ChefMagenta
@magentakoru.bsky.social
Hello! Chef. Leftie. Hammer. Skater. Sussex by the sea. No Terfs/Transphobes please. She/her.
It's not my birthday today 😕
Also not so recently single. Form a queue, lads.
It's not my birthday today 😕
Also not so recently single. Form a queue, lads.
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ChefMagenta
@magentakoru.bsky.social
· Dec 22
Wombie wrote this about his friends but it is what we all thought of him too. Typical of him to have the perfect words for the occasion.
Drove from Salford to Norwich and went past some interestingly named places:
Penistone (fnaaar)
Burton Pedwardine - sounds like a character in Harry Potter
Clenchwharton...
and also not weird, but Sporle. Almost impossible to say in my very flat r accent.
Penistone (fnaaar)
Burton Pedwardine - sounds like a character in Harry Potter
Clenchwharton...
and also not weird, but Sporle. Almost impossible to say in my very flat r accent.
February 18, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Drove from Salford to Norwich and went past some interestingly named places:
Penistone (fnaaar)
Burton Pedwardine - sounds like a character in Harry Potter
Clenchwharton...
and also not weird, but Sporle. Almost impossible to say in my very flat r accent.
Penistone (fnaaar)
Burton Pedwardine - sounds like a character in Harry Potter
Clenchwharton...
and also not weird, but Sporle. Almost impossible to say in my very flat r accent.
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Watching Jurassic Park. My 16yo head never seen it. Apart from Jeff Goldblum being a bit of a creep it stands up quite well for a 33yo film.
February 16, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Watching Jurassic Park. My 16yo head never seen it. Apart from Jeff Goldblum being a bit of a creep it stands up quite well for a 33yo film.
Me and my mum in 2014. #SundayPixRed
February 15, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Me and my mum in 2014. #SundayPixRed
Today in the French Republican Calendar it is the 26th of Pluvoise which is basically the 26th of rain which feels pretty bloody accurate tbh.
February 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Today in the French Republican Calendar it is the 26th of Pluvoise which is basically the 26th of rain which feels pretty bloody accurate tbh.
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Remember if you're alone today, it's because you are unlovable and difficult to be around.
February 14, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Remember if you're alone today, it's because you are unlovable and difficult to be around.
Is it me or are the male figure skaters a lot less polished than the female?
February 13, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Is it me or are the male figure skaters a lot less polished than the female?
Kinda want the Americans to win this ice skating. They're retiring and they're married and it's all so adorably cute.
February 11, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Kinda want the Americans to win this ice skating. They're retiring and they're married and it's all so adorably cute.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Rachel
Dull, but better than what they saddled me with. I often think about Rachel. She would have done way better at life than I did.
Rachel
Dull, but better than what they saddled me with. I often think about Rachel. She would have done way better at life than I did.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Gwendoline
When I changed my given name 20 years ago, my father was APPALLED that I hadn't named myself Rebecca, a name he discovered in the family tree 30 years after I was born. He's not spoken to me since.
Gwendoline
When I changed my given name 20 years ago, my father was APPALLED that I hadn't named myself Rebecca, a name he discovered in the family tree 30 years after I was born. He's not spoken to me since.
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Wilfred. It’s why I use it.
Although I do joke sometimes that I’m named for my *mum’s* favourite gay WWI poet, if I were named for my *dad’s* it would be Siegfried.
Wilfred. It’s why I use it.
Although I do joke sometimes that I’m named for my *mum’s* favourite gay WWI poet, if I were named for my *dad’s* it would be Siegfried.
February 11, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Introduce yourself with the name your parents almost gave you:
Rachel
Dull, but better than what they saddled me with. I often think about Rachel. She would have done way better at life than I did.
Rachel
Dull, but better than what they saddled me with. I often think about Rachel. She would have done way better at life than I did.
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Something compelled me to make this
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Something compelled me to make this
Age verification? I don't need that. Pubs are more than happy to sell me a pint of Watney's without it.
Age verification? I only had 3 channels till age 14.
Age verification?
I remember when there were four channels. The state channel, the middle class channel, the scumbag channel and the there might be something to knock one out over later on channel.*
*Not available in Cymru
I remember when there were four channels. The state channel, the middle class channel, the scumbag channel and the there might be something to knock one out over later on channel.*
*Not available in Cymru
February 10, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Age verification? I don't need that. Pubs are more than happy to sell me a pint of Watney's without it.
My oldest is 32. Today. THIRTY TWO! I'm not sure how because I too, am only 32, I'm sure of it 🤔
February 10, 2026 at 7:36 AM
My oldest is 32. Today. THIRTY TWO! I'm not sure how because I too, am only 32, I'm sure of it 🤔
February 9, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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If people have time, spend a day reading The Telegraph's apologies page(s)
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/teleg...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/teleg...
February 8, 2026 at 6:43 PM
If people have time, spend a day reading The Telegraph's apologies page(s)
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/teleg...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/teleg...
Rewatching series 3 of Bridgerton before I dive into series 4. Every time I rewatch I catch more and more details in the fashion and the sets. It really is a remarkable show, the most beautiful on telly for a long time.
February 7, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Rewatching series 3 of Bridgerton before I dive into series 4. Every time I rewatch I catch more and more details in the fashion and the sets. It really is a remarkable show, the most beautiful on telly for a long time.
Fuck me. West Ham won a match.
February 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Fuck me. West Ham won a match.
Men everywhere: the polar bear fight, of course.
We ask you: Which Winter Olympic event could you win without even training? buff.ly/RoOqD9g
February 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Men everywhere: the polar bear fight, of course.
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Peter Mandelson stripped of Prince of Darkness title buff.ly/Y0u0AQT
February 6, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Peter Mandelson stripped of Prince of Darkness title buff.ly/Y0u0AQT
I'm not an activist as such but I started to talk to my children about a potential rise in fascism in 2009, when the BNP suddenly became big news. It's been lurking everywhere for a while.
Just thinking of all the activists who warned us about every single second of the current reality for absolutely years in advance.
February 5, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I'm not an activist as such but I started to talk to my children about a potential rise in fascism in 2009, when the BNP suddenly became big news. It's been lurking everywhere for a while.
This reminds me that at some point when my kids were little I noticed that a LOT of books about animals and monsters called the main character He. So I just used to call every character in every book she.
I have a friend who illustrates children's books and if hes given a book and it doesn't explicitly mention both a Mum and a Dad... They're gay. The book mentions a Dad? He's drawing two. The book mentions a Mum? Let's double up. Everything is gay until proven otherwise and he will illustrate as such
live from the chaos house, we have determined that the Gruffalo is gay because the Gruffalo's child does not mention a mummy gruffalo idk
February 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
This reminds me that at some point when my kids were little I noticed that a LOT of books about animals and monsters called the main character He. So I just used to call every character in every book she.