Maxine Oliver
@maxinejolly.bsky.social
Just Maxine from Middleton. Tube enthusiast, videogame explorer and generally a big ol' data nerd for the NHS. She/her.
I just signed. Will you?
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notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I just signed. Will you?
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
"Stands the church clock at 10 to 3?
And is there honey still for tea?"
While we're on Rupert Brooke, from The Great Lover:
"The cool kindliness of sheets that soon smooth away trouble, and the rough male kiss of blankets"
And is there honey still for tea?"
While we're on Rupert Brooke, from The Great Lover:
"The cool kindliness of sheets that soon smooth away trouble, and the rough male kiss of blankets"
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Stands the church clock at 10 to 3?
And is there honey still for tea?"
While we're on Rupert Brooke, from The Great Lover:
"The cool kindliness of sheets that soon smooth away trouble, and the rough male kiss of blankets"
And is there honey still for tea?"
While we're on Rupert Brooke, from The Great Lover:
"The cool kindliness of sheets that soon smooth away trouble, and the rough male kiss of blankets"
With all the hypocritical and frankly ludicrous announcements that Reform make it should be an open goal for the bigger parties to dismiss and reduce them. So why are they all afraid of Reform?
This story should be used endlessly to mock them but I won't hold my breath.
This story should be used endlessly to mock them but I won't hold my breath.
As Farage pledges to open up Britain for fracking, hilariously the Reform-led council in Lancashire says “oh, there’ll be no fracking HERE”
Self-serving shambolic hypocrisy, borne out of knowing that fracking is deeply unpopular in Lancashire - and everywhere
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Self-serving shambolic hypocrisy, borne out of knowing that fracking is deeply unpopular in Lancashire - and everywhere
www.bbc.com/news/article...
No fracking in Lancashire, says Reform-led council
Reform UK councillors say a wider promise to restart fracking will not affect the county.
www.bbc.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
With all the hypocritical and frankly ludicrous announcements that Reform make it should be an open goal for the bigger parties to dismiss and reduce them. So why are they all afraid of Reform?
This story should be used endlessly to mock them but I won't hold my breath.
This story should be used endlessly to mock them but I won't hold my breath.
Literally was just discussing this yesterday. I'm starting to wonder if I'm the crazy one because everybody outside my Bluesky bubble seems totally bought into LLM/AI. I've never used it at all and I don't feel like I'm missing out but everything out there is trying to tell me that I need it.
in the last few days i have had 3 separate conversations where my saying ‘i don’t use chat GPT’ is treated like i’ve said ‘i don’t turn on the light in my house because i think it’s powered by a demon’. it’s a dividing line that i wasn’t really aware of
July 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Literally was just discussing this yesterday. I'm starting to wonder if I'm the crazy one because everybody outside my Bluesky bubble seems totally bought into LLM/AI. I've never used it at all and I don't feel like I'm missing out but everything out there is trying to tell me that I need it.
A few posts doing the rounds today about the article regarding the terf generation. I'm in my late 40s, not going to change my mind anytime soon. My mum turns 80 this month and her response on meeting a trans woman was along the lines of... (1)
June 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
A few posts doing the rounds today about the article regarding the terf generation. I'm in my late 40s, not going to change my mind anytime soon. My mum turns 80 this month and her response on meeting a trans woman was along the lines of... (1)
When he was going through his Scrappy-Doo phase.
May 10, 2025 at 8:35 AM
When he was going through his Scrappy-Doo phase.
Reposted by Maxine Oliver
“We cannot personally determine anyone’s sex or gender and should not be attempting to do so”
That’s right, BFI 👏🏻
That’s right, BFI 👏🏻
The beautiful, beautiful BFI, showing how it’s done, after three recent Supreme Court ruling.
May 2, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“We cannot personally determine anyone’s sex or gender and should not be attempting to do so”
That’s right, BFI 👏🏻
That’s right, BFI 👏🏻
Reposted by Maxine Oliver
Not one positive reply to this.
Not one.
Will they notice, or care?
Not one.
Will they notice, or care?
Our Labour government is on the side of drivers.
This Easter, over a thousand miles of roadworks will be lifted to make journeys smoother, and thanks to Labour’s Plan for Change, drivers are set to be £500 better off ✅
This Easter, over a thousand miles of roadworks will be lifted to make journeys smoother, and thanks to Labour’s Plan for Change, drivers are set to be £500 better off ✅
April 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Not one positive reply to this.
Not one.
Will they notice, or care?
Not one.
Will they notice, or care?
