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Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️

@shirazturvey.co.uk

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Author, webmistress, linux guru, radio ham G1PJJ, radio studio engineer. Emergency response volunteer. Retired civil servant. Interests: history, music, tech & travel 🍺🍺 Seaside, Essex, UK. Eng/Fra/Esp spoken. She/Her https://linktr.ee/shirazturvey

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Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 23d

Short (re-)intro:
I'm an author shirazbooks.co.uk
I'm a radio station studio engineer lv18radio.uk
I look after loads of stuff for harwichshantyfestival.co.uk
I look after loads of small businesses and community orgs on & offline
I've been a radio amateur for over 40 years (G1PJJ)
& I enjoy cask ale

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Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 32m

Curiously, that laptop audio jack was fully working again last night. I'll see if I can recreate the fault to better work out why it's happened.

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 34m

I've only just noticed the apparent autocorrect from FLAC to FLAX!

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Brady! 🏳️‍⚧️ @like-the-bunch.bsky.social · 1d

when trans people take HRT to feel normal: “look at these depraved sex freaks performing their sick fetish in public, we should bully them out of existence”

when cis ppl take HRT so they can fuck real good:

NYT Magazine headline “‘I'm on Fire': Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive - and Then Some
There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won't cover it. Many doctors won't prescribe it. It's become a cultural phenomenon.”

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Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 23h

While testing my headphones last night (turns out I have a laptop audio issue) I used a track that I knew had good stereo separation - Eve of the War by Jeff Wayne. I played the FLAX encoding and that's 64Mb - just wondering which of my computers was first able to handle a 64Mb file in memory?

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 1d

I should have gone shopping today but was expecting something so waited & waited [It never happened]. Then had a training session. Only after that did the rain start, with the wind expected to climb overnight. Looks fowl tomorrow 🦆

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 1d

I was only getting the right channel in my headphones during the earlier zoom session. Just checked cables etc and the common failure is my laptop's TRRS jack. I plugged in a Behringer USB sound card (just had it lying around) and all sounds good. Testing with Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds loud!

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Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 1d

Not long finished a 2hr zoom training session - where do I apply to get that time back?

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 2d

I've arrived at that point in life where a name badge is useful at events. Of course it could be said that I now have an easy aid when I can't remember my name?

I'm holding a gold name badge 15cm x 2.5cm. It is embossed with:
SHIRAZ TURVEY
www.shirazturvey.co.uk

My thumb nail is red but chipped

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 2d

I spent today working on the cover art for the book and have just penned a blog post on my books site to explain where I am:

shirazbooks.co.uk/2025/10/21/r...

Rank Stupidity & more – Shiraz Books

shirazbooks.co.uk

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Ashleeee 🌊🪭 @reactiveashley.bsky.social · 2d

1/🧵 I am viewing a never-before-seen file on “gender reassignment” or trans inclusion policy at the National Archives, Kew. The Supreme Court should start sweating. A bagful of receipts!

A close-up, angled shot of a pink paper file cover from the UK "DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH," resting on a light wood-grain surface. The "SUBJECT" is handwritten in large blue capital letters: "GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT".

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Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 2d

Just booked myself a ticket to a radio station reunion. I personally know several of the presenters so it shouldn't be boring!

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 3d

I'm spending an hour or so sorting out next week's scheduling for @lv18radio.uk before returning to my open manuscript. Still aiming to get the next book out this month, somehow!

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 3d

Taxation wins again
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/... @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

Whoops! Looks like Reform 'forgot' that racists have to pay VAT like everyone else

Surely Reform didn't realise they had to pay VAT on £440k worth of merch? They wouldn't lie to the public, would they...? Would they???

www.thecanary.co

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 3d

I checked the weather before heading out, it was dry (after a very damp few hours), so I dressed for a walk to the end of the street.

By the time I was on my way to the supermarket the rain had restarted. My pink woollen hoody wasn't great wet weather gear! Ho hum.

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 3d

I needed bread, cherry tomatoes & lettuce this afternoon so elected to use the nearby 'corner' shop. None of those were in stock, but a delivery was in progress.

I opted to walk to the supermarket and got all 3, plus much more*. Oh well.

*Chocolate Hob Nobs are not a luxury, honest!

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🦇 Killy Witches 🎃👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 4d

right wing bigots have admitted

- the “trans women in bathrooms” issue

- the “trans women in sports” issue and

- the “trans kids getting surgery” issue

were all MADE UP TO TAKE OUR RIGHTS AWAY

are you paying attention?

Anti-trans group admits bathroom predator myth is made up
Dec 07 2018 • Written by Sofia Lotto Persio

Swimmer Riley Gaines Admits She's Just Using Sports to Make Trans Rights
"Crumble"

Helen Joyce reveals plans to use fears around trans kids as stepping stone to eliminate
"trans" in public life by Mallory Moore
& transsafety.network

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Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 4d

Almost at 200 Kindle pages for this manuscript, aiming for 300 min. At ~250 words/page that's another 25k words. If I keep up 2k words a day this won't take long!

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Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 5d

I do believe my writing Mojo is back.

I picked up a 2 year old manuscript yesterday and have so far added 4k words of new stuff whilst removing redundant scenes. It's looking fresher and my raw samples have been received well by selected readers.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 5d

Good morning from a very cloudy Oxford.

We are here at Bonn Square, reporting live on the counterprotest against Let Women Speak that will begin at 12:00.

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Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 5d

There's a fantastic cover (IMHO) by Donna Summer in an extended ~18 minute version "MacArthur Park (Suite)". For a 70s disco it's a must once the booze kicks in!

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 5d

I made a start on today's writing but was interrupted soon after. I can name names!

Anyway, I have merged this manuscript with an earlier one (the previous story in the series) that hadn't yet been released on Kindle. Together they currently make ~40k words so I'll continue writing past 50k!

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 6d

I've added 2k new words to the manuscript today, removed about 1k and edited another 2k. Net outcome is an increase of 1k to the current manuscript but I have a clear path now. Adding 2k a day is also doable, probably.

Aim is to release this before the end of the month!

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Katie Neeves - Cool2BTrans - Trans Ambassador @cool2btrans.bsky.social · 6d

Please please please reax this brilliant article by i paper journalist, Ian Dunt, about how the Equality and Human Rights Commission has actively and deliberately harmed trans people in the UK. There does seem to be more than a glimmer of hope though.

iandunt.substack.com/p/frightened...

Frightened and desperate: EHRC anti-trans campaign loses its momentum

A week of absolute scenes leaves the organisation in limbo.

iandunt.substack.com

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Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 6d

A substack article from Ian Dunt of the i paper, regarding the past week at the EHRC. Worth a read.

iandunt.substack.com/p/frightened...

h/t @cool2btrans.bsky.social

Frightened and desperate: EHRC anti-trans campaign loses its momentum

A week of absolute scenes leaves the organisation in limbo.

iandunt.substack.com

Shiraz Turvey 🏳️‍⚧️ @shirazturvey.co.uk · 6d

For radio friends, I'm sure you're already aware of the Boat That Frocked?
www.amazon.co.uk/Boat-That-Fr...

Amazon.co.uk

www.amazon.co.uk

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