Patrick A
@sparkypatrick.bsky.social
Professional IT geek and music lover. Occasional footballer of no particular talent (until GPA got me). Blue is the colour.
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Once a month or so on social media I post a selfie at an indoor climbing wall and pretend it's my hobby. I don't actually do climbing at all, but I do do a lot of kinky sex and it makes for a convenient explanation for the bruises and marks left by the restraints on my wrists
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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The Indie website is a horrible experience and all the better for being paywalled.
Unrelated, wondering if the members of the motorcycle club mentioned in the review take LSD.
Unrelated, wondering if the members of the motorcycle club mentioned in the review take LSD.
When I was young, the Independent was the best designed newspaper on the stands. This is what it looks like now: a par of text sandwiched between two ads, an auto-play video and a pointless and intrusive swipe function. It's as if it hates the work of its own writers.
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Indie website is a horrible experience and all the better for being paywalled.
Unrelated, wondering if the members of the motorcycle club mentioned in the review take LSD.
Unrelated, wondering if the members of the motorcycle club mentioned in the review take LSD.
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Now is the time to stand firm.
Hatred has no place here.
We rise against discrimination in every form.
No exceptions.
No excuses.
No turning away.
#WhoeverYouMayBe | #LGBTQ+ | #UnitedAgainstHate | #NoToHate 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@gaygooners.bsky.social
Hatred has no place here.
We rise against discrimination in every form.
No exceptions.
No excuses.
No turning away.
#WhoeverYouMayBe | #LGBTQ+ | #UnitedAgainstHate | #NoToHate 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@gaygooners.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Now is the time to stand firm.
Hatred has no place here.
We rise against discrimination in every form.
No exceptions.
No excuses.
No turning away.
#WhoeverYouMayBe | #LGBTQ+ | #UnitedAgainstHate | #NoToHate 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@gaygooners.bsky.social
Hatred has no place here.
We rise against discrimination in every form.
No exceptions.
No excuses.
No turning away.
#WhoeverYouMayBe | #LGBTQ+ | #UnitedAgainstHate | #NoToHate 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@gaygooners.bsky.social
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The fact that lawyers aren't being disbarred for this shit tells you everything you need to know about how professional organizations refuse to properly police themselves.
California prosecutors’ office used AI to file inaccurate motion in criminal case
Filing contained errors known as ‘hallucinations’, with attorneys arguing prosecutors’ office used AI in other cases
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The fact that lawyers aren't being disbarred for this shit tells you everything you need to know about how professional organizations refuse to properly police themselves.
I'm not instinctively in favour of removing the right to trial by jury, but what is the evidence? Do France and Germany (where it is not the norm) have worse outcomes? More miscarriages of justice?
🚨Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism. We must come together - cross party - to stop any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom
youtu.be/QdD9LaAN19A?...
youtu.be/QdD9LaAN19A?...
Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy - We must fight any attempt to undermine it
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I'm not instinctively in favour of removing the right to trial by jury, but what is the evidence? Do France and Germany (where it is not the norm) have worse outcomes? More miscarriages of justice?
Jenny Agutter. Wibble.
Logan's Run
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Jenny Agutter. Wibble.
At the late night, double feature, picture show.
Before they called him Shirley, he was called Commander John J. Adams of the space ship Bellerophon.
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 AM
At the late night, double feature, picture show.
A film of Tank Girl! With Lori Petty! I was so excited to see this. And then so disappointed.
TANK GIRL
November 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A film of Tank Girl! With Lori Petty! I was so excited to see this. And then so disappointed.
I love this play, but was hugely disappointed the only time I saw it performed. They tried to play the serious Hamlet scenes for laughs. Ruined it.
The - very enjoyable - film version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern was on Prime recently so go check if it’s still there if you’ve got a subscription. Imagine Tim Roth and Gary Oldman as Laurel and Hardy trapped in a Beckettian farce in the middle of Hamlet. A great great film of a great great play
November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I love this play, but was hugely disappointed the only time I saw it performed. They tried to play the serious Hamlet scenes for laughs. Ruined it.
Something about leopards and faces here.
Since a homophobic attack on his niece, his party has introduced multiple anti-LGBTQIA+ policies and the UK has fallen steeply in human rights rankings
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/keir-starmer-shocked-his-anti-lgbtqia-rhetoric-is-creating-anti-lgbtqia-sentiment/
https://www.wearequeeraf.com/keir-starmer-shocked-his-anti-lgbtqia-rhetoric-is-creating-anti-lgbtqia-sentiment/
Starmer "furious" at homophobic attack on his family, as if his party has nothing to do with it
Since a homophobic attack on his niece, his party has introduced multiple anti-LGBTQIA+ policies and the UK has fallen steeply in human rights rankings
www.wearequeeraf.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Something about leopards and faces here.
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London film lovers!
The Regent Street Cinema is doing 50% off a membership until 1st December, making it just *£12.50* for the whole year
For this excellent price, you get:
2 free tickets
25% off tickets
15% off bar
No booking fees
AND
40% off an annual MUBI subscription
RUN, don't walk...
The Regent Street Cinema is doing 50% off a membership until 1st December, making it just *£12.50* for the whole year
For this excellent price, you get:
2 free tickets
25% off tickets
15% off bar
No booking fees
AND
40% off an annual MUBI subscription
RUN, don't walk...
November 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
London film lovers!
The Regent Street Cinema is doing 50% off a membership until 1st December, making it just *£12.50* for the whole year
For this excellent price, you get:
2 free tickets
25% off tickets
15% off bar
No booking fees
AND
40% off an annual MUBI subscription
RUN, don't walk...
The Regent Street Cinema is doing 50% off a membership until 1st December, making it just *£12.50* for the whole year
For this excellent price, you get:
2 free tickets
25% off tickets
15% off bar
No booking fees
AND
40% off an annual MUBI subscription
RUN, don't walk...
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Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
'F*** Off And Let People Be': David Tennant Doubles Down On Support For Trans People
"People are trying to create division... and it's so f***ing unnecessary."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Always love to see great talent using their platform for unabashed good.
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Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Okay, here we go.
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Health & care staff are no longer allowed a Covid booster, but they're still expected to look after COVID+ patients.
NHS/govt is reneging on its duty of care. Staff will become unwell, and patients too will suffer.
You know what to do
👇✍️
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Our pals at The Rochdale Herald - our nation’s premier source of fakey news - are once again running their Christmas toy appeal.
The Amazon Wish List sends any purchases directly to the Giving Back Rochdale appeal, meaning that needy kids in the area get at least one present to open at Christmas.
The Amazon Wish List sends any purchases directly to the Giving Back Rochdale appeal, meaning that needy kids in the area get at least one present to open at Christmas.
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Our pals at The Rochdale Herald - our nation’s premier source of fakey news - are once again running their Christmas toy appeal.
The Amazon Wish List sends any purchases directly to the Giving Back Rochdale appeal, meaning that needy kids in the area get at least one present to open at Christmas.
The Amazon Wish List sends any purchases directly to the Giving Back Rochdale appeal, meaning that needy kids in the area get at least one present to open at Christmas.
Learning from the findings of an enquiry? Unlikely. Acting on them? Impossible. That's not what enquiries are for, they're to be seen to be doing something without actually doing anything.
We can save disabled people's lives if we listen to the recommendations of the Covid inquiry
buff.ly/a6BX98P
Georgia Bondy of Disability Rights UK, writes about why the government must learn from the findings in the Covid inquiry
@marisharay.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social
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Georgia Bondy of Disability Rights UK, writes about why the government must learn from the findings in the Covid inquiry
@marisharay.bsky.social @disrightsuk.bsky.social
We can save disabled people's lives if we listen to the Covid inquiry
Georgia Bondy, the Covid inquiry manager for Disability Rights UK, writes about why the government must listen to the Covid inquiry.
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Learning from the findings of an enquiry? Unlikely. Acting on them? Impossible. That's not what enquiries are for, they're to be seen to be doing something without actually doing anything.
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Friend of mine is exploring gender presentation and is looking for LGBTQ+-friendly shops in Manchester which might stock femme clothes in a range of larger sizes. Does anyone have any recommendations please?
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Friend of mine is exploring gender presentation and is looking for LGBTQ+-friendly shops in Manchester which might stock femme clothes in a range of larger sizes. Does anyone have any recommendations please?
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Winning elections is a means not an end. Stop fighting the next election the minute you win an election. Use your term to do things you believe in, and make the case for them. Even if you then lose the next election you will still have achieved something. And who knows, maybe it’ll be popular?
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Winning elections is a means not an end. Stop fighting the next election the minute you win an election. Use your term to do things you believe in, and make the case for them. Even if you then lose the next election you will still have achieved something. And who knows, maybe it’ll be popular?
Ha-ha!
🚨 Flick: “Araujo has a stomach virus and will be out tomorrow. We'll see after that”. “Morally, we're all down. This defeat against Chelsea has been tough for us”.
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Ha-ha!
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to:
Amyl and the Sniffers
Interpol
Nina Simone Prom
Bloc party
The Cure
(approximately the last five)
Amyl and the Sniffers
Interpol
Nina Simone Prom
Bloc party
The Cure
(approximately the last five)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to:
Kneecap
Pulp
Shakin' Stevens
George Michael
BC Camplight
Kneecap
Pulp
Shakin' Stevens
George Michael
BC Camplight
introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to:
Bob Dylan
Nightwish
NIN
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Carly Rae Jepsen
these are also the ONLY five gigs I've ever been to
Bob Dylan
Nightwish
NIN
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Carly Rae Jepsen
these are also the ONLY five gigs I've ever been to
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've been to:
Amyl and the Sniffers
Interpol
Nina Simone Prom
Bloc party
The Cure
(approximately the last five)
Amyl and the Sniffers
Interpol
Nina Simone Prom
Bloc party
The Cure
(approximately the last five)
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I like to put a plausibly-deniable typo in every external document I work on. I've just sent off a funding proposal with the word "sharted" instead of "shared" on p79.
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Discuss.
I don't recall where I found this, but I'd say this looks about right.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Discuss.