Michael Birtwhistle
@salfordmh.bsky.social
Consultant Community and Rehabilitation Psychiatrist. Rides bicycles. Politically engaged. Likes a good discussion. http://mas.to/@SalfordMH just in case. And here.
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Steven Moffat writing SHERLOCK
only a good guy with crimes autism can stop a bad guy with crimes autism
December 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Steven Moffat writing SHERLOCK
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Yep it totally sounds like this show has been "desexed"
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
December 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Yep it totally sounds like this show has been "desexed"
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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of course though, they weren't the targets of the actual glazing. That was the casual observers who would see the headlines, assume Peggie won & move on with their lives, another small brick in the foundations of the idea that Trans people are somehow legally dubious lodged in their subconscious.
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
of course though, they weren't the targets of the actual glazing. That was the casual observers who would see the headlines, assume Peggie won & move on with their lives, another small brick in the foundations of the idea that Trans people are somehow legally dubious lodged in their subconscious.
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It's incredible watching how all the gender critical accounts on Twitter were celebrating the Sandy Peggie decision yesterday based on the false reporting by the British press and now that they have dug in to the actual decision, they are flipping out over it.
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It's incredible watching how all the gender critical accounts on Twitter were celebrating the Sandy Peggie decision yesterday based on the false reporting by the British press and now that they have dug in to the actual decision, they are flipping out over it.
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Once again howling into the void but… is anyone in the gov going to be challenged on this?
We were told by the PM and ministers the SC had brought “clarity” and that facilities must now be provided on basis of “biological sex”.
If that’s true why have 2 tribunals in 1 week found the opposite?
We were told by the PM and ministers the SC had brought “clarity” and that facilities must now be provided on basis of “biological sex”.
If that’s true why have 2 tribunals in 1 week found the opposite?
From the press summary: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
December 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Once again howling into the void but… is anyone in the gov going to be challenged on this?
We were told by the PM and ministers the SC had brought “clarity” and that facilities must now be provided on basis of “biological sex”.
If that’s true why have 2 tribunals in 1 week found the opposite?
We were told by the PM and ministers the SC had brought “clarity” and that facilities must now be provided on basis of “biological sex”.
If that’s true why have 2 tribunals in 1 week found the opposite?
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I have around a decade before I retire and I need to get my plans in order.
With the UK on its current trajectory, it's pretty much a given I'll not earn enough to be allowed to stay in the UK, despite having lived here 1/2 my life.
That means I need to plan for when I get booted out.
With the UK on its current trajectory, it's pretty much a given I'll not earn enough to be allowed to stay in the UK, despite having lived here 1/2 my life.
That means I need to plan for when I get booted out.
December 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I have around a decade before I retire and I need to get my plans in order.
With the UK on its current trajectory, it's pretty much a given I'll not earn enough to be allowed to stay in the UK, despite having lived here 1/2 my life.
That means I need to plan for when I get booted out.
With the UK on its current trajectory, it's pretty much a given I'll not earn enough to be allowed to stay in the UK, despite having lived here 1/2 my life.
That means I need to plan for when I get booted out.
🎵Nigel was a teenage edgelord,
he made a hissing noise when he was young,
gave himself to controversies,
gave himself to being hateful scum.🎵
he made a hissing noise when he was young,
gave himself to controversies,
gave himself to being hateful scum.🎵
"Some small boys say edgy things" and "British public schools have a very fucked up culture" are certainly true but sorry, no. Farage's reported behaviour was extreme and obsessive and he knows we know that, which is why this desperate stuff is getting published
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
🎵Nigel was a teenage edgelord,
he made a hissing noise when he was young,
gave himself to controversies,
gave himself to being hateful scum.🎵
he made a hissing noise when he was young,
gave himself to controversies,
gave himself to being hateful scum.🎵
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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SHARKY AND GEORGE
THE CRIMEBUSTERS OF THE SEA
THE CRIMEBUSTERS OF THE SEA
December 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
SHARKY AND GEORGE
THE CRIMEBUSTERS OF THE SEA
THE CRIMEBUSTERS OF THE SEA
but is it pronounced re-migration, or remmy-gration?
pretty wild seeing just how far right the average conservative has gotten now that they all say that a standard nazi germany era policy is “moderate” in their bubbles
December 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
but is it pronounced re-migration, or remmy-gration?
