Winter
@kernowshark.bsky.social
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Cornish-Irish. Often silly. Often angry. Socialist. PhD. Autistic. ADHD. Disabled.
Former ocean scientist (shark research & marine plastic reduction). Retired due to illness. Also ex chef, writer, engineer, and politician. I've had an odd life.
Cornish-Irish. Often silly. Often angry. Socialist. PhD. Autistic. ADHD. Disabled.
Former ocean scientist (shark research & marine plastic reduction). Retired due to illness. Also ex chef, writer, engineer, and politician. I've had an odd life.
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@kernowshark.bsky.social
· Oct 12
Okay, if people are going to share screenshots of other people being transphobic, could you please put some kind of moderation tag on them?
I've seen the same Graham Linehan post a dozen times this morning now, and it's upsetting me.
I've seen the same Graham Linehan post a dozen times this morning now, and it's upsetting me.
You know that card in Monopoly? "Bank error in your favour, collect £100"?
I always thought what a load of old bollocks, they'd never do that.
Anyway, I had cause to complain about a phone call from Barclays for a charity account I manage. They upheld the complaint and gave me £75 to apologise!
I always thought what a load of old bollocks, they'd never do that.
Anyway, I had cause to complain about a phone call from Barclays for a charity account I manage. They upheld the complaint and gave me £75 to apologise!
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
You know that card in Monopoly? "Bank error in your favour, collect £100"?
I always thought what a load of old bollocks, they'd never do that.
Anyway, I had cause to complain about a phone call from Barclays for a charity account I manage. They upheld the complaint and gave me £75 to apologise!
I always thought what a load of old bollocks, they'd never do that.
Anyway, I had cause to complain about a phone call from Barclays for a charity account I manage. They upheld the complaint and gave me £75 to apologise!
Nurse! I think I've shat myself! Can you help me?
...what are you doing with that pillow?
...what are you doing with that pillow?
January 6, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Nurse! I think I've shat myself! Can you help me?
...what are you doing with that pillow?
...what are you doing with that pillow?
@hailey.at hello! Can you please help, I've started using your labeller, but I can't see an option to turn off the Negative Posts label?
January 6, 2026 at 2:13 AM
@hailey.at hello! Can you please help, I've started using your labeller, but I can't see an option to turn off the Negative Posts label?
This is laughably out of date now.
I've picked up more blocks in a day by speaking up in defence of Parker Molloy than I did in the whole of the last 6 months.
I've picked up more blocks in a day by speaking up in defence of Parker Molloy than I did in the whole of the last 6 months.
Astonishingly, as of my typing this, my total is 474.
Astonishing because I've been here a very long time now, and I'm really fucking annoying sometimes.
Astonishing because I've been here a very long time now, and I'm really fucking annoying sometimes.
dating app bio thats just how many ppl have blocked u online
January 6, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This is laughably out of date now.
I've picked up more blocks in a day by speaking up in defence of Parker Molloy than I did in the whole of the last 6 months.
I've picked up more blocks in a day by speaking up in defence of Parker Molloy than I did in the whole of the last 6 months.
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the funniest thing to me about da discourse is that "okay but why" isn't even a criticism. it's a question. the whole discourse cycle was literally just this
January 6, 2026 at 1:48 AM
the funniest thing to me about da discourse is that "okay but why" isn't even a criticism. it's a question. the whole discourse cycle was literally just this
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TechCrunch Twitter vs Bluesky stats for this article
Twitter followers: 9.6M
Bluesky followers: 190K
Twitter likes: 28 (sic)
Bluesky likes: 7.3K
wonder why? 🤔
Twitter followers: 9.6M
Bluesky followers: 190K
Twitter likes: 28 (sic)
Bluesky likes: 7.3K
wonder why? 🤔
January 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
TechCrunch Twitter vs Bluesky stats for this article
Twitter followers: 9.6M
Bluesky followers: 190K
Twitter likes: 28 (sic)
Bluesky likes: 7.3K
wonder why? 🤔
Twitter followers: 9.6M
Bluesky followers: 190K
Twitter likes: 28 (sic)
Bluesky likes: 7.3K
wonder why? 🤔
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A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live on stage during hacker conference | TechCrunch
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
techcrunch.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
A hacker known as Martha Root broke in and deleted three white supremacists websites at the end of a talk during the annual hacker conference Chaos Communication Congress in Germany.
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Actual exchange from court today:
Me: I can't do January 20 for the hearing, your honor, because I'm having surgery, but I can do [dates in February]
Judge: Ordinarily I'd accommodate medical issues, but not for people like you. Attend from the hospital if you have to.
Me: I can't do January 20 for the hearing, your honor, because I'm having surgery, but I can do [dates in February]
Judge: Ordinarily I'd accommodate medical issues, but not for people like you. Attend from the hospital if you have to.
January 6, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Actual exchange from court today:
Me: I can't do January 20 for the hearing, your honor, because I'm having surgery, but I can do [dates in February]
Judge: Ordinarily I'd accommodate medical issues, but not for people like you. Attend from the hospital if you have to.
Me: I can't do January 20 for the hearing, your honor, because I'm having surgery, but I can do [dates in February]
Judge: Ordinarily I'd accommodate medical issues, but not for people like you. Attend from the hospital if you have to.
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Dear @nytimespr.bsky.social. Your press release re comments I gave to @transnews.network includes many errors but one assertion is true: “TNN featured an interview with a former editor on the International desk at The Times who was not involved in these coverage decisions.”
That is the problem
That is the problem
January 6, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Porco Rosso.
It's my favourite film altogether.
The women are smart and strong, the men are pigs, the planes are gorgeous, and fascists get told to fuck off.
It's my favourite film altogether.
The women are smart and strong, the men are pigs, the planes are gorgeous, and fascists get told to fuck off.
January 5, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Porco Rosso.
It's my favourite film altogether.
The women are smart and strong, the men are pigs, the planes are gorgeous, and fascists get told to fuck off.
It's my favourite film altogether.
The women are smart and strong, the men are pigs, the planes are gorgeous, and fascists get told to fuck off.
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Minor Heelys progress today but I can’t stop involuntarily screaming every time I start to roll
January 5, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Minor Heelys progress today but I can’t stop involuntarily screaming every time I start to roll
If your Robin Hood isn't a camp, clearly bisexual, polyamorous tart in bright green tights I'm not interested.
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
If your Robin Hood isn't a camp, clearly bisexual, polyamorous tart in bright green tights I'm not interested.
Feck me, went to the back door to shake out the bread bag and there's hailstones the size of acorns coming down out there.
I thought that rain sounded heavy.
I thought that rain sounded heavy.
January 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Feck me, went to the back door to shake out the bread bag and there's hailstones the size of acorns coming down out there.
I thought that rain sounded heavy.
I thought that rain sounded heavy.
They'd probably post exclusively trans porn to try and make a fucked up point.
If you follow this argument through to its logical conclusion there should be a UK Government channel on pornhub.
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:50 PM
They'd probably post exclusively trans porn to try and make a fucked up point.
I have some of these (and a walking stick with a snow foot) still from the time I worked in Siberia for 9 months. They work.
Of course, living right at the bottom of Cornwall I never see snow here *ever*... 😤
Of course, living right at the bottom of Cornwall I never see snow here *ever*... 😤
If you're in the UK and your road was an unexpected death trap today because of the ice, I would like to introduce you to the third best thing the Nordic countries have to offer:
£9 here on Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk/WinterWise-1...
£9 here on Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk/WinterWise-1...
January 5, 2026 at 4:30 PM
I have some of these (and a walking stick with a snow foot) still from the time I worked in Siberia for 9 months. They work.
Of course, living right at the bottom of Cornwall I never see snow here *ever*... 😤
Of course, living right at the bottom of Cornwall I never see snow here *ever*... 😤
I can't stand the royal family. For the record. I'm Irish and Cornish, so he's not my king anyway, and I think the French had the right approach to these things.
That said, *nobody* should have porn of them generated by AI without their consent. For any reason.
That said, *nobody* should have porn of them generated by AI without their consent. For any reason.
Ah, so CSAM / SA is OK when the good guys do it, am I reading that right?
January 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I can't stand the royal family. For the record. I'm Irish and Cornish, so he's not my king anyway, and I think the French had the right approach to these things.
That said, *nobody* should have porn of them generated by AI without their consent. For any reason.
That said, *nobody* should have porn of them generated by AI without their consent. For any reason.
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I think this would catch them out just about anywhere in the UK - I'm in Cornwall and it's called tea here and all, it's not just a Northern or Scottish thing.
Apparently UK citizenship test asks what Britons traditionally call their evening meal. Multiple choice: lunch, breakfast, tea or dinner. Though two of those answers could be right, depending on which region you’re in, only one is officially correct. Not helpful to migrants living in the north …
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I think this would catch them out just about anywhere in the UK - I'm in Cornwall and it's called tea here and all, it's not just a Northern or Scottish thing.
Men who love the Sun from Teletubbies pride flag.
Overheard in store in hushed whispers: “What pride flag is this?” “Men who love men pride I think”
Dear readers, when I looked over it was an image of the Argentinian flag
Dear readers, when I looked over it was an image of the Argentinian flag
January 5, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Men who love the Sun from Teletubbies pride flag.
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Logging onto Bluesky today be like
January 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Logging onto Bluesky today be like
Normally I have no idea how discourse starts, can't follow it and have no real interest in it, but when it comes to gamers being complete freaks about literally any female character in a video game I'm going to wade in. I briefly worked as a games journalist, I remember Gamergate, it's fucking grim.
January 5, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Normally I have no idea how discourse starts, can't follow it and have no real interest in it, but when it comes to gamers being complete freaks about literally any female character in a video game I'm going to wade in. I briefly worked as a games journalist, I remember Gamergate, it's fucking grim.
I like feet. If I created a game mod that gave an NPC photorealistic feet and then bragged about it on social media, and someone posted to ask why, I would not react like that person is a bigot.
a) that's insane
b) it's a valid question, like that would also be an objectively weird thing
a) that's insane
b) it's a valid question, like that would also be an objectively weird thing
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I like feet. If I created a game mod that gave an NPC photorealistic feet and then bragged about it on social media, and someone posted to ask why, I would not react like that person is a bigot.
a) that's insane
b) it's a valid question, like that would also be an objectively weird thing
a) that's insane
b) it's a valid question, like that would also be an objectively weird thing
Oop, I see I'm finally getting blocked by the people who think the cartoon dog should be hotter.
She's not even a player character, she's an NPC, this is nothing to do with furry or trans empowerment and ability to see yourself in your in-game avatar, this is just some fucking weirdo looked at a cartoon dog and thought "she should be hotter."
January 5, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Oop, I see I'm finally getting blocked by the people who think the cartoon dog should be hotter.
Were they murdered by someone mad at the spelling of yoghurt?
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Were they murdered by someone mad at the spelling of yoghurt?