...and a Badger in a pear tree 🦡🎄🦡🎄

You are lovely and wonderful, solidarity as always x

This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter

In a recent meeting where BBC Studio executives again voiced problems with me, I realised my choices. Obedience and being quieter to remain making Monkey Cage, or 'Resign and have the freedom to speak out against what I believe are injustices'. • I chose the latter. It broke my heart. I love this show and I love the audience, and it is because of the audience in particular, that this decision was so difficult to make. I kept thinking about all the extremist voices promoting hate and division. They are being given so many platforms, while voices that represent kindness, open mindedness, empathy seem to be scarcer and scarcer. I felt I couldn't pamper myself with the luxury of silence. One of my many privileges is that I am able to resign and I can speak out even if it is to the detriment of my career.

I have thought a lot about my heroes, Sinead O Connor, James Baldwin, Audre Lorde, and so many more. I think of Sinead's words, "the job of an artist is to be themselves at any cost". James Baldwin said prejudice was really just a word for cowardice. Audre Lorde, viewing her life, wrote that her only regrets were her silences. I think of my father as I resign, he brought me up to believe in fairness , justice and kindness. Though my heart is broken, it is also full of fire. I apologise to our incredible listeners for my departure, your love of the show means a great deal. I am so sorry to let you down. I hope that you can understand my reasoning. I have to accept that I am not what the current BBC expects of their freelance presenters.

Despite this I should add that I have always worked far more than my contracted hours to try and ensure the show was always the best it could be, as well as making myself accessible and responsive to the audience wherever and whenever I met them. Every night, we have recorded, I have been filled with determination to make the best show possible. This was not "just a job" I hope that with my departure I can be a better ally to the LGBTQ community, to the neurodivergent community, to activists fighting against those who aim to brutalise society, to those currently in prison on hunger strike, and to all those who fight for a more inclusive world. From many conversations, I know there are many Monkey Cage listeners who support these communities and activists too. The strawberry is dead. Long live the strawberry. B

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

Twitch Twitch is the world

Path of Exile 2: Last of the Druids league launch!

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Giving a voice to the voiceless – A trans woman investigates How and why I investigated what is going on with the treatment of trans children in Sussex, and how if affects the children, their families and me

'One parent told me that she was hearing reports of Dr Hillary Cass (of the Cass Review) teaching staff at NHS Sussex on how to detransition trans children.'

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When people who work jobs are too important to allow to strike, but not important enough to pay properly, then you need to recognise what you're being sold.

A screenshot of opening gameplay from Vampire Crawlers.

A screenshot of the overworld map in Vampire Crawlers.

A screenshot of a church-like building from Vampire Crawlers.

A screenshot of the Survivors from Vampire Crawlers inside an Inn.

preparing to share a little more on Vampire Crawlers next week 👀

maybe we can let you know more about some mechanics soon too 🤔

screenshot from elden ring. my character stood in front of a black robed woman with the dialogue options 'That's right' and 'No, I want to be held'

i'm scraping by. come and witness my final moments over at twitch.tv/geddstation x

ah noooo

1 - jefferson looking doctor looking at dying patient in bed 2 - doctor putting leeches on the guy's face 3 - doctor thinking while looking at patient 4 - doctor telling family - i'm sorry, we did everything we could. r/skeletonclaw skeletonclaw.com

Artist: @skeletonclaw.bsky.social

Oh wow, another hero team shooter game.

A screenshot from Mobile Suit Gundam (Tomino, 1979). A woman looks intently at a screen on the wall, her hand reaching out towards an attached button. On the screen, a man is shown sitting in a chair. The caption reads: -microwave me for 2 minutes -yes, sir

I think I will use the internet to experience some of the most profound art ever created, wait hold up, this one got me laughin again

Where's my AdMech frens?

Not meeeeeeeee

they're going to announce it during the gaming awards.

they're so sad and pathetic.

and the best bubble burst award goes to... NVIDIA!

and the best insider trading award goes to... NVIDIA!

I'm sure you've tried everything, hope you have a better day tomorrow.

would audio books help? if sleep doesn't come and migraine is being a shitty they can keep my mind busy.

I've been trying to have some set things that I can do on days I feel massively shit, saying that, I don't get migraines that often and when I do it's just try and sleep through it.

more people need to accept whimsey into their lives.

YouTube video by Wax Bodega Holy Fawn - "Glóandi" (2023)

have some doomgaze

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argh the scratches he's so cute

he's so lovely

Palace fans are singing "Last Christmas" with the ending changed to "I'll give it to Oli Glasner" #CPFC

apologies, I've been dealing with genuine responses like yours in support of labour it can be hard to tell.

hope you're good pal :)

ffs I can't type anything properly atm

He's always been himself which I rate, there's footage of him moshing to Earth Crisis and joining Snapcase on stage, AFI's music has changed over the years but the he still loves hardcore.

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