Oh this makes me feel peculiar

The Question    Erm, well – I begin, shifting nervously in my chair –  if it’s true there is no heaven and no hell,   no eternity or long hereafter,   no divine plan or offstage direction from an invisible hand,  then how do we make sense of it all,  how do we make our way through this life, this glorious, ridiculous, ramshackle world of ours,  with its wars and brutality, conflicts and petty arguments,  the ten thousand tiny acts of kindness   which happen unnoticed before breakfast,  and all that love and pain, happiness and loneliness  that comes to us unannounced, by turns,   as if we ourselves were pitched daily   onto the waves of one of its vast, mysterious oceans,  not knowing whether today is the day we drown  or we find ourselves washed up   on some strange but friendly shore?     Mmm – you say, after a lengthy silence –  what I meant was … do you have any questions   about the job?  Brian Bilston

Today’s poem is called ‘The Question’.

'This battle needs to be fought on the beaches. This battle needs to be fought on the beaches of France.'

Radio 2 'discussion' about the migrant boats coming over the channel because Trump said it's destroying the UK from within and we should use our military.

I can't even.

Teachers are so often a glue that holds society together.

“My trans friends have brought nothing but joy, kindness and light to my life. Hearing so many of their journeys of pain, fear, loss and exclusion to get to where they are now, their authentic selves, and seeing how happy, fulfilled and full of hope they now are brings me much joy and respect for them.” #WhyWeSigned Image of a Black woman in pink workout gear.

Women from all walks of life are joining together to say: Not in Our Name. We are a diverse group — women of faith and none, women of colour, disabled women, queer women, working-class and professional women standing up in support of the trans+ community.

✍️ Sign our letter at change.org/nion_women

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Human Rights lawyer speaking there

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Literally at the bit where Scipio's setting fire to the camps!

Enjoying listening with @chairleg.bsky.social to the latest #YoureDeadToMe episode with @gregjenner.bsky.social - all about Hannibal of Carthage and his war with Rome.

And then we saw this... 👀🐘

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

I once read a comment saying something like "if you choose not to laugh at farts, your life will contain less laughter but still the same amount of farts". I think about that a lot.

That was a rollercoaster of a penalty shoot out. Lucky lucky lucky!

But also YAY!!! #lionesses

Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video) YouTube video by Rick Astley

Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.

The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...

Spent too much time on this

wat

Yup

(Read past the headline)

People have genuine, serious, concerns which need to be recognised and addressed. The problem is they keep being told that these concerns are caused by immigration, and when you are struggling you will take what you can as a reason. This isn't to say people are stupid or racist, just struggling. 1/

How nice to be told by Keir Starmer that my mother who delivered babies, as a midwife, worked nights and damaged her back lifting patients as a nurse, was a pillar of her community as a health visitor has caused “incalculable damage” to the UK !

I can't even...

Dont worry about Reform. I know that Led by Donkeys is about to project something so scathing, that every Reform voter in the UK will be crying and trying to swap their vote for Sir Keir. Trust the process. 💪

We have an amazing 1, 500 signatures from people and organisations at all scales across the UK. Just 24 hours left to go - please sign and share if you can.

No. Fake news. Shush.

This is a new image from #JWST.

The bright points with spikes are stars in the Milky Way.

Everything else is a galaxy.

Everything. Else. Is. A. Galaxy.

But where are Metalla and Quintus??

Discussing people listening/talking on phones without headphones. Invited etiquette expert basically blamed immigrants, saying the drop in behaviour standards was because of them and 'they' didn't understand 'the ways of our country'. This went unquestioned. BBC doing Reform's work for them.

Pretty sickened by UK's Supreme Court 🤮

So I'm opening my submission inbox to unagented trans authors in the UK until the END OF APRIL. I'm not currently open to general subs BUT if you're a trans author writing folk horror, weird, experimental, mystery, literary/upmkt fiction, take a look below 👇

This was enthralling