Richard Winskill 🏳️🌈
@richardwinskill.uk
I run TTRPG sessions for my friends, I'm a carer for my mother, I play videogames. (cis, bi, he/him)
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Allow me to bless your timeline with a very contended cat, who is in the warm, has a sunbeam, and can keep an eye on the stupid birbs from inside today.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Allow me to bless your timeline with a very contended cat, who is in the warm, has a sunbeam, and can keep an eye on the stupid birbs from inside today.
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This has absolutely broken me, I think I just woke people up in Kerry with my cackling
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This has absolutely broken me, I think I just woke people up in Kerry with my cackling
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100% this.
The use of the word "biological" here is disingenuous. Until the current moral panic, sex assigned at birth (for that is what it is) was simply an annotation on a birth certificate.
It has as much relevance to a trans person's adult physiology and health as their recorded birth weight.
The use of the word "biological" here is disingenuous. Until the current moral panic, sex assigned at birth (for that is what it is) was simply an annotation on a birth certificate.
It has as much relevance to a trans person's adult physiology and health as their recorded birth weight.
trans women are not 'biological men'. anyone claiming that we are is engaging in science denialism.
it is transphobic to describe us that way. we have changed our physiology using medical science.
it is an attempt by transphobic columnists, pundits, and politicians to erase our existence.
it is transphobic to describe us that way. we have changed our physiology using medical science.
it is an attempt by transphobic columnists, pundits, and politicians to erase our existence.
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 AM
100% this.
The use of the word "biological" here is disingenuous. Until the current moral panic, sex assigned at birth (for that is what it is) was simply an annotation on a birth certificate.
It has as much relevance to a trans person's adult physiology and health as their recorded birth weight.
The use of the word "biological" here is disingenuous. Until the current moral panic, sex assigned at birth (for that is what it is) was simply an annotation on a birth certificate.
It has as much relevance to a trans person's adult physiology and health as their recorded birth weight.
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My son. He dangle.
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My son. He dangle.
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had to see what this disambiguation hatnote was about and sure enough, apple's original thumbnail (before they fixed it):
November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
had to see what this disambiguation hatnote was about and sure enough, apple's original thumbnail (before they fixed it):
Labour are the party of business, unless that business runs a VPN, then they want them to go fuck themselves, apparently.
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Labour are the party of business, unless that business runs a VPN, then they want them to go fuck themselves, apparently.
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Some day, andrew wakefield will be known as one of history's biggest mass murderers.
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Some day, andrew wakefield will be known as one of history's biggest mass murderers.
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am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Dr Watson: A friend of mine wants to make sure his business is accessible; what would you say should be his first step, Holmes?
Sherlock: Level entry, my dear Watson.
Sherlock: Level entry, my dear Watson.
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Dr Watson: A friend of mine wants to make sure his business is accessible; what would you say should be his first step, Holmes?
Sherlock: Level entry, my dear Watson.
Sherlock: Level entry, my dear Watson.
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
And it's not just a donation to her sexy outfit fund; it's a bloody good book, too.
I guess this is as good a time as any to remind you all that I wrote a cool, queer book set in 1830s London with magic and class politics, which you can buy from all good book stores and online, and when you do I spend the money on looking like a hot bitch at raves.
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And it's not just a donation to her sexy outfit fund; it's a bloody good book, too.
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I hate fireworks season. All the animals who can’t handle the big booms let alone the people who might be triggered by it. What’s the point?
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I hate fireworks season. All the animals who can’t handle the big booms let alone the people who might be triggered by it. What’s the point?
It continues to baffle me that the Speaker of the House of Commons is seemingly fine with being told bald-faced lies because calling the liar a liar would be rude…
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
It continues to baffle me that the Speaker of the House of Commons is seemingly fine with being told bald-faced lies because calling the liar a liar would be rude…
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This is what I mean when I say that present-day covid denialism is right wing. It was a plan born of corporatists and wholly adopted by centrists and even leftists eager to pretend the pandemic was over, which should immediately give anyone thinking about it pause.
Remember how just a few years ago during the worst of the pandemic when we saw how the govt can actually do big things and saw that our collective health & well-being are intertwined, and then corporations got mad that they lost a modicum of power and helped fund a backlash of amnesia and fascism?
October 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This is what I mean when I say that present-day covid denialism is right wing. It was a plan born of corporatists and wholly adopted by centrists and even leftists eager to pretend the pandemic was over, which should immediately give anyone thinking about it pause.
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This is a good point, especially on the show of values. Transphobic policy making, at its roots, shows a disdain for human rights & dignity, a willingness to abandon science, the indulgence of bigotry (it is rare you get single issue bigots) and a denial that universal healthcare is a public good
Judging political parties by how they treat trans people doesn’t make you a single issue voter.
It means you recognise the litmus test for how those seeking power treat one of the most vulnerable groups in society who are also currently the easiest to target. It’s a show of values and a gut check.
It means you recognise the litmus test for how those seeking power treat one of the most vulnerable groups in society who are also currently the easiest to target. It’s a show of values and a gut check.
October 31, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is a good point, especially on the show of values. Transphobic policy making, at its roots, shows a disdain for human rights & dignity, a willingness to abandon science, the indulgence of bigotry (it is rare you get single issue bigots) and a denial that universal healthcare is a public good
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New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.
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Person: "Please, help, I'm being murdered!"
999 operator: "What, no way, they can't do that, that's illegal!"
999 operator: "What, no way, they can't do that, that's illegal!"
hes not allowed to run for a third term so why are you even asking him
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Person: "Please, help, I'm being murdered!"
999 operator: "What, no way, they can't do that, that's illegal!"
999 operator: "What, no way, they can't do that, that's illegal!"
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My monologue whenever someone says “I asked ChatGPT”:
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
October 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
My monologue whenever someone says “I asked ChatGPT”:
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I think about this a lot.
October 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I think about this a lot.
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The clocks go back 1 hour tonight.
Back @zackpolanski.bsky.social to avoid the country slipping back decades.
🗳 💚
Back @zackpolanski.bsky.social to avoid the country slipping back decades.
🗳 💚
October 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The clocks go back 1 hour tonight.
Back @zackpolanski.bsky.social to avoid the country slipping back decades.
🗳 💚
Back @zackpolanski.bsky.social to avoid the country slipping back decades.
🗳 💚
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What a weird name for a dog. But sorry for their loss.
October 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
What a weird name for a dog. But sorry for their loss.
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Has anyone asked where the British Museum was during the Louvre heist?
October 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Has anyone asked where the British Museum was during the Louvre heist?
"How to get ahead without talent by being less shit than your predecessor"
Former prime minister Rishi Sunak is joining The Sunday Times as a columnist, starting 26 October. He will contribute a weekly column to the Business section on subjects including business, technology, politics and the economy
October 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"How to get ahead without talent by being less shit than your predecessor"