Peter McGladdery's Avatar

Peter McGladdery

@petermcgladdery.bsky.social

Blowing dandelion clocks, chasing falling autumn leaves, catching raindrops/snowflakes on my tongue. Cismallow. And posting a bit. Statistically insignificant https://mstdn.social/@peter_mcgladdery

1,437 Followers  |  4,205 Following  |  5,486 Posts  |  Joined: 19.09.2023  |  2.1126

Latest posts by petermcgladdery.bsky.social on Bluesky

Stand Up against Street Harassment

FREE!
Bystander intervention webinar

March 6 from noon - 1pm EST

Stand Up against Street Harassment FREE! Bystander intervention webinar March 6 from noon - 1pm EST

If you saw a woman being cornered on the bus, would you step in? If you witnessed transphobia at your local coffee shop, would you know how to help?

Let me teach you bystander intervention - for free!

Sign up now and get automatic email reminders.

Register: zoom.us/webinar/regi...

03.02.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 103    πŸ” 83    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

There’s a house on our block with a camera that actually talks at you, every time you pass by, to remind you that you’re being recorded, and that family is sitting on the world’s largest archive of my wife’s middle finger, in case anyone is looking for an art project

10.02.2026 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 295    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 4

Some women claim to be a hot mess, but are definitely more of a room temperature inconvenience.

10.02.2026 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Low rainbow over a High St. Grey cloudy sky

Low rainbow over a High St. Grey cloudy sky

There was one. Briefly

10.02.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Robin Hague: Momentously Normal - Glasgow International Comedy Festival Momentously Normal or "Answers to Cistener's Questions". Thrill at the momentous normality of a trans person! Gasp as she answers the questions you should

Two for one on tickets today! Beat the rush I'm sure will happen, any day now www.glasgowcomedyfestival.com/events/robin...

10.02.2026 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I think the term is "mecspliquer"....

It's different but similar

There are neopronouns in French like "iel" & controversy about 'inclusive spelling' where you replace masc endings which are assumed to be generic with complex spellings indicating flexibility

"les Γ©tudiant.e.s sont motivΓ©.e.s"

10.02.2026 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Palaeontologist shown with others redacted

Palaeontologist shown with others redacted

10.02.2026 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 227    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
Post image

I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.

10.02.2026 06:10 β€” πŸ‘ 15819    πŸ” 3301    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
3.12.1 Staggered lay-bys should be arranged in a left-right configuration (nearside lay-by first).
NOTE A left-right configuration reduces the likelihood of vehicles making a right turn into a lay-by from the
opposite direction or using the lay-by to make a U-turn.


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://programmeofficers.co.uk/M27J8/INQDOCS/INQ021.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj5n77Ig8-SAxWvVEEAHY1QD48QFnoECFwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0rGIUa9ztoaL-s18Rm-J6_

3.12.1 Staggered lay-bys should be arranged in a left-right configuration (nearside lay-by first). NOTE A left-right configuration reduces the likelihood of vehicles making a right turn into a lay-by from the opposite direction or using the lay-by to make a U-turn. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://programmeofficers.co.uk/M27J8/INQDOCS/INQ021.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwj5n77Ig8-SAxWvVEEAHY1QD48QFnoECFwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0rGIUa9ztoaL-s18Rm-J6_

This lay-by's not for turning

10.02.2026 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All the ravenous river-horses have to eat are MARBLES.

10.02.2026 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People operating machinery at full speed with big nail extensions are basically Olympians

10.02.2026 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Faces of fakery: More fake and AI generated experts con their way into media New research from Press Gazette has uncovered a fresh tranche of likely fake and AI-generated experts making their way into UK publications.

Fake and AI generated 'experts' are being quoted in articles in the UK press. "Out of a sample of 250 expert-quoting articles published in The Sun, Daily Express, Mirror, Daily Mail and Daily Star in 2025 and late 2024, 28 experts do not exist".
pressgazette.co.uk/news/faces-o...

10.02.2026 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6

Since the #Olympics are on, let's repost a classic thread here: a brief history of the practice of "sex verification" in sport.

Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.

10.02.2026 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 255    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 15
The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS)
The Phoenix, Cavendish Sq, by Oxford Circus
Monday 9th   March 2026, 7:30pm-10:40ish
Thom Tuck & Tom Bell (MCs), with umpteen excellent guests: Ashley Haden, Callum & Toby, Cerys Bradley, Frank Foucault, Genevieve O'Connor, Glenn Wool, Heidi & Julie, Joz Norris, Rosie G, Ted Hill, Tom Bell, Tom Whiston
Β£10, or Β£8/Β£11 online, from wegottickets.com
Β£12 at the gig, doors open 7pm
noblefailure.org

The Alternative Comedy Memorial Society (ACMS) The Phoenix, Cavendish Sq, by Oxford Circus Monday 9th March 2026, 7:30pm-10:40ish Thom Tuck & Tom Bell (MCs), with umpteen excellent guests: Ashley Haden, Callum & Toby, Cerys Bradley, Frank Foucault, Genevieve O'Connor, Glenn Wool, Heidi & Julie, Joz Norris, Rosie G, Ted Hill, Tom Bell, Tom Whiston Β£10, or Β£8/Β£11 online, from wegottickets.com Β£12 at the gig, doors open 7pm noblefailure.org

#ACMS
πŸ“† Monday 9th March
🏰 The Phoenix
🎟️ £8+ online from wegottickets.com/event/692738
😻 hosted by @turlygod.bsky.social & @tombellforever.bsky.social, with @ashleyhaden.bsky.social, Cerys Bradley, @joznorris.bsky.social, Ted Hill, AND MORE
🌈 free guestlist for trans & non-binary folk, just ask

10.02.2026 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

a favorite yt channel is "crime pays botany doesn't" bc you'll be listening to this guy with THE thickest chicago accent throw out the latin names for a bunch of plants and then he sees lichen on a rock and sighs and says "this gets me so inspired, makes me want to burn down a bank," and i FEEL that

10.02.2026 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, Gaulier dead?

*Awkard silence*

10.02.2026 10:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Like I dunno, I keep thinking about how every time women, especially older women, start becoming *visible* in a left-of-center movement, instead of just invisibly making it run, there’s complaints that the movement is somehow now too centrist.

09.02.2026 23:32 β€” πŸ‘ 393    πŸ” 111    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 16

It's usually a lot rounder. I think it's been cropped to make him look more rugged. Ended up rubble not rugged.

10.02.2026 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Those smears you see are merely a trail of slime, licked spittle, oil and grease on a teflon surface.

10.02.2026 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
An empty bottle of cranberry juice on top of an unfolded and cut cardboard box which is in the shape of a cross.

An empty bottle of cranberry juice on top of an unfolded and cut cardboard box which is in the shape of a cross.

A cardboard box which is folded and taped to hold an empty bottle of cranberry juice. An X marked on top of it for hand placement for CPR

A cardboard box which is folded and taped to hold an empty bottle of cranberry juice. An X marked on top of it for hand placement for CPR

Are you a street medic or work in community health? Want to show people how to do CPR but you lack the funds for a mannequin?

A cranberry juice bottle and some cardboard will get you there. 😊

It gives pretty realistic rebound and nice auditory feedback

gl hf gg

07.02.2026 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 76    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

Maybe she just has very strong eyelid muscles, and it's fine

10.02.2026 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Glimpsed a fairly young bus driver yesterday. She had glam hairdo, full makeup and those extra-big, extra-thick fake eyelashes.

Yas Queen, etc. But I did start to wonder at what size the lashes would become an impediment to driving. Hazard, even.

10.02.2026 08:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So many kids affected: LGBTQ, neurodivergent, living in isolated places, living with abusive parents. It's basically a ban on friends who don't live nearby

07.02.2026 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Post image 09.02.2026 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2227    πŸ” 410    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 13

youtu.be/EKGUJXzxNqc?...

09.02.2026 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOL imagine thinking about what you post.

09.02.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey, my name is in the Epstein files! I've told the story before, but should probably re-up.

TLDR: never met the guy, never took (or asked for) any money from him, never visited the island. I was invited to the island, and said no.

It's not that hard to just say no.

09.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1842    πŸ” 248    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 36
Preview
Wolf visits Los Angeles County for first time in 100 years, California wildlife officials say California wildlife officials say that the wolf, which was born in Plumas County north of Lake Tahoe, traversed through the Sierra Nevada and was detected northwest of Lancaster early Saturday.

A single young female wolf made it all the way south to Los Angeles County! I'm amazed at the dispersal distances of these animals. Imagine how much vacant habitat she passed through, wandering the Sierra looking for a beau. A new star in town to take over the legacy of P22, may he rest in peace. 🦊🌎

09.02.2026 00:15 β€” πŸ‘ 83    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

It's fine, the person they're lining up is also neck deep in the Mandelsonian swamp

09.02.2026 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just cannot believe we're letting the fucking British, an island that has never once in history known the joy of sex, decide if we can look at porn.

09.02.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@petermcgladdery is following 20 prominent accounts