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dylan | shetlandic coastal witch. pockets full of seaglass, moss covered buoy. "he was sea-marked, and he knew it.” | disabled and tired | cambuslang, scotland | he/they | 33 | autistic
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My name is Dylan, and I am sharing this on behalf of a friend - their story is below. Thank y… Dylan C needs your support for Help me become a British Citizen
www.gofundme.com
[tw: DV, financial abuse]
due to a series of incredibly shitty situations as detailed in the GFM, my friend needs some help raising funds
the most pressing issue is becoming a british citizen bc of the rising wave of fascism, costing £1785
please donate if you can afford, & share!
#MutualAid
due to a series of incredibly shitty situations as detailed in the GFM, my friend needs some help raising funds
the most pressing issue is becoming a british citizen bc of the rising wave of fascism, costing £1785
please donate if you can afford, & share!
#MutualAid
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happy whatever the fuck day it is
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
happy whatever the fuck day it is
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Yr regular PSA that covid and flu are both airborne and the same precautions work for both.*
Mask up, ventilate, filter air, use nose spray if you can. #InfectionIsNotInevitable
*brought to you by being the one person in the drs waiting room who a) didn't have flu b) was wearing a mask 😷
Mask up, ventilate, filter air, use nose spray if you can. #InfectionIsNotInevitable
*brought to you by being the one person in the drs waiting room who a) didn't have flu b) was wearing a mask 😷
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Yr regular PSA that covid and flu are both airborne and the same precautions work for both.*
Mask up, ventilate, filter air, use nose spray if you can. #InfectionIsNotInevitable
*brought to you by being the one person in the drs waiting room who a) didn't have flu b) was wearing a mask 😷
Mask up, ventilate, filter air, use nose spray if you can. #InfectionIsNotInevitable
*brought to you by being the one person in the drs waiting room who a) didn't have flu b) was wearing a mask 😷
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To any of my cis followers who might be wondering what's wrong with the BBC's phrasing...
- "biological male" is deliberate misgendering
- it also implies that trans people are somehow being deceptive, because "biology"
- no trans person "identifies as" *anything*. We just *are*
Hope that helps.
- "biological male" is deliberate misgendering
- it also implies that trans people are somehow being deceptive, because "biology"
- no trans person "identifies as" *anything*. We just *are*
Hope that helps.
It looks like that BBC page has been updated in the last few minutes, so that's no longer the last sentence. I think part of it has been moved to this paragraph in the middle of the article, and the age is no longer mentioned:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
To any of my cis followers who might be wondering what's wrong with the BBC's phrasing...
- "biological male" is deliberate misgendering
- it also implies that trans people are somehow being deceptive, because "biology"
- no trans person "identifies as" *anything*. We just *are*
Hope that helps.
- "biological male" is deliberate misgendering
- it also implies that trans people are somehow being deceptive, because "biology"
- no trans person "identifies as" *anything*. We just *are*
Hope that helps.
@elementalamber.bsky.social CARD!!!! thank you so much, i love you 😭💖 and the postcard is amazing!!
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
@elementalamber.bsky.social CARD!!!! thank you so much, i love you 😭💖 and the postcard is amazing!!
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It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
just saw an advert for hair tools that ended with “gift the colourway of the season” ie okay so you already have a hair dryer but do you have one in THIS colour?
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
just saw an advert for hair tools that ended with “gift the colourway of the season” ie okay so you already have a hair dryer but do you have one in THIS colour?
day 12 of recovery!
slept past 10 for the first time in a while, since getting back home last sunday i’ve averaged 10hr 23mins sleep a night which is amazing
when i was on the big painkillers i’d have to take them and my night meds whilst IN bed as they’d make me super sleepy almost immediately
slept past 10 for the first time in a while, since getting back home last sunday i’ve averaged 10hr 23mins sleep a night which is amazing
when i was on the big painkillers i’d have to take them and my night meds whilst IN bed as they’d make me super sleepy almost immediately
November 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
day 12 of recovery!
slept past 10 for the first time in a while, since getting back home last sunday i’ve averaged 10hr 23mins sleep a night which is amazing
when i was on the big painkillers i’d have to take them and my night meds whilst IN bed as they’d make me super sleepy almost immediately
slept past 10 for the first time in a while, since getting back home last sunday i’ve averaged 10hr 23mins sleep a night which is amazing
when i was on the big painkillers i’d have to take them and my night meds whilst IN bed as they’d make me super sleepy almost immediately
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More rights for a mobile phone than an actual human being. There is a very serious problem with the courts in this country.
linehan has been found not guilty of harassment.
linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage.
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really starting to wonder exactly what that man has to do to be found guilty of harassment??
he spends every day online doxxing and stalking ppl.
linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage.
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really starting to wonder exactly what that man has to do to be found guilty of harassment??
he spends every day online doxxing and stalking ppl.
November 25, 2025 at 10:49 AM
More rights for a mobile phone than an actual human being. There is a very serious problem with the courts in this country.
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oh look it's the coward's 'they'
also it's apparently not harassment to yell this at a teenage girl, hmmm
also it's apparently not harassment to yell this at a teenage girl, hmmm
November 25, 2025 at 10:44 AM
oh look it's the coward's 'they'
also it's apparently not harassment to yell this at a teenage girl, hmmm
also it's apparently not harassment to yell this at a teenage girl, hmmm
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You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
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 10:37 AM
You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
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british courts have decided that harassing and abusing a 17 year old is fine so long as she's trans.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 AM
british courts have decided that harassing and abusing a 17 year old is fine so long as she's trans.
