, as a disabled US citizen to be living in a different country right now (although this administration will probably still affect me negatively). Forced farm labour for mentally ill and/or neurodiverse people is chilling.

follow back parties is how bad actors make their way into communities and hide in plain sight. be careful with things like #nodemunder1k