So I did podcast to plug the upcoming musical adventure and chat about other various non-fascinating aspects of the Jones story so far. And I didnโt swear. Go me.
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Fun fact:
The Duchess of Sussex (aka Meghan Markle) is the only titled royal to have actually made her own money and not sponged off the state.
(And hats off to her and Prince Harry for out-sassing the entire congregation of Westminster Abbey at the weekend)
#MeghanMarkle
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@nationaltrust
@UNESCO
This is brilliant. Not only are
@nationaltrust
giving fantastic lessons in history in a very calm and factual way, but they are smoking out screaming racists at the same time.
Itโs like watching slugs come out in the rain.
Bravo you lovely lot. Excellent job all round.
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I think โLGBTQ History Monthโ should be renamed โHomophobic and Bigoted Straight People Lose Their Shit Monthโ
Itโs glorious to see.
#LGBTplusHM
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I was diagnosed with HIV in 2010
Itโs a treatable long term medical condition and being on effective treatment means I canโt pass in onto anyone else.
If you havenโt already, pls do some reading on all things HIV today.
Donโt be an ignorant twat.
#ZeroHIVStigmaDay
#UequalsU
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Re
#RussellBrand
To the โwhy didnโt they speak up before?โ mob:
I was sexually assaulted 25yrs ago and still havenโt reported it.
Why?
Shame; fear of not being believed; it terrifies me; Iโm not ready.
Does that invalidate my exp and let who did it to me off the hook?
No.
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This is a friend of mine. Sheโs a scientist currently working her nuts off to help sort this mess out. Please have a read of what she has to say, and then RT the shit out of it if youโre so inclined.
#vaccinations
#COVIDSecondWave
#COVID19
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@britishlibrary
Thank you
@britishlibrary
โค๏ธ
And to everyone on the thread who is struggling with this lovely post, Iโll just pop this here.
You all have a lovely month too!
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When I was diagnosed with cancer in April, I genuinely thought Iโd never see this beach again (Itโs my โretreat from evetything and everywhereโ place since I was a kid). Bit emotional coming back here today today having dodged that particular bullet
Hereโs to being not dead!
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๐48 (oh dear lord)
๐14yrs living with
#HIV
๐Undetectable from as soon as the meds kicked in
#UequalsU
๐my story:
๐Shameless
#MakeStigmaHistory
Sat on the tube. My ex boyfriend is opposite about 20 feet away down the carriage. Weโve both clocked each other (I think) but thatโs it.
Weird how a situation that left you feeling angry and hurt now just leaves you feeling incredibly sad.
I really hope heโs happy.
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The older I get the more I understand Carrie Bradshawโs obsession with shoes. Nipped out for a sandwich, came home with these bad boys.
Ted Baker never-been-worn charity shop effort. Result.
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This is my Nan.
At 25 she went to live in New York for a bit, came back to Wales, married 3 times, loved the pub, dancing, was unbeatable at poker. She hitchhiked until she was 75 and had a BF 25yrs younger than her when she died aged 85.
What a woman
#InternationalWomensDay
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@OliLondonTV
Christina Aguilera was doing it 20 years ago and I donโt think she condemned a generation to hell either.
If you genuinely give a toss about influencing kids then perhaps taking a look at the bollox you put out on twitter might be a cracking place to start.
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Just caught my 75yr old mother staggering up the garden path with a bucket full of hot soapy water to wash the car with.
โWould you like a handโ asks I, the dutiful son
โDo I look like I want a hand? Iโve seen Barbie - I donโt need a manโ she replied.
There we are then.
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I see Nadine Dorries is trending, not sure for what and can't be arsed to find out, but let's just take a moment to rejoice the deliciousness that is this... ๐
I would like to mark the sad resignation of Nadine Dorries by fondly recalling the historic occasion on which she learnt how the television station she was planning to sell was funded, live on air.
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Iโm going out. Like out. Iโve even washed, put on matching socks, and given myself a good spray of Estรฉe Lauder โYouth Dewโ.
I expect to be mobbed by the papps when I get to soho.
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Yesterday I did an i/v with
@BBCWales
journalist
@GemmaParry4
about being HIV+
No-one should be living in fear & shame just because they have a long term medical condition. If this article helps one person feel better, Iโm happy with that.
#WorldAiDSday
Nigel Farage, can draw a crowd but itโs always the most unfuckable crowd imaginable. Wish Iโd set up my magic bean stall outside, because if they believe what that twat says theyโll believe absolutely anything.
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@DMinghella
@eshelm
I think we need to move away from this narrative that โthey donโt get itโ and treat everything as if theyโre doing it on purpose.
Things make more sense thenโฆ
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If you voted remain, sign this. If youโve voted leave but changed your mind, sign this. If you werenโt allowed to vote in 2016 because of your age, sign this.
