Reposted by Virginia she/ herRachel Burch @rachelburch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here’s the final selection of my photos for my 2027 Dartmoor calendar, I chose the December picture, frosty Tavistock not on Dartmoor, but I do live here ..£16 each inc postage available from me direct via PayPal or bank transfer or my Etsy shop. All profits to Tavistock food bank. only 50. 01914
Reposted by Virginia she/ herJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 29/09/2026🚨 We need to hear from YOU Have you had a problem accessing gendered services since April last year, outside of school and the workplace? Are you a service provider worried about remaining inclusive? PLEASE let us know through this form - and share widely goodlaw.social/mzb3goodlaw.socialMy branded typeformTurn data collection into an experience with Typeform. Create beautiful online forms, surveys, quizzes, and so much more. Try it for FREE. 0145109
Reposted by Virginia she/ herTransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026TransActual is working with Dr Kat Gupta, a researcher in Politics, to examine how trans people and our supporters responded to this consultation. Please visit transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/09... for more information. 1159
Reposted by Virginia she/ herTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 111156323
Reposted by Virginia she/ herHelen 🏳️⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Substitute ‘anti-Semite’ for ‘gender critical transphobe’ and Jean-Paul Satre absolutely describes the behaviour of the current wave of TERFs and bigots to a T! 😳 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 35514
Reposted by Virginia she/ herGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 27/09/2026The deadline to renew Palantir's £330m contract is coming up fast. Join us to make ministers stop hiding Palantir's secrets – before it’s too late👇 goodlaw.social/o9zr 110245
Virginia she/ her @virtuallyv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Tea with husband, now writing. Got very little sleep last night because I was editing in my head, which turns out is not very productive as you wake up after a few hours sleep to find nothing is actually edited... 140
Reposted by Virginia she/ herBrendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Just to fully underline how spiteful this shit is for those unaware: On the left is the route the Orange Order have been ordered to take for the past 3 decades without trouble. On the right is the route that has brought hundreds of cops to Drumcree. The only motivation is sectarian antagonism. 18636254
Virginia she/ her @virtuallyv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Editing tonight. Was sadly deleting a sparkling (but lengthy) conversation, and replacing it with a letter, more in keeping: think the disrespectfulness of breaking up with someone or cancelling plans by text. They can't even be bothered to tell my protagonist to her face. But my conversation... 😭 130
Reposted by Virginia she/ herTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“A unique voice, tone and heart.” Everything Will Swallow You has been chosen as one of the top ten paperback releases so far of 2026 by this week’s Bookseller Magazine. Free international delivery here in case you’ve not got yours yet: blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... 2735065
Reposted by Virginia she/ herJames Tate Hill @jamestatehill.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They say to write the novel you would want to read, but they forget to tell you how many times you'll be reading it. 1324230
Reposted by Virginia she/ herGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 26/09/2026From proscription laws to terrorism sentences, the state is using every tool at its disposal to criminalise dissent. So we’re supporting people who refuse to be silenced. Will you join us? goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/help…goodlawproject.orgHelp defend the right to protest on Palestine | Good Law ProjectThe brutal crackdown on our right to protest is happening right now, with people standing in solidarity with Palestine bearing the brunt – so we’re supporting people who refuse to be silenced 08538
Virginia she/ her @virtuallyv.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Today I'm starting a new notebook! Washing is on the line, and husband and son are doing painting, because sunshine - so it's just me. I have no excuse, and must write... 020
Reposted by Virginia she/ herAshmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026🔭🌙 Just 10cm tall, this little clock-watch in the form of a book includes adjustable sundials, signs of the zodiac, tools to calculate the hours of daylight and the phases of the moon, a lunar wheel-chart, and even an alarm! ⏰ 214560
Reposted by Virginia she/ herNot In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Feminism doesn't require women to see trans+ people as the enemy. For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense. That's our feminism too. 327696
