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Helen Gould. Sensitivity consultant, EDI trainer, writer. Likes monsters.
Works with Rusty Quill; all views are my own.
Works with Rusty Quill; all views are my own.
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Quick reminder that you can hire me for:
*Sensitivity consultation!
*TTRPG writing!
*Workshops & training on EDI!
*Panels and speaking opportunities!
I am very good at what I do.
Website: hgwriting.co.uk
Carrd: helengould.carrd.co
*Sensitivity consultation!
*TTRPG writing!
*Workshops & training on EDI!
*Panels and speaking opportunities!
I am very good at what I do.
Website: hgwriting.co.uk
Carrd: helengould.carrd.co
I've seen a bit of chatter starting about this, so quick update from me - I spoke to the BBC for their podcast series "Anatomy of a Cancellation", mostly in episode five. You can find it here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
BBC Sounds - Shadow World - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of Shadow World on BBC Sounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I've seen a bit of chatter starting about this, so quick update from me - I spoke to the BBC for their podcast series "Anatomy of a Cancellation", mostly in episode five. You can find it here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
I'm going to be at this! Looking forward to seeing folks there 😊
📣MuppetMeet 2025 Announcement!
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
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November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I'm going to be at this! Looking forward to seeing folks there 😊
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I see the 2021 scandal around Kate Clanchy's book "Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me" is back in the news as Clanchy receives an apology from the publisher of that book. Here's a reminder of the racism, Islamophobia, anti-LGBT comments, and fat shaming from the book.
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I see the 2021 scandal around Kate Clanchy's book "Some Kids I Taught and What They Taught Me" is back in the news as Clanchy receives an apology from the publisher of that book. Here's a reminder of the racism, Islamophobia, anti-LGBT comments, and fat shaming from the book.
I am so proud and grateful to be a small part of this company ❤️ It was a wonderful play, and I continue to be awed by the incredible work of my friends & colleagues!
Tonight is the final performance of #MagnusLive The Hilltop at The Clapham Grand. This is, to our knowledge, the first ever full, professional theatrical stage adaptation of a fiction podcast. (1/3)
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I am so proud and grateful to be a small part of this company ❤️ It was a wonderful play, and I continue to be awed by the incredible work of my friends & colleagues!
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A professional videographer will be creating a recording of the production. We will share more information on this at a later date. (3/3)
A professional videographer will be creating a recording of the production. We will share more information on this at a later date. (3/3)
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November 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You can find merchandise at rusty-quill.dashery.com
A professional videographer will be creating a recording of the production. We will share more information on this at a later date. (3/3)
A professional videographer will be creating a recording of the production. We will share more information on this at a later date. (3/3)
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📣MuppetMeet 2025 Announcement!
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
November 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📣MuppetMeet 2025 Announcement!
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
Join us and a host of fantastic guest speakers on the evening before Dragonmeet (Friday 28th Nov) for an evening of #TTRPG industry networking and knowledge sharing.
Be sure to grab your FREE tickets here: dragonmeet.co.uk/tickets
👇Read more about what's on 👇
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don't let them make you think this is something you need.
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
don't let them make you think this is something you need.
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Hey, you know how you're always saying "Jonny, why isn't there a good TTRPG about collecting and battling adorable monsters?"
Well, some good friends of ours had the same thought, and they decided to so something about it!
Check it out - it's properly excellent.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Well, some good friends of ours had the same thought, and they decided to so something about it!
Check it out - it's properly excellent.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
JourneyMon: Monster Trainer Roleplaying
A narrative, collaborative world-building tabletop roleplaying game about friendship and monster battles.
www.kickstarter.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hey, you know how you're always saying "Jonny, why isn't there a good TTRPG about collecting and battling adorable monsters?"
Well, some good friends of ours had the same thought, and they decided to so something about it!
Check it out - it's properly excellent.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
Well, some good friends of ours had the same thought, and they decided to so something about it!
Check it out - it's properly excellent.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/ilg...
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no mr blobby isn't a cryptid because the horror of mr blobby is that we KNOW he exists. he is a constant threat
December 13, 2024 at 10:15 AM
no mr blobby isn't a cryptid because the horror of mr blobby is that we KNOW he exists. he is a constant threat
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That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.
October 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
That we continue to persist at all is a testament to our faith in one another.
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BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 AM
BY THE WAY
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
If you've updated to Windows 11 recently, you're probably on version 25H2.
There's a new setting in Settings: Privacy & Security.
Scroll aaaaaaaalll the way to the bottom and you'll see "Text and Image Generation."
TURN IT OFF.
Nightmare reality. I will continue to disable/uninstall with a vengeance.
Also, who would like to bet that it can only recognise American and British newsreader-type accents, and will shit the bed with any other kind of accent/dialect?
(Me. I will take that bet.)
Also, who would like to bet that it can only recognise American and British newsreader-type accents, and will shit the bed with any other kind of accent/dialect?
(Me. I will take that bet.)
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Nightmare reality. I will continue to disable/uninstall with a vengeance.
Also, who would like to bet that it can only recognise American and British newsreader-type accents, and will shit the bed with any other kind of accent/dialect?
(Me. I will take that bet.)
Also, who would like to bet that it can only recognise American and British newsreader-type accents, and will shit the bed with any other kind of accent/dialect?
(Me. I will take that bet.)
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With the EHRC acting like it is. It shows that it is really important to keep trying to get in contact with your MP.
We have seen that this is working.
We have seen that this is working.
🚨This is an emergency🚨
This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.
Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban
@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan
October 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
With the EHRC acting like it is. It shows that it is really important to keep trying to get in contact with your MP.
We have seen that this is working.
We have seen that this is working.
I decided that since I was already planning 20, I may as well make it a whole alphabet - so at some point next year, I'm hoping to have a little book of 26 sexy antagonists. New additions include a torturer, a woodland king, and a slightly frazzled sorceress.
I'm now at 14/20! New additions include a mean butler with a history of poisonings, a sad but violent ghost, and a literal dragon.
I did some work on it this week! I'm writing a little compendium of sexy antagonist NPCs. 5/20 drafted, including an undead knight-errant who punishes bad leaders, a mercenary who just wants to retire, and a forest nymph hivemind.
October 12, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I decided that since I was already planning 20, I may as well make it a whole alphabet - so at some point next year, I'm hoping to have a little book of 26 sexy antagonists. New additions include a torturer, a woodland king, and a slightly frazzled sorceress.
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Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'
Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The gender clinic files is out now!
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The gender clinic files is out now!
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Check out our podcast on Monday for our coverage on this.
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Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
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So @railnatter.uk recently put out a new episode on level boarding - as both Northern and ScotRail confirm that their new fleets will be low-floored to enable level boarding, it's worth stating: WE WON.
It will be very difficult for new fleets not to be LB-ready now 🏆
It will be very difficult for new fleets not to be LB-ready now 🏆
September 30, 2025 at 8:23 AM
So @railnatter.uk recently put out a new episode on level boarding - as both Northern and ScotRail confirm that their new fleets will be low-floored to enable level boarding, it's worth stating: WE WON.
It will be very difficult for new fleets not to be LB-ready now 🏆
It will be very difficult for new fleets not to be LB-ready now 🏆
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So we're going to force brown people to do unpaid labour against their will? The british do have previous on this one, but I think we gave it another name.
"Migrants will have to carry out community work or volunteering to qualify to permanently remain in the UK, according to the Home Secretary." [Telegraph]
September 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
So we're going to force brown people to do unpaid labour against their will? The british do have previous on this one, but I think we gave it another name.
Maybe it's just because I've had a very busy couple of days and am exhausted, but watching Mae Martin play an openly trans character in their own Netflix drama has me quite emotional.
I'm only 20 minutes in so this isn't a recommendation as such, but I wanted to voice how important it feels.
I'm only 20 minutes in so this isn't a recommendation as such, but I wanted to voice how important it feels.
September 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Maybe it's just because I've had a very busy couple of days and am exhausted, but watching Mae Martin play an openly trans character in their own Netflix drama has me quite emotional.
I'm only 20 minutes in so this isn't a recommendation as such, but I wanted to voice how important it feels.
I'm only 20 minutes in so this isn't a recommendation as such, but I wanted to voice how important it feels.
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BATTLE AWAITS. HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.
September 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
BATTLE AWAITS. HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT.