Siân Pearce
@sianp.bsky.social
Public law solicitor, children's rights researcher
Geekery various.
"Gary Sherman's Nemesis" (Abertoir, 2023)
https://linktr.ee/SianP
Geekery various.
"Gary Sherman's Nemesis" (Abertoir, 2023)
https://linktr.ee/SianP
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It's particularly gross that they're targeting one of the few universities in the Welsh-speaking bit of Wales, where a lot of work has gone into expanding and adding courses (notably medicine) on that basis
Bangor University paid for by subscription from local working people who understood the value of a good education
February 10, 2026 at 9:10 PM
It's particularly gross that they're targeting one of the few universities in the Welsh-speaking bit of Wales, where a lot of work has gone into expanding and adding courses (notably medicine) on that basis
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they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
they pissed off the WeRateDogs guy enough from him to break character to directly tell them off, that's genuinely impressive levels of being an asshole
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This made my day
February 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This made my day
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Guaranteed a lot of people will use this to stoke yet more hatred against all those seeking asylum, but this is a twisted individual who has been found guilty and is being punished as the justice system is meant to. His asylum status and nationality are irrelevant. 1/5
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Guaranteed a lot of people will use this to stoke yet more hatred against all those seeking asylum, but this is a twisted individual who has been found guilty and is being punished as the justice system is meant to. His asylum status and nationality are irrelevant. 1/5
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
February 10, 2026 at 6:08 PM
This teenager saved his neighbor's dog from drowning in a freezing pond. This is Bernard. His family contacted emergency services right away, but high school senior Hugh Pinneo got to Bernard first. Hugh said he's "just glad I acted that day and saved the dog's life." We are too. 12/10 for all
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I have never read a more useful footnote. (From Michael D.C. Drout’s The Tower and the Ruin.)
February 10, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I have never read a more useful footnote. (From Michael D.C. Drout’s The Tower and the Ruin.)
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This is a famously messy Norwegian biathlete who was banned in 2023 from the Biathlon World Cup because he accidentally fired his competition rifle in his hotel room (he was also teary and apologetic then)
new most bizarre moment of the Olympics just dropped
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
Norwegian biathlete wins bronze medal, then, totally unprompted, reveal he cheated on his GF, she left him, and he wants to apologize publicly hoping she takes him back
www.vg.no/sport/i/vr5g...
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is a famously messy Norwegian biathlete who was banned in 2023 from the Biathlon World Cup because he accidentally fired his competition rifle in his hotel room (he was also teary and apologetic then)
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And now this
February 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
And now this
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BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB
February 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB BAG OF CRAB
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A campaign group has uncovered evidence of a number of 'fake' Facebook accounts which have been set up to stir up anti-Welsh rhetoric ahead of the upcoming Senedd election - specifically targeting Plaid Cymru and the Senedd
'Fake' Facebook accounts set up to stir division ahead of Senedd election
Stephen Price A campaign group has uncovered evidence of a number of ‘fake’ Facebook accounts which have been set up to stir up anti-Welsh rhetoric ahead of the upcoming Senedd election – specifically...
nation.cymru
February 10, 2026 at 8:31 AM
A campaign group has uncovered evidence of a number of 'fake' Facebook accounts which have been set up to stir up anti-Welsh rhetoric ahead of the upcoming Senedd election - specifically targeting Plaid Cymru and the Senedd
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Once again, I am forced to highlight the OUTRAGEOUS INJUSTICE that so far NOT A SINGLE UNIVERSITY has invited me to give a speech about how amazing cats are.
This is FREE SPEECH CRISIS. I am being SILENCED.
I expect a flood of invitations to be arrving imminently.
This is FREE SPEECH CRISIS. I am being SILENCED.
I expect a flood of invitations to be arrving imminently.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Once again, I am forced to highlight the OUTRAGEOUS INJUSTICE that so far NOT A SINGLE UNIVERSITY has invited me to give a speech about how amazing cats are.
This is FREE SPEECH CRISIS. I am being SILENCED.
I expect a flood of invitations to be arrving imminently.
This is FREE SPEECH CRISIS. I am being SILENCED.
I expect a flood of invitations to be arrving imminently.
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The Super Bowl outrage on Twitter reminds me of one of the earliest supposed “legitimate concerns” touted about London - that if you travelled on the Tube you would hear people speaking languages other than English /1
February 10, 2026 at 8:12 AM
The Super Bowl outrage on Twitter reminds me of one of the earliest supposed “legitimate concerns” touted about London - that if you travelled on the Tube you would hear people speaking languages other than English /1
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Those must be big shoes to fill
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Those must be big shoes to fill
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🚨Earned settlement consultation ends Thursday🚨
Proposed changes risk pushing hundreds of thousands of children into poverty and destroying lives.
