Valour
@valouriousknight.bsky.social
Writer, Anglican, Awesome Theological Mushroom, Crip, AuDHD, deafened 🧑🦼, parent, nerd, knitter, enthusiastic reptile keeper, Part Dragon, proud trans dude he/him. Queer AF.
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Valour
@valouriousknight.bsky.social
· Aug 12
Some twat has added me to a 'Progressives for Trump/MAGA' blocklist, so just in case it was in doubt:
Donald Trump is the worst of humanity, running unchecked through the halls of power and I loathe him - and all his collaborators- with every fibre of my being
Donald Trump is the worst of humanity, running unchecked through the halls of power and I loathe him - and all his collaborators- with every fibre of my being
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obviously you only sell almost $6 billion in stock when you're certain a company is going to get even more valuable
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
obviously you only sell almost $6 billion in stock when you're certain a company is going to get even more valuable
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I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
One thing people kind of tell you, but not really, about middle age:
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
One day you'll be like "oh [thing] looks fun but people will think I'm a loser" about a thing
And then you'll say. Wait a second.
Fuck 'em
Darn Tough turned me on to Cute Socks and I've never looked back
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I don’t have a whole lot of advice for people younger than me but the earlier in life you stop worrying about what other people will think and just wholeheartedly enjoy the stuff you like the happier you’ll be
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At this point I do sincerely believe this anti phone and social media drive is rooted in the "social contagion" idea of being trans. They do not think she died because she used her phone, they think she died because people in her phone convinced her she was a girl.
Phones did not murder Brianna Ghey in cold blood.
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
At this point I do sincerely believe this anti phone and social media drive is rooted in the "social contagion" idea of being trans. They do not think she died because she used her phone, they think she died because people in her phone convinced her she was a girl.
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Is the BBC perfect? No.
Is it a good thing when the leader of a foreign power can seriously threaten and interfere in the running of what is still the national public service broadcaster of an ally? Also no.
Both of these things can be true.
Is it a good thing when the leader of a foreign power can seriously threaten and interfere in the running of what is still the national public service broadcaster of an ally? Also no.
Both of these things can be true.
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Is the BBC perfect? No.
Is it a good thing when the leader of a foreign power can seriously threaten and interfere in the running of what is still the national public service broadcaster of an ally? Also no.
Both of these things can be true.
Is it a good thing when the leader of a foreign power can seriously threaten and interfere in the running of what is still the national public service broadcaster of an ally? Also no.
Both of these things can be true.
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Sorry transgenders there’s not enough data to have you have bodily autonomy and be allowed to exist babes
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Sorry transgenders there’s not enough data to have you have bodily autonomy and be allowed to exist babes
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Proudly: “I destroyed trans kids healthcare and questioned if they’re real to begin with”
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Proudly: “I destroyed trans kids healthcare and questioned if they’re real to begin with”
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Remember, when journalists just let trans people live their lives in peace, it’s “ideological capture”, but when they use their own personal anti-trans beliefs to lead a campaign to close down the only place in the country trans youth received healthcare, it’s absolutely fine, nothing to see here.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Remember, when journalists just let trans people live their lives in peace, it’s “ideological capture”, but when they use their own personal anti-trans beliefs to lead a campaign to close down the only place in the country trans youth received healthcare, it’s absolutely fine, nothing to see here.
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I think it's bizarre that a "Labour" government that has spent the last 16 months doing everything in their power to dehumanize and segregate trans people and take away life-saving treatments from kids just like Brianna are acting like this is something that will honor her memory.
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I think it's bizarre that a "Labour" government that has spent the last 16 months doing everything in their power to dehumanize and segregate trans people and take away life-saving treatments from kids just like Brianna are acting like this is something that will honor her memory.
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Very convenient to be able to shove the transphobia that got this girl killed under the carpet and blame phones instead and be able to deny any criticism like that
Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community
Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Very convenient to be able to shove the transphobia that got this girl killed under the carpet and blame phones instead and be able to deny any criticism like that
Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community
Maybe Esther doesn’t think its insulting, but its rubbing salt in the wound to the whole trans community
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By "strangers on the internet" she means "the group that is directly impacted by these policies and which is being sidelined in favour of infamous bigots".
Do you not think it's bizarre to have strangers on the internet decide they know better than Brianna's own loved ones on what is or isn't insulting to her memory?
I've got no time for Rosie Duffield, but she turned up at a drop-in event in Parliament and that's been the limit of her involvement.
I've got no time for Rosie Duffield, but she turned up at a drop-in event in Parliament and that's been the limit of her involvement.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
By "strangers on the internet" she means "the group that is directly impacted by these policies and which is being sidelined in favour of infamous bigots".
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What sucks about dragging Imane Khelif into the transgender sports thing again and again is she so dearly and articulately wants girls (especially Muslim girls) to feel strong and like they, too, can box. And we keep making her thing about our own anxieties and fears.
“This is a response to something entirely unrelated”
November 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
What sucks about dragging Imane Khelif into the transgender sports thing again and again is she so dearly and articulately wants girls (especially Muslim girls) to feel strong and like they, too, can box. And we keep making her thing about our own anxieties and fears.
