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he/him | “sorren, stop talking about dragons for one second.” | cofounder at planar prod | host on the hidden bookcase podcast
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Sorren 🐺
@sorrenbriarwood.com
· Jan 2
New year, new #Medium piece! This one is about the opening of my favourite #Ghibli film, peering into strangers’ windows at night, and speculating about strangers as the basis of #storytelling…
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Read it free at medium.com/@sorrenbriarwood
#WhisperOfTheHeart #StudioGhibli #WritersOnWriting
🌟🌃🌙
Read it free at medium.com/@sorrenbriarwood
#WhisperOfTheHeart #StudioGhibli #WritersOnWriting
If anyone has any poems with a strong sense of place that would be accessible for young children (aged 6-11) please drop them in the replies. Bonus points for urban settings, especially London, and bonus-bonus points for themes of home and/or community.
#poetry #creativewriting
#poetry #creativewriting
February 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
If anyone has any poems with a strong sense of place that would be accessible for young children (aged 6-11) please drop them in the replies. Bonus points for urban settings, especially London, and bonus-bonus points for themes of home and/or community.
#poetry #creativewriting
#poetry #creativewriting
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Eighty thousand signatures 💛🩷🩵🤍🎉
Eighty thousand trans allies.
Eighty thousand voices saying clearly: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community
✍️ Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
Eighty thousand trans allies.
Eighty thousand voices saying clearly: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community
✍️ Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
February 7, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Eighty thousand signatures 💛🩷🩵🤍🎉
Eighty thousand trans allies.
Eighty thousand voices saying clearly: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community
✍️ Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
Eighty thousand trans allies.
Eighty thousand voices saying clearly: Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community
✍️ Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
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"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
February 6, 2026 at 7:29 PM
"I need AI to make art, human art is only for the rich and privileged-"
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One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project
A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare
goodlaw.social
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.
Reflecting on how silly CBT is for those who have a chemical imbalance and not a thinking pattern problem this morning, when I reacted to a burst water pipe/minor flood with: “At least one of us was awake, neither of us were at work, it wasn’t raining outside, the cats are safely in my bedroom…”
February 7, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Reflecting on how silly CBT is for those who have a chemical imbalance and not a thinking pattern problem this morning, when I reacted to a burst water pipe/minor flood with: “At least one of us was awake, neither of us were at work, it wasn’t raining outside, the cats are safely in my bedroom…”
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obligatory shoppe is now open post to support me in my top surgery recovery! thank you so much! ✨💖🏳️⚧️
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nooskaart.etsy.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
obligatory shoppe is now open post to support me in my top surgery recovery! thank you so much! ✨💖🏳️⚧️
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nooskaart.etsy.com
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We're almost at our target to be able to take this family's case to the European Court of Human Rights.
No survivor should face harm from the system that is meant to protect them.
Help us reach our target
https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/the-law-has-failed-a-woman-and-her-child-fight-back/
No survivor should face harm from the system that is meant to protect them.
Help us reach our target
https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/the-law-has-failed-a-woman-and-her-child-fight-back/
The law has failed a woman and her child – fight back
No survivor should face harm from the very system that is meant to protect them. No child should have to carry an abuser’s name. It’s time to change the system.
goodlawproject.org
January 31, 2026 at 7:49 AM
We're almost at our target to be able to take this family's case to the European Court of Human Rights.
No survivor should face harm from the system that is meant to protect them.
Help us reach our target
https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/the-law-has-failed-a-woman-and-her-child-fight-back/
No survivor should face harm from the system that is meant to protect them.
Help us reach our target
https://goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/the-law-has-failed-a-woman-and-her-child-fight-back/
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Rough day for Sex Matters
January 29, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Rough day for Sex Matters
It’s consistently gut wrenching to see children being scapegoated by adults for their selfish political agendas, with no regard for the impact on their health and happiness. Wishing peace and pride to the little girl in this article.
If you’d like to lend your voice, sign here:
c.org/Z5MVbTBkKx
If you’d like to lend your voice, sign here:
c.org/Z5MVbTBkKx
January 26, 2026 at 9:54 PM
It’s consistently gut wrenching to see children being scapegoated by adults for their selfish political agendas, with no regard for the impact on their health and happiness. Wishing peace and pride to the little girl in this article.
If you’d like to lend your voice, sign here:
c.org/Z5MVbTBkKx
If you’d like to lend your voice, sign here:
c.org/Z5MVbTBkKx
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@jzweston.bsky.social on guilty pleasures in general and legends of tomorrow in specific
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 PM
@jzweston.bsky.social on guilty pleasures in general and legends of tomorrow in specific
Reminds me of the USA’s “ugly laws.” Simply by existing and living our lives (in this case, working to keep the population healthy) our existence is deemed offensive. It’s funny that the right characterise us as overly sensitive when apparently they feel harassed by our audacity to breathe.
The court ruled the NHS trust did indirectly discriminate against and harass the nurses by allowing Trans+ people to use single sex spaces
www.wearequeeraf.com/darlington-n...
www.wearequeeraf.com/darlington-n...
Darlington Nurses not harassed by trans colleague but trans women in single-sex spaces "violates dignity", court rules
The court ruled the NHS trust did indirectly discriminate against and harass the nurses by allowing Trans+ people to use single sex spaces
www.wearequeeraf.com
January 17, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Reminds me of the USA’s “ugly laws.” Simply by existing and living our lives (in this case, working to keep the population healthy) our existence is deemed offensive. It’s funny that the right characterise us as overly sensitive when apparently they feel harassed by our audacity to breathe.
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Just four complaints were made about trans+ people using bathrooms over two years across 382 public services, a new FOI has found.
In every case, the complaint was about policy - not an individual (via @translucent.org.uk)
In every case, the complaint was about policy - not an individual (via @translucent.org.uk)
January 13, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Just four complaints were made about trans+ people using bathrooms over two years across 382 public services, a new FOI has found.
In every case, the complaint was about policy - not an individual (via @translucent.org.uk)
In every case, the complaint was about policy - not an individual (via @translucent.org.uk)
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If only there was as much effort put into improving youth services, making sports, arts and crafts available and affordable, and making the physical environment more 'teen-friendly' as there is for banning kids from social media or taking their phones away.
January 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
If only there was as much effort put into improving youth services, making sports, arts and crafts available and affordable, and making the physical environment more 'teen-friendly' as there is for banning kids from social media or taking their phones away.
“but I have no skills!” really? could you:
• map at-risk communities by tapping squares at mapswipe.org
• provide visual descriptions for blind people at bemyeyes.com
• or click a button to donate to charitable organisations for free at greatergood.com?
you can always make the world better.
• map at-risk communities by tapping squares at mapswipe.org
• provide visual descriptions for blind people at bemyeyes.com
• or click a button to donate to charitable organisations for free at greatergood.com?
you can always make the world better.
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of finding one constructive real world offline thing you can do to use your particular skills in service of fighting fascism as a psychological defense against the constant drumbeat of fuckery
my hot take is that I don't think it's this website specifically that's toxic. the Circumstances are toxic and nobody really knows what to do about it so they come online and scream. and if I may offer an alternative: actually going outside and screaming feels better.
January 6, 2026 at 9:38 PM
“but I have no skills!” really? could you:
• map at-risk communities by tapping squares at mapswipe.org
• provide visual descriptions for blind people at bemyeyes.com
• or click a button to donate to charitable organisations for free at greatergood.com?
you can always make the world better.
• map at-risk communities by tapping squares at mapswipe.org
• provide visual descriptions for blind people at bemyeyes.com
• or click a button to donate to charitable organisations for free at greatergood.com?
you can always make the world better.
No source I can find that corresponds with this screenshot. I know we want to believe this, but would urge people to think before circulating.
What would be the incentive to create and spread this in a left-leaning space, if not to convince us that Reform isn’t a threat, and can be safely ignored?
What would be the incentive to create and spread this in a left-leaning space, if not to convince us that Reform isn’t a threat, and can be safely ignored?
January 4, 2026 at 11:52 AM
No source I can find that corresponds with this screenshot. I know we want to believe this, but would urge people to think before circulating.
What would be the incentive to create and spread this in a left-leaning space, if not to convince us that Reform isn’t a threat, and can be safely ignored?
What would be the incentive to create and spread this in a left-leaning space, if not to convince us that Reform isn’t a threat, and can be safely ignored?
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In this Year of Reading, a gentle reminder:
The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.
The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.
January 2, 2026 at 7:23 PM
In this Year of Reading, a gentle reminder:
The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.
The best way to get your kids reading is to let them see *you* reading. The way to *stop* your kids reading is to criticize their choices, or to make reading a competition, or a punishment, or a race, or a learning tool. Let it be fun. Let them read.
New year, new #Medium piece! This one is about the opening of my favourite #Ghibli film, peering into strangers’ windows at night, and speculating about strangers as the basis of #storytelling…
🌟🌃🌙
Read it free at medium.com/@sorrenbriarwood
#WhisperOfTheHeart #StudioGhibli #WritersOnWriting
🌟🌃🌙
Read it free at medium.com/@sorrenbriarwood
#WhisperOfTheHeart #StudioGhibli #WritersOnWriting
January 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
New year, new #Medium piece! This one is about the opening of my favourite #Ghibli film, peering into strangers’ windows at night, and speculating about strangers as the basis of #storytelling…
🌟🌃🌙
Read it free at medium.com/@sorrenbriarwood
#WhisperOfTheHeart #StudioGhibli #WritersOnWriting
🌟🌃🌙
Read it free at medium.com/@sorrenbriarwood
#WhisperOfTheHeart #StudioGhibli #WritersOnWriting
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Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
The 2025 TFR Reader’s Choice Awards
Over 275 authors, critics, editors, and readers came together to vote on their favorite transfeminine literature of 2025.
thetransfemininereview.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Over 275 authors, editors, critics and diehard readers came together over the last month to vote on their favorite transfeminine books of the year.
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It's my honor to present the 2025 TFR Reader's Choice Awards!
Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to everyone who voted 🩷
It’s a little disheartening to enquire specifically, “Are trans people welcome in this space?” and get, “We don’t have a policy, but EVERYONE is welcome!” Feels a little “all lives matter.”
If you don’t have a policy of inclusion, people can and will point to that as a justification to exclude.
If you don’t have a policy of inclusion, people can and will point to that as a justification to exclude.
December 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It’s a little disheartening to enquire specifically, “Are trans people welcome in this space?” and get, “We don’t have a policy, but EVERYONE is welcome!” Feels a little “all lives matter.”
If you don’t have a policy of inclusion, people can and will point to that as a justification to exclude.
If you don’t have a policy of inclusion, people can and will point to that as a justification to exclude.
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I think The Express needs to find their Xmas spirit.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
December 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I think The Express needs to find their Xmas spirit.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
We're paying £476m for a regime that tear gasses babies & destroys shelters in freezing conditions.
We should divert that money to a functioning and fair migration system.
Tune in to @boldpolitics.bsky.social at 3pm tomorrow.
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“I think angels probably communicate wordlessly / Through strange coincidences or through / Other people when you actually listen to them”
December 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“I think angels probably communicate wordlessly / Through strange coincidences or through / Other people when you actually listen to them”
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Taking some inspiration from reindeer today~
#sketchbook #sketching #reindeer #unicorns #unicornart #reindeerart #drawing #animalart #fantasyart #art #illustration #artprocess
#sketchbook #sketching #reindeer #unicorns #unicornart #reindeerart #drawing #animalart #fantasyart #art #illustration #artprocess
December 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Taking some inspiration from reindeer today~
#sketchbook #sketching #reindeer #unicorns #unicornart #reindeerart #drawing #animalart #fantasyart #art #illustration #artprocess
#sketchbook #sketching #reindeer #unicorns #unicornart #reindeerart #drawing #animalart #fantasyart #art #illustration #artprocess
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Well, the cost to fix my plumbing is going to be in the five figures, so....buy some books! I have paperbacks on Bookshop.org and on Amz - they probably won't get to you in time for the holidays, but you can gift ebooks instantly! If I sell about...8000 copies...I should be covered...
Got a plumber coming this afternoon because Something Has Gone Terribly Wrong, so it's a great day to buy my books! 😅
✨Big sale at Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
✨And Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
✨Amz/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden...
✨Big sale at Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
✨And Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/profile/view...
✨Amz/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden...
December 19, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Well, the cost to fix my plumbing is going to be in the five figures, so....buy some books! I have paperbacks on Bookshop.org and on Amz - they probably won't get to you in time for the holidays, but you can gift ebooks instantly! If I sell about...8000 copies...I should be covered...
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The human cost of AI: the real people, hired as "data labellers" and other euphemisms (after signing non-disclosure agreements) paid a pittance, and enduring immense harm in the process.
A devastating anatomy of how tech companies exploit, dehumanize, and ultimately replace human beings.
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A devastating anatomy of how tech companies exploit, dehumanize, and ultimately replace human beings.
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Most profound writing I read in 2026 was "The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy" by a Nairobi man who dreamed of working in air traffic control but instead winds up sexting & chatting w ppl who think they're talking to AI (while AI trains on him). 16 pages & free - READ IT data-workers.org/michael/
December 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The human cost of AI: the real people, hired as "data labellers" and other euphemisms (after signing non-disclosure agreements) paid a pittance, and enduring immense harm in the process.
A devastating anatomy of how tech companies exploit, dehumanize, and ultimately replace human beings.
1/
A devastating anatomy of how tech companies exploit, dehumanize, and ultimately replace human beings.
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It’s my birthday!! I’m in the middle of a style shift/evolution and most of my work is nda, however it would be pretty sick if you like and reposted my work!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It’s my birthday!! I’m in the middle of a style shift/evolution and most of my work is nda, however it would be pretty sick if you like and reposted my work!