Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 1hDunno about anyone else, but I only ever read Showaddywaddy in my head in Jimmy Savile's voice #TOTP 010
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 5hAs I've said before, when it comes to protests we're all just amateurs compared to the French... 1165
Reposted by SpookysaurusAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 6hThe UK implementing the mandated segregation of trans people in aspects of society, from bathrooms to hospitals and schools is why I tell people to never vote for anti-trans Dems. They cannot be allowed to spread in the party like the cancer they are. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comTrans women no longer to be placed on female-only wards under new NHS England guidanceRules mean single-sex wards, toilets and changing rooms will now be used by people based on their biological sex 8815190
Reposted by SpookysaurusAlice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social · 10hI have said it before and I will say it again: hospital wards are not “single sex spaces”. Cis men on the wards I was in: doctors, nurses, porters, volunteers doing tea rounds, cleaners, catering staff, security staff,and random visitors to see other patients at all hours of the day. 328258
Reposted by SpookysaurusSpookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 16hThe ghosts in PacMan are conscious. They can distinguish between when PacMan has eaten one of those large dots and when he hasn't, knowing when to chase and when to retreat, aware of the suffering should he catch them at the wrong time. I have no more patience for hedging on this matter. 113742
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 8hWhen your bigotry overrides concerns for your own mother. What a shitbag of an MP. 000
Reposted by SpookysaurusScary Mary @daddyissuesbarbie.bsky.social · 9hThis from Covid season one. 061
Reposted by SpookysaurusSian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 13hI have already heard from trans constituents who are avoiding essential NHS screening and treatment for fear of being treated without respect and dignity. Ministers told me: “the revised guidance will support the privacy, dignity and safety of all patients” How exactly does this do that? 21584193
Reposted by SpookysaurusMatt Oakley @mattoakleymojo.bsky.social · 9hOn this day 1605 Guy Fawkes began his journey to London. It would take him several days because his legs were made of old tights stuffed with newspapers. 525247
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 9hIt's easy to see why so many people were convinced Mitch McConnell was actually dead, given it doesn't appear to be the usual barrier to working in the US government that it is here 000
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 9hActually the basis of a recent advertising campaign here in the UK, though it's never explained why you need to be on a train to chat to your granyoutu.beOn the train you canYouTube video by National Rail 020
Reposted by Spookysaurusm@thew @tweetpotato314.bsky.social · 20hwife: why r u putting garlic in ur pants me: so dracula won’t try to eat my ass wife: why would dracula try to eat ur ass me: he won’t. the garlic- r u even listening 5526114
Reposted by SpookysaurusBex Luther @superbreeze.bsky.social · 10hGuy from Yorkshire: this is God's own country God: [on a beach in the Seychelles] what 0101
Reposted by SpookysaurusDave Bagpuss Forsey ☕️ @bagpuss.org · 11hThe problem with having Jerry Hall as your granny is that you might end up with Mick Jagger or Rupert Murdoch as your grandad #CelebrityTraitors 0121
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 11hAnd somehow, Joanne is even worse on #Traitors this week 171
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 13hSometimes it takes the views of those on the outside to help those inside realise just how ludicrous things have become 031
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 13h"Political" (but completely un-censored) t-shirt spotted on The One Show on BBC One just now, in the pre-recorded One Big Thank You section 000
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 16hThe ghosts in PacMan are conscious. They can distinguish between when PacMan has eaten one of those large dots and when he hasn't, knowing when to chase and when to retreat, aware of the suffering should he catch them at the wrong time. I have no more patience for hedging on this matter. 113742
Reposted by SpookysaurusJason Sinclair @jsinclair.bsky.social · 18hAmazing that Liz Truss has become international shorthand for total incompetence, a lasting global legacy across generations beyond any British Prime Minister since Churchill. 513122
Reposted by SpookysaurusChris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 22hi think it's easier to just say "immigration is fine" than come up with increasingly strained descriptions of why moving from france to germany for 6 years or whatever isn't immigration somehow 9638115
Reposted by SpookysaurusNova @holyandroidnova.bsky.social · 15/10/2026what the fuck do you mean catch her 1140282
Reposted by SpookysaurusNate O @nateo.bsky.social · 21hThe Times doing their usual reframing of a straightforward case of an author and publisher facing the long arm of the law and deciding to stand up for their principles. So naturally, it’s time to speak to an (allegedly) racist author that was so inconvenienced the BBC ran a six-part series on her? 517148
