Irim Sarwar
@irimtated.bsky.social
Pragmatic idealist, mystic, former churchwarden, at sea. Hybrid vigour in all things, not least faith. She/her
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Look at @wikipedia.org demanding money, claiming we're 'protecting knowledge' by donating while it quietly bends the knee to fascism. 3 years ago, the 'My Country 'Tis of Thee' rightly had the abolitionist lyrics. Today, those lyrics are gone b/c Wiki is scared. Amurrica.
No money for you.
No money for you.
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Look at @wikipedia.org demanding money, claiming we're 'protecting knowledge' by donating while it quietly bends the knee to fascism. 3 years ago, the 'My Country 'Tis of Thee' rightly had the abolitionist lyrics. Today, those lyrics are gone b/c Wiki is scared. Amurrica.
No money for you.
No money for you.
Not just American evangelicals.
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Not just American evangelicals.
OMG, I went out for coffee & there was this GLORIOUS GIANT FLUFFY dog at the kiosk. The owner said he was friendly, but nervous in a strange place & let me pet him. The MOMENT I gave him a slight scritch, boom, he budged up for a cuddle.
I'd never seen the breed before - he's a Leonberger!
I'd never seen the breed before - he's a Leonberger!
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
OMG, I went out for coffee & there was this GLORIOUS GIANT FLUFFY dog at the kiosk. The owner said he was friendly, but nervous in a strange place & let me pet him. The MOMENT I gave him a slight scritch, boom, he budged up for a cuddle.
I'd never seen the breed before - he's a Leonberger!
I'd never seen the breed before - he's a Leonberger!
Oh man, this is so going to suck for Tommy Robinson and all the racists/xenophobes/Islamophobes out there. Loving that for you, folks.
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Oh man, this is so going to suck for Tommy Robinson and all the racists/xenophobes/Islamophobes out there. Loving that for you, folks.
Hahaha, supposedly *Christian* flag waving types have, as a friend put it, possibly cancelled Christmas.
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hahaha, supposedly *Christian* flag waving types have, as a friend put it, possibly cancelled Christmas.
Bluesky peops (Bleeps?), I need dog pics. Am going into dog withdrawal since Molly is away.
November 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Bluesky peops (Bleeps?), I need dog pics. Am going into dog withdrawal since Molly is away.
Proof for those who need it!
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Proof for those who need it!
This is exactly what pandering to the far right sounds like.
November 1, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is exactly what pandering to the far right sounds like.
This is the guy who interviewed the wrong Bill de Blasio. Yo, Bevan, I know someone who knows JD Vance's couch. You could interview it by AOL Messenger. Let me know.
October 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
This is the guy who interviewed the wrong Bill de Blasio. Yo, Bevan, I know someone who knows JD Vance's couch. You could interview it by AOL Messenger. Let me know.
@duolingoverde.bsky.social was wedding salty yesterday!
Duolingo was wedding salty yesterday! Throwing shade like those dance moves to 'Dancing Queen' at the reception after 10 (pm or drinks, you decide).
At least now I know how to say, 'Is your aunt wearing a nightgown?'
Duolingo was wedding salty yesterday! Throwing shade like those dance moves to 'Dancing Queen' at the reception after 10 (pm or drinks, you decide).
At least now I know how to say, 'Is your aunt wearing a nightgown?'
October 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
@duolingoverde.bsky.social was wedding salty yesterday!
Duolingo was wedding salty yesterday! Throwing shade like those dance moves to 'Dancing Queen' at the reception after 10 (pm or drinks, you decide).
At least now I know how to say, 'Is your aunt wearing a nightgown?'
Duolingo was wedding salty yesterday! Throwing shade like those dance moves to 'Dancing Queen' at the reception after 10 (pm or drinks, you decide).
At least now I know how to say, 'Is your aunt wearing a nightgown?'
A friend of mine had me looking up the hot priests calendar from the Vatican.
Well, HELLO, Father June.
Well, HELLO, Father June.
October 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
A friend of mine had me looking up the hot priests calendar from the Vatican.
Well, HELLO, Father June.
Well, HELLO, Father June.
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only
Right answers only
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Who's solving the Louvre robbery?
Right answers only
Right answers only
#Diwali mubarak and happy Kali Puja to all who celebrate!
[If sunset for you is before 17.30, then Diwali is tomorrow, but that's well north of here - e.g., Stockholm - as sunset in Oxford is at 18.00]
[If sunset for you is before 17.30, then Diwali is tomorrow, but that's well north of here - e.g., Stockholm - as sunset in Oxford is at 18.00]
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#Diwali mubarak and happy Kali Puja to all who celebrate!
[If sunset for you is before 17.30, then Diwali is tomorrow, but that's well north of here - e.g., Stockholm - as sunset in Oxford is at 18.00]
[If sunset for you is before 17.30, then Diwali is tomorrow, but that's well north of here - e.g., Stockholm - as sunset in Oxford is at 18.00]
Via you know who you are and can tag yourself if you like, 100% this:
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Via you know who you are and can tag yourself if you like, 100% this:
Here's a thought, @theguardian.com - stop focusing on the crybaby man and start focusing on the brave woman. Who *cares*?
Focus on the winner, for heaven's sake, nobody cares what a narcissist thinks. But this obsession w/ placating them is why we're here.
Focus on the winner, for heaven's sake, nobody cares what a narcissist thinks. But this obsession w/ placating them is why we're here.
October 10, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Here's a thought, @theguardian.com - stop focusing on the crybaby man and start focusing on the brave woman. Who *cares*?
Focus on the winner, for heaven's sake, nobody cares what a narcissist thinks. But this obsession w/ placating them is why we're here.
Focus on the winner, for heaven's sake, nobody cares what a narcissist thinks. But this obsession w/ placating them is why we're here.
Stop stop STOP taking this seriously! What is *wrong with you people*? Who cares? This is why bullies carry on and on and on.
Good answer from the Nobel Committee.
Good answer from the Nobel Committee.
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Stop stop STOP taking this seriously! What is *wrong with you people*? Who cares? This is why bullies carry on and on and on.
Good answer from the Nobel Committee.
Good answer from the Nobel Committee.
What the heck, Microsoft?
October 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
What the heck, Microsoft?
Everyone going on and on and on, wringing their hands about how the Conservatives were the most successful political party in the Western world - like that's some plaudit, not an indictment of humanity - really need to just stop.
They've always been this, but w/ a better veneer.
They've always been this, but w/ a better veneer.
October 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Everyone going on and on and on, wringing their hands about how the Conservatives were the most successful political party in the Western world - like that's some plaudit, not an indictment of humanity - really need to just stop.
They've always been this, but w/ a better veneer.
They've always been this, but w/ a better veneer.
Sukkot chag sameach!
October 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Sukkot chag sameach!
Not alone here, obviously:
But unlike the Home Sec, Bushra and I are really curious about this.
As Bushra says, he's a terrorist whatever.
Solidarity with Heaton Park and Jewish people everywhere.
But unlike the Home Sec, Bushra and I are really curious about this.
As Bushra says, he's a terrorist whatever.
Solidarity with Heaton Park and Jewish people everywhere.
October 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Not alone here, obviously:
But unlike the Home Sec, Bushra and I are really curious about this.
As Bushra says, he's a terrorist whatever.
Solidarity with Heaton Park and Jewish people everywhere.
But unlike the Home Sec, Bushra and I are really curious about this.
As Bushra says, he's a terrorist whatever.
Solidarity with Heaton Park and Jewish people everywhere.
Heads up, fellow brown people in the UK:
Bear in mind that you only have to *look* like a Muslim - in other words, you just have to be brown. They're already making life hell for us, and now they have more of an excuse.
Bear in mind that you only have to *look* like a Muslim - in other words, you just have to be brown. They're already making life hell for us, and now they have more of an excuse.
October 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Heads up, fellow brown people in the UK:
Bear in mind that you only have to *look* like a Muslim - in other words, you just have to be brown. They're already making life hell for us, and now they have more of an excuse.
Bear in mind that you only have to *look* like a Muslim - in other words, you just have to be brown. They're already making life hell for us, and now they have more of an excuse.
Found and well, it got so much better/worse...
October 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Found and well, it got so much better/worse...