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Robot Mel

@robotmeile.bsky.social

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Queer, Goth Librarian and Geek. Loves plays and knitting (they/them) Fandom obsessions BSG, SOA, Chucky, X-Files, Resident alien, Star Trek, Xena, Twin Peaks, The Untamed, Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, Mary, Gillian Anderson

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Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks got it! Yes the UK passed a useless internet bill here. Luckily it only effects pm on bsky

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

It is worth trying if you are at risk, Bill was told he wasn’t eligible by the reception staff at the chemist but then the pharmacist gave it to him anyway! I ended up paying for mine and yeah it was A LOT!

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

I figured it must be! Which is good because it’s definitely something I want to read more of! I’m a big fan of cozy horror! I will look for the stories recommended there! Thank you ☺️

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Is cozy dystopian fiction a thing? Cause that’s what I’m wanting to write. A story of older queer friendship in a dystopian hellscape. With everything that is happening now but told through a cyberpunk lens so everyone dresses better!

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Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Also I have a new DM on here but I can’t see it as I’m
in the UK and they don’t let me access them unless I give data to a 3rd party website which is not happening!

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Peter Davison really is a wonderful writer! I love how open he is talking about this and how important it is to acknowledge.
(Also in the autobiography is the BEST description of being on pills I have ever read!)

Spinky’s Mama @spinkysmama.bsky.social · 1d

Great thread. I can add Peter Davison writing about his father:

Extract from Is There Life Outside The Box? An Actor Despairs
Autobiography by Peter Davison

I more like him than I cared to admit while he was alive. I stand like he did, sit like he did, I look at my hands and see his, I look in the mirror and see his features, even though our colouring was so completely different. While I longed to look more like him, I realise I turned out as perfectly as he could have wished.
Here was a man from the Caribbean who wanted nothing more than to be accepted as British, who had a son who had made a name for himself playing the typical Eng-lishman.

Extract from Is There Life Outside The Box? An Actor Despairs
Autobiography by Peter Davison

But of course it did matter. What to us was a taste of the exotic was, to my father a bothersome distraction in his quest to be accepted as an exemplary British citizen.
The fact that his only son was born with blond hair and blue eyes, courtesy of inheriting my mother's dominant Caucasian genes, unlike my sisters, made the transition complete. Over the years however, his West Indian heritage became more than a distraction, and while we never knew of it until later, there's no doubt he suffered discrimination and rejection at the hands of Mother England that he loved. When Enoch Powell gave his 'Rivers of Blood' speech and my father had to stand in line and register as an alien, having been eventually accepted by my mother's extended family and friends, probably did nothing to soften his feelings.

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Looking forward to meeting you!

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 1d

She also has to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault

Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.

www.bbc.com

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Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Needed it thank you 💜💜💜

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Wil Wheaton @wilwheaton.net · 1d

A gentle reminder for whoever needs it: you don't have to make yourself small for anyone. You are perfect, exactly the way you are.

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Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Wes doing his best to extend that olive branch to the trans community again I see!

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Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Well that’s me waiting for free on a streaming service I already subscribe to!

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Perfection 🖤

estroJenna Seven @jenna7.tgirl.gay · 1d

-j7

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

I think I may need to start doing this!

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Important content.

Cynthia 🐈 @cynthia.dev · 17d

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

I feel this!!!

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

They are the FBI! The only time I’ll excuse a cis dude playing a trans woman. It was the first trans representation on screen and Cooper just completely and totally accepted her without a blink! In a world of transphobia and homophobia that was SO hopeful!

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

This is such good writing insight!

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Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

We see a film in the cinema once every year or two! This one we’ve already booked! BFI have an imax Halloween showing 🖤

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

And a transphobe!

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Truly the only sane voice! 💜

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

It is a lovely photo! Definitely captured joy! Can’t wait to listen. Anneke has one of those voices you never get tired of.

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

That’s great! I’ve only been following you for a short time so I have a lot to catch up on!

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic! I’ve been reading a lot of the old novels lately particularly the Vulcan and Romulan ones and really loving them!

Robot Mel @robotmeile.bsky.social · 1d

"you know, we as gay people, we get to choose our family"

Glen, Tiffany and Chucky looking around from behind a car.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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