ShropsFidgetPie 🇭🇰🇪🇺♿️Trans ally.
@shropsfidgetpie.bsky.social
Salopian. Welsh Marches. Cat lover. Trans ally. She/her. CSA survivor.
'We do not forgive to change the other person. Forgiving means not even seeking to know what the other person will do with that forgiveness.'
'We do not forgive to change the other person. Forgiving means not even seeking to know what the other person will do with that forgiveness.'
Pinned
One of the things about the "GC" movement is that at the start it was all trying to be reasonable and "of course I support real trans people, but what if a predatory man takes advantage?" and along the way it morphed into "all trans people are predators and must be identifiable and kept separate"
The cornerstone of modern transmisogyny is a complete denial of the harm trans women are subject to at the hands of society.
Politicians and gender-conservative activists revel in fictions of us as predatory men while erasing our elevated rates of assault, impoverishment, and hyperscrutiny.
Politicians and gender-conservative activists revel in fictions of us as predatory men while erasing our elevated rates of assault, impoverishment, and hyperscrutiny.
I will repeat my ongoing statement as a survivor of childhood sex*al ab*se.
Never, in the many years I have been involved with online support of other survivors, has ONE single survivor said their ab*ser was a male predator pretending to be a trans female. It's not just a fantasy stirred up
Never, in the many years I have been involved with online support of other survivors, has ONE single survivor said their ab*ser was a male predator pretending to be a trans female. It's not just a fantasy stirred up
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So Ref Uk are taking an interest in young girls…!?! WTA……??
Reform candidate calls for young girls to be given "biological reality check" www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform candidate calls for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check
Exclusive: Matt Goodwin argued ‘young girls’ should be explained ‘the biological reality’ that ‘many women in Britain are having children much too late in life’
www.independent.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM
So Ref Uk are taking an interest in young girls…!?! WTA……??
It is #Caturday.
I nominate Toni as my #CatOfTheWeek™️ because several times she sensed I needed a boat load of emotional support and was there for me.
It's always extra special when cats decide you're worthy of their unconditional love.
I nominate Toni as my #CatOfTheWeek™️ because several times she sensed I needed a boat load of emotional support and was there for me.
It's always extra special when cats decide you're worthy of their unconditional love.
February 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
It is #Caturday.
I nominate Toni as my #CatOfTheWeek™️ because several times she sensed I needed a boat load of emotional support and was there for me.
It's always extra special when cats decide you're worthy of their unconditional love.
I nominate Toni as my #CatOfTheWeek™️ because several times she sensed I needed a boat load of emotional support and was there for me.
It's always extra special when cats decide you're worthy of their unconditional love.
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Accurate
Someone told me lately "Bluesky is just like Twitter." I argued that was untrue on the basis that last time I had a Twitter account most times I got a new follower their bio said "single & looking for fun" & here when I get a new follower it tends to say something like "professor of rare moths".
February 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Accurate
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Nearly 3,000 peaceful people have been arrested under this outrageous ban.
It was brought in after lobbying by arms companies and Netanyahu's government.
It has been condemned by UN rapporteurs and many other experts.
All the while, our government has been collaborating in real state terrorism.
It was brought in after lobbying by arms companies and Netanyahu's government.
It has been condemned by UN rapporteurs and many other experts.
All the while, our government has been collaborating in real state terrorism.
February 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Nearly 3,000 peaceful people have been arrested under this outrageous ban.
It was brought in after lobbying by arms companies and Netanyahu's government.
It has been condemned by UN rapporteurs and many other experts.
All the while, our government has been collaborating in real state terrorism.
It was brought in after lobbying by arms companies and Netanyahu's government.
It has been condemned by UN rapporteurs and many other experts.
All the while, our government has been collaborating in real state terrorism.
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Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Palestine Action have WON their judicial review in the High Court!
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
A massive victory for free speech, freedom of association and the right to protest.
A massive defeat for the draconian attempts by Keir Starmer's government to curtail our fundamental rights.
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Kudos to @netpol.org for being the first to report this.
Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
February 13, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Kudos to @netpol.org for being the first to report this.
Nurse from the clinic that measures oxygen in my blood is here. Toni immediately goes into Pawman mode. The nurse tried several times to get blood gas (oxygen) readings from the blood in my ear. I've never had a problem with her getting blood before. Today = blood outta a stone was happening.
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February 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Nurse from the clinic that measures oxygen in my blood is here. Toni immediately goes into Pawman mode. The nurse tried several times to get blood gas (oxygen) readings from the blood in my ear. I've never had a problem with her getting blood before. Today = blood outta a stone was happening.
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Absolutely honoured to be named @attitudemag.bsky.social trailblazer of the year in their #101 list.
As a gay man, I know it's a worrying time for our LGBTIQA+ community.
