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Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 1d

I love this every year - but even better featuring cats!!

Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 1d

Always good to see a fellow cat appear on #DuvetKnowItsChristmas - for any of my friends that haven't seen it before, it's shepherded by @rhodri.biz and sees people sharing pictures of their temporary sleeping arrangements while visiting family or friends on Christmas Eve. It's a delight x

Claire @claireyb26.bsky.social · 1d

So excited to be able to join in for the first time since discovering #DuvetKnowitsChristmas as I’m in my spare/junk room with 4 cats as my mum is in my bedroom. @rhodri.biz

Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 1d

Always good to see a fellow cat appear on #DuvetKnowItsChristmas - for any of my friends that haven't seen it before, it's shepherded by @rhodri.biz and sees people sharing pictures of their temporary sleeping arrangements while visiting family or friends on Christmas Eve. It's a delight x

Claire @claireyb26.bsky.social · 1d

So excited to be able to join in for the first time since discovering #DuvetKnowitsChristmas as I’m in my spare/junk room with 4 cats as my mum is in my bedroom. @rhodri.biz

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, there’s *quite a lot* going on isn’t there?!

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 5d

But there was a camel coffee table!

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · 5d

@thatsmytwin.bsky.social @cupiedoll.bsky.social

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 6d

I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures

www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...

414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 - 3 beds/3.5 baths

(SW Michigan MLS) For Sale: 3 beds, 3.5 baths ∙ 5000 sq. ft. ∙ 414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 ∙ $7,000,000 ∙ MLS# 25062388 ∙ This Downtown Ann Arbor penthouse stands among the finest residence...

www.redfin.com

Ellen Muehlberger @emuehlbe.bsky.social · 6d

I've never lived so close to a What Are We Even Doing Here real estate listing, and I am here, gifting you this experience, make sure to open the pictures

www.redfin.com/MI/Ann-Arbor...

414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 - 3 beds/3.5 baths

(SW Michigan MLS) For Sale: 3 beds, 3.5 baths ∙ 5000 sq. ft. ∙ 414 S Main St #10, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 ∙ $7,000,000 ∙ MLS# 25062388 ∙ This Downtown Ann Arbor penthouse stands among the finest residence...

www.redfin.com

Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · 22d

Bookings for this year's PET Annual Conference close tomorrow at 5PM!

It's your last chance to book, if you haven't already ⬇️
progress.org.uk/event/genomi...

#PETconf25

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Nov 11

This is nice and shows it’s not all horror stories and predictable tropes: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'I've given seven babies to other families and do not regret it'

Statistics suggest the practice of using surrogates to have children is on the rise.

www.bbc.co.uk

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 31

*checks returns policy*

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 16

@thatsmytwin.bsky.social @cupiedoll.bsky.social lols

Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · Oct 16

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · Oct 16

The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.

Centre for Reproductive Research & Communication (CRRC) @crrcbpas.bsky.social · Oct 15

Researchers and healthcare professionals at @ucl.ac.uk are looking for people with lived experience to help shape research on pregnancy, birth and long-term outcomes after pregnancy for survivors of gender-based violence.

See below for more details on participation.

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 12

I liked Laos and the Philippines… but special mention for Ecuador! The whole thing was great!!

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 12

If you get to the end you get last year’s too! Which was your fave?

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 12

I think you’ll enjoy this whole thread @cupiedoll.bsky.social and @thatsmytwin.bsky.social 😂

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · Oct 11

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

Bevis Musson @bevismusson.bsky.social · Oct 11

You know what, let's do the Annual Mister Global National Costume thread tonight after all. Usual rules apply - this is all in fun, this isn't about the contestants looks or making fun of them, it's about the costumes and appreciating them (or, you know, making fun of them...)

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 10

Today at the UN General Assembly the Special Rapporteur on violence against women @unsrvaw.bsky.social will present her problematic report on surrogacy. I wrote about it here: www.progress.org.uk/the-un-speci.... Shame the UN doesn’t get to hear other voices & evidence of surrogacy working well 👎🏻

UN special rapporteur's surrogacy report: biased from the outset | PET

The UN special rapporteur on 'violence against women and girls' has recommended prohibition of surrogacy on a global level.

www.progress.org.uk

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 8

Me too!!

Feminist Miscarriage Project @miscarriageproject.bsky.social · Oct 6

Conference alert! Thursday 18th-Friday 19th June, 2026, London campus of Loughborough University. Online day: Monday 22nd June, 2026. Please see Call for Papers here:

feministmiscarriageproject.org/conference

Conference — The Feminist Miscarriage Project

Information on the conference 'New Directions in Miscarriage Research: Intersectional, Interdisciplinary and Full-Spectrum Perspectives', Loughborough University London Campus, June 2026.

feministmiscarriageproject.org

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 4

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/lboro/pers...

Perspectives on surrogacy 2025

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 4

10 years on and we’re doing it again! If you are/have been a surrogate, or are/intend to become a parent through surrogacy, or you support people in/through surrogacy arrangements, please take 10-15 mins to fill out this survey (& share widely!) 👀 link in next post

Daragh Murray @daragh.bsky.social · Oct 4

Great and incredibly timely piece by Conor Gearty on the UK Supreme Court’s role in ‘Erasing Human Rights’

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Conor Gearty · Unwelcome Remnant: Erasing the Human Rights Act

The Supreme Court is quietly editing the Human Rights Act out of existence. In cases where human rights cannot be...

www.lrb.co.uk

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 3

Please share widely with any appropriate contacts and networks! Deadline midnight on 31 October 2025 🦇
Happy to answer any questions.

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 3

We seek responses from past, current and future #surrogates, parents through surrogacy (UK or overseas), intended parents & anyone who works with surrogates and/or intended parents. More info, including re ethics approval, data control &consent here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/lboro/pers...

Perspectives on surrogacy 2025

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Oct 3

I have launched a new Perspectives on Surrogacy 2025 survey, with SurrogacyUK’s Working Group on Law Reform! It follows-up another survey, conducted 10 years ago, which led to the report Surrogacy in the UK: Myth Busting and Reform (informed the Law Commissions’ consultation on #surrogacy law)…

Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · Sep 27

Then timings get interesting….

Farage quits UKIP 4th Dec 2018

Gill follows him on the 6th Dec

5 other UKIP MEPs follow Farage within days, including Nuttall (former UKIP leader, now deputy chairman of Reform)

All 6 join the Brexit party in Feb with Farage

By April, another 7 have switched

9/14

Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · Sep 23

What is the impact of online platforms, such as websites, social media groups and apps, that facilitate sperm donation outside of fertility clinics? Read more in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/a-deep-dive-...

#SpermDonation #Fertility #Infertility #donorconception #Family

Kirsty Horsey @khorsey.bsky.social · Sep 21

Omg let’s go!!

Progress Educational Trust (PET) @pet-bionews.bsky.social · Sep 17

Prof @khorsey.bsky.social reflects on the content of the report, especially its recommendation to prohibit surrogacy on a global level. Read more in BioNews: www.progress.org.uk/the-un-speci...

#Surrogacy #UN #UNReport #Children #IntendedParents #Family #Reproduction @stephen-page-law.bsky.social

Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · Sep 17

The Labour MP for East Thanet, Polly Billington MP, has written to the Reform Leader of Kent County Council to express her concern about Reform in Kent’s "continued endorsement of anti-science organisations and conspiracy theories" in a new motion on climate change (🧵)

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