@weecat85.bsky.social
Nature and social justice nut, free Palestine 🇵🇸 , proud exiled Scot🏴, public sector and Trade Unionist to my core. Stand by Ukraine 🇺🇦 and it's diaspora and all the people suffering under the US administration. Green Party member.
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Just saying…
But despite the worry, the heartache, the physical labour, going out in the dark/wind/rain/snow to feed/check on them… I’m grateful to have all my animals ❤️
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #smallholder #pettherapy
But despite the worry, the heartache, the physical labour, going out in the dark/wind/rain/snow to feed/check on them… I’m grateful to have all my animals ❤️
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #smallholder #pettherapy
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Just saying…
But despite the worry, the heartache, the physical labour, going out in the dark/wind/rain/snow to feed/check on them… I’m grateful to have all my animals ❤️
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #smallholder #pettherapy
But despite the worry, the heartache, the physical labour, going out in the dark/wind/rain/snow to feed/check on them… I’m grateful to have all my animals ❤️
#arnbegfarmstayscotland #smallholder #pettherapy
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#OtD 27 Nov 1898 anti-Nazi resistance fighter Maria Vetulani was born in Poland. Under Nazi occupation she joined resistance and hid Jewish people in her apartment. She fought in the 1944 Warsaw uprising and was wounded then murdered in hospital stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9951...
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 AM
#OtD 27 Nov 1898 anti-Nazi resistance fighter Maria Vetulani was born in Poland. Under Nazi occupation she joined resistance and hid Jewish people in her apartment. She fought in the 1944 Warsaw uprising and was wounded then murdered in hospital stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9951...
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🚨BREXIT BUDGET🚨
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🚨BREXIT BUDGET🚨
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
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This is quite a story for English Higher Education policy. #Budget2025
on.ft.com/4ogqPxZ Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
on.ft.com/4ogqPxZ Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This is quite a story for English Higher Education policy. #Budget2025
on.ft.com/4ogqPxZ Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
on.ft.com/4ogqPxZ Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
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Climate Scientist Jess Green returns in the wake of COP30 to discuss exactly why the UN brokered international climate accords are so ineffectual.
On the new @trashfuture.bsky.social pod (from 27m 30s) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
On the new @trashfuture.bsky.social pod (from 27m 30s) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The Dishonourable Shadow Lord feat. Dr Jess Green
Podcast Episode · TRASHFUTURE · 25/11/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Climate Scientist Jess Green returns in the wake of COP30 to discuss exactly why the UN brokered international climate accords are so ineffectual.
On the new @trashfuture.bsky.social pod (from 27m 30s) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
On the new @trashfuture.bsky.social pod (from 27m 30s) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Wycombians!
Have your say on the future of High Wycombe. This community-led town meeting (with some councillors attending) is a chance for residents to come together, share ideas, and help shape a long-term vision for your town 💚
Have your say on the future of High Wycombe. This community-led town meeting (with some councillors attending) is a chance for residents to come together, share ideas, and help shape a long-term vision for your town 💚
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Wycombians!
Have your say on the future of High Wycombe. This community-led town meeting (with some councillors attending) is a chance for residents to come together, share ideas, and help shape a long-term vision for your town 💚
Have your say on the future of High Wycombe. This community-led town meeting (with some councillors attending) is a chance for residents to come together, share ideas, and help shape a long-term vision for your town 💚
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November 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
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Israel to bring 5,800 Bnei Menashe Jews from India for settlement in occupied Palestine - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bring-5800-bnei-menashe-jews-india-settlement-occupied-palestine
Israel to bring 5,800 Bnei Menashe Jews from India for settlement in occupied Palestine
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel is <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/israel-approves-proposal-to-bring-all-remaining-5800-jews-from-indias-northeast/article70321468.ece#:~:text=Israel's%20government%20has%20approved%20a,over%20the%20next%20five%20years.">reportedly </a>set to bring more than 5,800 Jewish community members from India to Israel for settlement in the Galilee region of the northern part of the occupied Palestinian territories. </p>
<p>The Jewish Agency for Israel, an organisation that promotes Zionism globally has said that the Israeli cabinet has approved the proposal.</p>
<p>The Bnei Menashe Jewish community is an ethnic community from the northeastern Indian states of Mizoram and Manipur. </p>
<p>The report said that the plan was submitted by Immigration and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer.</p>
<p>A large delegation of rabbis is expected to depart for India in the coming days and the plan is expected to require a special budget to cover conversion classes, housing, and Hebrew instruction. </p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Israel to bring 5,800 Bnei Menashe Jews from India for settlement in occupied Palestine - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-bring-5800-bnei-menashe-jews-india-settlement-occupied-palestine
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
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NEW: Stephen Flynn has predicted today's Budget 'was Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves's last'
The SNP Westminster leader's statement comes after an unprecedented blunder saw the full details of Reeves’s plans were published by the OBR more than half an hour before she stood up in the Commons chamber
The SNP Westminster leader's statement comes after an unprecedented blunder saw the full details of Reeves’s plans were published by the OBR more than half an hour before she stood up in the Commons chamber
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
NEW: Stephen Flynn has predicted today's Budget 'was Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves's last'
The SNP Westminster leader's statement comes after an unprecedented blunder saw the full details of Reeves’s plans were published by the OBR more than half an hour before she stood up in the Commons chamber
The SNP Westminster leader's statement comes after an unprecedented blunder saw the full details of Reeves’s plans were published by the OBR more than half an hour before she stood up in the Commons chamber
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Sign the urgent petition against the plan to slash night, weekend and bank holiday pay for thousands of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS staff. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Nottingham: Don't cut night & weekend pay for NHS staff
Sign the urgent petition against the plan to slash night, weekend and bank holiday pay for thousands of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS staff.
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sign the urgent petition against the plan to slash night, weekend and bank holiday pay for thousands of Nottingham University Hospitals NHS staff. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Maybe spend some time giving thanks for the skilled and hardworking farm workers who are responsible for that lovely food on your table.
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Maybe spend some time giving thanks for the skilled and hardworking farm workers who are responsible for that lovely food on your table.
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It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It’s getting real for Home Depot. The flash mob is only the warm up, the nationwide boycott hits on November 27th.
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
Chant: “Tax the rich tax, the motherf*cking rich.”
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Labour came in promising to cut energy bills by £300. Now they’re almost £200 higher, and they trumpet a change that won’t even cover the increase since they took office.
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Labour came in promising to cut energy bills by £300. Now they’re almost £200 higher, and they trumpet a change that won’t even cover the increase since they took office.
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
Is this really it??
Scotland deserves better than this chaos. A fresh start with independence. 🏴
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Hm, link was broken. This works I think?
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Hm, link was broken. This works I think?
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Alex Ross travels to northern Scotland to one of Europe’s richest archeological landscapes—the legacy of a Neolithic society that flourished between 3800 and 2200 B.C. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/5Qal8O
In Northern Scotland, the Neolithic Age Never Ended
Megalithic monuments in the otherworldly Orkney Islands remain a fundamental part of the landscape.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Alex Ross travels to northern Scotland to one of Europe’s richest archeological landscapes—the legacy of a Neolithic society that flourished between 3800 and 2200 B.C. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/5Qal8O
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Pointlessly evil.
Disabled people choose these brands bc they come with a guaranteed replacement vehicle WHICH IS ESSENTIAL IF YOU'RE DISABLED.
They pay the difference themselves.
So all you've done is tell disabled CEOs/working disabled people that they have to drive a Kia.
#budget #reeves
Disabled people choose these brands bc they come with a guaranteed replacement vehicle WHICH IS ESSENTIAL IF YOU'RE DISABLED.
They pay the difference themselves.
So all you've done is tell disabled CEOs/working disabled people that they have to drive a Kia.
#budget #reeves
Luxury cars removed from Motability scheme ahead of budget
The programme has been criticised for allowing people with non-visible disabilities to get luxury vehicles as part of their welfare. The chancellor wants to support the British car market with the new...
news.sky.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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Way back in 2018 I did a walking tour of Vancouver with @brenttoderian.bsky.social and he explained how that city overcame this problem. You need family-sized units & also, crucially, *good urban schools*.
Young families typically leave cities for the suburbs. Here’s how to keep them downtown.
Urbanist Brent Toderian explains how Vancouver held onto its families.
www.vox.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Way back in 2018 I did a walking tour of Vancouver with @brenttoderian.bsky.social and he explained how that city overcame this problem. You need family-sized units & also, crucially, *good urban schools*.
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It's a world built by neglect and NHS England. Of course pharmacists can give advice but not their assistants.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It's a world built by neglect and NHS England. Of course pharmacists can give advice but not their assistants.
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... And serious literature.
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
... And serious literature.