Andrew Hickey
@andrewhickey.500songs.com
That bloke who does that podcast your annoying friend keeps trying to get you to listen to. He/him. Posts every random thought in his head. AuDHD and not many filters. If you're only interested in my podcast you probably don't want to follow.
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Andrew Hickey
@andrewhickey.500songs.com
· Oct 17
Now we finally have pinned posts I can pin this and take it out of my profile:
Do *NOT* share screenshots of my posts to my podcast's FB fan group. This is not, for the most part, somewhere I talk about my work, and I don't like personal stuff about me being shared on platforms I'm not on.
Do *NOT* share screenshots of my posts to my podcast's FB fan group. This is not, for the most part, somewhere I talk about my work, and I don't like personal stuff about me being shared on platforms I'm not on.
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It's not the only reason to oppose the language of takers and shirkers and all that, but people have been warning with good reason: when you establish the existence of a subclass of despised, worthless people it's acceptable to hate and abuse, everyone ends up in there eventually.
The “Labour” Party finds itself arguing ordinary workers, carers and others are “takers”.
Hey everyone, here's the news, if you aren't a high earner, entrepreneur or a "skilled frontline worker" (whatever the fuck that means) the "Labour" Party says you aren't contributing, you're a taker!
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It's not the only reason to oppose the language of takers and shirkers and all that, but people have been warning with good reason: when you establish the existence of a subclass of despised, worthless people it's acceptable to hate and abuse, everyone ends up in there eventually.
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The suburban comprehensive I went to was awash at the time with casual sexism, homophobia and racism, but if anyone had targeted one of the Jewish students as described I'm pretty sure even the most neanderthal of my fellow pupils would have gone, "Fuck, that's a bit nasty."
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The suburban comprehensive I went to was awash at the time with casual sexism, homophobia and racism, but if anyone had targeted one of the Jewish students as described I'm pretty sure even the most neanderthal of my fellow pupils would have gone, "Fuck, that's a bit nasty."
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Found your Wikipedia page
December 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Found your Wikipedia page
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Are we sincerely saying the same gay men and women who chanted along to 'Glad to be gay', supported the singer when he came out as bi and hosted illegal night clubs in their basements are scared of 'gender'?!!
Give our heroes some goddamn credit!
Give our heroes some goddamn credit!
December 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Are we sincerely saying the same gay men and women who chanted along to 'Glad to be gay', supported the singer when he came out as bi and hosted illegal night clubs in their basements are scared of 'gender'?!!
Give our heroes some goddamn credit!
Give our heroes some goddamn credit!
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The truth is older queer people have seen this BS before. They fought it.
There is only a small, very small, cohort of older anti-trans gays that are platformed to the ramparts.
And quite frankly it's just ageist bollocks!
There is only a small, very small, cohort of older anti-trans gays that are platformed to the ramparts.
And quite frankly it's just ageist bollocks!
December 7, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The truth is older queer people have seen this BS before. They fought it.
There is only a small, very small, cohort of older anti-trans gays that are platformed to the ramparts.
And quite frankly it's just ageist bollocks!
There is only a small, very small, cohort of older anti-trans gays that are platformed to the ramparts.
And quite frankly it's just ageist bollocks!
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Something I'd like to address. There's this idea that TQ+ folk are all 21 year-old art students... and all the 'normal' old school folk are LGB and entirely left behind and confused by 'pronouns'...
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
December 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Something I'd like to address. There's this idea that TQ+ folk are all 21 year-old art students... and all the 'normal' old school folk are LGB and entirely left behind and confused by 'pronouns'...
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
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You can either go via the search page or it's at the end of Season 9 in the classic Who listings.
For my fellow Whovians, if you’re trying to watch the special, re-edited version of #DoctorWho and The Sea Devils this morning, it looks like you have to search for it on iPlayer. I typed in “The Sea Devils” on the Search page. I hope you enjoy. 🐟
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
You can either go via the search page or it's at the end of Season 9 in the classic Who listings.
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Ian Dunt saying Bluesky isn't funny enough. The funny people all blocked you man.
December 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Ian Dunt saying Bluesky isn't funny enough. The funny people all blocked you man.
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Bought the blackadder boxset on a whim the other day so maybe my son will finally understand why I kept going "VEHR EEZ MY SON? I VISH HIM TO MARRY ZIS RRROSEBUSH" before kissing him goodnight all those years when he was little
December 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Bought the blackadder boxset on a whim the other day so maybe my son will finally understand why I kept going "VEHR EEZ MY SON? I VISH HIM TO MARRY ZIS RRROSEBUSH" before kissing him goodnight all those years when he was little
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Avery Mann, 40, who was asked to give “a few examples” about their autistic traits, started with a handful of relevant anecdotes but felt they didn’t want to leave anything out – “just in case that’s the thing that diagnoses me.”
“What if I’m not autistic?” asks person handing assessor 91-page dissertation about life
An autistic person is anxious that they won’t receive a formal diagnosis at their upcoming autism assessment - despite providing the psychologist with a folder the size of Tolstoy's War and Peace. …
thedailytism.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Avery Mann, 40, who was asked to give “a few examples” about their autistic traits, started with a handful of relevant anecdotes but felt they didn’t want to leave anything out – “just in case that’s the thing that diagnoses me.”
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Neurotypical folks barging in to autism spaces demanding to know why it’s not about them. Literally everything else in society is about you. Let us have this. Go bitch and moan somewhere else, we’re not for you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Neurotypical folks barging in to autism spaces demanding to know why it’s not about them. Literally everything else in society is about you. Let us have this. Go bitch and moan somewhere else, we’re not for you.
