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@jasonhook.bsky.social
Just trying to stay in touch with the people I know IRL. I'm going to check here every once in a while, until the world settles down. He/They/Whatever makes you comfortable. Would like to rejoin the EU in some form.
Rutger Bregman: "Across history, moments of decadence and decay have often been followed by movements of renewal, times when people redefined what it means to live with integrity and ambition. These lectures are my attempt to explore how moral ambition can help us face the challenges of our age."
BBC Radio 4 - The Reith Lectures - BBC Reith Lectures 2025 – Moral Revolution
Historian and author Rutger Bregman announced as BBC Radio 4's Reith lecturer for 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Rutger Bregman: "Across history, moments of decadence and decay have often been followed by movements of renewal, times when people redefined what it means to live with integrity and ambition. These lectures are my attempt to explore how moral ambition can help us face the challenges of our age."
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🔴 Reform UK’s ‘Cost Cutting’ Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Farage’s flagship Kent County Council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
Farage’s flagship Kent County Council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
Reform UK's 'Cost Cutting' Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Nigel Farage's flagship Kent County Council, which promised to "reduce waste and cut your taxes" is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🔴 Reform UK’s ‘Cost Cutting’ Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Farage’s flagship Kent County Council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
Farage’s flagship Kent County Council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
He’s repugnant. Coming to that verdict requires no wrangling at all.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
He’s repugnant. Coming to that verdict requires no wrangling at all.
I had to go off and find Michael Hedges cover (I love his cover of Cortez too)
youtu.be/p_DCe6Z8dzs?...
youtu.be/p_DCe6Z8dzs?...
"Cinnamon Girl" Neil Young cover by Michael Hedges at the New Varsity
YouTube video by Randy Lutge
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I had to go off and find Michael Hedges cover (I love his cover of Cortez too)
youtu.be/p_DCe6Z8dzs?...
youtu.be/p_DCe6Z8dzs?...
Last night we said goodbye for now to our last cat Dora, most likely to a stroke. She was a brilliant cat. I held her and reminded her how loved she is. Always be kind, you’ll never regret it especially when you are unexpectedly separated from those you dearly love. I hope we’ll meet again.
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Last night we said goodbye for now to our last cat Dora, most likely to a stroke. She was a brilliant cat. I held her and reminded her how loved she is. Always be kind, you’ll never regret it especially when you are unexpectedly separated from those you dearly love. I hope we’ll meet again.
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I’ve said this every month for a year.
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’ve said this every month for a year.
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Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
I just noticed your tele is strung upside down, if it is there must be a reason.
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I just noticed your tele is strung upside down, if it is there must be a reason.
In my case it would be 25 :-)
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
In my case it would be 25 :-)
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How gentlefarms handles Thanksgiving with their turkeys: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
How gentlefarms handles Thanksgiving with their turkeys: #AGoodPlace
Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...
I wonder how they keep managing to shoot themselves in both feet? They had fourteen years to prepare. I think they will find themselves (as a party) running down the path toward oblivion that the Tories have already charged down. The Greens have a much more appealing message.
November 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I wonder how they keep managing to shoot themselves in both feet? They had fourteen years to prepare. I think they will find themselves (as a party) running down the path toward oblivion that the Tories have already charged down. The Greens have a much more appealing message.
Nope. Not him, nor Bradley Walsh nor Alex Jones or others off the One Show. Strictly isn't comedy or daytime TV. They wouldn't fit. La Voix in for Claudia I think.
#strictly
www.msn.com/en-gb/entert...
#strictly
www.msn.com/en-gb/entert...
MSN
www.msn.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Nope. Not him, nor Bradley Walsh nor Alex Jones or others off the One Show. Strictly isn't comedy or daytime TV. They wouldn't fit. La Voix in for Claudia I think.
#strictly
www.msn.com/en-gb/entert...
#strictly
www.msn.com/en-gb/entert...
It’s the hysterical lying predominantly white male racists I worry about more.
So, Mike Graham was fired by Talk for failing to comply with an internal racism inquiry.
Here's what they happily allow on their platform. Not much between Graham's comments and many of these anti-migrant ideologues, arguably...
Via @stopfundinghate.bsky.social
Here's what they happily allow on their platform. Not much between Graham's comments and many of these anti-migrant ideologues, arguably...
Via @stopfundinghate.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It’s the hysterical lying predominantly white male racists I worry about more.
If someone thinks like a sex offender and keeps the company of sex offenders, they should get help.
November 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
If someone thinks like a sex offender and keeps the company of sex offenders, they should get help.
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The thing about the moment we are in is we have been here before. During the Brexit Referendum campaign, the Johnson years, and now with Farage's ascent. Our established press has played a role in why we have got to this point in British politics. What's happening at the BBC now was an inevitability
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The thing about the moment we are in is we have been here before. During the Brexit Referendum campaign, the Johnson years, and now with Farage's ascent. Our established press has played a role in why we have got to this point in British politics. What's happening at the BBC now was an inevitability
There’s some pedophile sounding logic in that statement. It should sound alarm bells.
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There’s some pedophile sounding logic in that statement. It should sound alarm bells.
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
What a beautiful boy! Congratulations Niall and your team!!
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
What a beautiful boy! Congratulations Niall and your team!!
I won't allow fascists to undermine my faith in the BBC because this is where it will lead us. Those fascists will have take away a platform that tries to tell the truth to all of us. Speaking of which let's have more information about the BBC board's affiliations. youtube.com/shorts/9qivX...
A WWII Film With a Modern Message
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
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November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I won't allow fascists to undermine my faith in the BBC because this is where it will lead us. Those fascists will have take away a platform that tries to tell the truth to all of us. Speaking of which let's have more information about the BBC board's affiliations. youtube.com/shorts/9qivX...
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
🏊♀️The women who swim at Kenwood Ladies Pond have already made their decision.
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
In 2024, almost 900 members voted to keep their trans-inclusive policy - a policy that has worked peacefully since 2019.
Now, a small campaign group is seeking to overturn that democratic decision through the courts.
1/5
Waiting for the moment he stops getting talked about or when people say “who?”
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Waiting for the moment he stops getting talked about or when people say “who?”
I heard Zohran Mamdani twice described as a radical socialist on yesterday's BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Up to that point I'd really only heard Trump, and his propagandists refer to him that way. Was Radio 4 justified in calling him radical?
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I heard Zohran Mamdani twice described as a radical socialist on yesterday's BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Up to that point I'd really only heard Trump, and his propagandists refer to him that way. Was Radio 4 justified in calling him radical?
I think Holly Willoughby would be a bad choice for the main program. Zoe Ball and La Voix would be great. Claudia is unique and adorable so HW would be a poor replacement for her and ZB would be a better Tess #Strictly
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I think Holly Willoughby would be a bad choice for the main program. Zoe Ball and La Voix would be great. Claudia is unique and adorable so HW would be a poor replacement for her and ZB would be a better Tess #Strictly
He reminds me very much of one of our own fur-pups. So happy for Stormzy, he's gorgeous.
November 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
He reminds me very much of one of our own fur-pups. So happy for Stormzy, he's gorgeous.