We have created guidance on how to tell the government we need a genuinely fairer system.
www.migrantvoice.org/img/upload/J...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Proposed changes risk pushing hundreds of thousands of children into poverty and destroying lives.
We have created guidance on how to tell the government we need a genuinely fairer system.
www.migrantvoice.org/img/upload/J...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.migrantvoice.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:16 AM
🚨Earned settlement consultation ends Thursday🚨
Proposed changes risk pushing hundreds of thousands of children into poverty and destroying lives.
We have created guidance on how to tell the government we need a genuinely fairer system.
www.migrantvoice.org/img/upload/J...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Proposed changes risk pushing hundreds of thousands of children into poverty and destroying lives.
We have created guidance on how to tell the government we need a genuinely fairer system.
www.migrantvoice.org/img/upload/J...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Wow yeh how would you prove this?
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Wow yeh how would you prove this?
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Sam Langsdale’s book “Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics” won the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from the Comics Studies Society. While many books about representation catalog problematic elements, Langsdale searches for progressive alternatives. 1/8
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Sam Langsdale’s book “Searching for Feminist Superheroes: Gender, Sexuality, and Race in Marvel Comics” won the Charles Hatfield Book Prize from the Comics Studies Society. While many books about representation catalog problematic elements, Langsdale searches for progressive alternatives. 1/8
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BTW creating all-women kill teams in Warhammer is both fun AND a non-obvious/preachy way to get teen boys to stop automatically gendering based on role.
The first time you hear them self-correct:
"Shooting at him... her... with my heavy bolter" is 👌
(The heavy bolter damage is less fun)
The first time you hear them self-correct:
"Shooting at him... her... with my heavy bolter" is 👌
(The heavy bolter damage is less fun)
The final outcome of my quest for an easy blonde hair combo with citadel paints.
I now have a very Swedish-looking, all-women Navy Breachers Kill Team.
"För kejsaren!"
I now have a very Swedish-looking, all-women Navy Breachers Kill Team.
"För kejsaren!"
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 AM
BTW creating all-women kill teams in Warhammer is both fun AND a non-obvious/preachy way to get teen boys to stop automatically gendering based on role.
The first time you hear them self-correct:
"Shooting at him... her... with my heavy bolter" is 👌
(The heavy bolter damage is less fun)
The first time you hear them self-correct:
"Shooting at him... her... with my heavy bolter" is 👌
(The heavy bolter damage is less fun)
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love to see my people keeping it weird
Jack Duffy attaches a respirator to his bagpipes to play through tear gas. “I always play it whenever the police retreat because it's like, ‘You fucking ran while we stayed,’” he says.
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
The full story: lataco.com/protest-bagp...
By Julianne Le
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
love to see my people keeping it weird
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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Poverty is a political choice
Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank
Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank
Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political unease
It would take 137 years for lower-income families in the UK to see their living standards double at the current rate of growth, according to a thinktank.
A two-decade stagnation in disposable incomes has created a “mood of unease” across the country, the Resolution Foundation says, warning of the risk of “further political disruption” unless pay growth accelerates. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Poverty is a political choice
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“Why is AI helping me write a song or tell a story? Send some shit through a black hole; do something that we can’t do. Or dig a ditch; do the shit we don’t want to do. Why is it coming after the stuff that we essentially need to do to be human beings?”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Gore Verbinski Sounds Off on AI as He Launches ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ filmmaker is back after nearly a decade, and is ready to skewer how technology has taken over our lives (even more) in that time: “Why is AI helping me write a song or t...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:53 PM
“Why is AI helping me write a song or tell a story? Send some shit through a black hole; do something that we can’t do. Or dig a ditch; do the shit we don’t want to do. Why is it coming after the stuff that we essentially need to do to be human beings?”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Over 300,000 children already living in the UK could face 5–10 extra years before they can settle permanently.
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Over 300,000 children already living in the UK could face 5–10 extra years before they can settle permanently.
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
Changing the rules mid-journey will likely increase child poverty. Latest from us 🔗 www.ippr.org/articles/far-from-settled-the-governments-earned-settlement-consultation
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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🥹 this is what the internet is for 🥲
February 10, 2026 at 8:27 AM
🥹 this is what the internet is for 🥲