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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 4m

Good morning Bluesky

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 7h

Can we never hear the likes of Vance lecture Europeans about free speech ever again, please?

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7h

“The Defense Department has confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” the Pentagon Press Association said

Oct. 15, 2025
PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION
STATEMENT
Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America. It did this because reporters would not sign onto a new media policy over its implicit threat of criminalizing national security reporting and exposing those who sign it to potential prosecution.
The Pentagon Press Association's members are still committed to reporting on the U.S. military. But make no mistake, today, Oct. 15, 2025 is a dark day for press freedom that raises concerns about a weakening U.S. commitment to transparency in governance, to public accountability at the Pentagon and to free speech for all.
PPA

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah. Me too

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 11h

Is 5 when children are legally required to start school?

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 11h

Are they considering these to be "in school" though or are they just utilising available space rather than setting up nurseries in disused pubs or large houses?

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 11h

Why does he do this? It's so obviously a lie

AnthropoceneMPG 🌊 @anthropocenempg.bsky.social · 12h

2 of our fittest Presidents 🎯

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 12h

Is Bluesky down?

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 12h

The powers that be *claimed* (no idea on what evidence) that small children didn't catch/transmit covid. I didn't understand at the time

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 15h

Blame fucking Thatcher

Dotair Raibeart 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇪🇺 @raibeart.bsky.social · 17h

‘Households across UK are paying a vast “privatisation premium” to access essential services. According to our estimates, the public have funded almost £200bn in dividends to the shareholders of the privatised water, energy and transport companies’
#Tories #Labour.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 15h

That sounds dreadful. So glad you are both safe

Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 15h

I admit I only skimmed this but the two sides seem to be "arsehole" and "even more of an arsehole" both while remaining astoundingly selfish

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15h

The two sides of Kemi Badenoch: how the Tory leader pivoted for political gain

As her fortunes shift and change, the MP for North West Essex, who is of Nigerian heritage has embraced pragmatism and contradiction to survive

www.theguardian.com

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 16h

That's very restrained

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 16h

And to think I thought that having to always display lesson objectives was stifling

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 16h

I'm beginning to wonder if I was especially lucky. I wasn't particularly good at hockey or rounders & was terrible at netball. Our teachers were fine as long as you were prepared to make an effort & try.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 19h

I reckon communication across the NHS is an issue. I realise that the nature of things means that giving times is difficult but some rough idea of what to expect would be handy.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 19h

Are we accepting this as a given now? Because look at the number of children suffering from long Covid & think how much worse it would have been if schools had been fully open all that time

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 19h

There are bits here ' “I think he chose the NHS over children.”

“I felt that the consequences for children weren’t properly taken into account,” he adds.'

That sound to me as if they think closing schools was worse for children than keeping them open

Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 1d

Gavin Williamson has described the decision to open, then close, primary schools on 4 January 2021 as “panicked”.

I would describe it as idiotic.

Boris Johnson gave parents 'false hope' over schools reopening, Gavin Williamson tells Covid inquiry

Watch as the former education secretary gives evidence at the inquiry, which is focusing on the impact of the pandemic on children and young people.

www.bbc.co.uk

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DarvitWendy @darvitwendy.bsky.social · 20h

This is fabulous

🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 1d

Peter Thiel is coming out with a 4-part series about identifying the antichrist.

Like we need a 4-part series. We're in America. Pretty sure we already know the signs.

This fabulous lady breaks it down into 4 points. In under 3 minutes.

#SheShed

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 20h

Kinnock is one of the finest proponents of progressive thought in this country and the best prime minister we never had.

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 21h

In 2010, an interviewer told Neil Kinnock that the Labour Party "never used to understand aspiration".

Kinnock gave an absolutely brilliant answer that should be learned by heart by every Labour MP. (0.42 to 1.22)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGhP...

Neil Kinnock goes berserk

YouTube video by Vadrigar

www.youtube.com

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 21h

If you aren't tied to specific dates and fancy a few days away, all you want to see us when it would be cheapest. I can't see how it would harm hotels to make this information available. Surely filling empty rooms would be beneficial to them.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 23h

I certainly remember as a child there were some who everybody, children & teachers alike thought were "a bit odd" and made allowances for

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 23h

There may be something I'm missing here but is the solution to too many soybeans and not enough cooking oil rather obvious?
And America imports cooking oil?
They grow corn and dunflowerrs as crops
And anyway stamping your foot because someone won't buy your stuff?

Matt Peterson @mattpeterson.bsky.social · 1d

Don't look now but Trump just freaked out the market again by continuing to escalate the trade war.

I believe that China purposefully not buying our Soybeans, and causing difficulty for our Soybean Farmers, is an Economically Hostile Act. We are considering terminating business with China having to do with Cooking Oil, and other elements of Trade, as retribution. As an example, we can easily produce Cooking Oil ourselves, we don’t need to purchase it from China.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning Bluesky

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 1d

I'm glad he's actually concerned about something I'm concerned about.

Warwick Mansell @warwickmansell.bsky.social · 1d

The other aspect saw Sir Martyn Oliver state it was “staggering” that 84 per cent of children’s homes are now operated by private providers, with Ofsted concerned about “profiteering”.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 1d

Are you able to disclose which seaside? I love a sea view

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