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Susannah Fleming

@susannahfleming.bsky.social

she/her. Primary care researcher in Oxford. Crafter. Volunteer with St John Ambulance. All opinions my own. Reshares do not imply endorsement.

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Susannah Fleming@susannahfleming.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm going to say it again because it needs saying. Trans women are women, trans men are men, and gender is a social construct that does not fit a neat binary. As a cis woman, I do not feel in any way threatened by my trans siblings.

Wretched Jester Fuckup@jackalpants.bsky.social · 2w ago

Reminder that "biological sex" is not a thing that exists. It is a legal fiction in every place that refers to it. In the UK, in the equality act, it means "the sex that was written on your original birth certificate." Incidentally, it doesn't matter if that's due to a clerical error.

‘We were horrified’: parents heartbroken as baby girl registered as male

Parents told Nottinghamshire registrar’s error on birth certificate cannot be changed

theguardian.com

Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 2w ago

Very very frustrating when couples can get married in churches because they like the aesthetics, but those who regularly attend for years and truly want God to be part of their lives and relationships cannot.

ianVisits@ianvisits.co.uk · 2w ago

This is a good example of why I am not a fan of the pivot to podcasts/audio articles. It says it takes 6 minutes to read (actually about 3 mins max), but 9 minutes to listen to. Audio is just such a SLOW way to consume words.

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Susannah Fleming@susannahfleming.bsky.social · 4w ago

Really disappointed that we (the church) are still doing this. Can we please not? And no, it doesn't matter if the course is outside the church auspices, which I sincerely hope it is. This is how spiritual abuse is perpetuated.

Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 4w ago

Very reassuring that the Diocese of Leicester has hired a new 'Director of Vocations' who is a trustee of a group which creates and promotes a course that requires participants to sit in a group and confess to "homosexuality", among a collection of "perverted sins".

Jay Hulme@jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 4w ago

But I don't know anything about tapes or digitisation or anything like that. I don't even know how I would play this. I don't even know if it's still in good enough condition to play. So my question is... How? How do I take these two tapes, this two part performance, and make the choir live again?

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Susannah Fleming@susannahfleming.bsky.social · last mo.

Suddenly reminded of the time I went through every key for two churches to discover that we did not, in fact, have a key to turn the fire alarm off. While the fire alarm was going off. After I set it off. To test it. (This is how I discovered that one of my friends can pick locks)

Merchant Adventurers’ Hall@merchantshallyork.org · last mo.

We are a very old building. We have lots of keys. We have lots of keys that don’t open anything. Join us for a one off installment of, “Keys of the Merchant Adventurers’ Hall that are pretty but completely useless”. 🔑 🧵

We are looking at two pewter plates with an assortment of large brass and iron keys in various shapes and sizes.
Small Robots@smolrobots.bsky.social · last mo.

As much as it's clearly a question of basic human morality that the RNLI save everyone they can, regardless of circumstances, what is the alternative being proposed by the far right? They're volunteers - are we suggesting they should have the power to determine who lives and dies at sea?

Susannah Fleming@susannahfleming.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Whether you need them is because you're doing something illegal, unwise, or just unlucky, the RNLI will put their lives at risk to help you. We do not appreciate how fortunate the British Isles are to have them (they work in Ireland too.)

Josh Luke Davis 🏳️‍🌈@joshlukedavis.com · 2mo ago

think it is probably worth pointing out that the entire reason the RNLI relies on donations and is not funded like the fire service or police is precisely to allow it to stay entirely independent of whatever government is in power so you know, it's worth keeping it going rnli.org/support-us/g...