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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life.
Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage.
I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys.
I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show,
A show that I named and helped develop over all those years.
Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry.
These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices.
Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'.
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I chose the latter.
It broke my heart.
I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make.
I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer.
I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence.
One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more.
I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost".
James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice.
Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences.
I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness.
Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire.
I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal.
I am so sorry to let you down.
I hope that you can understand my reasoning.
I have to accept that I am not what the current
BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not
"just a job"
I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world.
From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too.
The strawberry is dead.
Long live the strawberry. B

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 19/11/2025

In this cold weather #homeless people can be especially at risk. A helpful resource is StreetLink and you can alert them to a person needing help. You could save a life in this cold weather! thestreetlink.org.uk

thestreetlink.org.uk

StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services

Welcome to StreetLink. Make an alert if you've seen someone sleeping rough, or if you're sleeping rough and want to find out about local support services.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 14/11/2025

I feel like I'm being gaslit with words like "iconic" to describe this season of #BBUK because it's just been a nothing series. Sure the winner is a decent person and very nice and all but it's just a perfect metaphor for the entire series.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 14/11/2025

Cannot remember a more boring series of #BigBrother ever. Absolutely have no preference of who wins. #BBUK

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 10/09/2025

Tents are really just big jackets with sticks in them, when you think about it.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 01/09/2025

After a few days travelling through northern Europe and passing through borders one thing is abundantly clear... Brexit was one of the most stupid things Britain has ever done and it was a huge, huge mistake. Nobody has ever given a better benefit of Brexit than the freedom of movement we had.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 20/08/2025

According to the BBC Hounslow is in the top five local authorities supporting the highest number of asylum seekers at the end of March. Now I live in Hounslow and I have to say it's a a great place to live and I'm very proud of this! Refugees are welcome here! www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 14/08/2025

I don't want voice input. Also I don't want voice input. But on the other hand I don't want voice input. Finally, I don't want voice input.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 12/08/2025

[1] GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke: ‘Embrace AI or quit your job’ www.financialexpress.com/life/technol... [2] GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke to step down www.msn.com/en-au/money/...

Life moves pretty fast from Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 10/08/2025

On Rainy Fascist Island, UKIP leader Nick Tenconi does a literal Nazi salute meanwhile police are busy arresting a blind man in a wheelchair for speaking out against a genocide.

UKIP leader Nick Tenconi absolutely doing a Nazi salute

A blind man using a wheelchair arrested by police.

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Miriam IRL @miriam.blacksky.app · 10/08/2025

In the UK people can wave a swastika and throw Nazi salutes at far-right rallies but a pensioner holding a “Palestine Action” sign is where the law draws the line

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 20/07/2025

I'm surprised that BBC News didn't see the grift here. They've positioned this girl and her father as "just wanting to say they're British" but now she's speaking at a Tommy Robinson rally and her father, previously convicted of fraud, has set up a GoFundMe. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Warwickshire school apologises to girl over culture day speech refusal

Bilton School in Rugby apologised after preventing a pupil from making a speech at school while wearing a union jack dress.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 15/07/2025

Right, my work calendar is not bloody Tetris! You don't have to jam meetings in filling up every single gap! 🤬

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 20/06/2025

The single thing that REALLY annoys me about films and TV is when people drink out of a coffee cup but it's clearly empty and then they don't even swallow. I know it's my problem but it crashes me out of verisimilitude and I can't help noticing. Would it be too hard to just put some liquid in?!

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 20/06/2025

Hot Friday take: tourists should stay off the tube at rush hour. Go get a coffee somewhere.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 17/06/2025

Why do boomers on trains use their phones on speaker and HOLD THEM UP TO THEIR EARS?!!

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 10/06/2025

When I mention going to Iceland on my bike in a couple of months people keep on asking if I'm going with others. When I say I'm going alone they often say "it's better to go with somebody". Well WHO?! My choices are go alone or don't go at all. I don't have anybody to go with. 🤷‍♀️

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 09/06/2025

If cars are parked on the street why does the moon contain certain thoughts?

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 09/06/2025

If a sheep is a triangle, why do crows fly?

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 09/06/2025

When I'm walking around town I have to dodge out of the way of people as they don't move an inch when they're passing me. Last night I was walking through town and almost pressed against a window to my left and a guy walked past to my right and I didn't move quickly enough so we bumped arms.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 01/06/2025

Driving home a car was stopped in the other lane. A driver behind it just pulled straight onto my side of the road, without even looking at me. I swerved into the gutter, braked, and beeped my horn. Then a guy down the road started screaming something at me too. People have lost their minds!

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 31/05/2025

It's amazing how many adverts I'm seeing at the moment to travel to the USA. Hahahahahaha, there is NO CHANCE! 🍊

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 29/05/2025

June is Pride Month. Let's call out companies who show support for LGBTQ+ people while also advertising on GB News, a channel that pumps out LGBTQ+ hate. Tell these companies to pick a side - hate or Pride: action.goodlawproject.org/pick-side-ha...

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Pick a side – hate or Pride

June is Pride month. So our social feeds will be awash with corporate rainbow logos performatively signalling their support for the LGBTQ+ community. But some of the same companies celebrating Pride a...

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 29/05/2025

For those of you that need to know this; Adobe, Burberry, KLM, Listerine, Nissan, Radisson, SoundCloud, Squarespace, Trainline, and Vistaprint all advertise on GBNews. #StopFundingHate #HateOrPride

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 23/05/2025

At Kings Cross tube station earlier and a bloke going down the escalator had a cheeky toot on his vape. A few seconds later an angry tannoy message rang out "DO NOT IGNITE VAPES IN THE UNDERGROUND OR WE WILL CLEAR THE ENTIRE STATION". 😏

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 11/05/2025

I'm going on holiday to Ireland tomorrow for a few days and dropped my dog off at my brother's last night. I already miss him so much! 🥺

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 11/05/2025

Can't park your swasticar there.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 23/04/2025

My biggest surprise of #CBBUK is how lovely I think JoJo Siwa is. She's a really nice person, I think.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 19/04/2025

Last night I was out with some friends and we walked around a car totally parked on the pavement, past an absolutely hammered guy who started catcalling one of us. He then staggered over and got into the car in the driver's seat. A police car was at the traffic light so I went over to say this.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 04/04/2025

Some of today's metal #newReleases, April 4th 2025.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

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Separated Bike Lanes Means Safer Streets, Study Says — Streetsblog USA

Cities that build protected lanes for cyclists end up with safer roads for people on bikes and people in cars and on foot, a new study of 12 large metropolises revealed Wednesday.

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 27/03/2025

I got a strike for posting this then appealing it. It was a reply to somebody being rude about Geordies. I also report racist, transphobic, and homophobic comments but the report is always that the poster didn't break the rules.

Comment: "Did ya mam not tell yuz to not say owt if you've got nowt nice to say? Well she should've, pet".

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 21/03/2025

On a call with a vendor we use and somebody said "...we can nut out some of the topics...". What is your understanding of "nutting out" something? Because I have a particular understanding... 🤔

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Elisabeth Anderson @velobetty.uk · 20/03/2025

I'm putting money on this company asking for security experts in 6 months when their system is breached. #VibeCoder getcoai.com/careers/vibe...

Nathan Barley meme saying "I'm a self-facilitating vibe-coder"

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