Clare GM
@clareactual.bsky.social
fat butch cyborg. passionate disabled queer. hockey fan. nerd. she/they.
Just did my final pilgrimage to Johnny Bigg at Highpoint. If you didn’t know that they’re closing next week, I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news. That returns Hightpoint’s Plus Size Retailer Count to 1 (though of course I can’t buy anything from that one remaining shop 🙃)
July 25, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Just did my final pilgrimage to Johnny Bigg at Highpoint. If you didn’t know that they’re closing next week, I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news. That returns Hightpoint’s Plus Size Retailer Count to 1 (though of course I can’t buy anything from that one remaining shop 🙃)
The book I am currently reading* may have a non-binary protagonist, but of course it’s the character with the description “never has an ally looked more like a Fox News anchor” who wears the same scent as I do 😅
*Puck, by Samantha Allen
*Puck, by Samantha Allen
July 21, 2026 at 10:29 AM
The book I am currently reading* may have a non-binary protagonist, but of course it’s the character with the description “never has an ally looked more like a Fox News anchor” who wears the same scent as I do 😅
*Puck, by Samantha Allen
*Puck, by Samantha Allen
My wife and I were on holiday in Daylesford recently and we got to talking with another couple. They asked us where we were from, and when I said “Melbourne” the woman rolled her eyes and said “yes obviously, but WHERE in Melbourne?!” I feel UNBELIEVABLY called out, but also weirdly complimented.
July 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
My wife and I were on holiday in Daylesford recently and we got to talking with another couple. They asked us where we were from, and when I said “Melbourne” the woman rolled her eyes and said “yes obviously, but WHERE in Melbourne?!” I feel UNBELIEVABLY called out, but also weirdly complimented.
We’ve been in Canberra for over a week and they appear to have heard of the CONCEPT of disabled parking here but failed to grasp the fundamental realities of it. Parks are routinely standard width, without space around them, and SO FAR from entrances. Why? I KNOW there are disabled public servants!
January 11, 2026 at 9:33 PM
We’ve been in Canberra for over a week and they appear to have heard of the CONCEPT of disabled parking here but failed to grasp the fundamental realities of it. Parks are routinely standard width, without space around them, and SO FAR from entrances. Why? I KNOW there are disabled public servants!
It was a very sad moment for me. And at Christmas too!
My wife just sang a beautiful latin requiem for a beloved old pair of socks she was throwing in the bin.
December 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
It was a very sad moment for me. And at Christmas too!
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Why is inclusive participation in sports so important when not everyone is an athlete?
“It’s important because when we exclude trans people in one area of society, it sets a dangerous precedent to exclude trans people in other areas,” writes Harrison Browne. thewalrus.ca/i-was-the-first-...
“It’s important because when we exclude trans people in one area of society, it sets a dangerous precedent to exclude trans people in other areas,” writes Harrison Browne. thewalrus.ca/i-was-the-first-...
May 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Why is inclusive participation in sports so important when not everyone is an athlete?
“It’s important because when we exclude trans people in one area of society, it sets a dangerous precedent to exclude trans people in other areas,” writes Harrison Browne. thewalrus.ca/i-was-the-first-...
“It’s important because when we exclude trans people in one area of society, it sets a dangerous precedent to exclude trans people in other areas,” writes Harrison Browne. thewalrus.ca/i-was-the-first-...
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Morning Bluesky.
Another world-first from the NHS - a gonorrhoea vaccine. Which is also the meningitis B vaccine.
Another world-first from the NHS - a gonorrhoea vaccine. Which is also the meningitis B vaccine.
Gonorrhoea vaccine to be rolled out in England from August
The treatment will be offered to those most at risk from August after a record number of cases.
www.bbc.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Morning Bluesky.
Another world-first from the NHS - a gonorrhoea vaccine. Which is also the meningitis B vaccine.
Another world-first from the NHS - a gonorrhoea vaccine. Which is also the meningitis B vaccine.
We made scones this afternoon and watched Maurice (1987), a gorgeous film I cannot BELIEVE I haven’t seen before. Hugh Grant at his floppiest! These scones are best viewed while listening to the Allegri “Miserere”
May 11, 2025 at 7:22 AM
We made scones this afternoon and watched Maurice (1987), a gorgeous film I cannot BELIEVE I haven’t seen before. Hugh Grant at his floppiest! These scones are best viewed while listening to the Allegri “Miserere”
We actually had a pretty non-nerdy wedding for two nerds. But the music we walked down the aisle to was definitely nerdy. I walked to “Ride of the Valkyries” from Wagner’s Ring Cycle and @baglieg.bsky.social walked to “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)”, the version from the Tank Girl soundtrack.
Okay, the nerdiest thing at your wedding. Go!
STORYTIME.
At our wedding, my astronomer husband and I had a planetarium show (YES NERDS WE KNOW). The MC told everyone to get drunk first. During the show my drunk aunt-in-law shouted "SHOW US URANUS" and he had a whole BIT about how Uranus got rammed by something hard and let out a lot of gas. 😂
At our wedding, my astronomer husband and I had a planetarium show (YES NERDS WE KNOW). The MC told everyone to get drunk first. During the show my drunk aunt-in-law shouted "SHOW US URANUS" and he had a whole BIT about how Uranus got rammed by something hard and let out a lot of gas. 😂
May 11, 2025 at 2:40 AM
We actually had a pretty non-nerdy wedding for two nerds. But the music we walked down the aisle to was definitely nerdy. I walked to “Ride of the Valkyries” from Wagner’s Ring Cycle and @baglieg.bsky.social walked to “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)”, the version from the Tank Girl soundtrack.
I’d forgotten how weird it is switching between IIHF hockey and NHL hockey. They just feel different. This morning we’re watching Caps v Canes.
May 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I’d forgotten how weird it is switching between IIHF hockey and NHL hockey. They just feel different. This morning we’re watching Caps v Canes.
Excited tonight to catch the one IIHF #MensWorlds group stage game for Canada or Sweden being played at a time I can actually watch here in Australia! I almost feel bad for cheering for Canada against this plucky Slovenian team. It’s just so nice to be able to watch hockey again!
May 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Excited tonight to catch the one IIHF #MensWorlds group stage game for Canada or Sweden being played at a time I can actually watch here in Australia! I almost feel bad for cheering for Canada against this plucky Slovenian team. It’s just so nice to be able to watch hockey again!
I think it's a bit rude that I'm not able to purchase accessible seats to a theatre performance while the show is in pre-sale and have to wait and take my chances when the tickets go on sale proper (and pay full price too!). Just doesn't seem right.
March 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I think it's a bit rude that I'm not able to purchase accessible seats to a theatre performance while the show is in pre-sale and have to wait and take my chances when the tickets go on sale proper (and pay full price too!). Just doesn't seem right.
This morning my wife (after experiencing a stirring rendition of my new hit single “Highpoint” to the tune of “Loathing” from Wicked) remarked that being married to me is like being married to the princess from Enchanted 🫅🏻
February 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
This morning my wife (after experiencing a stirring rendition of my new hit single “Highpoint” to the tune of “Loathing” from Wicked) remarked that being married to me is like being married to the princess from Enchanted 🫅🏻
I’m doing a Book Bingo this year, with the aim of reading 25 books overall and with the order of my books being chosen by a random number generator. The bingo card came from someone on tumblr and includes prompts from “social justice & activism” to “romance” to “has an animal on the cover”
January 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I’m doing a Book Bingo this year, with the aim of reading 25 books overall and with the order of my books being chosen by a random number generator. The bingo card came from someone on tumblr and includes prompts from “social justice & activism” to “romance” to “has an animal on the cover”
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Psst…You want to know about the NASA website that spells out your name in Landsat imagery. 🧪
landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/apps/YourNam...
landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/apps/YourNam...
August 31, 2024 at 2:00 AM
Psst…You want to know about the NASA website that spells out your name in Landsat imagery. 🧪
landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/apps/YourNam...
landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov/apps/YourNam...
If you see this, you have to post a picture from your device without explaining it.
July 6, 2024 at 12:36 AM
If you see this, you have to post a picture from your device without explaining it.
