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Raelynne
@raelynne79.bsky.social
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Scientist, nerd & social democrat. I play factory games (because I don't get enough of that at work), Unashamed crazy cat lady & an opinionated supporter of equity & inclusion. Sporadic engagement with social media on account of chronic illness.🐈‍⬛ 🏳️‍🌈 she/her
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Raelynne @raelynne79.bsky.social · Nov 12
Hi! First post here obviously has to be a picture of my cat.

Please don't be offended if you follow me and I don't follow back. My ability to engage with strangers is sketchy at the best of times and these are not the best of times.
raelynne79.bsky.social
I came home from Brussels with Flemish germs 🤧. Phlegmish.

(Sorry)
October 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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notoracism.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
NOTHING for infrastructure or health should be for profit. And if transport turns a profit, the sole shareholder and recipient of dividends should be Gov PLC.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation – study
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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josiegz.bsky.social
“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division,” says open letter, titled Women Against the Far Right.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse
Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
raelynne79.bsky.social
Are we placing bets as to whether today's mystery announcement from Tangerine Palpatine will be him stepping down?

Things aren't going to get better over there with the couch 🍆er and his puppetmaster, Thiel, running the show.
September 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
Yeah, this.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dt...
Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious
YouTube video by Louis Rossmann
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August 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
Anyone who has studied WW2 history knows that the Brownshirts were a key part of the Nazi plan to gain control of Germany. Let's not let that sort of fascist, racist bullshit take hold in the UK.
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Sign the Petition
Shut down Bournemouth Safeguard Force
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August 20, 2025 at 6:04 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
Shout out to those who are in STEM and also owned by cats. I trained as a chemist and I spend my day job pretending to be both a chemical engineer and an IT professional.
#cats #blueskycats #stem
A line drawing of a cat with a clipboard looking out at raindrops. The handwritten text reads, "The back door has been opened 34 times in the past hour at my request. Precipitation was observed 34 times. A significant discovery! But a larger sample size is needed. This may be hampered by my increasingly irritable human lab assistant." Image by @twisteddoodles for New Scientist.
June 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
Nice to see some good news today www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
MPs vote to decriminalise abortion in step forward for reproductive rights
Amendment to crime and policing bill will change law to end prosecution of women who terminate pregnancies
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
The evening sunlight on those peets ❤️

#blueskycats #cats
A black cat sits on a white windowsill, licking one paw. The evening sunlight gives a golden halo to his paws and perked up tail tip.
June 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
Labour are not supposed to be about punishing the most vulnerable members of our society. Can we not just tax fucking billionaires so we can treat people with grace & humanity?
June 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
I just got growled at by a miniature daschund. Baby, you are smaller than my cat and I could pick you up in one hand. How do you think this interaction is going to go?
June 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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iandunt.bsky.social
All sorts of paper-thin progressive justifications here for what would be a grotesque example of state power - deployed against immigrants and non-white Brits who people decide look a bit foreign www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Downing Street exploring options for ‘progressive’ UK digital IDs
BritCard proposed by Labour Together as way to avoid another Windrush scandal and reduce visa overstayers
www.theguardian.com
June 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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humanists.uk
Nigel Farage has said that term limits for abortion need to be reduced. His party is currently leading in the polls.

Now is the time for all of us to get behind the movement to protect abortion rights in UK law.

humanists.uk/action/prote...
Sign our petition: Take abortion out of the British criminal code
We are calling on the Government to protect legal abortions in the UK for all time by taking abortion out of the Criminal Code
humanists.uk
May 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
raelynne79.bsky.social
The housing developments are hemming in the wildlife corridors and nature reserves on all sides. Yet nature stubbornly clings on.
A deer nibbles on a hedge along a grassy path at sunset, with a modern housing development in the background
May 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
This guy is awesome! Can we show this to Nighel Fuhrage, too? www.youtube.com/shorts/CKnQo...
Veteran Crushes Tesla in Protest
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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May 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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brianbilston.bsky.social
This is called ‘The Futures aren’t Bright, the Futures are Orange’.
The Futures aren’t Bright, the Futures are Orange   And in today’s financial news, a sharp fall in the competence and capability markets have led to a rise in dolour against such a pounding and a yen to return to a rational world.   The SADSAQ index has plummeted by a further 22%, following severe marble losses. Intelligence and acumen slumped by 34% and 45% respectively, while credibility tumbled, grazing both knees and fracturing its collarbone.   Elsewhere, the FFS 100 index has seen a 12% rise in incredulity, as shares in buffoonery and idiocy continue to soar in response to another record-breaking day for the US president at the laughing stock exchange.   Brian Bilston
April 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
Oh, I love this!
Graphic shows a box with non-Euclidean geometry and the following black text: The Paradox of Tolerance disappears if you look at tolerance not as a moral standard but as a social contract. [Text in red] If someone does not abide by the terms of the contract, then they are not covered by it. [Text in black] In other words: The intolerant are not following the rules of the social contract of mutual tolerance. Since they have broken the terms of the contract, they are no longer covered by the contract, and their intolerance should NOT be tolerated.
March 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
Oof! This is worth a watch. "Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor." www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIK9...
Speech againt Trump, by french senator, Claude Malhuret. ( English subtitles )
YouTube video by Alain Cazes
www.youtube.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:09 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
This side-eye!

#cats #blueskycats
March 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social
Worth bearing in mind that Polity follows a robust coding process and this conclusion will have been reached by multiple coders.

They're not characterising early Trump II as an executive coup on a whim but based on clear, empirically rooted and long-standing criteria.
cullenhendrix.bsky.social Cullen Hendrix @cullenhendrix.bsky.social · Feb 12
If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall.

tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
February 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
raelynne79.bsky.social
It's this reprobate's 10th birthday today so his humans are required to be extra subservient. Happy birthday, Artie!

#blueskycats #cats
A black cat with yellow eyes reclines against a bookshelf while attacking the strap of a rucksack. The murder mittens are splayed with claws on display.
February 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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colinyeo.bsky.social
Massive kudos to @stellacreasy.bsky.social for calling this out and tabling an Urgent Question today.
stellacreasy.bsky.social Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · Feb 11
This should be changed asap.

If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement
There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the
freemovement.org.uk
February 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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bylinesnetwork.co.uk
Long Covid: Why the terms ‘brain damage’ and ‘brain inflammation’ better describe the cognitive limitations of my long Covid brain, not ‘brain fog’

@counsellingsam.bsky.social
Long Covid: why we need better terms than ‘brain fog’
Why the terms ‘brain damage’ and ‘brain inflammation’ better describe the cognitive limitations of my long Covid brain, not ‘brain fog’
centralbylines.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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nationaltrust.org.uk
Snowdrop pic dop 🎤

#NationalSnowdropDay

📸Mike Selby/Annapurna Mellor/David Humphries/Justin Minns
A view of the Temple of Ancient virtue, a round structure with a domed roof ringed with Grecian columns. The temple is surrounded by snowdrops on the forest floor in between a large tree in the foreground. A dog sits in a bed of snowdrops in a forest, looking at the camera with its mouth open and tongue slightly out. The dog has red fur with white patches. A view of snowdrops taken from the forest floor at Anglesey Abbey. The snowdrops are in the foreground with a pillar with a sphinx with a woman's head surrounded by trees in the background. A close up of two flowering snowdrops each with their petals splayed. Other snowdrops are visible but out of focus in the background.
February 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM