It’s official: trans women do not demonstrate athletic advantages over cis women after undergoing HRT. Turns out Epstein was supporting the transphobia movement in the U.K. over the last decade, associating with JKR. So stfu transphobes you fell for right wing propagandist BS

There is no justice. There is just us.

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Sometimes you get a few minutes on live TV with a billionaire. I tried to make them count! 😅

Very proud of this team effort ramen with the eldest yesterday. She did the eggs (from our hens)

It's that magical time of year when private jets descend on a Swiss mountain village to discuss climate change and poverty! Anyway, here's my annual reminder. I'll stop posting this when they stop avoiding the real issue: their own massive tax avoidance 💰

#hema #sword #historicaleuropeanmartialarts #historicalfencing #fencing #martialarts 2026 is busy already!

There's always a tweet ...

Best of 2025 : peace and tranquility.

Record numbers at our first class back last night

Eeeee

THINK ABOTU IT - dashare.zone ADMIN

Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago

Sunday

Happy New Year! 🎉 Walking into 2026 like Victor Laszlo ... 🗃️ #HATM www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOli...

Looking towards 2026

This morning we are busy testing out the new rug.

Actually managed to read twenty books this year. Will see if I can make it twenty one.

The wise pup bestows you with knowledge and good wishes for 2026.

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Today is the Cheese Day where we inexplicably purchase a year’s worth of cheese and expect to eat it in two weeks.

Morning.

Good Yule and happy solstice ☀️

Anyone else get Mouth of a Sauron vibes off the VF close up of Leavitt?

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.

Being in bed with what’s likely the start of a migraine, on a day with no plans. Blessing or curse?

Who invented non-reflective glass? American physicist & chemist Katharine Burr Blodgett in 1938. It revolutionized optics--& led to the coatings used today in everything from eyeglasses to phone screens. She was the first woman to earn a PhD in #physics from Cambridge, 1926. #WomenInSTEM #inventor

“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.” Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

The only thing better than bingeing a book series in one go is the author sending you an amazing goody haul (sword readers own). Thank you @annasmithspark.bsky.social #book #author #sff #grimdark #art #sword

If you’re looking for supportive, ethical and extremely fun fitness and holistic health coaching with a Fantasy Fiction Twist, I can highly recommend Fantasy Fitness by Brenna. They have a $1 membership offer atm - I’ll be sharing more soon! www.facebook.com/share/r/16pC...

Remember: DO NOT LEAVE NEGATIVE REVIEWS OF A BOOK BECAUSE AMAZON DAMAGED IT!!!! This does NOTHING to affect Amazon, only the author who had nothing to do with the damage! Amazon has an extremely lenient return and replacement policy, PLEASE just use that instead.

Having been a Brownie, Guide and young leader, and then had a Brownie daughter, I’ve always been proud of Girlguiding’s inclusivity. So I’m devastated to hear that they’ve decided to exclude trans girls from the organisation. Sign here to protest (and appeal directly if you have contact with them).

Admiring these dust bathing beauties and listening to The House of Sacrifice by @annasmithspark.bsky.social #grimdark #chickens #sff #notsacrificial

oh dear chulhu the nineties were 35 years ago /me: crumbles to dust

The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.

I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.

Remember when Amazon held a sale during Independent Bookstore Day in an effort to undercut indie bookstores? We didn’t forget. Support local bookstores during Small Business Saturday and beyond.

Had a fab day at Kew followed by dinner at “Ted Lasso’s favourite pub”. Now it’s time for d&d

Breakfast for the fluffosauruses

All of which illustrates how infuriating it is when dipshits say that AI can 'help me to brainstorm ideas'. It can't do that. It can plaster a deepfake smile onto the corpse of zombie capitalism as it shambles towards the precipice of climate catastrophe, but it can't create meaningful literature.

I'm not actually against stealing art. I just think that if you actually want to stick it to the man you should mean it. Start heisting art from hedge funds and billionaires who use it as collateral, not pirating books and music which is stealing from the pockets of your fellow workers.

We are not trivialising LLMs. Copyright theft is not trivial. Environmental damage is not trivial. Unreliability is not trivial. Risk to human cognition is not trivial. Ignoring consent when shoving it into every fucking thing while making us pay our hard-earned money for it is not trivial.

I’ve watched this 100 times.

Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.

Saw an exhibition on the occult at The Vault in Waterloo and left with the feeling that it could have been a PowerPoint.

It’s been one year with Buddy today 🧡

In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ... ... listen to Steve Wozniak.