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Sam

@irishwol.bsky.social
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Escaped from the rubble of Twitter. Feminist, recovering medievalist, LGBT+activist, loves her family, animals and art. She/her

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Darren Moan @dmoan71.bsky.social · 14h
There is a typo in the link - should read www.patreon.com/cw/RobinInce. Signed up and subscribed - hope you hit your target!
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Robin Ince — conversations and blog posts about creativity
Get more from Robin Ince on Patreon. conversations and blog posts about creativity . Support Robin Ince and get exclusive access to their work.
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Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social · 15h
Twitter user _Just_Noel__:

Polio never existed prior to the late 1800’s. Polio cases dropped 99% from the reduced use of pesticides and consumer products laden with arsenic and other heavy metals that demyelinate nerves. The vaccine was either a coincidental occurrence or a well timed psyop.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 11h
Yesterday Zack Polanski called on the government to put in place a three year emergency brake on private rents. No sudden rent hikes. No evictions under the guise of rent rises. No more uncertainty, no more fear: just vital breathing space for renters.
A picture of Zack Polanski standing behind a podium at the Green Party conference with text above that reads "We are calling on this government to put in place a three-year emergency break on private rents. No more uncertainty. No more fear." With the green party logo and imprint at the bottom.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 11h
Not beating the genocide allegations
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 02/10/2026
This Wednesday, Elon Musk called for the death sentence for transgender youth care providers. It was in reply to a post calling for full criminalization of all gender-affirming surgery. Musk is becoming even more radicalized in targeting trans people. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Elon Musk Calls For “Death Sentence” for GAC Providers
Musk’s posts are not just inflammatory rhetoric. They have real-life consequences.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 14h
A week ago The Boston Globe published a piece by this writer claiming that trans people are *safer* under the Trump regime. The conceit relied on twisted data from the FBI and the notoriously fascist Manhattan Institute. Here, Mastio made his true feelings about trans deaths much more clear.
David Mastio: The Jews weren't mostly killed by their lovers and johns.
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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 14h
ALSO WOOOOO I am an online guest of octor at Octocon today and tomorrow! 😍🐙 (I think I'm doing like five or six panels so if you need me for anything time-urgent this weekend: no you don't)
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Chuck Wolfmangione @dopeymcgeee.bsky.social · 13h
This stuff to me is symptomatic of a much larger problem in society. Everyone is incredibly suspicious of everyone else. Everyone is on edge. And art is one of the first things to fall under fascism. And it also underscores a deeply uneducated populace in the south that is scornful of art & artists.
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 15/08/2026
people get intimidated by the social belief of "supporting the arts" as like donating $5,000,000 for a new wing at a museum or hosting some gala it's not. 10% of our audience throwing us $1.00 a month would literally be *life-changing* money most artists are in the same boat.
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Sam @irishwol.bsky.social · 12h
Spooky season 🎃🐙🕸️
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They call me the Mistress of Bubblewrap. The much under appreciated art of wrapping and shipping ceramics! I’ve gotten pretty good at it over the years if I may say so 😉
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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You can currently download my Norman Conquest book for 99p. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 13h
Superb book, ludicrous bargain 👌👇
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Flora 🍓🏳️‍⚧️ @floramerigold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yesterday's news about Jacob Geller broke my heart, so much that I couldn't stop dwelling on it all day. In an effort to make sense of this horrific news and my admittedly complicated feelings about it, here is my article on the Jacob Geller situation: epiloguegaming.com/what-do-we-d...
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What Do We Do With Jacob Geller? - Epilogue Gaming
Earlier this week, a friend noticed Jacob Geller’s book, How A Game Lives, sitting amongst my living room shelves. Under almost any other circumstances, this would have been an exciting invitation for...
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🇨🇦 JimbobCajun @jimbobcajun.bsky.social · 13h
Basically, Trump is using the US government to expand his pedophile ring & child trafficking business. Americans. If there was a point at which to revolt, & physically extricate this piece of excrement from DC by any means necessary, then now would be a good time.
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 13h
If they attack those who feel little to no sexual attraction or interest in sex, that is a gateway to attacking anyone who does have sex in any way that’s not “acceptable”
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Why Niger explicitly criminalising asexuality is significant to everyone, regardless of identity
To understand Nigers asexuality criminalisation, we should see this law as part of a bigger – and growing – global trend among conservatives about 'traditional families'
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rm4.bsky.social @rm4.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Stanley Marcus was an awesome human being. My favorite story about him is he was on the board of the Dallas Art Museum and during the red panic, a bunch of conservatives didn't like the modern art in the museum and said it was satanic and communist. He told them no and they weren't taking it down.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2 October 1919 | A Dutch Jew, Jacob Vogel, was born in Amsterdam. He arrived at #Auschwitz on 17 July 1942 in a transport of 2,000 Jews deported from #Westerbork. No. 48420 He perished in the camp on 18 August 1942. --- Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_en
A man smiling while holding a guitar, standing next to an unidentified person.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 02/10/2026
Well now, this is a thing. As I said, it has been vicious about trans people...
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Johnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This needs more eyes on it
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CatMom @newtoncatmom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#IamJaneDoe
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Sam @irishwol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#IAmJaneDoe
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Maida ☠️ @emmaidama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
She is not a name in a case file. She is a human being. She deserves justice, dignity, and to be heard. 🩵 #Pinks 🌸 #IAmJaneDoe #Cornell7
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 02/10/2026
Woman are sharing their own experiences with sexual assault on campus and what they say were inadequate responses from their universities and their police departments, with some coalescing around the hashtag #iamjanedoe.
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‘I am Jane Doe’: Cornell case spurs women to share their experiences of sexual assault on campus
Social media posts have generated thousands of comments expressing support for the former Cornell student who alleges she was raped, with women sharing their own accounts.
