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OK, time to 'fess up. I came across this a while ago and I unironically enjoy it. I can also see Postmodern Jukebox doing a great version of it eventually.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jtz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jtz...
Meghan Trainor - Gifts For Me (Official Audio)
YouTube video by MeghanTrainorVEVO
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
OK, time to 'fess up. I came across this a while ago and I unironically enjoy it. I can also see Postmodern Jukebox doing a great version of it eventually.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jtz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jtz...
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A new report by @runnymedetrust.bsky.social has found that 13% of British citizens — including me — are at risk of having their citizenship stripped from them by the UK government.
It rises to 60% of British citizens of colour.
This is absolutely shocking.
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
It rises to 60% of British citizens of colour.
This is absolutely shocking.
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
Stripped: The Citizenship Divide
New research exposes racist reality of UK citizenship stripping laws that place 3 in 5 people of colour at risk.
www.runnymedetrust.org
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A new report by @runnymedetrust.bsky.social has found that 13% of British citizens — including me — are at risk of having their citizenship stripped from them by the UK government.
It rises to 60% of British citizens of colour.
This is absolutely shocking.
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
It rises to 60% of British citizens of colour.
This is absolutely shocking.
www.runnymedetrust.org/publications...
Ooh weird. I seem to have 'lost' my muted words list again. Why does that happen?
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Ooh weird. I seem to have 'lost' my muted words list again. Why does that happen?
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This thread 💯 👇
Adopt far-right policies to stop the far right gaining influence - continues to be the stupidest idea in European politics today.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This thread 💯 👇
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Ooh gosh let me think about this one
Will Labour’s move to limit ECHR deter the far right or alienate progressive voters?
Previously sceptical MPs now want to modernise human rights law to prevent an overreach of the law and losing to the far right
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ooh gosh let me think about this one
This sounds interesting. It's only available in the States but could any other country get something similar?
Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
Read more: wrd.cm/4iYIl9a
Read more: wrd.cm/4iYIl9a
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This sounds interesting. It's only available in the States but could any other country get something similar?
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
Aside from who has got into the House of Lords, WHY is anyone putting more people in there? It's FULL. There is NO MORE SPACE LEFT. What ARE they thinking?
'cuse the shouting, but really. Why??
'cuse the shouting, but really. Why??
December 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Aside from who has got into the House of Lords, WHY is anyone putting more people in there? It's FULL. There is NO MORE SPACE LEFT. What ARE they thinking?
'cuse the shouting, but really. Why??
'cuse the shouting, but really. Why??
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The real asylum scandal is the incompetence of the Home Office inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
December 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The real asylum scandal is the incompetence of the Home Office inews.co.uk/opinion/the-...
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Sign our petition to keep the UK in the ECHR here:
Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Sign our petition to keep the UK in the ECHR here:
So, about the barrier at the Bene't Street end, then ...
A city councillor has called for 'Dalek-like' bins outside the view of King's College Chapel in #Cambridge to be exterminated...
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/extermi...
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/extermi...
Exterminate these Dalek-like bins in front of iconic King’s College Chapel view, says Cambridge city councillor
Visual experience of city centre is being trashed, he warns.
www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
So, about the barrier at the Bene't Street end, then ...
😔 Far too young.
Raul Malo, who died Monday at 60 of cancer, addressed his audience in a note read during a recent tribute show.
The Mavericks Singer Raul Malo's Final Letter to Fans: 'You All Carried Me More Than You Know'
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
😔 Far too young.
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
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You simply cannot just trust mainstream reporting of cases like this. It is designed to mislead
If you’re tired of explaining yourself and the misreporting of the Peggie tribunal to your lazy and ignorant friends save your energy and send them this.
open.substack.com/pub/ajustsoc...
open.substack.com/pub/ajustsoc...
When the Law Said No: How Gender Critical Arguments Failed in Court
A plain English guide to what the Peggie judgment actually decided
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
You simply cannot just trust mainstream reporting of cases like this. It is designed to mislead
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'The best conspiracy books of 2025' for @theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
'The best conspiracy books of 2025' for @theguardian.com
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55 brilliant donors have raised £17,358 for Camcycle's work with community cycling heroes 🙌
However, with less than 48 hours of the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge, there are still over £6,000 of match funds remaining.
Donate now and DOUBLE YOUR DONATION at camcycle.org.uk/BigGive2025
However, with less than 48 hours of the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge, there are still over £6,000 of match funds remaining.
Donate now and DOUBLE YOUR DONATION at camcycle.org.uk/BigGive2025
December 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
55 brilliant donors have raised £17,358 for Camcycle's work with community cycling heroes 🙌
However, with less than 48 hours of the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge, there are still over £6,000 of match funds remaining.
Donate now and DOUBLE YOUR DONATION at camcycle.org.uk/BigGive2025
However, with less than 48 hours of the @biggive.bsky.social #ChristmasChallenge, there are still over £6,000 of match funds remaining.
Donate now and DOUBLE YOUR DONATION at camcycle.org.uk/BigGive2025
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NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨An unhappy fifth birthday. Five years and four prime ministers since the pavement parking consultation ended, and still no action.
What will it take to reclaim pavements?
shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
What will it take to reclaim pavements?
shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
Pavement Parking: An Unhappy Fifth Birthday | Streets Ahead
We wish the government's pavement parking consultation its unwanted fifth birthday
shows.acast.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨An unhappy fifth birthday. Five years and four prime ministers since the pavement parking consultation ended, and still no action.
What will it take to reclaim pavements?
shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
What will it take to reclaim pavements?
shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Like, sooner or later in the UK, the dog of the Greens will bark. At some point, the narrative will be, in all these places, ‘we neglected our core vote one time too many’. The disconnect is tremendous.
December 7, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Like, sooner or later in the UK, the dog of the Greens will bark. At some point, the narrative will be, in all these places, ‘we neglected our core vote one time too many’. The disconnect is tremendous.
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This is a giant problem for social democratic parties worldwide ATM - their leaderships are small C conservative, middle class and terrified of losing votes on the working class right, and their voters are very progressive and very disillusioned. Feels extremely unstable.
growing problem for the dems is that their voters want progressive candidates but the party leadership generally doesn't. so there's no structure to identify and vet good progressive candidates until it's too late.
The noisiest Dem primary so far is probably Maine Senate, and here for instance I think it’s useful to see that despite all the bad publicity Platner still appears to be the favorite:
December 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is a giant problem for social democratic parties worldwide ATM - their leaderships are small C conservative, middle class and terrified of losing votes on the working class right, and their voters are very progressive and very disillusioned. Feels extremely unstable.
Look at those stairs! *swoon*
Il y a un an, nous retrouvions Notre-Dame !
Paris retrouvait son joyau ! ❤️
Paris retrouvait son joyau ! ❤️
December 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Look at those stairs! *swoon*
Noticed someone posting about Martin Parr a while ago but hadn't realised that it might have been because he is no longer with us.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Martin Parr, photographer acclaimed for observations of British life, dies aged 73
From sunbathers to Conservative clubs, Parr’s images were often in vivid colour with more than a dash of humour
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Noticed someone posting about Martin Parr a while ago but hadn't realised that it might have been because he is no longer with us.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
This must've been a policy choice for just about every government I can recall now. Has it worked? Does it encourage young people into employment? Can it? They should ask those questions before wheeling it out yet again.
Young people risk losing benefits under UK welfare reforms on.ft.com/3YcIvA1
Young people risk losing benefits under UK welfare reforms
Youths must accept offers of work or training as part of government programme, says McFadden
on.ft.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This must've been a policy choice for just about every government I can recall now. Has it worked? Does it encourage young people into employment? Can it? They should ask those questions before wheeling it out yet again.
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This was the resulting piece. Not for the first time I over estimated the Labour party.
The Home Office cannot be saved
It isn’t just that the Home Office has no respect for human life, as appalling as that is: it simply doesn’t work.
www.newstatesman.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This was the resulting piece. Not for the first time I over estimated the Labour party.
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7th December 2023
A BBC television cameraman waits for King's College Chapel choir to process down the Sanctuary at the start of rehearsals for the annual 'Carols from King's' broadcast.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'.
A BBC television cameraman waits for King's College Chapel choir to process down the Sanctuary at the start of rehearsals for the annual 'Carols from King's' broadcast.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'.
December 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
7th December 2023
A BBC television cameraman waits for King's College Chapel choir to process down the Sanctuary at the start of rehearsals for the annual 'Carols from King's' broadcast.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'.
A BBC television cameraman waits for King's College Chapel choir to process down the Sanctuary at the start of rehearsals for the annual 'Carols from King's' broadcast.
Picture from my new book 'Cambridge - Light & Shade'.