Lizzie (rhetorical)
@lizzie31.bsky.social
29, bi, auDHD, HSD, genderqueer, generally trying. Half-heartedly she/her
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Lizzie (rhetorical)
@lizzie31.bsky.social
· Nov 17
not giving into the urge to explain myself (positive)
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I keep seeing movie and TV show criticisms like "it could have been an hour shorter" and "nothing happened this episode."
I've never had such thoughts in my life and am happy to stay that way.
I've never had such thoughts in my life and am happy to stay that way.
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I keep seeing movie and TV show criticisms like "it could have been an hour shorter" and "nothing happened this episode."
I've never had such thoughts in my life and am happy to stay that way.
I've never had such thoughts in my life and am happy to stay that way.
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My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
December 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My sense is that the “male loneliness crisis” is not really about addressing men’s emotional needs but rather the relatively newfound absence of having someone to perform domestic labor for you quietly in the background now that there is a longer gap between your mother and your wife doing it
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“The independent MP Jeremy Corbyn put the request for a meeting to the justice minister, Jake Richards. When Richards replied “no”, laughter was heard from some MPs in the chamber.”
Read that again. For shame.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Read that again. For shame.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers ‘may die without Lammy’s intervention’
Justice secretary criticised for refusing to meet lawyers who say health of their jailed clients is ‘rapidly deteriorating’
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“The independent MP Jeremy Corbyn put the request for a meeting to the justice minister, Jake Richards. When Richards replied “no”, laughter was heard from some MPs in the chamber.”
Read that again. For shame.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Read that again. For shame.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Want to help us advance further? Now's a great time: join.greenparty.org.uk
I see the PM is being very rattled and very untruthful about the Greens again in the papers.
He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.
Trumpian
He couldn’t say this stuff in Parliament because he would be lying to the House - both about what our popular, evidence-based policies are, and about him believing this guff.
Trumpian
December 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Want to help us advance further? Now's a great time: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Could you help get @greenparty.org.uk message out?
Crowdfunder is getting in range of nice round £250K!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Crowdfunder is getting in range of nice round £250K!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
December 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Could you help get @greenparty.org.uk message out?
Crowdfunder is getting in range of nice round £250K!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Crowdfunder is getting in range of nice round £250K!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
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Remember today that feeling lonely in this trauma recovery work doesn't mean you're doing it wrong. It means you haven't yet hooked up w/ people who have the depth & compassion to appreciate the raw, honest, hard work you're doing.
But you will.
But you will.
December 5, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Remember today that feeling lonely in this trauma recovery work doesn't mean you're doing it wrong. It means you haven't yet hooked up w/ people who have the depth & compassion to appreciate the raw, honest, hard work you're doing.
But you will.
But you will.
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Remember today an essential, non negotiable part of recovery is getting more things in your life that you like. That you enjoy. That turn you on. That you can turn to for soothing & laughter & comfort. We call these things "reinforcers," & they are irreplaceable recovery tools.
December 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Remember today an essential, non negotiable part of recovery is getting more things in your life that you like. That you enjoy. That turn you on. That you can turn to for soothing & laughter & comfort. We call these things "reinforcers," & they are irreplaceable recovery tools.
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Between living in a state of hyper-vigilance, enduring widespread loss, and bearing witness to purposeful cruelty while powerless to stop it, we are all experiencing trauma—even if we as individuals or as members of a vulnerable group are not being targeted directly.
Be gentle with yourselves.
Be gentle with yourselves.
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Between living in a state of hyper-vigilance, enduring widespread loss, and bearing witness to purposeful cruelty while powerless to stop it, we are all experiencing trauma—even if we as individuals or as members of a vulnerable group are not being targeted directly.
Be gentle with yourselves.
Be gentle with yourselves.
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🌱🌾🌍🌺🌳🌲🌿🎄❄️Everyone's favourite Christmas plant - holly! Shiny green leaves, bright red berries. Gorgeous!!
Izzy, Jess and Niamh starting to get us all in the mood for the big event, only about three weeks away!
#BUC2026 #plants #loveplants #christmas #advent #botany
Izzy, Jess and Niamh starting to get us all in the mood for the big event, only about three weeks away!
#BUC2026 #plants #loveplants #christmas #advent #botany
December 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🌳🌲🌿🎄❄️Everyone's favourite Christmas plant - holly! Shiny green leaves, bright red berries. Gorgeous!!
Izzy, Jess and Niamh starting to get us all in the mood for the big event, only about three weeks away!
#BUC2026 #plants #loveplants #christmas #advent #botany
Izzy, Jess and Niamh starting to get us all in the mood for the big event, only about three weeks away!
#BUC2026 #plants #loveplants #christmas #advent #botany
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Don't get into an argument w/ your old trauma conditioning. Notice when it's active; register it as an old tape; & gently & compassionately direct your focus back to self-talk that supports your recovery. Again, & again, & again.
We're not here to fight. We're here to rewire.
We're not here to fight. We're here to rewire.
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Don't get into an argument w/ your old trauma conditioning. Notice when it's active; register it as an old tape; & gently & compassionately direct your focus back to self-talk that supports your recovery. Again, & again, & again.
We're not here to fight. We're here to rewire.
We're not here to fight. We're here to rewire.
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Acknowledging our own feelings w/ realism & respect is way harder than it sounds when we've been conditioned by trauma to ignore & invalidate our emotional life. Give yourself credit & grace-- none of this "recovery" thing is easy, obvious, or fun.
Worth it, but not fun.
Worth it, but not fun.
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Acknowledging our own feelings w/ realism & respect is way harder than it sounds when we've been conditioned by trauma to ignore & invalidate our emotional life. Give yourself credit & grace-- none of this "recovery" thing is easy, obvious, or fun.
Worth it, but not fun.
Worth it, but not fun.
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Kids believe what we're told. And kids damn sure believe how we were made to feel over & over. How we feel & what we believe about ourselves now does not reflect reality-- it recycles what we were told & how we were made to feel for years.
It's BS-- Belief Systems. That's it.
It's BS-- Belief Systems. That's it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Kids believe what we're told. And kids damn sure believe how we were made to feel over & over. How we feel & what we believe about ourselves now does not reflect reality-- it recycles what we were told & how we were made to feel for years.
It's BS-- Belief Systems. That's it.
It's BS-- Belief Systems. That's it.
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We live in a world of decadence that is all rhetoric and no substance.
This is why talking like a normal person with wants and desires is so confusing to the media establishment.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
This is why talking like a normal person with wants and desires is so confusing to the media establishment.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We live in a world of decadence that is all rhetoric and no substance.
This is why talking like a normal person with wants and desires is so confusing to the media establishment.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
This is why talking like a normal person with wants and desires is so confusing to the media establishment.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
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We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
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Your Party’s antics assume a luxury the left does not have: time.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Your Party’s antics assume a luxury the left does not have: time.
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New column 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Making the jump from X to Bsky
Dispatch #23767 from NROL-82 (ACCM)
1. Creepy Sewage
2. Great Content
1. Creepy Sewage
2. Great Content
December 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Making the jump from X to Bsky
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The year limped on with a malign heart, never quite letting go of its fever. Even as it moved towards the inevitably of ice and long hours of darkness, the village sweated out visions. Evening chatter in both pubs was filled with augury. Ghosts gathered. - #CLNolan, The Growling of the Land, 1912
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The year limped on with a malign heart, never quite letting go of its fever. Even as it moved towards the inevitably of ice and long hours of darkness, the village sweated out visions. Evening chatter in both pubs was filled with augury. Ghosts gathered. - #CLNolan, The Growling of the Land, 1912
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Easy does it. Remember your goal today is not to "perform" trauma recovery "perfectly"-- it's to focus on & do things that make recovery .01% more realistic & consistent.
Don't overthink it. Just focus on how you breathe & talk to yourself today-- that's where it all starts.
Don't overthink it. Just focus on how you breathe & talk to yourself today-- that's where it all starts.
November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Easy does it. Remember your goal today is not to "perform" trauma recovery "perfectly"-- it's to focus on & do things that make recovery .01% more realistic & consistent.
Don't overthink it. Just focus on how you breathe & talk to yourself today-- that's where it all starts.
Don't overthink it. Just focus on how you breathe & talk to yourself today-- that's where it all starts.
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Self-care is not as easy for trauma survivors as it may sound. We've been conditioned to deny our need for care ("needing" anything feels awfully vulnerable) & to prioritize others at our own expense.
Learning self-care can be like learning a new language as an adult-- awkward.
Learning self-care can be like learning a new language as an adult-- awkward.
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Self-care is not as easy for trauma survivors as it may sound. We've been conditioned to deny our need for care ("needing" anything feels awfully vulnerable) & to prioritize others at our own expense.
Learning self-care can be like learning a new language as an adult-- awkward.
Learning self-care can be like learning a new language as an adult-- awkward.
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If we avoid basic self-care-- checking in w/ ourselves, speaking to ourselves respectfully & supportively, feeding ourselves & letting ourselves rest-- we're also avoiding communicating to our "parts" & inner child that they're valuable & safe. Which is the backbone of recovery.
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If we avoid basic self-care-- checking in w/ ourselves, speaking to ourselves respectfully & supportively, feeding ourselves & letting ourselves rest-- we're also avoiding communicating to our "parts" & inner child that they're valuable & safe. Which is the backbone of recovery.
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Wow.
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
The Greens are not just SECOND in this poll.
They're now 3 points ahead of Labour - who are fourth.
Time for Labour to stand down to stop splitting the anti-Reform vote!
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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My painting BIG SUR WILDFLOWERS
November 4, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My painting BIG SUR WILDFLOWERS
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Maiden Castle circular for today’s dog walk. (Yes, there is a Maiden Castle prehistoric settlement in Durham; the Dorset one isn’t the only one). The autumn colours are glorious, but one strong winter gale will see them off. So pop out if you can and enjoy them while they last! #Durham 😊
November 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Maiden Castle circular for today’s dog walk. (Yes, there is a Maiden Castle prehistoric settlement in Durham; the Dorset one isn’t the only one). The autumn colours are glorious, but one strong winter gale will see them off. So pop out if you can and enjoy them while they last! #Durham 😊
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November 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM