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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⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Rain across southern Wales
Wednesday 0600 – 2359
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
Rain across southern Wales
Wednesday 0600 – 2359
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
⚠️ Yellow weather warning issued ⚠️
Rain across southern Wales
Wednesday 0600 – 2359
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
Rain across southern Wales
Wednesday 0600 – 2359
Latest info 👉 bit.ly/WxWarning
Stay #WeatherAware⚠️
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Wildcat markings continue to change during their first year of life, and even an adult’s coat may vary seasonally.
That said, consistent traits have allowed the team to identify a dispersed wild-born kitten from earlier this year on the cameras 📸
Can you see the similarities? 🔍
That said, consistent traits have allowed the team to identify a dispersed wild-born kitten from earlier this year on the cameras 📸
Can you see the similarities? 🔍
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Wildcat markings continue to change during their first year of life, and even an adult’s coat may vary seasonally.
That said, consistent traits have allowed the team to identify a dispersed wild-born kitten from earlier this year on the cameras 📸
Can you see the similarities? 🔍
That said, consistent traits have allowed the team to identify a dispersed wild-born kitten from earlier this year on the cameras 📸
Can you see the similarities? 🔍
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"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"
Genocide is bad actually.
Genocide is bad actually.
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Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
You can't solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Billionaires and corporations are causing climate breakdown.
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
It's time to tax the rich.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
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Maybe, maybe, there is a counterfactual involving a UK with no BBC that performs worse politically. But there is no doubt at all that there are counterfactuals involving a UK without the BBC that performs better.
The 'how much worse will things be without the BBC' folks never answer this.
The 'how much worse will things be without the BBC' folks never answer this.
In the last decade, the BBC has legitimised climate change denialism, paved the way for Brexit, defended the coup that was prorogation, over-platformed Farage's Far Right projects, and is neutral on our abandonment of human rights norms.
What is this 'good' it supposedly does?
What is this 'good' it supposedly does?
November 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Maybe, maybe, there is a counterfactual involving a UK with no BBC that performs worse politically. But there is no doubt at all that there are counterfactuals involving a UK without the BBC that performs better.
The 'how much worse will things be without the BBC' folks never answer this.
The 'how much worse will things be without the BBC' folks never answer this.
Toni: Disappeared, I assume for morning kai, and possibly for a quick hello with my sis.
Toni: Reappears, and has been moithering me for cuddles ever since.
Me: Okay, I give in, but you'd better not disappear after only a few minutes after bugging me for so long!
Toni: Laters... as she jumps down.🤦♀️
Toni: Reappears, and has been moithering me for cuddles ever since.
Me: Okay, I give in, but you'd better not disappear after only a few minutes after bugging me for so long!
Toni: Laters... as she jumps down.🤦♀️
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Toni: Disappeared, I assume for morning kai, and possibly for a quick hello with my sis.
Toni: Reappears, and has been moithering me for cuddles ever since.
Me: Okay, I give in, but you'd better not disappear after only a few minutes after bugging me for so long!
Toni: Laters... as she jumps down.🤦♀️
Toni: Reappears, and has been moithering me for cuddles ever since.
Me: Okay, I give in, but you'd better not disappear after only a few minutes after bugging me for so long!
Toni: Laters... as she jumps down.🤦♀️
What a mess the Tories have left behind.
How the Liberal Democrats can fix this, I honestly don't know, but they're between a rock and a hard place at the moment.
How the Liberal Democrats can fix this, I honestly don't know, but they're between a rock and a hard place at the moment.
Shropshire Council 'let down' by floating bus stop contractor
Alex Wagner says the authority will re-evaluate its relationship with WSP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
What a mess the Tories have left behind.
How the Liberal Democrats can fix this, I honestly don't know, but they're between a rock and a hard place at the moment.
How the Liberal Democrats can fix this, I honestly don't know, but they're between a rock and a hard place at the moment.
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The best of luck. If for no other reason than I hate to witness the stress this harmful judgement has made for my blessed trans family and friends. 🏳️⚧️🫂🏳️⚧️
The EHRC's ‘interim guidance’ is transphobic, harmful - and legally wrong.
We’re in the High Court tomorrow to challenge it.
https://goodlaw.social/bkbv
We’re in the High Court tomorrow to challenge it.
https://goodlaw.social/bkbv
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
The best of luck. If for no other reason than I hate to witness the stress this harmful judgement has made for my blessed trans family and friends. 🏳️⚧️🫂🏳️⚧️
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If you're unsure what Zack stands for, or whether you want to join the Green party, then please take 5 minutes of your time to read this. Hopefully it can clarify some things & show why he & The Greens, are a true viable alternative.
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
If you're unsure what Zack stands for, or whether you want to join the Green party, then please take 5 minutes of your time to read this. Hopefully it can clarify some things & show why he & The Greens, are a true viable alternative.
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#thicktrunktuesday
The 4000 year old #Seahenge central tree stump can still be seen at Lynn Museum
It’s also one of my Great Trees of Britain #GTOB @ticl.me 🏆🌳🇬🇧
www.lynnmuseum.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3049...
The 4000 year old #Seahenge central tree stump can still be seen at Lynn Museum
It’s also one of my Great Trees of Britain #GTOB @ticl.me 🏆🌳🇬🇧
www.lynnmuseum.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3049...
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
#thicktrunktuesday
The 4000 year old #Seahenge central tree stump can still be seen at Lynn Museum
It’s also one of my Great Trees of Britain #GTOB @ticl.me 🏆🌳🇬🇧
www.lynnmuseum.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3049...
The 4000 year old #Seahenge central tree stump can still be seen at Lynn Museum
It’s also one of my Great Trees of Britain #GTOB @ticl.me 🏆🌳🇬🇧
www.lynnmuseum.norfolk.gov.uk/article/3049...
Armistice Day.
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
"For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We will remember them. 🕊🙏🕊
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
"For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We will remember them. 🕊🙏🕊
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Armistice Day.
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
"For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We will remember them. 🕊🙏🕊
At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month.
"For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We will remember them. 🕊🙏🕊
Heck, I've seen the damage a single pheasant can cause to the front of a car after it flew right in front of the vehicle.
Larger animals might look lovely, but they can do some serious damage.
Larger animals might look lovely, but they can do some serious damage.
Sometimes I tell ppl the story of how a deer hit my sister’s car when she was 16 and flipped her into a ditch and now she’s scared of driving and you can always tell who grew up in the city because they’ll go “don’t you mean SHE hit the deer?”
no I do not
no I do not
"Oh wow a deer so graceful so beautiful" a person with minimal personal experience with deer which are expensive car seeking missiles that your neighbors feed because 'there'll be a monster buck next year'
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Heck, I've seen the damage a single pheasant can cause to the front of a car after it flew right in front of the vehicle.
Larger animals might look lovely, but they can do some serious damage.
Larger animals might look lovely, but they can do some serious damage.
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Big Phony Schmuck! - Randy Rainbow Song Parody
YouTube video by Randy Rainbow
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Gotta love the Canadians.
Canadian Premier League final: Atletico Ottawa's 'icicle kick' lights up blizzard-hit final
Atletico Ottawa win the North Star Cup with an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Gotta love the Canadians.
🤷♀️🤦♀️🤷♀️
Shrewsbury gyratory bus stop does not meet guidelines, BBC finds
BBC analysis has found that the
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
🤷♀️🤦♀️🤷♀️
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
Good grief. What sorcery is this?
Well, I guess Zack Polanski doesn't back down from ridiculous and personal jibes, and at some point they surely have to run out of barbs to fire his way. 🤷♀️
Well, I guess Zack Polanski doesn't back down from ridiculous and personal jibes, and at some point they surely have to run out of barbs to fire his way. 🤷♀️
Such is the power of @zackpolanski.bsky.social that he's prompted the Daily Express(!) to write a totally respectful article about the meaning of the white poppy
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2131...
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2131...
Meaning of a white poppy and white poppy symbolism as Zack Polanski wears one
Green party leader Zack Polanski was seen sporting a white poppy alongside a red one for Remembrance Sunday today - but what does a white poppy mean?
www.express.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Good grief. What sorcery is this?
Well, I guess Zack Polanski doesn't back down from ridiculous and personal jibes, and at some point they surely have to run out of barbs to fire his way. 🤷♀️
Well, I guess Zack Polanski doesn't back down from ridiculous and personal jibes, and at some point they surely have to run out of barbs to fire his way. 🤷♀️
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The same view as below, 9 days later. I love the warm tones!
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November 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The same view as below, 9 days later. I love the warm tones!
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Honestly, the BBC* can fuck right off. Its coverage of the left has been execrable, from caricaturing Corbyn as a Russian on what's supposed to be their "flagship news show", to their wall to wall disgusting coverage of trans issues.
I hope they take the Guardian with them.
*current affairs dept
I hope they take the Guardian with them.
*current affairs dept
Will Tim Davie’s resignation be enough to restore public trust in the BBC?
Senior insiders admit concern about big editorial errors and fear attacks are part of ongoing campaign to undermine the broadcaster
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Honestly, the BBC* can fuck right off. Its coverage of the left has been execrable, from caricaturing Corbyn as a Russian on what's supposed to be their "flagship news show", to their wall to wall disgusting coverage of trans issues.
I hope they take the Guardian with them.
*current affairs dept
I hope they take the Guardian with them.
*current affairs dept
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All I want is a humble castle on the Irish coast, a crackling fire, a vintage mystery novel, an emotional support raven, a raging thunderstorm, a few purring cats, endless cups of tea, and a scandalous amount of freshly-baked pastries.
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
All I want is a humble castle on the Irish coast, a crackling fire, a vintage mystery novel, an emotional support raven, a raging thunderstorm, a few purring cats, endless cups of tea, and a scandalous amount of freshly-baked pastries.
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The shortest day of the year in Iceland is 4 hours and 7 minutes of daylight on 21st December. That's still enough time for a whole T20 match or two innings of the West Indies batting in Tests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The shortest day of the year in Iceland is 4 hours and 7 minutes of daylight on 21st December. That's still enough time for a whole T20 match or two innings of the West Indies batting in Tests.
A heartbreaking thread on the impact Unbound had on authors before and after Unbound went into administration.
Help your small independent bookshops. Help authors who rely on new readers, and hopefully you'll find some new favourite books along the way. I know I did.
Help your small independent bookshops. Help authors who rely on new readers, and hopefully you'll find some new favourite books along the way. I know I did.
I worked harder on this book than any before it. My ex-publisher then failed to pay me what they owed me for it & did their best to ruin its chances of survival. That robbed me of a year of my life & ruined my health.
After all that, to see reviews like this one brings me close to tears too.
After all that, to see reviews like this one brings me close to tears too.
Bloody hell! It’s been a long time since a book has brought me to tears. @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Thank you so very much for writing Everything Will Swallow You. Book of the year. #BookSky #TheStorygraph
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A heartbreaking thread on the impact Unbound had on authors before and after Unbound went into administration.
Help your small independent bookshops. Help authors who rely on new readers, and hopefully you'll find some new favourite books along the way. I know I did.
Help your small independent bookshops. Help authors who rely on new readers, and hopefully you'll find some new favourite books along the way. I know I did.