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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 4h

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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s. eek smith 👻 @sesmith.lol · 1d

A little something to take the edge off as you head into the weekend @erinbiba.bsky.social

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Medieval Military Medicine @medmilmedicine.bsky.social · 17h

Sunday morning - Doodle in the margins of this 12th century manuscript, Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College - 101, fol. 97v

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 1d

Very pissed off that I don't qualify given that I have ME and Covid is one of the things that are known to trigger it or make it worse!

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 1d

Unsolicited wick pic

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Jason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 1d

Both Cream and The Jam were going to reunite for gigs in Devon and Cornwall this year, but the venues couldn't agree about who should go on first.

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 1d

Why the hell have they changed it so the criteria are more restrictive than the flu jab when Covid is more likely to be damaging???

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 1d

Awww, I can't join in because you've disabled quote tweets

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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 1d

When you come at inclusion via the early years idea of creating an 'enabling environment' then what happens is that you adapt the setting to suit the children rather than trying to adapt the children to suit the setting.

'The child is not for the school; the school is for the child." #EduSky

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 1d

It won't matter and it isn't the point - transphobia is the point and that's all it is - but if we're going to define rape as gaining sexual consent by deception, that opens up an awful lot of totally normal situations to prosecution. Lots of people lie to get someone into bed.

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 1d

Fucking hell, is it really that expensive now?

Jason Hazeley @jasonhazeley.bsky.social · 1d

It’s dispiriting that this is what getting a COVID vaccination now looks like to this chronic asthmatic.

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 1d

My local greengrocer has started putting the aubergines on the top shelf.

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 2d

Had a fantastic night watching @spraypopmusic.com! They were brilliant! Lovely to finally meet @ricardoautobahn.co.uk, @jennymclaren.bsky.social and @benbaker.bsky.social in the flesh too!

Maysiebug @maysiebug.bsky.social · 2d

What a night! A mini Noisebox meet! @spraypopmusic.com

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah. This was a very ex ex from my uni days 🤣

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Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 2d

A reminder for struggling autistic and disabled folks: “If you’re saying to yourself ‘Why haven’t I done this easy thing?!,’ the thing is probably not actually easy.” from Real Social Skills:

tinyurl.com/HardThingsArentEasy

#autism #disability #neurodiversity

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for the tips!

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 2d

Shit are New Rocks that expensive now? My original pair I got when I was 18 cost me £120 from Scorpion Boots in Camden Market. They are long gone (let an ex who was shorter than me talk me into getting rid of them because they gave him a complex), this pair were £50 on eBay

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SexyAlexWattsEsq @alexwattsesq.bsky.social · 3d

Why are all the bad things "here to stay" and all the things I love up for constant debate until they're eroded out of life altogether?

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · 3d

Blum too. At least find a new way to say "it's here to stay" jfc

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NevereverDave.bsky.social @nevereverdave.bsky.social · 2d

The British by Poet Mr #BenjaminZephaniah

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The British by Benjamin Zephaniah

"Take some Picts, Celts and Silures And let them settle, Then overrun them with Roman conquerors.

Remove the Romans after approximately 400 years Add lots of Norman French to some Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Vikings, then stir vigorously.

Mix some hot Chileans, cool Jamaicans, Dominicans, Trinidadians and Bajans with some Ethiopians, Chinese, Vietnamese and Sudanese.

Then take a blend of Somalians, Sri Lankans, Nigerians And Pakistanis, Combine with some Guyanese And turn up the heat.

Sprinkle some fresh Indians, Malaysians, Bosnians, Iraqis and Bangladeshis together with some Afghans, Spanish, Turkish, Kurdish, Japanese And Palestinians Then add to the melting pot.

Leave the ingredients to simmer.

As they mix and blend allow their languages to flourish Binding them together with English.

Allow time to be cool.

Add some unity, understanding, and respect for the future, Serve with justice And enjoy.

Note: All the ingredients are equally important. Treating one ingredient better than another will leave a bitter unpleasant taste.

Warning: An unequal spread of justice will damage the people and cause pain. Give justice and equality to all."

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 2d

There's a large spider on me and @snathe.bsky.social's bedroom ceiling, I've been thinking exactly this

Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 2d

A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are looking up at the same spot in the ceiling.
Green: Do we have a dead moth on the ceiling?
Blue: No. It's alive.

Green turns to look at Blue, whose eyes are still on the moth.
Green: It's what?
Blue: It sits in a different spot every morning.

Both of the foxes return to looking up at the moth.
Green: Should we do something about it?

Now Blue turns to look at Green, who keeps staring at the moth.
Blue: Make it pay rent?
Green: I think it flinched.

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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 2d

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 2d

People keep telling me about AI stuff that I can use to help with my executive functioning issues but I feel too guilty to do it. This is exactly why 👇🏼👇🏼 Apparently the accessibility improvements aren't enough to outweigh that I'd be a terrible person for using it.

Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 2d

I actually get more annoyed when people say they “just” use AI for their emails or to check their grammar. You’re killing people. For your banal shit. Not for some great discovery or curing cancer. Because you can’t write an email.

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 2d

They're starting to look a bit tatty though. @jamiebear.uk, what did you use on your fuck-me boots to make them look so new?

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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 2d

Thought going to see Spray tonight might be a good excuse to wear my New Rocks. I love how tall they make me feel. I'm 5'5.5" naturally but closer to 5'10" in the boots.

Top down view of a pair of (somewhat battered) mid-calf height New Rock goth boots with purple laces.

Side view of a (somewhat battered) mid-calf height New Rock goth boot with purple laces.

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Tracey Binnie @traceybinnie.bsky.social · 2d

Hahahahahahahaha

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 2d

LMAOOOOO

A bunch of comedians tried to make up for their participation in the Riyadh comedy festival by donating their pay to Human Rights Watch and Human rights Watch was like “nah bitch we don’t want your dirty blood money” 😂😂 I’m dying

Human Rights Watch Doesn’t Want Any Riyadh Comedy Festival Money

Taking money from those who took money from Saudi Arabia would impact perception of the org’s independence.

www.vulture.com

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