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Sam ooOOooOoo Turner @renrut-mas.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The ADHD conspiracy and the gender critical movement and the Prof Arday story and the crackdown on disability support are all the same story. There is a default ideal human: a cishet non-disabled white male. The further you deviate from that ideal, the more suspect you become.

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In honour of #BadPoetryDay, I would like to share from 30 years ago a pupil's poem about the wreck of the Titanic: The atmosphere was clammy and tight; It was almost like a chicken in flight.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The perils of research: I am happily reading a old green book while wearing gloves, in case of arsenic...

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Ste Jormur @stejormur.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

I'll never get over how the best line in all of noir – "I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon" – doesn't come from Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett, but Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin dressed as a noir detective, saying "Yeah. That's me, Tracer Bullet. I've got eight slugs in me. One's lead, and the rest are bourbon. The drink packs a wallop, and I pack a revolver. I'm a private eye."

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Beth Levin @betheena.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

'I did not paint Venice. I painted the moment before her: still only light on the water, a rumour of towers in the haze. Wait a little and the stone would harden. I loved her best while she was still arriving.' J. M. W. Turner Arriving in Venice, detail, 1844 housed in the National Gallery of Art

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Despite more than 1 in 4 MPs signing my motion against the Code, it is due to come into force without any debate or vote in Parliament. I have written to the Minister for Women and Equalities urging her to withdraw it now. 2/2

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Every time 4th July ticks round, I take quiet pleasure in the memory of a friend's small hometown, where they always celebrate Independence Day on the Saturday before 4th July, even when 4th July falls on a Saturday.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/06/2026

Starmer saying the next PM will inherit a country that is 'fairer' than the one he inherited 2 years ago. In the one Starmer inherited, trans people could use public toilets.

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

In my dream, my swirling subconscious was trying hard to remember a song from my childhood. And when it finally did latch on to it, it was so pleased with itself that it sang it out really loudly, and that's how I woke up. Is sleep-singing a thing?

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Sarah Kay @k-interarma.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Aerial PARTIAL view of the anti racist, anti fascist crowd in Belfast right now. City Hall to the left for scale. This - this is the real Belfast. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I am convinced, and shall seek it out. Anything Ursula K. Le Guin recommends is good enough for me.

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Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Pride of Dundee! The Lemmings Statue stands testament to the great computer games industry of Dundee, Lemmings was conceived and developed in Nethergate 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums "Lemmings", 2013, Alyson Conway Thanks @kanaratron.bsky.social for sharing 😁

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Elizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Can we talk about how harassment and borderline stalking of trans women by gender critical activists has become entirely normalised? Why can’t a trans woman do a bloody Parkrun without having her privacy violated and her data amassed on a website?!

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Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland. And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.

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Chris Miller @thelittlepakeha.net · 06/03/2026

If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

The president of the United States killed children to distract from raping children.

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Bluesky Jan @janetleicester.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Bedford CC dealing with the bigots like an absolute boss.

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Nancy Pearl @nancybooklustpearl.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

“And as for you, you could be anyone Who’s done, who’s said, the things you’ve said and done.” What an amazing poem: Poem without Metaphors by Matthew Buckley Smith

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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The WI has been trans inclusive since the 70s, before I was born. Do you see who in this scenario was innocently minding their own business, coming to their own arrangements locally? Do you see who is forcefully imposing themselves and their demands upon others, via threats.

Sex Matters • @SexMattersOrg •14h
@HJoyceGender: "What is distinctive about single sex groups is obviously lost if people of the opposite sex are admitted." @BBCNews

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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.

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Ruth keady @ruviewer.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

It was a year ago today that I drove 60 miles and returned home with a Wee White Cat. Today, she saw off her mortal enemy, the Bold Black Cat, in a dining room showdown. Another standout moment of the kind of Cat Drama that is my life now. For though she be but little, she is fierce. ❤

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

It's both reassuring and depressing to know that, according to my laptop, I can thwart facial recognition technology simply by my morning face.

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

On National Poetry Day, may I share my brother-in-law Allan's awesome poem, written when he was a teenager.

