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Ben Southwood 🐿️
@bensouthwood.com
He/him. 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 ally.

Former mental health nurse, now carer to my three autistic kids.

Writes children’s stories as a hobby.

Synth-pop.
Sci-fi/fantasy.
Dogs & cat.
Forteana.
Burnley F.C.
Doctor Who.
Vegetarian.

English immigrant in Ireland.
The fiend!
January 19, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Me neither. :-)
January 19, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Blimey, they look good.
January 18, 2026 at 9:41 PM
The kitten is in her carrier when I bring her in, so she’s safe and I don’t leave her on her own at all. I’ll have to build it up as I’ve been putting it off.
January 18, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Yeah, lurcher. Kitten turned up during a storm a few months ago and we bonded, she’s been safely in the back-room but the dogs have been here for years before she arrived. Not ideal, I’m holding out hope I can take it slowly and make it work. I know it’s a challenge, though.
January 18, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Thank you. I’m going to just have to be a little braver while still keeping the kitten safe. :-)
January 18, 2026 at 4:26 PM
I think it’s just Shane’s breed as a lurcher. I’m not giving up, I’ll keep trying.
January 18, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Aww, I’m sorry. :-(
January 17, 2026 at 8:52 PM
She does like to watch my drama to the chaos she’s created.
January 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I quite like the cat’s zero-tolerance for drama.
January 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
My terrier cries her eyes out every time I take her to the groomer. I drive off utterly devastated.
This was her around 30 minutes later, the manipulative hound.
January 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
You take a perfectly lovely fess, a rare ‘feel-good’ one at that, and twist it into something grubby.
a woman in a black dress is holding a clutch bag that says filth
Alt: a woman in a black dress is holding a clutch bag that says filth
media.tenor.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM
‘We have reason to believe you are a demon on the old Buckaroo...’
January 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
As a Burnley fan, your win has *slightly* taken the gloss off our draw. Not much though. :-)
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Pre-match arrogance rarely ends well. :-)
January 17, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Thought we were brilliant second-half. There’s a team there, no doubt about it.
January 17, 2026 at 5:15 PM