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chaotic mess//
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occasional rants about domestic abuse and sexual violence//
queer leftist grumpy feminist (non terfy!)
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i hope this email finds you well
November 28, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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thedailytism.com
Cohen said: “The itinerary was looking pretty full, to be fair. I’d have had to hang around the venue until about 11pm, which is usually the time I become a depleted husk of a woman. So this has worked out perfectly.”
Autistic woman left at the altar just glad she’s got the afternoon free now
An autistic woman who has been left at the altar at her wedding is quietly relieved to have the time back, according to witnesses. Talia Cohen, 34, was jilted by her husband-to-be Gavin Monks, 34,…
thedailytism.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
tinyearlobe.bsky.social
I just do not know how to tolerate the expectations around Christmas anymore. So overwhelmed; feel like a toddler (negative).
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 PM
tinyearlobe.bsky.social
@profanity.accountant
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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ageofoddish.bsky.social
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
My hand holding a shortbread cookie in the shape of an airplane. There are red sprinkles in the pattern of the survivorship bias plane. A plate of the same cookies.
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
tinyearlobe.bsky.social
I mean for starters, sell the weird extra chairs you’ve got going on in this picture?
rufustsuperfly.bsky.social Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 1d
Should cut back on the avocados
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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littlecageling.bsky.social
If you own a property worth over £2m and having to pay an extra £2.5k-£7.5k in tax a year has "ruined your retirement" you must be really really shit with money
adambienkov.bsky.social Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
tinyearlobe.bsky.social
Hope reform party will bankrupt itself bailing out these unauthorised erections
speight88.bsky.social Matt Speight, Club Statement Anticipator @speight88.bsky.social · 1d
Ahahahahaha, local business that recorded themselves sticking a load of Union Jacks to lampposts all about town are currently pissing and moaning about finally Finding Out.
A letter from North Yorkshire Council to some local flag botherers, charging them £36.27 per flag + VAT for all the flags they stuck up on lampposts. They stuck up 64 flags
November 29, 2025 at 12:16 AM
tinyearlobe.bsky.social
wtf space and solar flares and planes this is WILD
chrisbaraniuk.com Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 1d
This means these aircraft appear vulnerable 2 subatomic particles from space changing tiny bits of data in computer software causing said computer to malfunction.

This issue has been suspected to affect other planes, famously an Air Qantas flight. But it's v hard to be conclusive about such cases.
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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zoegrunewald.bsky.social
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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francesryan.bsky.social
Bang on, @bjennings90.bsky.social
An illustration of Kemi Badenoch shouting at a scared child: “If you can’t afford to live then why did you decide to be born?”
November 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social
Leeds — Peter Mitchell, 1980s
Color photograph of a street in the north of England there's a billboard that says another benefit ripoff give and then where there should be some hotline number to call to turn in your neighbors some of the whitewashed over that and written NOISY TWAT FUCK OFF
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
tinyearlobe.bsky.social
Oh thank goodness Firefox updated the app and undid all the things they broke
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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francesryan.bsky.social
Research shows unequivocally what the benefit limit means: kids go without food, clothes, and heating. You can think it’s unfair some parents get cash you don’t or made poor choices you didn’t. But if you think that resentment is more important than a child, I’d suggest you might reflect on that.
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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francesryan.bsky.social
The two child limit is and will stay popular with the public. It jars a sense of “fairness”: if I have to assess my finances before having kids, why shouldn’t you? But people get sick, sacked, and contraception fails. Crucially, fairness isn’t always what matters. Whether a child goes hungry does.
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
tinyearlobe.bsky.social
How much are we betting that Russia and Germany stereotyped werr in breach of some kind of policy, and so they just retuned the country name instead? (Can’t fathom Lithuania for this, though).
infobeautiful.bsky.social Information is Beautiful @infobeautiful.bsky.social · 2d
Stereotypes of European countries, according to ChatGPT
(a very strange mix)
A colorful map titled “Stereotypes of European countries according to ChatGPT” shows Europe with each country labeled by a single stereotype word or phrase, using humor and clichés. For instance, Iceland is marked “ELVES,” Norway “VIKINGS,” Sweden “MOOSE,” Finland “DEPRESSING,” Germany simply “GERMANY,” France “SURRENDER,” Spain “PARTYING,” Italy “SOCCER,” Romania “DRACULA,” and Russia “RUSSIA.” Other labels include “COAL MINES” for Poland, “DEATH METAL” for Russia’s southwestern neighbor, “BAD FOOD” for the UK, “WAFFLES” for Belgium, and “DRINKING” for Ireland. The design uses bold, all-caps text over pastel-colored countries and features “The World in Maps” branding in the upper right corner. The tone is playful and tongue-in-cheek, reflecting exaggerated or humorous associations rather than actual characteristics.
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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tomusher.bsky.social
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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jamesrball.com
Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.

It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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jeremyjenkins.net
No one: French Royalty in the 18th century: A photo of two cats but one looks away so only its body can be seen, the other sits in a basket so only its head can be seen
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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captainlibatron.bsky.social
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"

*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS

metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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hughrbrechin.bsky.social
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
A yellow tractor on a London street, driven by a man dressed as Father Christmas. The sign on the front reads 'Farmer Christmas: The Naughty List. Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, David Lammy, Diane Abbott, Angela Rayner, the BBC.'
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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privateeyenews.bsky.social
COP30 in Brazil was billed as the “implementation summit”, when hot air turned to action. But Edelman, the PR firm that won the contract to promote the climate summit, was pulling in two directions.

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November 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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wearequeeraf.com
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Graphic on light grey background with bold purple text that reads: Get paid to write about Trans+ History. We're looking for pitches from early talent Trans+ writers and journalists looking to build and develop a journalism career to write 700-1000 word history articles - one for each day of Trans+ History Week: We're looking to tell history stories, but we're interested in focusing on the lessons from them. We're looking for your perspective on history, so the topic you pick will be strongest if it's based in your experiences and viewpoint. You’ll get a £175 stipend for your time plus you’ll benefit from a QueerAF unique communication and journalistic 'Retro' skills session. To pitch send a working headline, and some bullets on what your piece will cover.
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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wearequeeraf.com
4/ 🧑‍🎨 Illustrators:

We'll be matching Illustrators up with the seven successful journalists to bring their history stories to life.

Apply 👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/telltranshis...
Graphic on light grey background with bold purple text that reads: Get paid to visually capture Trans+ history. We'll be matching Illustrators up with the seven successful journalists to bring their history stories to life: You'll be paid at a rate of £250. You'll bring to life a history story told in an article by one of our commissioned journalists and writers. Created in your preferred style and submitted digitally if created 'offline' The illustration will be licensed, with moral rights and IP retained by the creative. To pitch, you'll need to provide some examples of previous work and answer a couple of questions on what this opportunity will mean for you.
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
tinyearlobe.bsky.social
Earlier in the year I got our little mezzanine painted an orangey-yellow, and now on the mornings it glows like this and makes me happy.
A hallway with a wooden ladder up to an orangey space that’s glowing. It’s got a cosy corner furniture item with cushions and some decorative bits.
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM