Valour
@valouriousknight.bsky.social
Writer, Anglican, Awesome Theological Mushroom, Crip, AuDHD, deafened 🧑🦼, parent, nerd, knitter, enthusiastic reptile keeper, Part Dragon, proud trans dude he/him. Queer AF.
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Valour
@valouriousknight.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Some twat has added me to a 'Progressives for Trump/MAGA' blocklist, so just in case it was in doubt:
Donald Trump is the worst of humanity, running unchecked through the halls of power and I loathe him - and all his collaborators- with every fibre of my being
Donald Trump is the worst of humanity, running unchecked through the halls of power and I loathe him - and all his collaborators- with every fibre of my being
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listen... people with girlfriends and boyfriends and theyfriends expand the kingdom of God... i thought you wanted to do numbers????
November 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
listen... people with girlfriends and boyfriends and theyfriends expand the kingdom of God... i thought you wanted to do numbers????
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I dont care about the Polycule ... bring all They/Them down to the food giveaway
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I dont care about the Polycule ... bring all They/Them down to the food giveaway
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The parts of Christianity we've invested ENTIRELY too much time in
Who going with who
where do they "be" putting "it"
who gets to preach the sermons
which method of baptism
How many ethically consenting and informed "boos" you running
none of which make you a better Christian
Who going with who
where do they "be" putting "it"
who gets to preach the sermons
which method of baptism
How many ethically consenting and informed "boos" you running
none of which make you a better Christian
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The parts of Christianity we've invested ENTIRELY too much time in
Who going with who
where do they "be" putting "it"
who gets to preach the sermons
which method of baptism
How many ethically consenting and informed "boos" you running
none of which make you a better Christian
Who going with who
where do they "be" putting "it"
who gets to preach the sermons
which method of baptism
How many ethically consenting and informed "boos" you running
none of which make you a better Christian
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The parts of Catholicism i like
The bones
the architecture
the outfits
the orders
The gold cup
The bones
the architecture
the outfits
the orders
The gold cup
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The parts of Catholicism i like
The bones
the architecture
the outfits
the orders
The gold cup
The bones
the architecture
the outfits
the orders
The gold cup
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Between tearing babies from their parents' arms and traumatizing countless children, abandoning climate action and environmental protection, and loosing RFK on public health, the Trump Administration is engaging in quite a bit of child sacrifice. To their right-mania goals.
Vance loves to deploy fabricated racist fearmongering. First Haitians are eating the pets, now Indigenous people sacrificed children?! Sheesh.
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Between tearing babies from their parents' arms and traumatizing countless children, abandoning climate action and environmental protection, and loosing RFK on public health, the Trump Administration is engaging in quite a bit of child sacrifice. To their right-mania goals.
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Funny it's only the EXECUTIVES who keep saying "AI" is inevitable and will be in everything. When it's developers, coders, writers, artists, independent creators, and smaller studios run by those people, they're somehow shockingly AGAINST using plagiarismbots that can't code, write, or draw.
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Funny it's only the EXECUTIVES who keep saying "AI" is inevitable and will be in everything. When it's developers, coders, writers, artists, independent creators, and smaller studios run by those people, they're somehow shockingly AGAINST using plagiarismbots that can't code, write, or draw.
The super rubbish thing about having a cyber stalker is I have so much NEWS that I want to shout out into the internet, because I am an adhd chaos goblin over-sharer, but for like safety reasons I can now only be like wierdly obscure, and is is, frankly, THE MOST ANNOYING THING
November 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The super rubbish thing about having a cyber stalker is I have so much NEWS that I want to shout out into the internet, because I am an adhd chaos goblin over-sharer, but for like safety reasons I can now only be like wierdly obscure, and is is, frankly, THE MOST ANNOYING THING
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a heteromultivalent nanogel capable of killing some of the most dangerous bacteria known to medicine- with over 99.9% effectiveness against P. aeruginosa. It also showed strong antibacterial effects against other major threats, including E. coli and MRSA.
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I don’t have a new book to promote, but four of my former students have their first books coming out this academic year and, people, you are going to hear about them.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I don’t have a new book to promote, but four of my former students have their first books coming out this academic year and, people, you are going to hear about them.
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If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
A Tribute to an Oracle, Alice Wong
Alice had the ability to look to the future and a world where laws and attitudes did not keep disabled people poor, pitied, and isolated.
www.thenation.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you're interested, this tribute to Alice Wong was written by one of the people who knew her best
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Nooo, Alice Wong has died! Rest well, your magnificence lit the way for so many of us.
November 26, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Nooo, Alice Wong has died! Rest well, your magnificence lit the way for so many of us.
Those of you who have been praying for our little family recently - thank you so much. I'm very happy to say the intention we were asking for has come through!
(I won't be more specific here because open Internet! But it's a good thing)
(I won't be more specific here because open Internet! But it's a good thing)
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Those of you who have been praying for our little family recently - thank you so much. I'm very happy to say the intention we were asking for has come through!
(I won't be more specific here because open Internet! But it's a good thing)
(I won't be more specific here because open Internet! But it's a good thing)
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Hey I just met you
And this is batshit
But here's my number
Call me fascist
And this is batshit
But here's my number
Call me fascist
November 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Hey I just met you
And this is batshit
But here's my number
Call me fascist
And this is batshit
But here's my number
Call me fascist
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really looking forward to the meltdowns from everyone who thought Daddy Trump would dress down the big bad socialist instead of hyping up his new best friend the Cool Mayor
how do you not know how this guy works by now
how do you not know how this guy works by now
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
really looking forward to the meltdowns from everyone who thought Daddy Trump would dress down the big bad socialist instead of hyping up his new best friend the Cool Mayor
how do you not know how this guy works by now
how do you not know how this guy works by now
'The First Trans Poem' with Amy Marvin is both magnificent and heart rending and hilarious
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
'The First Trans Poem' with Amy Marvin is both magnificent and heart rending and hilarious
Holy shit, Go Bears!
November 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Holy shit, Go Bears!
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No child should be gendered or named until they have chosen for themselves
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
No child should be gendered or named until they have chosen for themselves
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It looks vulgar and cheap, with the structural integrity of Queenie's throne room in Blackadder 2. I bet you could throw Tim McInnerny through the doors and the whole thing would wobble
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
It looks vulgar and cheap, with the structural integrity of Queenie's throne room in Blackadder 2. I bet you could throw Tim McInnerny through the doors and the whole thing would wobble
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This may well be right, but I feel like the ongoing collapse of the state and the impending market meltdown will probably do that for Labour anyway? They're stuffed regardless, but this way they're taking everyone else down with them.
Too much analysis was still treating breaking the tax pledge as “just another unpopular decision” rather than recognising consequence of breaking a promise which defined an election for the public. If is correct the govt won’t now break it they may have avoided a deeply scarring loss of public trust
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This may well be right, but I feel like the ongoing collapse of the state and the impending market meltdown will probably do that for Labour anyway? They're stuffed regardless, but this way they're taking everyone else down with them.
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UK Health Secretary keeps taking donations linked to private health (& gave your NHS data to Palantir)
The latest donations bring the total Streeting has accepted from private health-linked interests since 2015 up to £372,000
“What do those backers think they are getting for their money?"
The latest donations bring the total Streeting has accepted from private health-linked interests since 2015 up to £372,000
“What do those backers think they are getting for their money?"
Health secretary keeps taking donations linked to private health | Good Law Project
Wes Streeting has bagged another £58,000 from sources connected to the private health sector since taking over at the health department. But what do his backers expect in return?
goodlawproject.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
UK Health Secretary keeps taking donations linked to private health (& gave your NHS data to Palantir)
The latest donations bring the total Streeting has accepted from private health-linked interests since 2015 up to £372,000
“What do those backers think they are getting for their money?"
The latest donations bring the total Streeting has accepted from private health-linked interests since 2015 up to £372,000
“What do those backers think they are getting for their money?"
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See?
It’s this easy, everyone
👏
It’s this easy, everyone
👏
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
See?
It’s this easy, everyone
👏
It’s this easy, everyone
👏
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I realize that this is part choir preaching/part shouting into the void but I desperately wish even "useful" LLM applications for software (like unit tests, stubbing out functions and structs) are just incredibly fraught and bring so many risks of difficult to ID bugs and technical debt.
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I realize that this is part choir preaching/part shouting into the void but I desperately wish even "useful" LLM applications for software (like unit tests, stubbing out functions and structs) are just incredibly fraught and bring so many risks of difficult to ID bugs and technical debt.
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Westminster Abbey (and Houses of Parliament) are actually built on an island IN the Thames and then we just built roads over the bit of water and then buildings on top of that and now the whole thing looks solid but god forbid the Thames Barrier fails
While we’re on the subject, I take is Westminster Abbey is completely safe? I mean, not built in a swamp, or at the outer limits of what arches can do, or anything? (Asking for a friend who works nearby).
November 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Westminster Abbey (and Houses of Parliament) are actually built on an island IN the Thames and then we just built roads over the bit of water and then buildings on top of that and now the whole thing looks solid but god forbid the Thames Barrier fails
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Im just not sure I know how to do a prime ministerial crisis which doesn’t revolve around vaguely ominous reports about the number of letters being sent to Graham Brady
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Im just not sure I know how to do a prime ministerial crisis which doesn’t revolve around vaguely ominous reports about the number of letters being sent to Graham Brady
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In my experience if you leave enough queers to their own devices they will derail any conversation and it will somehow become more interesting.
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In my experience if you leave enough queers to their own devices they will derail any conversation and it will somehow become more interesting.