Phantom Corsair
phantomcorsair.bsky.social
Phantom Corsair
@phantomcorsair.bsky.social
Toby - wittering about cars, technology, showtunes and other stuff since… ooh, ages ago.
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I am a professional writer and editor - and rather good at copy-editing and proofreading. I'm happy to volunteer my services to any trans or gay rights organisation that can use them (as long as I'm not depriving anybody of a paid job!)
If you need help, contact me!
#transrights
#LGBTQI+rights
The handle is a bit off-putting, but this is an interesting thread about one man's journey through the incel/conspiracist/misogynist rabbit hole and back again.
I thought the “socially awkward white male nerd to fascist pipeline” was sufficiently obvious in 2017 as to not require further elaboration. But considering these guys are not only still around but more active than ever, I clearly was wrong about that.

I went down that pipeline and came back. A 🧵
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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I was reading an interesting post on FB about the GG and WI situation. Essentially both have been secretly fighting legal action from anti trans groups for a little while and they can’t afford to continue, according to the post. Well funded TERFs are forcing their hand.
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry

girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Hi I’m Davibrimbaum, brother of Celebrimbor, I was Supervisor on Sauron’s Ring Project which included the forging and distribution of 19 rings and the “Ring of Power” which controlled them all, ask me anything
August 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Ably translated by Trevor and Simon as "Large Door" — a sister film to Buñuel's "Un Chien Andalou" ("A Dog and a Toilet").
Director Luis Buñuel’s surreal satire L’AGE D’OR (aka ‘The Golden Age’ • ‘Age Of Gold’) starring Gaston Modot and Lay Lys opened in cinemas in France 95 years ago this week 🦂 💞 💋 #OTD
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Please watch this important new video from Youtube channel “Just Have a Think”.
This is not the video I had planned to make.
YouTube video by Just Have a Think
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Imagine showing a petrol engine to someone who had only known electric vehicles, and trying to convince them to switch to petrol. No-one would choose the dirty, noisy, less efficient, more expensive vehicle. This isn't 1910, hostage to gender insecurity. We can just choose the better tech.
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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You do? Oh, that's wonderful! Can you keep it for me? My name... yes, it's: J R R Tolkien.
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Attention @bezza.bsky.social !
It’s the TALK OF THE TOWN this morning. It’s amazing.
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Squee! Kennedy Fisher is on the case!
#thelovecraftinvestigations
And what the hell is this?!
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Remembering that time the late Queen set off from the Shire to take a ring to Mordor.
November 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I think @dieworkwear.bsky.social might have a thing or two to say about him...
Also, was I the only person who thought Ukraine rather than Texas when they heard 'Odessa'?
Meet Bubba Saulsbury, son of Odessa oil industry magnate Dick Saulsbury. Also friend to Kash Patel and JD Vance. This is who the Epstein felatio email is rumored to be referring to. Not Bill Clinton.
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Michael cAIne
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have inked deals for AI-generated versions of their voices with ElevenLabs
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This is a tremendous piece.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
And don't forget his Sterling work on Bill Evans' "At the Montreux Jazz Festival".
youtu.be/rQUxyyzgvBo?...
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Here's a link to an excellent, practical piece on Internet security. Read it!
Cods Plaice: Staying safe on the Web - what can I do to make my browsing safer. Important notes for every web device.

codsplaice.blogspot.com/2019/03/stay...
October 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Me doing today's Clues By Sam.
October 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Dec 18th at 7pm I'll be reading from ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE, chatting about editing anthologies and ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS (within reason and taste 😉) - tickets are £8.83 (cushion admin and fees).

I'd love to see you there, please reskeet far and wide!

www.eventbrite.com/e/illusions-...
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
If you're reading the letters pages of old Marvel comics, you're FOOMscrolling.
If you’re skimming ‘Ulysses’ so you can say you’ve read it, it’s Bloomscrolling.
If you’re in a disastrous Joseph Losey film with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and Noël Coward, it’s Boom!scrolling.
October 22, 2025 at 2:37 AM
It doesn't even scan!
October 18, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Absolutely this! It's a marvellous book.
Also, read Sydney Padua’s The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage!
October 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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October 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM