badly-drawn bee 🐝
@soapachu.bsky.social
Swish swish motherfucker.
AuDHD | alphabet mafia 🏳️🌈 | rugby player 🏉 | scuba diver 🤿
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AuDHD | alphabet mafia 🏳️🌈 | rugby player 🏉 | scuba diver 🤿
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There's probably something funny in the alt text.
I'll take 'Questions You're Going To Regret Asking' for $5000, Alex
Could someone explain to me what is meant when a British person refers to "the middle class" ? Like, in the US, as I hear it, it basically just means a person who makes a certain amount of money, not too far below and not wildly above the median. Seems like a complex concept when UK writers use it?
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'll take 'Questions You're Going To Regret Asking' for $5000, Alex
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It is also a near-unmatched internationally recognised and trusted (perhaps more so than in the UK) brand, the UK’s largest cultural export, and a driver of investment in the UK.
But, yeah, the patriots with their little flags want it gone.
But, yeah, the patriots with their little flags want it gone.
The BBC employ roughly twice as many people as the UK fishing industry. You'd think people would question Farage's patriotism and intentions wanting it shut down.
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It is also a near-unmatched internationally recognised and trusted (perhaps more so than in the UK) brand, the UK’s largest cultural export, and a driver of investment in the UK.
But, yeah, the patriots with their little flags want it gone.
But, yeah, the patriots with their little flags want it gone.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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Scrapping the cap entirely is both good policy *and* good politics.
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Food vouchers, free milk and two-child cap: Reeves weighs up help for families
Ministers' long-awaited child poverty strategy is due this month - and it's closely tied to the Chancellor's Budget
inews.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Scrapping the cap entirely is both good policy *and* good politics.
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Sounds based to me. More politicians should follow sex workers. Sex work is work and sexuality is normal. The weird thing is when religious people are conditioned to toxically entangle their faith & shame with regular sexual desires. The weird thing is stigmatizing & criminalizing working people.
James Talarico, a Texas Democrat running for U.S. Senate who has put his faith at the forefront of his campaign, follows several adult film performers, escorts and OnlyFans models on Instagram, according to an Axios review.
Faith-forward Texas Senate candidate follows porn actors, escorts online
James Talarico has become a sensation in Texas politics by talking about how his Christianity is the basis for his progressive politics.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sounds based to me. More politicians should follow sex workers. Sex work is work and sexuality is normal. The weird thing is when religious people are conditioned to toxically entangle their faith & shame with regular sexual desires. The weird thing is stigmatizing & criminalizing working people.
My cab is sitting in the middle lane of the A12 and you will not believe the self-control it's taking not to say anything
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
My cab is sitting in the middle lane of the A12 and you will not believe the self-control it's taking not to say anything
Efficient morning dealing with spider mites on my alocasia and calathea. Hoping that's enough and they won't be back, but...
Then it's off to Barnes (where) for a spot of rugby. I'm in the starting XV so this should be interesting.
Then it's off to Barnes (where) for a spot of rugby. I'm in the starting XV so this should be interesting.
November 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Efficient morning dealing with spider mites on my alocasia and calathea. Hoping that's enough and they won't be back, but...
Then it's off to Barnes (where) for a spot of rugby. I'm in the starting XV so this should be interesting.
Then it's off to Barnes (where) for a spot of rugby. I'm in the starting XV so this should be interesting.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
1. This is a thread on freedom, and how easy it is to lose.
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
Over the past 2,000 years in Europe, there have been few periods and places of freedom. For much of the time we lived under highly oppressive tyrannies of various kinds, whether small or grand, local or imperial, secular or religious.🧵
"I don't normally share AI things..."
So fucking DON'T. Stop normalising the theft and bullshit machine.
So fucking DON'T. Stop normalising the theft and bullshit machine.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
"I don't normally share AI things..."
So fucking DON'T. Stop normalising the theft and bullshit machine.
So fucking DON'T. Stop normalising the theft and bullshit machine.
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When all the lovely data centres are built we’ll be able to use ChatGPT 24/7 while we die from dehydration.
England facing drastic measures due to extreme drought next year
Government and water companies are devising emergency plans for worst water shortage in decades
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:52 AM
When all the lovely data centres are built we’ll be able to use ChatGPT 24/7 while we die from dehydration.
Ok; Mr Bee is away at his folks - what am I having for dinner? I'm spoiled for choice and can't decide.
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ok; Mr Bee is away at his folks - what am I having for dinner? I'm spoiled for choice and can't decide.
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I am a little late to this, but I have also requested my name and face to be removed from @cyclinguk.bsky.social publicity due to the decision to remove trans women from their awards.