What an absolute piece of shit. I hope her sleep is haunted by the pain she has caused our community for forever
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
What an absolute piece of shit. I hope her sleep is haunted by the pain she has caused our community for forever
Aeon Ginsberg's poem 'Against Queering The Map' is a fucking joy to read, a heart punching, soul sucking call to arms, a requiem for our community, and our spaces, and reading it is like eating the most delicious meal, in the midst of heartbreaking grief
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Aeon Ginsberg's poem 'Against Queering The Map' is a fucking joy to read, a heart punching, soul sucking call to arms, a requiem for our community, and our spaces, and reading it is like eating the most delicious meal, in the midst of heartbreaking grief
Just finished Eleanor Among The Saints. What a collection, what an absolutely magnificent collection.
November 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Just finished Eleanor Among The Saints. What a collection, what an absolutely magnificent collection.
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TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
"We don't hold that poetry is a form of, or replaces, political action. Poetry isn't
revolutionary practice; poetry provides a way to inhabit revolutionary practice, to
ground ourselves in our relations to ourselves and each other, to think about an unevenly miserable world and to spit
in its face"
revolutionary practice; poetry provides a way to inhabit revolutionary practice, to
ground ourselves in our relations to ourselves and each other, to think about an unevenly miserable world and to spit
in its face"
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"We don't hold that poetry is a form of, or replaces, political action. Poetry isn't
revolutionary practice; poetry provides a way to inhabit revolutionary practice, to
ground ourselves in our relations to ourselves and each other, to think about an unevenly miserable world and to spit
in its face"
revolutionary practice; poetry provides a way to inhabit revolutionary practice, to
ground ourselves in our relations to ourselves and each other, to think about an unevenly miserable world and to spit
in its face"
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I haven't been on twitter in over a year but it seems like Musk has transformed it into a powerful platform devoted to proving he's the most embarrassing person who's ever lived.
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I haven't been on twitter in over a year but it seems like Musk has transformed it into a powerful platform devoted to proving he's the most embarrassing person who's ever lived.
Also, I signed up for the @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetryAbout Christmas Open Mic night in December today, so GO ME
( @alanparrywriter.co.uk is there a theme for the Open Mic?)
( @alanparrywriter.co.uk is there a theme for the Open Mic?)
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Also, I signed up for the @thebrokenspine.co.uk #PoetryAbout Christmas Open Mic night in December today, so GO ME
( @alanparrywriter.co.uk is there a theme for the Open Mic?)
( @alanparrywriter.co.uk is there a theme for the Open Mic?)
This is SO COOL
There’s something extraordinary about this otherwise pretty standard Late Bronze Age axehead:
A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday
Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday
Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This is SO COOL
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This very much includes men’s supposedly self-deprivation g claims that men are “simply naturally more violent” than women are—an exculpatory myth that conveniently excludes men from culpability for their actions while claiming to condemn them.
I think I had underestimated how much men really believe that they are essentially different in character than women are.
November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
This very much includes men’s supposedly self-deprivation g claims that men are “simply naturally more violent” than women are—an exculpatory myth that conveniently excludes men from culpability for their actions while claiming to condemn them.
I'm still reading Eleanor Among The Saints, and a) @revrachelmann.bsky.social I would like to be half a good a poet as you,
b) this collection has some lines in that have made me cackle
c) this collection will break your heart and,
d) #TDOR the poem is SAVAGE & painfully poignant & grief filled
b) this collection has some lines in that have made me cackle
c) this collection will break your heart and,
d) #TDOR the poem is SAVAGE & painfully poignant & grief filled
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I'm still reading Eleanor Among The Saints, and a) @revrachelmann.bsky.social I would like to be half a good a poet as you,
b) this collection has some lines in that have made me cackle
c) this collection will break your heart and,
d) #TDOR the poem is SAVAGE & painfully poignant & grief filled
b) this collection has some lines in that have made me cackle
c) this collection will break your heart and,
d) #TDOR the poem is SAVAGE & painfully poignant & grief filled
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One of my coolest ex-students at Durham went on to be a legit Palestinian liberation theologian. Now he's got a book coming out! 'The Cross and the Olive Tree'
Book launch is online 14th Nov, 18:00. Sign up here!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Book launch is online 14th Nov, 18:00. Sign up here!
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Book Presentation- The Cross and the Olive Tree
Virtual Event- Zoom Will be Shared later
docs.google.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
One of my coolest ex-students at Durham went on to be a legit Palestinian liberation theologian. Now he's got a book coming out! 'The Cross and the Olive Tree'
Book launch is online 14th Nov, 18:00. Sign up here!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Book launch is online 14th Nov, 18:00. Sign up here!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
1.This is not the only known example we know of ChatGPT cheering on a vulnerable young person to die by suicide, this time it is a recent Texas A&M grad
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
2. Every single university that has invited OpenAI into our midst should be asked to account for their choices.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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also our political anthem is literally called the Internationale! it’s far more reasonable for us to care about NYC than it is for right-wingers to care about Trump
The "why do you care so much about the NY mayoral election" takes strike me as pretty obtuse. The world's sole superpower is being taken over by fascists, and this was part of the struggle to define what the opposition to that will look like. That obviously has major implications for all of us?
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
also our political anthem is literally called the Internationale! it’s far more reasonable for us to care about NYC than it is for right-wingers to care about Trump