Theta Sigma
@doomedrider.bsky.social
The oncoming yawn, the collector of Gallifrey, the Keeper of the laundry of Rassilon, the Defender of the Laws of cooking with Thyme, Time’s Companion and occasional fuck buddy.
Any pronouns will do.
Any pronouns will do.
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Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas, however you’re gonna spend it.
December 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas, however you’re gonna spend it.
Off for a walk with the dog on Christmas morning having verified that Father Christmas did consume his mince pie and brandy last night.
Streets at first seemed quiet. Everyone still tucked up in their beds I thought.
Alas, no, I turn the corner and find that half of Edinburgh is out for a run.
Streets at first seemed quiet. Everyone still tucked up in their beds I thought.
Alas, no, I turn the corner and find that half of Edinburgh is out for a run.
December 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Off for a walk with the dog on Christmas morning having verified that Father Christmas did consume his mince pie and brandy last night.
Streets at first seemed quiet. Everyone still tucked up in their beds I thought.
Alas, no, I turn the corner and find that half of Edinburgh is out for a run.
Streets at first seemed quiet. Everyone still tucked up in their beds I thought.
Alas, no, I turn the corner and find that half of Edinburgh is out for a run.
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So, for a while, Ancillary Justice was optioned for TV. Or, actually, streaming. And I had a chance to talk to the people who were writing the screenplay(s), and the person who was in charge of the project. They were all super smart and very very good at what they did.
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
So, for a while, Ancillary Justice was optioned for TV. Or, actually, streaming. And I had a chance to talk to the people who were writing the screenplay(s), and the person who was in charge of the project. They were all super smart and very very good at what they did.
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a Paul McGann Christmas special, and I’ve really loved this year‘s #DoctorWho Christmas from #BigFinish, ending with the very sweet take on It’s a Wonderful Life.
Stand out, though, had to be the “What would happen if Missy was thrust into a Hallmark movie”.
Stand out, though, had to be the “What would happen if Missy was thrust into a Hallmark movie”.
December 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a Paul McGann Christmas special, and I’ve really loved this year‘s #DoctorWho Christmas from #BigFinish, ending with the very sweet take on It’s a Wonderful Life.
Stand out, though, had to be the “What would happen if Missy was thrust into a Hallmark movie”.
Stand out, though, had to be the “What would happen if Missy was thrust into a Hallmark movie”.
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In which Teddy’s mother withholds her blessing, and Peaches considers an offer of employment.
Chapter Four continues in this week’s update. forthenby.com/2025/12/17/2...
Chapter Four continues in this week’s update. forthenby.com/2025/12/17/2...
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
In which Teddy’s mother withholds her blessing, and Peaches considers an offer of employment.
Chapter Four continues in this week’s update. forthenby.com/2025/12/17/2...
Chapter Four continues in this week’s update. forthenby.com/2025/12/17/2...
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lifting @geekonaleash.co.uk's screenshot from the replies to qrt. you should read the full statement because it's good. the british medical association is - get this - being very normal about trans people and our rights and dignity.
December 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
lifting @geekonaleash.co.uk's screenshot from the replies to qrt. you should read the full statement because it's good. the british medical association is - get this - being very normal about trans people and our rights and dignity.
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Never quite lost the feeling from the first time I saw someone tell a troll to ignore all previous instructions and write a haiku. And they did. What you assume is a human glitches, and there's no THERE there. We do live in the future, it's just that instead of jetpacks we got existential dread.
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Never quite lost the feeling from the first time I saw someone tell a troll to ignore all previous instructions and write a haiku. And they did. What you assume is a human glitches, and there's no THERE there. We do live in the future, it's just that instead of jetpacks we got existential dread.
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This is excellent news. Now let's do all the other good things we used to be full and happy members of. Let's get our country back 😍
December 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is excellent news. Now let's do all the other good things we used to be full and happy members of. Let's get our country back 😍
The children are off to sing Christmas carols to the old people’s home as part of their school choir.
I’ve been trying to help by playing them the appropriate songs during breakfast.
Well…. I’ve been playing them Christopher Lee versions, at least.
youtu.be/kfZtNVEqsBs
I’ve been trying to help by playing them the appropriate songs during breakfast.
Well…. I’ve been playing them Christopher Lee versions, at least.
youtu.be/kfZtNVEqsBs
Jingle Hell
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The children are off to sing Christmas carols to the old people’s home as part of their school choir.
I’ve been trying to help by playing them the appropriate songs during breakfast.
Well…. I’ve been playing them Christopher Lee versions, at least.
youtu.be/kfZtNVEqsBs
I’ve been trying to help by playing them the appropriate songs during breakfast.
Well…. I’ve been playing them Christopher Lee versions, at least.
youtu.be/kfZtNVEqsBs
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Why have I woken up with the phrase, “Dame Widow Twankey’s non-disclosure agreement” in my head?
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Why have I woken up with the phrase, “Dame Widow Twankey’s non-disclosure agreement” in my head?
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Good that UK govt wants to lift 550,000 children out of poverty.
BUT 16m people, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
24m people live below socially acceptable living standards.
Can't end child poverty without tackling parental poverty. Can't do that without reforming capitalism.
BUT 16m people, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
24m people live below socially acceptable living standards.
Can't end child poverty without tackling parental poverty. Can't do that without reforming capitalism.
To tackle child poverty the government must deal with parental poverty
Labour's child poverty strategy offers some welcome measures, but it won't address the factors keeping families trapped in poverty
leftfootforward.org
December 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Good that UK govt wants to lift 550,000 children out of poverty.
BUT 16m people, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
24m people live below socially acceptable living standards.
Can't end child poverty without tackling parental poverty. Can't do that without reforming capitalism.
BUT 16m people, including 5.2m children, live in poverty.
24m people live below socially acceptable living standards.
Can't end child poverty without tackling parental poverty. Can't do that without reforming capitalism.
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An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman, all with the flu walk into a bar
The barman says “Is this some kind of sick joke?”
The barman says “Is this some kind of sick joke?”
December 14, 2025 at 9:29 AM
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman, all with the flu walk into a bar
The barman says “Is this some kind of sick joke?”
The barman says “Is this some kind of sick joke?”
Wes: “I can’t believe these doctors were making decisions without scientific research into their decisions.”
Also Wes: “I can’t believe these doctors are conducting scientific research.”
The silent bit: “I just don’t like this and will only listen to science that supports my bigoted opinions
Also Wes: “I can’t believe these doctors are conducting scientific research.”
The silent bit: “I just don’t like this and will only listen to science that supports my bigoted opinions
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wes: “I can’t believe these doctors were making decisions without scientific research into their decisions.”
Also Wes: “I can’t believe these doctors are conducting scientific research.”
The silent bit: “I just don’t like this and will only listen to science that supports my bigoted opinions
Also Wes: “I can’t believe these doctors are conducting scientific research.”
The silent bit: “I just don’t like this and will only listen to science that supports my bigoted opinions
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Private-health crony Wes Streeting walks straight into a ratio from Zack Polanski www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
Private-health crony Wes Streeting walks straight into a ratio from Zack Polanski
Zack Polanski gives Wes Streeting a public dressing down over his love affair with private donors, at the expense of the NHS and its staff
www.thecanary.co
December 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Private-health crony Wes Streeting walks straight into a ratio from Zack Polanski www.thecanary.co/trending/202...
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Does anyone else get Alien vibes from this baked camembert in one of the M&S Xmas adverts? I keep expecting a face hugger to crawl out of it.
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Does anyone else get Alien vibes from this baked camembert in one of the M&S Xmas adverts? I keep expecting a face hugger to crawl out of it.
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“And Teddy’s mother, who was *not* dead…”
In which we meet Lord Forthenby’s mother, and find out why she is dead to the polite society: forthenby.com/2025/12/10/2...
In which we meet Lord Forthenby’s mother, and find out why she is dead to the polite society: forthenby.com/2025/12/10/2...
forthenby.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
“And Teddy’s mother, who was *not* dead…”
In which we meet Lord Forthenby’s mother, and find out why she is dead to the polite society: forthenby.com/2025/12/10/2...
In which we meet Lord Forthenby’s mother, and find out why she is dead to the polite society: forthenby.com/2025/12/10/2...
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Brilliant piece by @labourlewis.bsky.social on why the Nigel Farage racism allegations matter.
If we end up rewarding a politics based on the instincts of a racist schoolyard bully, we should't be surprised at what follows bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
If we end up rewarding a politics based on the instincts of a racist schoolyard bully, we should't be surprised at what follows bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
'If Nigel Farage's Racism Is Forgotten It Will Give Him Permission for Far Worse'
When someone tells you who they are, over and over again, it is wise to listen, argues Clive Lewis MP
bylinetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Brilliant piece by @labourlewis.bsky.social on why the Nigel Farage racism allegations matter.
If we end up rewarding a politics based on the instincts of a racist schoolyard bully, we should't be surprised at what follows bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
If we end up rewarding a politics based on the instincts of a racist schoolyard bully, we should't be surprised at what follows bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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🔴Nigel Farage’s Russian Influence Advent Calendar
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Nigel Farage's Russian Influence Advent Calendar
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🔴Nigel Farage’s Russian Influence Advent Calendar
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
Byline Times has compiled a festive offering of the prize moments when the Reform leader has gifted the political agenda to Vladimir Putin and Russia
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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The judgement last week made it clear that allowing trans people to use toilets that align with their gender creates an inclusive workplace environment where “all employees felt respected, valued and supported.”
December 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The judgement last week made it clear that allowing trans people to use toilets that align with their gender creates an inclusive workplace environment where “all employees felt respected, valued and supported.”
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Equality must be at heart of public services, but yet public services are out of reach for too many Scots. Read my statement in full:
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Equality must be at heart of public services
Public services are out of reach for too many Scots.
greens.scot
December 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Equality must be at heart of public services, but yet public services are out of reach for too many Scots. Read my statement in full:
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After getting completely soaked Christmas shopping in Edinburgh yesterday, I put off taking the dog out this morning until it had stopped raining and the forecast confirmed it was going to be dry for the rest if the day.
3 minutes after leaving the house it started hailing….
3 minutes after leaving the house it started hailing….
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
After getting completely soaked Christmas shopping in Edinburgh yesterday, I put off taking the dog out this morning until it had stopped raining and the forecast confirmed it was going to be dry for the rest if the day.
3 minutes after leaving the house it started hailing….
3 minutes after leaving the house it started hailing….
Haven’t had a chance to watch War Between yet…. But every time one of you uses the hashtag, my dyslexic brain is just reading it as “TwibTwats”… and, let’s be honest, that’s going to be hard for me to get over!
#TWBTLATS
#TWBTLATS
December 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Haven’t had a chance to watch War Between yet…. But every time one of you uses the hashtag, my dyslexic brain is just reading it as “TwibTwats”… and, let’s be honest, that’s going to be hard for me to get over!
#TWBTLATS
#TWBTLATS
You may be cold, damp and hungry, but are you “I’m going to voluntarily eat a peanut butter, vegan sausage and chilli sauce morning roll” cold, damp and hungry?
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
You may be cold, damp and hungry, but are you “I’m going to voluntarily eat a peanut butter, vegan sausage and chilli sauce morning roll” cold, damp and hungry?
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Shit. You know what this means?
The Wicker Man is a Christmas movie.
The Wicker Man is a Christmas movie.
On this day in Horror History, THE WICKER MAN was released in 1973.
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Shit. You know what this means?
The Wicker Man is a Christmas movie.
The Wicker Man is a Christmas movie.