Linda S
@vatskills.bsky.social
Used to do tax; music-lover; choral singer; history grad; hill-walker; volunteer gardener; biology understander
Cannot stand any of these. FoNY used to be ok but all of them are done to death.
What is Britain's favourite Christmas song?
Fairytale of New York: 19%
Last Christmas: 13%
All I Want for Christmas is You: 7%
Merry Christmas Everybody: 5%
Driving Home for Christmas: 5%
White Christmas: 5%
Merry Christmas Everyone: 4%
Do They Know It's Christmas: 3%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Fairytale of New York: 19%
Last Christmas: 13%
All I Want for Christmas is You: 7%
Merry Christmas Everybody: 5%
Driving Home for Christmas: 5%
White Christmas: 5%
Merry Christmas Everyone: 4%
Do They Know It's Christmas: 3%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Cannot stand any of these. FoNY used to be ok but all of them are done to death.
Spent all morning making these, only to find I've made a cat deterrent, and the other half said the top one "looks like a chicken's arse".
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Spent all morning making these, only to find I've made a cat deterrent, and the other half said the top one "looks like a chicken's arse".
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Grandma’s house is kind of cunt in an Ethel cain way I can’t even lie
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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The full scale of the exploitative market in children in care is laid bare in a new report from Ofsted, published today.
Four out every 10 children in care now earn a profit for investors.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Four out every 10 children in care now earn a profit for investors.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The full scale of the exploitative market in children in care is laid bare in a new report from Ofsted, published today.
Four out every 10 children in care now earn a profit for investors.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Four out every 10 children in care now earn a profit for investors.
www.gov.uk/government/s...
We're not going to be having anything like a Happy Christmas for the foreseeable, so to cheer myself up temporarily we had a #WorstChristmaspresent competition. Top2 to follow 1/3
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We're not going to be having anything like a Happy Christmas for the foreseeable, so to cheer myself up temporarily we had a #WorstChristmaspresent competition. Top2 to follow 1/3
"Give them a gift they'll actually use" says the company we buy our eco laundry sheets/dishwasher tablets from. I can just imagine my Mum's delighted face....not. #marketing
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"Give them a gift they'll actually use" says the company we buy our eco laundry sheets/dishwasher tablets from. I can just imagine my Mum's delighted face....not. #marketing
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Linehan: “The judge commented that the complainant, a well-known trans activist, was not truthful. There are a group of dangerous men who are determined to bully women and girls, and to misuse the courts and police in furtherance of a misogynistic agenda.”
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www.thetimes.com/article/b1ea...
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www.thetimes.com/article/b1ea...
Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans campaigner
The Father Ted co-creator was found guilty of criminal damage after smashing the phone of activist Sophia Brooks
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Linehan: “The judge commented that the complainant, a well-known trans activist, was not truthful. There are a group of dangerous men who are determined to bully women and girls, and to misuse the courts and police in furtherance of a misogynistic agenda.”
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www.thetimes.com/article/b1ea...
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www.thetimes.com/article/b1ea...
Who thought a Labour govt would do this? Not I.
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Who thought a Labour govt would do this? Not I.
I use books to distract me these days so that usually means fiction. I'd never been a big crime fan but I'm really enjoying Jane Harper's books, set in the Australian outback. Love a sense of place. But blimey it's an unforgiving landscape.
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I use books to distract me these days so that usually means fiction. I'd never been a big crime fan but I'm really enjoying Jane Harper's books, set in the Australian outback. Love a sense of place. But blimey it's an unforgiving landscape.
Who remembers when the @libdems.org.uk were funded by Puberty blocker manufacturers and thought women had penises?
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Who remembers when the @libdems.org.uk were funded by Puberty blocker manufacturers and thought women had penises?
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My pre-budget take for the LSE Politics blog is up:
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Wealth tax and looser fiscal rules won’t save the Budget | British Politics and Policy at LSE
The narrative on the left that a wealth tax and looser fiscal rules would solve the Chancellor's 2025 Budget headaches has got out of hand.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
My pre-budget take for the LSE Politics blog is up:
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
So tell me why we think it's OK to let 18 year olds decide to cut their penises off after a 2 hour consultation ?
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests human brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83
Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age.
The study, based on the brain scans of nearly 4,000 people aged under one to 90, mapped neural connections and how they evolve during our lives. This revealed five broad phases, split up by four pivotal “turning points” in which brain organisation moves on to a different trajectory, at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83 years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
So tell me why we think it's OK to let 18 year olds decide to cut their penises off after a 2 hour consultation ?
The wildlife trusts are puzzled by me cancelling my membership because I don't share their vice president's belief that humans can change sex. 🙄
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The wildlife trusts are puzzled by me cancelling my membership because I don't share their vice president's belief that humans can change sex. 🙄
My favourite "Google generation" blooper to date. Close second was last night's University Challenge when a photo of Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate was mistaken for Robert de Niro in Taxi Driver.
