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Ingrid Birchell Hughes
@1ngi.bsky.social
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Podcasting my ggGrandparents 300+ Victorian love letters in 'My Love Letter Time Machine'. Shortlisted: @IndPodAwards 2023 + @IWPodcastAwards 2022, 2023 + 2024. Artist, Writer, Podcaster. Queer. Zelda. Trigeminal Neuralgia. Exmo. Cardiff. she/they hi/nhw
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daniellaurison.bsky.social
HELLO I WAS A QUEER TEEN IN THE 1990s AND THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST SOCIAL TRANSITION NOW ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE ARGUMENTS AGAINST "LETTING" US BE (at the time, for me) GAY OR LESBIAN THEN.

They all rest on the belief that it's inherently better to be straight (then)/cis (now) and that's BS.
sexabolition.blog Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 2d
Hilary Cass here arguing for children to be prevented from being known by a preferred name or getting a haircut in case it encourages them to continue later in life to transition.

Hilary Cass acts like gender variant children should have the transness hazed out of them.
February 16, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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hern.bsky.social
really enjoy that the bloke who won two golds on the luge is someone who was a national level taekwondo fighter until he got injured and then a government figure stepped out the shadows and said "let me tell you about project going down a hill really fast"
February 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
1ngi.bsky.social
spybrunch.com Nick Rheinwald-Jones @spybrunch.com · 3d
Roses are red
Vice is inherent
The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent (Popular Science)
February 15, 2026 at 9:10 PM
1ngi.bsky.social
Out of all the hoo-ha about Malinin (annoying but obvs talented chap) - this is a deeply uncomfortable father/son picture and I have a lot more sympathy.
February 15, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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fakehistoryhunter.net
February 13, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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eleanormorton.bsky.social
Anne Bronte's book signing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VXn...
Anne Bronte's Book Signing
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 PM
1ngi.bsky.social
Currently doing a replay of #HorizonZeroDawn and I can not stop thinking that we might be living in the prologue here!
muffinsequence.bsky.social Kaye Shumway @muffinsequence.bsky.social · Oct 23
This is how you know Elon Musk isn’t an actual gamer - never played #HorizonZeroDawn

That or his hubris thinks he’s better than Ted Faro, which would track for something Ted Faro would do.
jeremywired.bsky.social Jeremy White @jeremywired.bsky.social · Oct 23
ELON MUSK: “If we build this robot army, do I have at least a strong influence over this robot army? … I don't feel comfortable building that robot army unless I have a strong influence.” Read the full piece from @aarianmarshall.bsky.social on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 10, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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davidallengreen.bsky.social
My latest
prospectmagazine.co.uk Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 13d
The Mandelson debacle is the worst UK political scandal of this century. But few political scandals also have great constitutional significance. This one does, writes dag
The prime minister has lost the trust of the Commons on national security
MPs have defeated a government they no longer trust on matters of the highest importance
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 1:31 PM
1ngi.bsky.social
More Trigeminal Neuralgia awareness. (The MVD surgery described has got facts a bit tangled - it's not the removal of the bone that helps, but the 'unstrangling' of the blood vessels) CW: discussion of suicide www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pontarddulais man on living with 'world's most painful condition'
Trigeminal neuralgia is a rare condition where something as simple as a gust of wind can cause excruciating pain.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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neveronbrand.bsky.social
This shit hits like a sledgehammer right now. It's not even remotely an exaggeration.
Man on a local news street interview: The earth is a resort for like 500 rich people and the rest of us are just the staff.
February 1, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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thisislisapower.bsky.social
This miniature is probably in the USA, unrecognised for what it is. US friends, can you spread the word?
February 1, 2026 at 1:37 PM
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presentcorrect.bsky.social
Congratulations to you all, you have completed January. Please progress to Level 2.
January 31, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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protopigeon.lol
This photo just came up in my memories.

I made an auxiliary lap from an old pair of jeans for when my real lap was unavailable, and it actually worked 😀
Howard the black and white neat-fringed cat is loafing on a fake lap I made by stuffing an old pair of jeans. I put this at the top of the stairs next to the radiator for times when my lap wasn't available for him.
January 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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ianhall.bsky.social
Some local news…

Did a tsunami hit the Bristol Channel four centuries ago? Revisiting the great flood of 1607

