Emma Chaplin 🏳️⚧️
@emmachaplin.bsky.social
Sweary. Neurodivergent. Wildlife, Swifts in particular, Pells Pool, Lewes stuff, including food & drink. Profile pic is Lucy from Peanuts. Header pic is Look After Swifts banner. She/her Ei/hi Trans women are women
The Caprons is for sale at the bottom of Keere Street I see. Iconic Lewes house that belonged to Asa Briggs, a founding father of Sussex Uni
As a group admin, you can bet I'm declining comments from people who have Reform or similar as other groups they follow. So sue me.
Retired history lecturer friend's been looking into my Irish family. The Duffys were evicted from their tiny farm by Lord 'the exterminator' Lucan, father of the nanny murderer. They came to Liverpool most likely on a coal boat, as did 100s of 1000s of others during the potato famine. So many died
Viz, August 4th 2020 Star Letter - plant entitlement/Monty Don:
I'm going to have tattooed on my head: WORD COUNTS AREN'T SERVING SUGGESTIONS MUTHAFUCKERS. How's your day going m'ducks?
YOU made toilets weird, transphobes. OF COURSE I won't be policing them
Jo the Hat@jothehat.eurosky.social · 2d agoCis woman here - I will NOT be policing toilets and I will be putting myself between anyone trying to be the toilet police and the person they're bullying.
There's a Sussex seaweed called Little Fat Sausageweed. Yeah, baby
Sausage Man Cartoon Character
ALT: Sausage Man Cartoon Character
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“I know he had horrible views, was unpleasant about LGBTQ people, was widely reported to have been revolting to his wives and wrote about wanting having sex with young girls and wanting to get rid of the ban on child pornography, but he was really nice to me at dinner once, RIP” Really?! #getagrip
TV crush from younger years. There were a few. One or maybe both of Alias Smith & Jones. The Virginian. And Avon from Blake's 7!
Hilary@hilarym.bsky.social · 2d agoEverything is shit at the moment, so lets try and cheers things up a bit... post your TV/Film crush from your younger years. David Attenborough - so long ago most of his “young” pics are in black & white but here’s a glorious Technicolor one🙂
A pigeon just flew over my head. I love that whistling sound their wings make
Holly Johnson in trans pride colours at #BrightonPride. What a bloody hero he is #ThePowerOfLove ,🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️🏳️⚧️
Most of my gorgeous, screaming summer Swift visitors are on their way back to Africa. I'll bloody miss 'em. Until next year, you beauties
Han Solo's Goodbye Farewell
ALT: Han Solo's Goodbye Farewell
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What were your favourite childhood sweets that could be weighed out? Sherbet lemons for me but I loved anything that destroyed your tongue. Acid drops. Pineapple cubes.
Good Omens Sherbet Lemon
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Serves 6? What, Borrowers? Fancy Viennetta I reckon
"CO2 [remains] in the air for thousands of years,” said Rahmstorf. “Some people think we can wait and, when it gets too bad, then we reduce emissions and things will get better again. People don’t realise that we can’t make it get better again. We can only prevent it from getting much worse"
‘We can’t make it better again’: what Europe’s wildfires tell us about the climate crisis
In this week’s newsletter: As France and Spain battle huge fires in this summer of relentless heat, will it be enough to spur us to take action?
theguardian.com
Happy Brighton Pride all. Have a glorious day 🏳️🌈
Today is the birthday of cartoonist Jackie Ormes (Aug. 1, 1911-Dec. 26, 1985), the first Black woman to create a newspaper comic strip that was read nationally in the US. She created Torchy Brown in Dixie to Harlem, Torchy in Heartbeats & Patty-Jo ‘n’ Ginger. Patty Jo became a toy doll.
The Odyssey by N.C. Wyeth (1929) hard to find good quality photos/scans of these but I like this looser, more impressionist Wyeth
What is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?
Anyone in the Sussex area, this looks like a cool event.
Charleston — Queer Bloomsbury 2026
Queer Bloomsbury festival returns 15 August 2026
charleston.org.uk
I'm glad Malling Community Cafe will continue in a new form - very important resource
Oh yes. Not always keen on this many adjectives, but in this case, every one correct
Seán MacGabhann@seanmacgabhann.bsky.social · 6d agoEvery word (Especially regarding Wenger, sadly)
My colleague getting into unc culture (yes I had to look it up)
The team at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve are looking for a part-time volunteer co-ordinator. sussexwt.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
