Abigail Brady
@morwen.net
software engineer • musician (guitar and vocals in @bcosrsns.com) • writer • post-punk and cider enthusiast
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just noticed that the yellow bagels shop has "beigel" on its main sign but "beigal" on the sticky out sign!
January 16, 2026 at 1:40 PM
just noticed that the yellow bagels shop has "beigel" on its main sign but "beigal" on the sticky out sign!
“can’t he at least pretend Greenland is sending fentanyl” read my article in the Daily Times
January 11, 2026 at 3:14 AM
“can’t he at least pretend Greenland is sending fentanyl” read my article in the Daily Times
just been thinking about how I remember it being 20 years since Sgt Pepper and now it’s 20 years since The Black Parade.
January 8, 2026 at 1:55 AM
just been thinking about how I remember it being 20 years since Sgt Pepper and now it’s 20 years since The Black Parade.
Today I learned that when Americans say "I'm going to the eye doctor", they probably mean they are going to the optician for an eyetest. I did wonder how so many Americans I knew had severe eye problems that required ophthalmologist attention.
January 5, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Today I learned that when Americans say "I'm going to the eye doctor", they probably mean they are going to the optician for an eyetest. I did wonder how so many Americans I knew had severe eye problems that required ophthalmologist attention.
the man the landlords asked to look at my boiler did not come and also he did not tell me he was not coming so i've spent the entire evening sitting at home waiting for him for nothing, rather than go to the pub crawl in lots of nice warm pubs.
December 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
the man the landlords asked to look at my boiler did not come and also he did not tell me he was not coming so i've spent the entire evening sitting at home waiting for him for nothing, rather than go to the pub crawl in lots of nice warm pubs.
shocking to discover that A, whoever that is, was in The Fall.
I think we're going to have to switch the Enigma machine back on to break this impenetrable code.
December 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
shocking to discover that A, whoever that is, was in The Fall.
this is why you should all switch to the askjeeves browser
*sigh*
Well, guess it’s a good thing that I started using the Duck Duck Go browser as my primary. Though even it has an optional AI chatbot.
Well, guess it’s a good thing that I started using the Duck Duck Go browser as my primary. Though even it has an optional AI chatbot.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
this is why you should all switch to the askjeeves browser
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When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
Ngl I found this episode of pluribus quite hard to follow while I was watching at 2 speed while playing a VR game in the next room. I liked the first one best, where I had hired a troupe of mimes to act out the events, which I could watch on the phone while I was doing some welding.
December 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Ngl I found this episode of pluribus quite hard to follow while I was watching at 2 speed while playing a VR game in the next room. I liked the first one best, where I had hired a troupe of mimes to act out the events, which I could watch on the phone while I was doing some welding.
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
these days
The number of murders in the capital in the first nine months (1st January to 30th September) of 2025 is the lowest since monthly records began and represents a fall of almost 60 per cent compared to 2003.
www.london.gov.uk/london-recor...
www.london.gov.uk/london-recor...
London records fewest homicides this year since monthly records began
The number of homicides in London in the first nine months of 2025 was lower than any year since monthly homicide records began in 2003, according to new analysis from the Mayor’s Office for Policing ...
www.london.gov.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
these days
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'Biological' male or female used for trans+ people is misgendering and not neutral, it's a slur. It doesn't matter if a judge said it.
Media folk using it are doing a similar thing to interviewing racists and not just repeating their slurs in quotes but adopting them themselves.
It needs to stop
Media folk using it are doing a similar thing to interviewing racists and not just repeating their slurs in quotes but adopting them themselves.
It needs to stop
December 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
'Biological' male or female used for trans+ people is misgendering and not neutral, it's a slur. It doesn't matter if a judge said it.
Media folk using it are doing a similar thing to interviewing racists and not just repeating their slurs in quotes but adopting them themselves.
It needs to stop
Media folk using it are doing a similar thing to interviewing racists and not just repeating their slurs in quotes but adopting them themselves.
