If Recon is becoming the MySpace of the fetish world, does that make GearFetish Geocities?

Should be sleeping, but had an idea for an Italian inspired BBQ treat and now dribbling over a specialist importer's web site.

** GLOBAL LEATHER COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT ** It's time that the global leather community had a permanent AIDS memorial in the National AIDS Memorial Grove. Now there will be one. You can donate at the link. Please consider sharing to your leather community networks. givebutter.com/stone-that-r...

Stone That Remembers, Leather Boulder

Leather Community Boulder Fundraiser for the National AIDS Memorial in San Francisco.

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Oh, what fun. Someone's got my credit card number and trying to spend £804 in Glasgow. So I have to do the usual dance of updating loads of stuff. Glad they caught it, before it was approved, but still a nuisance.

Just got one of those fake robocalls about Visa fraud, offering the choice of pressing two to speak to one. So I did, and once he said "thank you for calling Visa fraud department, how can I help you?" I said "I'd like to know if you've got a big cock." He hung up on me without answering.

The trouble with trolleys. Ding ding!

@rachaelhouse.bsky.social

From today, if you see a well-known TERF going to the toilet, you should challenge their right to do so, to protect other people from their vile ideology. May they never piss in peace.

New transphobic guidance comes into force today in the UK. Based on a twelve year old's idea of biology, and rooted in TERF delusions, it will empower bigots to harass trans people even more. Look out for people. Stand by your trans.

Speaking of baked goods, I think I've almost perfected my Swedish cardomum buns.

Have ordered two of these little e-ink displays; they have an ESP32 built in, and I think one would be ideal as a remote control for some of the playroom bits and pieces. www.seeedstudio.com/reTerminal-S...

reTerminal Sticky

Sticky is a 3.97-inch AI-powered magnetic ePaper display that keeps your family connected through visible notes, weather updates, and thoughtful messages. Simply speak to create content, manage it rem...

seeedstudio.com

Life goal. Supplant Mr Brain as the nation's favourite.

Leather community members, check out Boots on the Ground. Great organization. They are helping to rally and educate kinksters about how we can maintain our democracy and freedoms in these tumultuous times. bannon.substack.com/p/leather-an...

Leather and Liberation

A new organization, Boots On The Ground, seeks to empower the leather, fetish, and kink communities to stand up for democracy and freedom.

bannon.substack.com

Trying to convince myself that I don't really need a special tool for slicing spring onions. www.souschef.co.uk/products/jap...

Japanese Stainless Steel Saku Spring Onion Slicer

Slice spring onions in seconds with the Saku spring onion slicer. Made in Japan, this handy gadget will cut your prep time in half. It transforms whole spring onions into fine, uniform strips. Place y...

souschef.co.uk

Yay! First reservation for the new zine received. Fine out more at subdirectory.uk/manumission

So, here's a little more info about my next project, a Zine launching in September. I'd be delighted if people would help spread the word. subdirectory.uk/manumission

So, here's a little more info about my next project, a Zine launching in September. I'd be delighted if people would help spread the word. subdirectory.uk/manumission

So, it turns out this swingers club is known as "Chunky Muffins" I worry about straight people.

subdirectory.uk@subdirectory.uk · 7d ago

Have you ever dreamed of running a rural swingers club? This could be the dream property for you.

Just saw a shop called "Cheeky chickens" from the bus, and now I'm wondering whether a gay bar that caters to twinks and sells fried chicken is a viable business model.

So, I'm looking for someone who's a member of Qualgeist to write some words for me, about what it is, why it's special, and so forth. Drop me a line if this appeals to you.

Me at the @lmi.bsky.social BBQ. Photo by @job2000.bsky.social My own photos should be back and ready to scan early next week.

Realised I didn't share pictures of my cakes. Vanilla and cardomum sponge, with printed toppers.

Watch this space over the weekend for an update on my zine project!

Have you ever dreamed of running a rural swingers club? This could be the dream property for you.

Madame Pinkness@madamepinkness.bsky.social · 7d ago

Any time I see a noteworthy house listing, oh has @oldenoughtosay.com seen it yet? "Extensive entertainment facilities" indeed. www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/9...

FB reminds me that it's a year since this glorious encounter on Recon, which at least got me a recipe for brownies, even if it didn't get me laid.

Ugggh. Still almost 26 degrees outside in London. And after two bus trips today, my dizziness is back. Going to have to stay in with the Aircon tomorrow and do meetings online, as it's forecast to touch 34, which will make the buses unbearable (and unsafe)

A community member said to me during this week's leather festivities "When I get a title I will _____." Another person the next day said "Maybe If I join a club I can contribute _____." I hear this all the time and it saddens me people think this way. bannon.substack.com/p/the-power-...

The Power of One

You don’t need a club, organization, title, or anyone’s permission to make a difference.

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May add an extra item to the style guide for my forthcoming zine: "Mention of the film Pillion (2025) is strictly forbidden. Little good ever comes of it. Save it for a Media Studies zine instead."

Eric Nilsson@taggaintemig.bsky.social · last wk.

Tonight: Vigil for Berlin Pride at Soho Square, London.

Why spend money on an expensive trip to Berlin for Folsom Europe, when I can get the same experience by taking the 254 to Holloway Road?