chris monk
@chrismonk.bsky.social
FYI @hipporebecca.bsky.social ... would you consider a move to Nuneaton??
My favourite type of Weird House: totally normal and unassuming on the outside...
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December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
FYI @hipporebecca.bsky.social ... would you consider a move to Nuneaton??
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Ozzy Osbourne got to give himself a fitting send off in front of his hometown, supported by many of the most iconic bands of a genre he helped invent. Can’t really ask for a better finale. Absolute giant.
July 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ozzy Osbourne got to give himself a fitting send off in front of his hometown, supported by many of the most iconic bands of a genre he helped invent. Can’t really ask for a better finale. Absolute giant.
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A director pal has been working for decades with big name clients. Doing huge stuff, including international shoots. If you live in the UK, you will have seen their stuff.
They are currently retraining as a Pilates instructor. To have a more regular income in winter.
That's how bad it is.
They are currently retraining as a Pilates instructor. To have a more regular income in winter.
That's how bad it is.
NO IT FUCKING ISNT ALL THE CREATIVES ARE FUCKING **BROKE**
July 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
A director pal has been working for decades with big name clients. Doing huge stuff, including international shoots. If you live in the UK, you will have seen their stuff.
They are currently retraining as a Pilates instructor. To have a more regular income in winter.
That's how bad it is.
They are currently retraining as a Pilates instructor. To have a more regular income in winter.
That's how bad it is.
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Of all the unnecessary nonsense on display here, possibly the most notable is the way it's apparently assumed that dads need help to change nappies.
June 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Of all the unnecessary nonsense on display here, possibly the most notable is the way it's apparently assumed that dads need help to change nappies.
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Had to take a step out of my sports writing comfort zone this week to say a thing that needed to be said.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Labour promised trans people dignity. I am not sure it knows the meaning of the word | Nicky Bandini
The terror I felt after coming out as a trans woman was assuaged by the acceptance I encountered in the real world. Someone should let our policymakers know, says football writer and broadcaster Nicky...
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Had to take a step out of my sports writing comfort zone this week to say a thing that needed to be said.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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They're going after Parkrun again, you know, that event where lots of people of all ages, abilities and genders run around a local park and it not, in any form, a race?
April 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
They're going after Parkrun again, you know, that event where lots of people of all ages, abilities and genders run around a local park and it not, in any form, a race?
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Not that anyone normal was under any illusion otherwise but it’s so clear that all of this anti trans crusade was always a back door to attacking LGBTQ people, or really anyone they deem fit, once they’ve got the legal jargon sorted just perfectly enough to be both ambiguous yet ostracising
Dude it's wild. They've legislated on what a lesbian is (www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...)
"The Court concludes that a lesbian “must be a [AFAB] female who is sexually oriented towards (or attracted to) [AFAB] females”. The Court concludes that female here cannot include trans women..."
"The Court concludes that a lesbian “must be a [AFAB] female who is sexually oriented towards (or attracted to) [AFAB] females”. The Court concludes that female here cannot include trans women..."
UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010
The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country
www.wearequeeraf.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Not that anyone normal was under any illusion otherwise but it’s so clear that all of this anti trans crusade was always a back door to attacking LGBTQ people, or really anyone they deem fit, once they’ve got the legal jargon sorted just perfectly enough to be both ambiguous yet ostracising
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I'm sorry but can we just not do tech panic for headphones, which have been in use for nearly 50 years? www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Headphone dependency could be stealing your daydreams
Blocking out the sounds of real life with music and podcasts is a survival mechanism for many but it comes at a price
www.thetimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I'm sorry but can we just not do tech panic for headphones, which have been in use for nearly 50 years? www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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I wrote about London's new newsletter scene www.newyorker.com/magazine/let...
London Is a Local-News Desert. What Comes Next?
After the Evening Standard, the city’s last daily paper, went weekly, a hodgepodge of small news sources sprang up.
www.newyorker.com
March 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I wrote about London's new newsletter scene www.newyorker.com/magazine/let...