Ailbhe
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environment, sewing, books, art
#VisibleHealth
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#VisibleHealth
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Even if HPV only caused cancer in people with cervixes, it would be essential to vaccinate people without cervixes because they can carry and spread the virus. You don't control infectious diseases by only vaccinating the people who might die, you control them by vaccinating everyone.
November 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Even if HPV only caused cancer in people with cervixes, it would be essential to vaccinate people without cervixes because they can carry and spread the virus. You don't control infectious diseases by only vaccinating the people who might die, you control them by vaccinating everyone.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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I think this is actually two trends converging: minimum wage has been steadily rising for a decade and a half, but mid- and median wages haven't. Minimum wage has already converged with entry-level professional salaries and is increasingly converging with mid-level professional salaries.
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
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 11:01 AM
I think this is actually two trends converging: minimum wage has been steadily rising for a decade and a half, but mid- and median wages haven't. Minimum wage has already converged with entry-level professional salaries and is increasingly converging with mid-level professional salaries.
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Glad tidings we bring to you and your quim! We are fundraising this festive period. Earlier this year, the future looked bleak for the Vagina Museum. But we're still here, and there's many fanny-tastic reasons for you to become a vital part of our future... www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
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November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Glad tidings we bring to you and your quim! We are fundraising this festive period. Earlier this year, the future looked bleak for the Vagina Museum. But we're still here, and there's many fanny-tastic reasons for you to become a vital part of our future... www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2
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Secondly, the convention that student loans repayments are structured as a regressive graduate tax, but are never discussed as a tax. Half the population under 35 is effectively paying a 29% mid-rate of tax on income between £29-50k, and it's just never discussed as a factor in the economy.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Secondly, the convention that student loans repayments are structured as a regressive graduate tax, but are never discussed as a tax. Half the population under 35 is effectively paying a 29% mid-rate of tax on income between £29-50k, and it's just never discussed as a factor in the economy.
Maybe I should watch this.
We're rewatching The Night Manager which remains very exciting, well plotted, staggeringly cast, and extraordinarily pretty. Most notable, however, is the sheer number of schemes in which someone asserts that everyone would very much like to boink Tom Hiddleston.
November 27, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Maybe I should watch this.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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“A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read”.
Wintersmith is in a @Librofm sale this week. UK customers can get it for £4.99 until 1/12. Select your local bookshop and profits from your purchase will be shared with them: lnk.to/Wintersmith
Wintersmith is in a @Librofm sale this week. UK customers can get it for £4.99 until 1/12. Select your local bookshop and profits from your purchase will be shared with them: lnk.to/Wintersmith
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
“A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read”.
Wintersmith is in a @Librofm sale this week. UK customers can get it for £4.99 until 1/12. Select your local bookshop and profits from your purchase will be shared with them: lnk.to/Wintersmith
Wintersmith is in a @Librofm sale this week. UK customers can get it for £4.99 until 1/12. Select your local bookshop and profits from your purchase will be shared with them: lnk.to/Wintersmith
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“It’s only fair that you pay back the costs of going to university because you’ll get a better paid job at the end of it … but we’re going to make you pay back those costs even if you get a job at near minimum wage because we’d otherwise have to tax millionaires.”
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
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 8:38 AM
“It’s only fair that you pay back the costs of going to university because you’ll get a better paid job at the end of it … but we’re going to make you pay back those costs even if you get a job at near minimum wage because we’d otherwise have to tax millionaires.”
This makes me think immediately of Grenfell.
The photos of the Hong Kong fire are heartbreaking. What makes it even worse is knowing that the lack of press freedom and the absence of democratically elected leaders will only hinder a real investigation and meaningful accountability. 香港平安！香港加油！
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This makes me think immediately of Grenfell.
