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Isolde (Izzy)

@xrayizzy.bsky.social
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She/Her. Parent of one 6yo and a neurotic Lurcher. 40yo. Trans and probably autistic. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈. MDNI.

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Dr Allison Andrews @doctorallisona.bsky.social · 2h
Question for fellow trans people: How do you go about discussing surgery with close family? Especially if it’s a topic you haven’t brought up before or discussed in a while?
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Jess 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/mzb3
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Emma Williams @emanemz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If anyone is interested in some scrunchies, I have a red dragon fabric, beige dragon fabric, aqua fabric with Mermaids and black fabric with day of the dead kitties. These items are to help me build my business please drop a DM if you want to buy one. 
Pink cutting mat with two pieces of fabric one piece of fabric is red gold and black with dragons. The other piece of fabric is beige with various coloured dragons.Pink cutting mat with two scrunchies, one scrunchie, red black dragons, the other scrunchie aqua coloured with MermaidsPink cutting board with scrunchie on top beige background with various coloured dragons Aqua fabric with images of Mermaids dolphins and underwater
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Anyway, I think Hotel Architect is really good. If you're a fan of cartoony management games with more depth than their aesthetic would suggest, then give it a try. It has a demo on Steam if you want to give it a go before buying. I'm looking forward to next Thursday and learning about the 1st DLC.
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
1. Spend your two upgrade points on speedy builders one. 2. Start tagging expensive but unnecessary items for removal. 3. Sack the two or three staff with bad traits. Reduce everyone else's salary to what they'd expect. Replace sacked staff with better candidates.
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Turning up with a drink to you NHS interview. You must not bring your own drink. As the interview reaches its most important part the candidate should announce that they are making a drink. They must offer the interviewers a drink. The interviewers will decline.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 24/09/2026
ME: So I can't put anything else on the scale? ANUBIS: No. Just your heart ME: No money, no good deeds? ANUBIS: No ME: What about steam points? I've got a ton of steam points ANUBIS: The point is to be lighter than the feather ME: I was just hoping to finally do something with the steam points
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🏳️‍⚧️ Amy had a little pond 🔞 @amypond.gay · 24/09/2026
Test emporium.gay
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Visit The Gender Emporium's Shop!
I've opened a shop. Come take a look!
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Heartbreaking.jpeg
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Something I learned the other day is that the 6yo clearly considers "Bro" to be a gender neutral term. Outside a supermarket the other day we saw a girl (with face paint) who'd been to the same birthday party we'd just been to and he cracks out "She was just at the party. Bro looks like a cheetah".
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Ben Potts @ben-potts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Our survey on emergency department experience closes on Friday 25 September. Whatever is in it on Friday is the dataset. Any UK adult who has ever needed emergency care, whether or not they attended. 15 mins, anonymous. edsurvey.link
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A couple of years after my mum died, during our summer holiday stay with our Grandparents in Northern Ireland my Uncle came back from a trip to the US and brought my sister and I a Gameboy pocket each along with the game the store clerk insisted was going to be the hot new thing...
The title screen from Pokémon Blue. The title text reads "Pokémon Blue Version" with Pokémon being the longstanding stylised Pokémon logo. Then, in gameboy graphics, are the protagonist trainer in a hat with a pokeball in his outstretched right hand. In front of him is squirtle. A bipedal turtle who is implied to be about thigh height compared to the 10 year old protagonist (based on depiction in the cartoon and that squirtle is positioned nearer the viewers perspective than the trainer). Beneath that is copyright information stating that the game is copyright of game freak inc. in 1995, 96 and 98.
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Weird Alex @jackalpants.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I DON'T WANT TO BE A BOTHER
At your funeral
We will all stand up and say
"He was so easy to know;
He asked us for nothing
And we gave him nothing"
And then we'll all get up and go.

For you made yourself wantless
And made yourself needless
And made yourself so very small

That you took up no room in the house of my life
And I think of you never-at-all
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🏳️‍⚧️ Amy had a little pond 🔞 @amypond.gay · 19/09/2026
Here is my stage performance at Birmingham Trans Pride in full! www.instagram.com/reel/Dde8j_K...
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Felicity Flare on Instagram: "My full performance at Birmingham Trans Pride! First time ever on stage."
1 likes, 0 comments - felicityflare on September 19, 2026: "My full performance at Birmingham Trans Pride! First time ever on stage.".
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So apparently this WAS peak male attractiveness?
Handsome Squidward.
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"What makes a man turn neutral Kif? Lust for gold? Power? Or is he simply born with a heart filled with neutrality?"
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Entirely unrelated, but I've only just realised the logo is someone sleeping. I've never paid it much attention and presumed it was a sunrise/sunset over some hills.
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
*Commander Sterling voice* "They're just a bunch of cu"SKEL-E-TON WAR-RI-ORS!
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Doc Impossible @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
For the return of Stained Glass Woman, join us and read about the internal Tug of War that's going on when reaction formation drives us to reject the things we want the very most--and also, on a bit more of a personal journey of coming-out. stainedglasswoman.substack.com/p/tug-of-war
stainedglasswoman.substack.com
Tug of War
What's going on when we reject what we want the most
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Geordie @geordiecalgar.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ok, first items up. All new on sprue and prices include UK postage. More items in 🧵 and will be added to. Reposts very much appreciated 💙 2 x Beast-Skewer Killbow £20 each Breaka-Boss on Troggoth £30 Marshcrawla Sloggoth £30 Awakened Wyldwood £30
Two boxes of Beast-Skewer Killbows.A box containing one Breaka-Boss on Mirebrute Troggoth. A box containing one Marshcrawla Sloggoth. A box containing the Sylvaneth Awakened Wyldwood.
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R.S.A. Garcia (BUY THE NIGHTWARD) @rsagarcia.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You know things are bad when your doctor is shocked you're still taking your cancer meds because the hospital hasn't had any in months. Then the light dawns. "Are you buying it?" Why, yes. It's not like I have a choice. I'd like to continue my treatment. Anyway, I'd appreciate any help, thanks.
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Jainus & Cybele System 🏳️‍⚧️ Prideful Armory @jainusvt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hi, I need HRT injection supply funds STAT. I have no needles or wipes or sharps box. Please, help me!!! #TransCrowdFund #HelpSky #FundSky #LGBTQSky #HelpFolksLive2026 ko-fi.com/jainus19271/...
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Become a supporter of Jainus today!
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Planning on starting on Monday so that I can do 3 full days before checking my INR to make sure it doesn't go off the rails. 3 days is normally when stuff gets reflected (missed doses or new meds) in my INR.
Izzy's visible hand and thumb holding a box labelled "Oestrogel. Pump-pack 750 micrograms actuation gel. Estradiol". It's against the wooden backdrop of a chest of drawers.
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Welcome to #TransTuesday! This week we discuss HAIR, and how for many trans ppl it's an important part of becoming who we truly are And I take you through my own journey with growing it out, and all the wild ups and downs due to the Complicated Gender Feelings it caused
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HAIR - Tilly's Trans Tuesdays
Welcome to Trans Tuesday! Today we’re going to talk about something that I suspect is pretty personal and important for most trans people, in one way or another: HAIR. I’ve mentioned so many times how...
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I'm going to cheat and use a gif.
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Carol Freeman Asks 'What Is Buffer Time?' in Star Trek
Alt: Captain Freeman, who looks irritated, is stuck in one of the Cerritos' turbolifts with an anxious looking Ensign Boimler. Freeman gets right into Boim's personal space while saying "What is buffer time?"
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I mean, I'll probably only fully believe it when I'm actually holding it, but I have a text message telling me my first HRT prescription is ready to collect from the pharmacy. Eeeeee!
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Last 4 characters aved on your phone are your D&D party. I give it about 5 minutes before Palpatine uses the force to murder all of us.
Senator Palpatine.Morbo the newscaster alien from Futurama. An Ork Warboss from Warhammer 40k.A meme where Captain Picard from Star Trek the next generation and a romulan captain are having the following exchange. 
romulan - I suggest you leave immediately.
Picard - Or what? You'll release the dogs, or the bees? Or the dogs with bees in their mouths and when they bark they shoot bees at you?
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realironhand @realironhand.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Not often I get to say 'always RS an army shot!' about my own work but here's all the Xirkaali I painted finished ahead of the #clashofkings tournament on the weekend #nerdlings
A Xirkaali army in blue and orange
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Chris Paints Minis @chrispaintsminis.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I've had to relist this guy due to someone cancelling as soon as they won. So still available if anyone was bidding on it #warhammercommunity #paintingwarhammer #warhammer40k #nerdlings ebay.io/m/fVuvge
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So if you decide to donate your body to science just bear in mind that while it will probably just get dissected by medical students as part of their anatomy lessons, there is a chance that it will be physically assaulted by a surgeon.
