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The Woodlouse (John Butler)
@the-woodlouse.bsky.social
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Half man half muppet. Late diagnosed Autistic. 'Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?' (a one-man, one-puppet musical journey through a zombie outbreak) and other creative things. ‘Othering’ people is bad. He/him. https://thewoodlouse.co.uk/
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · Jul 20
“A cisgender, heterosexual autistic white guy with a beard has wowed commentators by having an Edinburgh Fringe show that people actually want to go and see on purpose.” - @thedailytism.com

Join them on 24th July in Bridport, 1st-24th Aug at @edfringe.bsky.social

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Advertorial: Whaaat? This cishet autistic white dude with beard actually has Edinburgh show worth seeing
A cisgender, heterosexual autistic white guy with a beard has wowed commentators by having an Edinburgh Fringe show that people actually want to go and see on purpose, it has been claimed.  Do Zombies...
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 13h
Wise! It does sound fascinating, though. Thank you for the link.
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 13h
Wow. Part of me wants to read it, part of me is worried it will add to / revive my own nightmares (though mine thankfully from a comfortable life, just one formed in the knowledge and generational trauma from a German Jewish Grandma who managed to get out).
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 13h
Actual literal nightmares, or figurative ones?
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 1d
Occasional reminder that if you want to listen to some dark, funny, ridiculous and hopefully moving songs about a zombie (near) apocalypse, you can! You can also buy the download or the fancy transparent blood-red vinyl. Please do! Also on all streaming services.
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Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?, by The Woodlouse
15 track album
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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 1d
Ways to resist fascism
Ways to resist fascism. Drawing of a megaphone : once you have properly identified fascist rhetoric, don’t let it go unchallenged. Speak up when you witness attempts to normalize it. Picture of a book titled "resist". Knowledge is power. Learn, read, discuss about fascism and the ways fascist discourses can permeate culture and find its way in everuday conversations. Picture of someone doing a roman salute. Many hands are pointing at him. Laugh at fascists and their ideas. Take every opportunity to subject them to ridicule. The power people give them largely stems from sentimentaalinen of fear and inevitability, but they are all incompetent, insecure cowards. Picture of a button press. Most importantly, get involved in your community. Find roles for yourself and others. You might not topple a fascist government today, but you can find purpose and strength to live to fight another day.
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 1d
Well, Film Club on BBC is blooming marvellous. Aimee Lou Wood, Suranne Jones, Nabhaan Rizwan all being brilliant. It’s lovely and sad and funny and touching and relatable. I want to binge it all, but then I’ll be sad it’s over so I’m rationing it.
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 1d
Substitute ‘fear’ with ‘DNS settings’
a picture of yoda with the words hate leads to suffering below him
Alt: Yoda speaking the words “fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering”
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 1d
Forces *for* good…
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 1d
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 1d
It *is* a dark art! I am grateful for those that understand its ways, who can channel the forces good. I *shall* have an online merch store under a subdomain of my main website address!
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 1d
That’s definitely Dylan sailing in and sorting it all perfectly. Me attempting it first is like that but without the dramatic last minute save, instead just face-planting straight into the floor and setting off all the alarms.
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 1d
A friend is helping me with website subdomain DNS settings requiring him to login to my account. Messaged me saying “cool, I’m in!” so of course I instantly have Mission Impossible theme playing in my head, regardless of inappropriate it actually is the mundanity of domain settings.
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 1d
Currently in a bit of a cycle of either go to bed really late, sleep reasonably well but for insufficient time; or go to bed early, sleep badly with lots of weird dreams, and be awake for chunks of the night. Neither are brilliant.
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 1d
It’s a bugger, innit. I swing between motivated and frozen by it.
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 2d
“We apologise for the inconvenience”.
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Mostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social · 2d
They gazed at God's Final Message in wonderment, and were slowly and ineffably filled with a great sense of peace, and of final and complete understanding. Fenchurch sighed. "Yes," she said, "that was it."
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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 2d
I love Sophie Ellis-Bextor. She’s a great ally. www.nme.com/news/music/s...
Sophie Ellis-Bextor hits out at transphobia: "These people make trans people their whole personality"
Sophie Ellis-Bextor has criticised increasing levels of transphobia in the UK and overseas in a new interview.
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 2d
Cripes. That’s astonishingly bad, even for someone familiar with the rubbishness of rural public transport
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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 2d
Once there, the bus back is 2hrs after college finishes and takes THIRTEEN HOURS AND FORTY NINE MINUTES.
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Alexa Wilson @alexadwilson.bsky.social · 2d
T's college is 10 miles away. It takes us about 15 mins to get there by car. There is a bus in the morning but he'd get there an hour late having had a 2.5hr journey. Rural public transport needs fixing.
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Oeste @paolaoeste.bsky.social · 2d
Let down by my lift so I can’t do the things I had planned for tomorrow. Yay for the fucking countryside and the abject lack of public transport therein.
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 2d
This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 2d
Every time the egg house comes up as a prize on @richardosman1.bsky.social’s House of Games I shout at the tele for no one calling it ‘Richard Osman’s House of Eggs’. Seriously, people, what’s wrong with you all?!
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 2d
...on a good day...
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 2d
Sometimes the lyrics of songs written like this must - in the cold light of day - be completely and swiftly erased from existence before the cringe factor can be inflicted on anyone but me. [shudder]

Thankfully though, they can lead to a song about the same ideas but just a much better one 😀
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 4d
Just realised that sometimes I write song to help figure out what it is I’m feeling, when I’m aware that I’m feeling things but so don’t know what. Which is essentially a pretty darned autistic approach (which figures). Alexithymic songwriting
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meliss-AAAH! @mel.bzky.team · 4d
that's not a very nice way to refer to London museums
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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 4d
Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts.
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Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts
Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 4d
Just realised that sometimes I write song to help figure out what it is I’m feeling, when I’m aware that I’m feeling things but so don’t know what. Which is essentially a pretty darned autistic approach (which figures). Alexithymic songwriting
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The Woodlouse (John Butler) @the-woodlouse.bsky.social · 5d
The downside of enjoying recording ALL THE LOVELY HARMONIES is that now It’s later than I meant to stop and eat, and I’m too hungry to decide what to cook.