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Catherine Sharp

@csharpwords

Reader, writer, gamer, chill swimmer, rugby fan, SFF geek, conrunner (currently Chair of Octocon); back in Wales after many years in Ireland. She/her

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NHS England pauses new prescriptions of cross-sex hormones for under-18s The health service said young people who already receive the drugs will continue to do so.

The Cass review, used to justify an ideological decision to withhold medical care from trans teenagers, is throughly discredited.
The Health Secretary and NHS England are lying to patients and their families and to the public.
This is severe institutional transphobia.
bbc.com/news/article...

09.03.2026 09:10 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 47 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
like to think I lead complex emotional life but then the sun comes out and i am happy. i am functionally no different from a big leaf

like to think I lead complex emotional life but then the sun comes out and i am happy. i am functionally no different from a big leaf

I think about this a lot

08.03.2026 14:35 πŸ‘ 757 πŸ” 136 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5

Not seen: A farmer with a boat and a bag of grain scrumpling up his plans and throwing them away in a tearful fit of defeated pique

07.03.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 360 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Haven't seen a chariot fall apart in Rome that badly since Ben Hur. #6Nations #ITAvENG

07.03.2026 18:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well done Scotland! Now come on Italy... #M6N

07.03.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like wearing white was a misstep for France, we appear to think they're England

07.03.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 175 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Have a great Comic Con!

07.03.2026 11:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I want to defend old SFF, but I have nothing to defend it with. That’s not to say it’s without value in reading them - they are the foundation of the current genre after all - and there are some great works out there. But if they don’t click or or you think meh - that’s fine. They’ve had their time.

07.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

It's brilliant - you know the whole Graham Norton Show story behind it, right?

06.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sad we didn't manage to hold onto the losing BP, but that's the best I have seen Wales play in ages.

06.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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No matter what we won

06.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 83 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

I don't expect to enjoy the match at all, but I am perfectly happy for Ireland to beat everyone else!

06.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Many happy returns of the day to you! And all the good cake.

06.03.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Volunteers can be absolutely anywhere! We organise online, and we run a solid online convention alongside the Irish in-person one.
Unfortunately we cannot reimburse our artists, much as we'd like to, but we hope not to ask too much of them.
Message me or email our Volunteer mgr for more info.

06.03.2026 16:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

All volunteers welcome! We need people to help at the convention itself, but it's a year-long job to make it happen in the first place...
[Downside: I'd be your boss.]

06.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd be asking for some tiny bottles so I could take most of it home with me.
(I originally posted with 'small bottles' and then realised I'd missed a trick!)

06.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have that Top Cat one, and all the ceramic ones that size from Pets at Home. I still need more though, even with just the 2 cats... HOW?!!

06.03.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

*twitches in 33.6kbps*

06.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here
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My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you.
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Threads thread: thriller_instinct 3d Is it okay to bully 40 and 50 year olds who are on social media just for being on it, cuz like why are you here - 254 Q 3.1K G 28 746 corporateash 18h β€’β€’β€’ My ICQ UIN is 7231680. That number is burned into my consciousness. I inadvertently learned that you could see private conversations in public chat rooms when using Telnet instead of a browser on GeoCities. I can tell you the difference in audible dial-up handshakes between 1200, 2400, 14.4 kbps modems. I needed a edu email address to join Facebook after my university was admitted. We were here at the beginning. We made social media. You wouldn't be in my Top 8. I have usernames older than you. 852 Q62 G6 72

β€œI have usernames older than you.”.
Holy shit

06.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 20727 πŸ” 4414 πŸ’¬ 766 πŸ“Œ 1137

If you're doomscrolling, guess what? So far there are 51 kākāpō chicks hatched and thriving this season, the same number of birds as we had in TOTAL in the 90s! Only one chick has died and there are still fertile eggs waiting to hatch!

06.03.2026 04:31 πŸ‘ 6379 πŸ” 1736 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 65

Returning the bee bombs I ordered as they are just balls of wildflower seeds and not, misleadingly, missiles made of several thousand angry bees to hurl at your enemies

05.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0
A cream point cat with pale blue eyes sits neatly on a blue rug.

A cream point cat with pale blue eyes sits neatly on a blue rug.

The prettiest cat in the world, who I adopted 10 days ago.

04.03.2026 19:10 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You absolutely CAN just wrap joints with duct tape and hope for the best!
You just aren't always going to get what you hope for. 😁

04.03.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Cold and sunny is my favourite, definitely, any time from November to March. (Coincidentally the months for my swimming group chilly dips challenge.)

03.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why would you not want all these things? I definitely do!

03.03.2026 11:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Curious myself - my mum went to Prague in 1964 with her church youth group (they were in their early 20s) but I don't know much about the trip. Though I do know she bought a puppet and a tiny toy bear made of real fur to use up the last of her money.

02.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep thinking that's what's got me but do I remember to take antihistamines? No I do not.
Fecking tree sex.

02.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A red dragon perched on a rock in an underground cave based on the story of the red dragon sleeping under Dinas Emrys - Upon being woken it fought and beat a white dragon also buried there.

A red dragon perched on a rock in an underground cave based on the story of the red dragon sleeping under Dinas Emrys - Upon being woken it fought and beat a white dragon also buried there.

Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Sant hapus / Happy St David's Day!

I thought I'd take this day to share some Welsh art and the stories that inspired them!
Thread 🧡

01.03.2026 16:59 πŸ‘ 498 πŸ” 181 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
Bookplate of daffodils by Anne Pratt

Bookplate of daffodils by Anne Pratt

🌼 Dydd Gšyl Dewi Hapus!🌼Happy St. David's Day!🌼

Daffodils have been a national symbol of Wales since the 19th century.

This bookplate of daffodils is from β€˜Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges and Ferns of Great Britain’ by the botanical illustrator Anne Pratt (1806-1893).

01.03.2026 10:15 πŸ‘ 104 πŸ” 37 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great analogy. Saw this on an anxiety page.
🧢 #knit

01.03.2026 07:34 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0