theconversation.com/did-a-tsunam...
Did a tsunami hit the Bristol Channel four centuries ago? Revisiting the great flood of 1607
Four centuries on, scientists are still debating whether the catastrophic flood of 1607 was driven by a storm surge or a tsunami.
theconversation.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 AM
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chanda.blacksky.app
If you aren't familiar with what DARVO is, get familiar with it. "Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender." The govt is relying on DARVO as a tactic on a national scale, and it is also increasingly a conservative tactic to attack outspoken critics of their ideas, theories, & renderings of history.
DARVO - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 29, 2026 at 3:52 PM
1ngi.bsky.social
The murder will continue until morale improves
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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spinkysmama.bsky.social
If you needed another reason to admire Ursula K. Le Guin, her work routine carved out time to deal with correspondence, cleaning, cooking and being stupid, as well as nearly 5 hours’ writing.
Ursula K. Le Guin’s summary of her working day 5:30 a.m.—wake up and lie there and think. 6:15 a.m.—get up and eat breakfast (lots). 7:15 a.m.—get to work writing, writing, writing. Noon-lunch. 1:00-3:00 p.m.—reading, music. 3:00-5:00 p.m.—correspondence, maybe house cleaning. 5:00-8:00 p.m.—make dinner and eat it. After 8:00 p.m.—I tend to be very stupid and we won't talk about this.
January 29, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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daveweigel.bsky.social
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass
Philip Glass boycotting the Kennedy Center
January 27, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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owenexiehurcum.bsky.social
Writing up my Excavation Report for the recent community excavation in Sackville Gardens has given me the chance to handle our finds again, so I thought I'd share a few of my favourite contemporary (1970-present) finds from the site...

📸 Is a 1979 Smiths Crips Salt and Vinager Wrapper.

1/9
January 27, 2026 at 1:47 PM
1ngi.bsky.social
OMG Trigeminal Neuralgia can fecking do one today
a woman with a pillow on her head with the words " when it hurts it really hurts "
Alt: a woman with a pillow on her head with the words " when it hurts it really hurts "
media.tenor.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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loreandordure.com
What the blithering fuck??
January 27, 2026 at 10:15 AM
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ayoub.bsky.social
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.

It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
The Legislation Upon winning a general election, a Reform government under Prime Minister Nigel Farage will: 1) Leave the ECHR 2.) Repeal the Human Rights Act and replace it with a British Bill of Rights. 3.) Pass The Illegal Migration (Mass Deportation) Bill: This Bill will: Create a legal duty to remove illegal migrants for the Home Secretary The Bill opens with a blunt obligation for the Home Secretary: "The Secretary of State shall ensure the removal from the United Kingdom of each person who does not have extant leave to remain and is not an Irish citizen or otherwise protected by regulations made under this Act." The following parts of the legislation are introduced on an emergency basis, with an in-built sunset clause after 5 years: Disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention, the UN Convention Against Torture, the Council of Europe Anti-Trafficking Convention (ECAT) Derogation is justified under the Vienna Convention doctrine of state of necessity: Britain faces a national emergency in which uncontrolled illegal migration undermines public order. These treaties will otherwise be used by activist judges to frustrate deportations, even after the repeals of the HRA and ECHR. Create Detention Power Without Hardial Singh Constraints This means illegal migrants can be detained until they are deported. Activist lawyers routinely use Hardial Singh to secure their client's bail, after which the client absconds. If you came to the UK illegally, you are ineligible for asylum. End of story All asylum claims will become inadmissible if made by a person within the Act's scope. If you came to the country illegally, you are ineligible for asylum in the UK. This strips the Home Office, the immigration tribunals and the higher courts of jurisdiction to even consider claims. A claim that cannot be considered cannot suspend removal and therefore, cannot delay a flight. Re-entering after deportation and destroying ID becomes a serious criminal offence Re-entry after deportation will be… The Operational Plan We will create an enforcement unit called UK Deportation Command, including an Illegal Migrant Identification Centre - harnessing cutting edge data fusion A Reform government will create a cutting edge enforcement data centre to relentlessly identify and detain all illegal migrants in the UK. Using powers granted by the new legislation, it will automatically share data between the Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks and the police. It will power bulk warrants, including mandatory biometric capture during any police encounter. Each power addresses a failure mode observed over the past decade - for example, banks and GP surgeries unaware of a customer's status, or overstayers slipping through because a warrant covered only a single property. Secure Immigration Removal Centres (SIRC) will be built rapidly to detain up to 24,000 Detention capacity for up to 24,000 will be created within 18 months. The Home Office will build Secure Immigration Removal Centres. This will be modular accommodation built in remote parts of the country. Conditions are basic but not punitive: prefabricated two-person rooms, canteen catering, on-site medical suites. Robust perimeters and internal movement controls prevent escapes. This enables detention-on-arrest: no more bail. This capacity would allow for up to 24,000 illegal migrants to be deported per month. Initial Voluntary Return Window A six-month Assisted Voluntary Return window precedes large-scale raids. Illegal migrants will be offered a financial incentive to self-deport. An app will be launched to facilitate this. The Deportation Flights The Home Office will scale up charters to 5 flights per day. To guard against last-minute aircraft unserviceability, the RAF will keep one Voyager aircraft on six-hour 'hot-spare' readiness. If a commercial charter breaks down, detainees can still be flown out that night, preserving operational integrity. The legal reset will mean activist lawyers will no longer be able preven…
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
statistically speaking (and based off the articles) it is a near certainty that thousands of people currently patrolling the streets in Minnesota are people who did not immediately believe the warnings of the left 10 years ago. I see very little criticism of *them* on here
henrymance.ft.com Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 23d
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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vangogh.bsky.social
The Fields - 1890
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/15376
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
1ngi.bsky.social
Waiting for the day I get betrayed to Palantir. In Wales so it might take a bit longer but...

Reminder that any dystopian novel you ever read was a just a saturated telling of the now.
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM