Fyre
@amuseoffyre.bsky.social
Fyre online since 2000. Scottish. Geek. Author. Globetrotter. Technically 'grown-up'. Can be found under the username amuseoffyre in most locations :)
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yeah in case you weren’t aware, this is Wyden firing a shot across the bow
This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
February 4, 2026 at 10:25 PM
yeah in case you weren’t aware, this is Wyden firing a shot across the bow
Just thinking how much Lady B would love Chapell Roan. Not just the songs but some of the outfits. She would be there with bells on. Especially the new Grammy frock, even if Stede would be fretting all night about the nip rings
February 4, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Just thinking how much Lady B would love Chapell Roan. Not just the songs but some of the outfits. She would be there with bells on. Especially the new Grammy frock, even if Stede would be fretting all night about the nip rings
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The last time I saw my grandmother, she told me "men were changing their gender to win at women's sports" so I guess I better send her this! I'm sure it'll change her mind!
A new systematic review has found that trans women on HRT have the same level of fitness as cis women and don't retain any advantage in sports.
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The last time I saw my grandmother, she told me "men were changing their gender to win at women's sports" so I guess I better send her this! I'm sure it'll change her mind!
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The history of recent UK governments has been a parade of empty suits, clown suits, and what should have been criminal law suits.
I'm very suspicious of anyone who has been in government in he last *counts* 50-60 years. This isn't even the first instance of pedophilia in the upper echelons of british society or the first to involve the royals.
As far as I am concerned, Keir Starmer's Labour Party is a hotbed for child predators and the people who defend and enable them. I will never vote for that party again, and I will do everything I can to dissuade people from supporting a party that is complicit in enabling systematic child abuse.
February 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The history of recent UK governments has been a parade of empty suits, clown suits, and what should have been criminal law suits.
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Pleased to see the jury make this decision.
We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries.
People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries.
People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Palestine Action protesters not guilty of defence firm burglary
The group are cleared of aggravated burglary over the alleged raid at an Elbit Systems warehouse.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Pleased to see the jury make this decision.
We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries.
People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We need to have eyes wide open this is exactly why the Government wants to abolish juries.
People protesting against a genocide are not the criminals here - it's the politicians who continue to provide cover.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds
Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time
www.independent.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM
you don't say? at some point we're going to acknowledge what every study ever on this subject has said, right? right? www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Naah, I want them on trial.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Naah, I want them on trial.
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👀 it isn’t just McSweeney who was Mandelson’s protegee, but also Streeting… do we think this might be … bad?
February 2, 2026 at 8:22 PM
👀 it isn’t just McSweeney who was Mandelson’s protegee, but also Streeting… do we think this might be … bad?
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King: boy those Epstein emails
King: it's really sobering to see how money and power allowed sex predators to operate
Neil Gaiman: hello everyone
Gaiman: i'm back
Barker: oh boy
Barker: oh boy you sure picked a time
King: it's really sobering to see how money and power allowed sex predators to operate
Neil Gaiman: hello everyone
Gaiman: i'm back
Barker: oh boy
Barker: oh boy you sure picked a time
February 3, 2026 at 11:10 PM
King: boy those Epstein emails
King: it's really sobering to see how money and power allowed sex predators to operate
Neil Gaiman: hello everyone
Gaiman: i'm back
Barker: oh boy
Barker: oh boy you sure picked a time
King: it's really sobering to see how money and power allowed sex predators to operate
Neil Gaiman: hello everyone
Gaiman: i'm back
Barker: oh boy
Barker: oh boy you sure picked a time
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I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I'm worried that the broader public isn't really understanding the Epstein Files. The problem isn't that everyone in the files is a secret pedophile, it's that all the people are corresponding with him because they *don't care that he's a pedophile*. It's a story of elite impunity.
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February 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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My apologies to France, I was not familiar with your game.
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 AM
My apologies to France, I was not familiar with your game.
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Every artist and studio should make plans to step away from using all adobe products in their pipelines. They've already demonstrated that they can, and will, discontinue their products at any time (even though they temporarily backtracked here.)
They are unreliable and should not be trusted.
They are unreliable and should not be trusted.
Adobe appears to have reversed course on this. Animate is safe, at least for the immediate future.
www.reddit.com/r/adobeanima...
www.reddit.com/r/adobeanima...
February 4, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Every artist and studio should make plans to step away from using all adobe products in their pipelines. They've already demonstrated that they can, and will, discontinue their products at any time (even though they temporarily backtracked here.)
They are unreliable and should not be trusted.
They are unreliable and should not be trusted.
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Researchers looked at the impacts of Alaska's UBI on kids' interactions with Child Protective Services (CPS) and found that a $1,000 boost reduces CPS referrals by age 3 by 10%. Also, fewer children die.
UBI will reduce child abuse + fewer kids will end up in foster care
www.nber.org/papers/w31733
UBI will reduce child abuse + fewer kids will end up in foster care
www.nber.org/papers/w31733
December 17, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Researchers looked at the impacts of Alaska's UBI on kids' interactions with Child Protective Services (CPS) and found that a $1,000 boost reduces CPS referrals by age 3 by 10%. Also, fewer children die.
UBI will reduce child abuse + fewer kids will end up in foster care
www.nber.org/papers/w31733
UBI will reduce child abuse + fewer kids will end up in foster care
www.nber.org/papers/w31733
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Hey loves, I need help and need to add to my to-do list. If you've ever wanted to get some art from me now would be a really lovely time. 🧡
Please help me fill up my coin purse again and give this a share. Thank you so much.
Please help me fill up my coin purse again and give this a share. Thank you so much.
Liz, thank you so much. You actually pushed me to make a better graphic for this. 🧡 🧡
February 3, 2026 at 7:55 PM
Hey loves, I need help and need to add to my to-do list. If you've ever wanted to get some art from me now would be a really lovely time. 🧡
Please help me fill up my coin purse again and give this a share. Thank you so much.
Please help me fill up my coin purse again and give this a share. Thank you so much.
Something infuriating me every time is when one of the photos of the Epstein victims surfaces, they refer to the clearly teenage girls as "females". Won't call them women because they're clearly very very young, but don't want to call them girls because that makes it sound bad. BECAUSE IT IS BAD
February 3, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Something infuriating me every time is when one of the photos of the Epstein victims surfaces, they refer to the clearly teenage girls as "females". Won't call them women because they're clearly very very young, but don't want to call them girls because that makes it sound bad. BECAUSE IT IS BAD
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A heads up that if you blocked Neil Gaiman on here without unfollowing him first, you are still following him.
February 3, 2026 at 6:51 AM
A heads up that if you blocked Neil Gaiman on here without unfollowing him first, you are still following him.
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It’s so funny that this guy’s entire thing is “Oh are you triggered by what I have to say about marginalized people” but he loses it when someone more well-liked than he will ever be talks about an actual injustice
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Ricky Gervais calls out Grammy winners for making political acceptance speeches: "You're in no position to lecture the public about anything"
Gervais cited his own 2020 Golden Globes monologue, in which he urged winners not to use their acceptance speeches "as a platform to make a political speech."
decider.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:20 AM
It’s so funny that this guy’s entire thing is “Oh are you triggered by what I have to say about marginalized people” but he loses it when someone more well-liked than he will ever be talks about an actual injustice
She also (alongside other infamous bigots) launched a defamatory hate campaign against Imane Khelife - an Algerian boxer - during the olympics to the point that Khelife was entitled to take legal action.
February 3, 2026 at 7:39 AM
She also (alongside other infamous bigots) launched a defamatory hate campaign against Imane Khelife - an Algerian boxer - during the olympics to the point that Khelife was entitled to take legal action.
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Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
February 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Peter Thiel has been open about this for a long time. Trump is a way to break the republic, which can then be replaced by “free economic zones” with oligarchs as dictators and tech as a taskmaster for helpless humans without any rights. (1/2)
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Good god. We've spent a decade with the British media - including the BBC - claiming that the 'gender critical' movement wanted to 'protect women and girls'.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
I'm not being facetious. Epstein was apparently giving talking points to the people pushing anti trans rhetoric in the UK.
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Good god. We've spent a decade with the British media - including the BBC - claiming that the 'gender critical' movement wanted to 'protect women and girls'.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
And it turns out Jeffrey Epstein was funding part of it.
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Our Flag Means Death and other high-quality shows got no chance despite performing above other, higher-priority shows because they were toying around with money and screwing up production schedules, but NOW Casey Bloys gets to chuckle about how they've cracked the code on TV production.
The Pitt got greenlit for a season 3, out next February, and the announcement has very funny comment from HBO chairman Casey Bloys that’s like “yeah, turns out if you just make a TV show like how we used to make TV shows you can have a 15+ episode season every year 🤷♂️”
February 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Our Flag Means Death and other high-quality shows got no chance despite performing above other, higher-priority shows because they were toying around with money and screwing up production schedules, but NOW Casey Bloys gets to chuckle about how they've cracked the code on TV production.
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Yes. The counter to billionaires and oligarchy is community, trust, and democracy.
February 2, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Yes. The counter to billionaires and oligarchy is community, trust, and democracy.