Trans women are women, gender is on a spectrum (and I did a genetics degree), and cycling is for everyone. 🏳️⚧️🚲❤️
Trans women are women, gender is on a spectrum (and I did a genetics degree), and cycling is for everyone. 🏳️⚧️🚲❤️
Like many others, I am disappointed and angry about the decision by @cyclinguk.bsky.social to change the eligibility criteria for Women in Cycling 2025 to exclude trans women.
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
Trans women are women 🏳️⚧️
I have requested for my name and face to be removed.
www.cyclingweekly.com/news/do-we-n...
'Do we need to exclude people even more?' – Cycling UK's 100 Women in Cycling criticised for not accepting nominations for trans women
Cycling charity say that only biological women can be on list
www.cyclingweekly.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I am a little late to this, but I have also requested my name and face to be removed from @cyclinguk.bsky.social publicity due to the decision to remove trans women from their awards.
Trans women are women, gender is on a spectrum (and I did a genetics degree), and cycling is for everyone. 🏳️⚧️🚲❤️
Trans women are women, gender is on a spectrum (and I did a genetics degree), and cycling is for everyone. 🏳️⚧️🚲❤️
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Good. No sport should segregate!
"Councillor for Oxford City, Emily Kerr, and Councillor for Lambridge, Bath and Northeast Somerset, Saskia Heijltjes, have announced that they have asked for their names and faces to be removed from Cycling UK’s publicity. "
road.cc/content/news...
"Councillor for Oxford City, Emily Kerr, and Councillor for Lambridge, Bath and Northeast Somerset, Saskia Heijltjes, have announced that they have asked for their names and faces to be removed from Cycling UK’s publicity. "
road.cc/content/news...
Councillors ask to be removed from Cycling UK publicity after decision to exclude trans women from Women in Cycling award
They have asked for their names and faces to be removed "due to the decision to remove trans women from their awards"
road.cc
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Good. No sport should segregate!
"Councillor for Oxford City, Emily Kerr, and Councillor for Lambridge, Bath and Northeast Somerset, Saskia Heijltjes, have announced that they have asked for their names and faces to be removed from Cycling UK’s publicity. "
road.cc/content/news...
"Councillor for Oxford City, Emily Kerr, and Councillor for Lambridge, Bath and Northeast Somerset, Saskia Heijltjes, have announced that they have asked for their names and faces to be removed from Cycling UK’s publicity. "
road.cc/content/news...
MÖTHER WE STARVE
November 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
MÖTHER WE STARVE
Bought one of those de-bobbler things and it's SO SATISFYING OMG
(Although "I'm shaving my cardigan" got a funny look when Mr Bee asked what I was doing)
(Although "I'm shaving my cardigan" got a funny look when Mr Bee asked what I was doing)
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Bought one of those de-bobbler things and it's SO SATISFYING OMG
(Although "I'm shaving my cardigan" got a funny look when Mr Bee asked what I was doing)
(Although "I'm shaving my cardigan" got a funny look when Mr Bee asked what I was doing)
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Because the critique of fascism was entirely based on ideology post WW2. The connection between the excessive accumulation of capital and fascism never became the focal point of our collective discourse in schools and civil life.
November 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Because the critique of fascism was entirely based on ideology post WW2. The connection between the excessive accumulation of capital and fascism never became the focal point of our collective discourse in schools and civil life.
Interesting experience at my COVID jab appt earlier. Pharmacist was telling me how unwell she had been a few weeks earlier, and then said "And there's no way to know if it's COVID".
I'm sorry what
I'm sorry what
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Interesting experience at my COVID jab appt earlier. Pharmacist was telling me how unwell she had been a few weeks earlier, and then said "And there's no way to know if it's COVID".
I'm sorry what
I'm sorry what
Duffy: "Can I make one other point about POTUS before we're out of time? I have never seen someone work so hard. All day long he's moving, he's meeting, he's thinking. Dinners he's usually meeting with people. And then at night he's still on the phone calling people! He doesn't stop. He's a machine"
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Yeah but it's migrants who are the problem, right?
Fucking hell.
Fucking hell.
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Yeah but it's migrants who are the problem, right?
Fucking hell.
Fucking hell.
Dear Pharmadoctor, the address of your vaccine clinic needs to be more than 'Tesco, Leytonstone' when that Tesco is the size of a fucking village.
I got lost in the clothes bit and bought some new pants though, so there's that.
I got lost in the clothes bit and bought some new pants though, so there's that.
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Dear Pharmadoctor, the address of your vaccine clinic needs to be more than 'Tesco, Leytonstone' when that Tesco is the size of a fucking village.
I got lost in the clothes bit and bought some new pants though, so there's that.
I got lost in the clothes bit and bought some new pants though, so there's that.
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The most corrupt administration in American history.
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The most corrupt administration in American history.
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
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A very happy #FuckOffFriday to one and all.
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
A very happy #FuckOffFriday to one and all.