lewys
@generalquixote.bsky.social
scrambled eggs all over my face, what is a boy to do? (he/him/they/them)
scottish 🏴 free palestine 🇵🇸 trans rights 🏳️⚧️
I lurch back and further between opinionated and earnest left-wing politics takes, asoiaf, and shitposting so much you'll get whiplash
scottish 🏴 free palestine 🇵🇸 trans rights 🏳️⚧️
I lurch back and further between opinionated and earnest left-wing politics takes, asoiaf, and shitposting so much you'll get whiplash
It’s crazy how disingenuous it was. Taking a few off the cuff, clearly idiomatic remarks by pro-indy people saying it was a “once in a generation opportunity”, well understood to mean an incredible opportunity, and taking it extremely literally and saying you can’t have another one for a generation.
I note that the "once in a generation!" protest about a second independence referendum has become much quieter since the 10th anniversary passed and we're now approaching having 30 year olds who couldn't vote in the last one.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
It’s crazy how disingenuous it was. Taking a few off the cuff, clearly idiomatic remarks by pro-indy people saying it was a “once in a generation opportunity”, well understood to mean an incredible opportunity, and taking it extremely literally and saying you can’t have another one for a generation.
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I note that the "once in a generation!" protest about a second independence referendum has become much quieter since the 10th anniversary passed and we're now approaching having 30 year olds who couldn't vote in the last one.
November 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I note that the "once in a generation!" protest about a second independence referendum has become much quieter since the 10th anniversary passed and we're now approaching having 30 year olds who couldn't vote in the last one.
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People in the UK aren't getting transphobia from weird niche online communities.
They're getting it from the prime minister, the BBC, politicians and the newspapers in every newsagents in the country.
They're getting it from the prime minister, the BBC, politicians and the newspapers in every newsagents in the country.
when this piece of shit is asked what good phone pouches are supposed to do, shs responds glibly about online radicalisation. where else would children learn to be transphobic in the tolerant UK, after all? ridiculous
On Brianna's 19th birthday, this morning I joined @cheshirepcc.bsky.social and the Brianna Ghey Legacy Project Phone Free Education campaign at the launch at Jodrell Bank of a new £150k initiative to make Cheshire the first county in the UK where ALL state high schools have lockable phone pouches.
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
People in the UK aren't getting transphobia from weird niche online communities.
They're getting it from the prime minister, the BBC, politicians and the newspapers in every newsagents in the country.
They're getting it from the prime minister, the BBC, politicians and the newspapers in every newsagents in the country.
It’s always worth remembering that hating and owning people like Musk is the lowest possible bar ever and not really worth lionising someone for. It’s the bare minimum and doesn’t mean someone is a good person!
Remember when she compared the keffiyeh to a swastika? Because I do...
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It’s always worth remembering that hating and owning people like Musk is the lowest possible bar ever and not really worth lionising someone for. It’s the bare minimum and doesn’t mean someone is a good person!
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Remember when she compared the keffiyeh to a swastika? Because I do...
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Remember when she compared the keffiyeh to a swastika? Because I do...
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You know we're in bad shape when people turn Joyce Carol Oates into a hero
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
You know we're in bad shape when people turn Joyce Carol Oates into a hero
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He thinks he's not the racism. Very funny.
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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UK politics live – latest updates
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
He thinks he's not the racism. Very funny.
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Maybe, maybe, there is a counterfactual involving a UK with no BBC that performs worse politically. But there is no doubt at all that there are counterfactuals involving a UK without the BBC that performs better.
The 'how much worse will things be without the BBC' folks never answer this.
The 'how much worse will things be without the BBC' folks never answer this.
In the last decade, the BBC has legitimised climate change denialism, paved the way for Brexit, defended the coup that was prorogation, over-platformed Farage's Far Right projects, and is neutral on our abandonment of human rights norms.
What is this 'good' it supposedly does?
What is this 'good' it supposedly does?
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Maybe, maybe, there is a counterfactual involving a UK with no BBC that performs worse politically. But there is no doubt at all that there are counterfactuals involving a UK without the BBC that performs better.
The 'how much worse will things be without the BBC' folks never answer this.
The 'how much worse will things be without the BBC' folks never answer this.
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*Anthony Horowitz watching Daniel Craig parkour across a construction site in the mid-noughties* this man fought in World War II
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
*Anthony Horowitz watching Daniel Craig parkour across a construction site in the mid-noughties* this man fought in World War II
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I think the combination of the dominance by the BBC of news, together with the levels of trust it enjoys, gives it a degree of influence which is unhealthy for it and for democracy. And it uses them to perpetuate a status quo-ism which is demonstrably failing the nation.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I think the combination of the dominance by the BBC of news, together with the levels of trust it enjoys, gives it a degree of influence which is unhealthy for it and for democracy. And it uses them to perpetuate a status quo-ism which is demonstrably failing the nation.
