badly-drawn bee 🐝
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Swish swish motherfucker.
AuDHD | alphabet mafia 🏳️🌈 | rugby player 🏉 | scuba diver 🤿 | cis | she/her until something better comes along.
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London & Liverpool, UK
AuDHD | alphabet mafia 🏳️🌈 | rugby player 🏉 | scuba diver 🤿 | cis | she/her until something better comes along.
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There's probably something funny in the alt text.
London & Liverpool, UK
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Hello new folks! A very quick and dirty guide to what's going to make me most likely to follow you:
- obvious wokery in your bio / posted content
- original posts as well as reposts
- alt text in images
- science / art / general nerdery
(Note: AND rather than OR applies)
- obvious wokery in your bio / posted content
- original posts as well as reposts
- alt text in images
- science / art / general nerdery
(Note: AND rather than OR applies)
Imagine thinking that winning against the Tories - the worst British government for decades - at the last GE was some kind of unquestionable 'national mandate'.
Imagine also thinking that this election win excluded you from, you know, doing anything useful at all.
Imagine also thinking that this election win excluded you from, you know, doing anything useful at all.
February 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Imagine thinking that winning against the Tories - the worst British government for decades - at the last GE was some kind of unquestionable 'national mandate'.
Imagine also thinking that this election win excluded you from, you know, doing anything useful at all.
Imagine also thinking that this election win excluded you from, you know, doing anything useful at all.
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Watching the feeding frenzy around Starmer and imagining what our press and commentariat could do to Farage, if they wanted to. Unfortunately, it's clear they have no intention of holding Farage to the same level of scrutiny.
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Watching the feeding frenzy around Starmer and imagining what our press and commentariat could do to Farage, if they wanted to. Unfortunately, it's clear they have no intention of holding Farage to the same level of scrutiny.
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I’m not smart enough to work out why but this feels like it’s becoming a systemic problem. I was happy to blame the Tories but I can now easily see the same pattern running with labour too. Starmer will go, Mahmood or Streeting will take over for a couple of months, rinse and repeat.
Starmer has to survive 38 days to have had a longer tenure than Rishi Sunak.
If a successor were to be in place by 13th July, we'd have had 7 PMs in a decade, which, by my reckoning, is the most since the 8 of 1827-37.
If a successor were to be in place by 13th July, we'd have had 7 PMs in a decade, which, by my reckoning, is the most since the 8 of 1827-37.
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
I’m not smart enough to work out why but this feels like it’s becoming a systemic problem. I was happy to blame the Tories but I can now easily see the same pattern running with labour too. Starmer will go, Mahmood or Streeting will take over for a couple of months, rinse and repeat.
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I've just re-read this seminal piece by Donella Meadows, prompted by @wallace2411.bsky.social (thanks again!)
So many points of direct relevance to the state of the world in 2026.
1/4
donellameadows.org/archives/lev...
So many points of direct relevance to the state of the world in 2026.
1/4
donellameadows.org/archives/lev...
Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System
donellameadows.org
February 8, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I've just re-read this seminal piece by Donella Meadows, prompted by @wallace2411.bsky.social (thanks again!)
So many points of direct relevance to the state of the world in 2026.
1/4
donellameadows.org/archives/lev...
So many points of direct relevance to the state of the world in 2026.
1/4
donellameadows.org/archives/lev...
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
What happened to Jovan Owusu-Nepaul after Clacton?
Oborne couldn't be more right about this bit:
"Yet more shocking was the withdrawal of support for Labour’s candidate in Clacton, paving the way for a smooth victory for Nigel Farage and the synchronised dog-whistle attacks against Britain’s vulnerable Bangladeshi community."
"Yet more shocking was the withdrawal of support for Labour’s candidate in Clacton, paving the way for a smooth victory for Nigel Farage and the synchronised dog-whistle attacks against Britain’s vulnerable Bangladeshi community."
February 9, 2026 at 11:25 AM
What happened to Jovan Owusu-Nepaul after Clacton?
The most surprising thing here is learning that there *was* a Dir of Comms. Because this government's communications has been consistently execrable.
Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, has just quit his Downing Street role:
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
February 9, 2026 at 11:22 AM
The most surprising thing here is learning that there *was* a Dir of Comms. Because this government's communications has been consistently execrable.
These people just admit this incredible idiocy with their whole chest
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
These people just admit this incredible idiocy with their whole chest
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oh my god this is even lower than the funniest low number I was imagining
Yikes: the alternative TPUSA “All-American” Halftime Show had fewer than 14,000 views.
February 9, 2026 at 6:23 AM
oh my god this is even lower than the funniest low number I was imagining
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Just beyond parody at this point
February 8, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Just beyond parody at this point
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Every Labour voter and potential Labour voter is a secretly racist 55 year-old man from Barnsley called John who worked "down pit" until at 40 his job was cruelly taken from him by Thatcher.
Any other analysis is woke liberal nonsense.
Any other analysis is woke liberal nonsense.
September 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Every Labour voter and potential Labour voter is a secretly racist 55 year-old man from Barnsley called John who worked "down pit" until at 40 his job was cruelly taken from him by Thatcher.
Any other analysis is woke liberal nonsense.
Any other analysis is woke liberal nonsense.
A superb owl
February 8, 2026 at 6:05 PM
A superb owl
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Have also made more seaglass fairy lights. There are 3 sets of coloured lights and 3 sets of warm lights available on Etsy. Made with seaglass from #Shetland beaches
February 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Have also made more seaglass fairy lights. There are 3 sets of coloured lights and 3 sets of warm lights available on Etsy. Made with seaglass from #Shetland beaches
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In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.
February 8, 2026 at 2:46 PM
In a touching tribute to his mentor, Morgan McSweeney has resigned in disgrace.
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🚨BREAKING🚨 Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Peter Mandelson as his new Downing Street Chief of Staff.
February 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨 Sir Keir Starmer has appointed Peter Mandelson as his new Downing Street Chief of Staff.
Now do Starmer
BREAKING: Morgan McSweeney quits as Keir Starmer's chief of staff amid fall-out from the Mandelson scandal
February 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Now do Starmer
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@lucympowell.bsky.social disabling quotes and replies on a post telling the greens to stand down the by election, is really a terrible look and it’s extremely embarrassing, if you are going to make bold sweeping statements expect some pushback and allow it
February 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
@lucympowell.bsky.social disabling quotes and replies on a post telling the greens to stand down the by election, is really a terrible look and it’s extremely embarrassing, if you are going to make bold sweeping statements expect some pushback and allow it
Facialist: this is my student, she's learning to do lashes. Can she do a set on you for free?
Me: sure, why not?
(Because you have a rugby match the next day, you spoon)
Oh well. They'll look great in the scrum.
Me: sure, why not?
(Because you have a rugby match the next day, you spoon)
Oh well. They'll look great in the scrum.
February 8, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Facialist: this is my student, she's learning to do lashes. Can she do a set on you for free?
Me: sure, why not?
(Because you have a rugby match the next day, you spoon)
Oh well. They'll look great in the scrum.
Me: sure, why not?
(Because you have a rugby match the next day, you spoon)
Oh well. They'll look great in the scrum.
One of these furry freeloaders was late for breakfast (it was Frank, obviously) and now everyone's hanging around because they know at some point I'll give Frank some food. They're not stupid.
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 AM
One of these furry freeloaders was late for breakfast (it was Frank, obviously) and now everyone's hanging around because they know at some point I'll give Frank some food. They're not stupid.
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"This was written with Copilot; wasn't it? It's shit."
"This was written with Copilot; wasn't it? It's shit."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Don't open that fucking portal! How many times?"
"Don't open that fucking portal! How many times?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Cue the Sun!"
"Cue the Sun!"
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"This was written with Copilot; wasn't it? It's shit."
"This was written with Copilot; wasn't it? It's shit."
February 7, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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I deleted my post from before…
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
February 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I deleted my post from before…
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
AI intends to kill us all
February 7, 2026 at 1:38 PM
AI intends to kill us all