I'll take any excuse to post the Pokemons dancing to Orinoco Flow again.
April 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
If you see this, post a pic from your device without explanation.
January 29, 2025 at 12:22 AM
If you see this, post a pic from your device without explanation.
after years of joking about it, i have chosen to seriously believe that tomorrow is silksong day
If you're wondering — one reason to randomly drop a Switch 2 teaser 2.5 months ahead of the proper reveal would be to allow third-party companies to start officially announcing their games for the system
January 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The person who filmed this is quoted in the article as saying that traffic in Manchester has become worse and worse in the past 22 years. You can cycle, bus, train or tram into the city and yet traffic (1/2)
BBC News - Traffic frustration boils over into on-street row
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Traffic frustration boils over into on-street row
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Manchester traffic frustration boils over into on-street row
Congested roads in Deansgate in the city centre are "enraging" drivers, city centre firms say.
www.bbc.com
December 17, 2024 at 10:12 AM
The person who filmed this is quoted in the article as saying that traffic in Manchester has become worse and worse in the past 22 years. You can cycle, bus, train or tram into the city and yet traffic (1/2)
BBC News - Traffic frustration boils over into on-street row
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Traffic frustration boils over into on-street row
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Maxine Oliver
We need an independent evaluation of the damaging and deeply flawed Cass Review. Please add your name. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: An independent evaluation of the Cass review on child gender services
We believe that trans healthcare should be based on unbiased research that is peer reviewed. We think that the Cass review's findings have led to restrictive practices that are being directly felt by ...
petition.parliament.uk
December 13, 2024 at 1:27 PM
We need an independent evaluation of the damaging and deeply flawed Cass Review. Please add your name. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Why is it always Wensleydale?
⚠️ Warning to cheese lovers: this thread gets really distressing by the end ⚠️
⚠️ Warning to cheese lovers: this thread gets really distressing by the end ⚠️
THREAD: Christmas-based #cheese abuse. In particular, Wensleydale. It started with the seasonal addition of cranberries...
#Wensleydale #CheeseAbuse #StomachUlcers
#Wensleydale #CheeseAbuse #StomachUlcers
December 2, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Why is it always Wensleydale?
⚠️ Warning to cheese lovers: this thread gets really distressing by the end ⚠️
⚠️ Warning to cheese lovers: this thread gets really distressing by the end ⚠️
My fashion sense is somewhat boho, I have an actual diploma in Aromatherapy and I will admit that I can be a bit of a wet blanket... so I am clearly Magrat Garlick. And I'm fine with that!
Too much focus on what Hogwarts house people would be sorted into and not enough focus on which Discworld witch you'd like to grow up to be imho
November 10, 2024 at 11:08 PM
My fashion sense is somewhat boho, I have an actual diploma in Aromatherapy and I will admit that I can be a bit of a wet blanket... so I am clearly Magrat Garlick. And I'm fine with that!
If you see this post.. quote post a bridge
October 23, 2024 at 7:29 AM
If you see this post.. quote post a bridge
Makes mental note to never go back to Dunfermline.
Dunfermline peacocks given Freedom of the City
Dunfermline peacocks given Freedom of the City
More than 20 of the birds wander about the city, more than 100 years after their ancestors were brought from India.
www.bbc.com
August 29, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Makes mental note to never go back to Dunfermline.
Reskeet with a favourite book from your childhood.
August 25, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Reskeet with a favourite book from your childhood.
You're going to be a vampire, who is turning you?
May 21, 2024 at 7:00 AM
You're going to be a vampire, who is turning you?
Reposted by Maxine Oliver
Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato
December 23, 2023 at 12:49 AM
Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato
#proofOfCat
Not mine but I did look after her for a while. She spent several weeks in my house looking at me with this challenging expression.
Not mine but I did look after her for a while. She spent several weeks in my house looking at me with this challenging expression.
November 28, 2023 at 8:07 AM
#proofOfCat
Not mine but I did look after her for a while. She spent several weeks in my house looking at me with this challenging expression.
Not mine but I did look after her for a while. She spent several weeks in my house looking at me with this challenging expression.
Just caught up with last night's #TheArchers and feeling emotional. Brilliantly written contrasting the pairs of siblings discussing reactions to losing a much-loved partner and an abusive ex-partner. (1/2)
November 20, 2023 at 11:15 AM
Just caught up with last night's #TheArchers and feeling emotional. Brilliantly written contrasting the pairs of siblings discussing reactions to losing a much-loved partner and an abusive ex-partner. (1/2)