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Affiliation: OPA
Affiliation: OPA
"You can't build a future on a fault line"
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
"You can't build a future on a fault line"
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The BBC, quite consciously, sets out to demean and belittle trans people. This is both morally contemptible and in breach of its Charter obligations. We've made it super easy for you to write to the BBC and tell it to stop.
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
The BBC must stop attacking trans people | Good Law Project
The right wing accusations of ‘pro-trans’ bias are back to front. It’s time for the BBC to live up to its duty to be impartial on trans issues.
goodlaw.social
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The BBC, quite consciously, sets out to demean and belittle trans people. This is both morally contemptible and in breach of its Charter obligations. We've made it super easy for you to write to the BBC and tell it to stop.
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
Please use - and share with your networks.
goodlaw.social/2j5q
We don't yet have but would love to get Tyger at some point. Currently revisiting Varjak Paw with my youngest - we'll never outgrow it!
BOOK GIVEAWAY!!! I'm not on social media much at the moment, working hard on my new book, which I feel sure will be my best one yet when it's done! In the meantime, I'm giving away signed copies of all my books so far. Follow & repost to enter, and say which book you'd like & why. Closes Dec 5!
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 AM
We don't yet have but would love to get Tyger at some point. Currently revisiting Varjak Paw with my youngest - we'll never outgrow it!
I think I need this just now :-)
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill are doing a a podcast called Pondcast where they reminisce about Doctor Who. No word on when it will become available but they’ve already recorded a few and have had Steven Moffat as a guest.
archive.ph/2025.11.11-1...
archive.ph/2025.11.11-1...
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
I think I need this just now :-)
"Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War" seems another remarkable ITV programme in this day and age. Timely, but should be everywhere.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel's War" seems another remarkable ITV programme in this day and age. Timely, but should be everywhere.
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is." :-)
Elon Musk’s AI service Grok is so drunkenly, transparently biased that it would be funny – if it weren’t a mortal threat to democracy
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
This week’s column by Stewart Lee
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"Basically, Musk’s AI service has been programmed to be as much of an arsehole as he is." :-)
Shitehawkeye.
November 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Shitehawkeye.
I'd not realised my BlueSky moderation was hiding posters deemed as "rude" - glad the options are there but a strange one compared to the more serious categories...
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I'd not realised my BlueSky moderation was hiding posters deemed as "rude" - glad the options are there but a strange one compared to the more serious categories...
An important reminder
🔴How the Not-So Independent Media Censors Criticism of Its Billionaire Owners
Former Independent columnist @donnachadhmc.bsky.social on how the UK’s billionaire-owned media silences those journalists trying to speak out against them
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/h...
Former Independent columnist @donnachadhmc.bsky.social on how the UK’s billionaire-owned media silences those journalists trying to speak out against them
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/h...
How the Not-So Independent Media Censors Criticism of Its Billionaire Owners
Former Independent columnist Donnachadh McCarthy on how the UK's billionaire-owned media silences those journalists trying to speak out against them
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
An important reminder
This has made me feel worse but better at the same time
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This has made me feel worse but better at the same time
Halloween demanded a rewatch of Doctor Who The Halloween Apocalypse, the first of the Flux story, and a reminder of how good Who can look and sound, let alone draw the viewer in for the mysteries of the story arc.
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Halloween demanded a rewatch of Doctor Who The Halloween Apocalypse, the first of the Flux story, and a reminder of how good Who can look and sound, let alone draw the viewer in for the mysteries of the story arc.
Such an important piece of writing, and should be read by everyone, whatever their situation.
What is autistic burnout like? When a computer goes into safe mode, "that would describe what happens to the brain: it runs on limited function, not all services are available, & its access to the Internet denied & unable to connect." @kieranrose.bsky.social:
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/05/an-a...
thinkingautismguide.com/2018/05/an-a...
An Autistic Burnout — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
The sad truth is that so many Autistic people—kids & adults—go through autistic burnout with zero comprehension of what is happening to them.
thinkingautismguide.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Such an important piece of writing, and should be read by everyone, whatever their situation.
Rewatching the modern Worzel Gummidge tonight I've realised that Mackenzie Crook could be a perfect new Doctor Who. He brought so much magic and character to Worzel, and so unlike his other roles. DO IT MC/BBC/BW! (Only realised after typing all this that he'd be the second Doctor/Gummidge hybrid)
October 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Rewatching the modern Worzel Gummidge tonight I've realised that Mackenzie Crook could be a perfect new Doctor Who. He brought so much magic and character to Worzel, and so unlike his other roles. DO IT MC/BBC/BW! (Only realised after typing all this that he'd be the second Doctor/Gummidge hybrid)
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A perfectly captured snapshot of now
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A perfectly captured snapshot of now
Some days I really need to remember Bobby Gillespie refusing to dance with Andrew Neil on This Week to help get me going... youtu.be/z06jWOb66bA?...
Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie refuses to dance
YouTube video by OldQueenTV
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Some days I really need to remember Bobby Gillespie refusing to dance with Andrew Neil on This Week to help get me going... youtu.be/z06jWOb66bA?...
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would certainly bring an end to a promising career if it was made public! [2/2]
October 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
would certainly bring an end to a promising career if it was made public! [2/2]
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Just brilliant by @thenerve.news - I can just imagine Stewart Lee running around on bypasses snatching flags.
Well done that man.
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Well done that man.
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October 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Just brilliant by @thenerve.news - I can just imagine Stewart Lee running around on bypasses snatching flags.
Well done that man.
🐻
Well done that man.
🐻
The longer that I'm inhabited by Stage/Fright after seeing it last night the more impressed I am. It keeps revisiting me... Superb.
Some of our best audiences so far in Birmingham - which is why we’ve added another matinee on December 4th! Come see us at the Alexandra Theatre for a pre-Christmas treat. Some great ‘local’ talent joining us too…
www.birminghamworld.uk/whats-on/art...
www.birminghamworld.uk/whats-on/art...
Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright review – Deliciously twisted fun on Birmingham stage
Peter Ormerod reviews Inside No. 9 Stage/Fright at The Alexandra, Birmingham
www.birminghamworld.uk
October 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The longer that I'm inhabited by Stage/Fright after seeing it last night the more impressed I am. It keeps revisiting me... Superb.
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Deimos, the smaller of Mars's moons, is slightly bigger than Cardiff, and has an average escape velocity of around 5.7m/s: a little over 20km/h.
This is low enough that an athlete could jump off into space if they got a running start - but they couldn't, because the gravity's too low for good grip.
This is low enough that an athlete could jump off into space if they got a running start - but they couldn't, because the gravity's too low for good grip.
October 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Deimos, the smaller of Mars's moons, is slightly bigger than Cardiff, and has an average escape velocity of around 5.7m/s: a little over 20km/h.
This is low enough that an athlete could jump off into space if they got a running start - but they couldn't, because the gravity's too low for good grip.
This is low enough that an athlete could jump off into space if they got a running start - but they couldn't, because the gravity's too low for good grip.
Few things about by people I don't personally "know" have made me as happy much as this. Congrats @katherineboyle.bsky.social and @iainlee.com! :-)
October 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Few things about by people I don't personally "know" have made me as happy much as this. Congrats @katherineboyle.bsky.social and @iainlee.com! :-)
Utterly enjoyed watching the two episods of "Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD and Me", after his latest Field of Dreams which covered the same period. I now feel understand a little why I've always related/appreciated him so much, despite **whatever**. And we all need a Bev.
September 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Utterly enjoyed watching the two episods of "Johnny Vegas: Art, ADHD and Me", after his latest Field of Dreams which covered the same period. I now feel understand a little why I've always related/appreciated him so much, despite **whatever**. And we all need a Bev.
A therapeutic read
September 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A therapeutic read
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The Borderlands (2013) is currently on Amazon Prime, and physical media (probably second hand, I’d imagine). If you’ve not seen it, do give it a go. It’s the real deal.
September 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
The Borderlands (2013) is currently on Amazon Prime, and physical media (probably second hand, I’d imagine). If you’ve not seen it, do give it a go. It’s the real deal.