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Helen Zaltzman

@helenzaltzman.bsky.social

Podcaster from The Allusionist, Answer Me This and Veronica Mars Investigations. Pronouns she/they (TBH I think 'they' should be the default and we opt in to gendered pronouns/gender). linktr.ee/helenzaltzman

6,043 Followers  |  738 Following  |  115 Posts  |  Joined: 31.07.2023
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Paul Baker's book about Polari is very very good

22.02.2026 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

GREG!!!! Aw, good to see you again!

18.02.2026 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

THE AGE OF BOBOT IS UPON US (consensually)

17.02.2026 23:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

love to hear it!

17.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Daddy: A Live Show with Helen Zaltzman and Martin Austwick 01:17:24 - This audio was originally recorded live at The Rio Theater in Vancouver on July 3rd, 2025. Folks we are thrilled to be sharing our Daddy Live Show …

Created for a live episode of #MaterialGirls podcast featuring both of us, which is out now lnns.co/0X6ahl5C84N

17.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Daddy Really Cares (feat. Bobot)
YouTube video by Martin Austwick Daddy Really Cares (feat. Bobot)

it is very VERY important that you watch @martinaustwick.bsky.social's new video, containing an absolute electrobanger of a song about the word 'Daddy' www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikiw...

17.02.2026 21:06 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

The government can spend money on concentration camps but not on housing. It really is this obscene.

09.02.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 302    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

theallusionist.org/cosmic-hairb... if you need this in your day

09.02.2026 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

they're all off swigging the space milk, I assume

09.02.2026 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it really is. I've noticed that Patreon has been making moves to get them to move there

08.02.2026 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

ha I forgot about that, but it is TRUE

07.02.2026 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism

This isn't new news, Substack has been known-shitty for years. But, worth shouting for the people at the back www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

07.02.2026 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

27.01.2026 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4218    πŸ” 1932    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 86
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Tell Ofcom to stop climate misinformation TalkTV regularly spouts misinformation about the climate crisis, claiming that β€œCO2 is not a threat to the planet” and that the science behind it β€œdoesn’t add up to a row of beans”. The rightwing news...

But the launch of GB News and Talk TV coincided with Ofcom's leadership drastically watering down enforcement of its "broadcasting code", and giving these channels a free pass to spread climate falsehoods with impunity... /2

action.goodlawproject.org/tell-ofcom-s...

27.01.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this was great!!

27.01.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh Steven, so sorry! I'm just bad at email. Heading to my inbox now

27.01.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™„

And all because of 1, just 1 debunked paper.

A million deaths is not enough for Andrew Wakefield.

27.01.2026 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 467    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

we had more people* in that time @martinaustwick.bsky.social and I performed @allusionistshow.bsky.social live in a non-Freemasons fraternal lodge's haunted bowling alley in Dallas TX. *Living people, not just the ghosts

27.01.2026 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I keep expecting the question mark in this title to shift into an exclamation mark at some point www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

27.01.2026 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Hitler was a far left socialist. His party was called the national socialists.

HotSotin
@HotSotin
North Korea is a democracy. Its name is Democratic People's Republic.

B.Roll.Benny @brollbenny
urinal cakes are for eating, it has cake in the name

Elon Musk @elonmusk Hitler was a far left socialist. His party was called the national socialists. HotSotin @HotSotin North Korea is a democracy. Its name is Democratic People's Republic. B.Roll.Benny @brollbenny urinal cakes are for eating, it has cake in the name

You can’t tell me we have a functioning economic system when the richest man in human history is one of the most profoundly stupid people in human history

27.01.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 8601    πŸ” 1819    πŸ’¬ 164    πŸ“Œ 65

oh cool!!

26.01.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am just gonna say it, these guys are completely emasculated by the knowledge that they have been out-organized by a group that is significantly made up of women, and all the bullshit call of duty nonsense is cope for their wounded egos bsky.app/profile/jeet...

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in chicago, dibs is a real street law and you might end up in a scary situation disregarding it…

26.01.2026 19:59 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 28

I’ve never heard of a β€œlaw enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.

25.01.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 6597    πŸ” 1993    πŸ’¬ 110    πŸ“Œ 43

The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.

25.01.2026 04:26 β€” πŸ‘ 37874    πŸ” 11861    πŸ’¬ 782    πŸ“Œ 379
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The Instant Smear Campaign Against Border Patrol Shooting Victim Alex Pretti Within minutes of the shooting, the Trump administration and right-wing influencers began disparaged the man shot by a federal immigration officer on Saturday in Minneapolis.

NEW:

Within minutes of Alex Pretti being shot and killed, the Trump administration began rewriting the narrative, labelling the victim as a "lunatic" and a "terrorist" contradicting all available evidence

www.wired.com/story/the-in...

25.01.2026 00:44 β€” πŸ‘ 561    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 14
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Minneapolis live: Man, 37, shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis The shooting follows days of protests in the city over the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operation.

Entries are absurdly unbalanced, to favour US govt false statements, in a scenario where "sharply contested" both sides reporting would be highly inadequate

BBC are here being a real time conduit of the misinformation that they say their mission is to verify+counter
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...

24.01.2026 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 699    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 12

they are "detaining witnesses"

24.01.2026 17:10 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

he's counting on having enough of them that one of them will like him

22.01.2026 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0