Michelle McMurrie
@michellemcmurrie.bsky.social
Transgender writer (see Amazon) and miniatures painter on TikTok (@waitingforsquats). Linktree: https://linktr.ee/shellymcmurrie
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Transphobia is simple bigotry: apply the arguments on the threat that transgender people supposedly pose as pronounced by the TERF to any other minority, and the demented, baseless hatred of transphobia is exposed for what it is. Society takes its collective trauma out on its minorities.
*sarcasm* My favourite thing is when a cisgender person who knows the sum total of fuck all about us and even says so before opening their mouths to trot out the termite shit between their ears, decides to bless us with their understanding of what transgender people are.
January 26, 2026 at 6:55 PM
*sarcasm* My favourite thing is when a cisgender person who knows the sum total of fuck all about us and even says so before opening their mouths to trot out the termite shit between their ears, decides to bless us with their understanding of what transgender people are.
I have been off sick all week with a tooth that's been adding so much spice to my life that I cried in a team meeting last week after my dentist appointment to fix the problem was pushed back a week with 80 minutes' notice. If they push it back tomorrow I may just stay in bed and wait for the end.
January 21, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I have been off sick all week with a tooth that's been adding so much spice to my life that I cried in a team meeting last week after my dentist appointment to fix the problem was pushed back a week with 80 minutes' notice. If they push it back tomorrow I may just stay in bed and wait for the end.
I don't post much seriousness - wars, genocides and the deliberate impoverishment of most of the world's population on top of the endless supply of bigotry and weaponised stupidity makes posting seem sort of pointless. But, CPTSD/PTSD can get better - it's a long, long road, but it can get better.
January 12, 2026 at 11:40 PM
I don't post much seriousness - wars, genocides and the deliberate impoverishment of most of the world's population on top of the endless supply of bigotry and weaponised stupidity makes posting seem sort of pointless. But, CPTSD/PTSD can get better - it's a long, long road, but it can get better.
Somebody just said on a YouTube video that 2023 was three years ago.
a close up of a man 's face with a gray shirt on
Alt: Matt Damon in Saving Private Ryan fade-transitioning to Harrison Young, the actor who plays Private Ryan as an old man.
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January 10, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Somebody just said on a YouTube video that 2023 was three years ago.
If the first week of January was a bank holiday (sometimes it'd be 5 days or 1 etc.), food & hospitality businesses could secure bookings from those wishing to spend time with their preferred people (family or not) who find the Christmas period taken up with obligations. Might be a terrible idea?..
January 1, 2026 at 12:37 PM
If the first week of January was a bank holiday (sometimes it'd be 5 days or 1 etc.), food & hospitality businesses could secure bookings from those wishing to spend time with their preferred people (family or not) who find the Christmas period taken up with obligations. Might be a terrible idea?..
Do you ever think about how drinks-company painted mirrors, branded ash trays, scenic drinks trays, resin-miniature houses, black & white prints of Art Deco clowns, mantelpiece carriage clocks, & brass ornaments speak to a material life that is now lost to us? All those objects imbued with something
December 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Do you ever think about how drinks-company painted mirrors, branded ash trays, scenic drinks trays, resin-miniature houses, black & white prints of Art Deco clowns, mantelpiece carriage clocks, & brass ornaments speak to a material life that is now lost to us? All those objects imbued with something
Today I learned that "Mink Oil" isn't just a cute name for a leather conditioner - it's literal Mink fats rendered down. For those not in the market for some Minks being turned into liquid Dubbin, apparently one can use Macadamia (the nut) Oil instead.
December 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Today I learned that "Mink Oil" isn't just a cute name for a leather conditioner - it's literal Mink fats rendered down. For those not in the market for some Minks being turned into liquid Dubbin, apparently one can use Macadamia (the nut) Oil instead.
I was viewing a cellar spider in the kitchen just now and the thought occurred that the cellar spider has, or so I assume, no concept that it's Christmas Eve - and that made me wonder, what is out there that's common knowledge to a whole species that we have no idea about or way to understand?
