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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 22h

Fingers crossed..... 🤞😥

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 2d

Briefly allowing myself a glimmer of hope.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 3d

[Borderlands spoilers]

I'm pretty bummed about what's happened to Elpis though! Fuck everyone that lived there, I guess.

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 3d

I really appreciate that both BL3 and BL4 have a low gravity, jumping through fucked up space rocks level. The people yearn for the Pre-Sequel

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 3d

Seconding Abney Park, my favourite patch of semi wilderness in the city!

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 3d

I had a lovely misty day out at Tring walking around Ashridge, very short train ride but it's proper countryside!

Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 4d

I keep remembering out of nowhere that IWTV season 3 is coming and my mental health gets a bandaid

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 6d

Aww Ria ty!!! 🥺

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 7d

It was really not fun 😭😭 I'm doing way better now but will feel better once I can talk to a doc and make sure it's not something more serious :')

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 7d

No academic love for grebes?? Not a scientist, just someone who likes birds a lot, and I find this really surprising- they're such lovely birds

Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 7d

Finally kind of processing my fucked up week.

Did you know norovirus can give you seizures? I feel more people should know norovirus can give you seizures

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 7d

It works great here!! I think the uneven line is really important, still feels dynamic

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 8d

This looks really cool!! The white pop around the characters is a great touch

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 8d

Proof we do not live in a just world

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 9d

The "Bed Series" was a set of intimate portraits of lesbian sex workers made by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the 1890s behind the scenes at a Parisian brothel.

More here: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/toulouse-lautrec-bed-series

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 9d

Is there any better food in the world than your first proper meal when you've been too sick to eat for days

Had a bowl of pasta with butter and cheese today and my god, it was glorious

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 10d

HELL YEAH, happy birthday to you and happy birthday to ALBUM

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George E. Osborn @georgeosborn.bsky.social · 11d

A real talk moment: how much political ground could be gained by a party for publicly saying “this is outright nasty shit and we are better than this”?

I think we’re being dragged to dark places as a result of our timidity. And the only way out of it is by pushing back.

Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 11d

A policy this expansive would certainly mean mass stripping of permanent residence status from people with ILR (including pensioners and parents of British children) on a scale far beyond anything any democracy has ever done before. There is no public support for such an extreme policy.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 11d

Via @sundersays.bsky.social the Conservatives' draft legislation - absolutely clear that it applies to (and is intended to apply to) legal permanent residents claiming state pension (on the basis of their contributions) or child benefit for British kids.

publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 11d

Neverway looks SO GOOD y'all are killing it 🔥

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 13d

Rams home how hateful this all is. For instance, 'migrant NHS doctors...labouring for long work days beyond what they are paid for will now have to prove that they “contribute to society” to earn permanent settlement in the UK. The benchmark for that contribution is volunteer work...'

A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants | Nesrine Malik

It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Ma...

www.theguardian.com

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 13d

2) is completely true but also they absolutely don't respect those in charge if they're ideologically opposed. Conservatives are to be respected, they don't have to respect anyone themselves

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Ceddie 👽🍸💕 COMMS OPEN @ceddie.bsky.social · 18d

Hello #portfolioday
I'm Ceddie, and I'm an illustrator based in the UK! I draw historical inspired work and would love to be involved in some fun projects!
✉️[email protected]

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 13d

IT IS, "biography" was a typo in my post!!

It rules! It's considered to be a mostly pretty accurate retelling of his life based on known facts, but he's also an incredible bullshitter very far up his own arse. I'm enjoying it!

Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 14d

I have an insane take which is that if you like The Vampire Lestat you should read Cellini's biography, they're basically the exact same type of extremely messy bisexual with an ego the size of the moon

Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 14d

I'm reading Benvenuto Cellini's biography and this man, in the 1400s, had to bring a date to a dinner but didn't have a GF so dressed a hot twink up as a woman and took him instead; twink has no idea how to talk to women, panics and says "I'm pregnant", and everyone laughs it off??

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Elliott B 🌟 @elliottbirt.bsky.social · 14d

I'm reading Benvenuto Cellini's biography and this man, in the 1400s, had to bring a date to a dinner but didn't have a GF so dressed a hot twink up as a woman and took him instead; twink has no idea how to talk to women, panics and says "I'm pregnant", and everyone laughs it off??

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