Edith Charles 🏳️‍⚧️

Edith Charles 🏳️‍⚧️

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Known on Twitter as @thestuffofmemes | Recovering journalist | Bylines: Huck, Dazed, ThinkProgress, Guardian (US) | homelessness survivor |♿|🏳‍⚧|🏳‍🌈|⛓|🎲| polyamorous | Trekkie | marooned (normal island) | she/her | abolish golf

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When the priorities of an electorate aren't borne out by the priorities of a "strong government" they elect, it's not because their wildly skewed electoral systems are failing, but rather because they're working exactly as designed. Why give voters actual democracy when the mere feel of one will do?

good heavens www.ft.com/content/7410...

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seeing a handful of folks respond to the neil gaiman allegations with some version of “i knew it bc he married amanda palmer” and while i’m all for dunking on amanda palmer (who SUCKS) i just wanna mention abusers can surround themselves with kind and lovely people and still do abuse too ✌️

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Lmao.

These people have studied economics, they aren't mistaken, just lying. All this "an economy is like a household" dogshit is how we let austerity create this mess and they are signalling their full intent not to fix any of it.

Not even one day and she’s at it already

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Now that Penny Mordaunt has lost her seat am I allowed to say something without you guys getting mad

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Yep. Historically they're both middling performances for Labour in terms of votes and vote share bsky.app/profile/nava...

The interesting thing about that one for me is that the historic Labour defeat of 2019 happened on a vote share that was 8th best out of the last 12 elections, and the historic Labour victory of 2024 was achieved on a vote share 7th best of 12 FPTP is a crazy system...

The funny thing about Starmer's supposedly historic mandate to sit on his hands and entrench our managed decline is that going by ballot count Jeremy Corbyn won more votes in 2019

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Know the Rules

Still floored by how amazing this is

Intake part 2: they've just referred me for both an autism assessment and, at long fucking last, EMDR! It's taken me YEARS to fight for this outcome, I'm literally shaking with surprise and relief. This is EXACTLY what I wanted. I made it here alive? I WASN'T wrong to spit in death's eye after all??

They've been more openly friendly towards Marine Le Pen than the left of their own party you ham sandwich

Labour’s campaign was extremely cautious, and given past defeats I understand why. But now the UK center-left has a huge majority in a system with many fewer choke points than in the U.S. Let’s hope they’re ready to govern like the dominant party they now are

I once again need USA bluesky to be made aware of just how serious a country Britain is

Sunak concedes, it's all over. I feel nothing about this. I sure have been reading some news about a thing. What's for dinner

Now that Penny Mordaunt has lost her seat am I allowed to say something without you guys getting mad

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HAHAHA GLORIOUS 🤣 COULDN'T EVEN MAKE 200 YOU FASCIST PIECE OF SHIT

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why would i need energy drinks when i already have monster cans

bad cat photography is one of my greatest sources of amusement

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I LIKE GOTH CHICKS WITH BIG ASSESSSSS

GENERALS GATHERED IN THEIR MASSES

All I really need to say about this incoming Labour government is that my cozy little flat is perfectly placed for shattered protesters in central London to receive a couple hours of TLC before they go home 🖤🍲

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It's actually good that all the rancid cunts at the telegraph feel sad, but I am reminded that not a single one of them will suffer materially in any way from this and that Rachel Reeves will prioritise them over the homeless.

And the Telegraph winds up its election coverage with one last ‘fuck all of you’.

So there's just not going to be any effective opposition for the next 5+ years and that's obviously fucking horrifying for targeted minorities such as my little self etc etc however for half a minute that exit poll made me laugh and laugh and laugh so I guess I've got everything I could've hoped for

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I used to think my puns about 20th century linguistics were good but now I’m not Saussure.

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Think my father was okay with my youngest brother transitioning because he finally had a son to be proud of

I transitioned because all the women in my family were lame as fuck and someone needed to do a better job

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Do it!

My girlfriend just got hatecrimed and she's quite shaken up, who wants to help the poor girl out by sponsoring a much-needed bottle of wine?

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My girlfriend just got hatecrimed and she's quite shaken up, who wants to help the poor girl out by sponsoring a much-needed bottle of wine?

"It's game over today for you dirty bastard's" - What some pink, gammon faced builder just yelled out of a van window at me, as I wait on a street in London.. Please get me tf out of this fashy fucking shithole

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Wishing my American friends a very happy 9/11 today

As a direct descendent of Benedict Arnold and a seasoned poster my position regarding his treachery was that fucking over America was hilariously based but fucking over the mother of his children was unforgivable, happy fourth of July folks

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July 4th is very rough on my dog (he is a royalist and considers George Washington a traitor)

I can't wait to see how the Bluesky community reacts to the Neil Gaiman allegations after everything you kids have all had to learn recently about the cost of disbelieving an accuser simply because you like the accused.

Fuck this rotten little island

"It's game over today for you dirty bastard's" - What some pink, gammon faced builder just yelled out of a van window at me, as I wait on a street in London.. Please get me tf out of this fashy fucking shithole

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"It's game over today for you dirty bastard's" - What some pink, gammon faced builder just yelled out of a van window at me, as I wait on a street in London.. Please get me tf out of this fashy fucking shithole