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Sheldon
@brokenstarfish.bsky.social
· Nov 7
Pinning this to my profile in case:
If you don’t see me...
I don’t HAVE to post.
Nobody has a responsibility to stay online against their own best interests just so people you really don’t know very well won’t worry about you.
That’s a fucked up way to live.
If you don’t see me...
I don’t HAVE to post.
Nobody has a responsibility to stay online against their own best interests just so people you really don’t know very well won’t worry about you.
That’s a fucked up way to live.
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That is the most Welsh thing I think I've ever read.
And it's not dusty in here, I'm just crying, that's all.
And it's not dusty in here, I'm just crying, that's all.
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:22 AM
That is the most Welsh thing I think I've ever read.
And it's not dusty in here, I'm just crying, that's all.
And it's not dusty in here, I'm just crying, that's all.
Still… it’s going to be another few weeks before I can sleep in my bedroom again and I don’t like it. It’s hard to explain to people that nothing is harder… except my ability to cope, which is everything.
Also, it’s really setting off my asthma.
Also, it’s really setting off my asthma.
February 13, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Still… it’s going to be another few weeks before I can sleep in my bedroom again and I don’t like it. It’s hard to explain to people that nothing is harder… except my ability to cope, which is everything.
Also, it’s really setting off my asthma.
Also, it’s really setting off my asthma.
Last time I had renovations done, I nearly had a nervous breakdown.
I’m managing a lot better this time because I’ve been able to stay at home.
I’m managing a lot better this time because I’ve been able to stay at home.
February 13, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Last time I had renovations done, I nearly had a nervous breakdown.
I’m managing a lot better this time because I’ve been able to stay at home.
I’m managing a lot better this time because I’ve been able to stay at home.
The psychologist I saw who did comprehensively diagnose my ADHD through testing and interviews didn’t believe I had ADHD the first time we met either.
I’m very good at masking I guess… to my own detriment.
I’m very good at masking I guess… to my own detriment.
February 13, 2026 at 6:10 AM
The psychologist I saw who did comprehensively diagnose my ADHD through testing and interviews didn’t believe I had ADHD the first time we met either.
I’m very good at masking I guess… to my own detriment.
I’m very good at masking I guess… to my own detriment.
I never got a formal diagnosis beyond a psychologist saying, “Yeah… these initial tests clearly indicate autism”.
That psychologist wasn’t super convinced until she got to know me and also did some testing.
That psychologist wasn’t super convinced until she got to know me and also did some testing.
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 AM
I never got a formal diagnosis beyond a psychologist saying, “Yeah… these initial tests clearly indicate autism”.
That psychologist wasn’t super convinced until she got to know me and also did some testing.
That psychologist wasn’t super convinced until she got to know me and also did some testing.
Said to my sister yesterday, “I’m 100% sure I am autistic, now.”
I’ve had a lot going on this week with people coming and going from the house and my nervous system is a bit of a wreck.
I haven’t had physical tics in a while and they are back in abundance.
I’ve had a lot going on this week with people coming and going from the house and my nervous system is a bit of a wreck.
I haven’t had physical tics in a while and they are back in abundance.
February 13, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Said to my sister yesterday, “I’m 100% sure I am autistic, now.”
I’ve had a lot going on this week with people coming and going from the house and my nervous system is a bit of a wreck.
I haven’t had physical tics in a while and they are back in abundance.
I’ve had a lot going on this week with people coming and going from the house and my nervous system is a bit of a wreck.
I haven’t had physical tics in a while and they are back in abundance.
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This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
N.Y.C. Officials Reinstate Pride Flag at Stonewall After Federal Removal
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This is the way. When they come at us, we come back at them twofold. Raise that Pride flag every time they take it down. If they prevent that, surround the park with Pride flags. Ruin their petty little lives until they shit rainbows. Never stop. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/n...
I sent my dad this photo and he sent back this reply… (see images/alt text)
HOW DARE YOU, SIR.
My cat tells me she loves me and you say Not Cute.
No. This is unacceptable.
