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Kate M. @kmacmul.bsky.social · 2d

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 2d

Oooo

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 3d

Yaaasss

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 3d

Hand painted haunted house? Correct.

Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing Reece Shearsmith does on Taskmaster surprises me. He understands his brand so well. It's perfection.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 4d

Nothing Reece Shearsmith does on Taskmaster surprises me. He understands his brand so well. It's perfection.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 4d

Has anyone done one of those threads like 'how would the cast of criminal minds react to Trumps orders'.

Because I would like to see it.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 5d

Ori?

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 7d

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 7d

I mean, it's a facinating phenomenon

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 8d

I don't gatekeep being nonbinary - it's perfectly possible that loads of people have a less binary sense of their gender identity.

As humanity continues to develop and move away from gender, it may become more common.

I wish we could have nuanced discussions about gender, rather than culture war.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 8d

My God, the UK class system is fascinating. Money, schooling, accent, location, family history, religion, political affiliation, job, and so much more make up your class.

And the whole fucking system runs on it.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12d

How is this not front page news?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 9d

Given that state pension is a benefit paid for by tax payers, and immigrants pay taxes, is it fair to say that immigrants actually pay for Reform voters' benefits?

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 11d

Have Americans found The Great British Menu yet? Feels like they would enjoy it.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 13d

Any left wing billionaires fancy buying back the media? It sounds like a contradiction in terms, but there's all those people who signed up to The Giving Pledge.

Maybe just throw a couple of billion into reclaiming the British media?

I don't even need left leaning bias, I'd settle for neutral.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 14d

He's ever so clever

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 14d

So much primary school French

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 14d

Why is it I can remember the entire lyrics for Magical Trevor 1 and 2, but no trigonometry?

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 14d

Do we have any drag kings named Alan Key? Feels like we should.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 14d

Why don't people learn? Why can't they see?

Reform creates loads of drama about immigration, creating a false problem.

It then positions itself as the only solution to this imaginary problem so that people will vote for them.

It's one of the oldest tricks in the book damn it!

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 16d

I have been avoiding buying Silk Song because I have had life things to do.

Self care.

Maybe.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 16d

This has seemed to have gone down rather well, so I thought I'd share it. A response to the recent far right marches.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 16d

I hate knowing enough about editing that I can normally predict winners/losers from early on in competition TV.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 16d

This also doesn't take into account nuances of class, immigration, history, etc. Or dynamics within groups, such as colourism or the passing privilege.

Oppression is complicated and multifaceted.

I have a great deal of privilege, and I will do my best to use it to uplift others.

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Robyn Holdaway @robynholdaway.bsky.social · 16d

Just a regular reminder that intersectionailty is vital and that privilege exists on an axis.

Marginalisation can look different for different countries, communities, etc.

We must work together to level the playing field.

Wheel of privilege from recipes for wellbeing. It describes the relationship between power and marginalisation for a variety of different characteristics

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