Watching the City Matchday stream, and was amused when the lad presenting it addressed Shaun Goater as “baby”, and both were completely relaxed about it.

Today we crossed the water to the Kingdom of Fife, where we blessed The Hive, a fabulous LGBTQI+ community space in Kirkcaldy.

On the train to Kirkcaldy, which requires crossing a certain famous bridge:

https://youtube.com/shorts/H-7prltro20?si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE

What do you mean by “in the way”, ape? #DailyMenhit #CatsOfMastodon

Let me take you on a guided tour of what might be the world’s greatest bookshop.

A photo 🧵

Let’s start outside, on a very ordinary English shopping street.

A shop front that barely hints of the fractal world of books that lies within.

Interesting, and in places terrifying, article about Team Trans, an all-transgender ice hockey team. https://www.bbc.com/sport/64047085

@cobrabay copy and paste error :-(

Rally for Trans Equality

On the 16th of January, the UK confirmed that they will block the Scottish Gender Recognition Reform Bill. This is an attack on trans people and the Scottish Parliament.

Protect trans rights. Defend democracy.

1.30pm, 19th of January.
Rally point: Queen Elizabeth House, Edinburgh EH8 8FT.

#RallyForTransEquality

@An_Alex3 @abbysyarns is making regular updates.

@callme_jc Oh yes, although “for you” was always reassuring in that it was clear they knew absolutely nothing about me.

@Uilebheist I’ve been making extensive use of block and mute, but today I just feel rotten.

@Uilebheist I get the impression that a significant number of white people have taken the desire of Black and other minoritised folk to talk openly about systemic injustice, and how it affects them, as permission to post all sorts of traumatic shit without CW.

Note, it’s not the folk on the receiving end of said systemic injustice who are at fault here.

Am now finding the Fediverse as traumatic as Twitter.

RT @SpillerOfTea@twitter.com

This year in the United Kingdom:

• the Home Secretary tells a holocaust survivor that she won’t apologise for using the same language Nazis used to justify murdering her family

• TERFs uncritically invoke Mein Kampf to justify their hatred of trans people

It is 15th January.

Hello down there! #DailyMenhit #CatsOfMastodon #FromTheArchives

@evilrooster Today I made the trip to IKEA.

I really have to remember that phrases such as “thank goodness, Pep’s not fucking around this time” are not in any language known to @cstross

Think of one thing you did this week that you’re proud of.

One thing.

No matter how big or small.

Just one.

Celebrate it.

And yourself, for making it happen.

❤️

Shabbat Shalom.