Reposted by Virginia she/ herPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Only 10% of the richest 0.01% of the population paid close to the top 47% (45% income tax marginal rate + 2% NIC) rate on earnings. A quarter of that group paid an effective average tax rate of 20% or less. The tax system appears to be progressive for some but is frequently not so at the very topbmmagazine.co.ukOnly one in ten top UK earners pay close to top tax rate, says CenTaxCenTax says equalising capital gains tax with income tax could raise £19.7bn by 2030, as HMRC data shows few top earners pay the 47 per cent top rate. 14295161
Reposted by Virginia she/ herEl @turquoisespiff01.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Husband overhears young girls talking: "Why don't you spell nitch (?) like stitch?" "I think it's just one of those words that old people say wrong, like click" So, that would be niche and clique? #despair 011
Reposted by Virginia she/ herIntrovert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Don’t invite me anywhere last minute. I enjoy doing nothing so I need to know ahead of time if my plan to do nothing needs to be changed 730154
Reposted by Virginia she/ herGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 25/09/2026Instead of keeping hate and misinformation off our airwaves, Ofcom is allowing TalkTV to serve as a megaphone for dangerous, far-right rhetoric. We can’t let this stand, so we’re suing Ofcom. But we can only do it with your help: goodlaw.social/a9imgoodlaw.socialForce Ofcom to stop TalkTV broadcasting misinformation and hate | Good Law ProjectOfcom is letting Rupert Murdoch’s TalkTV poison public discourse with transphobic lies and fake climate news, so we're taking the regulator to court 110557
Reposted by Virginia she/ herNatasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m not for one second suggesting that hard right parties are using the funding they get to buy bot farms to try and influence public opinion via social media BUT there are an extraordinary number of obvious-if-you-know-what-to-look-for bots on Instagram churning out Reform and Restore slogans. 615632
Reposted by Virginia she/ herStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comAI psychosis for dummies: the Stephen Collins cartoonNot everything is fake, it turns out 512632
Virginia she/ her @virtuallyv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026At the hospital, but not for me! Promised I'd walk up with son for his Dexa scan (bone density) so I'm in the coffee shop and he's in radiology. 140
Reposted by Virginia she/ herKaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Men have NO business telling women anything about their bodies or abortion. This woman ATE him up. 57993742576
Reposted by Virginia she/ herglastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Stirrings of dawn with Orion still visible above Glastonbury Tor. Hand held phone pic. 17783107
Reposted by Virginia she/ herGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 24/09/2026“Climate change and nature loss have never been issues for climate and environment ministers alone. They are defining challenges for our citizens, our economies, our foreign policy and our national security.” bit.ly/4hn1lO3bit.lyUK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under StarmerEl Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers 18136
Reposted by Virginia she/ herMuskrat 8647 @muskratjohn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's a recalled DORK TOWER THURSDAY! Concerned new strip up now, at the Mothership! www.dorktower.com/2026/09/24/a... Repost/Reblog/Repeat, thanks so much! 16822
Reposted by Virginia she/ herLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 24/09/2026This is going to be interesting when it gets to London. Media going to love this. How many arrests do you think? 6598
Virginia she/ her @virtuallyv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Made 80,000 words typed up. Sadly, as I'm doing some retrofitting editing as I go along, I'll struggle to get it past that milestone for a while... 130
Reposted by Virginia she/ herGreg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026What?! The technology trained on entirely stolen data isn’t playing by the rules?! Surely not!! 510311
Reposted by Virginia she/ herPhilippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Was watching a documentary last night about yet another woman killed by her partner 😢💔 At the end of the show, they provided support details for victims of domestic abuse / violence, which I fully support. But why don’t we also signpost to support for men concerned about their own behaviour? 1/ 24211
Virginia she/ her @virtuallyv.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Tea with husband. One good thing about feeling under the weather is sleeping VERY well. I went to bed early, and when I got up during the night, I went straight back to sleep afterwards. Stayed away from the gym this morning, and just did a spot of gentle editing. Now to write new words! 020
Reposted by Virginia she/ herDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026England is a made up thing. It has no basis in the ineluctable laws of nature. Its extent is defined by Edward II getting his arse handed to him. Athelstan conquering York. The Welsh of Cumbria were incorporated, the Welsh of Gwynedd were not. It is a political idea, an aspiration - not taxonomy. 761730492
Reposted by Virginia she/ herPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just Fancy That! Earl Spencer and the Daily Mail. From the new Private Eye, out now. 836795
Reposted by Virginia she/ herPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This chart published by the Economics Laboratory, shows that the UK social spending is 23% of GDP, covers NHS, social security and support services. It is a useful rebutal to neoliberals calling for cuts to the NHS, state pension and other benefits. www.linkedin.com/posts/charto... 14387247
Reposted by Virginia she/ herGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 24/09/2026Make sure you get down to your local protest next week and join the international day of action to say NO to Palantir ❌ Not able to make it? Take action with our digital tool instead 👇 goodlaw.social/74abab 05733
Reposted by Virginia she/ herTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My latest @newscientist.com cartoon. many more here: www.newscientist.com/author/tom-gauld/ 332863727
Reposted by Virginia she/ herStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#TBT to this from 2012 in honour of Michael Gove starring as an invasion-battling leader in Sky's new show The Wargame. If you don't know what or who this comic is about... just count yourself lucky and scroll on, no worries. 29532100
Reposted by Virginia she/ herLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/09/2026Right hates trans people - most public go "it's the right, they're nuts". So-called left join in - "Well now, what's going on, there must be an issue if they agree!" It's why the Guardian/Labour going anti-trans is, ultimately, more much more harmful than the Times/Telegraph/Tories doing it. 5703158
Reposted by Virginia she/ herThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Yes, there are technical, formal legal reasons why terrorism law is applied to protesters carrying placards, but not to political activists slashing boats. But stepping back, there is something wrong with a legal regime which criminalises one more than the other. A triumph of form over function. 1035191
Virginia she/ her @virtuallyv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm having a really rubbish day, but little joys - not only my tea being replaced for free in my favourite coffee shop, but fresh bread coming out the oven as I got home. Reader, I ATE that crust with honey! On another note, is it bedtime yet? 020
Reposted by Virginia she/ herLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/09/2026A caution! A fucking caution! Take yourself out tonight, grab a stranger and beat them with a metal stick in front of the police. Get a relative to report back tomorrow what happened after that... 18317119
Virginia she/ her @virtuallyv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Today this is the advice I need, but is it advice I can follow? I got my tea, got my notebooks out... And remembered that I was supposed to be in Boots, getting my flu jab. But bless them, they made another tea for me when I dashed back to the coffee shop all hot and bothered later ❤️ 030
Reposted by Virginia she/ herNatasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Just scrolling through my address book to find a woman who gives a single, solitary plop what straight men think of her outfit…. 2615913
Reposted by Virginia she/ herLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 23/09/2026Another day, another cis male coach abusing children [Belfast Telegraph] Don't hold your breath waiting for any of the 'protect our girls' crowd condemning this. They don't even condemn it when it happens to people they know. 09130
Reposted by Virginia she/ herRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 22/09/2026Tyrannosaurus xkcd.com/3300/ 91121062094
Reposted by Virginia she/ herGood Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 22/09/2026⚖️ NEW ⚖️ The latest High Court judge appointees are all white, and nine out of ten are men – no wonder the legal system fails to deliver justice: goodlaw.social/ac7wgoodlaw.socialThe new High Court judges: 90% male, 100% white | Good Law ProjectThe latest High Court judge appointees are all white, and nine out of ten are men – no wonder the legal system fails to deliver justice 510639
Reposted by Virginia she/ herJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 22/09/2026Why has he not been arrested? 612716
Reposted by Virginia she/ herpurr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Happy Equinox 🐾🍂🤍 5733296
Reposted by Virginia she/ herHelen 🏳️⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026When ‘gender critical’ transphobic parents go running to the media to claim that their child was “indoctrinated” by the “trans cult” and won’t talk to them any longer… it’s typically something like this! 🤷🏼♀️ ‘Gender critical’ transphobic parents are controlling abusers! 😟 114746