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Dragonmeet is THIS WEEKEND! 🫨
Not only can you come say hi TO OUR FACES, you can also watch us perform! 💚
We're playing Hostile Work Environment with Rendezvous with Destiny🧑💼
You can also see Chloe at the DND panto! 🎭
Catch us at 12pm and Chloe at 2.30!
#EXCITIN#not sure exactly what we're doing yet#but its gonna involve PCs#if you're based in the UK#come see us!#ttrpgcommunity#deck of many aces#podcast#ttrpg#dnd#dungeons and dragons#actual play podcast#asexual#aromantic#doma
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i wish all "ferrari should move to the UK" a very die
#acting like competent engineers can only come from the uk and/or wish to live there.#even if you only limit it to europe which there's no reason to. ask a spanish or greek or french or german engineer where they'd rather liv#are you SURE it's the uk. ARE YOU SURE#and i wish this was just confined to reddit but no. it's everywhere#f1#this isn't to excuse ferrari's fuck up btw but did mercedes' english base do much for it when it fucked up the car concept 3 years in a row#or mclaren until 2024?#williams?#yes 8/10 teams are based in the uk. i don't see them all exchanging wccs year on year#its the same as acting like the problem with xavi or adami is their accent when speaking english#you're just passing off your unexamined biases as objective fact!!!! it pisses me off SOOO BAD#ETA: and on the newey thing. they didn't get newey because they didn't want to give him what he wanted#because ferrari Management fully has fucked up priorities which is a different problem entirely#but british people arent exactly renowned for NOT being willing to relocate to southern europe in their old age lmao#ferrari
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#toycore#kidcore#plush#alien#uk based#paid link#if you're wondering#the [country] based tags are going to be for when an item is under the equivalent of 20 bucks shipped in that place#i'll only tag it under 20 if it is under 20 to the US
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The other thing i find funny is like. You see anti healthcare Americans like. Oh if we have a good healthcare system everyone will want to use it. Like. Buddy. Mate. Come on.
Currently every country has more affordable healthcare than the states and this in no way impacts on capacity because. You get charged if you're not a resident??? Are you trying to tell me it's beyond the capabilities of an American hospital to give someone a bill if they can't prove residency. Like. I hear you've got whole billing departments in hospitals atm. They'll need something to do! I think they can cope with giving bills to the few ppl who aren't resident
#I'm not saying its right but#yeah right to socialised healthcare tends to be based on residency???#it's not just a free for all#it's based on clinical need and eligiblility#like. i think all these americans talkimg about how the nhs didnt charge them are confusimg matters#if you're a resident (whivh means as an American with no UK psssport you've already paid a health surcharge just to settle)#yeah they don't charge you cause youre paying in to the system. everyone else has to pay#only. they pay at cost so ppl aren't having to sell their children for it and it doesn't make the news
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Over 13 years of the Tories but the media still blame Labour for why this country is like this despite the fact that they've never held office since 20 fucking 10
#amazing how that works#you are all powerful and can destroy things but then you're weak and can't do shit#based on how we feel#classic trick in the book#anti tories#anti tory#anti conservatives#vent#rant#it's that whole like#'glad we don't have food banks and benefits because of communism' bro we've never been under that fucking system#we have them because of capitalism#what planet are you living on#uk politics
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HEADS UP that my activity will likely fall off a cliff this week but i wiLL BE BACK
#work is gonna be HECKISH and my fam arrive on the island come Thursday#BUT HEY if you're uk based look out for my handy work on the one show next week#10 points if you spot my flat when they talk about shetland on the news#( i. ooc )
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@actual-kittens-against-ddlg From "This will literally never happen you fundamentalist homophobe" to "Stuff your underage kids with castration drugs in the name of an unfalsifiable gnostic gender enlightenment or you're complicit in genocide" in less than half a generation.
Unbelievable.

#based UK#transgenderism#hands off children#the slippery slope ain't real they said#you're just a homophobe they said#assigned male
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DESI WOMEN'S REASONS INTO BUYING (COMPLIMENT-ER'S EYE)
WHITE GORL FANTASY (THAT BROWN GORL WHO KNOW SHIT ABOUT THE WORLD OF TECH NY COLOUR (NEW WORLD ORDER)
SEERS VISIONS (NAZAR REMEDY)
MATCH YOUR THOUGHTS OF THE WORLD AS YOU ARE: WHY YOU LIKE WEARING YOUR BEST FRIENDS CLOTHES (BECAUSE YOU LIKE BEING THEM AS MUCH AS THEY ARE IN YOUR COUNTRY (CUTEST BEST FRIEND YOU NEVER HAD)
YOU ARE WHY YOU WEAR: IT'S OKAY TO LOOK A LIL' RACIST.
YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THE WORLD ANYMORE (YOU LOVE IT IF YOU TRY AND MAKE IT HAPPEN BY THOUGHT THAN BY VIEW (IF YOU SEE WHY YOU LOVE IT, THEN IT'S OKAY TO FEEL LIKE YOU WERE THERE ANYWAY (YOU WERE WITH THEM LONG ENOUGH THAT YOU WERE APPARENT TO THEIR LIVES AS THEM BEING THERE FOR WHO THEY ARE THAN JUST SHAME ITSELF (WHY THEY LIKE YOU)
OBNOXIOUS COLOUR POINTS OF VIEW
YOU DON'T SEE IT UNLESS YOU'RE DESCRIBED AS 'THE BITCH WHO FELT LIKE BEING THE NEED TO BE THEMSELVES ONLY IF THEY ARE AS GOOD AS THEIR WHITE SKIN TONE DOES (OR RAINBOW RACISM, IDC)
YOU ARE PRETTY *CUTE SMILEY FACE*
EVERYTHING YOU LIKE LIKES YOU BACK AND YOU ARE THE WORLD EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT (YOU LIKE TO PLAY AROUND WITH BEING PRETTY IS WHY YOU'RE THERE EVEN IF YOU LOOK SH*T THEN YOU'RE NOT, THEY ARE!, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!>!>!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?)
I LIKE IT IF YOU WERE NEVER THERE LIKE I LIKE WATCHING SUNSETS WITH YOU, AND THE SKIES ARE LIKE THE WORLD TO YOU AND ME (PURE FRIENDSHIP)
TOO MUCH ON THE CLOTHES? (EMBROIDERY)
NOT TOO MUCH IF YOU LIKE FLOWERS (GAY IN THEIR FIRST LIFETIME, BUT THEY LIKE IT IF YOU FIND IT GOOD TO RECOMMEND IT FOR THEM (THEY JUST BOUGHT (+ THAT +)
TOO MUCH FOR THAT ONE SUNNY SET COLOUR TO SET FIRE TO EVERYBODY'S FACES (THAT ONE BEST FRIEND WHO HATES THE WORLD WITH YOU (IS YOU) THAT HATES YOU RIGHT BACK (CUZ YOU'RE THERE WITH THEM BEING YOU AT THE SAME TIME (WHY YOU'RE STILL SINGLE (BEST FRIEND DOES NOT WANT TO GET MARRIED BUT SHE'LL KILL THEM ALL OFF BY WAR NAZAR INSTEAD (WHITE CELEBRITY NIGGA IN A DESI MAGAZINE LOOKING ASS VOGUE SHUT UP ENERGY THEY ARE)
GORLY (THEY DON'T NEED TO, YOU JUST KNOW YOUR MAN MADE YOU PRETTY (GIVES AUNTYS (COMMUNISTS) RACIST NAZAR THAT THEY TRY AND GET U MARRIED (WHY YOU STILL WAITING (THEY STRUGGLING TO GIVE UP THEIR SONS IN THE FUTURE)
'THAT ONE YT GORL THAT LOOKS BROWN' (SHE MADE YOU BELIEVE YOU WERE HER (WHY SHE THE ONLY MAMA WHO APPRECIATED UR COOKING (SOMEONE IN HER FAMILY LOVED HER TOO MUCH BY KNOWING A DESI SOMEBODY IN THEIR LIVES (UR ENEMY) SO SHE GAVE THEM NAZAR RIGHT BACK
