Karen D Shipp
@karendshipp.bsky.social
Here to learn. And with others, to face up to the uncomfortable realities of climate change and the need for fairer distribution of wealth in these desperate times.
Pro-Europe, pro caring for future generations, pro Ukraine.
#CovidIsAirborne #BoycottTesla
Pro-Europe, pro caring for future generations, pro Ukraine.
#CovidIsAirborne #BoycottTesla
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Karen D Shipp
@karendshipp.bsky.social
· Oct 17
I'm lucky enough to walk often in my local woods. I record the changing seasons with a smartphone snap each time and have decided to post these here, rather than on Instagram, to add a bit of nature's beauty to the mix.
Enjoy your day.
Enjoy your day.
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Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80% from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday.
The British Public Thinks Immigration Is Up. It’s Actually Down, Sharply.
Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80 percent from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Net migration to Britain has fallen by almost 80% from its 2023 peak, according to data released on Thursday.
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Opinion: Leaking the Budget is an unhappy tradition, continued this year by the Office for Budget Responsibility, writes Chris Giles. But the fiscal watchdog’s error is worse than other Budget leaks because the OBR exists solely to improve the process on.ft.com/43Ur7U9
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Opinion: Leaking the Budget is an unhappy tradition, continued this year by the Office for Budget Responsibility, writes Chris Giles. But the fiscal watchdog’s error is worse than other Budget leaks because the OBR exists solely to improve the process on.ft.com/43Ur7U9
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
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“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.”
Genes-> Medicine
nature.com/articles/s41...
Genes-> Medicine
nature.com/articles/s41...
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
“I had hemophilia for nearly five decades. I went to Philadelphia and had a 45-minute infusion, and my hemophilia was gone.”
Genes-> Medicine
nature.com/articles/s41...
Genes-> Medicine
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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The OBR’s careless leak has damaged us all on.ft.com/48DvyFi
The OBR’s careless leak has damaged us all
The fiscal watchdog’s error is worse than other Budget leaks because it exists solely to improve the process
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The OBR’s careless leak has damaged us all on.ft.com/48DvyFi
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Vaccines save lives. Vaccine-deniers are killers.
Third Kentucky infant dies from whooping cough as statewide cases surge
A third Kentucky infant has died from whooping cough in the last 12 months, the Kentucky Department for Public Health said Monday.
www.wlwt.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Vaccines save lives. Vaccine-deniers are killers.
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Delighted to see the Chancellor has taken forward the recommendation from Gordon Brown, @smfthinktank.bsky.social and @ippr.org to increase taxes on gambling. We called for this hugely profitable industry to contribute to ending the two child limit for benefits
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Delighted to see the Chancellor has taken forward the recommendation from Gordon Brown, @smfthinktank.bsky.social and @ippr.org to increase taxes on gambling. We called for this hugely profitable industry to contribute to ending the two child limit for benefits
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Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
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Kemi Badenoch has been handed a paper copy of the (mistakenly published) OBR report. Mel Stride is helping her annotate it ahead of her response to Reeves. Opposition leaders don’t usually get this sort of prep opportunity
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Kemi Badenoch has been handed a paper copy of the (mistakenly published) OBR report. Mel Stride is helping her annotate it ahead of her response to Reeves. Opposition leaders don’t usually get this sort of prep opportunity
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Long Covid COSTS $£€
4️⃣ UCL / Exeter study: productivity losses averaged £931 per patient per month in their cohort.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...
Long Covid could cost the economy billions every year
Working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year as patients struggle to cope with symptoms and return to work, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Long Covid COSTS $£€
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Dim Philby at work.
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Dim Philby at work.
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Bloomberg has audio files of Trump envoy Steve Witkoff coaching the Russians how to pitch their extreme Ukraine demands to Trump as a peace plan.
Should rule him out of holding public office ever again. This entire exercise is thoroughly compromised.
Should rule him out of holding public office ever again. This entire exercise is thoroughly compromised.
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Bloomberg has audio files of Trump envoy Steve Witkoff coaching the Russians how to pitch their extreme Ukraine demands to Trump as a peace plan.
Should rule him out of holding public office ever again. This entire exercise is thoroughly compromised.
Should rule him out of holding public office ever again. This entire exercise is thoroughly compromised.
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Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev drew up the “US Peace Plan” months ago. It was a Russian operation against Ukraine and Europe and Trump and his team of losers went along with it.
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev drew up the “US Peace Plan” months ago. It was a Russian operation against Ukraine and Europe and Trump and his team of losers went along with it.
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Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
Steve Witkoff helped Russia derail Ukraine’s access to Tomahawk missiles. He tipped off the Kremlin about Zelensky’s U.S. visit, giving Moscow time to arrange a call that convinced Trump to block the deal. Witkoff actively works against Ukraine’s defense, in coordination with Putin’s regime.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Do you agree Trump should be impeached and removed? Tell Congress that here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress to Impeach Trump
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Do you agree Trump should be impeached and removed? Tell Congress that here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
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November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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Search Epstein’s Emails in the Most Unnerving Way Possible
It's even easier now to search for names like Trump, Chomsky, and Summers.
gizmodo.com/search-epste...
It's even easier now to search for names like Trump, Chomsky, and Summers.
gizmodo.com/search-epste...
Search Epstein's Emails in the Most Unnerving Way Possible
It's even easier now to search for names like Trump, Chomsky, and Summers.
gizmodo.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Search Epstein’s Emails in the Most Unnerving Way Possible
It's even easier now to search for names like Trump, Chomsky, and Summers.
gizmodo.com/search-epste...
It's even easier now to search for names like Trump, Chomsky, and Summers.
gizmodo.com/search-epste...
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Do Not, Under Any Circumstance, Buy Your Kid an AI Toy for Christmas
Somehow worse than screens.
gizmodo.com/do-not-under...
Somehow worse than screens.
gizmodo.com/do-not-under...
Do Not, Under Any Circumstance, Buy Your Kid an AI Toy for Christmas
Somehow worse than screens.
gizmodo.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Do Not, Under Any Circumstance, Buy Your Kid an AI Toy for Christmas
Somehow worse than screens.
gizmodo.com/do-not-under...
Somehow worse than screens.
gizmodo.com/do-not-under...
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BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10 & a half years in prison after pleading guilty to eight charges of bribery from a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb.
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For sale! An original Edo-period Japanese woodblock print by Keisai Eisen (1790–1848), "Geese Flying across the Moon" (月に雁), ca. 1845, horizontal chûban size (about 19 × 25.5 cm). Laid down, beautiful colour. Will be sent mounted but not framed. £150. DM if you're interested! Happy to post abroad.
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
For sale! An original Edo-period Japanese woodblock print by Keisai Eisen (1790–1848), "Geese Flying across the Moon" (月に雁), ca. 1845, horizontal chûban size (about 19 × 25.5 cm). Laid down, beautiful colour. Will be sent mounted but not framed. £150. DM if you're interested! Happy to post abroad.
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We are witnessing a poisonous effort to destroy what the vast majority of Americans know is a key pillar of public health.
Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.
Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We are witnessing a poisonous effort to destroy what the vast majority of Americans know is a key pillar of public health.
Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.
Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.
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The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy.
Trump’s Energy Department Revamp Nixes Clean-Energy Offices
The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The Trump administration is eliminating Energy Department offices focused on clean energy and renewables and, instead, creating units dedicated to hydrocarbons and fusion energy.
Crab apples, yesterday. Not tasty enough for the birds until they've been properly frosted.
Some years ago the mistle thrush would come and perch on the very top as she feasted on them.
#autumn
Some years ago the mistle thrush would come and perch on the very top as she feasted on them.
#autumn
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Crab apples, yesterday. Not tasty enough for the birds until they've been properly frosted.
Some years ago the mistle thrush would come and perch on the very top as she feasted on them.
#autumn
Some years ago the mistle thrush would come and perch on the very top as she feasted on them.
#autumn