Electric Pentacle ⚡️⭐️⚧️♾️
@electricpentacle.bsky.social
Data scientist and eco-socialist policy wonk by day, cat-obsessed weirdo occultist by night. Grumpy old NB. They/them.
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Don't threaten me with a good time!
Nine bedrooms, seven untimely deaths: can ‘cursed’ Venice palace finally attract a buyer?
Palazzo Ca’ Dario, empty for years, has failed to find a new owner, with local legends suggesting it is jinxed
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Don't threaten me with a good time!
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"I had heard about the Dejected Ghost Sheep Of The South West Coast Path many times, of course, but until that chilling day last summer, alone on the clifftop, with only my thoughts for company, I had dismissed the stories as far-fetched nonsense and tittle-tattle."
January 23, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"I had heard about the Dejected Ghost Sheep Of The South West Coast Path many times, of course, but until that chilling day last summer, alone on the clifftop, with only my thoughts for company, I had dismissed the stories as far-fetched nonsense and tittle-tattle."
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This video, honouring US astronauts who lost their lives, made my heart ache. I thought also of others who died in accidents while doing the many jobs that make spaceflight possible.
NASA’s Day of Remembrance 2026
YouTube video by NASA
youtu.be
January 23, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This video, honouring US astronauts who lost their lives, made my heart ache. I thought also of others who died in accidents while doing the many jobs that make spaceflight possible.
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www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/numb...
Remember how The Times claimed there was a 1,000 family class action against the Tavistock clinic?
We got a FOI out of them, it never happened.
"The Trust confirms that it has not received any complaints which have been persued by law firm Pogust Goodhead"
Remember how The Times claimed there was a 1,000 family class action against the Tavistock clinic?
We got a FOI out of them, it never happened.
"The Trust confirms that it has not received any complaints which have been persued by law firm Pogust Goodhead"
Number of complaints by families about Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS). - a Freedom of Information request to Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
With regards to the former Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS).
For the period between 2012 and 2022 please provide the following information.
1) Total number of complaints made about this cl...
www.whatdotheyknow.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:24 AM
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/numb...
Remember how The Times claimed there was a 1,000 family class action against the Tavistock clinic?
We got a FOI out of them, it never happened.
"The Trust confirms that it has not received any complaints which have been persued by law firm Pogust Goodhead"
Remember how The Times claimed there was a 1,000 family class action against the Tavistock clinic?
We got a FOI out of them, it never happened.
"The Trust confirms that it has not received any complaints which have been persued by law firm Pogust Goodhead"
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Another favourite Dartmoor rock formation: The Bowerman's Nose. In the folklore version, Bowerman was a hunter who a coven of witches turned to stone after he and his dogs knocked over their cauldron, while hunting a hare.
The dogs can be found across the valley, also in stone, as Hound Tor.
The dogs can be found across the valley, also in stone, as Hound Tor.
January 23, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Another favourite Dartmoor rock formation: The Bowerman's Nose. In the folklore version, Bowerman was a hunter who a coven of witches turned to stone after he and his dogs knocked over their cauldron, while hunting a hare.
The dogs can be found across the valley, also in stone, as Hound Tor.
The dogs can be found across the valley, also in stone, as Hound Tor.
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The Superb FairyWren really lives up to its name
June 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The Superb FairyWren really lives up to its name
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“They look like strong hands”
Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist.
January 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM
“They look like strong hands”
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Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.
January 23, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Annual reminder of how many days there are in each month.
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Pippa Durham, 29, made the fatal error when Paige Thomas, 36, mentioned her love of the Australian soap opera, Neighbours, and she responded: “Oh right. Is Toadie still on it?” prompting an oral history that was somehow longer than Toadie’s 29-year stint on the show.
Friend who politely asked about special interest unaware they’ve committed rest of life to hearing about it
A non-autistic friend who asked a polite question about an autistic woman’s special interest has no idea that they will be hearing about it until they’re dead, it has been rumoured. Pippa Durham,…
thedailytism.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Pippa Durham, 29, made the fatal error when Paige Thomas, 36, mentioned her love of the Australian soap opera, Neighbours, and she responded: “Oh right. Is Toadie still on it?” prompting an oral history that was somehow longer than Toadie’s 29-year stint on the show.
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Recommend the podcast @ifbookspod.bsky.social which takes apart these "airport books" with surgical precision
www.joxleywrites.jmoxley.co.uk/p/airport-bo...
Great piece on “airport book brain” - the tendency of politicians to swallow simplistic solutions. Latest example the Jonathan Haidt book shaping policy on teens and social media
Great piece on “airport book brain” - the tendency of politicians to swallow simplistic solutions. Latest example the Jonathan Haidt book shaping policy on teens and social media
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Recommend the podcast @ifbookspod.bsky.social which takes apart these "airport books" with surgical precision
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"No, I might not have quite shaved my moustache perfectly symmetrically, but I did just write 'Renaissance Fair' and have trained my pet squirrel to curl up extraordinarily neatly on top of my head to keep the infamously cold California winter at bay. What precisely have you achieved lately?"
January 23, 2026 at 9:56 AM
"No, I might not have quite shaved my moustache perfectly symmetrically, but I did just write 'Renaissance Fair' and have trained my pet squirrel to curl up extraordinarily neatly on top of my head to keep the infamously cold California winter at bay. What precisely have you achieved lately?"
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Excellent thread on the history and background to the war on "Gender Ideology" 👇
Yeah for people not up to date on the back story, the conservative war on "Gender Ideology" actually started as a response to Gender Theory, and specifically the impact of Judith Butler's "Gender Trouble" at the United Nations summit for women in 1995.
This is more directly about trans people but "gender ideology" has always kind of meant "the abominal idea that men and women can be equal"
January 22, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Excellent thread on the history and background to the war on "Gender Ideology" 👇
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Throwback picture: after wife’s prior attempt years ago to use technology to limit cat access to food with a opens-with-collar-fob feeder, Mickey retaliates with blockade of feeder, leaving Mittens visibly irritated.
January 22, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Throwback picture: after wife’s prior attempt years ago to use technology to limit cat access to food with a opens-with-collar-fob feeder, Mickey retaliates with blockade of feeder, leaving Mittens visibly irritated.
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YOU - Suffering will only make me stronger.
ENDURANCE - It's probably this way of thinking that got you where you are.
ENDURANCE - It's probably this way of thinking that got you where you are.
January 22, 2026 at 5:13 PM
YOU - Suffering will only make me stronger.
ENDURANCE - It's probably this way of thinking that got you where you are.
ENDURANCE - It's probably this way of thinking that got you where you are.
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is klingon wrestling staged
January 22, 2026 at 5:13 PM
is klingon wrestling staged
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Meet the mysterious Prototaxites: “No matter what...it’s something weird doing its own thing,” one scientist says of the fossil
Mystery tower fossils may be a whole new kind of life
Towering Prototaxites ruled Earth before trees—and they may have been a form of life entirely new to science
www.scientificamerican.com
January 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Meet the mysterious Prototaxites: “No matter what...it’s something weird doing its own thing,” one scientist says of the fossil
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If we're going to do things like this, we have to make sure that, when* it works, we keep fucking DOING it, and expand it where we can. Otherwise it ends and things go back the way they were.
*not if, we know the outcome. It's been tested so much it's practically a fact.
*not if, we know the outcome. It's been tested so much it's practically a fact.
An ambitious experiment to give young people money and trust them to spend it well shows promising early signs, participants say.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
NYC Is Testing Guaranteed Income for Homeless Youths. Here’s How It’s Going.
An ambitious experiment to give young people money and trust them to spend it well shows promising early signs, participants say.
www.thecity.nyc
January 22, 2026 at 12:36 PM
If we're going to do things like this, we have to make sure that, when* it works, we keep fucking DOING it, and expand it where we can. Otherwise it ends and things go back the way they were.
*not if, we know the outcome. It's been tested so much it's practically a fact.
*not if, we know the outcome. It's been tested so much it's practically a fact.
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New website tracks which GPs are refusing HRT prescriptions
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/22/gp-trans-prescriptions/?utm_content=1769084401&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/22/gp-trans-prescriptions/?utm_content=1769084401&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
New website tracks which GPs are refusing HRT prescriptions
A new website, MyTransGP, is allowing trans patients to report which GPs are refusing to prescribe gender-affirming care.
www.thepinknews.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:20 PM
New website tracks which GPs are refusing HRT prescriptions
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/22/gp-trans-prescriptions/?utm_content=1769084401&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/22/gp-trans-prescriptions/?utm_content=1769084401&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Comedian @markthomasinfo.bsky.social has the best definition of Farage - it's the name for stinky bin-juice, and is pronounced 'fa-ridge' rather than 'fa-raj'.
He even sells stickers at gigs that you can add to your bins.
He even sells stickers at gigs that you can add to your bins.
January 17, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Comedian @markthomasinfo.bsky.social has the best definition of Farage - it's the name for stinky bin-juice, and is pronounced 'fa-ridge' rather than 'fa-raj'.
He even sells stickers at gigs that you can add to your bins.
He even sells stickers at gigs that you can add to your bins.
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Head canon:
Pingu is clearly seen interacting with a polar bear. Pingu therefore can only be a northern hemisphere penguin - aka the great auk, aka the OG penguin.
Pingu is amongst the last survivors of a species thought to be extinct.
Pingu is clearly seen interacting with a polar bear. Pingu therefore can only be a northern hemisphere penguin - aka the great auk, aka the OG penguin.
Pingu is amongst the last survivors of a species thought to be extinct.
January 21, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Head canon:
Pingu is clearly seen interacting with a polar bear. Pingu therefore can only be a northern hemisphere penguin - aka the great auk, aka the OG penguin.
Pingu is amongst the last survivors of a species thought to be extinct.
Pingu is clearly seen interacting with a polar bear. Pingu therefore can only be a northern hemisphere penguin - aka the great auk, aka the OG penguin.
Pingu is amongst the last survivors of a species thought to be extinct.
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Trump should give a big speech in the Senate … maybe in seven or eight weeks … March 15
January 21, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Trump should give a big speech in the Senate … maybe in seven or eight weeks … March 15
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Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos
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Like fleeing Jeffrey Dahmer's house and running past three verified safe houses to the house of Ted Bundy, above whose front door is sprayed 'I am also a serial killer, and you are my type. lol'
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Like fleeing Jeffrey Dahmer's house and running past three verified safe houses to the house of Ted Bundy, above whose front door is sprayed 'I am also a serial killer, and you are my type. lol'
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On this day 108 years ago, biographer, critic and Bloomsburyist Lytton Strachey went round Virginia Woolf’s gaff and talked dirty – and not for the first time. According to an entry in Woolf’s diary (written the following day)... 🧵
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[On Sunday] Lytton [Strachey] came to tea; stayed to dinner, and about 10 o'clock we both had that feeling of parched lips and used up vivacity which comes from hours of talk. But Lytton was most easy and agreeable. Among other things he gave us an amazing account of the British Sex Society which meets at Hampstead. They were surprisingly frank; and fifty people of both sexes and various ages discussed without shame such questions as the deformity of Dean Swift's penis; whether cats use the w.c., self abuse; incest – incest between parent and child when they are both unconscious of it, was their main theme, derived from Freud. I think of becoming a member. Lytton at different points exclaimed Penis: his contribution to the openness of the debate. We also discussed the future of the world; how we should like profes-sions to exist no longer; Keats, old age, politics, Bloomsbury hypnotism a great many subjects.
Virginia Woolf](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vckf3haopb3yncclmf7o2m3f/bafkreibz35zwkkawtnrrkjr662ccdhnzv2o7mouqv7fsbdqegd2mgfmk24@jpeg)
January 20, 2026 at 2:06 PM
On this day 108 years ago, biographer, critic and Bloomsburyist Lytton Strachey went round Virginia Woolf’s gaff and talked dirty – and not for the first time. According to an entry in Woolf’s diary (written the following day)... 🧵
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That is, indeed, the George Mallory who died on Everest in 1924 – and who used to exchange letters with Strachey in which he employed such phrases as “What a wicked old sodomite you are”
Camp correspondence: letters reveal George Mallory’s flirtatious side
Gossipy and often explicitly gay letters from the mountaineer to Lytton Strachey will be auctioned at Bonhams in June
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:12 PM
That is, indeed, the George Mallory who died on Everest in 1924 – and who used to exchange letters with Strachey in which he employed such phrases as “What a wicked old sodomite you are”