WHO? (LITTLE TOO STRONG: TRYNA GET MARRIED BUT THEY LOW-KEY LOOK LIKE A MAN ENOUGH TO FAKE THEIR WEDDING DAY (TO CAUSE DRAMA (FCKIN DANCES LIKE IT) (GOES WITH ANYTHING EXCEPT THE NEED TO BUY FLOWERS IN THAT DRESS (FACE LOOKS LIKE ONE, FCKIN JEALOUSSSSSS)
BROWN GIRL APPRECIATING BROWN THINGS (PLAIN BUT STRONG LIKE SUNSET (HOOR, THO. NICE PHONE MODEL U GOT (PROBABLY KNOWS A CELEBRITY IRL) --IS ACTUALLY THE MOST POPULAR GIRL IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT MAY KNOW SOMEBODY, SO SHE FEELS LIKE A CELEBRITY HERSELF (IS NOT PROBABLY ONE) SO YOU GET THAT TYPE OF DISTANT LONELINESS LIKE YOU USED TO KNOW HER AT SOME POINT (WHY SELLERS HATE YOU KNOW)--
SPANISH GIRL TRYING NEW SHOES (TOO STRONG ON THE UPPER BODY TO LESS (FLORALS INCLUDED CUZ THEY LIKE KNOWING WHY THEY USED TO KNOW IS IN THEIR ARTS (TO APPRECIATE THE TALKS LIKE A BROWN GORL (LOOKS IT: ACTUALLY FKCIN LOOKS LIKE A HOOR BUT DOESNT (MADE YOU ALMOST DIE)
WHITE GORL THAT LOOKS NORTHERN EUROPEAN/ICELANDIC QUALITIES THAT MEN SEEM TO QUOTE UNQUOTE 'DIE FOR' (IS THE DESI ARCH-TYPE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR (SHE NEW TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IS WHY KNOWING A WHITE GUY MAKES HER NEIGHBOURHOOD FAMILIAR LIKE KNOWING HER MOM IS HER ARMS RACE (LIKE SHE KNEW THE FAMILY OFF BY HEART (ACTUALLY DESI: STRONG ACCENTS OF HENNA AROUND HER EYES IN THE FORM OF BOLD TO PASTEL OOZING TO DRIPPING EMBROIDERY (LIKE SHE USED TO WEAR HER WESTERN ARTS LIKE THAT (THE PRETTIEST ONE IN THE ROOM)
INTRODUCING A BROWN DESI EXISTING CELEBRITY: BOLD BUT UNNERVED ACCENTS OF EXISTING TRADITIONAL COLOURS/OPEN TO HAIR THAT MATCHES THEIR SIGNATURE EYES (HOW YOU CAN TELL IT'S THEM) TO THE WAY THEY CARRY THEIR STRONG SUIT (THE NET EMBROIDERY HEAD-SCARF LOOKING ATTACHED AROUND THEIR GOWN DOWN (IS THEIR MEANS TO RECKON STATUS OVER QUALITY (WHY YOU'RE LOVED)
SOMEBODY'S BEST FRIEND WHO IS NOT RELATED TO THE MIX BUT THEY DO 'LOOK LIKE A': SWAROVSKI ENTITLED (THEY WERE BARGAIN HUNTING) OFTEN-SO, IT'S THE HOW THE GOWN IS MADE TO BEFIT THEM (THEIR STYLIST (PLANNED BEFORE) KNEW HOW TO HAUTE-COUTURE THEM OFF FROM RACISM (WHY THEIR LIPS (THEIR JOB) STANDS OUT MORE THAN THEIR SPEECH (FLAWED OFF FROM THEIR PRESENCE THAN THEIR ABILITY TO BE (THEIR REASONS WHY THEY'RE HERE) SO, IT'S STRONG APPRECIATING THICK AMOUNTS OF EMBROIDERY FROM THE NECKLINES (THEY CARE ALOT ABOUT THAT) TO NOW, THE HEM OF THE GOWN IS THICK THE APPEAL THE LOOK OF A DREAM PRINCESS-LIKE FEELING THAN A THOUGHT (THEY LOVED 'SOMEBODY'S' (IN-ASSOCIATION WITH) CULTURE LIKE A FRIEND MORE THAN A DREAM TO DEFY RACISM LIKE THAT (WHY THEY LOVE BEING HERE (TRUE HONESTY)
LOOKS IT.
DRENCHED WITH HEARTBREAK: NOT FOR YOU
STABBY ON THE EYE: DON'T BUY THAT (MAKER'S NAZAR)
I DON'T LIKE THE COLOUR: NOT A GOOD FRIEND
WHY AM I HERE?: BUY IT
THE PATTERN IS ALL WONKY AND TOO 'GARISH', PLEASE HELP: YOU DON'T LIKE THE MAKER OR THE SHOP ITSELF (FIND PEACE BY RECITING THE OPENER)
FORGIVE ME, IF I MAY SEE ANOTHER REASON WHY I LIKE YOU: YOU MAY HAVE FOUND A TYPE IN WHY YOU LIKE THAT TOO MUCH (IS YOU)
I FEEL LIKE IT TOLD ME SOMETHING I NEVER HAD BEFORE: THAT ONE IS STAYING IN YOUR CLOSET FOREVERMORE, DREAM BUY (BEST ONE THERE IS)
MY LIFE: CORE MEMORY
I NEVER KNEW YOU WERE THERE: YOU KNEW WHY YOU LOVED THE WORLD TO KNOW YOURSELF RIGHT BACK (HIGHER SELF DREAM ACHIEVED)
YOU: NOW, YOU'RE CONDITIONED TO KNOW CULTURE LIKE YOU OWN LAND (MANMADE DREAM, YOU HAVE A REASON TO FIND LOVE)
BUT ALL IS ALL ABOUT BUYING TO EXTEND THAT WARRANTY INTO FINDING LOVE (SCROLL DOWN) THAT YOU DON'T NEED TO WHICH IS WHY BUYER'S CLARITY COMES AT A COST WITH YOUR EYES (CONSUMER'S APPRECIATION) THANK GOD YOU'RE NOT BLIND
#brought to you by burj fabrics#districts around bradford#spots around the UK you're familiar with already#known by the eye#never by sound#thought by touch#human agenda appreciation#based from pakistan
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you can make nachos out of anything if you try hard and believe in yourself
#this post brought to you by my continued crimes against the culinary world and also humanity#my philosophy is that nacho is just a preparation style: base crunchable + cheese + sauce(s) + optional veggies and protein#most folks only change up the base crunchable to something like a tater tot or perhaps a frenched frie#and then do the Traditional Toppings of the tex-mex variety#but who is to say nachos can't just be potato chips covered in cheese melted in the microwave#and topped with the closest thing to sauce i could grab out of the fridge?#sometimes that sauce is very much just sour cream but today it's ginger orange sauce#sometimes the sauce is whatever vinegar is on hand because i can't eat salsa#i've used doritos for this in the past too which is also fine but like#you also gotta be in the mood for the dorits and like sometimes i want to chew on glass#and the closest experience i can get to that is the thin potato chips#(if you're from the UK and surrounding areas: replace all instances of chips with crisps)
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You're a reasonably informed person on the internet. You've experienced things like no longer being able to get files off an old storage device, media you've downloaded suddenly going poof, sites and forums with troves full of people's thoughts and ideas vanishing forever. You've heard of cybercrime. You've read articles about lost media. You have at least a basic understanding that digital data is vulnerable, is what I'm saying. I'm guessing that you're also aware that history is, you know... important? And that it's an ongoing study, requiring ... data about how people live? And that it's not just about stanning celebrities that happen to be dead? Congratulations, you are significantly better-informed than the British government! So they're currently like "Oh hai can we destroy all these historical documents pls? To save money? Because we'll digitise them first so it's fine! That'll be easy, cheap and reliable -- right? These wills from the 1850s will totally be fine for another 170 years as a PNG or whatever, yeah? We didn't need to do an impact assesment about this because it's clearly win-win! We'd keep the physical wills of Famous People™ though because Famous People™ actually matter, unlike you plebs. We don't think there are any equalities implications about this, either! Also the only examples of Famous People™ we can think of are all white and rich, only one is a woman and she got famous because of the guy she married. Kisses!"
Yes, this is the same Government that's like "Oh no removing a statue of slave trader is erasing history :(" You have, however, until 23 February 2024 to politely inquire of them what the fuck they are smoking. And they will have to publish a summary of the responses they receive. And it will look kind of bad if the feedback is well-argued, informative and overwhelmingly negative and they go ahead and do it anyway. I currently edit documents including responses to consultations like (but significantly less insane) than this one. Responses do actually matter. I would particularly encourage British people/people based in the UK to do this, but as far as I can see it doesn't say you have to be either. If you are, say, a historian or an archivist, or someone who specialises in digital data do say so and draw on your expertise in your answers. This isn't a question of filling out a form. You have to manually compose an email answering the 12 questions in the consultation paper at the link above. I'll put my own answers under the fold. Note -- I never know if I'm being too rude in these sorts of things. You probably shouldn't be ruder than I have been.
Please do not copy and paste any of this: that would defeat the purpose. This isn't a petition, they need to see a range of individual responses. But it may give you a jumping-off point.
Question 1: Should the current law providing for the inspection of wills be preserved?
Yes. Our ability to understand our shared past is a fundamental aspect of our heritage. It is not possible for any authority to know in advance what future insights they are supporting or impeding by their treatment of material evidence. Safeguarding the historical record for future generations should be considered an extremely important duty.
Question 2: Are there any reforms you would suggest to the current law enabling wills to be inspected?
No.
Question 3: Are there any reasons why the High Court should store original paper will documents on a permanent basis, as opposed to just retaining a digitised copy of that material?
Yes. I am amazed that the recent cyber attack on the British Library, which has effectively paralysed it completely, not been sufficient to answer this question for you. I also refer you to the fate of the Domesday Project. Digital storage is useful and can help more people access information; however, it is also inherently fragile. Malice, accident, or eventual inevitable obsolescence not merely might occur, but absolutely should be expected. It is ludicrously naive and reflects a truly unpardonable ignorance to assume that information preserved only in digital form is somehow inviolable and safe, or that a physical document once digitised, never need be digitised again..At absolute minimum, it should be understood as certain that at least some of any digital-only archive will eventually be permanently lost. It is not remotely implausible that all of it would be. Preserving the physical documents provides a crucial failsafe. It also allows any errors in reproduction -- also inevitable-- to be, eventually, seen and corrected. Note that maintaining, upgrading and replacing digital infrastructure is not free, easy or reliable. Over the long term, risks to the data concerned can only accumulate.
"Unlike the methods for preserving analog documents that have been honed over millennia, there is no deep precedence to look to regarding the management of digital records. As such, the processing, long-term storage, and distribution potential of archival digital data are highly unresolved issues. [..] the more digital data is migrated, translated, and re-compressed into new formats, the more room there is for information to be lost, be it at the microbit-level of preservation. Any failure to contend with the instability of digital storage mediums, hardware obsolescence, and software obsolescence thus meets a terminal end—the definitive loss of information. The common belief that digital data is safe so long as it is backed up according to the 3-2-1 rule (3 copies on 2 different formats with 1 copy saved off site) belies the fact that it is fundamentally unclear how long digital information can or will remain intact. What is certain is that its unique vulnerabilities do become more pertinent with age." -- James Boyda, On Loss in the 21st Century: Digital Decay and the Archive, Introduction.