@theresa_may
still refuses to call a
#peoplesvote
so this is as close as we can get (for now)
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My mum is coming to stay. I thought Iโd โput the freshness backโ but instead have managed to drop the bastard thing on the rug and now the vacuum wonโt suck it up. My lounge now looks like someone has dropped a ton of Columbiaโs finest whilst smelling like a public toilet.
Marv
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@uk_sf_writer
I feel exactly the same about straight people. I donโt mind what they do in private but I donโt see why I should watch them on my TV, pushing their agenda. Itโs so woke.
In fact, Iโm not going to watch any more TV programmes with straight people in them.
Oh wait, hang onโฆ
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Can someone please tell our political parties that the electorate is made up of more than just โworking familiesโ?
There are many of us with just one pair of hands to tread water with in our households with no back up if we sink.
The nuclear family is not the norm by default.
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I donโt mean to sound like a grumpy arse, but as a singleton, Iโm fed up of politicians banging on about what theyโre going to do for couples /families and their children.
Whichever party fancies championing the cause of the likes of me will get my vote.
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Meeting some of the long lost relatives for lunch today. Mum has insisted I shave. I feel naked.
โI bloody love being the single middle-aged gay being under the thumb of my mum at Xmasโ said no single middle-aged gay ever.
Ho! Ho! Ho! ๐๐งโ๐๐คฃ
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I did a stint in childrenโs services in my previous work life, and I this is the first time Iโve ever seen a prog like this that really shows the complexities of the job. Social work, esp childrenโs, is tough and those on the frontline donโt get the credibility they deserve
#Kiri
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Life has been bit tough of late.
This evening I finally asked someone I love dearly for some help. He said yes, unconditionally, no judgement, and took away any sense of shame that stopped me asking in the first place.
Note to self: ditch the male pride thing, itโs pointless.
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I was diagnosed as being HIV+ in 2010 - thought life was going to end, it didnโt. Iโm undetectable, healthy, happy, and well on track to realising my dream of becoming a grumpy old man causing mayhem on a mobility scooter.
#ProudToBeMe
To celebrate the launch of our
#ProudToBeMe
campaign TOMORROW ๐ฑ we're hosting a special event in
@cineworld
Cardiff! To be in for a chance of winning one of 10 tickets (with +1's!) tweet us back with why you're
#ProudToBeMe
! ๐๐บ
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This is my Aunty Joan. Sheโs 96. When I was little, she was the only person who Iโd let cut my hair or pull my wobbly teeth out. She also managed to persuade my parents to let me learn the violin. I sprung her out of her care home today for Xmas lunch.
I love her.
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@nationaltrust
@UNESCO
I think what youโre doing is great. Itโs being handled and steered sensitively, the timing is exactly right, and any negativity youโre receiving says more about those people than it does about what youโre doing.
Please keep going!
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A corrupt, lying, failing, unelected government starts chucking bombs about in the same year weโre potentially going to have the opportunity to vote them out.
Didnโt see that coming
#NotInMyName
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@brexit_sham
@gingio
This is all very great but if the vast majority of these media outlets had done their jobs in the first place as opposed to trying to make the whole issue a click-bait ratings winning pantomime then chances are we wouldnโt be in this mess.
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@Camz_Rozay
@JamieBolton
@Pringster78
Thank you. Iโm just appalled that anyone still has to put up and listen to this shit. We all have a responsibility to call it out.
I do indeed have your back(s).
Love and peace xx
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@lottelydia
@MikeJ_C
She also got grief 10 years later in 2010, age 42, when she released โAll The Loversโ video - donned hotpants and was raised up into the sky on a bit of an orgy the size of a skyscraper.
Long may she reign.
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I have a friend staying and itโs been so nice to see them, but they are sleeping in my lounge and have been snoring loudly all night.
Itโs reaffirmed my commitment to remaining single - I will always have good sleep and will never be jailed for smothering someone with a pillow.
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If
@theresa_may
canโt get to the bottom of a tower block fire on her home turf after almost 12 months, how on earth can she know whoโs gassing who in a country 2.5k miles away within a matter of days? Total bollocks.
#NotInMyNameTheresaMay
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@tompeck
@michaelgove
But the frustrating thing with all of this is that journalists are only now firing the questions at this mob they shouldโve been firing right from the off. If there wasnโt this obsession with making the news โentertainmentโ then we might not actually have ended up in this shit.
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โSo tell me Jennifer - what first attracted you to the short, fat, misogynistic, racist, homophobic, bigoted, offensive, wealthy and extremely well-connected politician Boris Johnson?โ
#BorisAffair
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My dad died 10 years ago today. He was a very complicated man and we didnโt have a great relationship - turned out heโd been sitting on unresolved childhood trauma his entire life which was triggered by my very existence. Growing up, he was not very nice to me.
๐
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Toddled into the Llandrindod Wells Red Cross Shop today to do my little volunteering shift and just look at this window!
Lovely stuff.
What an awesome bunch they are โค๏ธ
#PrideMonth
#Cymru
#Wales