It needs to stop
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Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Mini thread on the ET decision in Peggie
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
Top line: It says exactly what we have been saying for months. The decision of the Supreme Court was not to turn the Equality Act 2010 into a nationwide bathroom ban - regardless of how anti-trans organisations have sought to misrepresent the law.
🧵👇
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Two ways to read this. One is “she lost on every substantive claim, completely failed in her attempts to ban trans staff from the workplace, and won mild procedural victories against her employers handling of her case”.
The other way is, I guess, “point one is longer so it must be more important”
The other way is, I guess, “point one is longer so it must be more important”
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Two ways to read this. One is “she lost on every substantive claim, completely failed in her attempts to ban trans staff from the workplace, and won mild procedural victories against her employers handling of her case”.
The other way is, I guess, “point one is longer so it must be more important”
The other way is, I guess, “point one is longer so it must be more important”
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Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
Harlow's still here
Fifty years ago, Harlow was the queen of Philadelphia nightlife, Jack Kelly’s girlfriend, and the city's most famous transgender woman. Today, she’s ready to tell her story.
share.inquirer.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Getting to know this legend has been one of the greatest joys of my life and I'm so pleased to introduce you to her with this gorgeous feature from the Inquirer, where she speaks for the first time in over 30 years on her incredible journey
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
share.inquirer.com/XdfXr9
PITCH: “Beep or Meep”. Quiz show where contestants must identify whether character names from science fiction are for robots or aliens.
December 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
PITCH: “Beep or Meep”. Quiz show where contestants must identify whether character names from science fiction are for robots or aliens.
Launching a campaign to restigmatise mental health now is it?
December 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Launching a campaign to restigmatise mental health now is it?
angry, distraught, tired
December 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
angry, distraught, tired
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if you genuinely want to argue that the Equality Act, when introduced, intended to make unlawful an approach to trans inclusion that has existed *since the 1970s*, I absolutely cannot take you seriously
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
if you genuinely want to argue that the Equality Act, when introduced, intended to make unlawful an approach to trans inclusion that has existed *since the 1970s*, I absolutely cannot take you seriously
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Telling a targeted, hyperscrutinized, vilified population that you have no choice but to comply with mulching us is not a praiseworthy stance!!!!
December 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Telling a targeted, hyperscrutinized, vilified population that you have no choice but to comply with mulching us is not a praiseworthy stance!!!!
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If these organisations fear closing down in the face of a hate-driven financial attack, play chicken. Announce proceedings to close down if their commitment to trans inclusivity is threatened by a stretched interpretation of the judgment. I suspect more people would rally around to support them.
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
If these organisations fear closing down in the face of a hate-driven financial attack, play chicken. Announce proceedings to close down if their commitment to trans inclusivity is threatened by a stretched interpretation of the judgment. I suspect more people would rally around to support them.
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Cis women need to step up and ensure that any women’s groups they attend are inclusive, if they aren’t boycott them.
I refuse to access any women’s space that doesn’t include trans women. We are all women when you discriminate against one of us you make us more vulnerable as a group. We stand as 1.
I refuse to access any women’s space that doesn’t include trans women. We are all women when you discriminate against one of us you make us more vulnerable as a group. We stand as 1.
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Cis women need to step up and ensure that any women’s groups they attend are inclusive, if they aren’t boycott them.
I refuse to access any women’s space that doesn’t include trans women. We are all women when you discriminate against one of us you make us more vulnerable as a group. We stand as 1.
I refuse to access any women’s space that doesn’t include trans women. We are all women when you discriminate against one of us you make us more vulnerable as a group. We stand as 1.
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It's worth noting that the Government has a massive majority and could fix this in an instant with a one-line piece of legislation. It doesn't want to.
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It's worth noting that the Government has a massive majority and could fix this in an instant with a one-line piece of legislation. It doesn't want to.