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Mike J

@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social
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Tech industry burn out, pigeon protector, sea gull whisperer and abysmal erhu player. LGBTQ+, intersex, insulin & hrt should be free and accessible 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Last of the Brunnen-G (nsfw) @quasarmike.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Me, everytime I watch #StarTrek Voyager episode Tuvix, waiting for the happy ending....
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I am sorry to hear about the death of naturalist and neurodivergent activist Joe Harkness www.buzzmag.co.uk/neurodiverge...
buzzmag.co.uk
The relationship between neurodivergence and nature is insightfully examined by JOE HARKNESS
Why do neurodivergent people often find themselves in caring careers, and consolation in nature, asks BBC wildlife writer Joe Harkness' book.
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Just gonna say it, I wouldn't get on a yacht with it and a Wagnerbot.....
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Reminder, Taylor Lorenz claims to be a journalist, yet from my own digging, she only talks to PR people and right wing agitators. Her libertarian politics is shrouded in progressive language, but her actions leave allies defamed, causes trashed and her friends struggling to deal with the fallout.
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Caelan Conrad @caelan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
With all due respect this is like interviewing an alcoholic in a bar and asking if everyone there has a drinking problem.
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Get her fake/pampered/hypocritical ass out of the role. She's like someone claiming to love animals, but runs an abattoir. Surely there's someone more prominent & famous to drive the donations, half the world needed to be reminded who she was... the other half didn't give a sh*t 💅 c.org/TgJ9tP2kVm
c.org
Sign the Petition
Remove Pink as a UNICEF Ambassador
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My dad told me "ego is toxic for driving, no one is free of it behind the wheel" He used to get irritated when people called him a good driver cause "it only takes one bad day to change that" he hated how dependent we were on cars. People's ego's inflate & time becomes an excuse for recklessness
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Last of the Brunnen-G (nsfw) @quasarmike.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
On a tangential note, M*chael Lucas and other exploitative gobsh*tes can go f*ck themselves...
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So... the known coward, Ed Sheeran.... My thoughts:
static.klipy.com
Meryl Streep in Death Becomes Her: Boozy & Flaccid
Alt: Meryl Streep in Death Becomes Her: "you're a tragic, boozy, flaccid, pathetic clown"
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Last of the Brunnen-G (nsfw) @quasarmike.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I too am still boycotting paramount, a friend has a free subscription from her job so we churn the ethics over coffee. She also has amazing Lursa and B'Etor outfits, Barbara March and Gwynyth Walsh are scifi icons and the Duras sisters deserved better storylines and way more screen time ✊
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's been so long, I stopped caring. It was going to be the HP alternative without the transphobic mold monster attached. But it got feature crept & tried to call it anti-crunch. I hope it's great and I'll try it out, but I'm not sure I can get excited anymore nintendoeverything.com/chucklefish-...
nintendoeverything.com
Chucklefish on why Witchbrook has taken a decade to release
Donna Orlowski, the COO of Chucklefish, has explained why Witchbrook has taken so long to release. Back in 2016, the project was first teased. A year later, it was announced as Spellbrook, and then be...
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title for the first two panels is "Young Me".
In panel one we see a young version of Sarah, the protagonist. She says, "I want to achieve great things".
In panel two we zoom in a little on young Sarah's face. She continues, "An astounding career! An amazing house! World peace!"
The title for the last two panels is "Adult Me".
In panel three we see adult Sarah, looking down.
In panel four we zoom out and see she is in front of a basil plant. She simply says "I want to grow a basil plant".
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
No offence Jeremy, but this is shit. You had an opportunity, you chose potential abuse over actual abuse. We know, that even you, won't do a damned thing about safeguarding now this legislation is off the table. You condemned people who's faces you haven't seen to a nightmare you'll never know...
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
No offence Jeremy, but this is shit. You had an opportunity, you chose potential abuse over actual abuse. We know, that even you, won't do a damned thing about safeguarding now this legislation is off the table. You condemned people who's faces you haven't seen to a nightmare you'll never know...
