Helen Mackness
@helenmackness.bsky.social
eurasian tea drinking book dragon // obstinate, headstrong girl // half agony, half hope // sacrificing sleep for rugby, cricket, hockey, and romance novels
she/her
加油!
she/her
加油!
Reposted by Helen Mackness
Reposted by Helen Mackness
absolutely fucking not. how ghoulish.
AI Will Bring Val Kilmer Back To Life For a New Aventure Film CANYON OF THE DEAD
AI Will Bring Val Kilmer Back To Life For a New Aventure Film CANYON OF THE DEAD
This is one of those things that makes you stop mid-scroll and say… wait, what? According to Flickering Myth , the late Val Kilmer is appearing in a brand-new action-adventure movie, years after filming...
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
absolutely fucking not. how ghoulish.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight
An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The NHS closed Tavistock over trans care concerns – there were just eight complaints all from cisgender people.
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
1. JK Rowling
2. Maya Forstater
3. Helen Joyce
4. Graham Linehan
5. Kathleen Stock
6. Posie Parker
7. Wes Streeting
8. Rosie Duffield
www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...
Reposted by Helen Mackness
Today in "leaving money on the table"
After 40 years of publishing, Harlequin will end its iconic historical romance line in 2027:
#Booksky
#Booksky
Harlequin Is Ending Its Historical Romance Line After Nearly 40 Years - Reactor
The publisher's decision to end its historical romance line in 2027 comes on the heels of controversial changes to its international publishing tactics
reactormag.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Today in "leaving money on the table"
Reposted by Helen Mackness
In the entire history of formalised sex verification in women's sport from the 50s to the present day, do you know how many instances of men disguising themselves in order to sneak into women's sport they've found? Zero.
February 10, 2026 at 12:22 PM
In the entire history of formalised sex verification in women's sport from the 50s to the present day, do you know how many instances of men disguising themselves in order to sneak into women's sport they've found? Zero.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
British people: Those Swedish bastards who beat us are in the curling final. Hmmmmmph
Also British people: Playing America, are you? COME ON, SWEDEN!
Also British people: Playing America, are you? COME ON, SWEDEN!
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 PM
British people: Those Swedish bastards who beat us are in the curling final. Hmmmmmph
Also British people: Playing America, are you? COME ON, SWEDEN!
Also British people: Playing America, are you? COME ON, SWEDEN!
Reposted by Helen Mackness
If "Please find attached" becomes too repetitive in your emails, consider these alternatives:
- Hwættachment!
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a working man in possession of a good email, must be in want of attachments.
- I have attached
the files
that were in
the folder
- Hwættachment!
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a working man in possession of a good email, must be in want of attachments.
- I have attached
the files
that were in
the folder
February 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
If "Please find attached" becomes too repetitive in your emails, consider these alternatives:
- Hwættachment!
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a working man in possession of a good email, must be in want of attachments.
- I have attached
the files
that were in
the folder
- Hwættachment!
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a working man in possession of a good email, must be in want of attachments.
- I have attached
the files
that were in
the folder
Reposted by Helen Mackness
Etsy just kicked witches off their platform.
What could possibly go wrong.
www.vice.com/en/article/e...
What could possibly go wrong.
www.vice.com/en/article/e...
Etsy Witches Say Spell Casting Is No Longer Welcome on the Platform
For years, you could hire someone on Etsy to curse an evil ex, protect your home, or manifest better luck. Well, until now.
www.vice.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Etsy just kicked witches off their platform.
What could possibly go wrong.
www.vice.com/en/article/e...
What could possibly go wrong.
www.vice.com/en/article/e...
Reposted by Helen Mackness
You want 'British values', here's national treasure Ian McKellen performing a speech by national hero William Shakespeare about how we should be humane and welcoming to migrants and refugees. bsky.app/profile/lala...
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
You want 'British values', here's national treasure Ian McKellen performing a speech by national hero William Shakespeare about how we should be humane and welcoming to migrants and refugees. bsky.app/profile/lala...
Reposted by Helen Mackness
What a dire timeline right now - even in romance. I'm going to write words about Harlequin killing the Historical line (a threat for the last decade) and now it's been announced that All About Romance, a 30-year old website is shutting down allaboutromance.com/its-been-a-g... #Romancelandia
It's been a great thirty years....
This is a hard column to write. So I’ll just say it: AAR is retiring. All About Romance launched in 1996. It was created by the incredible Laurie Gold, and shaped over the past thirty years by a remar...
allaboutromance.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
What a dire timeline right now - even in romance. I'm going to write words about Harlequin killing the Historical line (a threat for the last decade) and now it's been announced that All About Romance, a 30-year old website is shutting down allaboutromance.com/its-been-a-g... #Romancelandia
Reposted by Helen Mackness
Yes, talk to Murderbot about its feelings. The idea was so painful I dropped to 97 percent efficiency.
