Heartbreak Welkin
@umabreakdown.bsky.social
Artist, writer, game designer, doctor of horror. www.umabreakdown.com
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For new follower: I'm an artist/researcher/writer/game designer based in north east England. My interests are mostly between ludology, horror studies, and ecriture feminine. Long term foci are trans readings of Cixous, + TTRPG manuals as experimental literature and model for audience agency in art.
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fighting for my life against the persistent and insistent intrusive thought
November 30, 2025 at 1:47 AM
fighting for my life against the persistent and insistent intrusive thought
I've seen this in at least two biennales
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I've seen this in at least two biennales
Grabbing the mic
BURT REYNOLDS
BURT REYNOLDS
Okay, who are your favourite X-Files guest stars?
November 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Grabbing the mic
BURT REYNOLDS
BURT REYNOLDS
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The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
The scene now at Lafayette and Howard, diagonal to the ICE garage which activists remain camped out in front of on both sides of the building.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The right is full of grown-ass adults who are afraid of vaccines, kid's books, and anyone Twitter or OAN tells them to fear, including the entirety of NYC, and NYC is full of people who cheerfully chase federal agents out of the state and then do stunts on Citibikes; you tell ME who's going to win.
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Watching the Cronenberg naked lunch for the @caninebrainz.bsky.social curated @allisfullofgore.bsky.social . First time watching since probably 2003 at least. Way more theatrical, chill, and colourful than I remember.
November 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Watching the Cronenberg naked lunch for the @caninebrainz.bsky.social curated @allisfullofgore.bsky.social . First time watching since probably 2003 at least. Way more theatrical, chill, and colourful than I remember.
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If I had to pick a song to sum up how things are here at the minute it would be Toxicity which, fellow millennials, is now 24 years old. 🙏
November 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Listening to Bolt Thrower in the bath, drinking Dubr and eating unsalted pistachios
November 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Listening to Bolt Thrower in the bath, drinking Dubr and eating unsalted pistachios
Blocked someone for having too many post graduate qualifications
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Blocked someone for having too many post graduate qualifications
Wierdly specific dream last night so I need to confirm with that know east London:
Was there ever a framing shop, with a bunch of really ugly gold and white frame sections in the windows on Cambridge health, couple doors south of the station entrance?
Was there ever a framing shop, with a bunch of really ugly gold and white frame sections in the windows on Cambridge health, couple doors south of the station entrance?
November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Wierdly specific dream last night so I need to confirm with that know east London:
Was there ever a framing shop, with a bunch of really ugly gold and white frame sections in the windows on Cambridge health, couple doors south of the station entrance?
Was there ever a framing shop, with a bunch of really ugly gold and white frame sections in the windows on Cambridge health, couple doors south of the station entrance?
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Introduce yourself w 5 concerts you've seen
- Fantomas
- Bjork
- Earth
- Swans
- einstürzende neubauten
- Fantomas
- Bjork
- Earth
- Swans
- einstürzende neubauten
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
- Devo
- The Prodigy
- Bloc Party
- The Killers
- St. Vincent
- Devo
- The Prodigy
- Bloc Party
- The Killers
- St. Vincent
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen
Ray Charles
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Beastie Boys
Massive Attack
Faith No Nore
Ray Charles
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Beastie Boys
Massive Attack
Faith No Nore
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Introduce yourself w 5 concerts you've seen
- Fantomas
- Bjork
- Earth
- Swans
- einstürzende neubauten
- Fantomas
- Bjork
- Earth
- Swans
- einstürzende neubauten
Just found out only full size Waitrose in Newcastle has closed. Absolutely cooked.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Just found out only full size Waitrose in Newcastle has closed. Absolutely cooked.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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TFW you just fucked the turkey
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
TFW you just fucked the turkey
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Current obsession: photos of Siouxsie Sioux and Pam Hogg over the years getting absolutely munted together
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Current obsession: photos of Siouxsie Sioux and Pam Hogg over the years getting absolutely munted together
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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This research was published 14 months ago. In *Nature*.
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Evidence has now emerged of the adverse consequences of the laws banning GAHT for trans youth in both the US and UK. This includes sharp declines in mental health and increased suicide attempts among transgender young people.
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
t.co/YZaiSgdDAl
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-01979-5
t.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This research was published 14 months ago. In *Nature*.
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Three months BEFORE Wes Streeting announced a "permanent ban" on puberty-blockers.
& yesterday, the Tories insisted you don't even need a clinical trial to keep that ban, forever...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Am I just not paying attention, or two months on has the Charlie Kirk wrenching of garments finished?
Like a mixture of insincere opportunism and a right wing shooter, has resulted in a cultural vanishing similar to Game of Thrones?
Like a mixture of insincere opportunism and a right wing shooter, has resulted in a cultural vanishing similar to Game of Thrones?
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Am I just not paying attention, or two months on has the Charlie Kirk wrenching of garments finished?
Like a mixture of insincere opportunism and a right wing shooter, has resulted in a cultural vanishing similar to Game of Thrones?
Like a mixture of insincere opportunism and a right wing shooter, has resulted in a cultural vanishing similar to Game of Thrones?
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I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I have long posited that Daniel Craig's accent in Glass Onion is better than Knives Out because in Knives Out he is trying to do a real Southern accent and is bad at it but in Glass Onion he is just talking like Foghorn Leghorn, which is something a real gay Southern weirdo would do.
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piracy is a completely aspirational problem for any author in america to have and i think anyone trying to stake out an anti-piracy position is a demon full stop
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
piracy is a completely aspirational problem for any author in america to have and i think anyone trying to stake out an anti-piracy position is a demon full stop
My thing on piracy is, it's good. If something costs nothing to duplicate, then anyone who wants it should have a copy. This includes scanning OOP publications. As a rule I never pirate other people's work from small presses, but I've created bootlegs of my own work for people who couldn't afford it
November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
My thing on piracy is, it's good. If something costs nothing to duplicate, then anyone who wants it should have a copy. This includes scanning OOP publications. As a rule I never pirate other people's work from small presses, but I've created bootlegs of my own work for people who couldn't afford it
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Roller derby implies the existence of roller nottingham
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Roller derby implies the existence of roller nottingham