Shirley
@shirleyrl.bsky.social
Born 1951 Lambeth, London SE11. Now live next to the North Sea, Norfolk UK. Married to Richard since 1970. Mum to Jack (works in space stuff). Archaeology, Star Trek🖖 Freedom and equality for all. Imagine...... if you can.
Yay!🙂
Yes! Solar Opposites is coming to Netflix UK on 15 December. Finally, another @mikemcmahan.bsky.social masterpiece to watch. It won't make up for the loss of Lower Decks, but it'll help.
a cartoon of two aliens shaking hands with a hulu logo in the corner
Alt: Korvo and Terry dancing together
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December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Yay!🙂
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He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Damming
Brutal. This alone should end the political careers of those that created Brexit.
Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Damming
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Day 42 of inserting a random Muppet into a random Star Trek screenshot
#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #TheMuppets #SesameStreet
#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #TheMuppets #SesameStreet
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Day 42 of inserting a random Muppet into a random Star Trek screenshot
#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #TheMuppets #SesameStreet
#StarTrek #StarTrekDiscovery #TheMuppets #SesameStreet
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December 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me: two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. Ate them.
December 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
On the second day of Christmas my true love gave to me: two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. Ate them.
The trouble is that the idiot who did this will probably never know the damage they caused, plus the closure of the M5.
"The fire was reportedly started when a cigarette was thrown from a passing vehicle and hit a trailer carrying hay." uk.news.yahoo.com/m5-fire-moto...
M5 fire: Motorway closed after 'cigarette thrown from car starts blaze'
The fire was reportedly started when a cigarette was thrown from a passing vehicle and hit a trailer carrying hay
uk.news.yahoo.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 AM
The trouble is that the idiot who did this will probably never know the damage they caused, plus the closure of the M5.
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Some don’t understand that demonising refugees& asylum seekers is a red line for any healthy nation. As a group of people, like any other, they include the brilliant, good & bad, but labelling them as lesser humans undeserving of compassion, safety & equality is definitely bad for the whole country.
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Some don’t understand that demonising refugees& asylum seekers is a red line for any healthy nation. As a group of people, like any other, they include the brilliant, good & bad, but labelling them as lesser humans undeserving of compassion, safety & equality is definitely bad for the whole country.
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‘The data shows that just one dose cuts the chances of measles by about 95%, and two doses do even better.’
Timely review of the data on measles vaccines from @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
Timely review of the data on measles vaccines from @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
How effective and safe are measles vaccines?
Data from large meta-analyses show that measles vaccination is highly effective and safe, giving a 95% reduction in the risk of measles.
ourworldindata.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
‘The data shows that just one dose cuts the chances of measles by about 95%, and two doses do even better.’
Timely review of the data on measles vaccines from @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
Timely review of the data on measles vaccines from @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/measles-vacc...
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In London, flu cases are three times higher than this time last year.
Protect yourself by getting your flu vaccine so you can make the most of Christmas and the festive season.
Check if you’re eligible and book your appointment:
www.nhs.uk/nhs-services...
Protect yourself by getting your flu vaccine so you can make the most of Christmas and the festive season.
Check if you’re eligible and book your appointment:
www.nhs.uk/nhs-services...
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In London, flu cases are three times higher than this time last year.
Protect yourself by getting your flu vaccine so you can make the most of Christmas and the festive season.
Check if you’re eligible and book your appointment:
www.nhs.uk/nhs-services...
Protect yourself by getting your flu vaccine so you can make the most of Christmas and the festive season.
Check if you’re eligible and book your appointment:
www.nhs.uk/nhs-services...
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COVID is a systemic disease that can harm the brain, heart, immune system and more.
Every reinfection increases the risk of Long COVID, chronic illness, disability and even death.
If people understood the real danger, they’d take prevention seriously instead of accepting repeated infections.
Every reinfection increases the risk of Long COVID, chronic illness, disability and even death.
If people understood the real danger, they’d take prevention seriously instead of accepting repeated infections.
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 AM
COVID is a systemic disease that can harm the brain, heart, immune system and more.
Every reinfection increases the risk of Long COVID, chronic illness, disability and even death.
If people understood the real danger, they’d take prevention seriously instead of accepting repeated infections.
Every reinfection increases the risk of Long COVID, chronic illness, disability and even death.
If people understood the real danger, they’d take prevention seriously instead of accepting repeated infections.
Oh dear
Dear BBC
Watching the programme *Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Egypt* and wanted to know what in the name of zarking fardwarks are these outfits?
If only there was a way of knowing what Roman legionaries in the late 1st century BC actually wore 🤔
#Archaeology
Watching the programme *Civilisations: Rise and Fall - Egypt* and wanted to know what in the name of zarking fardwarks are these outfits?
If only there was a way of knowing what Roman legionaries in the late 1st century BC actually wore 🤔
#Archaeology
December 2, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Oh dear
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Another shed roof fox ! Have you spotted a fox atop a roof ? If so , please share it !
Thanks to @billiegee.bsky.social for today's #FoxOfTheDay
Thanks to @billiegee.bsky.social for today's #FoxOfTheDay
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Another shed roof fox ! Have you spotted a fox atop a roof ? If so , please share it !
Thanks to @billiegee.bsky.social for today's #FoxOfTheDay
Thanks to @billiegee.bsky.social for today's #FoxOfTheDay
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Somewhere in a Roman brickyard, around 1800 years ago, a fresh tile was drying ahead of firing - until a dog trotted straight across it.
Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2
📷me
Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2
📷me
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Somewhere in a Roman brickyard, around 1800 years ago, a fresh tile was drying ahead of firing - until a dog trotted straight across it.
Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2
📷me
Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history.🧵1/2
📷me
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What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?
December 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
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I can’t read, but I’m pretty sure this package is for me!
December 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I can’t read, but I’m pretty sure this package is for me!
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Day 41 of inserting a random Muppet (or three) into a random Star Trek screenshot
#StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TheMuppets #TheMuppetShow
#StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TheMuppets #TheMuppetShow
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Day 41 of inserting a random Muppet (or three) into a random Star Trek screenshot
#StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TheMuppets #TheMuppetShow
#StarTrek #StarTrekTNG #TheMuppets #TheMuppetShow
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December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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6 years ago, on the 1st of December 2019, a cluster of mysterious pneumonia cases broke out in Wuhan, China. The outbreak would later be linked to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market through unverified leaked documents. On January 8, the cases were linked to a new coronavirus. #otd #history 🗃️
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This is fabulous.
Look at this! For the first time since it was found, partially excavated and dispersed in the 1950s, someone has digitally reconstructed the 6th century mosaic from Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenacia, Libya. 😮🤯
#MosaicMonday
#MosaicMonday
December 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This is fabulous.
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The army appoints a brave decorated Afghanistan veteran as its first humanist ‘chaplain’ to give moral and pastoral support to thousands of nonreligious men and women who serve our country. The Mail sneers and rents a quote from Rees-Mogg to sneer more. Has there ever been a less patriotic paper?
November 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The army appoints a brave decorated Afghanistan veteran as its first humanist ‘chaplain’ to give moral and pastoral support to thousands of nonreligious men and women who serve our country. The Mail sneers and rents a quote from Rees-Mogg to sneer more. Has there ever been a less patriotic paper?
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At the end of Native American Heritage month, remember every time you follow or share LakotaMan1, a colonizer gains a bustle. So, just don't do it folks.
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Who is LakotaMan, the user behind one of the most popular Native American accounts on X?
John Martin is adored by white X users—but infamous among Native and Indigenous communities.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
At the end of Native American Heritage month, remember every time you follow or share LakotaMan1, a colonizer gains a bustle. So, just don't do it folks.
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