Reposted by SpookysaurusThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20hNEW Sally Rooney and Faber are not overreacting in withdrawing books from the UK market Their interpretation of Section 15 of the Terrorism Act is not fanciful By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...prospectmagazine.co.ukFaber withdrawing Sally Rooney's books from the UK is no overreactionTheir interpretation of Section 15 of the Terrorism Act is not fanciful 19485239
Reposted by SpookysaurusGemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 14/10/2026🧵TW for the image ⚠️ Just one of hundreds of vile comments and threats I’ve had from men for sharing footage from Reclaim the Night. One of the organisations represented on Monday was Rape Crisis Scotland. I’ve since leaned that the Glasgow centre are close to having to cut services due to 74915
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 15/10/2026A reminder that's only one more day to the Norm Macdonald documentaryyoutube.comNorm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald | Official Trailer | NetflixYouTube video by Netflix 020
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Ok, scrub that: the deranged cartographer was even better. I hope it was as off-script as it looked #SNLUK 010
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Catching up on #SNLUK, Fouracres wins everything for channeling Emperor Palpatine via Prince Andrew 010
Reposted by SpookysaurusTaraNicRóibín @tararoonies.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Just returning to just how insane and disturbing this is 033
Reposted by Spookysauruschristhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Trigger warning… 818630
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 14/10/2026So much good stuff waiting to be heard, and also one of the greatest album sleeves too 170
Reposted by SpookysaurusAndrew Barker @barkerrant.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I recently witnessed this happen IRL, and the guy seemed surprised when everyone stopped and looked at him like “what the fuck…?” Like he thought that was just something everyone was saying in polite conversation now. A whole chunk of the adult population assertively unlearning basic social skills. 127039
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 14/10/2026static.klipy.comLion King Simba ThrowAlt: Baby Simba in The Lion King, being held up by the baboon guy. The clip then shows him flinging baby Simba as far as he can, with the caption Get TF Outta Here 000
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I mean, how can they not be fucking embarrassed by this? 041
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 14/10/2026The fash marching on the streets and terrorising lifeboat volunteers, a best-selling author pumping her funds into trans erasure and threatening Amnesty International into submission, now Sally Rooney books being pulled from the shelves for being anti-genocide. Too soon for a glib Burnham's Britain? 171
Reposted by SpookysaurusJason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 14/10/2026Must suck to have someone steal your work without compensation or even notification 046799
Reposted by SpookysaurusThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Terrorism law is a special body of law which should be taken seriously. The UK government’s proscription of Palestine Action discredits terrorism law. 8523219
Reposted by SpookysaurusDel - Martian Observer @martian-observer.net · 14/10/2026If someone could drop a couple of pounds in my tip jar at ko-fi.com/martian_obse... my tummy would be extremely grateful as its idiot dopey owner has got himself in the awkward situation of having nothing in the cupboard and nothing in the bank and having to ask, sorry 😬ko-fi.comSupport Martian ObserverSupport Martian Observer 101
Reposted by SpookysaurusPeace & Justice Project @peaceandjustice.bsky.social · 14/10/2026History will judge our government by its unforgivable complicity in Israel’s war crimes in Gaza — and its demonisation of those who opposed the genocide of the Palestinian people.bbc.co.ukSally Rooney says her books will be removed from sale in UK over Palestine Action supportThe Irish writer is best known for novels such as Normal People, Intermezzo and Conversations With Friends. 410743
Reposted by SpookysaurusOliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Re the Sally Rooney news, I was looking up data on arrests under terrorism legislation the other day, and hadn't quite realised how utterly bonkers the effect of the Palestine Action prohibition had been. That big purple spike is basically all PA-related arrests. 311213529
Reposted by SpookysaurusSinan Kose @thesinankose.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Britain is increasingly a very bizarre country, to the point that having any outside perspective on it gives you anxiety. 514122
Reposted by Spookysauruschiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026"What has the BBC ever done for me?" Nurtured, celebrated, concealed and normalised rapists; airbrushed t shirt slogans calling for equality for trans women off the one stalking horse show they still allow openly LG people to participate in... So much. So much. 1678
Spookysaurus @cheekyian.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It's part of (yet another) fantastic Odd This Day thread, but reading Donald Sutherland's thoughts on working with Kate Bush in the Cloudbusting video made me laugh so loud I just got a look on the bus. 110
Reposted by SpookysaurusKenny Campbell @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I have never seen coverage of a live trial, one involving allegations of multiple sex attacks on multiple women, framed in a more distasteful way. It's not 'Fame under fire' it's a rape trial. And it involves actual women. And this from the *checks notes* BBC 2034069876
