It's been a little over five months since I took up my old hobby again 🏅 This weekend was my first proper 5k; in support of Birmingham Hospice's Rainbow Rush 🌈 It was delightful to run again and prove to myself that I can still do this (albeit covered in colourful paint 🙃) 🎨

I hope that I can have many more days like this; where I can housewife; where I can make home-made sticky toffee pudding; where I can continue to see my wife's joy 😊

Here's a fun statistical anomaly. We opened 3 Kinder eggs, (assuming an even distribution of toys;) each egg has a 1/16 chance of being Batgirl. P(A ∩ B ∩ C); (A, B, C = 1/16), that's a 0.024414063% or 1/4096 probability that all 3 eggs were Batgirl. Same as the current odds for a shiny Pokémon.

I would just like to assert that I am in fact an oracle and that I shall be speaking no further on my divine powers 😎 (For the avoidance of doubt, this is a joke. I am not in fact an oracle; I just have slightly mediocre observation skills.)

Having set myself the distance challenge of covering 200 miles (by foot) in August; I've managed completion in 23 days 🎉 I'm getting there, one day at a time 🏃‍♀️

The Times appear to have (wholesale) lifted parts of the response I received from my MP for one of their articles... 🗞️ www.thetimes.com/article/c8ef... 🗂️ archive.is/glgGw

98 days since first writing, I've received a response from my MP @antoniabance.bsky.social to my concerns over the treatment of trans people within the UK. I shall take time to carefully read/understand its content before drafting my reply. ✏️Alt text available via - docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I found out today; there is an anti-trans activist who shares an identical fore, middle and surname with me (someone I know saw her comments and panicked that I'd abandoned the LGBTQIA+ community 🙃) I'm glad that I use a byname on here; I do not want to be associated with her anti-trans activism 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

This is the badge that NHSBT gave me for donating blood 10 times. I started medical transition shortly after receiving it. They (despite continuing to email me) have refused my donation every single time I've asked since. Had they not refused, I'd likely have given over 50 times by now...

A new page in my #junkjournal ✏️ I (recently) was fortunate enough to have some time to visit the @rammuseum.bsky.social in Exeter (as well as the surrounding area). I was most impressed with their LGBTQIA+ 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ exhibits, as well as their fossil collection 🦴

I've noted some discourse around "Trans Broken Arm Syndrome" this past week. I think nothing typifies it for me more than my ring finger. I've asked two medical professionals over the last few days around issues I'm experiencing with my tendon. 1/2

A new double-page in my #junkjournal ✏️ This is about the day we saw Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at The Crescent Theatre ✨ (bsky.app/profile/marl...)

I was delighted this week to be able to see my favourite play (Sweeney Todd). It was EXCELLENT (especially the actor portraying Anthony). The day however was somewhat tarnished when (earlier in the day), someone threw a cup of (what I believe to be) iced tea over myself and my wife. 1/3

1 month ago, I wrote to my MP @antoniabance.bsky.social expressing my concerns over the treatment of trans people within the UK. As I have received no reply, I have written an update/follow-up. I have uploaded a more accessible version of this letter via - docs.google.com/document/d/1... 1/11

It's disconsolating to see the UK's continued regression of #LGBTQIA+ rights 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ I am collating everything that I've observed to write a follow-up to the letter I sent to my MP (22 days ago) - bsky.app/profile/marl... Before I have written anything, I have over a dozen pages of reference material.

We had Rainbow Dash & Fluttershy (My Little Pony #MLPFIM characters) as our wedding cake toppers 🐴 We were near the end of a heatwave, which made the icing so soft that they gradually sank in to the cake across the day 🍰

I've been journaling ( #junkjournal ) recent events in my life using leaflets, and other paraphernalia; along with photographs I have taken 📷 (An idea that I have borrowed from my wife 💍) This page is dedicated to the peaceful Trans Rights protest(s) held in Birmingham on 26 April 2025 📅

Birmingham stands AGAINST transphobia. Today and always. 1/

I am at pains to point out that the petition... "Petition: Amend the Equality Act 2010 to include explicit protections for trans people" ...has been in moderation, unable to be signed on the Petitions - UK Government and Parliament website for SIX days now 🤔 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

Flat Earther no longer believes the Earth is round, No10 says 🙃

For the attention of Antonia Bance MP - @antoniabance.bsky.social I have sent a physical copy of this letter to your constituency address in Wednesbury and look forward to hearing back from you. I have uploaded a more accessible version of this letter via - docs.google.com/document/d/1... 1/6

I used to run 5ks, 10ks and half marathons for funsies 🏅 I think I'm going to dust off my old running shoes and take up my old hobby again! 👟

A very cute moment with my wife this evening 🥰 We've been together for over a decade and although we regularly buy flowers for each other, we've never done so at the same time 🌺 Tonight, that changed 💖

I've been buying a few of these Power Rangers Ninja Storm morphers lately. This one arrived today. The seller described it as "tested - perfect condition with working lights and sounds" 🙃 The batteries had leaked so much that they had actually welded the battery cover to the back of the morpher 🔋

Some minor assembly, a bunch of hot glue and several metres of trim later, my Pokémon TCG backdrop is complete 😄 After a few camera tests, it gives some really good quality images 📷

I've been engaging in some creative recycling ♻️ the past couple of evenings using some old corrugated plastic from a broken cold frame as well as some modern Pokémon bulk 😄 The intention is to turn these sheets in to a backdrop that I can use for some video work possibly next year 🤔