HOW DARE YOU, SIR.
My cat tells me she loves me and you say Not Cute.
No. This is unacceptable.
February 13, 2026 at 4:59 AM
I sent my dad this photo and he sent back this reply… (see images/alt text)
HOW DARE YOU, SIR.
My cat tells me she loves me and you say Not Cute.
No. This is unacceptable.
HOW DARE YOU, SIR.
My cat tells me she loves me and you say Not Cute.
No. This is unacceptable.
I just heard Lee Brice’s “Country Nowadays”.
Hilarious work my guy. My sides! I’m in stitches.
TW: Transphobia and extremism in cliched tropes
Hilarious work my guy. My sides! I’m in stitches.
TW: Transphobia and extremism in cliched tropes
February 13, 2026 at 4:53 AM
I just heard Lee Brice’s “Country Nowadays”.
Hilarious work my guy. My sides! I’m in stitches.
TW: Transphobia and extremism in cliched tropes
Hilarious work my guy. My sides! I’m in stitches.
TW: Transphobia and extremism in cliched tropes
Note the passive voice 🤣 Oh no, Sheldon. Who has been so neglectful of your chilli plants that they are all but dead??
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Note the passive voice 🤣 Oh no, Sheldon. Who has been so neglectful of your chilli plants that they are all but dead??
Dusty: Brought you another bird
Me: Oh… thanks. Can I have it? *sets another bird free to fly another day* I must get that bell on her.
Me: Oh… thanks. Can I have it? *sets another bird free to fly another day* I must get that bell on her.
February 13, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Dusty: Brought you another bird
Me: Oh… thanks. Can I have it? *sets another bird free to fly another day* I must get that bell on her.
Me: Oh… thanks. Can I have it? *sets another bird free to fly another day* I must get that bell on her.
Also, I wish I had been able to attend more than one year 😞 I loved it but I was just getting going.
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 AM
Also, I wish I had been able to attend more than one year 😞 I loved it but I was just getting going.
I wrote mine very quickly in 2019. I did run it by my supervisors but they were like… “Yep, good to go”.
I’m good at academic waffle in short form… and also in long form 🤣
I’m good at academic waffle in short form… and also in long form 🤣
February 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I wrote mine very quickly in 2019. I did run it by my supervisors but they were like… “Yep, good to go”.
I’m good at academic waffle in short form… and also in long form 🤣
I’m good at academic waffle in short form… and also in long form 🤣
My chilli plants have been badly neglected. Still… I’ve got a few more
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
My chilli plants have been badly neglected. Still… I’ve got a few more
I adore this vision! Fabulous.
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I adore this vision! Fabulous.
God bless my mother, who had no idea what was going on, didn’t understand it at all, but still allowed me to be myself*, especially as a teen.
*except for the odd push to “feminise” which didn’t work OBVS, I was largely left to my own devices.
*except for the odd push to “feminise” which didn’t work OBVS, I was largely left to my own devices.
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
God bless my mother, who had no idea what was going on, didn’t understand it at all, but still allowed me to be myself*, especially as a teen.
*except for the odd push to “feminise” which didn’t work OBVS, I was largely left to my own devices.
*except for the odd push to “feminise” which didn’t work OBVS, I was largely left to my own devices.
These two photos are both of a trans child (who is me). I’ll leave you to decide which one is drag.
(Me around 9 and 11, at a guess)
(Me around 9 and 11, at a guess)
February 13, 2026 at 12:31 AM
These two photos are both of a trans child (who is me). I’ll leave you to decide which one is drag.
(Me around 9 and 11, at a guess)
(Me around 9 and 11, at a guess)
Debeiging is such an important process.
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Debeiging is such an important process.
Generally I am not a fan of navy at all but I totally understand this application.
February 13, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Generally I am not a fan of navy at all but I totally understand this application.
“Let kids be kids” cuts both ways.
You can’t go around saying, “let kids be kids,” at the same time as decreeing that parents should talk to their family doctor and be led by them with regard to social transition.