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Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 02/10/2026
Scoop: At a secret meeting this summer, an aide to Stephen Miller laid out Trump administration's plan to make it easier for states to round up and institutionalize mentally ill homeless people — by pushing a drastic policy change that would weaken the rights of millions of disabled Americans.
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How Trump’s homelessness crackdown became a sweeping retreat from disability rights
After issuing a memo making it easier to institutionalize homeless people, the Justice Department began abandoning cases protecting disabled people’s right to live in the community.
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Carly Riley @carlyriley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@robinince.bsky.social is doing all sorts of incredible stuff on Patreon (just search Robin Ince) my personal favourite is Science Gossip. But the real gem is Liberation Conversations (also on Spotify). The Lucia Osbourne Crowley episode is a mush listen to EVERYONE!
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is part two (for those who missed it first time) on how anti trans movement and their allies in the show gave me no option but to to resign www.patreon.com/RobinInce/po...
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To the End - Gaslighting Part Two | Robin Ince
Where were we? Are yes, we’d just got to here. This was when I would start having people come up to me after gigs and say, who is that perso
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Sam @irishwol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A thread of good game deals ...
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Oriana González @oriana.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
SCOOP: White House officials, led by Susie Wiles, have told DOJ to delay any abortion-related action until after the midterms Wiles suggested to Todd Blanche that an aggressive approach on abortion would be negative for the GOP in November @washingtonsun.com www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ab...
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White House Officials Told the DOJ to Delay Action on Abortion Ahead of the Midterms
Attorney General Todd Blanche has moved slowly in abortion pill litigation and department officials have told advocates to wait until after the election.
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.
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Melinda's century of humiliation @melindamagpie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“People moved to NYC because of its shield law for trans kids. These hospitals have completely left them behind and shirked responsibility. They have not even been told whether they can receive continuity of care.” Eliel Cruz, a co-founder of Gender Liberation Movement
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Activists Picket New-York Presbyterian as Hospitals Continue to Block Access to Gender-Affirming Care for Youth
LGBTQ+ Activists are continuing to pressure hospitals to not give in to the Trump administration, in the wake of Mount Sinai’s settlement and agreement to suspend care for trans youth.
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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bang on the money from Diarmaid Ferriter today : Irish govt still mouthing platitudes about #climate while the world burns down around us. Hope it’s not true when they say we get the politicians we deserve. www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...
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Diarmaid Ferriter: Weather whiplash leaves us with no illusions about the reality of climate change
And yet the Government is still speaking out of both sides of its mouth
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Our 1066 episode of You’re Dead To Me is now out worldwide as audio podcast, and visualised on @youtube (outside the UK) It’s a VERY funny guide to the chaos of the Norman Conquest and Battle of Hastings! With our guests Alison Spittle & Prof Erin Goeres
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 02/10/2026
How it started, how it's going.
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Boze Herrington, Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
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Mark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You should go and see Vix on Sunday afternoon. What else are you going to be doing? Actually that's not even rhetorical. If you CAN'T attend, or don't plan to, please tell me what else you've got on Sunday afternoon.
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Jen (they/them) says Free Link @knifeboots.xyz · 02/10/2026
I love his joy.
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Sam @irishwol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is cultural vandalism on a huge scale. Fuck them all!
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am one of the fire survivors he's trying to screw over. If you want to help me rebuild, you can buy something from my Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/thenigh...
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thenightwellforge - Etsy
Shop items by thenightwellforge.
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I strongly believe schools should bring children together rather than try to impose one religious identity on them. If you agree - please add your name and call on the Education Secretary to introduce inclusive assemblies for all, and to keep dangerous Christian Nationalism OUT of our schools.
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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I promise you if I tried this even once I'd be hauled up into a disciplinary. But Dr Orr? Little research, no teaching, no problem. www.varsity.co.uk/news/32175
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Orr’s lectures covered by a postgrad
James Orr had a postgrad cover approximately seven lectures, allegedly without the Divinity Faculty’s knowledge
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Queer people have voted for Democrats at a higher percentage than any other group beside Black people, so deriding us as "inconsistent" while calling our rights "marginal" does nothing but tip your hand as to whom you think are worthy of being fought for.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Very reassuring that the Diocese of Leicester has hired a new 'Director of Vocations' who is a trustee of a group which creates and promotes a course that requires participants to sit in a group and confess to "homosexuality", among a collection of "perverted sins".
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every time a discourse kicks off over whether AI music, literature or art will be "as good as" the real thing, I'm always amazed more people don't cite that **there already are** creative pursuits where human-free spectacles have been available for decades, and nobody has ever wanted to watch them.
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 30/09/2026
BREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome
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Draculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey guys! I'm Burke, he's Hare, and before we get into today's unboxing video, we just wanna talk a little about today's sponsor, Surfshark
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Mike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BBC re-running their headlines from 3 years ago when Sunak released 10,000 prisoners early over 6 months....oh wait, no, that went off without a media fuss. Labour are releasing up to 5,000 early over a year - due to Tory failure to build prison capacity. They only built 36 net new places a year.
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Sam @irishwol.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I thought the questions on this were more than a bit arse but it's come out pretty solidly right. I'm a Progressive who takes an unusually hard line on religion messing in politics. Yup. 12axes.vercel.app/en
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