George Ankers
@georgeankers.bsky.social
he/they. Aro/ace. Can be found playing Blood on the Clocktower on Twitch here and there. Occasionally I wang on about music.
Brilliant night out seeing English Teacher. When they mix up their approach so much it's easy to forget what a catapult of a voice Lily Fontaine has on her when she wants to use it. Awesome.
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Brilliant night out seeing English Teacher. When they mix up their approach so much it's easy to forget what a catapult of a voice Lily Fontaine has on her when she wants to use it. Awesome.
I like People Watching just fine, but I don't expect it to land in my top 25 this year. CMAT's been robbed!
October 16, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I like People Watching just fine, but I don't expect it to land in my top 25 this year. CMAT's been robbed!
Absolutely mind-blowing gig from the Beths tonight. Just an incredible live act, fully cemented Straight Line Was a Lie as my album of the year. I feel like I could punch God. Damn.
September 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Absolutely mind-blowing gig from the Beths tonight. Just an incredible live act, fully cemented Straight Line Was a Lie as my album of the year. I feel like I could punch God. Damn.
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if you read one thing today, make it this absolutely devastating piece from a fact-checker who quit the New Yorker
bidoun.org/articles/hou...
bidoun.org/articles/hou...
September 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
if you read one thing today, make it this absolutely devastating piece from a fact-checker who quit the New Yorker
bidoun.org/articles/hou...
bidoun.org/articles/hou...
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the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger
my latest with @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
my latest with @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
Britain’s Bathroom Ban
The UK has gone from a bathroom ban being unthinkable to a Labour government implementing one without a vote
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
the UK's new anti-trans rules are indefensible & will make global fascism stronger
my latest with @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
my latest with @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/britains-bat...
At this point I'm basically just screaming incoherently about this to random platforms in sequence, and it's Bluesky's turn now: The Beths have delivered their masterpiece. Straight Line Was a Lie has shot straight to the front of the running for album of the year.
September 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
At this point I'm basically just screaming incoherently about this to random platforms in sequence, and it's Bluesky's turn now: The Beths have delivered their masterpiece. Straight Line Was a Lie has shot straight to the front of the running for album of the year.
Really didn't expect we'd get anything near this good of a response from CGE. Probably the best possible result in the circumstances. Great to see.
I’m doing victory laps in my kitchen right now!!!! 💃🏼
CGE just announced they are going to be giving away 100% of the profit from their Harry Potter game to pro-trans charities!!
www.instagram.com/p/DNG48n-IVP...
CGE just announced they are going to be giving away 100% of the profit from their Harry Potter game to pro-trans charities!!
www.instagram.com/p/DNG48n-IVP...
August 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Really didn't expect we'd get anything near this good of a response from CGE. Probably the best possible result in the circumstances. Great to see.
Quite impressed to see I've been blocked by whatever automated method CGE has been using to block people critical of its Potter Codenames announcement, despite never having taken part in the conversation on this platform. I must be doing something right.
July 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Quite impressed to see I've been blocked by whatever automated method CGE has been using to block people critical of its Potter Codenames announcement, despite never having taken part in the conversation on this platform. I must be doing something right.
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in unrelated news: if you bought hogwarts legacy you’re a twat
NHS Fife’s lawyer Jane Russell KC says Ms Peggie is not paying for her own case and she asks who is paying for it.
Ms Peggie’s lawyer Naomi Cunningham objects to this and says it is “of no relevance and it’s privileged”. Employment Judge Sandy Kemp agrees and the question is withdrawn.
Ms Peggie’s lawyer Naomi Cunningham objects to this and says it is “of no relevance and it’s privileged”. Employment Judge Sandy Kemp agrees and the question is withdrawn.
July 29, 2025 at 2:13 PM
in unrelated news: if you bought hogwarts legacy you’re a twat
May or may not have done a tiny little cry at a bus stop in Derby to the new Beths song.
The Beths - "Mother, Pray For Me" (Official)
YouTube video by The Beths
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
May or may not have done a tiny little cry at a bus stop in Derby to the new Beths song.
Really glad this review convinced me to take a chance on this record; it's fascinating and delightful. Strong recommend.
Album Review: @rhyslangston.bsky.social - Pale Black Negative
Rhys Langston’s “rapper’s singer-songwriter record” is a boundary blurring opus as his lyrical flair is met with an emotive immediacy, amidst inventive, convention-defying compositions.
Full Review👇
nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/03/a...
Rhys Langston’s “rapper’s singer-songwriter record” is a boundary blurring opus as his lyrical flair is met with an emotive immediacy, amidst inventive, convention-defying compositions.
Full Review👇
nofrillsreviews.com/2025/07/03/a...
