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Amabel

@amabelthornton.bsky.social

Music and comedy fan. Avid reader of fantasy and sci-fi. Cat owner. She/her.

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Amabel@amabelthornton.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Just one more reason to adore Robin Ince. A gentleman who has decided that allyship is more important than career. I've been humming and hawing over buying Ice Cream For A Broken Tooth but will get off the fence this week and support an independent Edinburgh bookshop in the process.

Robin Ince@robinince.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

This is the saddest day of my professional life. Today is not only the final recording of the latest series of The Infinite Monkey Cage, it is my last ever Monkey Cage. I never thought that I would have to leave the show. I always imagined going on until | dropped dead under the studio lights due to a brain aneurysm caused by my final attempt to understand notions of quantum gravity or the shock of being told about fly maggot infestations in the sacks of macaque monkeys. I resigned in September, after sixteen years of dedication to the show, A show that I named and helped develop over all those years. Unfortunately, my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime, whether it has been voicing support for the trans community, criticism of Donald Trump, numerous other outlandish opinions, including once gently criticising Stephen Fry. These things were considered to conflict with being a freelance BBC science presenter
Veronica Bane@veronicabane.bsky.social · 2y ago

Did your child lose their book collection in the Los Angeles fires? Are you a teacher at a school that lost its library or your classroom library? Whether you need one book or a whole library, we can replace your books. 📚 Everyone else, please boost this post so we can connect with those in need. 🙏

Amabel@amabelthornton.bsky.social · 2y ago

2024 was another successful year of making it out for at least one live music or live comedy gig a month. January was comedy in the form of The Stand Edinburgh's Saturday night show with Jo Caulfield (I was meant to be going out for music on Jan 31st but Buckcherry cancelled due to illness).