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Norrette M.
@norrette.bsky.social
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#UK West London Socialist (Uxb), interested in #art, #history, #gardening and #politics. Ex IT bod. Perpetual OU student for 20 odd years. Here since Sept 2023
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 5h
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...

'Ex'- workaholics oil the wheels of communities. They keep charities going, organise things for others, keep their minds active, stop things going to pot.

What else do you do? Stare into space and vegetate?
Even when unthinkable things were happening to me, my first instinct was to work. Am I addicted?
It was only years later, when I heard the word workaholic being used seriously for the first time, that I wondered whether I had a problem
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 9h
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Hence Trump going nuclear.

His distraction methods will destroy the planet.

FGS: CIA, FBI,GOP - do something now before it's too late! Sure it will piss-off maga, but you will get over it.

Leave it, and you'll pass the point of no return.
JP Morgan warned US of $1bn in Epstein transactions possibly related to human trafficking
Bank says it alerted US of ‘suspicious’ transactions just weeks after paedophile was found dead in New York jail cell
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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 1d
Greetings and good morning it’s the Halloween rush hour with our ducks & geese
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain would do well to remember where its power over China lies | Simon Jenkins
It’s ridiculous for the government to splurge on defence while it slashes spending on its most valuable asset: culture, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 1d
I must be getting old, agree with 90% of Simon Jenkins article.

Link in alt.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/30/china-britain-power-defence-culture?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

First time I've wanted to go to the flicks for a general release film...can't wait.

But fancy not mentioning his Prospero at the Globe. The best ever performance of that role.

#TheChoral
#RogerAllam
‘I’ve played a lot of sneery bastards’: Roger Allam on bad singing, big paydays and Elgar’s level of ‘gitacity’
He launched a thousand memes as the beleaguered Tory MP in The Thick of It, and starred in the original production of Les Misérables. Now the actor is making not-so-sweet music in the Alan Bennett-scr...
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 1d
Strands #607

“Good bones”

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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 2d
Accomodation blocks 😉😂
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 2d
Indeed, hence the ivory tower syndrome.

There was talk at some point of moving parliament to another city whilst HoC and HoL were being rebuilt.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 2d
But by that token, all MPs north of Watford gap, or elsewhere more distant, would live in London as their main family home.

There's little parliamentary business from Thursday night to Monday lunchtime. Set that way, because many need to get home to families.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 2d
Who else is puzzled to learn that Rachel Reeves' family home is in Sth London and NOT in her Leeds Constituency?

#R4Today
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 2d
For once, I agree with the shortlist! #PAOTY
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 2d
*IF* YP get their money.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 2d
www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/29
Trade Descriptions Act 1968
An Act to replace the Merchandise Marks Acts 1887 to 1953 by fresh provisions prohibiting misdescriptions of goods, services, accommodation and facilities provided in the course of trade; to prohibit ...
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 3d
Trades descriptions act at least
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 3d
Maybe, but I get invites to other polls.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 3d
As a YouGov subscriber, I'm surprised at not getting invitations to any political polls for some months. Do they have a select group?
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 3d
Strands #605 "Never more" use apostrophes, please!
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 3d
Private army
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 4d
wapo.st/3L7FWMs

Fascinating. Video & words.

Gift Article
Analysis | What it was like to fly into Hurricane Melissa’s eye
I was sitting in the middle of a 10-mile-wide stadium of the gods. On all sides, hulking thunderstorms towered high above. Just miles in any direction, a hellish-monster creating unsurvivable conditio...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d
Venezuela claims it has captured CIA-linked mercenaries plotting a “false flag” attack to justify US military action.
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 4d
well that was just a bunch of adverts
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 4d
Try to establish the truth behind a local incident, I had cause to visit the "other place".

There's people on there chatting with g*r*o*k like it was a real person...
conversing with it..."much appreciated, thanks for your help, etc etc" 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

There's no help for us...
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 4d
donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation
Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...
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Norrette M. @norrette.bsky.social · 4d
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Why I donate to #wikipedia every now and then.
‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron?
In an online landscape characterised by doom and division, the people’s encyclopedia stands out – a huge collective endeavour giving everyone free access to the sum of human knowledge. But with Elon M...
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