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Kitty Dorkling

@kittydorkling.bsky.social

1.3K followers 280 following 4.2K posts

She/her Lefty Cat lady living in Yorkshire (and also Baldur's Gate). ADHD Late Diagnosis Club. Tories, TERFs, GenAI users and suchlike get blocked on sight. And yes, that includes headers and profile pics: get fucked.

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TransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 5h

🚨This is an emergency🚨

This Government is currently sitting on an EHRC Code of Practice that will lead to the segregation and exclusion of trans people in public life.

Use our tool to email your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

@transsolidarity.bsky.social
#ScrapTheBathroomBan

Image of a flashing red siren. Text reads: Scrap the Bathroom Ban This is an emergency. Tell your MP to say no to segregation. Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/scrap-the-bathroom-ban

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 5h

Ray Liotta etc etc

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Eddie Bowley @eddache.bsky.social · 5h

Very pleased to see MCM London Comic Con taking a hard stance against AI generated stuff.
If you see anyone selling this slop, now we can report them!

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 5h

Ooh hello!

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Dan McPainInTheKnees @danmckee.bsky.social · 7h

“What’s the charge? Eating a seal?”

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Dr. Fade @fade.bsky.social · 6h

I will always treasure the time that I got to tell the Ancient Near East specialist in the classics & near east department that Ea-Nasir was not only known to randos outside of her field, but had a fanbase and memes.

(She was baffled but pleased, and corrected my pronunciation of his name.)

Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 9h

K1: so we need to learn this lesson about writing
Me: ok ok
We talk about the Sumerians, cuneiform etc
K1/ they really wrote on clay?
Me: yep. Entire complaint letter sometimes
K1: ?
Me: let me introduce you to our local main character, Ea-Nasir...

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Weebl (with bits) @mrweebl.bsky.social · 6h

Tweaking and practicing my live set on twitch.tv/mr_weebl

Mr_Weebl - Twitch

Working on A Live Set

twitch.tv

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A witch's days @daysofthewitch.bsky.social · 7h

The late Squire's sister has arrived from the South in a fancy carriage with her son and daughter in tow, and the witch packs to return to her cottage. She greets the Squire's sister, who raises an eyebrow at her outstretched hand, and sweeps past her into the manor.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 6h

Cor, MLP tent! Nice!!

Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 6h

That was last year probably. Can't really tell. 👀

Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 6h

Post you from a different era

Hand holding a photo of a youngish white woman with 90's eyebrows, a dark blunt bob and fringe, attempting to type on a laptop while a very excellent and good black cat also tries to sit on her lap.

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 6h

Woah wait you're... you're thingy! Whose name I can't remember! It's you! I remember you (except your name)!

Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 7h

They do love a Sex Offender in Hollywood. Makes the investors feel more comfortable I suppose.

Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 7h

Exactly that!

Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 7h

Maybe they'll stop casting him in stuff now...

Ha.

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Barleybap @barleybap.bsky.social · 7h

Homer correcting Bart that the "worst day of his life" is only the worst day of his life so far. The poster for Morbius has been pasted over Bart's face, and the dialogue now reads "I'm the biggest box office bomb of Jared Leto's career" / "The biggest box office bomb of Jared Leto's career so far."

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 7h

Another thing about that Birmingham Uni open day: uni debt is a big deal, and all the Unis we visited mentioned the % of graduates in jobs.

Only at Birmingham was it mentioned by EVERY single person at EVERY single point. It was quite demoralising, as if that was the only point of the degree.

Dr Malice @atarbuck.bsky.social · 8h

We seem to have lost the understanding that you study things because you want to know more about them, not because you want them to give you a job.

'Transferable skills' are so-called precisely because they are not career specific, my god.

Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 7h

(also lbr here Pegg's always been a bit of an egotistical cunt)

Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 7h

The number of wealthy media types who are principled in their work choices is vanishingly small.

If you have a trans person in your immediate family, you might care about trans rights, but otherwise fuck 'em, it's more money for you.

Too much money literally rots your soul.

Alex Ries @alexries.com · 11h

What are your theories as to why nominally 'liberal' people like Simon Pegg and Matt Berry are willing to work with Rowling?

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 9h

Gosh that's a beautiful interview, with a truly remarkable man.

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 20h

Tim Curry was a 20-something stage actor living in London in the seedy, sex-drenched 1970s when he auditioned for a new B-movie musical called “The Rocky Horror Show.” In a new interview, Curry discusses the cult classic, David Bowie, Studio 54, and more. http://nyer.cm/Z9RkgrI

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Boo-ly, Li'l Ghost Bull 👻🐮 @bullythelsb.bsky.social · Jun 28

you have a right to be angry

Drawing of Little My, a small girl in a red dress, sliding down a hill. She is drawn by Tove Jansson from the Moomin series. The text reads: "WHEN you're angry, then you're angry," thought Little My, peeling her potato with her teeth. "Sometimes you have to be angry. Every little creature has the right to get angry."

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Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 9h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand:

Cauliflower

Star Trek: Into Darkness

Energy 52, Cafe del Mar

Roxy Hart @roxyhart.bsky.social · 18h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand:

Rice

Goonies

Sexual Healing

Son of Bengt @sonofbengt.bsky.social · 20h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again, and one song you can't stand:

Cucumber

28 years later

Mr Brightside

Kitty Dorkling @kittydorkling.bsky.social · 10h

We all have our special talents

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 17h

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 6d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20h

Most of us know the ….SPACE clip from Command and Conquer but I like how there’s three solid minutes of him being delighted with what he was asked to do

Tim Curry holds back laughter for 3 minute in Red Alert 3

YouTube video by Battle Dreadnought

youtu.be

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