Maggie
@maggiejo.bsky.social
London, social history. Woke lefty. I spend my life aimlessly wandering. 🏳️🌈
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Maggie
@maggiejo.bsky.social
· Nov 25
a blurred image of a desert landscape with trees and bushes
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media.tenor.com
Threads are a thousand times better than here. My last post there got 2.7k likes and 138 comments. I'm lucky if I get two likes here on a post.
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
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February 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
I've just heard on the news that Trump justifies the reduction of DEI people in the air traffic industry because it needs people with commonsense.
My god America, your president is a fucking moron.
My god America, your president is a fucking moron.
February 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I've just heard on the news that Trump justifies the reduction of DEI people in the air traffic industry because it needs people with commonsense.
My god America, your president is a fucking moron.
My god America, your president is a fucking moron.
I did some time travelling today. Thanks to Hannah Courtoy.
January 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I did some time travelling today. Thanks to Hannah Courtoy.
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So much I struggle with here. But the last thing - the very last thing - the world needs is more "masculine energy". Forgive me for putting it bluntly but it's men who have fucked everything up and mostly we should get out of the way.
In 8 days, Zuckerberg has:
- Promoted top Republican Joel Kaplan to be face of Meta
- Hired Dana White to board
- Killed 3rd party fact-checking
- Loosened hate speech policies
- Killed DEI initiatives
- Said on Joe Rogan that corporations are “culturally neutered” & need more “masculine energy”
- Promoted top Republican Joel Kaplan to be face of Meta
- Hired Dana White to board
- Killed 3rd party fact-checking
- Loosened hate speech policies
- Killed DEI initiatives
- Said on Joe Rogan that corporations are “culturally neutered” & need more “masculine energy”
January 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
So much I struggle with here. But the last thing - the very last thing - the world needs is more "masculine energy". Forgive me for putting it bluntly but it's men who have fucked everything up and mostly we should get out of the way.
Threads are a thousand times better than here. My last post there got 2.7k likes and 138 comments. I'm lucky if I get two likes here on a post.
a blurred image of a desert landscape with trees and bushes
Alt: a blurred image of a desert landscape with trees and bushes and tumbleweed
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Threads are a thousand times better than here. My last post there got 2.7k likes and 138 comments. I'm lucky if I get two likes here on a post.
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The best thing you will read this year
November 23, 2024 at 5:37 PM
The best thing you will read this year
Grasses on the roof garden at Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross (London).
November 22, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Grasses on the roof garden at Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross (London).
What a beautiful Christmas tree, and with that stunning ceiling as a back drop. Do you know where this is? Clue; Harry Potter catches the Hogwarts Express from here.
November 20, 2024 at 6:40 PM
What a beautiful Christmas tree, and with that stunning ceiling as a back drop. Do you know where this is? Clue; Harry Potter catches the Hogwarts Express from here.
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Free speech is a beautiful thing, but when a billionaire thinks his voice is more valuable than yours and steps on your opinion using their vast wealth it creates an inequality that we really need to address.
November 17, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Free speech is a beautiful thing, but when a billionaire thinks his voice is more valuable than yours and steps on your opinion using their vast wealth it creates an inequality that we really need to address.
What's going on? Out of the blue, I've had 100 new followers since yesterday but zero engagement. To say I'm underwhelmed with BlueSky is an understatement.
November 15, 2024 at 5:23 PM
What's going on? Out of the blue, I've had 100 new followers since yesterday but zero engagement. To say I'm underwhelmed with BlueSky is an understatement.
Managed to capture the final days before the leaves give up and splatter the ground. First two pics via the Hipstamatic app. The Regent's Park, Camden, London.
November 14, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Managed to capture the final days before the leaves give up and splatter the ground. First two pics via the Hipstamatic app. The Regent's Park, Camden, London.
I know they're corny but they're my corny. Big Ben and BlueSky 😉
November 12, 2024 at 8:34 PM
I know they're corny but they're my corny. Big Ben and BlueSky 😉
Sycamore (?) tree in my local park showing off.
November 11, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Sycamore (?) tree in my local park showing off.
Mum on the right, Dad on the left. Both served in the armed forces in WW2. Remembrance Sunday.
November 10, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Mum on the right, Dad on the left. Both served in the armed forces in WW2. Remembrance Sunday.
There's been a market on this site for a thousand years 🤯. It's now very trendy, very touristy and very expensive but it's so photogenic. Borough Market, Southwark, London.
November 9, 2024 at 4:26 PM
There's been a market on this site for a thousand years 🤯. It's now very trendy, very touristy and very expensive but it's so photogenic. Borough Market, Southwark, London.
A dead fish in Borough Market. (London).
November 8, 2024 at 3:09 PM
A dead fish in Borough Market. (London).
Why does sourdough bread always look like a rabbit?
November 8, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Why does sourdough bread always look like a rabbit?
Saw this electric bike and thought, ooh I'd like one of those. I googled it and they cost between £2k and £4k, think I'll just carry on using my legs 😳.
October 26, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Saw this electric bike and thought, ooh I'd like one of those. I googled it and they cost between £2k and £4k, think I'll just carry on using my legs 😳.
Lovely clouds over The Piazza, Covent Garden. Photo taken from the Royal Opera House.
October 23, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Lovely clouds over The Piazza, Covent Garden. Photo taken from the Royal Opera House.
Nice yarn bombing in Thames Ditton.
October 22, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Nice yarn bombing in Thames Ditton.
Compare and contrast the pub built in 1812 with the modern bland buildings in the background. These architects and planners really are taking the soul out of London.
October 19, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Compare and contrast the pub built in 1812 with the modern bland buildings in the background. These architects and planners really are taking the soul out of London.
Autumn is such a lovely time of year. My local park in Wandsworth, London.
October 16, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Autumn is such a lovely time of year. My local park in Wandsworth, London.
How beautiful the undercroft is beneath Lincoln's Inn chapel is. Amazingly it was completed 401 years ago. Holborn, London.
October 15, 2024 at 7:45 PM
How beautiful the undercroft is beneath Lincoln's Inn chapel is. Amazingly it was completed 401 years ago. Holborn, London.
The best place to sit and ruminate is with the dead. You're guaranteed peace and quiet.
October 13, 2024 at 4:33 PM
The best place to sit and ruminate is with the dead. You're guaranteed peace and quiet.