December 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I was viewing a cellar spider in the kitchen just now and the thought occurred that the cellar spider has, or so I assume, no concept that it's Christmas Eve - and that made me wonder, what is out there that's common knowledge to a whole species that we have no idea about or way to understand?
I was today years old when I realised that people complaining about specific shortcomings of X or Y AI slop provides detailed, nuanced, multifaceted analysis on how AI can make more realistic slop. We need effective regulation instead of clinging to decreasing “tells” to be able to detect the slop.
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I was today years old when I realised that people complaining about specific shortcomings of X or Y AI slop provides detailed, nuanced, multifaceted analysis on how AI can make more realistic slop. We need effective regulation instead of clinging to decreasing “tells” to be able to detect the slop.
I just tried to crochet for the first time ever - it got my brain damage cooking like a summer barbecue. Now I feel washed out and my head hurts.
I shall mark crochet down as one of those things I "lost to the fire". Other things on that list include; reading physical print books; lists of >3; DIY.
I shall mark crochet down as one of those things I "lost to the fire". Other things on that list include; reading physical print books; lists of >3; DIY.
December 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I just tried to crochet for the first time ever - it got my brain damage cooking like a summer barbecue. Now I feel washed out and my head hurts.
I shall mark crochet down as one of those things I "lost to the fire". Other things on that list include; reading physical print books; lists of >3; DIY.
I shall mark crochet down as one of those things I "lost to the fire". Other things on that list include; reading physical print books; lists of >3; DIY.
Words to strike fear into any admin, "Even now, RANDOM Cells will be Merged in Workbooks, right across your files! Bwahahahahahaha!"
December 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Words to strike fear into any admin, "Even now, RANDOM Cells will be Merged in Workbooks, right across your files! Bwahahahahahaha!"
Maybe trusting the outsourced blogs & vlogs (newspapers and tv news) of rich people to tell the public the truth in a fair, sober and morally defensible way, when those same media companies are under no obligation to be truthful or honest, was a bad strategy in the long run for informing a public.
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Maybe trusting the outsourced blogs & vlogs (newspapers and tv news) of rich people to tell the public the truth in a fair, sober and morally defensible way, when those same media companies are under no obligation to be truthful or honest, was a bad strategy in the long run for informing a public.
On another note: youtu.be/zn-rkKIMNAs?...
Authoritarianism Is Here
YouTube video by LegalEagle
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
On another note: youtu.be/zn-rkKIMNAs?...
I have this Covers playlist that collects versions of the same songs grouped by song in chronological order of release (naturally) and well, I'm late to the party, but I just learned that Cher (THE Cher) did a version of The Impossible Dream. Well. My Covers playlist is set to expand!
a woman with curly hair is standing in front of a building
Alt: Cher from around the time she did Moonstruck with Danny Aiello, Olympia Dukakis and Nicholas Cage, walks in front of a red-brick building. Cher wears a black overcoat and looks fabulous. Well, it's Cher - of course she looks fabulous. Anyway, on an unrelated note, did you know that Moonstruck (1987) is almost 40 years old now? How time flies. Similarly great character performances from Danny Aiello can be enjoyed in the 1989 movie, The January Man, and 1994's Leon the Professional. Olympia Dukakis would shine in such movies as 1989's Steel Magnolias, and 1995's Mr Holland's Opus.
Anyway, in the gif, Cher also has on some medium-large silver earrings that lend a sort of easy momentum to her stride. Overall, it's a great gif.
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November 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I have this Covers playlist that collects versions of the same songs grouped by song in chronological order of release (naturally) and well, I'm late to the party, but I just learned that Cher (THE Cher) did a version of The Impossible Dream. Well. My Covers playlist is set to expand!
"I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad... ...Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth." We collectively turn away from the precipice & avoid this descent into fascism, or we all plunge into it together, willingly or not
a man in a suit and tie is talking about the time knife
Alt: Ted Danson as Michael in The Good Place (TV show) captioned, "Yeah, yeah, the Time Knife. We've all seen it."