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Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Personally I'd be pleased to see BBC News disappear entirely. To argue, as many do, that British politics or our news environment would be so much worse without the BBC you have to explain why British politics and news environment is so very bad with the BBC.
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this town IS big enough for the both of us. it's like a whole town, how much space could two people possibly need?
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
this town IS big enough for the both of us. it's like a whole town, how much space could two people possibly need?
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They succeeded in making the world turn away from Gaza by announcing a ceasefire that Israel has not adhered to. It continues to kill, destroy, and block food and medicine. The war has not stopped; it has only become more brutal, as the victims are now in complete isolation.Do not forget my family 💔
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November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
They succeeded in making the world turn away from Gaza by announcing a ceasefire that Israel has not adhered to. It continues to kill, destroy, and block food and medicine. The war has not stopped; it has only become more brutal, as the victims are now in complete isolation.Do not forget my family 💔
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Michael D Higgins leaving office this evening to make way for his successor, Michael E Higgins
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Michael D Higgins leaving office this evening to make way for his successor, Michael E Higgins
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What pisses me off more than anything is that Esther Ghey does not at all get, or speak for, the trans community. But she gets the microphone and what she does with it hurts her daughters community
Very convenient to be able to shove the transphobia that got this girl killed under the carpet and blame phones instead and be able to deny any criticism like that
Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community
Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
What pisses me off more than anything is that Esther Ghey does not at all get, or speak for, the trans community. But she gets the microphone and what she does with it hurts her daughters community
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Brianna was killed because she was trans.
This whole phones bad project is disgusting and insulting
This whole phones bad project is disgusting and insulting
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Brianna was killed because she was trans.
This whole phones bad project is disgusting and insulting
This whole phones bad project is disgusting and insulting
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Very convenient to be able to shove the transphobia that got this girl killed under the carpet and blame phones instead and be able to deny any criticism like that
Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community
Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Very convenient to be able to shove the transphobia that got this girl killed under the carpet and blame phones instead and be able to deny any criticism like that
Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community
Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community
My conspiracy-brained take is that the whole "people reading in public is just performative and bad" thing is a deliberate anti-intellectual push to stigmatise reading in general
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
My conspiracy-brained take is that the whole "people reading in public is just performative and bad" thing is a deliberate anti-intellectual push to stigmatise reading in general
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Can we stop this “parents know best” not always - LGBTQ people have to find community and find their own way because usually their parents know jack shit about being LGBTQ and that’s just facts!
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Can we stop this “parents know best” not always - LGBTQ people have to find community and find their own way because usually their parents know jack shit about being LGBTQ and that’s just facts!
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Everyone in Cheydinhal is so nice! 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Everyone in Cheydinhal is so nice! 🥰
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i was 25 when skyrim came out and i will be 40 next year, how patient do we need to be babygirl
November 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
i was 25 when skyrim came out and i will be 40 next year, how patient do we need to be babygirl
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Don’t see many people sprinting to their defence either, I wonder if there are any lessons to be learned there about sucking up to people who hate you while stamping on your natural supporters.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Don’t see many people sprinting to their defence either, I wonder if there are any lessons to be learned there about sucking up to people who hate you while stamping on your natural supporters.
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Between Labour at the BBC, it’s not going very well at all for anyone who spent the last decade telling audiences that libs and the left are scum totalitarians who were shamefully bullying right wing crackpots. Put it this way: I’d be feeling a bit twitchy if I worked for the Guardian.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Between Labour at the BBC, it’s not going very well at all for anyone who spent the last decade telling audiences that libs and the left are scum totalitarians who were shamefully bullying right wing crackpots. Put it this way: I’d be feeling a bit twitchy if I worked for the Guardian.
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CAMPBELL: That's the COLORING BOOK Snake. You can use CRAYONS to fill in the drawings inside with color.
NAOMI: Use whatever colors you believe to be appropriate for the images within its pages. Be creative. Use your imagination.
CAMPBELL: Try to stay inside the lines.
SNAKE: ...Inside the lines?
NAOMI: Use whatever colors you believe to be appropriate for the images within its pages. Be creative. Use your imagination.
CAMPBELL: Try to stay inside the lines.
SNAKE: ...Inside the lines?
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
CAMPBELL: That's the COLORING BOOK Snake. You can use CRAYONS to fill in the drawings inside with color.
NAOMI: Use whatever colors you believe to be appropriate for the images within its pages. Be creative. Use your imagination.
CAMPBELL: Try to stay inside the lines.
SNAKE: ...Inside the lines?
NAOMI: Use whatever colors you believe to be appropriate for the images within its pages. Be creative. Use your imagination.
CAMPBELL: Try to stay inside the lines.
SNAKE: ...Inside the lines?