Cora Mac
@petermcgladdery.bsky.social
Blowing dandelion clocks, chasing falling autumn leaves, catching raindrops/snowflakes on my tongue. Cismallow. And posting a bit. Statistically insignificant
https://mstdn.social/@peter_mcgladdery
https://mstdn.social/@peter_mcgladdery
When sunbleaching turns your cute picture of a jam-slathered child into a cute picture of a ghoul child
February 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
When sunbleaching turns your cute picture of a jam-slathered child into a cute picture of a ghoul child
Did find out about the human mascot version of the Cadburys Caramel bunny at the Cadburys factory visitor centre.
Not very Quaker
Not very Quaker
February 15, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Did find out about the human mascot version of the Cadburys Caramel bunny at the Cadburys factory visitor centre.
Not very Quaker
Not very Quaker
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I wonder when we'll be ready to talk about how schools are now full of gameified dopamine slot machine apps for learning times tables, science, even reading itself, that are priming an entire generation for gambling and gaming addiction.
A book I highly recommend on electronic slot machines—which fully convinced me they should be illegal for how they systematically mislead our brains—is Natasha Dow Schüll‘s ADDICTION BY DESIGN
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
Gamified online gambling seems much worse, & is becoming much more ubiquitous
It will immiserate so many
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
February 15, 2026 at 8:20 AM
I wonder when we'll be ready to talk about how schools are now full of gameified dopamine slot machine apps for learning times tables, science, even reading itself, that are priming an entire generation for gambling and gaming addiction.
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sorry Pink Floyd, turns out that we needed education. a lot of it. all of the education, really
February 15, 2026 at 5:38 AM
sorry Pink Floyd, turns out that we needed education. a lot of it. all of the education, really
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Manchester tonight!
First leg of my UK tour starts TODAY! Come and see ESCAPE (and my History Of Punk at the 100 Club!)
Windsor - Feb 14th
Manchester - Feb 15th
Leicester - Feb 16th
Cardiff - Feb 17th
London - History Of Punk at the 100 Club - Feb 19th
Leeds - Feb 25th
Portsmouth - Mar 8th
andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
Windsor - Feb 14th
Manchester - Feb 15th
Leicester - Feb 16th
Cardiff - Feb 17th
London - History Of Punk at the 100 Club - Feb 19th
Leeds - Feb 25th
Portsmouth - Mar 8th
andrewoneill.co.uk/shows
February 15, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Manchester tonight!
🎶🎶
"Hope I can accept the wild thing (wild thing) in me
Hope nobody comes to tame her
And she can be free
Sick of second-guessing my behavior
And what I want to be
Just let me lie here on the sofa
And put the reruns on TV"
🎵🎶
"Hope I can accept the wild thing (wild thing) in me
Hope nobody comes to tame her
And she can be free
Sick of second-guessing my behavior
And what I want to be
Just let me lie here on the sofa
And put the reruns on TV"
🎵🎶
February 15, 2026 at 10:41 AM
🎶🎶
"Hope I can accept the wild thing (wild thing) in me
Hope nobody comes to tame her
And she can be free
Sick of second-guessing my behavior
And what I want to be
Just let me lie here on the sofa
And put the reruns on TV"
🎵🎶
"Hope I can accept the wild thing (wild thing) in me
Hope nobody comes to tame her
And she can be free
Sick of second-guessing my behavior
And what I want to be
Just let me lie here on the sofa
And put the reruns on TV"
🎵🎶
Been getting into baths recently (as a passtime and literally)
February 15, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Been getting into baths recently (as a passtime and literally)
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They think of “urban” as synonymous with Black and that explains a good deal of the invalidation of urban spaces as “real America”
February 15, 2026 at 12:21 AM
They think of “urban” as synonymous with Black and that explains a good deal of the invalidation of urban spaces as “real America”
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I'm still not clear on what we're supposed to be doing with all the time gAI has freed up for us, now that we're not creating art, having our own conversations, making our own choices or having relationships with real people.
February 15, 2026 at 7:15 AM
I'm still not clear on what we're supposed to be doing with all the time gAI has freed up for us, now that we're not creating art, having our own conversations, making our own choices or having relationships with real people.
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mood.
Edward Wolfe's laid-back portrait of the diplomat Curtis Thomas (c1936) with its rich furnishings and patterns is an evocative foil for his silver-grey tailored suit. Thomas was a diplomat to Morocco and had met Wolfe in Tangiers.
February 14, 2026 at 7:23 PM
mood.
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Really photo editing here by Hector Vivas of Getty Images. Composite of the women's snowboard halfpipe final, depicting all the female Olympians who competed.
February 14, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Really photo editing here by Hector Vivas of Getty Images. Composite of the women's snowboard halfpipe final, depicting all the female Olympians who competed.
Who called it "misophonia triggered by eating noises" and not "chews: violence"?
February 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Who called it "misophonia triggered by eating noises" and not "chews: violence"?
Walking canalside. The skeevy, disaffected, tattooed, tobacco-chewing, post-industrial naiads trying, half-heartedly at best, to entice me to join them in the underneath
February 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Walking canalside. The skeevy, disaffected, tattooed, tobacco-chewing, post-industrial naiads trying, half-heartedly at best, to entice me to join them in the underneath
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I could fix her. But why would I want to?
February 14, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I could fix her. But why would I want to?
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No more feeling anxious about whether the originals of my Woman in Black illustrations are too expensive, I’ve been in such a worrisome mood recently.
I think they’re pretty good value.
This is an unpublished illustration I made.
£100 plus P&P
Email: [email protected] to purchase.
I think they’re pretty good value.
This is an unpublished illustration I made.
£100 plus P&P
Email: [email protected] to purchase.
February 14, 2026 at 3:04 PM
No more feeling anxious about whether the originals of my Woman in Black illustrations are too expensive, I’ve been in such a worrisome mood recently.
I think they’re pretty good value.
This is an unpublished illustration I made.
£100 plus P&P
Email: [email protected] to purchase.
I think they’re pretty good value.
This is an unpublished illustration I made.
£100 plus P&P
Email: [email protected] to purchase.
One of those days when I casually re-realise that the word "boring" was originally an elaborate and vivid metaphor
February 14, 2026 at 1:38 PM
One of those days when I casually re-realise that the word "boring" was originally an elaborate and vivid metaphor
Always fascinated by that particular hairy-bald combination you often see 30 year old Italian men sporting
February 14, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Always fascinated by that particular hairy-bald combination you often see 30 year old Italian men sporting
Man on tube somehow doing scratchcards very noisily
February 14, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Man on tube somehow doing scratchcards very noisily
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Brewdog getting the old Yeller treatment, but what will happen to the most soulless pub you could ever imagine, buried underneath Waterloo station?
February 14, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Brewdog getting the old Yeller treatment, but what will happen to the most soulless pub you could ever imagine, buried underneath Waterloo station?
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
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Any politician using the Cass Review to justify anything is dishonest, especially Bridget Phillipson.
It is un-peer-reviewed pseudoscience that has been, & will continue to be, discredited by multiple peer-reviewed publications all of which have more credibility than Cass.
These are listed here;
It is un-peer-reviewed pseudoscience that has been, & will continue to be, discredited by multiple peer-reviewed publications all of which have more credibility than Cass.
These are listed here;
Peer-reviewed critiques of The Cass Review
(In chronological order of publication) Horton, C (2024) The Cass Review: Cis-supremacy in the UK’s approach to healthcare for trans childre...
uncommon-scents.blogspot.com
February 14, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Any politician using the Cass Review to justify anything is dishonest, especially Bridget Phillipson.
It is un-peer-reviewed pseudoscience that has been, & will continue to be, discredited by multiple peer-reviewed publications all of which have more credibility than Cass.
These are listed here;
It is un-peer-reviewed pseudoscience that has been, & will continue to be, discredited by multiple peer-reviewed publications all of which have more credibility than Cass.
These are listed here;
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Always nice when Swarovski try to make themselves cool again.
Because then a whole new generation get to learn they were S-Tier Nazis in the 30s/40s.
"Enthusiastic funders/organizers even when the party was still banned" level.
"So bad they supressed their own commissioned official history" level
Because then a whole new generation get to learn they were S-Tier Nazis in the 30s/40s.
"Enthusiastic funders/organizers even when the party was still banned" level.
"So bad they supressed their own commissioned official history" level
It’s nice that swarovski crystals decided to make Funko Pops for people who are probably in the files
February 14, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Always nice when Swarovski try to make themselves cool again.
Because then a whole new generation get to learn they were S-Tier Nazis in the 30s/40s.
"Enthusiastic funders/organizers even when the party was still banned" level.
"So bad they supressed their own commissioned official history" level
Because then a whole new generation get to learn they were S-Tier Nazis in the 30s/40s.
"Enthusiastic funders/organizers even when the party was still banned" level.
"So bad they supressed their own commissioned official history" level