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Queer journalistโ€™s personal account of random stuff. ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช๐ŸŒŽLikes beer, cats, music, culture & everything woke. Boyfriended. Irishbill_london on threads

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A Friend of Dorothy - full Oscar nominated short film starring Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Fry
YouTube video by Attitude Magazine A Friend of Dorothy - full Oscar nominated short film starring Miriam Margolyes and Stephen Fry

On the subject of beautiful little films this great too

youtu.be/CMqUMXn7y5g?...

28.02.2026 12:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Two Black Boys in Paradise (2025) BAFTA-winning short film. A moving animation based on Dean Atta's poem about love.

What a beautiful little film. Instant classic stuff

www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

28.02.2026 11:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Shabana Mahmood vows to stick with hardline migration policies after byelection defeat Home secretary will defy โ€˜plain wrongโ€™ calls from unions and leftwing MPs that she is alienating Muslim voters

Pretty much walking into a door ๐Ÿ˜‚ ๐Ÿซ ๐Ÿ™„ how much more data indicating they are totally wrong do labour fucking need ๐Ÿ˜‚

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

28.02.2026 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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28.02.2026 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 359    ๐Ÿ” 127    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Pure islamophobia i reckon. Iโ€™m just waiting for someone to write an article establishing how dubious the democratic voting monitors are ๐Ÿ˜‚

27.02.2026 19:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy payday friday for those who celebrate ๐Ÿป

27.02.2026 19:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Isnโ€™t AI so useful? A free monthโ€™s membership at a gym that was permanently closed and converted to a different health club like 6 months ago ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

27.02.2026 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Amazing how the bbc is just incapable of not mentioning reform ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™„ they lost to the greens by a 12-point margin and barely scraped past labour.

27.02.2026 10:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Home secretary granted permission to challenge ruling on Palestine Action ban Shabana Mahmood given green light to take case to court of appeal with ban to remain in place pending outcome

Gosh this is just the most bonkers waste of money of all time, i wonder has the arrest of 2500 protestors and related policing cost the taxpayer as much or more than the original damage ever caused ๐Ÿ™„
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

25.02.2026 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Continuing my gradual exploration of all the food and drink spots of the markets of Tooting. The Butcherโ€™s Grill - freshly cooked on a charcoal grill and drenched in chimichurri sauce and salt. Decent portion for ยฃ12.50, would come back for sure ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿฅฉ

25.02.2026 19:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Haha yep. Itโ€™s like seeing an article entitled โ€œDoes Starmer have a unpopularity issue?โ€

22.02.2026 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Itโ€™s a good example of a click bait headline gone totally wrong. Like i saw that and thought โ€œof course he isโ€ and didnโ€™t open it ๐Ÿ˜‚

22.02.2026 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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โ€˜Last year I read 137 booksโ€™: could setting targets help you put down your phone and pick up a book? BookTok influencer Jack Edwards motivates himself with reading goals โ€“ and heโ€™s not alone. Authors and avid readers discuss the rise of metrics, and reveal how many books they finished last year

I enjoy marking in the books i read on goodreads and checking what others have read but i have stopped using the goals. It just irritates you with notifications that โ€˜you are a book behindโ€™ until after all the annual total is like the same as the year before ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ“š
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...

22.02.2026 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Tony Blair Story With full access, the story of one of Britain's most successful and controversial leaders

This is interesting but my God Channel 4 is making me work for it. 5 blocks of ads lasting 4 minutes each for a one hour program! ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

22.02.2026 14:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They are in use already in Spain amd Ireland among others. I donโ€™t claim any expert knowledge but i can easily see that the lack of data to support blocking puberty blockers is way more severe than the supposed lack of data to support using them ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ

www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

21.02.2026 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Literally all of Brexit and every reform member or supporter is this ๐Ÿคฃ

21.02.2026 00:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

19.02.2026 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11934    ๐Ÿ” 3081    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 205    ๐Ÿ“Œ 243
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For about the millionth time i made pasta with minced beef tomato and bell peppers. Never get tired of it though ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ

19.02.2026 20:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What drives me mad about this is the obvious bias on display. If this was a BBC article about say โ€ฆ roundabouts- it might note that oh dutch style ones are different or oh a trial version in Germany is going well. Here there is zero mention of puberty blockers being entirely legal in spain irelandโ€ฆ

15.02.2026 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One of the major things i had to watch out for was anti semitism which was instantly deleted. And it was time consuming because sometimes people posted very long thoughts about WW2 which would need to be read through. 2026โ€™s media landscape seems to have lost all filters and weโ€™re all poorer for it

13.02.2026 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of a plane ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting in the back seat of a plane

Back in ye olde 2010/2011 it used to be my job to approve/edit/delete comments on The Prague Post website. This was a useful service because it filtered out all the crap while preserving the opinions. These days even major websites publish any old shit without checking if itโ€™s even a real person ๐Ÿ™„

13.02.2026 22:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Got the cat on books mobile walllpaper ๐Ÿ˜ธ Best of luck with if Mark

13.02.2026 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can we send in the army to Zahawiโ€™s house to stop him talking nonsense like this ๐Ÿคฃ

13.02.2026 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Oatly loses long-running 'milk' battle with dairy lobby The plant-based drink maker can no longer use the term 'milk' to market its products.

Presumably bbc will now refer to oat milk as biologically plant which identifies as milk ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ™„

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

13.02.2026 01:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also backed brexit for years and then put a new chemical plant in Belgium which could have gone to the UK becauseโ€ฆ.the European outlook was better ๐Ÿ˜‚

13.02.2026 00:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ˜‚ ok i feel better about Google maps not recognising the very much real and existing open gate from my local park into the square where my flat is ๐Ÿ˜‚ i even tried requesting an edit to google - no response. Maps continues to try to make me walk 10 minutes around the other side ๐Ÿคช

12.02.2026 22:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™ve been wondering for a while what it is that bugs me about Heated Rivalry and i think itโ€™s that there are hundreds of queer short films and feature films out there that very few have seen. Hereโ€™s a few examples of films I really enjoyed (2= Just Friends, 3= Scewed, 4=Love Songs)

12.02.2026 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Permanent tan?

12.02.2026 20:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know right? Itโ€™s a very decent ipa called ship of theseus. ๐Ÿ˜‹ ๐Ÿป

12.02.2026 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A tasty voluminous dish of chicken and vegetables with stir fry noodles for ยฃ8 in the very heart of Khanโ€™s London, Tooting, where people of all backgrounds mix freely on a daily basis without a single issue. Regardless of what fake news outlets or offshore billionaires would like you to believe ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜‹

12.02.2026 18:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0