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Current location: St. Leonards-on-Sea, England 'You're one of us now.' - Doug Anthony All-Stars. Made in Scotland from girders. Any pronouns. Gender is a spectrum. https://toriaredfern.wordpress.com (photo: me & Foz Foster @ the 100 Club by Isabelle Adam)
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Upon this response, JK burst into a million shards and a great wind scattered her unhappy soul beneath the arc of a newly formed rainbow.

submitted 6 hours ago • 1151 comments

absolute legend

submitted 8 hours ago • 7 comments

Picked up both these books on recommendations from @robinince.bsky.social - they are both phenomenally well-written and an important read (‘One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This’ by Omar El Akkad, and ‘Ghost Signs’ by @stuhennigan.bsky.social).

submitted 17 hours ago • 2 comments

"Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go... What does my death matter, if through us, thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?" Eighty two years ago today Sophie Scholl was executed, aged 21, for her part in the non-violent, anti-Nazi group the White Rose.

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

'Howard's End' (which I realise I've never seen all of) is on Film4, and therefore Channel4.com if you fancy some Forster. All the Merchant Ivory regulars in the cast.

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

I think Stephen Yaxley-Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson is the MAGA Nelson Mandela. They're so low rent it's tragic. PS www.brettwilson.co.uk/blog/why-tom...

submitted 15 hours ago • 2 comments

It's occurred to me that a lot of people have felt optimistic about things because BlueSky could be a left-wing haven away from the Nazis of Twitter, but it does have blocklists and people willing to click their heels, say, "Jawohl, mein kommandant!" and block who they're told to block, so...

submitted 16 hours ago • 2 comments

ok so what gets called "gender ideology" is jsut like "be who and how you want" and what gets called "not ideology" is like "follow these specific unwritten rules and perform these forbidden rituals according to the circumstances of your birth"

submitted 18 hours ago • 22 comments

The rise of gen AI, backed at every level by the far-right, suggests the arrival of an _anti-information_ age. AI offers a self-reinforcing bullshit loop that, much like a Russian disinfo operation, serves to muddy the information space and create doubt about the very nature of reality.

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

I keep seeing DEI being called an ideology when it is not, and the white supremacy that is replacing it not being called an ideology, when it really is. That shit goes back centuries.

submitted 19 hours ago • 6 comments

The novelty of the dishwasher has not worn off and I still love it, but had the horrible realisation this morning that I'm unlikely to find another flat with a dishwasher in it after this and have been spoiled. Don't make me go back to piles of washing up!

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

Americans still being oh so superior to Brits about the Revolutionary War - look up what happened to any of our kings who pushed it too far and got too full of themselves.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

I'm sorry, but I truly cannot understand why some of you do a word puzzle in a foreign newspaper and then complain that it's too foreign. It's like the middle class version of people going to Spain on holiday and complaining about having to eat Spanish food.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Please stop pretending you care about the planet when you're just saving money getting rid of paper bills and statements and please stop doing this to me because I can't keep track. :(

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

We need facts as never before. 3 years after Putin invaded Ukraine, I spent 24 hours with combat medics on the Ukrainian frontline. Their courage, compassion, dedication & skill are astounding. Please read & please never stop standing up for Ukraine. 🇺🇦 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

submitted 23 hours ago • 11 comments

I would get the history of the witch panics right before posting saccarine dross like this. going-medieval.com/2023/10/20/y...

submitted 21 hours ago • 52 comments

It’s 2025. In an ever-changing world our series is a haven, a musical hug, an escape, a place to experience wonder. For this to continue we once again ask our community of friends, family, audience and artist for some help. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding... 📷Kat Ciemiega, Paul Hudson

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

submitted 1 day ago • 23 comments

It must feel a bit weird if you've put the hours in

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments