Frances
@francesactually.bsky.social
friendly local antifascist. all opinions my own, cats may belong to others
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deeply lactose intolerant but want an entire cheese pizza
January 8, 2026 at 7:58 PM
deeply lactose intolerant but want an entire cheese pizza
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Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
January 7, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Sometimes all you can do is make the world 0.0000000000001% less awful by being a good person and it feels very meaningless but it’s also the only thing that really matters
when I said ‘us-style fascism is coming to the uk’ I did not predict like, my town specifically
December 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
when I said ‘us-style fascism is coming to the uk’ I did not predict like, my town specifically
I live in *redacted location* within the reach of the Richard Montgomery and it has unfortunately become my Roman Empire
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I live in *redacted location* within the reach of the Richard Montgomery and it has unfortunately become my Roman Empire
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why did this make me wheeze out loud
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
why did this make me wheeze out loud
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every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer
September 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer
for whatever levity is possible, here’s disco dave in the little hat I had to buy her because she doesn’t like her hair touching her ears, much like me her owner. I reckon she’s pretty cute.
September 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
for whatever levity is possible, here’s disco dave in the little hat I had to buy her because she doesn’t like her hair touching her ears, much like me her owner. I reckon she’s pretty cute.
truly iconic to have a cpwdcs that includes some of the truly iconic pirate radio stations that have existed in and around my home county of Kent, including the strange and also lightly creepy shivering sands fort that you should google
New Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff 🏴☠️📻
Margaret talks with Bursts about the surprising history of pirate radio and the three way fight for control of the airwaves.
@margaret.bsky.social @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Margaret talks with Bursts about the surprising history of pirate radio and the three way fight for control of the airwaves.
@margaret.bsky.social @thefinalstrawradio.bsky.social @whysophiewhy.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
September 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
truly iconic to have a cpwdcs that includes some of the truly iconic pirate radio stations that have existed in and around my home county of Kent, including the strange and also lightly creepy shivering sands fort that you should google
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Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
September 4, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
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Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#JournalismIsNotACrime
August 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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Thousands of women have spoken up — not to argue, but to stand with those who are too often side-lined.
Join them by adding your name to the NION ‘Women in support of the trans+ community’ letter.
✍️ change.org/nion_women
#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #WithTheT
Join them by adding your name to the NION ‘Women in support of the trans+ community’ letter.
✍️ change.org/nion_women
#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #WithTheT
July 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Thousands of women have spoken up — not to argue, but to stand with those who are too often side-lined.
Join them by adding your name to the NION ‘Women in support of the trans+ community’ letter.
✍️ change.org/nion_women
#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #WithTheT
Join them by adding your name to the NION ‘Women in support of the trans+ community’ letter.
✍️ change.org/nion_women
#NIONWomen #NotInOurName #Feminism #WomensRights #TransRights #WithTheT
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When I DM’d Kate Nash on Instagram I did not expect this!
Thank you.Thank you.
I’m in floods of tears.
Kate Nash is a legend.
Please spread our message and help make the world a safer place for trans people, for women, for all of us.
Sign the @nionwomen.bsky.social letter
change.org/NION_Women
Thank you.Thank you.
I’m in floods of tears.
Kate Nash is a legend.
Please spread our message and help make the world a safer place for trans people, for women, for all of us.
Sign the @nionwomen.bsky.social letter
change.org/NION_Women
July 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
When I DM’d Kate Nash on Instagram I did not expect this!
Thank you.Thank you.
I’m in floods of tears.
Kate Nash is a legend.
Please spread our message and help make the world a safer place for trans people, for women, for all of us.
Sign the @nionwomen.bsky.social letter
change.org/NION_Women
Thank you.Thank you.
I’m in floods of tears.
Kate Nash is a legend.
Please spread our message and help make the world a safer place for trans people, for women, for all of us.
Sign the @nionwomen.bsky.social letter
change.org/NION_Women
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Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"
June 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Mamdani must explain his tweet from 1740 BC claiming that Ea-nāṣir had "high quality copper"
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If you follow 10 trans people you get to hear about 10 different lifestyles, hobbies, and special interests.
If you follow 10 transphobes you get to hear the same transphobic moral panic from 10 different people, phrased the exact same way.
But trans people are the ones in a hivemind cult somehow.
If you follow 10 transphobes you get to hear the same transphobic moral panic from 10 different people, phrased the exact same way.
But trans people are the ones in a hivemind cult somehow.
June 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you follow 10 trans people you get to hear about 10 different lifestyles, hobbies, and special interests.
If you follow 10 transphobes you get to hear the same transphobic moral panic from 10 different people, phrased the exact same way.
But trans people are the ones in a hivemind cult somehow.
If you follow 10 transphobes you get to hear the same transphobic moral panic from 10 different people, phrased the exact same way.
But trans people are the ones in a hivemind cult somehow.
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the uk by 11 am today
June 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
the uk by 11 am today
Please contact your MP in support the Creasy Amendment, especially if you have an MP that actually responds to emails. Mine doesn’t read them but at least I good and goddamn tried!
Farage and the US Religious Right are celebrating policy wins here - and there's been a huge rise in prosecutions for abortion.
Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Ask your MP to put reproductive rights into law
The right to make decisions about our families and bodies is not protected by law. The 1967 Abortion Act allows people to seek abortion under certain circumstances but abortion otherwise remains a cri...
action.goodlawproject.org
June 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Please contact your MP in support the Creasy Amendment, especially if you have an MP that actually responds to emails. Mine doesn’t read them but at least I good and goddamn tried!
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Seriously, would love to know why the voices of me, all my friends, all their friends, and on and on and on, doesn’t matter apparently? 🏳️⚧️
This is a lot of cis women. So many times more than the largest GC protest you've ever seen. Why are these women not worth listening to?
Delighted to see our #NION letter gaining traction at 13.5k signatures. 25k by Monday?
I want to address a question/criticism I've seen about our wording.
To women upset that we describe ourselves as cis women and refusing to sign on that basis I ask you to reconsider. Please read on...
I want to address a question/criticism I've seen about our wording.
To women upset that we describe ourselves as cis women and refusing to sign on that basis I ask you to reconsider. Please read on...
May 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Seriously, would love to know why the voices of me, all my friends, all their friends, and on and on and on, doesn’t matter apparently? 🏳️⚧️
A year ago I found this glorious cat lost, starving, and screaming for help on a tiny lane in the middle of nowhere. We couldn’t find any owners after weeks of knocking on doors literal and internet, so she stayed. She’s put on a kilo, rules the flat, and had fish for dinner yesterday. Love you Twig
May 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A year ago I found this glorious cat lost, starving, and screaming for help on a tiny lane in the middle of nowhere. We couldn’t find any owners after weeks of knocking on doors literal and internet, so she stayed. She’s put on a kilo, rules the flat, and had fish for dinner yesterday. Love you Twig
all of us or none of us 🏳️⚧️
cis girls for trans rights (because trans people deserve them, but also because woman as a category can’t be legislated and is instead shaped by each of us every day)
cis girls for trans rights (because trans people deserve them, but also because woman as a category can’t be legislated and is instead shaped by each of us every day)
Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
May 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
all of us or none of us 🏳️⚧️
cis girls for trans rights (because trans people deserve them, but also because woman as a category can’t be legislated and is instead shaped by each of us every day)
cis girls for trans rights (because trans people deserve them, but also because woman as a category can’t be legislated and is instead shaped by each of us every day)
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First they came for the transes, and you said "Fuck the transes, they're weird"...
Remember, until a few years ago it was almost unheard-of for a woman to be charged with procuring an abortion. Now they have "new national guidance" on how to hunt them down.
www.theguardian.com/world/2022/j...
Remember, until a few years ago it was almost unheard-of for a woman to be charged with procuring an abortion. Now they have "new national guidance" on how to hunt them down.
www.theguardian.com/world/2022/j...
"Police have been issued guidance on how to search women’s homes for abortion drugs and check their phones for menstrual cycle tracking apps after unexpected pregnancy loss"
"...police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records..."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
"...police could bypass legal requirements for a court order to obtain medical records..."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
First they came for the transes, and you said "Fuck the transes, they're weird"...
Remember, until a few years ago it was almost unheard-of for a woman to be charged with procuring an abortion. Now they have "new national guidance" on how to hunt them down.
www.theguardian.com/world/2022/j...
Remember, until a few years ago it was almost unheard-of for a woman to be charged with procuring an abortion. Now they have "new national guidance" on how to hunt them down.
www.theguardian.com/world/2022/j...
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"An island of strangers"
When I was at uni in Bournemouth I lived above a kebab shop (glamour). Their lamb shish was 50% of my diet. The two guys who worked there and always asked how my course was going weren't strangers but didn't speak perfect English so presumably Starmer would send em back.
When I was at uni in Bournemouth I lived above a kebab shop (glamour). Their lamb shish was 50% of my diet. The two guys who worked there and always asked how my course was going weren't strangers but didn't speak perfect English so presumably Starmer would send em back.
May 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
"An island of strangers"
When I was at uni in Bournemouth I lived above a kebab shop (glamour). Their lamb shish was 50% of my diet. The two guys who worked there and always asked how my course was going weren't strangers but didn't speak perfect English so presumably Starmer would send em back.
When I was at uni in Bournemouth I lived above a kebab shop (glamour). Their lamb shish was 50% of my diet. The two guys who worked there and always asked how my course was going weren't strangers but didn't speak perfect English so presumably Starmer would send em back.
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The queen, judging as always
May 7, 2025 at 7:32 AM
The queen, judging as always