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Another French Army surgeon (Napoleonic era, rather than early 20th C), Jacques Lisfranc de Saint Martin lends his name to Lisfranc fracture-dislocations of the foot. A type of injury commonly associated with falling from a horse with your foot stuck in the stirrup.
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Facial bones fractures are categorised into 3 main types, known as the Le Fort Classification system. Rene Le Fort was a French Army doctor and orthopaedic surgeon who decided one day to finally answer the question "What if I hit these corpses in the face with a stick"?
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ever wondered how you destroy a Nazi radar station? This week on the podcast, @theaviation.show and I talk about the fighter bomber force that punched a hole in German radar for D-Day. Typhoon at 2 O'Clock! On YouTube, below or your pod app of choice #history open.spotify.com/episode/6A30...
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Episode 30: How the Allies punched the hole in German radar for D-Day
The Untitled History Podcast · Episode
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 03/09/2026
Worth asking: Does someone here (UK) have a die-cutting machine (cricut or similar) suitable for stencil cutting that they aren’t using any more and would like to sell me for a very small amount of money?
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The Telegraph circa 1900.
The banner image from the telegraph article "Your child doesn't have special needs, they're just naughty". The image is a low shot of the bottom half of a school-age girl in uniform (using a girl is certainly a choice) implied to be waiting outside an office. Izzy has crudely doctored the image to read "Your child isn't really left-handed, they're just possessed by demons".
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What gif comes up when you type your name?
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Euu
Alt: What looks like a marmot(?) or maybe a prairie dog or something doing an inaudible cry. The subtitle reads "IZZZZZZZY!"
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Jon @ Talisman Island @talismanisland.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Does anyone know of a third party miniature that could double up as an Amok unit from the Rogue Trooper universe? @diehardminiatures.bsky.social? @fenrisgames.com?
Cover art from 2000AD Prog 2498 featuring a Nort Amok robot glaring menacingly at the reader.
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Bread and Rosie @rosiemund.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
When I was a kid, other kids, teachers & other kid's parents identified that I was "weird." But kids are weird & I was maybe just a bit weirder than most. As an adult, a few neurodivergent people suggested to me that I might be neurodivergent or explicitly that I might have ADHD. I laughed it off. 🧵
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Ben Potts @ben-potts.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A journal editorial asked whether autism has lost its meaning. A documentary asked whether ADHD is real. My new blog post is about what that does to the people who then say nothing. blogs.city.ac.uk/needs/autism...
blogs.city.ac.uk
Autism and ADHD Under Attack: What It Costs to Be Doubted in Public
What this summer's arguments about autism and ADHD do to diagnosis, stigma and whether people tell anyone.
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edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Godfrey of Binline
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Jane @fightingpride93.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
My rent is due tomorrow and I'm £210 short! You get literally 1000s of posts, over 1000 recipes for £5 and more added every day. 16% off if you sign up annually! Please just give it a try. You improve my life and can cancel anytime.
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Downgrade a movie: Deciding the Red October will probably show up somewhere.
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
*Raps Death on the knuckles with a ruler* No! Try again.
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
When this has been around before I've said 1. A woman on a train was about to use egg-me as a threat (stop that, or that man will get angry!) to her small child before deciding that the kid clearly wasn't going to consider me intimidating enough for that.
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Optimist: the cup is half full. Pessimist: the cup is half empty. Captain Picard: THERE ARE FOUR CUPS!
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Watching videos of Pokepark Kanto that opened in Japan and Platonic Partner is annoyed at how much of a lazy cash grab it seems to be. I'm trying to impress upon her that that's the Pokémon company's MO at this point. The main reason Pokopia was good was because it was outsourced.
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Holly Baleen @hollybaleen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Still only have four people in my FPL league and one of those is me! Please join and/or spread the word before tonight’s opening PL match! ⚽️🤙🏻💖
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Isolde (Izzy) @xrayizzy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Linehan. Arthur Mathews wrote Father Ted single handedly. O'Dowd and Ayoade famously created The IT crowd. The shaman in that one episode of The IT crowd? A fun cameo by Noel Fielding.
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