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Bookworm, amateur artist, retired. Ex National Trust Guide, Ex English Heritage Guide, Ex Feral Cat trapper, Ex Wildlife Trust Volunteer, Ex Teacher, Ex Traveller. Wow that’s a shed load of Xs. Political views, mix of Stoic and Buddhist philosophy.

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Bumbling clowns.

13.03.2026 04:32 👍 25 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
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Rachel Reeves to make new push for greater single-market access Some member states, led by France, expect the UK to pay into the EU budget in return

“Reeves has been ratcheting up the rhetoric on closer EU relations which she described as the “biggest prize” in trade”

If only we’d acknowledged this BEFORE we threw it away in a fit of arrogant prejudice. Getting back in the room is far harder than flouncing off
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13.03.2026 07:56 👍 429 🔁 117 💬 30 📌 4
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Grammarly removes AI feature which used real authors' identities, faces class action lawsuit The AI-powered tool used the names of writers such as Stephen King and bell hooks.

The REAL Replacement Theory:
Billionaires are using AI and Robotics to Replace the Human Race while keeping us fighting among ourselves over tiktok and meta posts that don't mean anything.

12.03.2026 17:12 👍 450 🔁 147 💬 22 📌 9

Just as Putin’s 3 day ‘Special Military Operation’ has changed the world and crippled Russia is anyone else seeing a mirror image with Trump’s attack on Iran. The rest of the world is seriously affected by these megalomaniacs.

13.03.2026 07:30 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Terry Pratchett in a blue jacket and Akubra hat holding a young owl for release.

Terry Pratchett in a blue jacket and Akubra hat holding a young owl for release.

Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️

12.03.2026 18:05 👍 9347 🔁 1384 💬 213 📌 118

When BlueSky changes ownership, all I ask for is that I can still get a chronological feed as a default.

It no longer exists on Facebook, and Twitter makes it difficult.

I follow people because I want to see their posts when they post them.

12.03.2026 02:28 👍 694 🔁 83 💬 27 📌 1
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Cartoon by Patrick Blower

11.03.2026 11:10 👍 27 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0

So finally in the 21st century after a debate of more than 25 years we decided to abolish feudalism. Or at least the most visible part of it. 👇

11.03.2026 09:37 👍 292 🔁 64 💬 27 📌 6
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"Some of you might die....but at least I won't miss a round of golf."

-Donald Trump

09.03.2026 17:40 👍 673 🔁 189 💬 19 📌 8
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It's no longer OK for you to sit in the house of Lords because your dad did.
But if your mate put you there?
That's fine.
Neither of these really feel like democracy to me.

11.03.2026 08:02 👍 2419 🔁 694 💬 102 📌 39
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I seriously think Trump knows he's dying – and he's trying to get through some crazy, tyrannical bucket list before he goes! Bombings!💥 Murders!💥 Persecutions!💥 Unprecedented Corruption💥 ... God knows what or who'll be the next to suffer because of it.
#TrumpsBucketList

11.03.2026 10:06 👍 45 🔁 9 💬 16 📌 4
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Thanks to @john-cooper-mp.bsky.social for referencing our open letter to the PM.

200+ experts warned the UK's deal with Trump to funnel billions to big pharma is catastrophic for NHS patients.

Read the full letter here: www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/nhs-pha...

11.03.2026 10:10 👍 4 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
We are facing an energy crisis.
Britain is the worst exposed in
Europe with only 2 days gas
supply stored.
If only we had our own gas to
exploit.
Or our own oil.
Or our own coal....


Blame @Ed


Miliband (Allison Pearson on X)

We are facing an energy crisis. Britain is the worst exposed in Europe with only 2 days gas supply stored. If only we had our own gas to exploit. Or our own oil. Or our own coal.... Blame @Ed Miliband (Allison Pearson on X)

If only we had clean, renewable energy and were not beholden to a dirty, expensive, dangerous commodity that pollutes our environment and is the source of most of our geopolitical woes.

