Penncat
@pennicat.bsky.social
Shy, disabled, queer, autistic.
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Writer of contemporary m/m/m and lesbian historical novels.
Book related stuff found mostly at @penthewriter.bsky.social
Cornwall dweller.
May actually be the cat in the picture
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Writer of contemporary m/m/m and lesbian historical novels.
Book related stuff found mostly at @penthewriter.bsky.social
Cornwall dweller.
May actually be the cat in the picture
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Penncat
@pennicat.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Chronic conditions
- #hEDS
- #ME/CFS
- #IBD
- #migraine
- #osteoporosis
- #fibromyalgia
- #rectallintussussection
- #depression
- #POTS
Chronic interests
- intersectional feminism
- writing
- football & sport
- Doctor Who
- environment issues
- cats & animals
- politics
#trans & #ActullyAutistic
- #hEDS
- #ME/CFS
- #IBD
- #migraine
- #osteoporosis
- #fibromyalgia
- #rectallintussussection
- #depression
- #POTS
Chronic interests
- intersectional feminism
- writing
- football & sport
- Doctor Who
- environment issues
- cats & animals
- politics
#trans & #ActullyAutistic
When you’re rich and powerful, no one can say that you haven’t got clothes on…
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
When you’re rich and powerful, no one can say that you haven’t got clothes on…
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
How to make “justice” look suspiciously like “injustice but legal”…
I think it really would be helpful if there was a public explanation for this unusual decision, in this highly charged and important case. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Removal of judge in Palestine Action ban legal challenge ‘deeply concerning’
Unusual last-minute change means panel of three will now hear case rather than Mr Justice Chamberlain
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
How to make “justice” look suspiciously like “injustice but legal”…
Yup, this is definitely needed.
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Yup, this is definitely needed.
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Confirming what everyone who has ever done even the smallest bit of reading into this already knew…and what no one who has any power is going to take any notice of.
Which makes me furious.
Which makes me furious.
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Confirming what everyone who has ever done even the smallest bit of reading into this already knew…and what no one who has any power is going to take any notice of.
Which makes me furious.
Which makes me furious.
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Nigel Farage didn't racially abuse anyone in a hurtful way and Graham Linehan doesn't harass trans people.
The UK today.
The UK today.
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Nigel Farage didn't racially abuse anyone in a hurtful way and Graham Linehan doesn't harass trans people.
The UK today.
The UK today.
These are fine words, but can we have our parsnips buttered also please?
In other words, put your money where your mouth is.
In other words, put your money where your mouth is.
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
These are fine words, but can we have our parsnips buttered also please?
In other words, put your money where your mouth is.
In other words, put your money where your mouth is.
Awesome. I hope Hungary’s president implodes with rage.
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Awesome. I hope Hungary’s president implodes with rage.
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social : "When are we going to see tough choices for multimillionaires and billionaires? It's time to tax the rich" #bbclaurak
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This thread is about Anna’s Archives. Which has a *lot* of work I’d get money from if people had the decency to buy or order from a library rather than steal it.
It’s like going to a small crafter’s store & stealing their goods rather than buying them. If you wouldn’t do that, why is this different?
It’s like going to a small crafter’s store & stealing their goods rather than buying them. If you wouldn’t do that, why is this different?
I'd never heard of this site until tonight. Both my books are on there. Did you know my publisher offers one of three lowest royalty rates in the entire industry? And that I didn't get an advance? Literally all I make is from royalties. Royalties I don't earn when you pirate my book.
I posted a buy link here to "A Magical Inheritance" a few days ago, and 24 of you immediately went to Anna's Archives and fucking stole it from me.
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
Yes, stole it.
I do not get paid for your download there because YOU ARE STEALING FROM ME.
🖕
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This thread is about Anna’s Archives. Which has a *lot* of work I’d get money from if people had the decency to buy or order from a library rather than steal it.
It’s like going to a small crafter’s store & stealing their goods rather than buying them. If you wouldn’t do that, why is this different?
It’s like going to a small crafter’s store & stealing their goods rather than buying them. If you wouldn’t do that, why is this different?
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the darvo government
'im abusing immigrants; criticise me you are racist' - mahmood
'im killing trans ppl; criticise me you are homophobic' - streeting
'im murdering disabled ppl; criticise me you are mansplaining' - reeves
'im segregating trans ppl; criticise me you are misogynist' - phillipson
'im abusing immigrants; criticise me you are racist' - mahmood
'im killing trans ppl; criticise me you are homophobic' - streeting
'im murdering disabled ppl; criticise me you are mansplaining' - reeves
'im segregating trans ppl; criticise me you are misogynist' - phillipson
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 AM
the darvo government
'im abusing immigrants; criticise me you are racist' - mahmood
'im killing trans ppl; criticise me you are homophobic' - streeting
'im murdering disabled ppl; criticise me you are mansplaining' - reeves
'im segregating trans ppl; criticise me you are misogynist' - phillipson
'im abusing immigrants; criticise me you are racist' - mahmood
'im killing trans ppl; criticise me you are homophobic' - streeting
'im murdering disabled ppl; criticise me you are mansplaining' - reeves
'im segregating trans ppl; criticise me you are misogynist' - phillipson
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Wow! So many amazing creative treats are available to bid for as part of the 'Creatives 4 Sudan' auction. And the money raised will be used to help people escaping the terrible situation in El-Fasher. See app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wow! So many amazing creative treats are available to bid for as part of the 'Creatives 4 Sudan' auction. And the money raised will be used to help people escaping the terrible situation in El-Fasher. See app.galabid.com/creatives4su...
