Ben Tisdall
@prismaticpuffin.bsky.social
European Person ™️, 🏳️🌈, He/him. Dogs. 🚶🚲 🚌 🚃 🚊. Trans rights are human rights. SWE @BBCStudios, opinions are my own.
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Ben Tisdall
@prismaticpuffin.bsky.social
· Oct 12
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About me:
🏳️🌈 Queer
🏳️⚧️ Gender Questioning
💃 Skirt Addict
💅 Nail Obsessive
🐾 Tally the GSD. Also any dogs
⚡️ Underground Dance (produced it in the 90s)
🔧 SWE
🌆 East London
Expect:
- Documentation of my queer journey in a way everyone agrees is hilarious
- Fit checks
- Reposting 🏳️⚧️ things
About me:
🏳️🌈 Queer
🏳️⚧️ Gender Questioning
💃 Skirt Addict
💅 Nail Obsessive
🐾 Tally the GSD. Also any dogs
⚡️ Underground Dance (produced it in the 90s)
🔧 SWE
🌆 East London
Expect:
- Documentation of my queer journey in a way everyone agrees is hilarious
- Fit checks
- Reposting 🏳️⚧️ things
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From a professional comms perspective, I'd say a good start for Labour combatting far right rhetoric would be to stop repeating it, saying they "understand it" or including its stock tropes in official documents pretty much any time they talk about migration.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
From a professional comms perspective, I'd say a good start for Labour combatting far right rhetoric would be to stop repeating it, saying they "understand it" or including its stock tropes in official documents pretty much any time they talk about migration.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ok I thought of a second reason why living on one’s own, though awesome, falls short of perfection. To “prevention of choking death” must be added “help with necklace fastening”.
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Ok I thought of a second reason why living on one’s own, though awesome, falls short of perfection. To “prevention of choking death” must be added “help with necklace fastening”.
Don’t route me home through Victoria Park, I invariably end up going 180 degrees in the wrong direction. No, not just when it’s dark.
December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Don’t route me home through Victoria Park, I invariably end up going 180 degrees in the wrong direction. No, not just when it’s dark.
Planning what to wear for NYE *now* and honestly I love that for me.
December 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Planning what to wear for NYE *now* and honestly I love that for me.
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🎵
car is over
if you want it
🎶
car is over
if you want it
🎶
December 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🎵
car is over
if you want it
🎶
car is over
if you want it
🎶
Morgan Arms for the quiz. We won!
December 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Morgan Arms for the quiz. We won!
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
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I've had a couple of drinks, so here's my unfiltered thoughts. My trans friends rule, and the 'reasonable' transphobes that have popped up once or twice on my timeline can just fuck off and die.
May 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I've had a couple of drinks, so here's my unfiltered thoughts. My trans friends rule, and the 'reasonable' transphobes that have popped up once or twice on my timeline can just fuck off and die.
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HR departments countrywide need to start treating gendercrit employees as potentially hostile. As soon as you are required to interact with one, you dust off the rulebook, you dot every eye and cross every t, and you assume bad faith at every turn.
They are a threat to every organisation.
They are a threat to every organisation.
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
HR departments countrywide need to start treating gendercrit employees as potentially hostile. As soon as you are required to interact with one, you dust off the rulebook, you dot every eye and cross every t, and you assume bad faith at every turn.
They are a threat to every organisation.
They are a threat to every organisation.
I thought my dating pitch “well you’re only 3km away and I just bought a yearly Santander subscription so it’s economically sound” was highly compelling but nothing, nada, zip.
December 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I thought my dating pitch “well you’re only 3km away and I just bought a yearly Santander subscription so it’s economically sound” was highly compelling but nothing, nada, zip.
Vintage store. One bitch patiently awaits another. I really don’t deserve her.
December 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Vintage store. One bitch patiently awaits another. I really don’t deserve her.
I’ll arrive at the queer event at any time that suits you. I’m chronoflexible.
December 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I’ll arrive at the queer event at any time that suits you. I’m chronoflexible.
Well I went for tiny hearts. I don’t really like this type of earring but it’s a good enough placeholder until everything heals and I can get something (my idea of) femme and stylish.
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Well I went for tiny hearts. I don’t really like this type of earring but it’s a good enough placeholder until everything heals and I can get something (my idea of) femme and stylish.
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Translating GOBspeak
"Trans Rights Activist" - an innocent trans person trying to live their best life.
"Trans Rights Activist" - an innocent trans person trying to live their best life.
February 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Translating GOBspeak
"Trans Rights Activist" - an innocent trans person trying to live their best life.
"Trans Rights Activist" - an innocent trans person trying to live their best life.
What’s the extent of my piercing knowledge? Well, I had no idea that choosing something to go in the holes is integral to the whole process. No there’s no SIM free (holes only) option and the look of incredulity on the poor technician’s face as I articulated this idea…
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What’s the extent of my piercing knowledge? Well, I had no idea that choosing something to go in the holes is integral to the whole process. No there’s no SIM free (holes only) option and the look of incredulity on the poor technician’s face as I articulated this idea…
If you see this, quote with your model of positive masculinity:
December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If you see this, quote with your model of positive masculinity:
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I can guarantee that your life will not be made one iota happier, richer or safer by being beastly to trans people.
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I can guarantee that your life will not be made one iota happier, richer or safer by being beastly to trans people.
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Was recently told to essentially “Shut up and stick to bike advocacy” after a post supporting the trans community.
1. GTFO
2. My voice is not some singular thing - bike advocacy is a small part of my makeup-you don’t like me or my position on things refer to point 1
Signed,
Me
1. GTFO
2. My voice is not some singular thing - bike advocacy is a small part of my makeup-you don’t like me or my position on things refer to point 1
Signed,
Me
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Was recently told to essentially “Shut up and stick to bike advocacy” after a post supporting the trans community.
1. GTFO
2. My voice is not some singular thing - bike advocacy is a small part of my makeup-you don’t like me or my position on things refer to point 1
Signed,
Me
1. GTFO
2. My voice is not some singular thing - bike advocacy is a small part of my makeup-you don’t like me or my position on things refer to point 1
Signed,
Me
Eeeh, picking the Jimmy Somerville version over Sylvester’s is so lame. #DragRaceUJK
November 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Eeeh, picking the Jimmy Somerville version over Sylvester’s is so lame. #DragRaceUJK
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Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
Who are these absolute weirdos that don’t set the monitor to 💯 brightness?
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Who are these absolute weirdos that don’t set the monitor to 💯 brightness?
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First person I've seen at a firestation shooting up the poll
Great to spend time today with firefighter watch at Poplar Fire Station.
Always an absolute honour to spend time with people who spend their lives keeping us safe.
Thank you. ✊🏼
Always an absolute honour to spend time with people who spend their lives keeping us safe.
Thank you. ✊🏼
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
First person I've seen at a firestation shooting up the poll
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Is Dream Phone Conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Dumb fucks say it's time to consider whether they're onto something x
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Is Dream Phone Conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Dumb fucks say it's time to consider whether they're onto something x
It stands for Studios Product Group but for someone of my generation those initials never fail to jar.
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It stands for Studios Product Group but for someone of my generation those initials never fail to jar.