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With alt text for the visually impaired.
December 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
With alt text for the visually impaired.
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It’s funny how renewable energy is now cheaper, cleaner and in many cases more reliable than fossil fuels, with many countries relying on it exclusively, and yet all of this data is just ignored.
Almost as if their neofeudal oligarchies depend on oil dominance.
Almost as if their neofeudal oligarchies depend on oil dominance.
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
It’s funny how renewable energy is now cheaper, cleaner and in many cases more reliable than fossil fuels, with many countries relying on it exclusively, and yet all of this data is just ignored.
Almost as if their neofeudal oligarchies depend on oil dominance.
Almost as if their neofeudal oligarchies depend on oil dominance.
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
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No, I refuse
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December 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
No, I refuse
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"Staff, patients and visitors are being asked to wear face masks on wards at three hospital sites as flu cases rise."
#Flunami
(This is what appropriate masks to stop the spread of airborne infectious diseases look like!👇)
#Flunami
(This is what appropriate masks to stop the spread of airborne infectious diseases look like!👇)
Masks to be worn as flu hits Berkshire and Surrey hospitals
Frimley Health NHS Trust is the latest to reintroduce masks as UK hospitals come under strain.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"Staff, patients and visitors are being asked to wear face masks on wards at three hospital sites as flu cases rise."
#Flunami
(This is what appropriate masks to stop the spread of airborne infectious diseases look like!👇)
#Flunami
(This is what appropriate masks to stop the spread of airborne infectious diseases look like!👇)
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Ffs
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Ffs
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Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Welcome to Britain, a country so short of dentists that an MP's 87-year-old mum pulled her teeth out with pliers. Also a country with thousands of foreign-qualified dentists who can’t work until they pass an exam so oversubscribed it’s like trying to book Glasto tickets. www.ft.com/content/f4e5...
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Than you my spelling master 😘
December 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Than you my spelling master 😘
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Thatchersim — still the basis of so much of our economy — worked by making us buy things we already owned, using money we borrowed from our grandkids, and then cancelling the maintenance and calling it "savings".
And now everything is broken.
And now everything is broken.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thatchersim — still the basis of so much of our economy — worked by making us buy things we already owned, using money we borrowed from our grandkids, and then cancelling the maintenance and calling it "savings".
And now everything is broken.
And now everything is broken.
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Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations.
Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet.
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Labour hates the Greens because the Greens are talking the talk that Labour should be talking. Instead, they've turned into a flacid conservative party, who daren't push their career-driven heads above the parapet to resist the far right in case the far right don't approve!
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Labour hates the Greens because the Greens are talking the talk that Labour should be talking. Instead, they've turned into a flacid conservative party, who daren't push their career-driven heads above the parapet to resist the far right in case the far right don't approve!
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Bluesky has felt sleepy for a while now. I want to encourage everyone to post more. Text is fine, but you know what? People enjoy damn near any picture of something neat. Food, your bike, a cat, whatever. Also, liking is nice, but reposting is what actually helps exposure.
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Bluesky has felt sleepy for a while now. I want to encourage everyone to post more. Text is fine, but you know what? People enjoy damn near any picture of something neat. Food, your bike, a cat, whatever. Also, liking is nice, but reposting is what actually helps exposure.
"Let them sink! Board another ship."
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Let them sink! Board another ship."
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He's the most authoritarian, divisive and potentially damaging PM of my lifetime, and yes, I'm including Thatcher.
I'll save my pity for the people affected by his performative cruelty.
I'll save my pity for the people affected by his performative cruelty.
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
He's the most authoritarian, divisive and potentially damaging PM of my lifetime, and yes, I'm including Thatcher.
I'll save my pity for the people affected by his performative cruelty.
I'll save my pity for the people affected by his performative cruelty.