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Liam Mason

@liamthemason.bsky.social

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Women's Football Fan. D&D DM. Former Podcaster. Terrible Golfer. Always Sweary. TERFs And Tories Not Welcome. He/Him. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸.

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Liam Mason @liamthemason.bsky.social · Nov 8

If you like:

Doctor Who
Star Wars
Women's Football & Rugby
Sport in general
Quizzes
Wrestling (TNA mostly)
Tabletop Games
D&D (Teifling Paladin for life)
Oxventure
Muse
Pizza
Chatting nonsense about films

And importantly, telling bigots to fuck off

We'll get along.

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Holly Brigstocke @hollybrigstocke.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer and the Met Chief Constable interfered in this case. That's a major red flag and public scandal, abuse of public office, and a collapse of the rule of law.

When transphobes from Graham Linehan to JK Rowling and others are effectively granted immunity that's a problem.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 1d

Breaking news 🚨

Met Police drop case into Graham Linehan’s ‘anti-trans’ posts after Heathrow arrest

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has said he will face “no further action” after being arrested by the Metropolitan Police at Heathrow Airport in September on suspicion of inciting violence over soci...

www.independent.co.uk

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 1d

Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this

Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 1d

A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported

Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’

www.theguardian.com

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sumosoul.bsky.social @sumosoul.bsky.social · 4d

The thousand year old sport is kicking it in front the thousand some year old monument. #londonsumo #stonehenge

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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 2d

and then people have the audacity to claim it's because you're not trying. your life flashes before your eyes. you are forced to internalize the reality that you trying your goddamned best is other people's version of "not trying at all"

zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 2d

ADHD is just one continuous parade of doing your best to keep up with everything and every week you learn you've forgotten to do something crucial

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Liam Mason @liamthemason.bsky.social · 1d

Covid did irreparable damage to empathy, acceptable social behaviours and fact based reporting all because of the lack of accountability from those at the top breaking the rules they put in place.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 5d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 2d

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

"Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre"

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Stefan Mohamed @stefmowords.bsky.social · 2d

do it. fuck off

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

Betfred threatens to close all 1,300 UK high street shops if taxes rise on.ft.com/47lrRm3

Betfred threatens to close all 1,300 UK high street shops if taxes rise

Raising gambling tax could put 7,500 jobs at risk, warns chair

on.ft.com

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The Film Canary @thefilmcanary.bsky.social · 3d

I have grave news; enshittification has come for Club biscuits.

iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 3d

Omg

"We made some changes to McVitie's Penguin and Club earlier this year, where we are using a chocolate flavour coating with cocoa mass, rather than a chocolate coating. Sensory testing with consumers shows the new coatings deliver the same great taste as the originals," the McVitie's owner, Pladis, said in a statement.
Club's classic advertising slogan citing its chocolate content is no longer in use, replaced by: "If you like a lot of biscuit in your break, join our Club."

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 3d

The silence of the Westminster lobby as one of their own backs calls for me — an elected Member of Parliament — to be deported is telling.

No condemnation, just bootlicking of their proprietors and jostling for Zone 2 dinner party invites.

Our media class is rotten to the core.

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Liam Mason @liamthemason.bsky.social · 4d

"Sports shouldn't be political" say politicians who piggy back on the success of sports teams.

"Sports should be a safe space" says the governing bodies who cover up physical, mental and sexual abuse in their sports.

"It's sets a bad precedent" say the people who banned (rightly) Russian athletes.

Liam Mason @liamthemason.bsky.social · 4d

It's like with anything, depends on the tofu and how it's prepared, lot of trial and error

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 4d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Liam Mason @liamthemason.bsky.social · 4d

Chips actually made me think they were a threat as well, something they never did in previous eras

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 4d

If only this Labour government was “doing everything” to end child poverty — instead of bending over backwards for racist football hooligans and the genocidal apartheid state of Israel it sells arms to.

Tweet from BBC News (UK) ~ @BBCNews • 33m:

Government 'doing everything' to overturn Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban bbc.in/406gWUn

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ericsubijano.bsky.social @ericsubijano.bsky.social · 5d

"The [supreme court] ruling made me put those colours on my wrist, but my feelings and thoughts had built up over the years to the point where I wanted to do something."

Kerstin Casparij is an ICON 🥰🩵🤍🩷

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Reaction when I stood up for trans women made me realise I had to do more

Manchester City and Netherlands player explains why she has become an LGBT Foundation patron and the importance of keeping football free of hate

www.theguardian.com

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Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 5d

Duolingo Ad: “where’d you go?” 🥺

You laid off some of the few remaining native speakers of my ancestors’ critically endangered language in favor of genAI you uaine gòrach comhachag

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Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 5d

"Their" acceptance never created our worth, & "their" rejection does not destroy our worth.

Sustainable trauma recovery constantly, constantly, constantly reminds us: others' approval is nice-- but it's gravy. Tasty, but not the "protein" of our self-esteem.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 4d

No further questions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Seluina @seluina.bsky.social · 5d

A 1 YEAR NON-COMPETE FOR ANDRADE?! Fuck the Fed. Fuck you TKO. TK, buddy, get your lawyers. This can't fucking be legal. 1 year w/o pay is criminal. I'm not even Andrades biggest fan but its the principle of the situation. 🤼‍♂️

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Liam Mason @liamthemason.bsky.social · 5d

Totally get that, our weather has shifted last couple weeks and my mood has definitely dipped with it

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I. Blade Daily @ibladedaily.bsky.social · 6d

Fuck yeah

LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 6d

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

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Sophie Lawson @lawsonsv.bsky.social · 5d

Daily struggle meme and the two options are “Tories” and “Tories with red ties”

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 6d

This could be applied to a number of journalists, columnists, radio hosts and presenters in the UK.

Yet trans people, or even just trans-supportive voices, are completely shut out from the mainstream news media! 😣

SONIA SODHA
Why do I keep abusing my position as a journalist to publish dishonest anti-trans propaganda? Because I know trans people are banned from responding.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 7d

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, the Nobel Peace Prize recipient is not all that great.

Not being Trump doesn’t make you good.

johnmenadue.com/post/2025/10...

Nobel Peace laureate calls for US bombing of her country

Within hours of being named the Nobel Peace laureate for 2025, María Corina Machado called on President Trump to step up his military and economic campaign against her own country, Venezuela.

johnmenadue.com

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