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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This German comedy sketch (with English subtitles) perfectly captures so much of what is going on right now in the UK, the US, and across Europe. "Playing the 'Nazi Card' in the Third Reich", by Browser Ballett.

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 03/09/2026

The brief panic when I get out of the shower and I had put my glasses in their 'going to bed' spot and not their 'getting in the shower' spot...

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 18/08/2026

I've been writing on AO3 since 2010 and maybe this number is normal for some fic writers but for me this is just madness, my first fic to hit 4 figures of kudos?

Cropped screenshot of the 'stats' page on AO3, showing a fic with 46k hits and 1004 kudos. The 1004 is circled because it is insane.

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

If you’re ever wondering whether person (x) is reasonable or whether they’re just a hooting wingnut crackpot, then I have always found “do they have serious, very aggro beef with Amnesty International” is one of the best indicators.

The National •
@scotnational.bsky.so... • 1d
NEW: JK Rowling and other gender-critical campaigners have reacted furiously after a report from Amnesty International called them 'anti-rights' organisations
The author has accused human rights group Amnesty of believing women don't deserve rights in response

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 10/07/2026

My flat was 27c this morning after having windows open all night, it did not take long to decide I was not WFH today (I usually do on Fridays)

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 10/07/2026

I am not looking forward to leaving my air conditioned office and walking home

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 10/07/2026

Do I normally come into the office on a Friday? No. Does my office have aircon? Yes. Guess where I am today...

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 05/07/2026

When you suddenly remember duxford air show is this weekend because fighter jets fly over your house...

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 03/07/2026

Me most of the last decade: writing fanfic? Yeah I think that part of my life may be in the past... Me the last 4 months: writing over 70k of heated rivalry fanfic with several chapters to go (and plot bunnies waiting in the wings) 🤷‍♀️

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 02/07/2026

I am fully prepared for there to be one person when the casting appears that their available profiles look like such a bad fit but then totally surprise me by being perfect

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 02/07/2026

my eurostar to france last week got cancelled for the same reason, ended up having to travel on a different day entirely

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 02/07/2026

I am on threads for real and fictional hockey and pretty much ignore everything else...

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 23/06/2026

I had thunderstorms overnight which made my walk to work quite pleasant. I'm not looking forward to the walk home (where hopefully all of my now closed windows and curtains - having been open through the rain - will keep my flat at least liveable)

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thepig993 @thepig993.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

“Don’t piss off every section of the coalition that elected you” is advice that most political scientists would give you for free

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Gwen @finalgwen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Credit to @penny-anna.bsky.social for the best take on Who's cancellation.

A Tumblr post from penny-anna:

"Have we considered that Ianto's shrine may have been load bearing?"

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 11/06/2026

as the folk song 'There Were Roses' says: An eye for an eye, was all that filled their minds And another eye for another eye till everyone is blind

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 08/06/2026

Finished typing up chapter 19 of my fanfic hours ago, opened new page in notebook to start chapter 20. So far in several hours I have written the word 'ilya'. (it's not even that I don't know what happens in the start of this chapter, I do. Just need to actually write... something)

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 26/05/2026

I've been listening on audio (they're my current 'driving' audios) but they're available in paperback (the first one was good I'm still partway through the 2nd), Sarina Bowen's 'Hockey Guys' series

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 11/05/2026

Maybe it's just that it's been a decade since I posted new fic, maybe it's that the Heated Rivalry fandom is bonkers, but my WIP that I posted *4 weeks ago* is already the fic with the 2nd most hits of the entire 106 fics I have on AO3 across various fandoms and 15 years. #1 was posted in 2010...

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 09/05/2026

book 6 of this particular series takes place July 2020 to July 2021. Literally nothing in it would happen quite the same in the real circumstances of that year. Some of it better for the characters and some of it worse. Of course I thought of the worse first...

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 09/05/2026

this is 'what if events from book canon (for the 'gay hockey show' series) but with vaguely-real-world covid restrictions from the time'. I thought of one particular event that would be kind of extra torture for the characters... but I obviously had to write things starting from March 2020...

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 09/05/2026

I am... Somewhere around 48k into my current fic (I still need to type up the last 2 chapters from my handwritten notebook). I am about to write the chapter containing the original concept I had for the fic back in February (when I wasn't even going to write it...)

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 28/04/2026

Being a Brit writing fanfic in a Canada-based fandom means my search history is currently full of things like 'Canada tap vs faucet'

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 24/04/2026

I 'hate watched' UK apprentice for maybe 2/3 seasons a while back because yelling at stupid people was a little fun but then the next season I missed the first few episodes and realised I had no will to catch up and I haven't watched it since.

