Kirsty
@snowythepyro.bsky.social
Legal Editor. Alto at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (on loan from BBC Symphony Chorus). Prommer. Brownie leader. Knitter. Reader. Loves to travel. 🐧=❤️
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Funny, this headline does the exact opposite of calming my nerves!
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Funny, this headline does the exact opposite of calming my nerves!
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To anyone who has experience working with fonts and typefaces, I sincerely apologize for the monstrosity I’m about to show you.
I’m very sorry to announce this to the rest of the country & the world, but a transitional logo has been chosen for the 2034 Salt Lake City Olympics & this is it. Why does it say Utah? We don’t know. Why is the font illegible? Yet another mystery. Did they go ugly on purpose? Again, no idea.
November 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
To anyone who has experience working with fonts and typefaces, I sincerely apologize for the monstrosity I’m about to show you.
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Daily bunny no.3148 will be done in time for Christmas
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Daily bunny no.3148 will be done in time for Christmas
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A squirrel urging me not to obey a Do Not Feed The Squirrels sign on Kelvingrove Park in the West End of Glasgow, although given the warning below it, I resisted! The sign isn't an official one, but was created by A Sign of Humour.
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #sign #glasgowhumour #squirrel #squirrels
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #sign #glasgowhumour #squirrel #squirrels
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A squirrel urging me not to obey a Do Not Feed The Squirrels sign on Kelvingrove Park in the West End of Glasgow, although given the warning below it, I resisted! The sign isn't an official one, but was created by A Sign of Humour.
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #sign #glasgowhumour #squirrel #squirrels
#glasgow #kelvingrovepark #sign #glasgowhumour #squirrel #squirrels
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To give an idea of how damaging this change is, a typical dual fuel household will see their bill rise by £2.50 in January.
A household using an electric storage heater - already most at risk of fuel poverty - will see a £100 increase. That is deeply unfair and needs to be addressed
A household using an electric storage heater - already most at risk of fuel poverty - will see a £100 increase. That is deeply unfair and needs to be addressed
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
To give an idea of how damaging this change is, a typical dual fuel household will see their bill rise by £2.50 in January.
A household using an electric storage heater - already most at risk of fuel poverty - will see a £100 increase. That is deeply unfair and needs to be addressed
A household using an electric storage heater - already most at risk of fuel poverty - will see a £100 increase. That is deeply unfair and needs to be addressed
Differences like this are why I list American English and British English separately under "languages I proofread/copyedit"
Seeing people write things like “on accident” (rather than by accident) makes my lexicography senses tingle. It seems on the one hand obviously wrong and yet clearly makes sense to the person writing it and I want to grasp why?
November 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Differences like this are why I list American English and British English separately under "languages I proofread/copyedit"
Both my grandads served in India but would still have given a proper kicking (after taking into account local/religious sensibilities); FIL - who was RAF ground crew in 1944 - would have gone straight to the kicking (as would all my great-uncles who served in Europe in various guises)!
Honestly though imagine saying to your grandad who landed at Normandy that you can have swastikas on ships now.
November 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Both my grandads served in India but would still have given a proper kicking (after taking into account local/religious sensibilities); FIL - who was RAF ground crew in 1944 - would have gone straight to the kicking (as would all my great-uncles who served in Europe in various guises)!
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England cricket fans at 6am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
England cricket fans at 6am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
England cricket fans at 9.45am
We're doing mvt 5 while seated; my neighbour can't see Sophie even when she's standing up because of the bass drum (sorry Soph!) 🤣
It's sounding AMAZING - if you can get to Liverpool for tomorrow evening, tickets still available. + two pieces of Pärt for his 90th birthday year.
It's sounding AMAZING - if you can get to Liverpool for tomorrow evening, tickets still available. + two pieces of Pärt for his 90th birthday year.
Happy place!
Brahms Requiem tomorrow evening, with Domingo Hindoyan, Sophie Bevan and Samuel Hasselhorn 🎶
Brahms Requiem tomorrow evening, with Domingo Hindoyan, Sophie Bevan and Samuel Hasselhorn 🎶
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We're doing mvt 5 while seated; my neighbour can't see Sophie even when she's standing up because of the bass drum (sorry Soph!) 🤣
It's sounding AMAZING - if you can get to Liverpool for tomorrow evening, tickets still available. + two pieces of Pärt for his 90th birthday year.
It's sounding AMAZING - if you can get to Liverpool for tomorrow evening, tickets still available. + two pieces of Pärt for his 90th birthday year.
It's clearly disprovable by the fact that pre 2014, married persons who received a GRA needed to have their marriage dissolved ~because two women/men couldn't possibly be married~
(I think it worked the other way too, ie if one of a Civil Partnered couple got a GRA they could no longer have a CP).
(I think it worked the other way too, ie if one of a Civil Partnered couple got a GRA they could no longer have a CP).
