Xhumed, Cyber-Ho-Ho-Ho of the Maisnie d'Hellequin's Avatar

Xhumed, Cyber-Ho-Ho-Ho of the Maisnie d'Hellequin

@xhumed.bsky.social

Enby, Autistic, Disabled (GBS), Depressed and Anxious, Bi, Polyam. Primary Partner, Parent. Don't yell at me, I'm in Recovery. Rebuilding myself one day at a time. Enjoys all things Gothic, Gaming, and Geek. And Alliteration, Apparently. They/them.

646 Followers  |  391 Following  |  3,613 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  1.9765

Latest posts by xhumed.bsky.social on Bluesky

Preview
6-7 (meme) - Wikipedia

Literally means nothing. Nothing at all.
It's not even vaguely suggestive like 69 or alluding to something like 420.

6-7 (meme) - Wikipedia share.google/5kUImBsLI90x...

13.12.2025 02:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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

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'.
โ€ข
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.

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'. โ€ข 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.

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

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.

13.12.2025 00:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1481    ๐Ÿ” 437    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 213    ๐Ÿ“Œ 90

This is how it will be for EVERYONE if KOSA passes

10.12.2025 10:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1393    ๐Ÿ” 1105    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

There is a very good reason why *actual* child safety organizations and advocates, as opposed to partisan hacks who have seized on the latest moral panic, firmly oppose social media bans and age verification for using social media, because contrary to prevailing belief, the *ban* is more harmful.

12.12.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 195    ๐Ÿ” 37    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

You would stop approximately a hundred times more child sex abuse by passing a law saying kids aren't allowed to go to church, be around cops, or play sports than you would with a social media ban. Weird how you're not supporting that! Why do you hate children and want them to be sexually abused?

12.12.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 172    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
Video thumbnail

Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?

TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.

12.12.2025 23:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2433    ๐Ÿ” 770    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 535    ๐Ÿ“Œ 354

thing about graphical realism is that a lot of the games that cynically chase after it don't care enough about the visual language of film they are trying to copy to make the realism actually interesting let alone work in games. something as basic as colour palette and scene framing is a good one

12.12.2025 04:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1050    ๐Ÿ” 187    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
Post image

They deleted us from history and called it education. Iโ€™m restoring what they tried to destroy.

They burned the evidence and rewrote the story.

ERASED isnโ€™t a book โ€” itโ€™s a reckoning.
Read it before it disappears. Share it before they erase it again.

Get your copy now: stan.store/gxldsociety/...

13.12.2025 00:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 95    ๐Ÿ” 34    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

look up your senator to call them, Section 230 is the law that made the internet what it is. Without it, the government can punish user content and free speech on platforms directly

Tell them Section 230 is what makes the internet free and powerful
nysenate.gov/find-my-sena...

13.12.2025 01:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 112    ๐Ÿ” 97    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I sadly don't think my MiL will let me put Rodan atop the Xmas tree.

13.12.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just so you don't momentarily panic when you see his name tomorrow, it's Dick Van Dyke's 100th birthday.

12.12.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 28    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Lucky you. My youngest is so obnoxious with it, because she knows it annoys us. It did create a fun in-joke where I replaced 7 with "6, part 2." to avoid saying it.

13.12.2025 02:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is ONE difference, and it's that now there is an entire industry built on monetizing zoomer/gen alpha memes at the first instance they appear

We had shit like Badger Badger Badger, but there weren't 2000 shopify companies making bootleg merch about it within 24 hours

12.12.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It sounds far-fetched now but settler colonialism is a process and this is eerily similar to how the US somehow expanded past the Appalachian Mountains despite it being officially "illegal"

13.12.2025 01:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 113    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It's true, I'm a Citizen of there now.

13.12.2025 02:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The right love killing whatever they can get away with.

13.12.2025 01:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Connections
Puzzle #916
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช

I had the idea right for Blue, I was just fishing for that last name.

13.12.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also you hate sunlight.

12.12.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Post image

Representing oligarchs as working class heroes is a new lowโ€ฆeven for us.

12.12.2025 06:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7211    ๐Ÿ” 1642    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 776    ๐Ÿ“Œ 227

Connections
Puzzle #915
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

12.12.2025 09:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wordle 1,637 4/6

โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›โฌ›๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›โฌ›โฌ›
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉโฌ›๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

12.12.2025 05:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh yeah, I should finish watching Delicious in Dungeon.

11.12.2025 09:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It does frustrate me a little that over the past few days my feed has been:

BBC and all British media invert a court judgement's meaning to terrify more trans people.

US codifies first federal instance of trans segregation.

Trans people yelling at each other because they are doing trans wrong.

11.12.2025 08:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 59    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
PayPal balance showing in debt of $78.18

PayPal balance showing in debt of $78.18

Hey all just sharing again, as I'm still in debt with PayPal of $78.18, I had to go and buy new work shoes and I'm in debt, anybody that could help me with this please ๐Ÿฅบ it's so close to Christmas and I've got very low funds anything could help me?
ko-fi.com/roxyartistcr...

11.12.2025 07:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A panel from Tank Girl depicting a woman with a shaved head and denim vest pulling on her boots and saying "I can't let things stay this way. We can be wonderful. We can be magnificent. We can turn this shit around."

A panel from Tank Girl depicting a woman with a shaved head and denim vest pulling on her boots and saying "I can't let things stay this way. We can be wonderful. We can be magnificent. We can turn this shit around."

Getting ready for 2026 like

09.12.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 615    ๐Ÿ” 228    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
a guillotine made from gingerbread, decorated with white icing snow and icicles

a guillotine made from gingerbread, decorated with white icing snow and icicles

I am brimming with holiday spirit

08.12.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6920    ๐Ÿ” 2583    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 67

For a century people being endangered on our roads have been told they are the problem.

This from 1927.

26.11.2025 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 191    ๐Ÿ” 67    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Post image Post image

Amanda Seyfried tells WhoWhatWear she wonโ€™t apologize for calling Charlie Kirk โ€œhatefulโ€:

โ€œI mean, for f**kโ€™s sake, I commented on one thing. I said something that was based on actual reality and actual footage and actual quotes.โ€œ

11.12.2025 00:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2656    ๐Ÿ” 278    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 147

Strands #648
โ€œLet me elaborate ...โ€
๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ”ต๐Ÿ”ต
๐ŸŸก๐Ÿ”ต

11.12.2025 09:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Connections
Puzzle #914
๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ๐ŸŸจ
๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ๐ŸŸฆ
๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช๐ŸŸช

11.12.2025 08:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@xhumed is following 18 prominent accounts