Libby
@captainlibatron.bsky.social
Ex parliament now runs a bar by the sea.
Birder, gayer, occasional banjo player. Instagram same handle.
she/sir Lesbian of the parish of Whitstable
Birder, gayer, occasional banjo player. Instagram same handle.
she/sir Lesbian of the parish of Whitstable
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JR Hartley sitting in a tree
F-I-S-H-I-N-G
F-I-S-H-I-N-G
What's JR Hartley doing up a tree in the video for XTC's "Dear God"?
youtu.be/p554R-Jq43A?...
youtu.be/p554R-Jq43A?...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
JR Hartley sitting in a tree
F-I-S-H-I-N-G
F-I-S-H-I-N-G
I see Dunt has Dunted
November 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I see Dunt has Dunted
People be normal about the BBC challenge
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
People be normal about the BBC challenge
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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We cannot understand the emboldening of racists/fascists on the ground without centring the role of the discourse of mainstream elite
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
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 7:35 AM
We cannot understand the emboldening of racists/fascists on the ground without centring the role of the discourse of mainstream elite
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This Labour government, anything right of it and any media that does not cover them as enablers are responsible for this
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Policy Exchange have been driving the anti-phone thing simultaneously with their attempts to section 28 trans people and Duffield has been their useful idiot. It's got all the necessary ingredients for a moral panic and it's too much to ask politicians actually employ some critical thinking about it
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Policy Exchange have been driving the anti-phone thing simultaneously with their attempts to section 28 trans people and Duffield has been their useful idiot. It's got all the necessary ingredients for a moral panic and it's too much to ask politicians actually employ some critical thinking about it
The BBC reporting on itself right now is so hilariously awful
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The BBC reporting on itself right now is so hilariously awful
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there's nothing I could say about this that wouldn't put me in prison so here's a picture of Maitlis with friend of the world's most notorious paedophile Peter Mandelson
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
there's nothing I could say about this that wouldn't put me in prison so here's a picture of Maitlis with friend of the world's most notorious paedophile Peter Mandelson
The anti-phone thing is a moral panic concocted by the right, like they all are.
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The anti-phone thing is a moral panic concocted by the right, like they all are.
Duffield has been on the anti-phone grift for a while, presumably because that's where the right wing trajectory is set so that's where her handlers want her. To use Brianna's name though, that's another level.
When Rosie Duffield is in on it I think we can safely say the anti-phone campaign in Brianna's name is actively at odds with tackling transphobia
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Duffield has been on the anti-phone grift for a while, presumably because that's where the right wing trajectory is set so that's where her handlers want her. To use Brianna's name though, that's another level.
Under Prime Minister Polanski the role of Culture Secretary will be administered collectively by Bluesky shit posters
November 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Under Prime Minister Polanski the role of Culture Secretary will be administered collectively by Bluesky shit posters
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I saw a random reddit comment where someone theorized that Pennywise and Mary Poppins were the same species of primordial psychic entity, but Pennywise feeds on fear while Poppins feeds on joy. both of them eat kid emotions because fear and joy are more intense in kids. This is Canon for me now.
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I saw a random reddit comment where someone theorized that Pennywise and Mary Poppins were the same species of primordial psychic entity, but Pennywise feeds on fear while Poppins feeds on joy. both of them eat kid emotions because fear and joy are more intense in kids. This is Canon for me now.
Devolve 6music burn the rest
November 9, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Devolve 6music burn the rest
The idea the PM and SoS don't influence the appointment of the DG is laughable not least when the PM is tanking and needs a compliant state broadcaster more than ever (I managed the CMS Selcom so pls don't tell me that's Not How It Works either)
Seeing so many posts about who “Starmer and Nandy” will appoint as director general. Easy mistake but the government does not appoint the director general! The BBC board, whose members are appointed for rolling terms by the culture secretary, appoints the director general.
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The idea the PM and SoS don't influence the appointment of the DG is laughable not least when the PM is tanking and needs a compliant state broadcaster more than ever (I managed the CMS Selcom so pls don't tell me that's Not How It Works either)
Deleted that post about mental health, even with restricted replies it reached the discover tab and kept having to detach from quotes. Sigh.
November 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Deleted that post about mental health, even with restricted replies it reached the discover tab and kept having to detach from quotes. Sigh.
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Quocels seething at this
"I’m convinced that it’s the cost of living, not immigration, that voters care about. The Green party is the only party honest enough not to try to conflate the two for political convenience."
– @zackpolanski.bsky.social
– @zackpolanski.bsky.social
Zack Polanski: ‘Hope has just won in New York – it can win here too’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Quocels seething at this
Pickled a cucumber for something to do when I was feeling suboptimal last night and now I have pickled cucumber
November 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Pickled a cucumber for something to do when I was feeling suboptimal last night and now I have pickled cucumber
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The most recent report from the Rare Breeding Birds Panel celebrates the return of two long-absent breeding species and record totals for others, though some birds continue to decline:
RBBP report: Hoopoe and Temminck's Stint breed in UK for first time in 30 years
The latest Rare Breeding Birds Panel report has revealed that, in 2023, Hoopoe and Temminck's Stint bred in the UK for the first time since the 1990s, alongside record totals for several expanding species. On the other hand, other rare breeders continued to decline.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The most recent report from the Rare Breeding Birds Panel celebrates the return of two long-absent breeding species and record totals for others, though some birds continue to decline:
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My wife is trans. Many of our friends and colleagues are trans or non binary. She runs inclusive cabaret shows in Manchester's gay village specifically hiring trans and non binary performers.
Labour doesn't want any of this to exist. Labour is making a lot of people I care about extremely unsafe.
Labour doesn't want any of this to exist. Labour is making a lot of people I care about extremely unsafe.
As a Safety manager in the NHS, Labour is most likely making me redundant, and I could lose my house. Making NHS patients less safe in the process.
How are Labour policies changing your life?
How are Labour policies changing your life?
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
November 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My wife is trans. Many of our friends and colleagues are trans or non binary. She runs inclusive cabaret shows in Manchester's gay village specifically hiring trans and non binary performers.
Labour doesn't want any of this to exist. Labour is making a lot of people I care about extremely unsafe.
Labour doesn't want any of this to exist. Labour is making a lot of people I care about extremely unsafe.
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Sometimes I’m glad I’m of the queer generation I am because those of us who survived now have little shame but quite a bit of fury when it’s needed - and increasingly it is.
November 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Sometimes I’m glad I’m of the queer generation I am because those of us who survived now have little shame but quite a bit of fury when it’s needed - and increasingly it is.
Thinking about the man yesterday who pulled his van over to shout at us and was yelling at me with his whole chest that I should be ashamed of myself, and darling I grew up gay under section 28. I have been more ashamed of myself than you could ever know.
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thinking about the man yesterday who pulled his van over to shout at us and was yelling at me with his whole chest that I should be ashamed of myself, and darling I grew up gay under section 28. I have been more ashamed of myself than you could ever know.
Ah, the LabourList Ratio
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? – LabourList
When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government in half a century, something is going…
labourlist.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Ah, the LabourList Ratio
