Alex Wilcock 🔸🏳️🌈
@alexwilcock.bsky.social
Married to Richard, he/him, gay, Doctor Who fan, still European, Liberal Democrat, mostly ill, burnt-out firebrand (but gets by online with the odd spark).
Instead of the British knee-jerk ‘It’s not to my personal taste – it should be banned!’
Make the basic legal principle that ‘victimless crimes’ should be just *not be crimes* where people are just doing their own thing
(And, if any exceptions, precise and limited)
Make the basic legal principle that ‘victimless crimes’ should be just *not be crimes* where people are just doing their own thing
(And, if any exceptions, precise and limited)
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Instead of the British knee-jerk ‘It’s not to my personal taste – it should be banned!’
Make the basic legal principle that ‘victimless crimes’ should be just *not be crimes* where people are just doing their own thing
(And, if any exceptions, precise and limited)
Make the basic legal principle that ‘victimless crimes’ should be just *not be crimes* where people are just doing their own thing
(And, if any exceptions, precise and limited)
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Ah, mid-November, when Christmas is still far enough away to be mistaken for a gaily-dressed friend waving at you in the distance, just before you realise it’s a psychopath in a clown suit wielding a chainsaw and running towards you at high speed.
November 15, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Ah, mid-November, when Christmas is still far enough away to be mistaken for a gaily-dressed friend waving at you in the distance, just before you realise it’s a psychopath in a clown suit wielding a chainsaw and running towards you at high speed.
Reminds me of when I ‘saved money’ by getting a huge stack of chocolate that ‘would last’ and put it in a box, inside a box, in a bag, on a high shelf so I couldn’t just absentmindedly fill my mouth
Within days I could get to it in 10 seconds, blindfold
Within days I could get to it in 10 seconds, blindfold
Oh god, this dog
*wheezes*
this
*wheezes*
THIS DOG
*dies laughing*
This dog just figured out how to open a clippable food container
*snorts*
and ate all the treats inside
*expires*
*wheezes*
this
*wheezes*
THIS DOG
*dies laughing*
This dog just figured out how to open a clippable food container
*snorts*
and ate all the treats inside
*expires*
November 15, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Reminds me of when I ‘saved money’ by getting a huge stack of chocolate that ‘would last’ and put it in a box, inside a box, in a bag, on a high shelf so I couldn’t just absentmindedly fill my mouth
Within days I could get to it in 10 seconds, blindfold
Within days I could get to it in 10 seconds, blindfold
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"My God," complained Arthur, "you're talking about a positive mental attitude and you haven't even had your planet demolished today."
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
"My God," complained Arthur, "you're talking about a positive mental attitude and you haven't even had your planet demolished today."
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What is truly pathetic about Labour is that this is all they have got. They have failed so spectacularly already, despite a whacking great majority, to even attempt to govern positively that all they have is punching down on marginalised groups and saying "oh but Reform will be worse".
November 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
What is truly pathetic about Labour is that this is all they have got. They have failed so spectacularly already, despite a whacking great majority, to even attempt to govern positively that all they have is punching down on marginalised groups and saying "oh but Reform will be worse".
Usually it’s the negative rounds I find a bit of a challenge, loving all Doctor Who and that, but confession: I didn’t envy them having to pick some ‘bests’ out of these four.
But hooray for their enthusiasm (especially in the swimwear round)!
Two stories here I just don’t think are up to much, but…
But hooray for their enthusiasm (especially in the swimwear round)!
Two stories here I just don’t think are up to much, but…
‼️ NEW EPISODE ‼️
Enjoy the brilliance of @markdodyk.bsky.social & @glantern7.bsky.social exploring Death To The Daleks, Invasion of Time, Sontaran Stratagem/Poison Sky & Name of the Doctor.
Why is Mark fluttering his eyelashes? Why is the Gay Mafia after Andrew?
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Enjoy the brilliance of @markdodyk.bsky.social & @glantern7.bsky.social exploring Death To The Daleks, Invasion of Time, Sontaran Stratagem/Poison Sky & Name of the Doctor.
Why is Mark fluttering his eyelashes? Why is the Gay Mafia after Andrew?
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
37. Whip that out!
Podcast Episode · Nostalgia Tours · 14/11/2025 · 1h 27m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Usually it’s the negative rounds I find a bit of a challenge, loving all Doctor Who and that, but confession: I didn’t envy them having to pick some ‘bests’ out of these four.
But hooray for their enthusiasm (especially in the swimwear round)!
Two stories here I just don’t think are up to much, but…
But hooray for their enthusiasm (especially in the swimwear round)!
Two stories here I just don’t think are up to much, but…
OTD 1988: Left To My Own Devices
I can’t do better for the day than Re-Skeet the Pod Boys!
One of my fave PSB songs and checking (my most-played).
I’ve never been co-ordinated enough to dance, but it’s the only song where as I’m walking along one point makes me instinctively do a little twirl.
I can’t do better for the day than Re-Skeet the Pod Boys!
One of my fave PSB songs and checking (my most-played).
I’ve never been co-ordinated enough to dance, but it’s the only song where as I’m walking along one point makes me instinctively do a little twirl.
“Epic” 🎻 — Trevor Horn on Devices! It was a thrill to meet him this week ❤️ & share our love for his PSB productions. Now our own “epic” 30th episode: a countdown of 30 PSB songs, from obscure gems 🤓 to out-and-out classics 🎶.
Spotify: tiny.cc/uj1v001
Apple: tiny.cc/xj1v001
Spotify: tiny.cc/uj1v001
Apple: tiny.cc/xj1v001
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
OTD 1988: Left To My Own Devices
I can’t do better for the day than Re-Skeet the Pod Boys!
One of my fave PSB songs and checking (my most-played).
I’ve never been co-ordinated enough to dance, but it’s the only song where as I’m walking along one point makes me instinctively do a little twirl.
I can’t do better for the day than Re-Skeet the Pod Boys!
One of my fave PSB songs and checking (my most-played).
I’ve never been co-ordinated enough to dance, but it’s the only song where as I’m walking along one point makes me instinctively do a little twirl.
Brief gap in the rain
I should be listening to more of the audiobook I started yesterday (inspired, inevitably, by podcasts on it)
But five – five! – podcasts I want to listen to dropped this morning, so…
Which is it!
Oops, have to wipe screen again (steady) and put this out of the rain again
I should be listening to more of the audiobook I started yesterday (inspired, inevitably, by podcasts on it)
But five – five! – podcasts I want to listen to dropped this morning, so…
Which is it!
Oops, have to wipe screen again (steady) and put this out of the rain again
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Brief gap in the rain
I should be listening to more of the audiobook I started yesterday (inspired, inevitably, by podcasts on it)
But five – five! – podcasts I want to listen to dropped this morning, so…
Which is it!
Oops, have to wipe screen again (steady) and put this out of the rain again
I should be listening to more of the audiobook I started yesterday (inspired, inevitably, by podcasts on it)
But five – five! – podcasts I want to listen to dropped this morning, so…
Which is it!
Oops, have to wipe screen again (steady) and put this out of the rain again
This is for all the kids who watch BBC Four!
(I assume?)
Fourth Doctor omnibus repeats were incredibly thrilling when I was little. Not quite so much now I’m much older and revisited on Blu-ray.
But, hey, I’m still excited for this!
(I assume?)
Fourth Doctor omnibus repeats were incredibly thrilling when I was little. Not quite so much now I’m much older and revisited on Blu-ray.
But, hey, I’m still excited for this!
#DoctorWho In An Exciting Adventure With The Sea Devils is getting a 'special re-edited' repeat on Sunday 7th December at 7pm on BBC Four.
The 90-minute 'blockbuster special' (we just called them omnibuses in my day) will feature new sound design by Mark Ayres and additional music by Lorne Balfe.
The 90-minute 'blockbuster special' (we just called them omnibuses in my day) will feature new sound design by Mark Ayres and additional music by Lorne Balfe.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is for all the kids who watch BBC Four!
(I assume?)
Fourth Doctor omnibus repeats were incredibly thrilling when I was little. Not quite so much now I’m much older and revisited on Blu-ray.
But, hey, I’m still excited for this!
(I assume?)
Fourth Doctor omnibus repeats were incredibly thrilling when I was little. Not quite so much now I’m much older and revisited on Blu-ray.
But, hey, I’m still excited for this!
A happy birthday (and broadcast-day, ish) for side-Doctor Who leads
OTD 1959: Paul McGann
Who starred
OTD 2013: The Night of the Doctor*
OTD 1981: Russell Tovey
OTD (actual): Broadcast dates announced for next month to star in The War Between the Land and the Sea
OTD 1959: Paul McGann
Who starred
OTD 2013: The Night of the Doctor*
OTD 1981: Russell Tovey
OTD (actual): Broadcast dates announced for next month to star in The War Between the Land and the Sea
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A happy birthday (and broadcast-day, ish) for side-Doctor Who leads
OTD 1959: Paul McGann
Who starred
OTD 2013: The Night of the Doctor*
OTD 1981: Russell Tovey
OTD (actual): Broadcast dates announced for next month to star in The War Between the Land and the Sea
OTD 1959: Paul McGann
Who starred
OTD 2013: The Night of the Doctor*
OTD 1981: Russell Tovey
OTD (actual): Broadcast dates announced for next month to star in The War Between the Land and the Sea
A young Brian Blessed?
Fancy!
Fancy!
The wait is over! Tonight at 8pm the first black and white episode of Z-CARS (1962) on #TalkingPicturesTV as featured in @RadioTimes
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A young Brian Blessed?
Fancy!
Fancy!
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This is a particularly timely Transgender Awareness Week. Thank you to all the trans members of @libdems.org.uk - we see you, we appreciate you, and we're sorry for the grief you go through in the name of our party. We are hugely encouraged by the swell of support for you this year.
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Today is the beginning of Trans Awareness Week.
It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate trans people, acknowledge the challenges they face, and reflect on how we as a society can work together to improve trans people’s lives.
It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate trans people, acknowledge the challenges they face, and reflect on how we as a society can work together to improve trans people’s lives.
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This is a particularly timely Transgender Awareness Week. Thank you to all the trans members of @libdems.org.uk - we see you, we appreciate you, and we're sorry for the grief you go through in the name of our party. We are hugely encouraged by the swell of support for you this year.
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Today is the beginning of Trans Awareness Week.
It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate trans people, acknowledge the challenges they face, and reflect on how we as a society can work together to improve trans people’s lives.
It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate trans people, acknowledge the challenges they face, and reflect on how we as a society can work together to improve trans people’s lives.
November 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Today is the beginning of Trans Awareness Week.
It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate trans people, acknowledge the challenges they face, and reflect on how we as a society can work together to improve trans people’s lives.
It’s an opportunity for us to celebrate trans people, acknowledge the challenges they face, and reflect on how we as a society can work together to improve trans people’s lives.
On a long walk round ways I rarely go
Trying to dodge the rain and to resist falling into chocolate
(Not really succeeding either way)
Trying to dodge the rain and to resist falling into chocolate
(Not really succeeding either way)
November 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
On a long walk round ways I rarely go
Trying to dodge the rain and to resist falling into chocolate
(Not really succeeding either way)
Trying to dodge the rain and to resist falling into chocolate
(Not really succeeding either way)
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Important but long thread for those interested in the actual legal arguments being made in the current UK battle over transphobic government guidance.
1/🧵 Today at 10:30am, High Court in London, Court 1, before Mr Justice Swift, R (Good Law Project, on the application of) v Equality and Human Rights Commission, a rolled-up hearing for judicial review of EHRC’s “interim update” (Day 1 of 2)
No live reporting, sorry.
No live reporting, sorry.
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Important but long thread for those interested in the actual legal arguments being made in the current UK battle over transphobic government guidance.
OTD 1992: Absolutely Fabulous – Fashion
or The One With All The Pet Shop Boys Clips
We watched all of it a few years ago
(it’s now all back on iPlayer again)
I’d enjoyed Ab Fab hugely when it started; some of the later ones I’d never seen before
When it was good it was wicked…
or The One With All The Pet Shop Boys Clips
We watched all of it a few years ago
(it’s now all back on iPlayer again)
I’d enjoyed Ab Fab hugely when it started; some of the later ones I’d never seen before
When it was good it was wicked…
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
OTD 1992: Absolutely Fabulous – Fashion
or The One With All The Pet Shop Boys Clips
We watched all of it a few years ago
(it’s now all back on iPlayer again)
I’d enjoyed Ab Fab hugely when it started; some of the later ones I’d never seen before
When it was good it was wicked…
or The One With All The Pet Shop Boys Clips
We watched all of it a few years ago
(it’s now all back on iPlayer again)
I’d enjoyed Ab Fab hugely when it started; some of the later ones I’d never seen before
When it was good it was wicked…
OTD 1955 Quatermass II – The Coming
The most celebrated continuity announcement in TV history:
“Before we begin the fourth episode of Quatermass II, we’d like to say that in our opinion it is not suitable for children, or for those of you who may have a nervous disposition.”
The most celebrated continuity announcement in TV history:
“Before we begin the fourth episode of Quatermass II, we’d like to say that in our opinion it is not suitable for children, or for those of you who may have a nervous disposition.”
November 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
OTD 1955 Quatermass II – The Coming
The most celebrated continuity announcement in TV history:
“Before we begin the fourth episode of Quatermass II, we’d like to say that in our opinion it is not suitable for children, or for those of you who may have a nervous disposition.”
The most celebrated continuity announcement in TV history:
“Before we begin the fourth episode of Quatermass II, we’d like to say that in our opinion it is not suitable for children, or for those of you who may have a nervous disposition.”
OTD 1964: #DoctorWho In An Exciting Adventure With The Daleks
The first ever DW novel
2 follow
Later…
Another 153 Targets
A New 61
Now still more year after year
I’ve started a new Doctor Who and the Daleks novel today.
5 reasons to read the original:
loveandliberty.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/five...
The first ever DW novel
2 follow
Later…
Another 153 Targets
A New 61
Now still more year after year
I’ve started a new Doctor Who and the Daleks novel today.
5 reasons to read the original:
loveandliberty.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/five...
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
OTD 1964: #DoctorWho In An Exciting Adventure With The Daleks
The first ever DW novel
2 follow
Later…
Another 153 Targets
A New 61
Now still more year after year
I’ve started a new Doctor Who and the Daleks novel today.
5 reasons to read the original:
loveandliberty.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/five...
The first ever DW novel
2 follow
Later…
Another 153 Targets
A New 61
Now still more year after year
I’ve started a new Doctor Who and the Daleks novel today.
5 reasons to read the original:
loveandliberty.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/five...
We’ve been out for half-price burgers before the voucher expired *and* just exceeded today’s walking target, so that’s a win.
Speaking of Targets…
Speaking of Targets…
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We’ve been out for half-price burgers before the voucher expired *and* just exceeded today’s walking target, so that’s a win.
Speaking of Targets…
Speaking of Targets…
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(Post someone who looks great in a hat.)
Who is the cat with the plushy rainbow hat?
SHAPS!
Who is the cat with the plushy rainbow hat?
SHAPS!
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
(Post someone who looks great in a hat.)
Who is the cat with the plushy rainbow hat?
SHAPS!
Who is the cat with the plushy rainbow hat?
SHAPS!
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I applied for diagnosis as autistic in 2015, to get reasonable adjustments at work (the only reason I would recommend diagnosis, incidentally -- self-diagnosis is valid). I finally got diagnosed in 2019, 3 1/2 years after quitting work in mental health crisis due to lack of reasonable adjustments...
These fights are *normal* to get the help people need.
No one is getting diagnosed without similar horror stories.
So when I hear about over diagnosis?
These are the children I think of:
No one is getting diagnosed without similar horror stories.
So when I hear about over diagnosis?
These are the children I think of:
A family I know just got an autism diagnosis for their son. It came after a four year wait that itself came after years of fighting to even get on the list.
I don't know how the people in charge of this country sleep at night.
I don't know how the people in charge of this country sleep at night.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I applied for diagnosis as autistic in 2015, to get reasonable adjustments at work (the only reason I would recommend diagnosis, incidentally -- self-diagnosis is valid). I finally got diagnosed in 2019, 3 1/2 years after quitting work in mental health crisis due to lack of reasonable adjustments...
Post someone who looks great in a hat…
…If you and they aren’t too busy drinking champagne.
…If you and they aren’t too busy drinking champagne.
November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Post someone who looks great in a hat…
…If you and they aren’t too busy drinking champagne.
…If you and they aren’t too busy drinking champagne.
OTD 1971: The Goodies – Kitten Kong
Possibly the greatest*
[Ironically the only episode you can’t watch, as they junked and remade it]
*OK, I’d probably vote The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
Possibly the greatest*
[Ironically the only episode you can’t watch, as they junked and remade it]
*OK, I’d probably vote The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
OTD 1971: The Goodies – Kitten Kong
Possibly the greatest*
[Ironically the only episode you can’t watch, as they junked and remade it]
*OK, I’d probably vote The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
Possibly the greatest*
[Ironically the only episode you can’t watch, as they junked and remade it]
*OK, I’d probably vote The Goodies Rule – O.K.?
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Congratulations to our Honorary Vice President @joshbabarinde.bsky.social on being elected Party President of the @libdems.org.uk. We're delighted to see this result and look forward to continue working closely with him to achieve liberation for all. 🧡
Congratulations to @JoshBabarinde.bsky.social - newly elected President of the Liberal Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Congratulations to our Honorary Vice President @joshbabarinde.bsky.social on being elected Party President of the @libdems.org.uk. We're delighted to see this result and look forward to continue working closely with him to achieve liberation for all. 🧡
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News is reporting that Keir Starmer has every confidence in Keir Starmer. Ominous.
November 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
News is reporting that Keir Starmer has every confidence in Keir Starmer. Ominous.