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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The face you make right before Sub Zero rips out your spine

A Christmas card from Cherie and Tony Blair. Cherie Blair is wearing a red dress with a placid smile on her face; Tony Blair is wearing a navy suit with a lavender shirt and no tie, and is grimacing at the viewer with a strangely threatening expression. The text in the upper left corner reads”Season’s Greetings” in a cursive font

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It’s so exhausting doing nothing all day

A small fluffy white dog lying on a cream sofa atop a blue blanket, with one ear raised

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ah, what a sweetheart! This is from a few weeks ago after a long afternoon of lying on his grandma’s bed

A small fluffy white dog napping on a brown leather seat

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The recommendations on the Disney Plus anime collection are, um, interesting. One of these is definitely not like the others...

Screenshot from the Disney+ anime collection in the UK, with posters for Naruto Shippuden, Pokémon the Series: The Beginning, and Perfect Blue

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Um, I feel like a politician threatening to declare a national emergency (without specifics) to force through legislation (without specifics) should be a bigger story than it likely will be www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Text from a Guardian article about Reform UK intending to declare a "national emergency"

Reform UK says it would declare 'national emergency' on day one in power, not letting judges or officials 'get in our way'
The Reform UK undercover investigation has wiped out coverage of the overnight announcement from Nigel Farage about how the party will introduce a “national emergency” if it takes power.

This is how the party explained it in a news release issued overnight. It said:

During his speech to the Reform UK 2026 national conference, Nigel Farage is expected to commit to declaring a national emergency on day one of a Reform UK government, highlighting the dire state the country was left in by successive Labour and Conservative governments.

He will blast the Tories for their “failed” 14 years in government and highlight that Andy Burnham “wants 10 more”, but state that “time is running out to save Britain” and that the country “doesn’t have 10 years to be saved”.

As prime minister, he will make parliament “sit day and night” until all legislation is passed, forcing it to sit all through summer for seven days a week if necessary.

A Reform UK spokesman said: “Within days of winning the general election, we will introduce dozens of bills and force Parliament to sit all through summer for seven days a week to pass them. Britain is in serious trouble. We don’t have time to wait around to fix it”.

He will say that “if the Lords, judiciary or civil service get in our way they will discover just how determined we are” and will commit to doing “anything and everything to make the first 100 days work”.

While “national emergency” makes a good headline, it is hard from this to gauge what it actually means. It could be largely rhetoric; or it could be anything up to martial law.

In his interview with Richard Tice, the Reform UK deputy leader, on the Today programme this morning, Nick Robinson tried to get to the bottom of this. But he did not get very far.

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Via a friend on Facebook who is from the USA

Image of Homelander from The Boys, wearing the home kit of the England men's football team. He has a confused look on his face. Behind him there is a crowd of England football fans in red and white, smiling and jubilant. The text above reads "England seeing the rest of the world supporting them on Wednesday"

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I'll admit my memory is hazy of the exact details but wasn't getting Putin and Zelenskyy confused *exactly* the thing that brought down Biden?

Screenshot of the Guardian's coverage of the NATO summit in Ankara. Text above a picture of the President of the United States (a swine I shall not name) pointing and grinning at Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, who has a tight smile and closed body posture. The text reads

"Trump also appeared to have confused the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with Vladimir Putin.

While gesturing towards Zelenskyy, who is seated next to the US president at a press conference at the Nato summit in Ankara, Trump asked reporters: “Do you have a question for president Putin please.”

His comment attracted laughter in the room, and after realising his mistake Trump appeared to make light of the situation. “Do you have a question for president Putin, not Zelenskyy,” he joked while pointing at the Ukrainian president, who nods and smiles."

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Ed Davey now calling for all parties to stand aside in Clacton. *Rupert Lowe* saying Restore are not going to contest it. It really might all come down to Farage vs Binface

Image of British politician and intergalactic warlord, Count Binface, a dark, armoured figure with a metal bin/trash can for a head. His arms are outstretched, and he's holding a microphone in his right hand

I'm not sure alt text is much help here, honestly

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The leading theory seems to be he is trying to skate past parliamentary enquiry into his obvious corruption on a technicality. I’m inclined to think it’s a stunt to dismiss the recent media attention on his finances as institutional persecution. It’s *extremely* Trump-y

If parliament is dissolved or the member otherwise ceases to be a member while an investigation is in progress, the commissioner will suspend the investigation until the member is re-elected. If the member is not returned to parliament, the commissioner will decide if it is appropriate and proportionate to resume their investigation

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It's still a bad test, given who is positioned in the exact centre of the axes The apotheosis of "I'm not left or right, I'm right in the middle", and it's an actual fascist

Screenshot of the Britmonkey "2020s Political Compass" quiz results, with all four axes ("woke/chud", "techbro/neo-luddite", "hopepilled/doomer" and "Davos/Dubai") at 50%. The result is "Georgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy (2022-present)" with a picture of a white woman with blonde hair inside a circular frame

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

It's a bad test (it's always a bad test) but I will take the result: britmonkey.com/2020s-politi...

Screenshot from the "2020's Political Compass" quiz on Britmonkey, depicting a young woman with short hair wearing a white and black keffiyeh and looking at the camera. The text above reads "Greta Thunberg": below, it reads "Swedish environmental activist"

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We are: they’re sold out. Cooling technology in general sells out fast during a heat wave. It’s hard to justify a $300 purchase for something that is not going to help the immediate crisis. It is a systemic problem that is extremely hard to solve on a personal level

Price details of a floor AC unit from Amazon.co.uk. It is currently not delivering until August 2026-January 2027

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Love this (I told her it was a great but cheeky compliment)

A Scot visiting Boston just called me “mystic Meg” PLEASE EXPLAIN

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

"To win elections, you need more votes"

Meme from Fate Stay Night of a young anime man clenching his fist with a grim expression. The subtitles read "People die if they are killed..."

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Star Wars will continue to struggle until the day someone at Lucasfilm has the courage to cast Erika Ishii in a live-action version of Doctor Aphra

Image of the cover of a Star Wars: Doctor Aphra comic, depicting a roguish young woman against a backdrop of imperial stormtroopers

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

It took me a moment to realise the connecting threads of "K-pop and Star Wars" is "fandoms who hate the things they're fans of"

Screenshot of Bluesky's Trending topics:

1. UFC at White House
2. Investigations
3. Alabama Districts
4. K-pop and Star Wars
5. Trump and Epstein

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

It's there now, under the "England" section of the UK news, beneath the obviously more important stories about a missing capybara and the Beckhams feuding with their neighbours The BBC story does not mention Reform or Farage, but does mention Tommy Robinson

Screenshot of the BBC News website, with major headlines including:

"Arrest after major fire tears through historic mill"
"Beckhams' 'Blackpool' lighting plans irk neighbours"
"Fresh delay for new EU border checks at Dover"
"Thousands gather for anti far-right march in London"
"Windmere boatyard users 'gobsmacked' by closure"
"Gaming's Glastonbury arrives in Birmingham"

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

"Senator" McDaniels (he isn't a sitting senator) has a section on his Wikipedia article entitled "Southern secessionism and the Confederacy" that runs for three paragraphs, so I don't think his grasp on history is particularly solid

Screenshot from "Senator" Chris McDaniels' Wikipedia page, listing his political positions on:
Eminent domain
Healthcare
LGBT rights and women
Immigration
Views on sexual assault
Southern secessionism and the Confederacy

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

May the season be a time of joy and cuddles and treats for Milo, the goodest boy

A small fluffy white dog (coton de tulear) looking up expectantly, surrounded by brown autumn leaves

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Particularly galling is that Time had the rightful winners of Persons of the Year right there on an alt cover

An alternate cover of Time Magazine's Person of the Year edition depicting an illustration of three animated women looking at the viewer amidst a forest of green plants. The text in the upper-right corner reads

"TIME
BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR
Pop-culture
sensation
KPOP DEMON
HUNTERS"