We are under attack.
When they come for one of us, they come for all of us. And we will stand together.
As a gay man, I know it's a worrying time for our LGBTIQA+ community.
We are under attack.
When they come for one of us, they come for all of us. And we will stand together.
February 11, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Absolutely honoured to be named @attitudemag.bsky.social trailblazer of the year in their #101 list.
As a gay man, I know it's a worrying time for our LGBTIQA+ community.
We are under attack.
When they come for one of us, they come for all of us. And we will stand together.
As a gay man, I know it's a worrying time for our LGBTIQA+ community.
We are under attack.
When they come for one of us, they come for all of us. And we will stand together.
When we had some sensible politicians left. Even in the Tory Party. 👀
This is a lovely interview. Even Brandreth is tolerable.
John Major | Unusual Parents, Today’s Politics & The British Press
YouTube video by The Rosebud Podcast
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 10:43 AM
When we had some sensible politicians left. Even in the Tory Party. 👀
Our colonial attitude coming into play both back then, and how it's been taught to people.
So many crimes to answer for, including how history was written.
I hate our colonial past.
So many crimes to answer for, including how history was written.
I hate our colonial past.
TIL after a whole lifetime of being told about how Europeans first explored Antarctica starting in 1820 that they've found the body of an indigenous Chilean on the continent who died sometime between 1819-1825 and now I need a recount
February 11, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Our colonial attitude coming into play both back then, and how it's been taught to people.
So many crimes to answer for, including how history was written.
I hate our colonial past.
So many crimes to answer for, including how history was written.
I hate our colonial past.
Yesterday turned out to be a stressful day for all of us in the household.
Toni engaged full #CatGuardMode™️ overnight, keeping as close as she could to me, while also making sure no other cats came into our domain.
Her half-brother, Mini-Me, also stayed close to his preferred hoomon. Animals know.
Toni engaged full #CatGuardMode™️ overnight, keeping as close as she could to me, while also making sure no other cats came into our domain.
Her half-brother, Mini-Me, also stayed close to his preferred hoomon. Animals know.
February 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Yesterday turned out to be a stressful day for all of us in the household.
Toni engaged full #CatGuardMode™️ overnight, keeping as close as she could to me, while also making sure no other cats came into our domain.
Her half-brother, Mini-Me, also stayed close to his preferred hoomon. Animals know.
Toni engaged full #CatGuardMode™️ overnight, keeping as close as she could to me, while also making sure no other cats came into our domain.
Her half-brother, Mini-Me, also stayed close to his preferred hoomon. Animals know.
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Also, nice admission that Reform are racist from Zia Yusuf here
It is genuinely astounding to me that I haven’t seen a single journalist push back on this quote from Zia Yusuf, to remind him that the money he’s referring to is not his, or Reform’s, but the taxpayers.
February 10, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Also, nice admission that Reform are racist from Zia Yusuf here
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Hello! Today is the day that my novel When the Moon Hits Your Eye comes out in trade paperback form, featuring an extra alternate first chapter (in the back so as not to mess with the flow of the story). Please get it for yourself and six more for friends and family. Saja thanks you, as I do I.
February 10, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Hello! Today is the day that my novel When the Moon Hits Your Eye comes out in trade paperback form, featuring an extra alternate first chapter (in the back so as not to mess with the flow of the story). Please get it for yourself and six more for friends and family. Saja thanks you, as I do I.
I love how conversations can turn into the most unexpected enjoyment. It started regarding the knuckle-draggers putting up flags illegally on lamp posts, etc. And morphed into how many different flags we'd display at home given half a chance. It might yet happen.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
I love how conversations can turn into the most unexpected enjoyment. It started regarding the knuckle-draggers putting up flags illegally on lamp posts, etc. And morphed into how many different flags we'd display at home given half a chance. It might yet happen.
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Hedy Lamarr (1914 – 2000) was an Austrian-American actress and inventor. A famous beauty, a famous actress, and oh, between movies, she co-invented a radio guidance system for torpedoes that used frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of radio jamming by the Nazis.
Basically, wi-fi.
Basically, wi-fi.
February 9, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Hedy Lamarr (1914 – 2000) was an Austrian-American actress and inventor. A famous beauty, a famous actress, and oh, between movies, she co-invented a radio guidance system for torpedoes that used frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of radio jamming by the Nazis.
Basically, wi-fi.
Basically, wi-fi.
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Bit tricky keeping an eye when most of them don't post on here. Darren Jones has posted but not a peep out of Heidi and the others only appear to use X !
David Lammy, Rachel Reeves, Darren Jones, John Healey, Heidi Alexander etc have all rallied round the prime minister - keep an eye on which cabinet ministers don't 👀
February 9, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Bit tricky keeping an eye when most of them don't post on here. Darren Jones has posted but not a peep out of Heidi and the others only appear to use X !
