Marguerite
@margodee19.bsky.social
She/Her. Long covid. Forever sci fi fan. Follower of Jesus. Mum. Trans inclusive feminist. Queer. 🌈
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Look all I'm saying is we've tried chaos *without* Ed Miliband
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Look all I'm saying is we've tried chaos *without* Ed Miliband
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No one has ever tried to sell me drugs as hard as people try to sell me on AI.
May 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
No one has ever tried to sell me drugs as hard as people try to sell me on AI.
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The only reasonable conclusion to draw from this tweet is that our muppet population hails from a wonderful ancestral homeland that now I long to visit.
February 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
The only reasonable conclusion to draw from this tweet is that our muppet population hails from a wonderful ancestral homeland that now I long to visit.
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it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
it will really be something if the Epstein Files unseat a British Prime Minster who isn't in them, and not the American President who was Epstein's best friend.
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I will go to my GRAVE cackling over this Marlon Brando anecdote
Please engrave it on my tombstone
Please engrave it on my tombstone
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
I will go to my GRAVE cackling over this Marlon Brando anecdote
Please engrave it on my tombstone
Please engrave it on my tombstone
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Oh ffs, just do something else. Do ANYTHING else valuable. Work in a shop. Run a library. Become a personal trainer. Make pottery. Just anything else.
“She compares her work to the efforts of a parent raising a child. She’s training Claude to detect the difference between right and wrong while imbuing it with unique personality traits.”
This Philosopher Is Teaching AI to Have Morals
The tech company has entrusted the philosopher to endow its chatbot with a sense of right and wrong.
www.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Oh ffs, just do something else. Do ANYTHING else valuable. Work in a shop. Run a library. Become a personal trainer. Make pottery. Just anything else.
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masking is not an extreme measure; it’s like, level zero of measures. it’s the easiest possible option
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy. n.pr/4akK70l
Olympic Covid restrictions are gone, but some athletes still self-quarantining
For most people, the pandemic days of masking are behind us. In certain corners of the Winter Olympics, though, things still look a lot like they did in Covid times. Some athletes are taking extreme measures to stay healthy.
n.pr
February 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM
masking is not an extreme measure; it’s like, level zero of measures. it’s the easiest possible option
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Anyone who wants to campaign be the next Prime Minister will need good graphic design
February 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Anyone who wants to campaign be the next Prime Minister will need good graphic design
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I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.
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"hello, hello, yes hi, hello, right what's on the agenda, student loan payments, BORING, smutty innuendo, oh stop it"
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
"hello, hello, yes hi, hello, right what's on the agenda, student loan payments, BORING, smutty innuendo, oh stop it"
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Been on a train in Yorkshire during both the last two prime ministerial resignations and today I am: on a train in Yorkshire, just saying
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Been on a train in Yorkshire during both the last two prime ministerial resignations and today I am: on a train in Yorkshire, just saying
I choose chaos with Ed Miliband. Worth a try, can it be any worse?
Fuck it. Tenner on Miliband, dark horse.
February 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I choose chaos with Ed Miliband. Worth a try, can it be any worse?
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we gotta open the schools…or close down the schools. not sure. yikes
February 7, 2026 at 7:33 PM
we gotta open the schools…or close down the schools. not sure. yikes
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February 7, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Well I don't think that's fine 🤬
February 7, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Well I don't think that's fine 🤬
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[watching curling]
after 1 min: ugh this is dull
10 min: spin on that stone is off
30 mins: three in the house means nothing if your centre guard is ripe for a pick and roll
1 hour: SWEEP BITCH SWEEP
after 1 min: ugh this is dull
10 min: spin on that stone is off
30 mins: three in the house means nothing if your centre guard is ripe for a pick and roll
1 hour: SWEEP BITCH SWEEP
February 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
[watching curling]
after 1 min: ugh this is dull
10 min: spin on that stone is off
30 mins: three in the house means nothing if your centre guard is ripe for a pick and roll
1 hour: SWEEP BITCH SWEEP
after 1 min: ugh this is dull
10 min: spin on that stone is off
30 mins: three in the house means nothing if your centre guard is ripe for a pick and roll
1 hour: SWEEP BITCH SWEEP
And when I worked for Parliament - no question. #comethefuckinorfuckthefuckoff
February 7, 2026 at 3:43 PM
And when I worked for Parliament - no question. #comethefuckinorfuckthefuckoff
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He looks as though he's been caught cooking and also as if he mistakenly believes cooking to be illegal
Tfw when you are the Dark Lord of Spin, genius manipulator of the public mind, but also think wearing Woody Allen spectacles a good choice under the circumstances
February 7, 2026 at 1:07 PM
He looks as though he's been caught cooking and also as if he mistakenly believes cooking to be illegal
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the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
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The level of media coverage of this vs the WASPI situation is interesting, given they are both situations where the rules changed, and in one case frequently with virtually no notice.
(No amount of not buying avocado toast would have saved me as much money as simply being born 18m earlier.)
(No amount of not buying avocado toast would have saved me as much money as simply being born 18m earlier.)
“I graduated with £42,000 of debt and even though I’m paying it off, it’s now £72,000.”
It's truly an abomination: On a normal job you keep paying forever. 40 years!
“Why would I trust a government that mis-sold me a loan when I was a child?” is a very good question.
www.ft.com/content/7bf5...
It's truly an abomination: On a normal job you keep paying forever. 40 years!
“Why would I trust a government that mis-sold me a loan when I was a child?” is a very good question.
www.ft.com/content/7bf5...
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The level of media coverage of this vs the WASPI situation is interesting, given they are both situations where the rules changed, and in one case frequently with virtually no notice.
(No amount of not buying avocado toast would have saved me as much money as simply being born 18m earlier.)
(No amount of not buying avocado toast would have saved me as much money as simply being born 18m earlier.)
Standard vicarage table scape for breakfast. Who doesn’t need communion wine and a gong bowl with their Cheerios?
February 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Standard vicarage table scape for breakfast. Who doesn’t need communion wine and a gong bowl with their Cheerios?
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Delighted to be reading at Lancaster Litfest on Sunday 22nd March 2-3pm, in conversation with @alexwragge.bsky.social about all things historical fiction!
It's here!
The full programme is now available to browse, and all tickets are available to book!
Explore our workshops, sign up to the Big Read, learn about what's on offer from our Writers in Residence and submit to our Rights of Nature Digital Poetry Map!
geni.us/LFSpring26
The full programme is now available to browse, and all tickets are available to book!
Explore our workshops, sign up to the Big Read, learn about what's on offer from our Writers in Residence and submit to our Rights of Nature Digital Poetry Map!
geni.us/LFSpring26
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Delighted to be reading at Lancaster Litfest on Sunday 22nd March 2-3pm, in conversation with @alexwragge.bsky.social about all things historical fiction!
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Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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Ouch. There are people scared to go to church in some cities
White-Cain of WH Faith Office at the NPB on Trump:
"No president in modern history, or perhaps all of history, has done more, structurally, substantially, and sincerely, to elevate and protect religious liberty."
Note: Trump admin is currently being sued by dozens of religious denominations/groups
"No president in modern history, or perhaps all of history, has done more, structurally, substantially, and sincerely, to elevate and protect religious liberty."
Note: Trump admin is currently being sued by dozens of religious denominations/groups
February 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Ouch. There are people scared to go to church in some cities