Poem:
I am a rat, and I live in a drain, and pieces of faeces float by now and then.

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SpryOldLorax @spryoldlorax.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Some amazing gay history. Listen up kids.

I'm watching that documentary "Before Stonewall" about gay history
pre-1969, and uncovered something which I think is interesting.

The documentary includes a brief clip of a 1954 televised newscast
about the rise of homosexuality. The host of the program interviewed
psychologists, a police officer, and one "known homosexual". The
"known homosexual" is 22 years old. He identifies himself as Curtis
White, which is a pseudonym; his name is actually Dale Olson.
So I tracked down the newscast. According to what I can find, Dale
Olson may have been the first gay man to appear openly on television
and defend his sexual orientation. He explains that there's nothing
wrong with him mentally and he's never been arrested. When asked
whether he'd take a cure if it existed, he says no. When asked whether
his family knows he's gay, he says that they didn't up until tonight, but
he guesses they're going to find out, and he'll probably be fired from
his job as well. So of course the host is like ... why are you doing this
interview then? and Dale Olson, cool as cucumber pie, says "I think
that this way I can be a little useful to someone besides myself."

1954. 22 years old. Balls of pure titanium.

Despite the pseudonym, Dale's boss did indeed recognize him from
the TV program, and he was promptly fired the next day. He wrote into
ONE magazine six months later to reassure readers that he had gotten
a new job at a higher salary.
Curious about what became of him, I looked into his life a little further.
It turns out that he ultimately became a very successful publicity
agent. He promoted the Rocky movies and Superman. Not only that,
but get this: Dale represented Rock Hudson, and he was the person
who convinced him to disclose that he had AIDS! He wrote the
statement Rock read. And as we know, Rock Hudson's disclosure had
a very significant effect on the national conversation about AIDS in the
U.S.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Labour's cowardice in the face of extremism iandunt.substack.com/p/labours-co...

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Shellraiser B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

First they came for the queers, and you didn't know it because we're not in the poem

Image of Nazis burning books from the Institute of Sexual Studies with text:
"First they came for the queers and you didn't know it because we're not in the poem"

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Macron: "He's a very clever cat" Merci monsieur le président x

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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

I cannot stress this strongly enough: Support your local theatre, café, bookstore, bakery, and library. We breathe life into these places when we support them. They need us, and more importantly, we need them.

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Agnès Rivoal @agnes-rivoal.eurosky.social · 08/05/2025

Or... What if the rest of the world decided to boycott the World Cup being held in a totalitarian country?

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Today I will seek out a garden centre, buy a little snow-in-summer, and then plant it in the stump of the cherry tree that the winds blew down.

a close-up of an Alpine plant with white flowers and silver-green leaves.

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Human Rights Index 💙 @humanrightsindex.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Yesterday, France celebrated independent bookstores with a national day of support — a brilliant move to protect culture against giant corporations like Amazon. 🇫🇷📚 This is the kind of idea the whole world should embrace! 🌍❤️ #BuyMoreBooks

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Alison Fincher @alisonfincher.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week. They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions. Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.

bookshop.org

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.

An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.

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The Portobello Bookshop @portybooks.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

There’s a new display up on our A-Frame that celebrates trans voices & stories! We’ve got a selection of fiction, non-fiction, & poetry so there’s sure to be something here for everyone. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

if you are a cis person it costs you nothing to just say today that you see & hear your trans sisters & brothers & others over in the UK today -- and around the world, too, knowing that rulings like today's ripple out in ugly ways.

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 28/03/2025

🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨 This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️ 👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House

Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

On my msm feed: 'How Jaguars In The Amazon Are Adapting To Fish Like Bears.' Tell me how at first glance you read that sentence?

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

The mantel clock that came with the manse only chimes on the quarter hours. I love it for this.

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Frannie Munro @franniemunro.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I have removed the wee cat's blanket for washing, and she is Not Happy. After pacing and yowling a bit, she is now perched on the arm of the sofa next to the place where the blanket Ought To Be.

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