Amy & Her Rampaging Goblin Horde

That makes the most sense! Thank you. My mind is now at ease.

@scriblit.bsky.social I have a question that has been bouncing round my brain for months.

How does a swan wear a ruff? Is it under her beak or lower down her neck? Middle of her neck ...? I desperately need to know! It's very important.

I did, thank you kindly for writing them 😄 !

Sometimes I have a bit of a slump trying to find new books I like so have a good re-read session instead. I think that was my third read?

A book - The Silver Tide by Jen Williams - is on a wooden table with a pint of dark beer besides it

Enjoying a pint and a re-read of @sennydreadful.bsky.social Jen Williams !

Headline from the Daily Mail, 11 April 1927: "Stop the Flapper-Vote Folly!"

The right-wing press is going mad over votes at 16 ("a naked attempt to twist democracy in Labour’s favour", an "election-rigging move"...)

Oddly, they said the same 100 years ago when the voting age for women fell from 30 to 21.

Let's revisit the Mail's campaign to"Stop the Flapper Vote Folly"...

My squeal of delight that I just did could only be heard by small children and dogs.

every day i am just floored by humans ability to do good. we have these choices before us and the terrible ones make headlines, but i have no doubt love is so much more potent when it counts. so blessed to be a human being, because all human beings trot with this potential and i hope to honor it

Right, is there some kind of a @franceshardinge.bsky.social fan club? Preferably with hooded robes and chanting?

I recommend her to everybody. She's brill. She must have captured so many people's hearts. I wonder what she does with them ...?

A window looks out on to a stone wall. A handsome jackdaw is perched on a bird feeder attached to the wall, with a large chunk of bread in it's beak. It looks very pleased with itself.

We get visited often by Jackdaws from the graveyard. This handsome devil seemed to be the victor in the battle of bread and rice crispies ...

Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

To mark the 1st day of my 4th year without Alice I have an announcement:
I’ve joined up with a determined group of women working to change the narrative around trans people. Women standing in solidarity with our trans siblings.

Our first step is to ask cis women to read and sign our open letter ⬇️

Love your t-shirt!

Can somebody Drag King as Big Beautiful Bill, please?

Fantastic ending to Baroness Kidron's speech in the House of Lords yesterday, which led to the government's defeat on AI & copyright.

Speaking the UK's creators: "Their property, their labour, is worthy of your protection - because apart from anything else, it is not ours to give away."

9 May 2025 Dear (redacted) Thank you for contacting me about the rights of transgender and non-binary people. I agree with you that everyone in the UK should be free to live their lives and fulfil their potential regardless of their sex or gender identity. It is also important that politicians and public figures ensure discourse in this area is respectful and that all people are treated with kindness and dignity. It is important experiences in society are safe, fair and equal. I fully recognise that the Supreme Court's recent judgement has caused distress to many transgender and non-binary people, including in Keighley and Ilkley. However, the Supreme Court did clearly state that transgender people remain protected by the indirect discrimination provisions of the Equality Act 2010 (irrespective of whether they have a Gender Recognition Certificate). The judgement also reaffirmed that trans people are also protected from indirect discrimination where they are put at a particular disadvantage that they share with members of their biological sex. I know that the Supreme Court's judgement has raised several issues about the participation of transgender and non-binary people in women's spaces and services. While I recognise and understand the strength of your view, there are legitimate concerns about access to female single-sex spaces and participation in women's sports. Following the ruling, the Equality and Human Rights Commission's interim guidance provides some of the clarity that service providers as well as transgender and non-binary people need. Thank you again for taking the time to contact me. Yours sincerely Robbie Moore MP Member of Parliament for Keighley and IIkley

Response from my MP following a letter asking if he will share any words of understanding or solidarity with trans locals.

Disappointing reply. Not unexpected. He shares the tired old slogan "legitimate concerns". Doesn't say what they actually are.

A photo of a kitsch ceramic cat with disheveled eyebrows and a expression you would not trust around children.

Today's mood is this really dodgy cat.

The Prime Minister imitating Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of Blood’ speech is sickening.

That speech fuelled decades of racism and division. Echoing it today is a disgrace. It adds to anti-migrant rhetoric that puts lives at risk.

Shame on you, Keir Starmer.

A vintage pink ceramic elephant who appears to be giving you an unconvinced side eye ...

Today's mood is suspicious kitsch elephant.

An advert showing a very unconvincing short bristle mans toupee on top of a bald mannequin head.

I have the strangest desire to wear this as a hat on top of my long hair. And smile at people. "Look at my lovely scalped man hat", I'll say.

YouTube video by Rex Sowards Funky Song - Shake Your Whammy Fanny

Now, this had clearly very heavily inserted itself into my brain when I watched this TV show many, many moons ago, because I assumed it was an actual song! youtu.be/I9EH43aGZ1E?...

Well ... Bum! Just found out @bethanyblack.bsky.social was performing near by in Skipton and got all excited until I noticed it was today and I had just missed it.

Detailed etching on off white paper. A rooster stands on the right, holding out a bundle of twigs like an offering. A shorthaired white and tabby cat on the left is looking at the viewer and accepting the twigs - it is wearing an ornate, layered papal tiara and leaning on a walking stick.

Nothing but respect for my pope. www.loc.gov/resource/ppm...

A photo of The Library of The Dead by T.L. Huchu

Today's book. I post what I'm reading very inconsistently - but if I remember to then I like to share!

My mostly black, tortoise shell patchwork kitty Molly, lying on her side on the bed.

Realised I haven't given a #proofofcat since being on Blue sky. Here's my Molly, 19 years old, quite noisy, getting very stiff in her old age, but still loves to pose, as long as it's on her terms!

A cute knitted green goblin doll stands on an untidy bookcase.

One of my goblins! Hand made by my twin. I name her Dorcas, though that is not her name ...

An assortment of items on a mantelpiece: a badger skull with an old pipe in its jaw, a gold octopus, half a ceramic lady (found in the river) and half a ceramic pig (the butt end, of course!).

I collect the most delightful of shite.

A very belated thank you to @franceshardinge.bsky.social for actually taking the time to write me a proper ol' letter in January. I squee'd - and maybe even wee'd - a little.

So happy to think about a very reluctant certain marsh horse living in a duck pond.

Ai overview

I know what I'm going to be doing with the rest of my day.

Ai overview

Oh dear.

“Why am I so sad today?” I ask myself after staring at my little handheld sadness machine and clicking all the sad little things that will definitely make me sad

It's a mutation of the "think of the children!" argument used to defend homophobia.

It's also a hugely patriarchal sentiment. "It's for you own good, ladies!".