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“Why is the gender or the autism relevant?”
I don’t know. Which categories of people might be uniquely prone to being taken advantage of, having to work 10x as hard to prove themselves, having people-pleasing / fawning trauma responses & being systemically undervalued? Hmmm…
I don’t know. Which categories of people might be uniquely prone to being taken advantage of, having to work 10x as hard to prove themselves, having people-pleasing / fawning trauma responses & being systemically undervalued? Hmmm…
December 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“Why is the gender or the autism relevant?”
I don’t know. Which categories of people might be uniquely prone to being taken advantage of, having to work 10x as hard to prove themselves, having people-pleasing / fawning trauma responses & being systemically undervalued? Hmmm…
I don’t know. Which categories of people might be uniquely prone to being taken advantage of, having to work 10x as hard to prove themselves, having people-pleasing / fawning trauma responses & being systemically undervalued? Hmmm…
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Uh I think we know it’s gonna be me though
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Uh I think we know it’s gonna be me though
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Protip for good white people: there IS a answer when asked “are you racist?”
You simply say: “being born and raised in white supremacy means all of us hold and racialised worldviews. But I am learning about racism and working on changing my worldview and myself.”
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You simply say: “being born and raised in white supremacy means all of us hold and racialised worldviews. But I am learning about racism and working on changing my worldview and myself.”
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December 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Protip for good white people: there IS a answer when asked “are you racist?”
You simply say: “being born and raised in white supremacy means all of us hold and racialised worldviews. But I am learning about racism and working on changing my worldview and myself.”
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You simply say: “being born and raised in white supremacy means all of us hold and racialised worldviews. But I am learning about racism and working on changing my worldview and myself.”
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Every time I mention a minor health issue I get a ton of people saying "look after yourself", which *would* make me feel happy except there's always one arsehole who says "If you die, who's going to take over your podcast?"
December 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Every time I mention a minor health issue I get a ton of people saying "look after yourself", which *would* make me feel happy except there's always one arsehole who says "If you die, who's going to take over your podcast?"
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Vehicle, by 1970 one-hit-wonders the Ides of March, not only inspired the Rocky theme (probably), in the UK it is of course best known - and I use that term quite loosely - as the walk-on music used by that singular comedian Roy Jay. You'll all be doing it tomorrow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq95...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq95...
Vehicle
YouTube video by The Ides Of March - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Vehicle, by 1970 one-hit-wonders the Ides of March, not only inspired the Rocky theme (probably), in the UK it is of course best known - and I use that term quite loosely - as the walk-on music used by that singular comedian Roy Jay. You'll all be doing it tomorrow.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq95...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq95...
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I cannot enforce enough that the immigration system in britain says that working class people do not have the same rights to love and family as the wealthy
December 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I cannot enforce enough that the immigration system in britain says that working class people do not have the same rights to love and family as the wealthy
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As Mr Flying Rodent points out, we are not "on the road to becoming like Trump's America." We are in many ways much further down that road than they are, because our media and political class are significantly worse shitheads.
December 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
As Mr Flying Rodent points out, we are not "on the road to becoming like Trump's America." We are in many ways much further down that road than they are, because our media and political class are significantly worse shitheads.
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All of this is fascism. And not early stage either. This is the embedding of the Right Wing Daily Mail press consensus as the absolutely unshakable common sense of the UK state. Made possible because the "left wing" party has abdicated any kind of moral position on it.
December 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
All of this is fascism. And not early stage either. This is the embedding of the Right Wing Daily Mail press consensus as the absolutely unshakable common sense of the UK state. Made possible because the "left wing" party has abdicated any kind of moral position on it.
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Starmer's Labour is worse than the Tories because there isn't a Labour party waiting in the wings, unless we see some astonishing magic from the Greens. People rejected the Tories and Labour came in to tell them, no, that's not allowed, this is the only policy there is. Fuck you.
December 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Starmer's Labour is worse than the Tories because there isn't a Labour party waiting in the wings, unless we see some astonishing magic from the Greens. People rejected the Tories and Labour came in to tell them, no, that's not allowed, this is the only policy there is. Fuck you.
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We hit 1000 Patreon members!!! Next let’s make it 1000 *paid* Patreon members and we’re away!
December 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
We hit 1000 Patreon members!!! Next let’s make it 1000 *paid* Patreon members and we’re away!
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Our Facebook reach has attracted an entirely new type of cunt. Neurotypicals barging in to explain why our experiences are not autistic experiences.
December 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Our Facebook reach has attracted an entirely new type of cunt. Neurotypicals barging in to explain why our experiences are not autistic experiences.
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"average person commits 3 heresies a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person commits 0 heresies per year. American Evangelical Georg, who lives in cave & commits over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
She compares the boat strikes to Jesus breaking the sabbath to heal someone.
December 7, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"average person commits 3 heresies a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person commits 0 heresies per year. American Evangelical Georg, who lives in cave & commits over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
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It’s impossible to overstate how dangerous this fantasy is: the fantasy that if someone is pleasant, groomed, interesting and affable, that they’ll attract a partner. That’s literally the *cause* of the incel mentality
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It’s impossible to overstate how dangerous this fantasy is: the fantasy that if someone is pleasant, groomed, interesting and affable, that they’ll attract a partner. That’s literally the *cause* of the incel mentality
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People of all kinds are romantically rejected. It isn’t exclusively because they’re awful. In fact, the worst guys I know have women fighting over them
December 7, 2025 at 3:06 AM
People of all kinds are romantically rejected. It isn’t exclusively because they’re awful. In fact, the worst guys I know have women fighting over them