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS survived its flyby of the sun — and gave up some secrets in the process www.space.com/astronomy/co...
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS survived its flyby of the sun — and gave up some secrets in the process
We're getting an exciting look at the building blocks of alien worlds.
www.space.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS survived its flyby of the sun — and gave up some secrets in the process www.space.com/astronomy/co...
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A couple of teas or coffees a day could lower risk of dementia, scientists say
A couple of teas or coffees a day could lower risk of dementia, scientists say
Findings suggest smaller cognitive decline, but US study cannot prove daily caffeine hit is good for the brain
People who have a couple of teas or coffees a day have a lower risk of dementia and marginally better cognitive performance than those who avoid the drinks, researchers say.
Health records for more than 130,000 people showed that over 40 years, those who routinely drank two to three cups of caffeinated coffee or one to two cups of caffeinated tea daily had a 15-20% lower risk of dementia than those who went without. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
A couple of teas or coffees a day could lower risk of dementia, scientists say
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Status report, "What Even Is My Work Life" dep't: —Chopping carrots for beef stew (because there were none yesterday and there are now), while watching ski events in Livigno & noting background neighborhood: "I should run away to the mountains and become a chalet chef. That's work I could do." (1/n)
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Status report, "What Even Is My Work Life" dep't: —Chopping carrots for beef stew (because there were none yesterday and there are now), while watching ski events in Livigno & noting background neighborhood: "I should run away to the mountains and become a chalet chef. That's work I could do." (1/n)
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The PM argued he could change outcomes for Jimmy Lai and Hong Kongers by speaking softly with President Xi. He failed spectacularly. He must summon the Chinese Ambassador today - and demand Jimmy Lai's immediate release and the quashing of this sentence.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/j...
www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/j...
February 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
The PM argued he could change outcomes for Jimmy Lai and Hong Kongers by speaking softly with President Xi. He failed spectacularly. He must summon the Chinese Ambassador today - and demand Jimmy Lai's immediate release and the quashing of this sentence.
www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/j...
www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/j...
Me: For various reasons starts a massive panic attack.
Toni: Straight into Super Cat Hero™️ mode. Never fear, Mum. I'm here to calm you down.
Me: I can't thank Toni enough, I think that's the quickest I've ever recovered from the start of such a massive panic attack.
Toni: I love you, Mum. 😻
Toni: Straight into Super Cat Hero™️ mode. Never fear, Mum. I'm here to calm you down.
Me: I can't thank Toni enough, I think that's the quickest I've ever recovered from the start of such a massive panic attack.
Toni: I love you, Mum. 😻
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Me: For various reasons starts a massive panic attack.
Toni: Straight into Super Cat Hero™️ mode. Never fear, Mum. I'm here to calm you down.
Me: I can't thank Toni enough, I think that's the quickest I've ever recovered from the start of such a massive panic attack.
Toni: I love you, Mum. 😻
Toni: Straight into Super Cat Hero™️ mode. Never fear, Mum. I'm here to calm you down.
Me: I can't thank Toni enough, I think that's the quickest I've ever recovered from the start of such a massive panic attack.
Toni: I love you, Mum. 😻
Given yet another account has directly asked me for money.
This will result in an instant block. It's not that I don't care, I do, but my own health means I don't have the energy or means to deal with such direct requests.
This will result in an instant block. It's not that I don't care, I do, but my own health means I don't have the energy or means to deal with such direct requests.
February 9, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Given yet another account has directly asked me for money.
This will result in an instant block. It's not that I don't care, I do, but my own health means I don't have the energy or means to deal with such direct requests.
This will result in an instant block. It's not that I don't care, I do, but my own health means I don't have the energy or means to deal with such direct requests.
Weatherspoon's are forever shite.
JD Wetherspoon's assistance dog policy could be breaking the law, watchdog says
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to the pub chain after complaints from disabled customers.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Weatherspoon's are forever shite.
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Check out the Gothic horror serial that made famous transgender actress Nicole Maines say, "Oh fuck yeah" while she was bored on a plane!
(she has not read it)
(she has not read it)
Looking for your next book? Do you love Dark Shadows, the Universal Pictures monsters, or thirsty disaster lesbians? Do you want to run dramatically down stone steps carrying a candelabra, looking beautiful and ethereal?
Might I recommend ... me?
books2read.com/SOR1
Might I recommend ... me?
books2read.com/SOR1
February 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Check out the Gothic horror serial that made famous transgender actress Nicole Maines say, "Oh fuck yeah" while she was bored on a plane!
(she has not read it)
(she has not read it)
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Reading. Literally just reading.
February 6, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Reading. Literally just reading.