Folkyhel
@folkyhel.bsky.social
COVID-averse singer/dulcimerist. Self-recognised autistic. Professional tea-imbiber. Purveyor of smut/innuendo. Stand-up comedian. 😷
Show me your dog pictures!
(I did the tiger painting)
She/her.
Show me your dog pictures!
(I did the tiger painting)
She/her.
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If you think nobody expected Labour to be right wing and reactionary before the election, please reflect on who you were listening to because a lot of people did.
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If you think nobody expected Labour to be right wing and reactionary before the election, please reflect on who you were listening to because a lot of people did.
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Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
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If I were in government & I feared that Reform were likely to succeed me, the things I absolutely would not do are:
- bolster their talking points
- increase state surveillance
- remove legal barriers to further human rights infringements
That seems like the sort of thing you'd do to help them....
- bolster their talking points
- increase state surveillance
- remove legal barriers to further human rights infringements
That seems like the sort of thing you'd do to help them....
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If I were in government & I feared that Reform were likely to succeed me, the things I absolutely would not do are:
- bolster their talking points
- increase state surveillance
- remove legal barriers to further human rights infringements
That seems like the sort of thing you'd do to help them....
- bolster their talking points
- increase state surveillance
- remove legal barriers to further human rights infringements
That seems like the sort of thing you'd do to help them....
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Stripping immigrants of rights and safety is not helping the working class, because immigrants are the working class.
It is not immigrants who make it impossible to afford housing, or to get health care, or to lower prices, or to earn a living. It is, in every single case, the capitalist class.
It is not immigrants who make it impossible to afford housing, or to get health care, or to lower prices, or to earn a living. It is, in every single case, the capitalist class.
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Stripping immigrants of rights and safety is not helping the working class, because immigrants are the working class.
It is not immigrants who make it impossible to afford housing, or to get health care, or to lower prices, or to earn a living. It is, in every single case, the capitalist class.
It is not immigrants who make it impossible to afford housing, or to get health care, or to lower prices, or to earn a living. It is, in every single case, the capitalist class.
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Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Every time I hear a politician say that an issue is “dividing” this country they always then come down on the side of the right wing view of it. Just once I’d love to hear someone say “this issue is divisive, which is why I’m making the argument that kindness and compassion is important”
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Do you know of any rappers who set cryptic crosswords? That could be a lethal combo.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Do you know of any rappers who set cryptic crosswords? That could be a lethal combo.
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So hyper from post-chemo steroids that I did some dancing to #totp then realised that the loss of muscle tone means I cannot get back up from a slutdrop. Embarrassing scenes.
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
So hyper from post-chemo steroids that I did some dancing to #totp then realised that the loss of muscle tone means I cannot get back up from a slutdrop. Embarrassing scenes.
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I needed to clear out the filter in my washing machine. I have cancer and feel like shit and have lost muscle mass. Anyway, I did the job, turned the machine on and seconds later flooded the kitchen. I’ve just paid a man £60 to tighten the filter up by half a turn, which was beyond me. #fuckcancer
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I needed to clear out the filter in my washing machine. I have cancer and feel like shit and have lost muscle mass. Anyway, I did the job, turned the machine on and seconds later flooded the kitchen. I’ve just paid a man £60 to tighten the filter up by half a turn, which was beyond me. #fuckcancer
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Wes Streeting has received £225k from private healthcare donors in the past year and I just don't think my morals could be bought for the price of half a London flat. I don't know if I have a number that would make me sell my country's health service down the river but Wes and I are different.
November 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wes Streeting has received £225k from private healthcare donors in the past year and I just don't think my morals could be bought for the price of half a London flat. I don't know if I have a number that would make me sell my country's health service down the river but Wes and I are different.
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This is an interesting position for a senior member of a government that keeps telling us it doesn't want to cut public services and persecute minorities but has to because of costs and the threat of Reform.
'Don't tell me you don't want to be out on strike - because that is exactly where you are. Own it.'
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
As resident doctors walk out again, Wes Streeting calls out the 'reprehensible and cartel-like behaviour' of their union.
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This is an interesting position for a senior member of a government that keeps telling us it doesn't want to cut public services and persecute minorities but has to because of costs and the threat of Reform.
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The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
November 15, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The incredible, indomitable, inspirational Alice Wong has left us.
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
I'm so grateful to have known her on social media, and so grateful for all the words she shared with us and all the actions she encouraged us into making.
May we live up to her example.
(so you don't have to go to Instagram)
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AI: not Garbage In - Garbage Out
AI: human creativity, water, energy, land, wealth, hype in - Garbage Out
AI: human creativity, water, energy, land, wealth, hype in - Garbage Out
November 14, 2025 at 10:17 PM
AI: not Garbage In - Garbage Out
AI: human creativity, water, energy, land, wealth, hype in - Garbage Out
AI: human creativity, water, energy, land, wealth, hype in - Garbage Out
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Personally, my experience of this government compared to the last one is things are getting noticeably worse (and more right wing) in multiple ways. I'm not aware of anything that's getting better.
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Personally, my experience of this government compared to the last one is things are getting noticeably worse (and more right wing) in multiple ways. I'm not aware of anything that's getting better.
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Masking helps stop disabled people like me dying, being excluded from society, and avoids passing on this kind of preventable illness. But if that’s not worth the tradeoff for you, consider protecting yourself. Just think about if you really need your face uncovered while sat silently on a train
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Masking helps stop disabled people like me dying, being excluded from society, and avoids passing on this kind of preventable illness. But if that’s not worth the tradeoff for you, consider protecting yourself. Just think about if you really need your face uncovered while sat silently on a train
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Masking in hospitals - where people with infectious diseases and people who are particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases are both over-represented - is the absolute lowest of bars and yet we stubbornly refuse to clear it.
France: "Wearing a mask is once again mandatory in Paris hospitals"
"Faced with a rapid rise in respiratory infections, several hospitals in the Île-de-France region have decided to reinstate mandatory mask-wearing for healthcare workers, visitors, and patients over the age of 6."
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"Faced with a rapid rise in respiratory infections, several hospitals in the Île-de-France region have decided to reinstate mandatory mask-wearing for healthcare workers, visitors, and patients over the age of 6."
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November 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Masking in hospitals - where people with infectious diseases and people who are particularly vulnerable to infectious diseases are both over-represented - is the absolute lowest of bars and yet we stubbornly refuse to clear it.
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Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.
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It's genuinely sickening to see all these MPs doing everything they can to erase transphobia from the conversation.
Brianna Ghey died because of the bigotry that the media and the Labour Party pushes relentlessly. She didn't die because her school doesn't have phone pouches.
Brianna Ghey died because of the bigotry that the media and the Labour Party pushes relentlessly. She didn't die because her school doesn't have phone pouches.
On Brianna's 19th birthday, this morning I joined @cheshirepcc.bsky.social and the Brianna Ghey Legacy Project Phone Free Education campaign at the launch at Jodrell Bank of a new £150k initiative to make Cheshire the first county in the UK where ALL state high schools have lockable phone pouches.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's genuinely sickening to see all these MPs doing everything they can to erase transphobia from the conversation.
Brianna Ghey died because of the bigotry that the media and the Labour Party pushes relentlessly. She didn't die because her school doesn't have phone pouches.
Brianna Ghey died because of the bigotry that the media and the Labour Party pushes relentlessly. She didn't die because her school doesn't have phone pouches.
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A fun thing about fatigue in chronic illness is if you say you're not doing a thing people are like "why don't you just have a try!" and when you try and you can't manage it or you manage it but it wipes you out for the rest of the week people are like "you should have said if you weren't up to it!"
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A fun thing about fatigue in chronic illness is if you say you're not doing a thing people are like "why don't you just have a try!" and when you try and you can't manage it or you manage it but it wipes you out for the rest of the week people are like "you should have said if you weren't up to it!"
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I went to the grocery store for the first time in a wheelchair and at the beginning I was marveling at the fact that it’s the most accessible place I’ve been to in my chair so far, until I realized that I was just benefiting from an accident of a building being made *shopping cart* accessible.
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I went to the grocery store for the first time in a wheelchair and at the beginning I was marveling at the fact that it’s the most accessible place I’ve been to in my chair so far, until I realized that I was just benefiting from an accident of a building being made *shopping cart* accessible.
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Yes, this AI generated content is pointless, misleading, and built on the exploitation of people and the planet but, on the other hand, it got a lot of likes and reskeets which briefly flattered my ego.
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yes, this AI generated content is pointless, misleading, and built on the exploitation of people and the planet but, on the other hand, it got a lot of likes and reskeets which briefly flattered my ego.
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If you don't know where to get masks or can't afford them, find a mask bloc at maskblog.org - you might have one locally or find one that can post masks. We do it and are always excited to help you protect yourself and others! Email us if you're interested
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If you don't know where to get masks or can't afford them, find a mask bloc at maskblog.org - you might have one locally or find one that can post masks. We do it and are always excited to help you protect yourself and others! Email us if you're interested
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The UK is behaving abysmally.
Environmental protesters are being given licence conditions on release from jail that are supposed to be limited to extremism cases.
Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Ella Ward, 22, was banned from going to any meetings or gatherings, except for worship, without permission.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Jailed UK climate protesters facing conditions reserved for extremists on release
Exclusive: Just Stop Oil activist was banned from attending gatherings, including meeting a friend in a cafe, without permission
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The UK is behaving abysmally.
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"Who are you gonna trust? Me or your lying almost everyone you know, including the people you tried to warn about us last year who were really emotionally invested in you being wrong?"
Why aren't Labour's life-changing policies connecting with voters - and what can the party do? It's down to messaging, how it's told, and the messengers...
Why don’t Labour’s workers’ and renters’ rights reforms cut through to voters – and how should they? – LabourList
When millions of workers and renters don’t know you’re doing more to improve their rights than any government in half a century, something is going…
labourlist.org
November 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"Who are you gonna trust? Me or your lying almost everyone you know, including the people you tried to warn about us last year who were really emotionally invested in you being wrong?"