Tea Junkie
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AI will bleed us dry until it has no more use for us.
Why are we feeding it?
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Tea Junkie
@teajunkie.bsky.social
· Feb 2
"I know you are tired. I am tired too. Will you walk along the edge of the desert with me? I would like to show you what lies before us."
Barry Lopez
Barry Lopez
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An old country lane which is now nothing but a spacious field boundary.
November 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
An old country lane which is now nothing but a spacious field boundary.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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This is correct: there is no screeching terror campaign coming here to annihilate Farage’s posh National Front. If it comes to a choice between beating back Reform or e.g. the Greens, then that is not going to be a choice at all for people who actually matter in British public life.
November 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This is correct: there is no screeching terror campaign coming here to annihilate Farage’s posh National Front. If it comes to a choice between beating back Reform or e.g. the Greens, then that is not going to be a choice at all for people who actually matter in British public life.
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Dangerous socialist or hitting one of the biggest problems with modern economies, that life is just getting too hard for small businesses and that saps energy from the market? Feels like EU and UK policy makers should be taking notice rather than the same old tired talk.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Dangerous socialist or hitting one of the biggest problems with modern economies, that life is just getting too hard for small businesses and that saps energy from the market? Feels like EU and UK policy makers should be taking notice rather than the same old tired talk.
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Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Nigel Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Women’s bodies are the new battleground as Nigel Farage aligns with the US hard-right. His link to the group that toppled Roe v. Wade puts UK reproductive freedom at serious risk, writes columnist…
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
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The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
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This is MY GP, here for me
Showing my appreciation for this GP practice
It has been there for me this year. I’ve needed 4 GP consults, 3 nurse appointments, a referral, 3 hospital letters responded to, blood test, 10 prescriptions and more
Your GP, here for you
Read here
dauk.org/our-call-for...
Showing my appreciation for this GP practice
It has been there for me this year. I’ve needed 4 GP consults, 3 nurse appointments, a referral, 3 hospital letters responded to, blood test, 10 prescriptions and more
Your GP, here for you
Read here
dauk.org/our-call-for...
November 30, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This is MY GP, here for me
Showing my appreciation for this GP practice
It has been there for me this year. I’ve needed 4 GP consults, 3 nurse appointments, a referral, 3 hospital letters responded to, blood test, 10 prescriptions and more
Your GP, here for you
Read here
dauk.org/our-call-for...
Showing my appreciation for this GP practice
It has been there for me this year. I’ve needed 4 GP consults, 3 nurse appointments, a referral, 3 hospital letters responded to, blood test, 10 prescriptions and more
Your GP, here for you
Read here
dauk.org/our-call-for...
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In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
By Philip O'Brien
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
By Philip O'Brien
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Works in progress: inside Hebden Bridge Open Studios
In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
In and around Hebden Bridge, artists will open their workshops this December: from printing to silverwork and more – meet some of the makers
By Philip O'Brien
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
By Philip O'Brien
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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New #StrongMessageHere is here. Stewart Lee, Natalie Haynes and I pull apart the phrases ‘Spooking the markets’ and ‘Banter’.
November 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM
New #StrongMessageHere is here. Stewart Lee, Natalie Haynes and I pull apart the phrases ‘Spooking the markets’ and ‘Banter’.
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Some odd double standards on antisemitism going on from the Jewish Chronicle’s Stephen Pollard…
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
The man who took down Corbyn over antisemitism gives Farage a free pass
Former Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard seems to have changed his tune despite revelations about Reform’s leader
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Some odd double standards on antisemitism going on from the Jewish Chronicle’s Stephen Pollard…
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
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Shima Tamami (1937-1999), an influential Japanese printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Shima Tamami (1937-1999), an influential Japanese printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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Really bad news. And completely irresponsible given where we are.
Can’t decide who this is worse for, the EU or the UK. But the real looser, of course, is European defence. So all of us.
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
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UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
UK talks to join EU defence fund break down
Discussions fail after Britain refuses to pay billions of euros in fees
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Really bad news. And completely irresponsible given where we are.
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Ireland is so beautiful.
Just imagine how it would be if we actually protected and restored our nature, instead of killing it off everywhere, on land and at sea?
Just imagine how it would be if we actually protected and restored our nature, instead of killing it off everywhere, on land and at sea?
November 30, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Ireland is so beautiful.
Just imagine how it would be if we actually protected and restored our nature, instead of killing it off everywhere, on land and at sea?
Just imagine how it would be if we actually protected and restored our nature, instead of killing it off everywhere, on land and at sea?
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Jacques Lipchitz, Figure, 1926-30 (cast 1937)
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136363
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136363
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Jacques Lipchitz, Figure, 1926-30 (cast 1937)
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136363
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136363
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“I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”
RIP Tom Stoppard—you left many right words in the right order that will live on.
RIP Tom Stoppard—you left many right words in the right order that will live on.
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”
RIP Tom Stoppard—you left many right words in the right order that will live on.
RIP Tom Stoppard—you left many right words in the right order that will live on.
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No one deserves the pay packages these guys get, but if you’re getting one you should definitely be able to think far enough ahead to say “Maybe let’s hedge a little just in case the unpopular guy’s narrow win turns out not to augur the beginning of permanent one-party rule.”
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
No one deserves the pay packages these guys get, but if you’re getting one you should definitely be able to think far enough ahead to say “Maybe let’s hedge a little just in case the unpopular guy’s narrow win turns out not to augur the beginning of permanent one-party rule.”
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GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan
GB News is facing calls to cut ties with a regular contributor who has been accused of racism after claiming that the House of Commons deputy speaker, Nusrat Ghani, should not be allowed in the house because she was born in Pakistan.
The comments by Lucy White, a rightwing activist, have drawn criticism from across the political spectrum amid warnings that explicitly racist language is becoming increasingly normalised in British life. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
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The population of the various countries of the British Isles and Ireland
Still blows my mind that London has more people than Wales + Scotland combined.
More on the differences between the UK, Great Britain and England: brilliantmaps.com/eng-gb-uk/
Still blows my mind that London has more people than Wales + Scotland combined.
More on the differences between the UK, Great Britain and England: brilliantmaps.com/eng-gb-uk/
November 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The population of the various countries of the British Isles and Ireland
Still blows my mind that London has more people than Wales + Scotland combined.
More on the differences between the UK, Great Britain and England: brilliantmaps.com/eng-gb-uk/
Still blows my mind that London has more people than Wales + Scotland combined.
More on the differences between the UK, Great Britain and England: brilliantmaps.com/eng-gb-uk/
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The promise of Trump is that you can be as awful and horrific as you want as long as you kiss the ring. He gives people the clearance to be the worst versions of themselves they always desired to be. He is who his supporters would be if they had money and power to do so.
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The promise of Trump is that you can be as awful and horrific as you want as long as you kiss the ring. He gives people the clearance to be the worst versions of themselves they always desired to be. He is who his supporters would be if they had money and power to do so.
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Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
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Looks like it’s time to re-up this thread on the fascist genealogy of the seemingly pablum term “Americanism.”
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Looks like it’s time to re-up this thread on the fascist genealogy of the seemingly pablum term “Americanism.”
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Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked children and is now in a low-security prison because the Trump Administration approved her transfer. One set of rules for the powerful and another for everyone else.
This is what corruption looks like.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is what corruption looks like.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why is Ghislaine Maxwell getting the Club Fed treatment? | Arwa Mahdawi
Her privileges in America’s two-tiered legal system reportedly range from from unlimited toilet paper to puppy playtime
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell trafficked children and is now in a low-security prison because the Trump Administration approved her transfer. One set of rules for the powerful and another for everyone else.
This is what corruption looks like.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is what corruption looks like.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...