February 4, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Yes, talk to Murderbot about its feelings. The idea was so painful I dropped to 97 percent efficiency.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
February 2, 2026 at 9:50 PM
"actually his stuff was very Derivative and not Original" like, you don't have to do this. it is good for us all to sit with the cognitive dissonance that a very bad person can make very good art. it is good for us to work through the moral ramifications of that.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
Fascism wants you to believe that you are alone. That you are isolated. That the feelings you have are yours and nobody else has them because everybody is too afraid to speak.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Fascism wants you to believe that you are alone. That you are isolated. That the feelings you have are yours and nobody else has them because everybody is too afraid to speak.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
Romance is about feelings. Sex is just *one* of the ways you show feelings at work. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
February 3, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Romance is about feelings. Sex is just *one* of the ways you show feelings at work. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
I said it with my whole chest: ROMANCE IS THE REASON for Heated Rivalry's success!
www.today.com/popculture/t...
www.today.com/popculture/t...
February 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I said it with my whole chest: ROMANCE IS THE REASON for Heated Rivalry's success!
www.today.com/popculture/t...
www.today.com/popculture/t...
Reposted by Helen Mackness
February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Reposted by Helen Mackness
Oh boy, another tiresome fight over casting a Black person in the role of a fictional character. Please note: Helen’s biological father was a swan. A god who could take any form—including a bird with a human-compatible penis. And Helen was born from an egg according to some legends.
February 3, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Oh boy, another tiresome fight over casting a Black person in the role of a fictional character. Please note: Helen’s biological father was a swan. A god who could take any form—including a bird with a human-compatible penis. And Helen was born from an egg according to some legends.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
February 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
It's 1998. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2001. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2025. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
It's 2026. Peter Mandleson has resigned in disgrace from Labour.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
As we’re approaching the Lunar New Year let me remind you that this is a lion. If you call it a dragon you will be cursed by the lion. You will be cursed by the dragon. You will be cursed by the horse & all the other zodiac animals.
You will be incompatible with wood, fire, earth, metal, & water.
You will be incompatible with wood, fire, earth, metal, & water.
Xuất hiện Hắc Lân Bắt Cua Khổng Lồ phố người Hoa đổ ra xem kẹt xe Múa lân Tết 2023 Nhơn Nghĩa Đường
YouTube video by Giải Trí Việt 24h
youtu.be
February 2, 2026 at 7:42 PM
As we’re approaching the Lunar New Year let me remind you that this is a lion. If you call it a dragon you will be cursed by the lion. You will be cursed by the dragon. You will be cursed by the horse & all the other zodiac animals.
You will be incompatible with wood, fire, earth, metal, & water.
You will be incompatible with wood, fire, earth, metal, & water.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
Employees of a system built on exploitation did not expect to be included in the exploitation.
#leopardsatemyface #Politics #News
#leopardsatemyface #Politics #News
February 3, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Employees of a system built on exploitation did not expect to be included in the exploitation.
#leopardsatemyface #Politics #News
#leopardsatemyface #Politics #News
Reposted by Helen Mackness
Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
remember when the panama papers came out and we found out every rich person on earth was committing tax fraud and then nothing happened
February 1, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Worth remembering that something did happen: the journalist who revealed this died from a car bomb.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
"What is being taken, in plain sight, is the private property of UK citizens, protected by UK law. It is not the government’s to give away."
SAY IT LOUDER. #JusticeForCreators
SAY IT LOUDER. #JusticeForCreators
January 30, 2026 at 11:51 AM
"What is being taken, in plain sight, is the private property of UK citizens, protected by UK law. It is not the government’s to give away."
SAY IT LOUDER. #JusticeForCreators
SAY IT LOUDER. #JusticeForCreators
Reposted by Helen Mackness
People who need to hide from the mob of the police should just buy a ticket to see Melania.
January 29, 2026 at 8:09 AM
People who need to hide from the mob of the police should just buy a ticket to see Melania.
Reposted by Helen Mackness
Sorry but why the fuck would you *not* want to recreate 2006?Pre-financial crash, pre-austerity, pre-Brexit, pre-inflation. Britain's economically healthy, decent public services, largely competent government, fairly amiable political disputes. What kind of person prefers this period to that?
Kemi Badenoch says the Tories are "not trying to recreate 2006" which, to this 38 year old, is a pity
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Sorry but why the fuck would you *not* want to recreate 2006?Pre-financial crash, pre-austerity, pre-Brexit, pre-inflation. Britain's economically healthy, decent public services, largely competent government, fairly amiable political disputes. What kind of person prefers this period to that?
Reposted by Helen Mackness
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free