Benedikte Ranum

Norwegian/European in exile (she). Humanist, though increasingly prefer dogs 🇳🇴🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇪🇺

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

You can't separate the male loneliness epidemic from the decline in male literacy. Lonely guys used to find solace in reading Nabokov and Austen, Dostoevsky and Dickens. Now they look for guidance to misogynists and grifters. And they are adrift.

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain.

It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown.

[Alfie | HITC Sevens @AlfiePottsH]

Would it surprise you discover that;

1) A man hasn't won the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year award, a woman has, and,

2) The panel didn't include anyone from the BBC, the winner was voted for by the public.

Yet this has 16k likes

We are a doomed species of terminal idiots.

[Tom Bacon @TomABacon]

So, I've just spent a bit of time looking into the debate on IHT and farming. I... got a shock. First, a note: I have a friend who runs a family farm. In his view, the whole thing is a something and nothing. 🧵

[Danny Boy @Care2much18]

This viral tweet and accompanying video is a textbook example of how racists distort and manipulate media to incite pile-ons.

Their target seems to be a lovely young woman but she isn't white and that's all the excuse these racists need.

Here's the truth behind the video: /1

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

During Trump's previous term, we witnessed the devastating real-world impacts: gutting reproductive healthcare access, undermining of legal equality for LGBT people, appointing religious ideologues to crucial judicial positions, and the elevation of religious privilege over individual rights.

Now we face the prospect of this happening again, but potentially with even greater intensity.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

[Reform UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Imagine an MP telling you men will be roaming the streets near you?

Imagine then posting a photo of where he thought they were, a hotel?

Misinformation that could have led to people attacking this building.

Like that hotel in Rotherham.

Right @LeeAndersonMP_?

[Benedikte Ranum @BenedikteTR]

@JudiSparre @MarkWesleybooks @Phoebe2403 I’m certainly not ashamed of being an inclusive feminist. And I’m afraid threatening me with a special place in hell won’t cause me to lose any sleep 😉

[Benedikte Ranum @BenedikteTR]

@Kristin30247520 @MarkWesleybooks @Phoebe2403 😂 interesting. In what way am I perverted, would you suggest?

[Benedikte Ranum @BenedikteTR]

@MarkWesleybooks @Phoebe2403 I’m a woman and I’d never sign such a petition. And I know lots of other women who wouldn’t either. But sure, just keep believing that you know what all women want…

[Reform UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Robert Lomas Reform UK candidate for Barnsley North had party support withdrawn for saying black people should "get off [their] lazy arses" & stop acting "like savages" during the GE.

Well he’s back, as Reform saying:

“If you voted for them [Labour], I hope you suffer.”

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

You may need to read this twice. Because the first time, you just won’t believe your eyes.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

JD Vance says women who haven’t given birth like Kamala Harris are “childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives,” and have “no direct stake” in America.

[Benedikte Ranum @BenedikteTR]

@andrew_b72

[Benedikte Ranum @BenedikteTR]

@andrew_b72 I would comment, but sadly I appear to have been erased overnight 😉

[Jess Phillips @jessphillips]

Today I have written to the Prime Minister about the conduct of one of his members of parliament, ex-PM Liz Truss.

[Dr Ju @juliaisobela]

I absolutely cackle when I remember that, during lockdown 1, my parents decided to re-enact a load of famous artworks

So, I present ‘my Dad with a Pearl earring’😅

[Benedikte Ranum @BenedikteTR]

@REOStirling @librarynative Such devastating news. John was a highly valued and greatly respected colleague. My heartfelt sympathy to you and the family.

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

Excellent new @FT #Brexit movie “We Need To Talk About Brexit” 🙌 shows how hard it is for those who believed in Brexit to admit it was a bad decision. They can talk about being disappointed by how it turned out.

Full film here:
https://t.co/0qqYzg0Xbb