Ben Orchard
@raehik.bsky.social
夢を抱きしめろ Embrace your dreams.｜日JA (N1)・英EN・λHaskell｜ダンレボDDR・音ゲーrhythm games｜he/him｜trans rights
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My mum's done over 38 years for GirlGuiding. A Queen's Guide, she ran Brownie troupes, was a commissioner, even had her Brownie troupe at her wedding.
Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.
Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My mum's done over 38 years for GirlGuiding. A Queen's Guide, she ran Brownie troupes, was a commissioner, even had her Brownie troupe at her wedding.
Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.
Tonight, bc of this decision, she has requested immediate removal of her membership because she stands with ALL women and girls, not just cis ones.
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If there is a silver lining to the Girlguiding decision www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... it is the clarity that what is now happening really is *apartheid*. I'm sorry for anyone currently involved who decides to stay involved.
Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding
Girls’ adventure charity says it made decision after seeking legal advice in wake of supreme court ruling on gender
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If there is a silver lining to the Girlguiding decision www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... it is the clarity that what is now happening really is *apartheid*. I'm sorry for anyone currently involved who decides to stay involved.
i got 2900 hours watched on my twitch recap, 360 days visited, which is very close to last year's (3000hrs, 353 days). bloody hell
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
i got 2900 hours watched on my twitch recap, 360 days visited, which is very close to last year's (3000hrs, 353 days). bloody hell
Holy shit the new PhD student at my old compsci uni department is called Binder. Incredible nominative determinism
December 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Holy shit the new PhD student at my old compsci uni department is called Binder. Incredible nominative determinism
Comparison is the thief of joy, but only for you, because I compared us and found that I was better than you
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Comparison is the thief of joy, but only for you, because I compared us and found that I was better than you
landing jokes and bits at the family dinner table goes incredibly hard
December 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
landing jokes and bits at the family dinner table goes incredibly hard
Twin came into my room with Northernlion on one monitor and a clip from Superman of Lex Luthor on the other and I had to hastily clarify "Neither of these men are Andrew Tate"
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Twin came into my room with Northernlion on one monitor and a clip from Superman of Lex Luthor on the other and I had to hastily clarify "Neither of these men are Andrew Tate"
strange tendency to type the altogether wrong words recently. "clearly" instead of "clearer", "round around" instead of "go around". brain slow? idk
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
strange tendency to type the altogether wrong words recently. "clearly" instead of "clearer", "round around" instead of "go around". brain slow? idk
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Legit I have 4 Souls runs I want to do in the near future:
* DS2 low-upgrade 100% (current!)
* Elden Ring Reforged
* Bloodborne low-upgrade 100% on PC
* DS2 30k SM
Realistically it will take me 9 months at least to get through these
* DS2 low-upgrade 100% (current!)
* Elden Ring Reforged
* Bloodborne low-upgrade 100% on PC
* DS2 30k SM
Realistically it will take me 9 months at least to get through these
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Legit I have 4 Souls runs I want to do in the near future:
* DS2 low-upgrade 100% (current!)
* Elden Ring Reforged
* Bloodborne low-upgrade 100% on PC
* DS2 30k SM
Realistically it will take me 9 months at least to get through these
* DS2 low-upgrade 100% (current!)
* Elden Ring Reforged
* Bloodborne low-upgrade 100% on PC
* DS2 30k SM
Realistically it will take me 9 months at least to get through these
also after playing with DS2 Lighting Engine for 35hrs I can comfortably say, it does still ruin a few graphical design choices about the vanilla game and it's not really the "definitive" version yet. The Looking Glass Knight fight is notably still broken (no lightning flashes). Couple bugs. (1/n)
December 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
also after playing with DS2 Lighting Engine for 35hrs I can comfortably say, it does still ruin a few graphical design choices about the vanilla game and it's not really the "definitive" version yet. The Looking Glass Knight fight is notably still broken (no lightning flashes). Couple bugs. (1/n)
Sobbing. Just had an incredibly funny invasion on my low-level DS2 run. Shrine of Amana, first area. There's no way I can win any invasion (+1 weapons, no stat above 20). So I run myself back to the bonfire. Remember that hitless runs close doors on invading NPCs to slow them down. (1/n)
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Sobbing. Just had an incredibly funny invasion on my low-level DS2 run. Shrine of Amana, first area. There's no way I can win any invasion (+1 weapons, no stat above 20). So I run myself back to the bonfire. Remember that hitless runs close doors on invading NPCs to slow them down. (1/n)
6 months and a new CPU later and Bloodborne PC is kind of real now. super cool, looking forward to a replay in 2 years when I finally have time
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
6 months and a new CPU later and Bloodborne PC is kind of real now. super cool, looking forward to a replay in 2 years when I finally have time
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Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Oh my god perfect Kaoru casting AHHHHHHHHHHHH
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Oh my god perfect Kaoru casting AHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Watching this 2000s British sitcom My Hero about an alien superhero try to be a human and it's literally just the struggles of an autistic man and his loving wife
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Watching this 2000s British sitcom My Hero about an alien superhero try to be a human and it's literally just the struggles of an autistic man and his loving wife