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ClareJGold 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤟
@clarewrites.bsky.social
She/her. Typo Queen. American in the UK. Writer, Nerdfighter, recovering MG teacher, former Hollywood-ite, immigrant, compatriot, dyslexic, PIH booster, mama bear, film nerd, loud laugher.
Here for #Nerdfighteria #AFCWimbledon #kidlit #romance #generosity
Most Christmassy moment of my holidays thus far was giving Superdrug gift cards to the woman who sells The Big Issue in a nearby village. She’s got three teen girls who she told me earlier in the week ‘never ask for anything.’ She’s not a stranger, but relieving a fellow mum’s sadness was nice.
December 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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Can you help Soad and Omar on Christmas eve? ❤️❤️❤️
😭💔I am a mother trying to protect my child from life's hardships, but today I find myself helpless in the face of his needs. My child isn't asking for much… he wants security, warmth, and a meal that makes him feel that tomorrow is still possible.
gofund.me/15acdba95
@mommunism.bsky.social
December 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Here is Elsie doing a holiday photo shoot.
December 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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As #GoodbyeJune drops on Netflix, check out my interview with Andrea Riseborough and Timothy Spall on #BahHumbug about an unconventional Christmas family get-together. open.spotify.com/episode/6oJf...
Goodbye June: Life, death and Nativity plays with Andrea Riseborough and Timothy Spall
open.spotify.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Josh O’Connor is every one of us who’ve listened to a true crime podcast and know we could never.
December 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Please share. Thanks
December 22, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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UK friends who are sole traders/have experience with accountancy for it: how did y'all find/choose an accountant???

There are so many options that all look super familiar...
December 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Hey artists!! Post some art you made from before Bluesky!!

Painted in photoshop aeons ago.
December 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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This made me sob. Thank you for sharing Melissa Hortman's incredible life with us, @stephenrodrick.bsky.social.
I met Melissa Hortman in October of 2024. She was smart and kind. I heard about her murder in a LA hotel room and it dropped me to my knees. So I went to Minnesota and talked to her kids, parents, and friends. This is not true crime, this is Melissa in real life. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Thinking of retail and service industry staff in these mad last days before Christmas 🎄🙏 Remember they're just people like you. Breathe and don't take out your stress/anger/frustration/sadness on them. It's not theirs.
Good morning & welcome to #Caturday

Be compassionate.
The world is difficult enough for people, and you can make it a little easier with kindness.
December 20, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Hive mind: what are your favourite magical beings (humanoid and animal form) from any folklore, and the most obvious-to-you character types in magical stories (broad question but I'm trying to stop myself from getting stuck in my own rut of references For A Thing)...
December 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.

Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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”Can the BBC countersue Trump?”

A number of people are understandably asking this question.

And there are two answers.

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December 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Kit is an excellent teacher, leader, inspiration and hugely practical as well.
December 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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REMINDER - there is a fully funded bursary place available for my Six Month Writing Course in association with @gladlib.bsky.social The Deadline is 7th January.
www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/the-si...
(Sold Out) The Six-Month Writing Course with Kit de Waal - Gladstone's Library
Join Kit de Waal for a six-month journey into the art and discipline of storytelling, with two visits to the UK’s finest residential library.
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Watching ‘The Princess Bride’ with my kids. Felt necessary.
December 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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NEW

A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation

How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.

By me

emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...

(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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HI PLEASE SHARE AND IF YOU CAN GIVE YAY
I'm like $300 from rent and would like to get another $40 to make an Aldi trip really meaningful, being able to meal prep some vegetables would help me a ton. November and December have been so bad for streaming, ko-fi, and donations.
I lost my gig in September. It takes ~$150/wk for me to make food + shelter. I didn't make my goal the first week in December, and this week I've gotten NOTHING so far. PLEASE SHARE. You can give once or monthly on ko-fi, use your Amazon Prime free sub on my Twitch, or venmo: MirandaBrave.
Support Miranda Adama
Support Miranda Adama
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December 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Mears, Serco, and Clearsprings oversee most asylum accommodation in UK and make huge profits doing so, despite a significant proportion of accommodation being substandard. It isn't people seeking safety costing taxpayers money, it's the firms making profits off of them.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mears: Life in the asylum hotels generating 'excessive profit'
Asylum accommodation provider Mears has had to return £13.8m to the Home Office after making more profit than its contracts allow.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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No one needs backstory for Gaston
More oratory for Gaston
These things are not mandatory for Gaston…
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory

he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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This headline actually made me cry. I wish I could convey to people in countries with gun control how very, very precious it is.
December 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Today is Jane Austen's 250th birthday! If you wish there'd been queer characters in the originals, check out my Austentatious series, beginning with THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET.

I murdered Mr Collins off in the first line so that Charlotte Lucas can have a 2nd chance at happiness. (thread)
December 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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If you’re interested in attending #TBHillDay 2026 (especially if you’re from WY, HI, AR, ID, KS, LA, ME, ND, OK, RI, or SD) you can learn more and apply here: tbfighters.org/hill-day/
Hill Day | TBFighters
tbfighters.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM