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Daniel Douglas Howell

@shinydan

No, not that one. 51, UK, Bisexual, autistic, proud nerd. Hope. Billionaires: pogue mahone. #LookDadNewTunes #DouglasWatchesEveryAnime

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@miss-cassiopeia.bsky.social one for you?

09.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hasbro’s CEO on J.K. Rowling. We just published our new Decoder interview with Chris Cocks, the head of Hasbro. I asked him directly about how he thinks about author J.K. Rowling’s politics and what it’s done to the Harry Potter f...

cannot stress enough that "separate the art from the artist" was meant for private individuals reconciling the art they love with its flawed creators and not meant for the ceo of a company driving a dump truck of money up to a bigot's front porch

www.theverge.com/podcast/8914...

09.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 6396 πŸ” 1826 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 131

Hasbro own Dungeons and Dragons.

09.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good People of Holyhead, my band are filming a music video this Wednesday, 10.30am till 3pm. Do you want to be in it? Pop me a message for details and come and say hello. It's been a while x

09.03.2026 20:02 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As I've mentioned before: if Hasbro releases a Harry Potter MTG:A set you take a break from MtG:A until it's no longer the new set. Get none of the cards. Not even with the free in-game currency. Make it actively lose them daily log-ins.

09.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Make it an economically bad choice. If any Harry Potter D&D books come out do not buy them. Do not live-stream games set in the "potterverse" and do not watch any live-streams of "potterverse" games.

09.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Paradise Towers" is fascinating. The terror and the silliness go hand in hand, and it's clearly the point where the Doctor changed from Good to explicitly Chaotic Good. Richard Briers does his usual excellent work and the cast is very deep.

#GreatWhoPilgrimage #SeventhDoctor

09.03.2026 18:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I've said it a thousand times already.

Adults with unhealthy relationship to their own sexuality is the source of SO MUCH OF SOCIETY'S PROBLEMS.

09.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Curses! Foiled by the jet age!

09.03.2026 13:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Make sure to get his consent first, you know.

09.03.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I know I’ve got some Labour local gov’t types following me, so I want to say this clearly so that you can share it internally as appropriate: I will never again vote Labour while these policies, or Wes Streeting, are in place. I will not vote Labour at any level because of this.

09.03.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 703 πŸ” 155 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 13

Medical transition for trans kids is now banned for new referrals on the NHS. Trans kids in the UK can still go private or DIY (for now).

This means the new clinics that replaced GIDS are close to useless at best, conversion therapy at worst. 1/5

09.03.2026 07:55 πŸ‘ 2056 πŸ” 784 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 25

"SOE Memorial in Portsmouth"? I've had a brief look and I can't figure out where it is, unless it's part of the one by the Guildhall. Is that it?

08.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Sudden sense of dread. Xx

08.03.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If humanity comes through this in one piece, the "west" - if the term still means anything - must comprehensively denazify, detrumpify and deRussify itself. And figure out some way to make the lessons stick. No excuses this time.

08.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wasn't a bronie, I saw the show over my daughter's shoulder. But I've never felt as represented in a cartoon as I did by Pinkie Pie.

08.03.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

except for the ones that actually are, but they make it very clear on the covers.

08.03.2026 14:43 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never miss a chance to tell my favourite science joke:

Q: What did Crick & Watson discover?

A: Rosalind Franklin’s lab book.

08.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 466 πŸ” 176 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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one of my favorite moments of TNG is when Picard is immediately unable to contain his horse autism

07.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 3804 πŸ” 1063 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 101
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How Pixar’s Open Sexism Ruined My Dream Job (Guest Column) A former Pixar employee writes that after John Lasseter's departure, the company still has a lot of work to do to fix its sexist culture.

If you're wondering how bad things were at Pixar for women, the answer is pretty horrifyingly bad.

08.03.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 3615 πŸ” 1423 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 118

Hmmm... I need help from the BlueSky hive mind.

The next phase of Beast development is going to cost for prototyping and dev kits. There's some interesting stuff planned, but I can't afford to push it forward.

Selling MicroBeasts helps, though sales are hard in the current economic environment. 🧡

23.02.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3

On International Women’s Day a reminder that my Alice had a mother and a sister and grannies, aunts, girl friends and girl cousins.

They all loved her as a woman.

When the transphobes say they speak for all women and are protecting women and girls, they are wrong.

08.03.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 488 πŸ” 98 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Sorry to ask what may be a strange question, but trans people, do you think the Labour government is actively or aggressively anti-trans?

07.03.2026 18:55 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 147 πŸ“Œ 23
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Which human remains are held in UK museums – and where? Institutions including the Natural History Museum and Cambridge University hold more than 263,000 human remains, Guardian investigation finds

Second β€œexplainer” piece here www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

07.03.2026 22:06 πŸ‘ 78 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This FOl enquiry for the Guardian has taken up a great deal of my life for the past 2 years. (1/3)

07.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 424 πŸ” 167 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 17
Meet The Beast πŸ”₯ AEW Wrestling's Dustin Rhodes brings his Mastiff, Beast, to Crufts 🐢
Meet The Beast πŸ”₯ AEW Wrestling's Dustin Rhodes brings his Mastiff, Beast, to Crufts 🐢 YouTube video by Crufts

For those who didn't see it: Dustin "Goldust" Rhodes' dog Beast placed Third In the Working Group Open class at Crufts today. #AEW #BeastIsAllElite

www.youtube.com/watch?v=slTa...

07.03.2026 22:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"First, build your steam engine"

07.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As you can see from the article, he did a lot more than that.

07.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Adolphe Sax - Wikipedia

the world needs more lunatics (complimentary) like Adolph Sax. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe...

07.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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WrestleChapsTV - Twitch WRESTLECHAPS x WAFFLY BOLLOX - Pro Wrestling Mixtape Watchalong Alpha 3!

Plug plug plug plug pluggy pluggy plug plug starts in five minutes plug plug plug

07.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1