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
My favourite "Google generation" blooper to date. Close second was last night's University Challenge when a photo of Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate was mistaken for Robert de Niro in Taxi Driver.
Shame I didn't get a photo for #foxoftheday
Went out to sort the recycling box because I heard a fox rummaging through the tins in the night. Found that fox had licked out an empty tuna tin, then shat in it.
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Shame I didn't get a photo for #foxoftheday
Over on X where I still have an account many people post screenshots of @bsky.app threads, which on here I don't see due to being on blocklists. The absolute poison being posted is something to behold. It's delusional to think it's in any way morally superior.
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Over on X where I still have an account many people post screenshots of @bsky.app threads, which on here I don't see due to being on blocklists. The absolute poison being posted is something to behold. It's delusional to think it's in any way morally superior.
t.co/LKZDMgdA4o gotta love SEEN in Journalism and Mr Menno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6OQeC6jiog
t.co
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
t.co/LKZDMgdA4o gotta love SEEN in Journalism and Mr Menno
Two years isn't long enough to monitor effects of this. This trial is a travesty - there is already a cohort of kids given these drugs on the past which hasn't been followed up.
BREAKING: UK's NHS to Launch Long-Awaited Puberty Blocker Trial
The trial will randomize 226 gender-incongruent youths under age 16 to receive puberty blockers immediately or on a one-year delay and will follow them for two years post-randomization.
open.substack.com/pub/benryan/...
The trial will randomize 226 gender-incongruent youths under age 16 to receive puberty blockers immediately or on a one-year delay and will follow them for two years post-randomization.
open.substack.com/pub/benryan/...
UK's NHS to Launch Long-Awaited Puberty Blocker Trial
The trial will randomize 226 gender-incongruent youths under age 16 to receive puberty blockers immediately or on a one-year delay and will follow them for two years post-randomization.
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Two years isn't long enough to monitor effects of this. This trial is a travesty - there is already a cohort of kids given these drugs on the past which hasn't been followed up.
Well today I learned that @dramirkhangp.bsky.social is a peddler of gender woo. And that led to finding out that the Wildlife trust he is vice chair of does the same. So, some direct debits cancelled this evening.
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Well today I learned that @dramirkhangp.bsky.social is a peddler of gender woo. And that led to finding out that the Wildlife trust he is vice chair of does the same. So, some direct debits cancelled this evening.
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NEW: Former Reform MEP Nathan Gill is sentenced to 10.5 years at the Old Bailey on 8 counts of bribery by a Russian agent.
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
The "ultimate source" of the funds came from "a close friend of Vladimir Putin," said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb. Here is the evidence…
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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It's hard not to see Britain as completely f**ked these days.
School repairs left unfinished as firm behind PFI contract goes into liquidation.
Massive profiteering from PFI. After 25-30 years assets need to be in good condition before transfer to the public body. Then the company goes bust.
Govt doing more PFI deals.
Massive profiteering from PFI. After 25-30 years assets need to be in good condition before transfer to the public body. Then the company goes bust.
Govt doing more PFI deals.
Repairs left unfinished as firm behind huge schools PFI contract goes into liquidation
The news heightens concerns that 88 schools in Stoke-on-Trent could be left with unfinished work.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
It's hard not to see Britain as completely f**ked these days.
thetimes.com/radio/show/202… The debate between Helen Joyce & Helen Webberley. The latter is an idol of the so called "Dr" who sent my child off with a recommendation for a double mastectomy after 2 1 hour zoom consultations.
https://thetimes.com/radio/show/202…
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
thetimes.com/radio/show/202… The debate between Helen Joyce & Helen Webberley. The latter is an idol of the so called "Dr" who sent my child off with a recommendation for a double mastectomy after 2 1 hour zoom consultations.
It isn’t kind or 'inclusive' to pretend people can change sex so that they face a lifetime of health problems. Autistic,same sex attracted and looked after children are disproportionately represented in medicalised cohorts. open.substack.com/pub/biologyinm…
https://open.substack.com/pub/biologyinm…
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It isn’t kind or 'inclusive' to pretend people can change sex so that they face a lifetime of health problems. Autistic,same sex attracted and looked after children are disproportionately represented in medicalised cohorts. open.substack.com/pub/biologyinm…
It's Christmas but with Hieronymus Bosch
Londoners baffled by bizarre Christmas mural.
At first glance the suspected AI-generated mural seems to depict a crowd enjoying the festive season. But closer inspection reveals a disturbing array of figures including people with warped faces and dogs with the heads of birds
u.afp.com/SnCD
At first glance the suspected AI-generated mural seems to depict a crowd enjoying the festive season. But closer inspection reveals a disturbing array of figures including people with warped faces and dogs with the heads of birds
u.afp.com/SnCD
November 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It's Christmas but with Hieronymus Bosch