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Caelan Conrad @caelan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
No, they didn’t lol
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Holly 🇺🇦🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🇵🇸 @mxhollyclara.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I am still (11 years later) unable to grasp how the images of little Alan Kurdi’s body washed up on a beach wasn’t the final word on treating refugees with compassion and dignity. How we are we having attacks on the RNLI for saving HUMAN lives being encouraged by our media. I weep for our world.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 09/09/2026
RNLI volunteers put themselves in harm’s way to save lives. They should never face abuse or threats for doing so. That includes the crews based on the Thames, who respond to hundreds of incidents every year. They deserve to be thanked, not attacked.
bbc.co.uk
Abuse of RNLI volunteers 'wholly unacceptable', chief says
Peter Sparkes says there has been "deliberate misinformation" spread about the charity.
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: Cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne - the man who gave Farage £5m - has quietly dropped his defamation suit against @wsj.com over this 2023 article 👇 1/
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I have & continue to support the NHS, doctors pay & right to strike by NHS staff, but I will also be critical of medical staff who abuse patient data, poor care, medical gaslighting, negligence and medical harm. We know the NHS isn't perfect, but at the moment, for many, it's barely functional
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I see RNLI help people every week. They are the people of my town, they work in places I go daily and the names of lost colleagues mark the promenade, walls & boat houses. The idea of people attacking them is sickening, so donate if you can, they represent our humanity rnli.org/support-us/g...
rnli.org
Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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Matthew Hodson @matthewhodson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Grindr settles out of court after claims that it shared personal information, including HIV status, with advertisers. Your HIV status should be your own information, which you choose to share - or not. But if it wasn’t for the fear and ignorance we routinely face, this wouldn’t be such an issue.
theguardian.com
Grindr pays £26m to settle UK lawsuit over allegedly sharing users’ HIV status
US-owned dating app allegedly allowed ad firms access to private information in breach of UK law
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Bad science, poor understanding of the methodology and probably no action to remedy those issues. I work with birds daily, cats are a problem, but not the biggest. The shit coming out your car and boilers are a massive issue. Heat and water stress from climate change a massive fucking issue
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Blocking every f*cker in this conversation, cause it's shitty people looking to fight over indoor v outdoor, as though there weren't a middle ground and circumstances that make everyone different. People just looking to fight and using cats as an excuse. Not animal lovers, just using them as objects
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Fun video by @princesmweekes.bsky.social Xena is iconic for so many reasons, but I refuse to accept any other musical episode will ever be as good as Xena achieved, the emotion, creativity & the songs. Those songs still plague (complimentary) my dusty brain 3000+ years later youtu.be/yv6NQ6LcUlc?...
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That Time Xena Invented the Musical Episode
YouTube video by Princess Weekes
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Dr. Catherine Strickson @brigitteempire.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Reminder to not watch this garbage show funnelling money into the biggest rollback of LGBT rights since Thatcher
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Don't Watch the Harry Potter TV Show
YouTube video by Brigitte Empire
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Finally got around to seeing Good Boy (2025) and despite the horror marketing, it had me crying. The dog is adorable, the film is just over an hour long, so even if you don't like it you haven't wasted much time and it really conveys a lot of emotions #film #horror
Film poster for "Good Boy" (2025),the lead character a caramel coloured dog in the upper right hand corner, a pale deathly blue ground as shadowy hands reach for him from three sides
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Seamless competence is the torment of #carers, you become so used to doing stuff & doing it without outward signs of stress that to everyone else, it seems effortless. When it isn't, you're tired, frustrated that no one else is helping & you're irritated that the media thinks you get too much money
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
People debating "clanker" as a slur... Grow the fuck up! It's fiction, it was made for cartoons. If you're navel gazing over whether it's a slur for machines, you're not doing enough to combat real slurs, used against real people by those who have power to turn slurs into policies... Grow TF up!
