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robinince.bsky.social
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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karenattiah.bsky.social
Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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gregjenner.bsky.social
We don’t all share the same internet. The personalised algorithm has siloed us into parallel worlds
September 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
British people are not any more transphobic than anyone else, "TERF Island" is just a statistical error. Transphobia Jo who lives in a cave and does 10,000 transphobias a day is an outlier and should not have been counted
May 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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pattymo.com
As well he should
A very fashionable chihuahua in sunglasses. Caption: “This tiny dog had everyone's attention in Japan”
May 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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jeremycorbyn.bsky.social
We demand the truth — and we demand justice for the Palestinian people.

Here’s why I’m tabling legislation in Parliament for an independent, public inquiry into the UK’s involvement in the Gaza genocide.

www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Corbyn criticises ‘silence and evasion’ over Gaza in call for UK inquiry
Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for an inquiry into Britain’s relationship with Israel.
www.standard.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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touretteshero.bsky.social
I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4
A photo of Jess Thom, a white, wheelchair using woman looking into the camera with a serious expression. She is wearing a blue and green hoodie, black padded gloves and is pictured in from of a brick wall
May 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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perilinpink.bsky.social
Today is the 5 year anniversary to when I slowly started losing my mind during the pandemic and began dressing up as works of art.

As my Twitter account has long been abandoned, why not make a thread of my madness on BlueSky?

This was “The Maid” by Wilhelm August Lebrecht Amberg, from 1862
Two photos. The left shows me, in a red shirt with a white blouse under it, a daisy flower crown in my hair, a navy blue knee length skirt, and brown flat, holding a tray and drinking from a champagne flute. The right painting is a woman in a red shirt with white cuffs, a dark green ankle length skirt, a maid cap, brown shoes, holding a tray and drinking from a champagne flute.
April 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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ianmartin.bsky.social
Please donate.

www.map.org.uk?form=FUNFXHD...
Delivering medical care to Palestinians living under occupation and as refugees in the Palestinian Territories and in Lebanon.
Help us get urgent medical supplies into the hands of Palestinians in need.
www.map.org.uk
March 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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jessdkant.bsky.social
I can't remember the last time I saw an article just focus on this. Not that they've bent the truth or misrepresented a few facts a little, but that every single solitary thing that the GOP says on the topic is a stone cold lie with absolutely no basis in reality.
ftw.usatoday.com/story/sports...
They're lying to you about transgender women and girls in sports Michelle R. Martinelli For The Win They’re lying about transgender people in this world. They’re lying about what LGBTQ+ inclusion in society really means, and they’re lying about trans people in sports. They’re lying about a “transgender cult” and “transgender insanity,” about teachers indoctrinating kids with “transgender ideology” and about “making mice transgender.” Right-wing activists, anti-trans bigots, many politicians, the president — they’re lying to you about many things but especially trans women and girls in sports. They’re lying about transgender athletes supposedly ruining women’s sports, and they’re lying about this being a ubiquitous “problem.” They are deliberately and strategically lying about trans folks’ lives, about trans athletes and about their own disingenuous motivations for pushing these lies. They don’t care because they keep doing it. Worse, it’s working. They're lying about trans people, especially trans women and girls in sports, probably, in part, because the actual data doesn't support their arguments. Yet several states have their own bans against trans athletes competing in sports consistent with their gender identity, despite expert estimates of fewer than 100 trans high school athletes nationwide. In 2022, Utah's Republican governor, Spencer Cox, vetoed an anti-transgender bill - it was eventually overruled by the legislature - and outlined his rationale. Along with the high suicide rates for trans youth, he noted that of 75,000 high school athletes in the state, four identified as trans and just one student was playing girls' sports. A whole state bill targeting four athletes, but really, one.
March 14, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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jim.londoncentric.media
How journalism works (and why while I’m less fussed than I used to be about being ripped off).

If you pick up the print Daily Mail today, or look at the top of MailOnline right now, you’ll find a an exclusive special investigation into London’s Harry Potter shops and the couple who “own” them.
March 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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seanmorl.com
My friend who lives in America showed me this unhinged official Cadbury's mini eggs recipe and now you must contend with it too
The back of a packet of mini-eggs Cadbury No-Bake Bird's Nest Cookies 4 SIMPLE INGREDIENTS - 1 Cup Hershey's Milk Chocolate Chips - 2/3 Cup Reese's Peanut Butter Cookies - 1 Can (50OZ) Chow Mein Noodles - 1 Bag Cadbury Mini Eggs 3 EASY STEPS - Melt milk chocolate chips and peanut butter chips - Add chow mein noodles: stir to coat completely - Form nest shape and add 2-3 Cadbury Mini Eggs *** Visit Cadburyusa.com for full recipe ***
March 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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professorrora.bsky.social
I love boneless wings :3
repost is trans people should have free boneless wings
February 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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theonion.com
Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect
Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect
WASHINGTON—Stressing that he was open to going far higher to close the deal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday that he had made an unsolicited $97.4 billion offer to acquire respect. “This is a ...
theonion.com
February 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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sammakescoolstuff.bsky.social
In a sentence never before uttered by humans, I am delighted to share that an alligator stole my conservation instructor’s hat by jauntily walking into the water while wearing it 🐊
A middle aged man helplessly holds an alligator’s tail as it steals his hat
February 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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jimmfelton.bsky.social
The nazi salute was clearly an accident, like how he slipped, tripped and supported the AFD and Tommy Robinson over the course of several months
January 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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charalanahzard.bsky.social
ok can we please invent a word like ‘soulslike’ or ‘roguelike’ but for games like Outer Wilds and Obra Dinn because it is clearly the best video game genre and should be quantified accordingly
January 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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niedermeyer.online
Musk's transphobia really hits different when you realize that he ordered all boys via IVF.

He's worse than a bad father, he's a dissatisfied customer.
proptermalone.bsky.social post malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · Dec 30
coincidentally his first nine (?) children are all AMAB
December 31, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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xkcd.com
Phase Transition xkcd.com/3025
December 16, 2024 at 8:01 PM
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sirmichael.bsky.social
My ideas for more realistic and relatable Hallmark Christmas movies
December 13, 2024 at 7:23 PM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
12. Outer Wilds

Yes, it's really that good. No, I will not elaborate.

store.steampowered.com/app/753640/O...
Save 40% on Outer Wilds on Steam
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless t...
store.steampowered.com
November 27, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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miketaddow.bsky.social
shot chaser
December 1, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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astrokatie.com
I don’t need to go on social media to have my worldview challenged I am in theoretical physics I have a new existential crisis daily
November 18, 2024 at 11:43 PM
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gailmyerscough.co.uk
What the husband @mjowen174.bsky.social says is true.
It’s been a bit quiet in my shop lately.
If you’re looking for #Christmas cards and gifts please have a look at my website.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
A repost would be lovely too.
Examples of my products, including prints, Christmas cards, a Thelma cushion, a Pete mug, a photo of Gail and Sybil phone cases.
November 14, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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gralefrit.bsky.social
People who say you need to allow divisive bigots in your social spaces to find out what they are thinking, clearly live in a world where every passing idiot thought of the divisive bigot community isn’t already amplified at deafening volume all the time through the best-funded channels on earth.
November 16, 2024 at 7:50 AM