Being nerds, we were excited to get a letter instructing us to complete an ABS Household Survey. Being queer trans people, we were less excited that it only asked for sex recorded at birth & had no gender or sexuality questions. How can you get a true picture of our household without this info?
April 19, 2024 at 11:21 AM
Being nerds, we were excited to get a letter instructing us to complete an ABS Household Survey. Being queer trans people, we were less excited that it only asked for sex recorded at birth & had no gender or sexuality questions. How can you get a true picture of our household without this info?
I spent the last two days being a Consumer and Lived Experience Representative and part of the lesbian-with-a-lanyard healthcare workforce at the Victorian State Government's Health Sector Summit. It was a pretty great experience!
April 19, 2024 at 12:02 AM
I spent the last two days being a Consumer and Lived Experience Representative and part of the lesbian-with-a-lanyard healthcare workforce at the Victorian State Government's Health Sector Summit. It was a pretty great experience!
If someone could locate my motivation to work on my assignment for me, that would be great! I think my ADHD hid it behind the couch 😭
April 15, 2024 at 12:17 AM
If someone could locate my motivation to work on my assignment for me, that would be great! I think my ADHD hid it behind the couch 😭
I got to film a video the other day in the room where they filmed all of the Brett Sutton’s COVID briefings during lockdown. It was both a very cool and very weird experience.
April 11, 2024 at 9:55 PM
I got to film a video the other day in the room where they filmed all of the Brett Sutton’s COVID briefings during lockdown. It was both a very cool and very weird experience.
I hope the students who watch the recordings of my tutorials enjoy the accidental blowjob motion I did on camera tonight while describing how one could potentially blow into a tube to screen for certain illnesses.
April 10, 2024 at 9:26 AM
I hope the students who watch the recordings of my tutorials enjoy the accidental blowjob motion I did on camera tonight while describing how one could potentially blow into a tube to screen for certain illnesses.
I did a collection of mildly terrifying but exciting things today OUTSIDE THE HOUSE that were NOT medical appointments! The reward for feeling the fear and doing things anyway was some ludicrously expensive (but delicious!) gelato that matched my outfit. I am now exhausted.
April 9, 2024 at 11:10 AM
I did a collection of mildly terrifying but exciting things today OUTSIDE THE HOUSE that were NOT medical appointments! The reward for feeling the fear and doing things anyway was some ludicrously expensive (but delicious!) gelato that matched my outfit. I am now exhausted.
The first two books in this series were among my top reads for the last two years and the third is definitely making the list this year. Studying public health I've generally stayed away from fiction which references the pandemic as it makes my down time feel a bit like work, but these are worth it!
Oh my goodness, there is the loveliest review of the Marry Me Juliet series in The Conversation today! #Romancelandia
Villains, influencers and a sweet bisexual mechanic: Jodi McAlister’s rom-coms borrow and bend reality TV tropes
Jodi McAlister is an expert in romance – and The Bachelor – in her day job. Her entertaining rom-com trilogy tells egalitarian stories of romance in the setting of a reality-TV dating show.
theconversation.com
April 8, 2024 at 11:11 PM
The first two books in this series were among my top reads for the last two years and the third is definitely making the list this year. Studying public health I've generally stayed away from fiction which references the pandemic as it makes my down time feel a bit like work, but these are worth it!
Ah yes, it’s daylight savings switchover day so naturally I have Christmas carols stuck in my head
April 6, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Ah yes, it’s daylight savings switchover day so naturally I have Christmas carols stuck in my head
My referencing app crashed and died so now I'm making like Elphaba in Act II of Wicked and singing "Fiyero! FIYEEEERROOOOOOO!" except it's "Zotero! ZOTEEEERROOOOOOO!" Apologies to my wife who is trying to have a Zoom meeting next door.
March 27, 2024 at 10:51 PM
My referencing app crashed and died so now I'm making like Elphaba in Act II of Wicked and singing "Fiyero! FIYEEEERROOOOOOO!" except it's "Zotero! ZOTEEEERROOOOOOO!" Apologies to my wife who is trying to have a Zoom meeting next door.