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Fuck no!....... 💔
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No......💔
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
There's something fucking vile about online "judges" who declare the guilt of someone and that no one else need check. This guy has a lot of followers, yet his responses are callous, arrogant & tone deaf @gidmk.bsky.social Never idolise people, their egos override their empathy when you do
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Police (UK) used to disengage car chases really early, the concern for the safety of other road users was paramount. Now, it feels like that principle is gone, I'm not speculating on causes, just saying, the police care even less about our safety than they did, & they weren't that bothered before...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
broligarchy.substack.com
The Jason Arday Reckoning
The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It's so exhausting hearing people claim to be in possession of the facts when there's stuff we simply cannot know due to stuff not being released yet, media narratives influencing people long before they come into contact with (likely selective) facts. And doing the "look over there" meme at lefties
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The media wrote their hit pieces without doing even the most low effort journalism, this should confirm to us all two non-mutually exclusive things, there's lazy schmucks calling themselves journalists, and paid-for schmucks happy to peddle fatal bigotry to the masses, any of us could be targets
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social doing the journalism people in the UK media, including some independent media couldn't be bothered to do. Thanks @owenjones.bsky.social for bringing the article to people's attention. It's worth sharing if you care about truth and accountability. youtu.be/Y9w0rQHvCfQ
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Jason Arday SMEARS Fall Apart
YouTube video by Owen Jones
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
@lewisgoodall.com has a way of being so close to an actual point he can smell it, but then going wildly off the mark before he gets to it. In this case insisting Arday was "the author of his own misfortune", that there was public interest in the story and omitting key information that adds context
"Jason Arday was repeatedly denied the right simply to be a man - fallible, complicated and capable of redemption -"

Redemption for what Lewis? Say what it is, don't let it sit there, to be swallowed by the same uncritical masses who drove him into the ground"Jason Arday was allowed neither complexity nor redemption, because he had ceased to be a"

Apparently not allowed verification either, Lewis accepting what others have said about Arday, having done no research on him to quote what needs redemption, how is this any different to the mob who hounded Arday​"Jason Arday was neither blameless nor innocent. He was an author of his own misfortune, if, according to some reports, not always necessarily of his own work."

Basically posthumous victim blaming based on "some reports", great journalism there Lewis, real "I saw it on twitter" journalism
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So many wealthy people questioning the validity of mental health conditions, in a world made so horrendously stressful for the sole purpose of their enrichment, they are completely insulated from all of it. If course they think it's fictional, their mental security is built off of our mental ruin.
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Israel finally admitted firing on 5-year-old Hind Rajab - and her family. But don't be fooled by their "investigation". It's a sham 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/israels-hi...
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It's carnival day in Cromer and there's the biggest f*cking thunder cloud hanging over the town threatening to rain as thousands line the roads for the parade. We desperately need rain, but what a crap time for it to arrive... Hope it holds off long enough for people to enjoy it, then get to shelter
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
israel is killing palestinians in gaza every day - ten today. stop the genocide, boycott israel, israeli institutions, and the companies contributing to the genocide and apartheid, and free palestine!
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Apparently there's a Sarah Z video about the misuse of the narcissist label. Bit ironic, she literally pursued a gay man for telling a story about Heated Rivalry fandoms. Accused him essentially of being a narcissist, misogynist, liar etc and even filled a whole spreadsheet on him and his activities
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Here is a podcast about our worries over the framing of Great ADHD Myth? There will also be a follow up in the next 24 hours @cosmicshambles.com
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I wasn't aware of Aaron Bastani's comments, after this, I need to reevaluate the good faith I've extended him, especially if it can be confused with endorsement rather than just constructive engagement www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...
See link for full text, image shows the paragraph related to Aaron's comments and what was commented on
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I'm not used to seeing double digits, I'm scared.....
The navigation bar at the bottom of the bluesky app showing 3 DM's and 27 notifications
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So often what are called “culture wars” are one set of people saying “please can we live without perpetual persecution” and another saying “no, f*** you” but the press considering the latter group have “legitimate concerns” and must be perpetually platformed
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Mike J @pigeonpoppets.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So TurnLeft and Novara are basically accepting the framing of Arday as a liar. Which is gross, I've been so disappointed by left leaning outlets on this topic. Michael Walker doubling down on his coverage, TurnLeft constantly caveating what they say about Arday with "probably lied"
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
JP Morgan CEO warns UK chancellor not to hike taxes on banks, could raise £19bn. Says it would lose jobs From an industry that has closed bank branches, profiteered, taken bailouts, sold dud financial products, engaged in frauds, facilitated illicit financial flows. People must prevail over banks
theguardian.com
JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon warns UK chancellor not to hike taxes on banks
Billionaire CEO of world’s biggest bank says any windfall tax on sector’s bumper profits could harm jobs in City
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
After Stock professed extremist ideology twice this past week (e.g. disabled women are faking; autistic people and people with ADHD are 'unsuited' for academia) and being billed as an expert during the Arday plagiarism scandal, I forgot until now that Stock was involved in her own plagiarism scandal
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