Album Review: Rhys Langston – Pale Black Negative
A boundary blurring opus as Langston’s lyrical flair is met with an emotive immediacy, amidst inventive, convention-defying compositions Pale Black Negative is ostensibly an underground hip-hop rec…
nofrillsreviews.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Really glad this review convinced me to take a chance on this record; it's fascinating and delightful. Strong recommend.
Saw MJ Lenderman last night - predictably, I enjoyed his drawling jams more in person (and his band brought a lot of personality to it). Wristwatch and She's Leaving You predictably killed.
June 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Saw MJ Lenderman last night - predictably, I enjoyed his drawling jams more in person (and his band brought a lot of personality to it). Wristwatch and She's Leaving You predictably killed.
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Hello clocktower friends! Starting my own stream www.twitch.tv/allabouttheb... which will be Sunday evenings. Sunday 1st June will be the first stream - 3 games - 7pm UK start - going until 00:00.
allaboutthebluff - Twitch
Streaming blood on the clocktower on Sunday evenings
www.twitch.tv
May 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Hello clocktower friends! Starting my own stream www.twitch.tv/allabouttheb... which will be Sunday evenings. Sunday 1st June will be the first stream - 3 games - 7pm UK start - going until 00:00.
Lovely little treat seeing Samia do some acoustic versions of songs from new album Bloodless, which I'm super-excited to dig into.
April 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Lovely little treat seeing Samia do some acoustic versions of songs from new album Bloodless, which I'm super-excited to dig into.
Cis friends in the UK – I spent my morning writing to my MP to demand action after the EHRC published explicitly segregationist guidance last night essentially banning trans people from any gendered public bathroom. Please do the same. They need to hear outrage from cis people about this.
April 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Cis friends in the UK – I spent my morning writing to my MP to demand action after the EHRC published explicitly segregationist guidance last night essentially banning trans people from any gendered public bathroom. Please do the same. They need to hear outrage from cis people about this.
Welcome to Dorley Hall, "Wes"
April 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Welcome to Dorley Hall, "Wes"
A bunch of shit is infuriatingly fucked but, on the plus side, Tunde Adebimpe is the saviour my 2025 in music was crying out for.
April 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A bunch of shit is infuriatingly fucked but, on the plus side, Tunde Adebimpe is the saviour my 2025 in music was crying out for.
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It’s worth noting that JK Rowling is not only funding meritless legal challenges against trans people until they can appeal up to the court that will back them, she openly gloats about how this is where her money is going. This is what the Harry Potter TV show is bankrolling.
jk rowling funded a case going before the supreme court that argues it should be legal to discriminate against and persecute trans ppl.
yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.
no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.
yet still we have to listen to ‘centrists’ claiming she isn’t bigoted she just has ‘a difference of opinion’.
no trans ppl have a voice in these proceedings.
April 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It’s worth noting that JK Rowling is not only funding meritless legal challenges against trans people until they can appeal up to the court that will back them, she openly gloats about how this is where her money is going. This is what the Harry Potter TV show is bankrolling.
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yeah there's a direct through line between this ruling and anyone who bought that hogwart's game that trans people got screamed at for suggesting we boycott
JKR funded the campaign group behind all this btw. This is why we beg you to stop engaging with Harry Potter media.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
yeah there's a direct through line between this ruling and anyone who bought that hogwart's game that trans people got screamed at for suggesting we boycott
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Rowling is actively using the money you send to her for HP stuff to demonize trans folks and take away their rights. No ethical consumption etc but the calculus on this one seems pretty easy to me
it's been twenty eight years.
please read a second book. find a new ip.
please read a second book. find a new ip.
HBO reveals first part of Harry Potter TV cast, including Dumbledore and Hagrid
April 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Rowling is actively using the money you send to her for HP stuff to demonize trans folks and take away their rights. No ethical consumption etc but the calculus on this one seems pretty easy to me
awful fucking country
April 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
awful fucking country
The Gen Con clonk group is on the move - VODs from recent games, including this banger, will start appearing on YouTube here:
we could skip again
YouTube video by General Clonktower
youtu.be
April 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The Gen Con clonk group is on the move - VODs from recent games, including this banger, will start appearing on YouTube here:
Lots of the new album releases I've picked up so far this year have been things I've broadly liked but not wholeheartedly loved. I sort of get the impression that CMAT might end up carrying 2025 on her back. I'm really ready for something triumphant.
CMAT - Running/Planning (Official Video)
YouTube video by CMAT
youtu.be
March 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Lots of the new album releases I've picked up so far this year have been things I've broadly liked but not wholeheartedly loved. I sort of get the impression that CMAT might end up carrying 2025 on her back. I'm really ready for something triumphant.
You get *one* hangover and then your YouTube feed is just livestreams of fish swimming in aquariums forever, huh.
March 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
You get *one* hangover and then your YouTube feed is just livestreams of fish swimming in aquariums forever, huh.