10.03.2026 09:17 👍 1560 🔁 331 💬 167 📌 21

Does she mean she wants nationalised industries?????? I think not….

10.03.2026 09:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You can’t control what life throws at you, but
you can control who you become in response.

10.03.2026 03:55 👍 55 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 0

All animals want to live 💔 #GrassFed #PastureRaised #organic #FamilyFarm #HumaneWashed

08.03.2026 16:39 👍 25 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0
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Photo of Greta sitting thoughtfully w her chin resting on folded hands 

"I AM VEGAN.
I don't eat animal products.
I don't use any animal products because of ethical, environmental and climate reasons."
GRETA THUNBERG

Meme Photo of Greta sitting thoughtfully w her chin resting on folded hands "I AM VEGAN. I don't eat animal products. I don't use any animal products because of ethical, environmental and climate reasons." GRETA THUNBERG

#InternationalWomensDay
#GretaThunberg

08.03.2026 14:33 👍 36 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 0
Tracking An Illegal Fox Hunt LIVE | Operation Smokescreen
Tracking An Illegal Fox Hunt LIVE | Operation Smokescreen YouTube video by Chris Packham

Brilliant job by the team disrupting and illustrating the continuous law breaking by hunts.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=0OfQ...

07.03.2026 19:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Cruelty to immigrants is not what my party stands for. It’s time for True Labour, not Blue Labour | Stella Creasy We must get back to the party’s roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division – and fighting for opportunities for all, says MP for Walthamstow, Stella Creasy

A wonderful piece by @stellacreasy.bsky.social who is a Labour MP & Chair of Labour Movement for Europe

‘We must get back to the party’s roots before it is too late. That means embracing difference, rejecting division – and fighting for opportunities for all’

07.03.2026 18:03 👍 58 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 1
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Sen. Whitehouse to uncover connections between Trump, Russia, and Epstein. YouTube video by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse

DO NOT MISS THIS!!
Sen Sheldon Whitehouse follows the entire EpsteinTrumpPutinMaxwell Hot mess w evidence to prove everything Dump does is to distract fm facts of his trafficking (or worse) girls, women
www.youtube.com/live/ylvTFvJ...

07.03.2026 01:54 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

I’m autistic. Not broken.
Not a problem. Not something
to fix. Just a different way of
experiencing the world. And
different is not wrong. 🧩💙

#AutismAcceptance
#AutismAwareness

06.03.2026 14:55 👍 135 🔁 15 💬 4 📌 0

Dear Labour,
I toyed with the idea of rejoining you but if I had, Mahmood's immigration reform and lies would have led me to slam the door again.

Good job I didn't rejoin.

06.03.2026 08:11 👍 27 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

Kindness exponentially grows.
Because when you’re nice to
someone, they’re nice to others,
and before you know it, you
have a whole chain reaction. 😊

05.03.2026 17:30 👍 122 🔁 13 💬 5 📌 1
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

05.03.2026 07:15 👍 17229 🔁 6010 💬 516 📌 493

From recollection of an ATP Politics You Tube it had been taking part in a joint Iranian/Chinese/Russian exercise

05.03.2026 07:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

Isabel Oakeshott: anti-migration commentator, economic migrant to Dubai, possible future evacuee of the very British state she insists is broken.

Isn’t it funny how mobility becomes acceptable when it’s your own?

04.03.2026 06:05 👍 698 🔁 257 💬 34 📌 17
02104-25 Fraser v Telegraph.co.uk - IPSO Ian Fraser complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that Telegraph.co.uk breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice in an article headlined “We earn £345k, but soa...

This IPSO adjudication against the Telegraph is quite something

Confirms their story titled: ‘We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays’ was completely fabricated, with the family involved non-existent and stock pictures used

www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...

03.03.2026 13:31 👍 1635 🔁 797 💬 73 📌 90
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03.03.2026 09:09 👍 115 🔁 13 💬 5 📌 0

'The relationship is obviously not what it was'. First true thing I've ever heard him say.

03.03.2026 08:08 👍 493 🔁 84 💬 41 📌 6