Question 4: Do you agree that after a certain time original paper documents (from 1858 onwards) may be destroyed (other than for famous individuals)? Are there any alternatives, involving the public or private sector, you can suggest to their being destroyed?
Absolutely not. And I would have hoped we were past the "great man" theory of history. Firstly, you do not know which figures will still be considered "famous" in the future and which currently obscure individuals may deserve and eventually receive greater attention. I note that of the three figures you mention here as notable enough to have their wills preserved, all are white, the majority are male (the one woman having achieved fame through marriage) and all were wealthy at the time of their death. Any such approach will certainly cull evidence of the lives of women, people of colour and the poor from the historical record, and send a clear message about whose lives you consider worth remembering.
Secondly, the famous and successsful are only a small part of our history. Understanding the realities that shaped our past and continue to mould our present requires evidence of the lives of so-called "ordinary people"!
Did you even speak to any historians before coming up with this idea?
Entrusting the documents to the private sector would be similarly disastrous. What happens when a private company goes bust or decides that preserving this material is no longer profitable? What reasonable person, confronted with our crumbling privatised water infrastructure, would willingly consign any part of our heritage to a similar fate?
Question 5: Do you agree that there is equivalence between paper and digital copies of wills so that the ECA 2000 can be used?
No. And it raises serious questions about the skill and knowledge base within HMCTS and the government that the very basic concepts of data loss and the digital dark age appear to be unknown to you. I also refer you to the Domesday Project.
Question 6: Are there any other matters directly related to the retention of digital or paper wills that are not covered by the proposed exercise of the powers in the ECA 2000 that you consider are necessary?
Destroying the physical documents will always be an unforgivable dereliction of legal and moral duty.
Question 7: If the Government pursues preserving permanently only a digital copy of a will document, should it seek to reform the primary legislation by introducing a Bill or do so under the ECA 2000?
Destroying the physical documents will always be an unforgivable dereliction of legal and moral duty.
Question 8: If the Government moves to digital only copies of original will documents, what do you think the retention period for the original paper wills should be? Please give reasons and state what you believe the minimum retention period should be and whether you consider the Government’s suggestion of 25 years to be reasonable.
There is no good version of this plan. The physical documents should be preserved.
Question 9: Do you agree with the principle that wills of famous people should be preserved in the original paper form for historic interest?
This question betrays deep ignorance of what "historic interest" actually is. The study of history is not simply glorified celebrity gossip. If anything, the physical wills of currently famous people could be considered more expendable as it is likely that their contents are so widely diffused as to be relatively "safe", whereas the wills of so-called "ordinary people" will, especially in aggregate, provide insights that have not yet been explored.
Question 10: Do you have any initial suggestions on the criteria which should be adopted for identifying famous/historic figures whose original paper will document should be preserved permanently?
Abandon this entire lamentable plan. As previously discussed, you do not and cannot know who will be considered "famous" in the future, and fame is a profoundly flawed criterion of historical significance.
Question 11: Do you agree that the Probate Registries should only permanently retain wills and codicils from the documents submitted in support of a probate application? Please explain, if setting out the case for retention of any other documents.
No, all the documents should be preserved indefinitely.
Question 12: Do you agree that we have correctly identified the range and extent of the equalities impacts under each of these proposals set out in this consultation? Please give reasons and supply evidence of further equalities impacts as appropriate.
No. You appear to have neglected equalities impacts entirely. As discussed, in your drive to prioritise "famous people", your plan will certainly prioritise the white, wealthy and mostly the male, as your "Charles Dickens, Charles Darwin and Princess Diana" examples amply indicate. This plan will create a two-tier system where evidence of the lives of the privileged is carefully preserved while information regarding people of colour, women, the working class and other disadvantaged groups is disproportionately abandoned to digital decay and eventual loss. Current and future historians from, or specialising in the history of minority groups will be especially impoverished by this.
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#so the british putting vinegar on french fries#led to the rise of salt and vinegar potato chips stateside#I'm guessing based on the mutual that I reblogged this from that it's also popular in Australia#like this is not me hating on the concept of#vinegar on potato#I get why you do it and I get why it works#though limon chips are definitely an improvement on this flavor idea imho#still that is a fish and chips specific condiment choice#like vinegar is not going to pair well with a burger#like you might be able to get it to work because ketchup has vinegar in it#but if you're putting ketchup on your burger#then you might as well put ketchup on your fries too#i realize that not all ketchups are created equal but#tomato ketchup is an american invention#if your ketchup doesn't taste good on fries get good I guess#but yeah as far as I'm aware#vinegar and potato as a flavor combo is pretty specific to the anglosphere and even then exact specifics vary from country to country#most everywhere else goes with ketchup or mayo#depends on your mayo of course#as like ketchup not all mayos are created equal#and some would pair much better with a french fry than others#side note i hope to god y'all are using vinegar powder and not dunking your fries into#like#a cup of liquid vinegar#side note I'd bet money that most if not all of the people who picked mayo#are from europe but not the uk#using the uk and not england specifically because i'm not 100% sure#what scotland and wales do with french fries#and I'm not invested enough to find out#so I'm using including them in the vinegarzone just to be safe
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Open for private commissions!
I have five slots available for late January and Valentine's Day! Email me at [email protected] with what you'd like and I'll get a quote to you. If you're based in the UK and your commission size is small, I might be able to squeeze you in. I note if you're in the EU, I'll no longer be able to send the physical piece due to GSPR rules.
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Support the BBC for having a trans character in recent episodes of 'Doctor Who'
Apparently the BBC (UK) has had 144 complaints about a recent episode of Doctor Who because it contained an openly trans character.

I've made a complaint to the BBC that there weren't enough transgender characters in Doctor Who. I would love if 144 other people did the same thing. Here's the link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint
(For your easy reference: "The Star Beast" aired on 25/11/2023 on BBC One, and the trans character is called Rose.)
Please note that the complaint form asks for your UK postcode, so only UK folks can join in with this - but if you suspect you might have any UK-based followers, maybe give us a reblog to boost the signal?
Edit: I'm told that you can fill in the form even if you're outside of the UK, because the BBC provide service to many countries other than the UK, including the USA! Go for it. :D
Reply to confirm that you've done it, so I can keep a count!
Here's my complaint:
I recommend:
Avoid sarcasm or irony. Assume your post will be taken literally. If you are clearly joking or being mean you will be ignored or misunderstood.
Include some gratitude/appreciation. It's pretty great that they included a trans woman in a positive way, and they should know that they have explicit support for that.
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Edit again: I'm seeing some concerns in the replies/reblogs that the BBC might not distinguish between "less trans people, please" complaints and "more trans people, please" complaints. Rest assured, this is nothing to worry about - the BBC publish fortnightly complaint reports, and they do pay enough attention to know when a complaint is in favour of or against trans inclusion. In fact, their 20 November – 3 December 2023 report is where the various news articles are getting the 144 complaints figure; that report says there were precisely 144 complaints that they have categorised as "Anti-male / inappropriate inclusion of transgender character".
That means the next complaints fortnight window is 4 December - 17 December. We have 8 more days to beat 144. By my count, over Tumblr, WhatsApp, the Fediverse and Telegram, we have 85 so far, which is well over halfway there.
Also, when you've done it, please reply to confirm you have done it, so that I can count us!
Thank you, everyone!
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Edit, 2023-12-11, 1am UK time:
We did it! I've just been counting up responses, and it looks like sometime yesterday evening we hit 144 complaints/comments in favour of Rose Noble and more excellent trans characters in Doctor Who! (We're actually up to 157 now, fantastic.)
So, my next plan is to submit a Freedom of Information Act request to the BBC sometime in the next few days, asking for complaints and compliments figures. Then I'd ideally (energy and time permitting) like to put together a press release that I can send out to the publications that promoted the tiny "144 anti-trans complaints" figure, showing them that there has been far more feedback in favour of trans representation than against.
I'll keep you posted.
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This post is a collection of all gov.uk petitions concerning trans rights and healthcare that I come across - it will be updated as and when I find new ones/when they close. Please sign and share if you're in the UK and just share if you're not <3
Deadline: 9th of July 2025
Deadline: 14th of July 2025
Deadline: 28th of July 2025
Feel free to share more petitions in the notes
Adding in links to posts I've seen with some links to UK based charities you can support if you've got the means
#uk politics#politics#petition#uk petition#trans rights#transgender#lgbtq+#british#british politics#link
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blood on my hands | alex albon
pairing: singer!reader x alex albon, reader x ex!taylor fritz
summary: after your ex-boyfriend cheats on you, you get invited to a formula one race and find someone to move on with
fc: dua lipa
a/n: very delayed (as always) birthday fic 🎉 (i also wanna say i don’t hate taylor fritz okay it might seem like i do based on the comments on this story but i don’t😭)
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williamsracing the garage look this weekend 💙
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yourusername sooo fun 🩵
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ynupdates y/n was seen this weekend in paris with formula 1 driver, alex albon
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yourusername having too much fun lately … 🎶🍺
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username girl when are we getting the new music i already know it’s ok i’m ok like the back of my hand 😔
username dare i say … new album?
username i love her
username now the question is is it gonna be a heartbreak album (t*ylor) or a love album (alex)
username we don’t even know if they’re together anyway it might be a fling
username or … or …. they might just be friends
alex_albon 🙏🏽 (liked by yourusername)
username having too much fun alright

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alex_albon sightseeing 🍎
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username ho is you the sight?
username quick what’s in new york this week!
username no way he’s at the us open 😭
username alex are you dating y/n i promise i won’t tell just like this comment if you are i just wanna know
username okay y/n i kinda see it
username i’ve been saying thissss
username finally some appreciation 🙌🏽
yourusername 🤲🏽 (liked by alex_albon)
username why are they speaking in code
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tennischannel singer y/n y/l/n and formula 1 driver alex albon today watching the wta semifinals at the us open!
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username well if this didn’t confirmed it i don’t know what will
username they’re soooo dating 😔
username i have a feeling taylor felt them in the air and that’s why he lost his match lololol
username can you be anymore auraless
username they weren’t even watching his match and he still managed to lose 😭
username they might’ve broke up but her presence will haunt him forever or whatever stevie nicks said
username i’m so glad she’s still able to enjoy tennis with her new boyfriend 🥰
username right i would’ve been so pissed off if that man ruined it for her but she seems unbothered
username unbothered queen 😘

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yourusername mood cause “bloodonmyhands” is out on the streets (go stream itttt) 😇
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username girl-
username you know what, hell yeah
username this song is so addictive omg DANCE LIKE I CAN’T BE BOTHERED
username the way she basically admitted alex hates taylor … girl same
username he’s a real one
carmenmmundt loved! 💗 (liked by yourusername)
username the aesthetics of the video ?? hello miss ??? who was that on the helmet
username i might have an idea 😅 (liked by yourusername)
username y/n ??? explain 😭
username getting prettier by the second
username she ended taylor and praised alex in once sentence and honestly, preach
alex_albon 😍 (liked by yourusername)
username oh they’re not speaking in code anymore i see

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alex_albon blood … on … my … hands? 🩸
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username i knew it was him
username you can teeeell
username Y/N 🥰🥰🥰
username prepare to have the fight of your life alex
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yourusername thank you for being on the video you were brilliant 😽
alex_albon loved it ❤️
username ADJSJASK plssss
username never in my life i thought of a pair like this but yeah why not
username love them💘
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If you're in the UK and you're worried about benefit cuts, I know how you feel. I'm anxious, upset, and desperately angry. I'm sure a lot of you are too.
Scope, a UK based disability charity, outline the cuts and explain them here. This is kept up to date as things are discussed and changed by the government. They have a petition here.
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