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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1h

"Without tangible change, voters will keep voting to fire the politicians who are in office and Reform is the next ‘change’ cab off the rank," writes Matthew McGregor, CEO of @38degrees.bsky.social.

https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/changespotting-why-labour-needs-to

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 1d

It’s time that Russia’s malign influence on British politics was properly investigated.

Agree? Add your name 👇🏻

It’s time for a REAL Russia report

Putin’s fingerprints are all over our politics. It’s time to prove it.

writesbright.substack.com

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 19h

WAR-TORN PORTLAND

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Shirls @holmfirthartist.bsky.social · 1d

I want a Tshirt with ‘And you thought The Clash were angry’ on it, and I want it NOW. #RiotWomen

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 13h

BAFTA FOR ROSALIE CRAIG

#RiotWomen

SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you, I never stream on my phone so that’s helpful

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 14h

Question: how much data does a person with WiFi at home who only goes out at weekends need?

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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 14h

This is the thing that has made me feel my age today.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 16h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 17h

“Do you want to lick my arse?” and Tamsin Greig’s reaction has killed me

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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 17h

"Post you from a different era" is middle-aged Bluesky code for "lemme see you when you were hot"

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 18h

I’ve noticed that aegis is very much the mot du jour in police drama lately

SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 18h

And Rosalie Craig sings A Case Of You

Great start

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 18h

Cannot wait to get stuck into Riot Women again tonight. That’s the sign of a very good show

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 18h

Love the negativity of this

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again and one song you can't stand.

Marzipan

Star Wars

Sweet Caroline

hoskas @hoskas.bsky.social · 18h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again and one song you can't stand.

Rum Baba

Love Actually

Imagine

Captain Howdy @captainhowdy.bsky.social · 18h

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you'll never watch again and one song you can't stand.

Raw tomatoes*

A Serbian Film

Agadoo

*All other forms are perfectly acceptable.

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 19h

Very good

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 20h

I’m holding for a solicitor and their hold music is (I think) called Stay On Hold

SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 1d

This resonates. My diagnosis was like the sun breaking through the clouds

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

A new start after 60: I realised I had autism – and suddenly my life made sense. I have never been so happy

After decades of loneliness and depression, Cathleen Caffrey had come to think of herself as a bad person. Then she learned about others who had struggled to fit in …

www.theguardian.com

SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 1d

I fucking resent having to pay £90 for a dose of vaccine anyway but even more so when the remaining doses in the vial are being thrown away

SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 1d

I am fuming. The pharmacist told me they are having to throw away unused vaccine because the government didn’t make it clear that the usual groups wouldn’t be eligible for this booster on the NHS. So people are making bookings and getting turned away and vaccine is going in the bin

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 1d

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 1d

Just had a moan with the pharmacy counter assistant in Tesco about the government putting us both at risk by cutting the Covid booster

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Ms M 💚🌱💙🦊🌳🦔🌸🐞🧶♾️ @themorganic.bsky.social · 1d

Can we do Anglia Water next please? 💦

East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

After years of record punctuality and investment, Greater Anglia becomes a publicly owned railway this weekend, joining C2C, an Essex network already renationalised.

A quiet but historic shift for East Anglia.

Greater Anglia joins public ownership after record year of performance

Passengers in East Anglia will travel on a publicly owned railway from Sunday, as Greater Anglia transfers to government control

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 1d

For me, Thatcher’s legacy is the Gen X nationalist movement vandalising our towns and terrorising people they consider ‘other’

Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 1d

It is 100 years since the birth of Margaret Thatcher. In what ways did 'Thatcherism' change Britain? A while back for an ESRC research project, we collaborated with documentary maker Michelle Coomber on a film about the long-term social and economic impacts of the Thatcher governments.

Generation Right

In what ways did 'Thatcherism' change Britain? What, if any, legacy is there from her period in office for British society today? How ought we to make…

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

The Hebden Bridge I know was always a place for Riot Women

As Sally Wainwright brings the West Yorkshire town back to our screens, a fellow local writer returns home and reflects on how it’s changed since she was a child

www.theguardian.com

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SHAR🎃N @sharona.bsky.social · 1d

Can yoghurt really go off?

Asking for someone who just discovered the yoghurt they’re eating is 4 days past its use by date