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@astrid.place
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23 year old software engineer | User #88,122 | Brighton resident | Doing tooling and social good stuff | Signal: astrid.580 | Discord: justsomedev | Mastodon: @astrid@treehouse.systems | 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈

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Astrid @astrid.place · 08/06/2026
I’m going to miss Bromley. Feels like London still but with quaint village vibes. Nice mixture.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 08/06/2026
At least the town of Bromley is nice I guess, I will be back in Brighton tomorrow to handle moving into emergency accommodation hopefully
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Astrid @astrid.place · 08/06/2026
I loved coming back to someone coming in without asking pulling my clothes out of duffel bags and just assuming consent because I was silent. My medication and letters weren’t even in the room. Thinking about it makes me angry, and the expectation I would be over that in a day.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 08/06/2026
If you want to actually show concern for me, you wouldn’t destroy my stuff and make me feel at risk of harm. The council want me to speak to you, but I feel like I’m going to get killed if I do. I also have evidence that is timestamped from Signal that proves lies to the council.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 08/06/2026
And you know what really sucks too, I just needed space. I just needed a week to collect how I wanted to deal with everything. But I couldn’t get such a thing. Everything happened so fast, I’m really not okay.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 08/06/2026
I am currently effectively homeless bleeding grotesque amounts of money which I do not have. The council will help me Tuesday apparently, if they don’t I have quite the suicide plan. I can’t live in Brighton anymore, but I have to be in the UK rn because I’m bleeding too much cash.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 08/06/2026
Then play nice to the council making it seem like I’m safe there even though they went in my room and destroyed shit, meaning the council believes I am safe there even though my stuff was destroyed and I left in fear. By the way, one of the destroyed things was the manual to a 9/11 memorial set.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 08/06/2026
I really love the part of the trans community where people bang on your door, make you feel trapped in a corner, make you feel like you have to flee for your life as they are yelling for you, destroy your shit when you are gone, then evict you with 3 days notice post violating your PTSD.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 30/05/2026
youtu.be/SnaHMFvhNwQ
youtu.be
ArrDee x Aitch - War (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ArrDee
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Astrid @astrid.place · 30/05/2026
Privacy is a universal right.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 23/05/2026
Yeah nah, Discord was the platform I always opened in the morning. Those puppy GIF's are what make my morning.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 23/05/2026
Also sorry if I owe you a reply somewhere. With the exception of Discord/Twitter (SF reasons, but oh boy do I have a funny blog post about Glinner coming up)/Telegram/GitHub, I basically shut off from socials and prioritised my life. My life felt good for a while, its a bit worse now. Fuck you UK.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 23/05/2026
Do you know how many times people were transphobic to me in the US? ZERO. It has happened multiple times in the short time I've been in the UK.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 23/05/2026
I have to say I feel like 100x less safe in the UK than the US already. I'd go so far as to say depending on your state and healthcare, the US is safe for trans people. The UK is not. I landed just as the EHRC shit happened -_-
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Astrid @astrid.place · 01/05/2026
Yeah I’m not saying this is like this in every state but NY/NJ absolutely is
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Astrid @astrid.place · 01/05/2026
"America is a vastly different country to the UK, and I've never felt safer."
astrid.place
Freedom
America is a vastly different country to the UK, and I've never felt safer.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 28/04/2026
bsky.app/profile/astr...
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Astrid @astrid.place · 28/04/2026
Stonewall, NYC
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Astrid @astrid.place · 28/04/2026
Upper Manhatten, NYC
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Astrid @astrid.place · 28/04/2026
I am in NYC (have been since yesterday, also Jersey City but who’s counting)! The people of the states of NY and NJ are so so welcoming and lovely, so glad to be here
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Astrid @astrid.place · 21/04/2026
DM sent :)
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Astrid @astrid.place · 19/04/2026
Do disagree its well intentioned, agree with the rest
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Astrid @astrid.place · 19/04/2026
The New Yorkers who participated in Stonewall did not participate for this.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 18/04/2026
Anyone around NYC end of this month/start of next month? I will be!
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Astrid @astrid.place · 15/03/2026
Ballsy move to post this on Bluesky.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 14/03/2026
I was not recommended for the Green Party selections process *whimpers* Will likely drop out
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Astrid @astrid.place · 14/03/2026
was there like an hour ago, really fun, I suck at it right now but I'll get better I'm sure
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Astrid @astrid.place · 13/03/2026
Paid for a rock climbing gym membership!
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Astrid @astrid.place · 12/03/2026
I just realised there's a "Load more" button on LinkedIn. Oops. Obvious I don't use this site much.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 06/03/2026
Hey everyone, so my time with Vantage comes to an end at the end of this month. I feel so lucky to have worked on the stuff I did. I am looking for full time work. If anyone knows anyone, my DMs are open. People at Vantage are able to vouch for me and the services/experiences I can produce.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 09/03/2026
www.wired.com/story/bluesk... Veryyyyyyy unsure how to feel about this one
wired.com
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 09/03/2026
My housemates held a intervention for me today and I really needed that
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Astrid @astrid.place · 09/03/2026
tmw you change your Discord status to looking for work and a sugardaddy DMs you. Obviously not accepting his offer but 🤣
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Astrid @astrid.place · 08/03/2026
Yes I've seen the UK trans news today. I've not dug into it, I've had a quite shit week.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 07/03/2026
fuck 3 retries and I still fucked spelling, that was nearly a banger
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Astrid @astrid.place · 07/03/2026
If the war is over we should fully withdraw at once. Trump has said the war is over and dad is not angry with you Mr Starmer. I know you said your dad was a toolmaker, well Trump has made you more of a took so I think that's true.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 06/03/2026
Hey everyone, so my time with Vantage comes to an end at the end of this month. I feel so lucky to have worked on the stuff I did. I am looking for full time work. If anyone knows anyone, my DMs are open. People at Vantage are able to vouch for me and the services/experiences I can produce.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 05/03/2026
I need to normalise sound and being outside of a tiny cube again, had a particularly bad mental health spiral, thanks Met Police
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Astrid @astrid.place · 05/03/2026
I cooked a ready meal! That's recovery slowly but surely!
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Astrid @astrid.place · 05/03/2026
It keeps flickering I'm not sure if its someone its quite petrifying
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Astrid @astrid.place · 05/03/2026
Reminder that when I did a single Git commit about the free speech union that was public interest, the Met Police seized all my electronics, questioned me, and cautioned me in under a month. The wheels of justice can run fast if its a trans person they want to hurt.
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Astrid @astrid.place · 04/03/2026
The problem before is I couldn't even wag my tail properly because I had so much stress and now I don't but I have to deal with all the reasons I didn't have a waggy tail
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Astrid @astrid.place · 04/03/2026
yesss :3
media.tenor.com
a group of puppies are sitting on a swing set in a park .
Alt: a group of puppies are sitting on a swing set in a park .
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Astrid @astrid.place · 04/03/2026
I feel like a puppy wuppy that’s slowly starting to wake up
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Astrid @astrid.place · 04/03/2026
I have medication finally woo
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Astrid @astrid.place · 02/03/2026
yep
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Astrid @astrid.place · 27/02/2026
There's a few things I'd change within the party when campaigning to ensure we use all campaigners properly (having a meeting to air such soon) but the people there were great
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Astrid @astrid.place · 25/02/2026
oh *sigh*
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Astrid @astrid.place · 25/02/2026
(There’s a not fucked seen account here)
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Astrid @astrid.place · 25/02/2026
I can’t find them
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