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M☿th

@monroetempleton.bsky.social

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Often miserable ✨ writer, miniature painter 💅🎨 Orbiting Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Queer as folk (they/them, she/her) 🌈 28 My novellette: https://books2read.com/u/meO2Zz

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · Feb 22

HELLO I WROTE A NOVELLETTE, about a trans woman who switches places with parallel selves to avoid the consequences of her decisions (www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPX6VJ54) and a SHORT STORY about sad gay monks on a vineyard of a ring world (www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CPX8172R)

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 2h

It's always vitally important for journalists to ask public figures saying shit like this what they mean and to follow up on it when they clarify because it's nuts

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 2h

Notable The Times removed a young woman who was featured at the end of the article and in the picture and had not-insane things to say lol

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 3h

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5h

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 15h

one of those insane phrases you just hear everywhere that's so ludicrously racist from nearly every angle it makes me feel like I'm going mad hearing it

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 18h

I also got 😌

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 18h

Tory Conference has been a big few days for people who think anti-immigration ≠ racism

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 19h

"Reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct" and "we should tax women who refuse to breed" are not in fact mutually compatible statements.

William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 21h

My most controversial take on this is probably that while I think reproductive freedom should be sacrosanct, I don’t really have any problem with additional taxes on (high income) childless people. Someone gotta pay into the pensions!

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 1d

"Just one more gimmick bro just one more weird trick trust me trust me we don't need to fund public services and councils and make people feel like there's real change on the micro-level just one boondoddle I swear"

LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 2d

'Done right, digital ID could restore trust in the state' argues Dan Howl

‘Done right, digital ID could restore trust in the state’ – LabourList

Trust is the lifeblood of any modern democracy, and the foundation of every successful digital system. And so, in the case of Digital ID, Government…

labourlist.org

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes I miss being on forums so I log into the like three I still have an account on and immediately bounce back to happiness of just being on like Discord and Blusky

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 2d

Probably long term but depends on what happens on the council

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 3d

running the numbers and with Lecornu, since 2017 Macron has now had 7 Prime Ministers, will soon have an eighth, and is likely to have at least another before 2027

Mitterand, who lasted 14 years and oversaw four NA elections, had 7!

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 3d

"The French Government lasted half a day before collapsing" same

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 3d

hi, french government expert here! this is not funny, french government's only do this when they're very distressed

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 3d

No it tracks

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 3d

Ask not to who the jaws of death snap, the jaws of death snap for thee

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 3d

I think the common thread about Ari Astor I like is how much his movies are built around a core hell of familial relationships

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 3d

That said it does seem like polycules crush your social life outside it after a certain point, though that may be my experience with a guy who was just a dick

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 3d

I knew a 7 person polycule (since as I understand reduced to 6) and the common unifier seems to be a social activity they all do

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 3d

Forgot about the American team and thought there was some cancellation in the ocean fandom

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Tom Ewing @tomewing.bsky.social · 3d

Robot personhood / rights is a sci-fi trope because it’s an obvious way to do a story about prejudice against other humans, but I wonder if it’s created a cultural expectation that this *has* to be a debate once you’ve invented robots you can talk to

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 3d

I WON'T GO TO MARS (OR DANCE IN STRANGERS' CARS) is a novelette about Isabella, a woman who uses an ability to leap into her parallel selves, which she uses to escape the pain of a breakup - but how can we really be ourselves if we don't live with our mistakes?

I WON'T GO TO MARS (OR DANCE IN STRANGERS' CARS) | Sea Lion Press

www.sealionpress.co.uk

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 4d

Have to wait until Wednesday/Thursday to finish it :<

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 4d

British Government have entered the "never admit to a mistake" stage of the poster creed

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M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 4d

My oft go-to was that the Craig Bond should have been much more of a bisexual guy in Chelsea who is really into avocado on toast and matcha with strong opinions on the EU (so, Agent Running in the Field)

M☿th @monroetempleton.bsky.social · 4d

what the fuck is PSNI doing there

Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) arrest protestors in Trafalgar Square, London, for holding signs which say they oppose genocide and support Palestine Action.

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