Kirk Northrop
@kingrikk.bsky.social
Senior backend engineer, too occasional film watcher, poor photographer, M0XKN, talker of nonsense. He/they. Twitter: @krn
I mean I'd expect the BBC to be able to use the correct tense of being too, but what do I know.
December 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I mean I'd expect the BBC to be able to use the correct tense of being too, but what do I know.
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Doesn’t feel good that the head of BBC News Content is instructing reporters to refer to trans people with slurs. If this leak is real it raises questions about who made this decision, who was consulted, and why the BBC chose to ignore its own editorial guidelines on slurs and offensive language
EXCLUSIVE
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
The BBC has circulated leaked guidance telling journalists to describe trans women as “biological males”.
Clarity should not come at the cost of dignity. #bbc #humanrights #journalism #transparency #transrights
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Doesn’t feel good that the head of BBC News Content is instructing reporters to refer to trans people with slurs. If this leak is real it raises questions about who made this decision, who was consulted, and why the BBC chose to ignore its own editorial guidelines on slurs and offensive language
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Real corncob behaviour
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Real corncob behaviour
Lando Norris' championship has already been forgotten about I see.
December 12, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Lando Norris' championship has already been forgotten about I see.
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then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
then, the transphobes , feeling victorious at how many people they have made unhappy and despairing in the previous week, move on to anything else that has a spectrum and the possibility of more colours than they can conceive - such hateful people - they cannot understand anything that is not THEM
"Is this (electric) toothbrush waterproof?"
Good question Amazon AI
Good question Amazon AI
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Is this (electric) toothbrush waterproof?"
Good question Amazon AI
Good question Amazon AI
WHY ARE YOU ALL STANDING IN THE RAIN!!!
The shop opens in five minutes they all came by car. It's not *that* busy.
The shop opens in five minutes they all came by car. It's not *that* busy.
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
WHY ARE YOU ALL STANDING IN THE RAIN!!!
The shop opens in five minutes they all came by car. It's not *that* busy.
The shop opens in five minutes they all came by car. It's not *that* busy.
Doesn't Rachel Reeves sound like Maggie?
November 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Doesn't Rachel Reeves sound like Maggie?
Sooty would be a better chancellor than Rachel Reeves. At least he can't leak.
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sooty would be a better chancellor than Rachel Reeves. At least he can't leak.
I wonder how many (former) friends of mine have Wikipedia pages. I'm aware of two, and one of those is a football manager I've not seen since secondary school.
November 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I wonder how many (former) friends of mine have Wikipedia pages. I'm aware of two, and one of those is a football manager I've not seen since secondary school.
Turns out it also snowed a year ago to the day.
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Turns out it also snowed a year ago to the day.
"When the boot is opened, objects can be loaded in the luggage compartment"
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
"When the boot is opened, objects can be loaded in the luggage compartment"
Isn't it strange how the shutdown ended when new Epstein stuff came out?
November 13, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Isn't it strange how the shutdown ended when new Epstein stuff came out?
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I would prefer it if Wes Streeting did not become Prime Minister
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I would prefer it if Wes Streeting did not become Prime Minister
Evri: Your estimated delivery date has changed
Nowhere in the email does it say what it has changed to or from.
Nowhere in the email does it say what it has changed to or from.
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Evri: Your estimated delivery date has changed
Nowhere in the email does it say what it has changed to or from.
Nowhere in the email does it say what it has changed to or from.
I was today years old when I found out that toilet cisterns are like fridges and you can put the handle on either side.
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I was today years old when I found out that toilet cisterns are like fridges and you can put the handle on either side.
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10/10 take. No notes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
10/10 take. No notes.
I have just learned that the "Old" Top Gear outro track is by Elton John. I just assumed it was library music.
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I have just learned that the "Old" Top Gear outro track is by Elton John. I just assumed it was library music.
The artist formerly known as Prince Andrew?
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The artist formerly known as Prince Andrew?
Disappointed to learn that I share some level of musical taste with the prime minister.
October 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Disappointed to learn that I share some level of musical taste with the prime minister.