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Yeah anyone bismirching Protestant art should talk to Sir Christopher Wren

Interior of the choir of St Pauls Cathedral, London, looking towards the nave: wooden stalls lit by lamps beneath a series of gilded baroque arches

View from the Whispering Gallery of St Paul's Cathedral, London, looking down over the transept

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

You are brave and you are nice and you’ve got this

A small fluffy white dog lying on a cream armchair, looking sleepy

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I certainly wouldn’t expect sloppy research from the guy that opened Capone’s vault on live TV only to find it was empty…

Screenshot from the Simpsons of a young Homer singing at a piano

♪ THERE WAS NOTHING IN AL CAPONE'S VAULT ♪
♪ BUT IT WASN'T GERALDO'S FAULT ♪

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Channel 4 understands the assignment THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER

Screenshot from the (UK) Channel 4 Threads account:

TONIGHT ON THE FAILING CHANNEL 4 (EVEN WORSE THAN ITV) THEY ARE SHOWING MORE THAN 100 ‘UNTRUTHS’ TOLD BY YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP. THIS IS FAKE NEWS BY THE MSM AND AN ATTACK ON YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT (DONALD J TRUMP)! DO NOT WATCH AT 10PM!!!

Screenshot from the (UK) Channel 4 Threads account:

CHANNEL 4, SO BAD IT COULDN’T BE NAMED CHANNEL 1, ARE SHOWING OVER 100 UNTRUTHS THAT THEY SAY (FALSELY) HAVE BEEN TOLD BY YOUR FAVORITE PRESIDENT (NOBEL PEACE PRIZE DESERVING DONALD J TRUMP) AT 10PM TONIGHT. WILL THEY SHOW 100 TIMES DONALD J TRUMP WAS HANDSOME AND RIGHT? NO. FAKE NEWS.

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

"There are no rat-men under Altdorf"

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

The socialist leader-in-exile was unavailable for comment due to being sucked out an airlock

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

(Apparently I was thinking of her occasional collaborator, Megan Thee Stallion, who is an anime nerd)

Picture from Megan Thee Stallion's Instagram of her cosplaying as Sailor Moon

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Daily Mail logic: A female-led animated movie about Polynesian/Pacific Islander culture produced by Disney is "woke" vs A female-led animated movie about Korean culture produced by Sony and Netflix is "not woke"

Screenshot of the Daily Mail's US website, with the headline "The animated film set to become Netflix's biggest ever hit- to the fury of Disney bosses who sank millions into woke flops like Moana, by TOM LEONARD"

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Listen I have no problem with Americans talking about their local elections (I barely know who "Cuomo" is but he sounds like a proper pudding) but you lot could at least post photos of dogs at polling stations like civilised people

A picture of a small, fluffy white dog sitting on the grass next to a sign for a polling station. Under his paw he's holding a paper card with a hand-drawn picture of his face, with the words "Foto Id iz WILF"

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Nothing but love for Kor: warrior and ally

A conversation between the Klingon Kor and Lt Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Kor: “Curzon, my beloved old friend.”
Dax: “I’m Jadzia now.”
Kor: “Jadzia, my beloved old friend.”

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

You will never convince me that she isn’t one of the most overlooked, consistent and downright hottest characters on Trek, especially compared to everyone else on Voyager

Lt B’elanna Torres from Star Trek: Voyager

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

All these descriptions of papal frontrunners are like: “Cardinal Domingo Borgia de Auto-de-Fe. Has a bust of Grand Inquisitor Torquemada on his desk, wants to bring back stoning of adulterers and believes the eighth circle of Hell is reserved for anyone who doesn’t know Latin. Considered a moderate”

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

84%is higher than Assassin’s Creed: Shadows score on Metacritic

Polling of UK attitudes towards trans people: whereas 39% of the public view trans people positively, 84% of lesbians do

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Patricia My Reflection @pbewelsh.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I'm just going to leave this here for anyone still insisting that a certain author's open bigotry has not contributed to the UK's blatant discrimination of trans people www.theguardian.com/society/2025...