It’s not a doctor’s business how
ANYONE expresses their gender in social terms.
You can’t go around saying, “let kids be kids,” at the same time as decreeing that parents should talk to their family doctor and be led by them with regard to social transition.
It’s not a doctor’s business how
ANYONE expresses their gender in social terms.
February 13, 2026 at 12:12 AM
“Let kids be kids” cuts both ways.
You can’t go around saying, “let kids be kids,” at the same time as decreeing that parents should talk to their family doctor and be led by them with regard to social transition.
It’s not a doctor’s business how
ANYONE expresses their gender in social terms.
You can’t go around saying, “let kids be kids,” at the same time as decreeing that parents should talk to their family doctor and be led by them with regard to social transition.
It’s not a doctor’s business how
ANYONE expresses their gender in social terms.
I do not need your acceptance or your acknowledgment to be trans
I do not need you to see me as trans, or for you to even know I’m trans, in order to be trans
My existence as a trans person is not contingent on anyone else’s gaze and I sure as fuck don’t need a doctor to sign off on my transness
I do not need you to see me as trans, or for you to even know I’m trans, in order to be trans
My existence as a trans person is not contingent on anyone else’s gaze and I sure as fuck don’t need a doctor to sign off on my transness
February 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
I do not need your acceptance or your acknowledgment to be trans
I do not need you to see me as trans, or for you to even know I’m trans, in order to be trans
My existence as a trans person is not contingent on anyone else’s gaze and I sure as fuck don’t need a doctor to sign off on my transness
I do not need you to see me as trans, or for you to even know I’m trans, in order to be trans
My existence as a trans person is not contingent on anyone else’s gaze and I sure as fuck don’t need a doctor to sign off on my transness
The big problem with trans discourse today, outside of trans and queer communities, is the cis/heteronormative lens that is still the default
Let me make myself very clear: I was trans DECADES before I ever said anything to anyone. If I had never come out to anyone, I’d still have been trans
Let me make myself very clear: I was trans DECADES before I ever said anything to anyone. If I had never come out to anyone, I’d still have been trans
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
The big problem with trans discourse today, outside of trans and queer communities, is the cis/heteronormative lens that is still the default
Let me make myself very clear: I was trans DECADES before I ever said anything to anyone. If I had never come out to anyone, I’d still have been trans
Let me make myself very clear: I was trans DECADES before I ever said anything to anyone. If I had never come out to anyone, I’d still have been trans
I don’t know what they’re even saying here.
Where does gender nonconformity end and “social transition” begin and why does any of it need to be talked over with a doctor?
This is conversion therapy by stealth.
I was a trans kid. I didn’t know what that meant. I didn’t tell anyone. I just… was.
Where does gender nonconformity end and “social transition” begin and why does any of it need to be talked over with a doctor?
This is conversion therapy by stealth.
I was a trans kid. I didn’t know what that meant. I didn’t tell anyone. I just… was.
This draft guidance reproduces Cass insisting that clinicians must be involved in decisions about *social transition* which actually should be none of their damn business
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
They take the line that this "non-directive" intervention should force things to be "keeping options open and flexible"...
February 12, 2026 at 11:57 PM
I don’t know what they’re even saying here.
Where does gender nonconformity end and “social transition” begin and why does any of it need to be talked over with a doctor?
This is conversion therapy by stealth.
I was a trans kid. I didn’t know what that meant. I didn’t tell anyone. I just… was.
Where does gender nonconformity end and “social transition” begin and why does any of it need to be talked over with a doctor?
This is conversion therapy by stealth.
I was a trans kid. I didn’t know what that meant. I didn’t tell anyone. I just… was.
I have a confession to make… I didn’t know what you were going on about when you mentioned, “the unicorn one”. I only just looked closely at the picture and realised I BOUGHT the unicorn one 🤣🤣🤣
February 12, 2026 at 11:49 PM
I have a confession to make… I didn’t know what you were going on about when you mentioned, “the unicorn one”. I only just looked closely at the picture and realised I BOUGHT the unicorn one 🤣🤣🤣