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I’m ranty, daft & easily distracted😂
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Preventing stigma by increasing Mental Health awareness
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Alice Figueiredo: We quit our jobs, sold our home twice and spent 10 years fighting the NHS
A NHS trust and hospital manager have been found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of Alice Figueiredo.
www.bbc.com
My heart goes out to her family
My gratitude to them for their relentless search for the truth knows no end
I am not shocked by this story. Sadly I’m really not
www.bbc.com/news/article...
My gratitude to them for their relentless search for the truth knows no end
I am not shocked by this story. Sadly I’m really not
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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So Mark Rutte said some nice things to him, explained what NATO will do if USA is attacked, & now Rutte is a good guy & the tariffs are dropped (for now)
I know it’s galling to see people butter him up and lay it on thick- but Rutte did the right thing
It might not last- but delay is useful
I know it’s galling to see people butter him up and lay it on thick- but Rutte did the right thing
It might not last- but delay is useful
Trump: "Based upon a very productive meeting I had with Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region. This solution, if consummated, will be a great one... Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs"
January 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
So Mark Rutte said some nice things to him, explained what NATO will do if USA is attacked, & now Rutte is a good guy & the tariffs are dropped (for now)
I know it’s galling to see people butter him up and lay it on thick- but Rutte did the right thing
It might not last- but delay is useful
I know it’s galling to see people butter him up and lay it on thick- but Rutte did the right thing
It might not last- but delay is useful
This is horrific
It’s too easy for vulnerable children and adults to fall through the cracks with social & health care
It was too easy in the 1990’s and it is still too easy
Evil woman. I hope she gets a very lengthy jail sentence
It’s too easy for vulnerable children and adults to fall through the cracks with social & health care
It was too easy in the 1990’s and it is still too easy
Evil woman. I hope she gets a very lengthy jail sentence
Woman imprisoned and forced to work for Tewkesbury mother for more than 25 years
Woman imprisoned and forced to work for Tewkesbury mother for more than 25 years
Unnamed woman held against her will since mid-1990s by Amanda Wixon, who beat her and shaved her head
A woman was forced to work as a slave in a “Dickensian” imprisonment for a mother and her 10 children for more than a quarter of a century in a British market town.
The woman, who is now in her 40s and cannot be named, lived off scraps, could not leave the house and was forced to wash secretly at night. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:52 PM
This is horrific
It’s too easy for vulnerable children and adults to fall through the cracks with social & health care
It was too easy in the 1990’s and it is still too easy
Evil woman. I hope she gets a very lengthy jail sentence
It’s too easy for vulnerable children and adults to fall through the cracks with social & health care
It was too easy in the 1990’s and it is still too easy
Evil woman. I hope she gets a very lengthy jail sentence
I have a Teen. They’re VERY good at giving you ‘that moment’ at least once a month😂
So, Crashing out doesn’t mean falling asleep
6…7🙄
Buffy the vampire Slayer is ‘like, from the early days’
& she has to wait FOREVER (1 week) for the next Percy Jackson. Utterly horrified that used to be the norm
So, Crashing out doesn’t mean falling asleep
6…7🙄
Buffy the vampire Slayer is ‘like, from the early days’
& she has to wait FOREVER (1 week) for the next Percy Jackson. Utterly horrified that used to be the norm
There is always That Moment when some seemingly eternal cultural touchstone falls off the radar and everyone Of An Age feels slightly unmoored. Don't worry, 30 years from now the kids will never have heard of K-Pop Demon Hunters and a bunch of Gen Alpha middle managers will be shocked and outraged
Mentioned AOL here last week and some of the younger (25ish) staff had never even heard of it. Feel very old.
January 21, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I have a Teen. They’re VERY good at giving you ‘that moment’ at least once a month😂
So, Crashing out doesn’t mean falling asleep
6…7🙄
Buffy the vampire Slayer is ‘like, from the early days’
& she has to wait FOREVER (1 week) for the next Percy Jackson. Utterly horrified that used to be the norm
So, Crashing out doesn’t mean falling asleep
6…7🙄
Buffy the vampire Slayer is ‘like, from the early days’
& she has to wait FOREVER (1 week) for the next Percy Jackson. Utterly horrified that used to be the norm
I’d say bugger off to America then, but he is already there! 🤦♀️
Living in a gated mansion in Florida.
The fact he made Florida his home does make sense
Living in a gated mansion in Florida.
The fact he made Florida his home does make sense
I think the Daily Mail is actually verging into sedition and subversion and treason.
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I’d say bugger off to America then, but he is already there! 🤦♀️
Living in a gated mansion in Florida.
The fact he made Florida his home does make sense
Living in a gated mansion in Florida.
The fact he made Florida his home does make sense
Hannan is a nasty sh*t-stirrer & a grifter. This idiot’s been singing Trumps praises for years. Pushing the rhetoric in every right wing media outlet. Calling for UK to emulate Trump & his policies
Suddenly he’s claiming Trump narcissistic & facist behaviour has only just become apparent? F-off
Suddenly he’s claiming Trump narcissistic & facist behaviour has only just become apparent? F-off
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Hannan is a nasty sh*t-stirrer & a grifter. This idiot’s been singing Trumps praises for years. Pushing the rhetoric in every right wing media outlet. Calling for UK to emulate Trump & his policies
Suddenly he’s claiming Trump narcissistic & facist behaviour has only just become apparent? F-off
Suddenly he’s claiming Trump narcissistic & facist behaviour has only just become apparent? F-off
Brought my #cat a new bed because it’s cold, I felt bad, & I wanted her to have a warmer place to sleep
Was fully expecting bed to get shunned
Cat rule 101: ‘I’ll decide where I sleep, not you, silly human slave’
But she LOVES her fluffy donut!
I can’t stop looking at her cuteness in it😻
Was fully expecting bed to get shunned
Cat rule 101: ‘I’ll decide where I sleep, not you, silly human slave’
But she LOVES her fluffy donut!
I can’t stop looking at her cuteness in it😻
January 20, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Brought my #cat a new bed because it’s cold, I felt bad, & I wanted her to have a warmer place to sleep
Was fully expecting bed to get shunned
Cat rule 101: ‘I’ll decide where I sleep, not you, silly human slave’
But she LOVES her fluffy donut!
I can’t stop looking at her cuteness in it😻
Was fully expecting bed to get shunned
Cat rule 101: ‘I’ll decide where I sleep, not you, silly human slave’
But she LOVES her fluffy donut!
I can’t stop looking at her cuteness in it😻
Errr they just landed in a massive blue & white passenger aircraft and walked down bright red ‘Air Greenland’ steps.
Funnily enough they are not TRYING to blend in 🤦♀️
www.thepoke.com/2026/01/20/a...
Funnily enough they are not TRYING to blend in 🤦♀️
www.thepoke.com/2026/01/20/a...
A Maga mocked European troops for arriving in Greenland in woodland camouflage and was owned all the way around the world and back
7. Why would they wear their over whites on a plane? Makes 0 sense. — Ryan O’Leary (@RyanO_ChosenCoy) January 17, 2026 8. Surgeons also travel in their operating gowns https://t.co/STPNSB5iX2 — Fredda...
www.thepoke.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Errr they just landed in a massive blue & white passenger aircraft and walked down bright red ‘Air Greenland’ steps.
Funnily enough they are not TRYING to blend in 🤦♀️
www.thepoke.com/2026/01/20/a...
Funnily enough they are not TRYING to blend in 🤦♀️
www.thepoke.com/2026/01/20/a...
1. Europe is far more technologically advanced than this muppet thinks & new batteries that don’t need specific materials from China are being developed
2. It’s far more likely that America will piss off the Chinese. Not Europe
Good luck to Tesla battery manufacturing & Musk if that happens 😏
2. It’s far more likely that America will piss off the Chinese. Not Europe
Good luck to Tesla battery manufacturing & Musk if that happens 😏
Lutnick at Davos: "Why are you going to do solar and wind? Why would Europe agree to be net zero in 2030 when they don't make a battery? They don't make a battery! So if they go 2030, they are deciding to be subservient to China." (Get a load of the looks on the other panelists' faces)
January 20, 2026 at 4:50 PM
1. Europe is far more technologically advanced than this muppet thinks & new batteries that don’t need specific materials from China are being developed
2. It’s far more likely that America will piss off the Chinese. Not Europe
Good luck to Tesla battery manufacturing & Musk if that happens 😏
2. It’s far more likely that America will piss off the Chinese. Not Europe
Good luck to Tesla battery manufacturing & Musk if that happens 😏
Exaclty!
The BBC were infuriating this morning saying Trumps comments about the Chagos islands are deeply embarrassing for Starmer
It’s unstable ramblings & tantrum throwing from Trump. He is not a world leader who can be or should be taken at his word
The BBC were infuriating this morning saying Trumps comments about the Chagos islands are deeply embarrassing for Starmer
It’s unstable ramblings & tantrum throwing from Trump. He is not a world leader who can be or should be taken at his word
Why is Donald Trump changing his mind every five minutes and saying completely mad stuff an embarrassment for Keir Starmer? It feels like it should chiefly be seen as an embarrassment for the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Exaclty!
The BBC were infuriating this morning saying Trumps comments about the Chagos islands are deeply embarrassing for Starmer
It’s unstable ramblings & tantrum throwing from Trump. He is not a world leader who can be or should be taken at his word
The BBC were infuriating this morning saying Trumps comments about the Chagos islands are deeply embarrassing for Starmer
It’s unstable ramblings & tantrum throwing from Trump. He is not a world leader who can be or should be taken at his word
Macron wearing the shades so it’s easier to roll eyes without detection during Trumps speech
And cos it looks cool 😎 👌
Okay I suspect he has eye infection/ bloodshot eyes
My reason is better tho 😂
And cos it looks cool 😎 👌
Okay I suspect he has eye infection/ bloodshot eyes
My reason is better tho 😂
January 20, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Macron wearing the shades so it’s easier to roll eyes without detection during Trumps speech
And cos it looks cool 😎 👌
Okay I suspect he has eye infection/ bloodshot eyes
My reason is better tho 😂
And cos it looks cool 😎 👌
Okay I suspect he has eye infection/ bloodshot eyes
My reason is better tho 😂
I can say with 💯 certainty Macron doesn’t give a shit about that threat on wine & champagne
He probably laughed & called him a fucking idiot (putain d'idiot)
Meanwhile the French public are definitely calling him a putain d'idiot
He probably laughed & called him a fucking idiot (putain d'idiot)
Meanwhile the French public are definitely calling him a putain d'idiot
Q: Did you invite Putin to be on the Board of Peace?
TRUMP: Yeah. He's been invited
Q: Thoughts on Macron saying he won't join?
TRUMP: Did he say that? Nobody wants him bc he's going to be out of office very soon. If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines & champagnes & he'll join
TRUMP: Yeah. He's been invited
Q: Thoughts on Macron saying he won't join?
TRUMP: Did he say that? Nobody wants him bc he's going to be out of office very soon. If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines & champagnes & he'll join
January 20, 2026 at 8:25 AM
I can say with 💯 certainty Macron doesn’t give a shit about that threat on wine & champagne
He probably laughed & called him a fucking idiot (putain d'idiot)
Meanwhile the French public are definitely calling him a putain d'idiot
He probably laughed & called him a fucking idiot (putain d'idiot)
Meanwhile the French public are definitely calling him a putain d'idiot
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If you’re aware of @bearlypolitics.co.uk excellent political commentary across various platforms - and even if you’re not - you’ll want to check out his podcast with scientist Emma Monk. The Bear and Monk Debunk get under the skin of stories to tell you the truth. Much needed right now.
Bear and Monk Debunk #2: Immigration Benefits and “Perks”
From leisure cards, and benefit claims to PlayStations: what these stories really mean
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 PM
If you’re aware of @bearlypolitics.co.uk excellent political commentary across various platforms - and even if you’re not - you’ll want to check out his podcast with scientist Emma Monk. The Bear and Monk Debunk get under the skin of stories to tell you the truth. Much needed right now.
BBC says this is V embarrassing for Starmer
Why? Starmer has plenty of faults but he isn’t stupid. He’d know the orange buffoon is liable to throw toys out the pram & change his mind
That doesn’t mean we can say that out loud when the toddler is threatening Europe
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Why? Starmer has plenty of faults but he isn’t stupid. He’d know the orange buffoon is liable to throw toys out the pram & change his mind
That doesn’t mean we can say that out loud when the toddler is threatening Europe
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Trump says UK handing over Chagos Islands sovereignty is act of 'great stupidity'
The US president says the UK
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2026 at 8:12 AM
BBC says this is V embarrassing for Starmer
Why? Starmer has plenty of faults but he isn’t stupid. He’d know the orange buffoon is liable to throw toys out the pram & change his mind
That doesn’t mean we can say that out loud when the toddler is threatening Europe
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
Why? Starmer has plenty of faults but he isn’t stupid. He’d know the orange buffoon is liable to throw toys out the pram & change his mind
That doesn’t mean we can say that out loud when the toddler is threatening Europe
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
I absolutely love this 😻
Only a cat could photobomb the Aurora with style!
Only a cat could photobomb the Aurora with style!
Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure
January 20, 2026 at 7:54 AM
I absolutely love this 😻
Only a cat could photobomb the Aurora with style!
Only a cat could photobomb the Aurora with style!
It’s extraordinary rare for me to agree with China
But here we are
The upside down, left is right, bizarro world we live in 😔
But here we are
The upside down, left is right, bizarro world we live in 😔
#25thAmendmentNow
China response to trump
"We urge the United States to STOP using the so-called threat from CHINA as a pretext to pursue its own selfish interests "
China and the world know
This escalation must stop
#25thAmendmentNow
China response to trump
"We urge the United States to STOP using the so-called threat from CHINA as a pretext to pursue its own selfish interests "
China and the world know
This escalation must stop
#25thAmendmentNow
January 19, 2026 at 9:25 PM
It’s extraordinary rare for me to agree with China
But here we are
The upside down, left is right, bizarro world we live in 😔
But here we are
The upside down, left is right, bizarro world we live in 😔
Oh joy
What could go wrong
It’s clear where Mango Mussolini’s loyalties lie
Are American Republicans waking up yet?
What could go wrong
It’s clear where Mango Mussolini’s loyalties lie
Are American Republicans waking up yet?
#C4News report that a Belarus minister shows a letter from Donald Trump inviting the dictator Lukashenko onto the board of peace
Alongside Putin
Alongside Putin
January 19, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Oh joy
What could go wrong
It’s clear where Mango Mussolini’s loyalties lie
Are American Republicans waking up yet?
What could go wrong
It’s clear where Mango Mussolini’s loyalties lie
Are American Republicans waking up yet?
Everytime I see Hannan pop up I think ‘what dangerous nonsense is he peddling now?’
This is particularly ridiculous. Even for Hannan 🤦♀️
This is particularly ridiculous. Even for Hannan 🤦♀️
The world’s wrongest man, Daniel Hannan, contending that Trump’s utter unfitness for office only emerged *yesterday*…
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
January 19, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Everytime I see Hannan pop up I think ‘what dangerous nonsense is he peddling now?’
This is particularly ridiculous. Even for Hannan 🤦♀️
This is particularly ridiculous. Even for Hannan 🤦♀️
The United States has a narcissistic madman as a wannabe king and a fascist psychopath pulling the strings
I don’t use the terms narcissistic and psychopath as slurs
I’m being literal
I don’t use the terms narcissistic and psychopath as slurs
I’m being literal
i think it is simply true that for all intents and purposes stephen miller is the president of the united states
The Wrath of Stephen Miller
The man who turns President Trump’s most incendiary impulses into policy
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The United States has a narcissistic madman as a wannabe king and a fascist psychopath pulling the strings
I don’t use the terms narcissistic and psychopath as slurs
I’m being literal
I don’t use the terms narcissistic and psychopath as slurs
I’m being literal
Someone tell him what Trump is up to regarding Greenland because Mike Johnson never seems to know what’s going on in his own country
‘I’ve not had a chance to speak with Trump/ catch up on events’
I’ve been very busy, I’m unable to answer that question’
‘I’ve not had a chance to speak with Trump/ catch up on events’
I’ve been very busy, I’m unable to answer that question’
Today I welcomed Mike Johnson, US Speaker of the House of Representatives, to our UK Parliament.
We marked the 250th anniversary of American independence and the long-standing ties between our legislatures.
We marked the 250th anniversary of American independence and the long-standing ties between our legislatures.
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Someone tell him what Trump is up to regarding Greenland because Mike Johnson never seems to know what’s going on in his own country
‘I’ve not had a chance to speak with Trump/ catch up on events’
I’ve been very busy, I’m unable to answer that question’
‘I’ve not had a chance to speak with Trump/ catch up on events’
I’ve been very busy, I’m unable to answer that question’
Oh THANK YOU channel 4
I needed this today 😂 😂 😂
I needed this today 😂 😂 😂
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
January 19, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Oh THANK YOU channel 4
I needed this today 😂 😂 😂
I needed this today 😂 😂 😂
January 19, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I am so angry over the shit Trump is causing the world
I’m so fucking angry over the threats, the tantrums, the sticking his oar in, making everything worse for America & Europe
I’ll ask AGAIN. At what point is enough, enough?
I keep waiting for that flash point. That final straw
It never comes
I’m so fucking angry over the threats, the tantrums, the sticking his oar in, making everything worse for America & Europe
I’ll ask AGAIN. At what point is enough, enough?
I keep waiting for that flash point. That final straw
It never comes
January 19, 2026 at 2:04 PM
I am so angry over the shit Trump is causing the world
I’m so fucking angry over the threats, the tantrums, the sticking his oar in, making everything worse for America & Europe
I’ll ask AGAIN. At what point is enough, enough?
I keep waiting for that flash point. That final straw
It never comes
I’m so fucking angry over the threats, the tantrums, the sticking his oar in, making everything worse for America & Europe
I’ll ask AGAIN. At what point is enough, enough?
I keep waiting for that flash point. That final straw
It never comes
2026 thus far
January 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM
2026 thus far
How many swearing birds do I need to post to get one bullshit free day?
January 19, 2026 at 11:51 AM
How many swearing birds do I need to post to get one bullshit free day?