The Supreme Court dismissed living as a man or woman under the GRA as merely a matter of paperwork, while effectively ignoring the same question in the context of gender reassignment.
The instructions now show that both Acts have, in effect, the same criterion.
The instructions now show that both Acts have, in effect, the same criterion.
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It's clearly disprovable by the fact that pre 2014, married persons who received a GRA needed to have their marriage dissolved ~because two women/men couldn't possibly be married~
(I think it worked the other way too, ie if one of a Civil Partnered couple got a GRA they could no longer have a CP).
(I think it worked the other way too, ie if one of a Civil Partnered couple got a GRA they could no longer have a CP).
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He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
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"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happy place!
Brahms Requiem tomorrow evening, with Domingo Hindoyan, Sophie Bevan and Samuel Hasselhorn 🎶
Brahms Requiem tomorrow evening, with Domingo Hindoyan, Sophie Bevan and Samuel Hasselhorn 🎶
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Happy place!
Brahms Requiem tomorrow evening, with Domingo Hindoyan, Sophie Bevan and Samuel Hasselhorn 🎶
Brahms Requiem tomorrow evening, with Domingo Hindoyan, Sophie Bevan and Samuel Hasselhorn 🎶
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Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
November 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay, for Trans Day of Remembrance
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Almost time to pull out Holiday Lights v2 (1995)
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Almost time to pull out Holiday Lights v2 (1995)
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Only one more month until we discover if the issue is that 'The War Between The Land And The Sea' is a) too leftwing for Disney in 2025 b) too bad or c) both.
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Only one more month until we discover if the issue is that 'The War Between The Land And The Sea' is a) too leftwing for Disney in 2025 b) too bad or c) both.
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Instead of Secret Santa, we're doing something similar but for colleagues' kids this year. I've been paired with a chap who always speaks over me. I'm getting his kids glitter and glue. I hope they love it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Instead of Secret Santa, we're doing something similar but for colleagues' kids this year. I've been paired with a chap who always speaks over me. I'm getting his kids glitter and glue. I hope they love it.
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Hark! the Season approaches!
As we approach The Season, a reminder of the rules of the two games available.
#HARKAGEDDON
#HARKHUNTER
As we approach The Season, a reminder of the rules of the two games available.
#HARKAGEDDON
#HARKHUNTER
November 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Hark! the Season approaches!
As we approach The Season, a reminder of the rules of the two games available.
#HARKAGEDDON
#HARKHUNTER
As we approach The Season, a reminder of the rules of the two games available.
#HARKAGEDDON
#HARKHUNTER
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Rideable miniature railway in the middle of Hyde Park where all the trains are tube trains and it models the tube map exactly.
You have been cursed. You somehow acquired vast wealth and in order to stave off the madness associated with it (and thus use it for good), you have to fund eccentric and ridiculous art prizes.
What kind of thing are you commissioning?
What kind of thing are you commissioning?
November 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Rideable miniature railway in the middle of Hyde Park where all the trains are tube trains and it models the tube map exactly.
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Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Sir Mo Farah reveals 'the truth' about how he came to the UK
The Olympic star was warned speaking out could put his British citizenship at "real risk" - but it is understood the Home Office is taking no action against him.
news.sky.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
Under future rules
Renew status? 1995, 98 x6
Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)
Citizenship 2013
news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...
A book hunting, beer drinking kind of weekend (Sedbergh - Wigtown - Carlisle)
#BeersWithoutBorders #WestWallsBrewingCo
#BeersWithoutBorders #WestWallsBrewingCo
November 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A book hunting, beer drinking kind of weekend (Sedbergh - Wigtown - Carlisle)
#BeersWithoutBorders #WestWallsBrewingCo
#BeersWithoutBorders #WestWallsBrewingCo
This is great fun - filled an evening :-)
Booklovers, your favourite game is back! 📚🔎
Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion).
Play now: buff.ly/460M0aR
Guess all 20 books in the #HiddenBooksGame and you could win a £500/€500 National Book Token to spend in your local bookshop (the best gift ever, in our opinion).
Play now: buff.ly/460M0aR
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is great fun - filled an evening :-)
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Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Without asylum:
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist
Queen would have been without a front man
The other queen wouldn't have had a husband
Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea
And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc
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Are you still preparing your Advent Carol Service? Looking for something with a bit more joy?
#CursedCarols
#CursedCarols
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Are you still preparing your Advent Carol Service? Looking for something with a bit more joy?
#CursedCarols
#CursedCarols
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It is mental that civil servants can't accept a fruit basket but MPs can receive gifts of under £300 and not declare them
Following up last RT, it is stunning how much Parliament's rules are out of step with not just the private sector, but the civil service and local councils research.mysociety.org/html/beyond-...
November 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It is mental that civil servants can't accept a fruit basket but MPs can receive gifts of under £300 and not declare them