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the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
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Whenever I see campaigns such as this, I'm reminded of the 2021 tweet from Surrey Poilce
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Whenever I see campaigns such as this, I'm reminded of the 2021 tweet from Surrey Poilce
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This is the thing: in a climate-catastrophic world, nowhere will be permanently safe. Nowhere. We will have to move and move and move. So all of the posturing of various nations about keeping immigrants out is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is the thing: in a climate-catastrophic world, nowhere will be permanently safe. Nowhere. We will have to move and move and move. So all of the posturing of various nations about keeping immigrants out is just rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Research-News/Snakebites-COVID-vaccine-tech-could-limit-venom-damage
"The same technology used in COVID-19 vaccines could help prevent muscle damage from snakebites"
Professor Sakthi Vaiyapuri from Reading working with a Danish uni.
"The same technology used in COVID-19 vaccines could help prevent muscle damage from snakebites"
Professor Sakthi Vaiyapuri from Reading working with a Danish uni.
November 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
https://www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Research-News/Snakebites-COVID-vaccine-tech-could-limit-venom-damage
"The same technology used in COVID-19 vaccines could help prevent muscle damage from snakebites"
Professor Sakthi Vaiyapuri from Reading working with a Danish uni.
"The same technology used in COVID-19 vaccines could help prevent muscle damage from snakebites"
Professor Sakthi Vaiyapuri from Reading working with a Danish uni.
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Looking at this pic of Justin Bieber's house, I'll never understand why the infinitely rich choose to live in gaffs that look like millennium era lottery funded conference centres.
September 19, 2023 at 10:37 AM
Looking at this pic of Justin Bieber's house, I'll never understand why the infinitely rich choose to live in gaffs that look like millennium era lottery funded conference centres.
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Pharrell Williams confirmed as another world famous multi-millionaire who chose to live in a house that looks like it should be called the North Strabane Esat-Digifone Retail Hub & Business Park.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Pharrell Williams confirmed as another world famous multi-millionaire who chose to live in a house that looks like it should be called the North Strabane Esat-Digifone Retail Hub & Business Park.
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy..
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy..
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Gonna reccommend this channel to my kids.
I love this idea. My dad died when I was three and I had to figure out simple things like how to tie a tie and even shave on my own. Please retweet this because I know there are a lot of kids out there who could use some help with day to day life.
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Gonna reccommend this channel to my kids.
While we were looked for paintbrushes for the sewing table project, Rob noticed this landscape...
November 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
While we were looked for paintbrushes for the sewing table project, Rob noticed this landscape...
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This #buyastrangerabook offer has been up ALL DAY.
@leerandall.bsky.social is offering to buy someone ANY short story collection they'd like, up to £20.
There are some incredible collections available (ask Lee if you want some advice), but get in touch if there's something you'd like.
UK only
@leerandall.bsky.social is offering to buy someone ANY short story collection they'd like, up to £20.
There are some incredible collections available (ask Lee if you want some advice), but get in touch if there's something you'd like.
UK only
I haven't bought anyone a book in a while! With Christmas coming, I'll buy the short story collection of someone's choice up to a value of £20.
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This #buyastrangerabook offer has been up ALL DAY.
@leerandall.bsky.social is offering to buy someone ANY short story collection they'd like, up to £20.
There are some incredible collections available (ask Lee if you want some advice), but get in touch if there's something you'd like.
UK only
@leerandall.bsky.social is offering to buy someone ANY short story collection they'd like, up to £20.
There are some incredible collections available (ask Lee if you want some advice), but get in touch if there's something you'd like.
UK only
Some days I look at British posters being annoyed by Americans assuming that everything is in their country and ought to be in their regional version of English and I just. I just look at them.
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Some days I look at British posters being annoyed by Americans assuming that everything is in their country and ought to be in their regional version of English and I just. I just look at them.
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The answer, as ever, is "deliberately".
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The answer, as ever, is "deliberately".
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The OBR says that the VAT charge on private schools has raised more money than expected because fewer pupils have gone into the state sector
Never believe the Tories and their media.
Never believe the Tories and their media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
The OBR says that the VAT charge on private schools has raised more money than expected because fewer pupils have gone into the state sector
Never believe the Tories and their media.
Never believe the Tories and their media.