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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, but the song about the car keys? Never quite had the success it deserved.

𝙱𝚊𝚋𝚎 𝚁𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 💀 @unfitz.bsky.social · Sep 13

I’m always losing things like my car keys and that lovin’ feelin’.

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 6h

So true. Without society, it ALL falls apart.

"At the heart of his argument is the need for governments to rethink the welfare state – from food assistance to healthcare and unemployment benefits – as an essential tool to maintain the social fabric of society, rather than a cost to be reduced."

Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · 8h

“It’s a discourse that sets people against one another.”

The UN special rapporteur on poverty says that welfare cuts and the collapse of the social safety net are behind the rise of the far right:
https://bit.ly/47oKpSr

Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says

Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society

www.theguardian.com

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 1d

human rights courts for me, not for thee

Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 2d

A Reform UK candidate is considering challenging a “fraudulent” election result at the European Court of Human Rights👇

🔗 www.bbc.com/news/article... via www.bbcnews.com

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms #HumanRights #WhenWillYouNeedYours

Legal challenge over Worcestershire election dead heat thrown out

Reform council candidate Elizabeth Williams faces a "ruinous" £19,000 legal bill after she lost her case at the High Court.

www.bbc.com

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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 1d

Pay attention U.K.

This is what is coming your way if the likes of Farage and his Insurance mates like Arron Banks have their way.

Jason Steele @filmcow.bsky.social · 1d

Me and my partner's "Bronze" health insurance plan with Florida Blue is increasing from $511.22 a month to $1,711.75 a month next year. Not quite sure how to fit "$20,541 a year in health insurance premiums" into the budget.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 1d

France once again proving that holding former elected leaders criminally accountable isn’t some far fetched impossibility.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

LIVE: Outside Nicolas Sarkozy's home

The view outside former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's home on the day he begins his five-year sentence at the La Santé prison in Paris.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmor...

LIVE: Outside Nicolas Sarkozy's home | REUTERS

YouTube video by Reuters

www.youtube.com

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Played, and very happy to say I got them all right. Don't question me.

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

And I bet you wouldn't have dropped that crown.

Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

...and I hope that the tour is going well and winning you lots of new fans 😊

Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I wonder if, given the opportunity, Badenoch, Jenrick, Farage et al, would have surgeons like these on the first planes out?

Sussex Parkinson's patient played clarinet during brain surgery

Denise Bacon says she is experiencing improvements in her ability to walk.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I wonder if, given the opportunity, Badenoch, Jenrick, Farage et al, would have surgeons like these on the first planes out?

Sussex Parkinson's patient played clarinet during brain surgery

Denise Bacon says she is experiencing improvements in her ability to walk.

www.bbc.co.uk

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CajunBlue 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @cajunblue.bsky.social · 1d

🚨Saturday was peaceful on the side of the protesters, but trumps police were violent. This part didn’t make the media and took place in Denver, CO. 1/2

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Voodoo Charm by Christone "Kingfish" Ingram

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Oh Death by Ralph Stanley

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

What's He Building In There? Tom Waits.

"What's that sound from underneath the door...?"

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Ain't No Grave by Johnny Cash

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

The Green Manalishi (with the Two Prong Crown), Fleetwood Mac.

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Voodoo Woman by Susan Tedeschi

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Pushing the Halloween connection just a little, but...Blackest Day by Joanne Shaw Taylor. Surely one of the UKs finest blues guitarists (who happens to be female)?

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Season of the Witch by Donovan.

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

I Put A Spell On You, Nina Simone. DAMN yes!

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Not strictly blues, but Stevie Wonder's Superstition is *such* an all time favourite of mine, that I'll drop anything to listen to it.

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Well...could do worse than Born Under a Bad Sign (pref Albert King). I'll get back to you with more!

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely bloody shameful...and no damned surprise at all.

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

I go straight from my BBC TV quiz night (Mastermind, Only Connect, University Challenge) to Cerys on the radio now. 7:30 - 10pm on a Monday. What could be better? ☺️

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Losd @losdemas.bsky.social · 1d

Likewise. Great find.