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Monstrous Jaffa @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social · 2h

Phew! That's always a risk! 😂

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 4h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Monstrous Jaffa @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social · 3h

Ouch!

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Auld Banshee @auldbendy.bsky.social · 4h

Fuck off Kate. You have a nanny for grown children, cleaners, don't have a job, assistant, personal hairdressers, and are loaded.

You know what does damage family life more? Poverty. Put your literal money where your mouth is then I may take you seriously.

Kate warns too much screen time damages family life.

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 7d

Happy National Poetry Day to all those who celebrate.

This year’s theme is ‘play’ so here’s a poem which plays with some letters. It’s called ‘The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees’.

The Problem of Writing Poems
in the Shape of Deciduous Trees

[The poem has been written in the shape of a deciduous tree with letters (or ‘leaves’) missing from the text]:

a comm n
pr ble whe writin
p ems in the shape of decid o s
trees is t at once t ere ar ives the fir t
sti rings of he new aut mn breeze, he
oems will begi to shake hemselves
ge tly ntil their letters loos n
d
like leaves, an
they
start
to
float
down
then

[The missing letters from the tree have landed on the last line to form the phrase]

turntomushuponthegroun

[The final ‘d’ is floating down to complete the phrase.]

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🧟‍♂️ Ick 🪓😱† Wight 🧛 @nickwrightdata.ntw.app · 20h

Can confirm the letters turned to mush upon the ground would, in fact, re-assemble into the missing spots on the tree. Fantastic (even if they didn't)!

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Monstrous Jaffa @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social · 6h

This Labour government has quietly gone about it's work in fulfilling it's manifesto pledges.

Unfortunately, it has also viciously scapegoated trans folk and migrants for no reason other than to satisfy a rabidly misanthropic right wing media.

And that is the failure they will be marked on.

TeeDixie 📎 @teedixie.bsky.social · 18h

I was quite surprised, given the amount of negative press that would have you believe that this government is the worst we’ve had yet.

I’ll put the link in the next post but given we had a complete shit show with the Tories, this is astonishing. Do reshare or bookmark the link, it’s handy.

Under the last Tory Govt, elected in 2019, of 42 Manifesto Pledges, only
2 were delivered in 5 years.
Under the current Labour Govt, elected in 2024, of 83 Manifesto Pledges, 57 are delivered (18), on track (19), or in process (20).
In 1 year.
(FullFact Tracker)

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Monstrous Jaffa @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social · 6h

Hope it goes well, and looking forward to seeing it later

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Monstrous Jaffa @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social · 18h

Well, yeah, kind of makes sense.....

The words "THE DUMB ONE" are written in white text against a dark red/black background.

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Monstrous Jaffa @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social · 21h

Ooh, you have reminded me I was going to do the knicker hunt one

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Monstrous Jaffa @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social · 21h

May not have studied, and doesn't know how to read.

But that side eye says Clio has something on the invigilator and is very confident of passing the test.....

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 22h

This is Clio. She did not study for the test today. Also does not know how to read. 12/10 (IG: paspastotoro)

a black and gray long-haired yorkiepoo sits at a desk in a university classroom. a piece of paper lays on the desk in front of her, her paws propped up on the desk as if she's bracing herself. there are students in the background hunched over and working on paper in front of them. the pup looks at the camera with a concerned side eye. she's realizing she probably should have read some of the homework before eating it.

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 1d

British philosopher and women’s rights campaigner Harriet Taylor Mill was born #onthisday in 1807. She wrote extensively on women’s rights – particularly on marriage, domestic violence, education, ethics, and tolerance. Cool portrait, too! 🧵

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

#WarRavagedPortland

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Monstrous Jaffa @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social · 1d

Get well soon

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

Highland cattle are famous for their ability to "disco nap". Normally these brief, efficient sleeps will last between three and twenty minutes, deploying a variety of objects as pillows, including moorland boulders, cars or any particularly large dog or sheep who happens to be nearby.

A highland cow having a little nap on a boulder on Dartmoor (ok, it was actually scratching its head)

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Marc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 1d

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Sue 💙💓💜 @themetaldefective.bsky.social · 1d

Happy hump day to all that celebrate/participate.

Have a day phone goblins 🖤

Scarecrow made up of pumpkins. Its face has a big toothy white grin. Dressed in a blue and black checked shirt and jeans. It's doing a moonie, flashing its butt of pumpkin.

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Monstrous Jaffa @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social · 1d

That was my understanding of it. Because I've posted sex once, then the machine thinks everything is sex.

*sigh*

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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 1d

And some good news! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #manchester #museums

Manchester Science and Industry Museum Power Hall to reopen

Visitors will be able to rediscover engines that powered everything from cotton mills to railways.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Monstrous Jaffa @monstrousjaffa.bsky.social · 1d

It's all done through AI at the first stage, which is why images are so often incorrectly labelled.

An actual "mod" only gets involved once it is appealed. It is incredibly frustrating when some bare skin gets tagged as explicit sexual activity.

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Barry Lyga @barrylyga.com · 2d

Prime Day what? Bookshop.org is offering FREE SHIPPING for October 7-8! Buy books, get free shipping, support local bookstores! Easy!

#primeday #antiprime #freeshipping #supportlocal #supportindie