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
Thanks to @raafaye.bsky.social for the design.
This must have been quite fun research to do, admit it.
When pregnant woman boarded a subway car, 38% of the time someone offered her a seat. If someone dressed as Batman was also in the car it rose to 68%.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
The Batman effect: The mere sight of the 'superhero' can make us more altruistic
If "Batman" appears on the scene, we immediately become more altruistic: in fact, research conducted by psychologists from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, shows that the sudden appear...
phys.org
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
This must have been quite fun research to do, admit it.
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
I don’t know about autistic *specifically*, but it occurs to me for the first time that one of the things I used to like about girls’ school stories (albeit subconsciously) was the theme which often came up of a girl who felt like she didn’t fit in anywhere finding somewhere that she did fit in.
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I don’t know about autistic *specifically*, but it occurs to me for the first time that one of the things I used to like about girls’ school stories (albeit subconsciously) was the theme which often came up of a girl who felt like she didn’t fit in anywhere finding somewhere that she did fit in.
I Know sea gulls are supposed to sound like cats (and sometimes they do) but I stg my cat just sounded like a sea gull.
November 22, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I Know sea gulls are supposed to sound like cats (and sometimes they do) but I stg my cat just sounded like a sea gull.
The owner of the WP might as well just write an article saying, “I am, in fact, in the Epstein files” because this is what everyone is going to presume in the circumstances.
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The owner of the WP might as well just write an article saying, “I am, in fact, in the Epstein files” because this is what everyone is going to presume in the circumstances.
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Remember. We know these drugs are safe. There is no need to do any of this.
The “Pathways” trial is, IMO on more than one level, a thoroughly unethical piece of “research” to be carrying out on children, especially children who are part of a marginalised minority.
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Remember. We know these drugs are safe. There is no need to do any of this.
Interesting write up. In many ways, Zack comes across well but the Observer seems keen to present him (and therefore the Greens) as “the new Corbyn” and “hard left” and I’m wondering whether this is the “build him up“ part of “build them up to knock them down” journalism that’s so popular.
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Interesting write up. In many ways, Zack comes across well but the Observer seems keen to present him (and therefore the Greens) as “the new Corbyn” and “hard left” and I’m wondering whether this is the “build him up“ part of “build them up to knock them down” journalism that’s so popular.
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(government minister reading a report on the thousandth clinical drug trial of a pill that eliminates poverty, with a 100% success rate, that generates 10 times the value it costs to produce & makes government ministers public heroes) I don't understand, so the poor are made to suffer how, exactly?
There has literally never been a universal basic income trial program that didn't deliver real and measurable results above and beyond any other form of social welfare, and every time another concludes with the same findings the powers that be go "interesting! Anyway," and pretend it wouldn't work.
November 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
(government minister reading a report on the thousandth clinical drug trial of a pill that eliminates poverty, with a 100% success rate, that generates 10 times the value it costs to produce & makes government ministers public heroes) I don't understand, so the poor are made to suffer how, exactly?
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"Not being racist is the new racism": Harriet Harman, Labour MP.
And she's fucking serious; which is how fucked this cuntry is.
And she's fucking serious; which is how fucked this cuntry is.
November 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Not being racist is the new racism": Harriet Harman, Labour MP.
And she's fucking serious; which is how fucked this cuntry is.
And she's fucking serious; which is how fucked this cuntry is.
I *think* I ended up somewhere down the middle line between polycule and practical progressive, but thanks to the UK’s sodding ridiculous laws, I could only see the red dot and not the background!
So polyamory for thee and sometimes for me, I guess?
So polyamory for thee and sometimes for me, I guess?
closer to centrism than i thought tbh
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I *think* I ended up somewhere down the middle line between polycule and practical progressive, but thanks to the UK’s sodding ridiculous laws, I could only see the red dot and not the background!
So polyamory for thee and sometimes for me, I guess?
So polyamory for thee and sometimes for me, I guess?
I don’t use FB but haven’t actually deleted my account and I went over to have a look and oh my gosh, the patience but dogged trans support this person shows in their answers to respondents is admirable.
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I don’t use FB but haven’t actually deleted my account and I went over to have a look and oh my gosh, the patience but dogged trans support this person shows in their answers to respondents is admirable.