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November 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
"I don't have to tell you things are bad. Everybody knows things are bad... ...Everybody's out of work or scared of losing their job. The dollar buys a nickel's worth." We collectively turn away from the precipice & avoid this descent into fascism, or we all plunge into it together, willingly or not
Charging for vehicle use by mile feels a bit like making people pay to exist. Greater tax yield could be achieved by adding "fuel" tax to public chargers and implementing tax through the electricity bills of at-home charging via smart meters [I think]. Non smart meters could have the MOT verify use?
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Charging for vehicle use by mile feels a bit like making people pay to exist. Greater tax yield could be achieved by adding "fuel" tax to public chargers and implementing tax through the electricity bills of at-home charging via smart meters [I think]. Non smart meters could have the MOT verify use?
I have only ever managed to complete the long campaign in Warhammer Total War II using Mannfred Von Carstein, Thorgrim Grudgebringer and Grimgor Ironhide. I have found the Normal difficulty level impossible with anyone else. (I have completed it on Easy as Louen Leoncoeur and Karl Franz.)
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I have only ever managed to complete the long campaign in Warhammer Total War II using Mannfred Von Carstein, Thorgrim Grudgebringer and Grimgor Ironhide. I have found the Normal difficulty level impossible with anyone else. (I have completed it on Easy as Louen Leoncoeur and Karl Franz.)
This morning has been filled with my giving the cheesy lines to the missus; “call me a banker, ‘cos I like that dough”, “call be a baker ‘cos I love them buns”, “call me a spyglass, ‘cos I see treasure”, etc. she closed the door on me after “hubba hubba”.
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This morning has been filled with my giving the cheesy lines to the missus; “call me a banker, ‘cos I like that dough”, “call be a baker ‘cos I love them buns”, “call me a spyglass, ‘cos I see treasure”, etc. she closed the door on me after “hubba hubba”.
I would recommend that people watch the wartime movie, The Pimpernel Smith, with Leslie Howard.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I would recommend that people watch the wartime movie, The Pimpernel Smith, with Leslie Howard.
Had an email from a TV channel saying that my "weekend TV is sorted", the email featuring a selection of TV shows to binge. Bold of them to assume I have the wherewithal to watch anything new.
My overwhelmed, word-associative mind is adrift on a memory of bliss - a cavalcade of disjointed moments.
My overwhelmed, word-associative mind is adrift on a memory of bliss - a cavalcade of disjointed moments.
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Had an email from a TV channel saying that my "weekend TV is sorted", the email featuring a selection of TV shows to binge. Bold of them to assume I have the wherewithal to watch anything new.
My overwhelmed, word-associative mind is adrift on a memory of bliss - a cavalcade of disjointed moments.
My overwhelmed, word-associative mind is adrift on a memory of bliss - a cavalcade of disjointed moments.
The outrage & shock at a Labour government behaving the way that it is is because we expect this from the Tories & we rightly fear worse from the unabashed fascists that the UK media is desperate to turn into the next government; that a Labour government is doing it is an incomprehensible betrayal.
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The outrage & shock at a Labour government behaving the way that it is is because we expect this from the Tories & we rightly fear worse from the unabashed fascists that the UK media is desperate to turn into the next government; that a Labour government is doing it is an incomprehensible betrayal.
It's mildly irritating that YouTubers deliberately mispronounce well-known words that are the subject of their videos and that at least part of that is to drive engagement from commenters trying to be helpful.
November 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It's mildly irritating that YouTubers deliberately mispronounce well-known words that are the subject of their videos and that at least part of that is to drive engagement from commenters trying to be helpful.
I'm just getting my European Beaver Facts straight from the Beaver's mouth. This entry brought to you by my internet search of "do beavers have favourite types of wood?" treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-for...
November 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I'm just getting my European Beaver Facts straight from the Beaver's mouth. This entry brought to you by my internet search of "do beavers have favourite types of wood?" treesforlife.org.uk/into-the-for...
The Frighteners (1996) was a good movie.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Frighteners (1996) was a good movie.
In sci-fi, this could go either way - Fly, My Hawkmen! Or Drukhari Hellions. In real life, it's very cool.
Sekiyado testflight 2025/11/08_2
YouTube video by kazuhiko hachiya
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November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In sci-fi, this could go either way - Fly, My Hawkmen! Or Drukhari Hellions. In real life, it's very cool.