Selina Beety (she/her)
@a-stitch-in-time.bsky.social
Reader, writer, Border Collie walker. Not loving these interesting times.
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🛑 Please no DMs unless you are Hozier
🛑 Not looking for love
🛑 or cryptocurrency
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🛑 Please no DMs unless you are Hozier
🛑 Not looking for love
🛑 or cryptocurrency
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Wow. The more you know…
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Wow. The more you know…
Scary but also hopeful. Well worth a listen. These interesting times are only going to get better if we work together.
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open.spotify.com/episode/425V...
1. A Time of Monsters
open.spotify.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Scary but also hopeful. Well worth a listen. These interesting times are only going to get better if we work together.
open.spotify.com/episode/425V...
open.spotify.com/episode/425V...
I mentioned Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2022 reth lecture on Freedom of Speech to a friend today and thought I’d also share it here. Insightful and beautifully put as always. Well worth a listen while you walk the dog/clean the bathroom.
open.spotify.com/episode/3p4O...
open.spotify.com/episode/3p4O...
1. Freedom of Speech
open.spotify.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I mentioned Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2022 reth lecture on Freedom of Speech to a friend today and thought I’d also share it here. Insightful and beautifully put as always. Well worth a listen while you walk the dog/clean the bathroom.
open.spotify.com/episode/3p4O...
open.spotify.com/episode/3p4O...
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
Women have fought hard to have our medical needs taken seriously - are still fighting hard for this in fact. Encouraging women to have dangerous and painful births is anti feminist.
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Women have fought hard to have our medical needs taken seriously - are still fighting hard for this in fact. Encouraging women to have dangerous and painful births is anti feminist.
Returned from night out to find my kitchen covered in post-baking disarray AND philosophy books. According to my emotional teenager Plato & Socrates were having a chill time in Symposium then Plato became angry/serious in Republic because the state killed his best friend
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Returned from night out to find my kitchen covered in post-baking disarray AND philosophy books. According to my emotional teenager Plato & Socrates were having a chill time in Symposium then Plato became angry/serious in Republic because the state killed his best friend
I loved Anna Chilvers’ strange and wonderful Tainted Love (and it’s fab cover). Can’t wait to see what she has cooked up next.
We are publishing and launching
Orca and Bird by Anna CHilvers at Hebden Bridge library on Wednesday 26th November at 7pm.
It would be lovely to see you there.
@librariesconnected.bsky.social
@calderdalegreenp.bsky.social
Orca and Bird by Anna CHilvers at Hebden Bridge library on Wednesday 26th November at 7pm.
It would be lovely to see you there.
@librariesconnected.bsky.social
@calderdalegreenp.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I loved Anna Chilvers’ strange and wonderful Tainted Love (and it’s fab cover). Can’t wait to see what she has cooked up next.
Astonishing debut novel. Light but perfect prose. Characters that feel real even as they inhabit three very different alternate realities. Bucket loads of pathos. A hard & confronting read in many places but still a celebration of survival, life and love. 10/10
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November 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Astonishing debut novel. Light but perfect prose. Characters that feel real even as they inhabit three very different alternate realities. Bucket loads of pathos. A hard & confronting read in many places but still a celebration of survival, life and love. 10/10
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East Coast Fish and Chips, painting by Tracy Savage, Scarborough artist. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
East Coast Fish and Chips, painting by Tracy Savage, Scarborough artist. #WomensArt #NorthernArt
2 friends came over to watch with me last night. Wine & snacks, good conversation & brilliant speakers. The Trouble Club have amazing women speakers every week & on-line tickets are affordable. Invite a good friend over for a different kind of evening.
thetroubleclub.com/whats-on/mar...
thetroubleclub.com/whats-on/mar...
Margaret Atwood & Elif Shafak: Words Like Fire
This conversation will never happen again. This will be an unscripted exchange between two of the most vital literary voices of our time.
thetroubleclub.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
2 friends came over to watch with me last night. Wine & snacks, good conversation & brilliant speakers. The Trouble Club have amazing women speakers every week & on-line tickets are affordable. Invite a good friend over for a different kind of evening.
thetroubleclub.com/whats-on/mar...
thetroubleclub.com/whats-on/mar...
Two words for music/dance that don’t seem to have an equivalent for literature?
Nyah (Irish)-indefinable quality of authenticity/feel/soul that makes music feel real.
Duende (Spanish)-heightened state of emotion/expression/heart/soul.
This book has both.
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Nyah (Irish)-indefinable quality of authenticity/feel/soul that makes music feel real.
Duende (Spanish)-heightened state of emotion/expression/heart/soul.
This book has both.
m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Q...
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Two words for music/dance that don’t seem to have an equivalent for literature?
Nyah (Irish)-indefinable quality of authenticity/feel/soul that makes music feel real.
Duende (Spanish)-heightened state of emotion/expression/heart/soul.
This book has both.
m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Q...
Nyah (Irish)-indefinable quality of authenticity/feel/soul that makes music feel real.
Duende (Spanish)-heightened state of emotion/expression/heart/soul.
This book has both.
m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91Q...
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Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Defend the BBC before it’s gone – an open letter
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
The BBC isn’t perfect – but it’s ours. If we don’t defend it now, we may lose a cornerstone of British democracy
By Dr Russell Jackson
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@docrussjackson.bsky.social
I think we should encourage this. Thousands of ICE can spend the next few years searching for the lost shopping centre. We’ll write them little clues, Arthurian legend type songs and serious soul searching plays. It’s going to be fab
There are a few problems with Senile Satan’s post. The biggest is that he’s deploying troops to the Miracle Mile shopping center in Chicago. There’s no such thing. There’s one in LA and one in NY.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I think we should encourage this. Thousands of ICE can spend the next few years searching for the lost shopping centre. We’ll write them little clues, Arthurian legend type songs and serious soul searching plays. It’s going to be fab
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Gibb needs to be removed, he has never worked for us at the BBC he has worked for outside influences, with close ties to the right and Israel. When BBC staff are repeatedly confirming his 'institutional bias' and asking for his removal, we should listen.
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bsky.app/profile/theg...
MPs and BBC staff call for Robbie Gibb to leave broadcaster’s board
MPs and BBC staff call for Robbie Gibb to leave broadcaster’s board
Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations
MPs and BBC staff members have called for Robbie Gibb to be removed from the corporation’s board as outgoing director general Tim Davie hit out at the “weaponisation” of criticisms of the broadcaster.
In an online meeting with Davie, staff questioned the position of Gibb, Theresa May’s former communications chief who was appointed during Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Gibb needs to be removed, he has never worked for us at the BBC he has worked for outside influences, with close ties to the right and Israel. When BBC staff are repeatedly confirming his 'institutional bias' and asking for his removal, we should listen.
bsky.app/profile/theg...
bsky.app/profile/theg...
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Leaked footage from inside an ICE detention facility near Houston. No beds, no bathrooms, hundreds of men, women, and children in one combined cell/room. They are kept in freezing conditions.
November 12, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Leaked footage from inside an ICE detention facility near Houston. No beds, no bathrooms, hundreds of men, women, and children in one combined cell/room. They are kept in freezing conditions.
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New piece.
The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people.
Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.
The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people.
Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.
Overt Anti-Jewish Hate is On the Verge of Going Mainstream
The combination of mainstreamed conspiracy theories and overt hate on X is close to transforming America's relationship with Jews.
open.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New piece.
The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people.
Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.
The data presented by @thejcpa.bsky.social and @counterhate.com about antisemitism on X is stark: it is being spread to hundreds of millions of people.
Not just antisemitism, but OVERT antisemitism. And that shift means far more than people realize. It won't be long before it leaves X.
Doing research for a new MS to be set in Northumberland and came across this castle. According to Sir Humphry Wakefield, ghosts helped when he was renovating (?) and the Spanish Witch curses people that steal from the house 😱
Tempted to book a stay or ghost tour
chillingham-castle.com/ghosts/
Tempted to book a stay or ghost tour
chillingham-castle.com/ghosts/
Ghosts - Chillingham Castle
HAUNTED CHILLINGHAM – ARE YOU BRAVE ENOUGH? Ghost Tour & Ghost Hunt Dates
chillingham-castle.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Doing research for a new MS to be set in Northumberland and came across this castle. According to Sir Humphry Wakefield, ghosts helped when he was renovating (?) and the Spanish Witch curses people that steal from the house 😱
Tempted to book a stay or ghost tour
chillingham-castle.com/ghosts/
Tempted to book a stay or ghost tour
chillingham-castle.com/ghosts/
My dog is an uber-flirt. Right down to the slightly cocked knees.
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My dog is an uber-flirt. Right down to the slightly cocked knees.
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I put all extra chicken eggs on a table with a sign, saying, "Take if you need them." I'm going to prepare my land to plant a community garden on the bottom acre of my property. People can come and plant/ pick what they need. You can't believe how much citrus falls to the ground and rots.
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I put all extra chicken eggs on a table with a sign, saying, "Take if you need them." I'm going to prepare my land to plant a community garden on the bottom acre of my property. People can come and plant/ pick what they need. You can't believe how much citrus falls to the ground and rots.
Musk and Trump are mass murderers. Nothing can atone for this.
Empires don’t fall when they run out of money. They fall when they run out of mercy.
November 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Musk and Trump are mass murderers. Nothing can atone for this.
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Alright!
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Alright!
Friday 14th November.
Virtual tickets available £20
No one had better make a noise in my house!
www.fairfield.co.uk/events/marga...
Virtual tickets available £20
No one had better make a noise in my house!
www.fairfield.co.uk/events/marga...
Margaret Atwood & Elif Shafak: Words Like Fire | Fairfield Halls | Croydon
This conversation will never happen again. Margaret Atwood and Elif Shafak have never sat across from each other, live on stage, and discussed their collec
www.fairfield.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Friday 14th November.
Virtual tickets available £20
No one had better make a noise in my house!
www.fairfield.co.uk/events/marga...
Virtual tickets available £20
No one had better make a noise in my house!
www.fairfield.co.uk/events/marga...
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People keep asking what's up with MTG. I think The Left Hook nailed it. MTG is using mainstream media as a Trojan horse to take over MAGA and take it further to the right. Great interview with Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Weakest Strongman: The Decline of Trump and The Coming Reckoning
Trump is old, weakened, cankled and suffering from terrible approval ratings from the majority of Americans, as his white Christian nationalist regime now faces threats from within MAGA.
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:51 AM
People keep asking what's up with MTG. I think The Left Hook nailed it. MTG is using mainstream media as a Trojan horse to take over MAGA and take it further to the right. Great interview with Ruth Ben-Ghiat.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
Good news to wake up to.
Well done and keep the fight Americans!
Democrats sweep first major elections of second Trump term - www.reuters.com/world/us/ele...
Well done and keep the fight Americans!
Democrats sweep first major elections of second Trump term - www.reuters.com/world/us/ele...
Elections in New York, New Jersey and Virginia offer early test of Trump's agenda
Voters in New Jersey and Virginia will choose their next governors in a pair of races that will serve as an early gauge of the American electorate's response to President Donald Trump's norm-shattering nine months in office.
www.reuters.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Good news to wake up to.
Well done and keep the fight Americans!
Democrats sweep first major elections of second Trump term - www.reuters.com/world/us/ele...
Well done and keep the fight Americans!
Democrats sweep first major elections of second Trump term - www.reuters.com/world/us/ele...