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 21/04/2026

this is what 'reusing a couple bits of footage and adding new bits to the prologue of the new movie' is for. I have been a big MCU buff, own all the films on bluray etc, and I have no interest in going to the cinema to see a very slightly changed version of a film I already saw...

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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This Is Just To Say I have turned off the AI features that were in the update and which you were probably hoping to monetize Fuck you they were stupid so unnecessary and so annoying

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 19/04/2026

...having 90 AO3 subscriptions after posting 2 chapters of my WIP (a week apart) is pretty good motivation to keep going and actually finish it. (given the fandom it's probably relatively low but it's a way higher number than I've had on there before!)

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🖇🌊AntiIgnoramiAnya🌊 @aungard.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Seriously Guardian? The pope relating Jesus's teachings to the current situation is what a pope should do. Saying that the pope is feuding, quarreling, etc., with the Drumpfster fire is ludicrous. If anyone is being argumentative it is the regime because they want to make this a [unholy!] holy war.

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Oliver Darkshire @deathbybadger.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Jesus: omg im lost in the desert wearing nothing but this flimsy robe I sure hope no-one tries to seduce me in the next, idk, forty days or so

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Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com · 16/04/2026

I'm not saying that the reason this place falls over fucking constantly now is vibe coding and AI brain rot. No. Wait. I am saying that.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I’ve given this a great deal of thought, trying to come up with the perfect joke for this moment, and this is what I have so far - POPE LEO: our religion teaches that this war is bad VANCE: wow, who died and made YOU head of the Catholic Church?? POPE LEO: well, you should know, you were there

screencap of a tweet with a photo at the bottom of JD Vance giving a talk, gesturing smugly with his hands

Eric Daugherty • @EricLDaugh • 1h
• JD VANCE RESPONDS TO POPE LEO:
"When the Pope says that God is never on the side of those who wield the sword - there is more than a THOUSAND year tradition of Just war Theory."

"In the same way that it's important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about matters of public policy, I think it's very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology."

"And I think that one of these issues here is that there has been - if you're going to opine on matters of theology, you've got to be careful, you've got to make sure it's anchored in the truth, and that's one of the things that I try to do, and it's certainly something I would expect from the clergy, whether they're Catholic or Protestant."

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

As a woman, I offer my sympathies to the Pope who is now being told hourly by very many random men what he actually means

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Sean McIndoe @downgoesbrown.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

He did it. Morgan Geekie breaks Auston Matthews' record for most goals by a player exactly matching his own jersey number. Rest easy, Duane. You too, 2020 me. (But not you, Glen Murray. Screw Glen Murray. He knows what he did.)

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 14/04/2026

It rarely gets beyond the 2nd OT, but the record is I think 6?

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 14/04/2026

playoff games can also in theory last indefinitely. if there's a tie after 60 minutes they just play another 20 minutes of sudden death overtime (after a standard intermission). If no one scores, they play another 20. And another 20.

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 14/04/2026

Money (each team gets at least 2 home games per round they make it to) and also I guess an attempt to account for the level of 'randomness' in hockey in order to be sure they get the right winner. The better coaches can adjust their strategy through a playoff series to fit their opponent

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 11/04/2026

This one is coming via 'evri'. Who used to be called 'Hermes' and somehow thought that changing their name would make everyone forget how awful they were...

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 11/04/2026

I mean, they are the very very worst of our courier companies here in the UK but I think they do still technically work full weeks (their support people keep claiming they are looking into it and it should be delivered 'today' but they've said that for 3 days now...)

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 11/04/2026

I had a delivery I was expecting Tues evening; I then got a notification 30 mins before the end of the slot that they couldn't deliver and would try again the next working day. I then got an email saying my expected delivery date was this COMING Tuesday. In what world is that next working day???

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Micah @rincewind.run · 09/04/2026

*talking to teenage militant atheist self* current me: okay so there’s a big fight between the government and the catholic church teenage me: got it, so we’re obviously on the side of the government current me: I, uh, you might want to sit down for this one

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 06/04/2026

I did get my 2nd dose of MMR last year though - 1 dose was standard when I was a baby (changed to 2 when I was about 4). I am 100% team 'any others you want to give me while I'm here???'

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Erin @etmuse.uk · 06/04/2026

I was too old to get any HPV vaccine and didn't realise that you could ask for it here as an adult anyway until I was also too old to do that (one of the handful of vaccines that at least on our NHS has a maximum age limit...)

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Kade Peregrine @kadeperegrine.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I love that German hits the nail on the head by using the term "hobbyless behaviour" to describe those effects. Painting flags on roundabouts? Hobbyless behaviour. Harassing immigrants? Hobbyless behaviour. Picketing drag brunches? Hobbyless behaviour.

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