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thanks to some donations yesterday this is now just £69 (nice) away from the next big percentage - 15%!
#MutualAid #HelpSky #ShowUpForWishes 💕💸
www.gofundme.com/f/3b4zv-help...
#MutualAid #HelpSky #ShowUpForWishes 💕💸
www.gofundme.com/f/3b4zv-help...
November 23, 2025 at 12:31 PM
thanks to some donations yesterday this is now just £69 (nice) away from the next big percentage - 15%!
#MutualAid #HelpSky #ShowUpForWishes 💕💸
www.gofundme.com/f/3b4zv-help...
#MutualAid #HelpSky #ShowUpForWishes 💕💸
www.gofundme.com/f/3b4zv-help...
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Absolutely. I want to add that if you have had ANY work at all published in the UK, in magazines, journalism, fiction, you should join ALCS. I reliably get £500 - £4000 a year from them for licensing rights and the small time cost on my side of filling in a form listing eligible works. They're great
I’d suspect the numbers here are actually even lower than this. This report is only based on authors who shared details of their income with the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS). That’s more likely to be the ones who write as part of their living.
A reminder that the median book deal for a debut author in the UK is £7000, paid over 12-18 months. (from 2022 Society of Authors report). Some of your favourite writers are struggling. societyofauthors.org/2022/12/06/a....
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Absolutely. I want to add that if you have had ANY work at all published in the UK, in magazines, journalism, fiction, you should join ALCS. I reliably get £500 - £4000 a year from them for licensing rights and the small time cost on my side of filling in a form listing eligible works. They're great
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reducing cash isa limits isn't going to automatically increase stock market investing. if people can't save in a safe way they're not going to just throw their money into a pit they might not get anything back from. ludicrous
Rachel Reeves will reportedly cut the annual cash ISA limit to £12,000 to get more Britons investing in stocks and shares
However, 55% of Britons are unwilling to invest savings in stocks and shares
Among those paying >£10k into a cash ISA, 28% would move the difference into a stocks + shares ISA
However, 55% of Britons are unwilling to invest savings in stocks and shares
Among those paying >£10k into a cash ISA, 28% would move the difference into a stocks + shares ISA
With Rachel Reeves looking to get more Britons investing, most of the public (55%) say they are unwilling to invest money in stocks and shares
Very willing: 9%
Fairly willing: 22%
Fairly unwilling: 22%
Very unwilling: 33%
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
Very willing: 9%
Fairly willing: 22%
Fairly unwilling: 22%
Very unwilling: 33%
yougov.co.uk/economy/arti...
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
reducing cash isa limits isn't going to automatically increase stock market investing. if people can't save in a safe way they're not going to just throw their money into a pit they might not get anything back from. ludicrous
i have a headache and it won’t go away ☹️☹️☹️ not a migraine i don’t think so can’t take those meds annoyingly
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
i have a headache and it won’t go away ☹️☹️☹️ not a migraine i don’t think so can’t take those meds annoyingly
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cool can we get a covid jab too or
UK health officials urge extra precautions, including wearing a mask if you have symptoms, as 4 winter viruses spread: RSV, Flu, COVID and Norovirus.
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
Source: archive.md/z6uDK
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
cool can we get a covid jab too or
assigned Mr at birth
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
assigned Mr at birth
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I wrote this for @scotnational.bsky.social
Scotland has an opportunity to fix our abortion laws. I petitioned Westminster for decriminalisation and I’ve heard all the wild racist and misogynistic disinformation before 👇🏻
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Scotland has an opportunity to fix our abortion laws. I petitioned Westminster for decriminalisation and I’ve heard all the wild racist and misogynistic disinformation before 👇🏻
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Gemma Clark: Disinformation around Scotland's abortion law is insulting to women
Disinformation around reasonable, recommended changes to Scotland’s abortion laws is as exhausting as it is predictable
www.thenational.scot
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I wrote this for @scotnational.bsky.social
Scotland has an opportunity to fix our abortion laws. I petitioned Westminster for decriminalisation and I’ve heard all the wild racist and misogynistic disinformation before 👇🏻
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
Scotland has an opportunity to fix our abortion laws. I petitioned Westminster for decriminalisation and I’ve heard all the wild racist and misogynistic disinformation before 👇🏻
www.thenational.scot/politics/256...
omg just got a text from voxi saying my £10 plan is going up from 15GB to *45GB* of data next month?? i mean i don’t use the 15 i have but thanks!!
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
omg just got a text from voxi saying my £10 plan is going up from 15GB to *45GB* of data next month?? i mean i don’t use the 15 i have but thanks!!
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How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....
I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)
What follows is a minor modern horror story.
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This has lost me thousands of pounds (not to mention book sales) and put me in a state of terror and panic. I urge anyone thinking of moving their list from Substack, or wanting to know more about how Substack works, to read it....
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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just watched the morning show finale. that show started really strong and just continued to build on that to finish with a 10 episode conspiracy thriller that had my heart racing. exceptional television
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
just watched the morning show finale. that show started really strong and just continued to build on that to finish with a 10 episode conspiracy thriller that had my heart racing. exceptional television