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Astral Annie
@annieconboy.bsky.social
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Spiritual teacher, artist & writer. It’s long past time to change the world! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ 🇺🇦 🇪🇺
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annieconboy.bsky.social
Astral Annie @annieconboy.bsky.social · Dec 18
About me:
I don’t do DM’s
Nor am I looking for a relationship
I keep my money for the things I require & desire
Flattery gets you nowhere
Feel free to unfollow me if you can’t stick to my rules
I know how to block & I’m not afraid to do so if you’re disrespectful
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annieconboy.bsky.social
I knew there was a reason why I didn’t like mince pies 😱😂
bucksarchives.bsky.social Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 1d
Don't steal pies this Christmas.
December 17, 2025 at 11:07 AM
annieconboy.bsky.social
About to have my ears lowered 😂 My hair needs a tidy 😱
Head with blue hair
December 17, 2025 at 9:37 AM
annieconboy.bsky.social
Shh! It’s a secret. #Knitting a special gift 😁🤶🏻
Piece of knitting in green and gold thread
December 15, 2025 at 6:31 PM
annieconboy.bsky.social
Each of us has to decide whether we live in accordance with our principles or stay silent. Thank you @robinince.bsky.social for showing us the way to do it 💚
robinince.bsky.social Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 4d
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career. I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters. Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B
December 13, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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reecedinsdale.bsky.social
Friends, voters, country people… lend us your vote!
#ThroughItAllTogether at #LeedsPlayhouse
Two categories:
#BestRegionalProduction
#BestNewPlay
Every vote counts! 🤞
Thank you. 🙌

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December 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”

Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
B. No Order of Removal Exists for Abrego Garcia No such order of removal exists for Abrego Garcia. When Abrego Garcia was first wrongly expelled to El Salvador, the Court struggled to understand the legal authority for even seizing him in the first place. At the first hearing in Abrego I, the Court inquired of Respondents’ counsel: The Court: I want to ask, though, the very specific question, if there is a final order of removal, what . . . document got this process started? There is no warrant for his arrest by an order of removal. There is no statement of probable cause. There’s no charge. There’s no report that says that anyone saw Mr. Abrego Garcia doing anything illegal or criminal. So what is the actual document that gave these officers the authority to start this process? Counsel: That is not in the record, and the government has not put that into the record. And that’s the best I can do. Abrego I, ECF No. 33 at 21:11–22. The Court continued to press counsel about the existence of a removal order and was told plainly that none can be found: The Court: Okay. So if there’s a Title 8 removal order, there would be an order of removal that’s being executed, and we don’t have one for Mr. Abrego Garcia, right? . . . Do you have that order? . . . Is it in the record? Counsel: I do not have that order. It is not in the record. Id. at 23:7–24:4. Since that time, Respondents have never produced an order of removal despite Abrego Garcia hinging much of his jurisdictional and legal arguments on its non-existence. ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 68–69; ECF No. 32 at 10, 15–17, 27; ECF No. 87 at 11–12. Indeed, Respondents twice sponsored the testimony of ICE officials whose job it is to effectuate removal orders, and who candidly admitted to having never seen one for Abrego Garcia. See ECF No. 107 at 30:16–22 (testimony of Cantú) (“Q: Based upon your many years of experience you described to us, you know what a final order of removal looks like, right, sir? Cantú: I do. Q: And have you seen a final order of removal in regard to Mr. Abrego Garcia? Cantú: I have not.”). See also Abrego I, ECF No. 234 at 46:6–12 (testimony of interim Assistant Director for ICE Removal Operations, Thomas Giles (“Giles”)) (“Q: You have not seen the final order of removal, have you, sir? Giles: What do you mean by that? Q: I mean, you have not seen a piece of paper that represents the final order of removal vis-a-vis Mr. Abrego Garcia, correct? Giles: No, I have not.”).15 Based on this, the Court concludes that no order of removal exists.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
annieconboy.bsky.social
Still feeling low energy but have managed to put a Yule star on display. It’s beginning to look a lot like …
Star shape with little lights inset on a shelf. There are also gnomes and fairies plus a black cat on the display
December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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milamiceli.bsky.social
Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.

That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy, by Michael Geoffrey Asia.
Imagine confiding your most private fantasies to what you believe is an unfeeling algorithm that cannot judge or remember. Now imagine that on the other side of that conversation is a man sitting in a...
data-workers.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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reecedinsdale.bsky.social
That face looks familiar. 👀
Anyone fancy a ghostly tale this festive season?
#AChristmasCarol
#LeedsPlayhouse
#EbeneezerTheGeezer
🎄 🎩 👻
December 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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biggienotsmalls.bsky.social
🎯🎯🎯
December 9, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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lyamelbandino.bsky.social
Brilliant 🤩 🎉🎉😂😂
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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maddow.bsky.social
My new podcast "Burn Order" is about the decision to incarcerate tens of thousands of Japanese-American families during World War II, and the remarkable fight against it.

6 episodes in total -- Eps. 1 and 2 are posted now. 3 and 4 will post tomorrow, December 8:

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Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order
News Podcast · Series ·
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December 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
annieconboy.bsky.social
Having a cup of tea before we start the day at #HebdenBridge #OpenStudios Here today until 5pm 😁
White mug with jasmine flower design on a blue tablecloth. Background is necklaces & artwork
December 7, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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usmansmith.bsky.social
I am picking up traction.
Not double figures yet.
Mr Trump has not picked up any reposts yet.
So there's that.
I shall ask one of my characters for an endorsement.
DEATH looked surprised.
"Well, you have given me far less business than Trump"
WAR grunted.
"Love Trump & drones"
The Pale horse farted.
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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usmansmith.bsky.social
I feel I should be awarded the inaugural Bluesy peace prize.
I have not killed anyone or started any wars.
Ever.
This puts me streets ahead of yesterday's FIFA Peace Prize winner.
I also try to be nice.
Funny too.
Helpful.
If this starts trending I will start shopping for a nice tuxedo & bow tie.
Gozo miniature Christmas scene, a tradition that fills the island with clockwork & electric miniatures. Families add to them over generations.
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
annieconboy.bsky.social
Back at #HebdenBridge #OpenStudios today & tomorrow 😁 Working on a hat to match the scarf I’ve done 😁
Piece of multi coloured circular knitting- making a hat
December 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
annieconboy.bsky.social
All set for Hebden Bridge Open Studios this weekend at The Making Mill Lots of gift ideas so please call by and say hello 😁
Stall set out with scarves, hats, hand painted coasters, crystal jewellery, palm stones and intense
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
annieconboy.bsky.social
Dead Fishermen Ruin The Narrative
When truth is inconvenient, this administration buries it; along with the innocent people its recklessness kills. Their lies crumble the moment real bodies wash up against their fake storyline.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
annieconboy.bsky.social
An excellent read. Time to be authentic 😁
Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore
Your brain's middle finger to people-pleasing
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
annieconboy.bsky.social
😂
December 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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sbwordmuse.bsky.social
So many memories
in the corridors
of my mind.
The people and
times left behind.
Every old song
opens doors of
nostalgic thoughts.
The way my heart
hears them,
the way my soul
aches when the
lyrics puncture
my skin sending
goosebumps up
my spine,
bringing back
all of those times.
December 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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kateinkharkiv.bsky.social
that can make even moderately normal comments feel aggressive.

Every time a Ukrainian person online masters enough courage to open up, please show support, because enemies will show no mercy.
December 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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billamend.bsky.social
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
annieconboy.bsky.social
This afternoon’s work - coasters for my SumUp shop 😁
Nineteen multi coloured coasters made this afternoon using paint pouring. Square and round
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM