Paul Hollingdrake
@phollingdrake.bsky.social
BSL/English Interpreter, geek, vegan, equality enthusiast, bi guy, solarpunk, and dad. Displays of incompetence are a 50/50 split between ADHD chaos times and baseline ineptitude 😇
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Moving over from the evil place bit by bit…
Weaning myself off it by unfollowing anyone I’ve managed to track down over here.
I’m a completionist, so it may take some time 😅
Weaning myself off it by unfollowing anyone I’ve managed to track down over here.
I’m a completionist, so it may take some time 😅
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This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 AM
This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
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simultaneously a good news story on McBride's deftness and a real shattering account of how many Democrats still need to get punted into a hole in the ocean
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
Sarah McBride knew some Democrats would betray trans people, so she lobbied Republicans
Sarah McBride successfully lobbied a handful of Republicans to vote against a ban on gender-affirming care for youth.
www.advocate.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
simultaneously a good news story on McBride's deftness and a real shattering account of how many Democrats still need to get punted into a hole in the ocean
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
www.advocate.com/politics/sar...
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Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.
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 1:15 PM
Deeply disappointed to hear that the BBC has pushed out one of the most brilliant presenters in all of science communication for speaking with integrity and honor in support of human rights and dignity.
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The border inspector’s 2022 description of Home Office data as “inexcusably awful” remains undefeated
The real asylum scandal is the incompetence of the Home Office inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The border inspector’s 2022 description of Home Office data as “inexcusably awful” remains undefeated
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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Huge news. 007 job share.
December 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Huge news. 007 job share.
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I just put in eye drops and should have been doing this all day 😭 (but in a good way)
June 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I just put in eye drops and should have been doing this all day 😭 (but in a good way)
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I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4
May 23, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I’m profoundly sad to say that as of today, I’ll no longer be able to do my job as co-artistic director of #Touretteshero because of a recent decision by #AccessToWork to cut my support by 61%. Read & share this post, the hardest I've had to write: www.touretteshero.com/2025/05/23/a... 1/4
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From the creators of "I don't like Rage against the Machine anymore, they've gone woke", we bring you a new, thrilling journey of self discovery:
May 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
From the creators of "I don't like Rage against the Machine anymore, they've gone woke", we bring you a new, thrilling journey of self discovery:
@schreiberland.bsky.social Just in case nobody else is so compelled to evangelise modern pizza history…
The little tables in pizza boxes were invented by Carmela Vitale. Such a boon to society that @johnfinnemore.bsky.social has immortalised her in song
youtu.be/MR3-7vsjh7E
(Visuals not original)
The little tables in pizza boxes were invented by Carmela Vitale. Such a boon to society that @johnfinnemore.bsky.social has immortalised her in song
youtu.be/MR3-7vsjh7E
(Visuals not original)
The Ballad of Carmela Vitale: Pizza Saver, American Hero
YouTube video by Most American
youtu.be
May 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
@schreiberland.bsky.social Just in case nobody else is so compelled to evangelise modern pizza history…
The little tables in pizza boxes were invented by Carmela Vitale. Such a boon to society that @johnfinnemore.bsky.social has immortalised her in song
youtu.be/MR3-7vsjh7E
(Visuals not original)
The little tables in pizza boxes were invented by Carmela Vitale. Such a boon to society that @johnfinnemore.bsky.social has immortalised her in song
youtu.be/MR3-7vsjh7E
(Visuals not original)
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Accessible housing in the UK: A survey found 1/4 disabled people said they lacked access to a toilet in their home, 1/6 said they lacked access to a shower. The waiting list for accessible homes has 124,000 people on it and takes 40 years in some boroughs. 80% of councils build 0% accessible housing
April 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Accessible housing in the UK: A survey found 1/4 disabled people said they lacked access to a toilet in their home, 1/6 said they lacked access to a shower. The waiting list for accessible homes has 124,000 people on it and takes 40 years in some boroughs. 80% of councils build 0% accessible housing
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CEOs upset about Trump’s tariffs sound like mob bosses shouting “I thought we had a deal!” at the Joker.
April 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
CEOs upset about Trump’s tariffs sound like mob bosses shouting “I thought we had a deal!” at the Joker.
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I think of this whenever some conservative finds some supposedly wacky research topic that government grants pay for
(me making fun of your crop rotation idea and thereby holding our people back another 5000 years) jeff thinks the beans have to take turns lmao
March 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I think of this whenever some conservative finds some supposedly wacky research topic that government grants pay for
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On Feb. 25, 1960, Alabama St. students staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in Montgomery. A few days later, the governor threatened to cut the colleges funding unless it expelled the students. He also commended white people who patrolled the street w/ baseball bats for their "tolerance and restraint"
March 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
On Feb. 25, 1960, Alabama St. students staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in Montgomery. A few days later, the governor threatened to cut the colleges funding unless it expelled the students. He also commended white people who patrolled the street w/ baseball bats for their "tolerance and restraint"
A review into the water ‘sector’ 🤢 has just been announced. But the commission have been banned from assessing whether public ownership would be a better option to the status quo. If you have spoons to sign a petition to let them look at the option that would be fab!
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
Steve Reed: include public ownership as an option in your independent commission on the water sector. | We Own It
Steve Reed must put public ownership back on the table.
weownit.org.uk
February 28, 2025 at 10:04 AM
A review into the water ‘sector’ 🤢 has just been announced. But the commission have been banned from assessing whether public ownership would be a better option to the status quo. If you have spoons to sign a petition to let them look at the option that would be fab!
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/stev...
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Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off
February 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off
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Have you considered finding out and *then* fucking around? You'll enjoy the fucking around more without the weight of the impending finding out looming over you. Get it out of the way early
January 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Have you considered finding out and *then* fucking around? You'll enjoy the fucking around more without the weight of the impending finding out looming over you. Get it out of the way early
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If there’s one old man thing I wish I could share with the young people it’s that when I was growing up everyone was handing you videogame demo discs and it was the best thing ever. Magazines would have them, pizza would have them, you’d buy eggs and Tony Hawk levels would spill out of the carton
January 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
If there’s one old man thing I wish I could share with the young people it’s that when I was growing up everyone was handing you videogame demo discs and it was the best thing ever. Magazines would have them, pizza would have them, you’d buy eggs and Tony Hawk levels would spill out of the carton
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
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Mary Poppins, a beautiful story where a nanny and some parkouring chimney sweeps teach children, through the medium of witchcraft, about CLASS WAR.
January 1, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Mary Poppins, a beautiful story where a nanny and some parkouring chimney sweeps teach children, through the medium of witchcraft, about CLASS WAR.
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great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
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I find it very strange that people can't understand that a person who has a £22bn estate and at least £600m in cash, but still forces his tenants to live in ILLEGAL housing, because he can because he is immune to the law.
Is a scumbag, and they shouldn't listen to a word he says.
Is a scumbag, and they shouldn't listen to a word he says.
December 25, 2024 at 10:42 PM
I find it very strange that people can't understand that a person who has a £22bn estate and at least £600m in cash, but still forces his tenants to live in ILLEGAL housing, because he can because he is immune to the law.
Is a scumbag, and they shouldn't listen to a word he says.
Is a scumbag, and they shouldn't listen to a word he says.
Post a scene from a movie you’ve seen more than 10 times.
December 24, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Post a scene from a movie you’ve seen more than 10 times.