Val Dobson

Feminist great-granny with opinions. Spoonie & compulsive factchecker.
"I see, you're one of those." ~ Some random bloke on the internet.

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

@figcountry @janeclarejones There was a TV show about them: https://t.co/wplBL6b8YA

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

@FrenchComrade @janeclarejones Yes, there's always a meme.

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

Fake story. Look up 'Battle of Atbara'.

[Frank Place 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @BotFinderUK]

This British army veteran, who fought at Atbara, asked rioters in Southampton to stop jumping on his car.
They did this to him whilst roaring
'Hurrah for Farage'

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

Please be aware that the 'Justice For Henry Nowak' X account currently being RTd by big names is based in the US and is collecting donations in crypto. And as far as I can tell, it doesn't have the approval of the Nowak family.

[The Fourth Musketeer @IV_Musketeer]

Smells a dead mouse from a mile away. Eats anthrax for breakfast. Prevents epidemics just by existing.

The turkey vulture — the most important bird nobody respects.

THE NOSE:

→ Best sense of smell of any bird on Earth
→ Can detect ethyl mercaptan (decomposition gas) from 1+ mile
→ Gas companies add the same chemical to natural gas lines
→ Turkey vultures have circled gas leaks — engineers follow them

THE STOMACH:

→ Stomach acid: pH ~1 (nearly pure hydrochloric acid)
→ Destroys anthrax, botulism, cholera, hog cholera
→ Eats diseased carcasses that would otherwise spread epidemics
→ Essentially a flying biohazard disposal unit

THE BALD HEAD:

→ No feathers = bacteria can't get trapped when eating carrion
→ UV sunlight sterilizes the bare skin
→ Same reason vultures sunbathe with wings spread (UV sterilization)

THE FLIGHT:

→ Soars for hours without flapping (uses thermals)
→ Distinctive "wobbly" flight with wings in shallow V
→ Can cover 200 miles per day searching for carrion

WITHOUT VULTURES:

→ In India, vulture populations crashed 99% due to a cattle drug
→ Result: rotting carcasses, feral dog explosion, rabies epidemic
→ Tens of thousands of human deaths attributed to vulture decline

Respect the cleanup crew.

You need them more than they need you.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

37 years ago the Chinese army killed large numbers of people in Beijing and elsewhere when it cracked down on student protests. I was there and saw it happen myself. Nowadays China tries to claim the Tiananmen massacre was invented by the international media. That’s a total lie.

[Jennifer 🟥🔴🧙‍♀️🦉🐈‍⬛ 🦖 @babybeginner]

If you haven’t watched the full length movie of Terf Bunny One may I tell you that you are missing the creative work of the year!! @ZoeNope put this all together. Goodness knows how long it took. I have never laughed so hard. It’s good to giggle!!!

[SEEN in Journalism @JournalismSEEN]

‘Darren Rigby, who sent hoax death threats to schools is jailed’

All girls’ schools were specifically targeted. Rigby ‘threatened to carry out deadly attacks supposedly in response to the treatment of ‘transwomen’’. None of this features in the coverage across outlets, despite the evidence emerging in email evidence and in court, neither does it feature in the Merseyside Police report.

‘I’m going to kill every girl and woman staff member I come across’

‘I'm going to shoot and stab all your girls’

It’s a crime of extreme misogyny in the cause of ‘fighting trans oppression’ but any mention of ‘trans’ has been erased by the police, PA and all news outlets. In addition the BBC report hides the fact that it was a crime against women and girls.

https://t.co/mEtjqOXI7D

https://t.co/MjqUMeGDGa

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

@DukeofViseu @busterwoooolf @TheCinesthetic As for JKR funding it: the tiny volunteer organisation @ForWomenScot spent five years and about £350k bringing the case, entirely funded by donations. JKR donated £7K, the rest was all from ordinary people. Welcome as it was, FWS could have won without JKR's contribution.

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

@DukeofViseu @busterwoooolf @TheCinesthetic He probably means the UK's Supreme Court decision that the word 'sex' in the 2010 Equality Act refers to biological sex; therefore the term 'single-sex spaces' means exactly that. But everyone tells him that it's a law to genocide trans people, and thinking is soooo hard!

[Lloyd Quinan @QuinanLloyd]

B1 bombers and F35s incoming.

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

@Bob_cart124 It's got to be a very short guide:
1) Ignore the whole thing.
2) Get on with living your life and practice your faith.

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

@Kaufman1776 @Ron4California @TheGriftReport No, intestinal pbstruction.

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

@Ron4California @TheGriftReport It was an obstruction in her small intestine.

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

This is the calibre of Reform politicians. This fool hears "NHS offers prostate screenings to black men" and immediately thinks " Blacks are getting better treatment than whites!"

[Meral Hussein-Ece @meralhece]

What an absolutely ignorant message- this is for prostrate *screening* not drugs. Black men are more prone to develop prostrate cancer & less likely to get screened.

[Madelaine Hanson @MadelaineLucyH]

There’s a kind of guy you go on a date with and it’s like;

Him: I’m really into classic literature
You: Awesome, I love the Bronte sisters
Him: Did you know Emily Bronte wrote Wuthering Heights, and her sister, Charlotte Bronte, wrote Jane Eyre?
You: Yep
Him: Jane Eyre is about this orphaned governess
You: …Yep
Him: You’d really enjoy it I think

[Shambo of Luxembourg @BradfemlyWalsh]

You will never guess what this is a response to 😆

[Bairdric @Bairdric1]

There’s literally nothing that we won’t deep fat fry. It’s also a fuckin miracle there’s a Scotsman alive over the age of 45. Best cuisine in the fuckin world

[Val Dobson @ValDobson]

@BradfemlyWalsh I live in a flat, so I have "bedroom codeine" and "living room codeine". If I could get a sofa into the kitchen, I'd have "kitchen codeine" as well!