Just hearing all about this on 6music, great idea from a great band ❤️ #theCharlatans
January 12, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Just hearing all about this on 6music, great idea from a great band ❤️ #theCharlatans
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I found this to be a really clear presentation of some of the political and social dynamics that have brought us to this moment with respect to the United States’s current international positioning
new video up on the youtube page youtu.be/N1DVvGlzGEs?...
Everything is Gender
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I found this to be a really clear presentation of some of the political and social dynamics that have brought us to this moment with respect to the United States’s current international positioning
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ACCESSIBILITY MATTERS: Our free textbook removes financial barriers while maintaining academic rigor. Every student deserves access to quality sociological education, regardless of economic status. sociologycoach.com/introduction...
January 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
ACCESSIBILITY MATTERS: Our free textbook removes financial barriers while maintaining academic rigor. Every student deserves access to quality sociological education, regardless of economic status. sociologycoach.com/introduction...
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The Yin after the Yang...always...no matter what...
The artist knows...
"Sunshine After the Storm", 2021.
Cyril Cox (Canadian Artist, born 1958)
Acrylic on Canvas, 40" × 40".
Private Collection.
The artist knows...
"Sunshine After the Storm", 2021.
Cyril Cox (Canadian Artist, born 1958)
Acrylic on Canvas, 40" × 40".
Private Collection.
January 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
The Yin after the Yang...always...no matter what...
The artist knows...
"Sunshine After the Storm", 2021.
Cyril Cox (Canadian Artist, born 1958)
Acrylic on Canvas, 40" × 40".
Private Collection.
The artist knows...
"Sunshine After the Storm", 2021.
Cyril Cox (Canadian Artist, born 1958)
Acrylic on Canvas, 40" × 40".
Private Collection.
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Landscape as rhythm —
layered hills, winding roads, and quiet forests reduced to motion and tone.
Painted calm.
#AbstractArt
#Landscape
#Painting
#Nature
#VisualArt
layered hills, winding roads, and quiet forests reduced to motion and tone.
Painted calm.
#AbstractArt
#Landscape
#Painting
#Nature
#VisualArt
January 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Landscape as rhythm —
layered hills, winding roads, and quiet forests reduced to motion and tone.
Painted calm.
#AbstractArt
#Landscape
#Painting
#Nature
#VisualArt
layered hills, winding roads, and quiet forests reduced to motion and tone.
Painted calm.
#AbstractArt
#Landscape
#Painting
#Nature
#VisualArt
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Just finished this #watercolor #commission for a good friend who is fighting #cancer tooth & nail.
He underwent some pretty serious brain surgery last year & while he was under, had a vision of heavenly #Fraggles.
I'm honored to bring it to life.
Please send him encouragement! ❤️
He underwent some pretty serious brain surgery last year & while he was under, had a vision of heavenly #Fraggles.
I'm honored to bring it to life.
Please send him encouragement! ❤️
January 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Just finished this #watercolor #commission for a good friend who is fighting #cancer tooth & nail.
He underwent some pretty serious brain surgery last year & while he was under, had a vision of heavenly #Fraggles.
I'm honored to bring it to life.
Please send him encouragement! ❤️
He underwent some pretty serious brain surgery last year & while he was under, had a vision of heavenly #Fraggles.
I'm honored to bring it to life.
Please send him encouragement! ❤️
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Hidden within the Online Safety Act is the spy clause that threatens encryption on messaging apps.
As ORG's James Baker says, Ofcom "may be waiting to see what happens in Europe with the Chat Control proposal, because it’s quite hard for the UK to go alone.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666367...
As ORG's James Baker says, Ofcom "may be waiting to see what happens in Europe with the Chat Control proposal, because it’s quite hard for the UK to go alone.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666367...
Privacy will be under unprecedented attack in 2026 | Computer Weekly
The UK and Europe are ramping up opposition to encryption and stepping up surveillance of private communications. Here is what to expect this year.
www.computerweekly.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Hidden within the Online Safety Act is the spy clause that threatens encryption on messaging apps.
As ORG's James Baker says, Ofcom "may be waiting to see what happens in Europe with the Chat Control proposal, because it’s quite hard for the UK to go alone.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666367...
As ORG's James Baker says, Ofcom "may be waiting to see what happens in Europe with the Chat Control proposal, because it’s quite hard for the UK to go alone.”
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666367...
In the 80s, my art teacher, who knew I loved Bowie's music, gave me a poster of this (or close to it), that was up on the walls in the art block that I spent a lot of my lunchtimes hanging around in. Both had profound effects on my life and helped me see beyond the dark. Ever grateful ❤️ #davidbowie
January 10, 2026 at 11:34 AM
In the 80s, my art teacher, who knew I loved Bowie's music, gave me a poster of this (or close to it), that was up on the walls in the art block that I spent a lot of my lunchtimes hanging around in. Both had profound effects on my life and helped me see beyond the dark. Ever grateful ❤️ #davidbowie
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Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
January 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Timeline Cleanse: Please enjoy this photo of a praying mantis that was sitting on top of my car windshield, but the angling and lighting were so weird it looks like a giant praying mantis wandering a corn field in Iowa.
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The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge is a 102.4 mi viaduct on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway. It is the longest bridge in the world. Located on the rail line betw Shanghai & Nanjing in the Yangtze River Delta where the geography is characterized by lowland rice paddies, canals, rivers & lakes
January 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge is a 102.4 mi viaduct on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway. It is the longest bridge in the world. Located on the rail line betw Shanghai & Nanjing in the Yangtze River Delta where the geography is characterized by lowland rice paddies, canals, rivers & lakes
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🔎 NEW
Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts delivers payday for party backer
Reform councils have increased spending and handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
goodlaw.social
January 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
🔎 NEW
Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
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If you’d like to know more about the extraordinary life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft, I hosted this BBC podcast episode about her (TW: it’s mostly funny, but tragically sad in places too)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
January 7, 2026 at 1:33 PM
If you’d like to know more about the extraordinary life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft, I hosted this BBC podcast episode about her (TW: it’s mostly funny, but tragically sad in places too)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Our other Specialist Discussion Meeting on Friday also looks at artificial intelligence, focusing on new tools and techniques being used in astronomy and astrophysics. 🤖🔭
To book a place in person or online, please scan the QR code on the graphic. 🤳🎟️
To book a place in person or online, please scan the QR code on the graphic. 🤳🎟️
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Our other Specialist Discussion Meeting on Friday also looks at artificial intelligence, focusing on new tools and techniques being used in astronomy and astrophysics. 🤖🔭
To book a place in person or online, please scan the QR code on the graphic. 🤳🎟️
To book a place in person or online, please scan the QR code on the graphic. 🤳🎟️
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
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So great to see Yorkshire Content Fund supported production Reunion, named in The Guardian’s top TV picks for 2025! Brilliant to see Warp Films’ Adolescence featured too. Huge year for Yorkshire storytelling. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/09/the-best-tv-of-2025-in-the-uk-so-far
June 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
So great to see Yorkshire Content Fund supported production Reunion, named in The Guardian’s top TV picks for 2025! Brilliant to see Warp Films’ Adolescence featured too. Huge year for Yorkshire storytelling. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/09/the-best-tv-of-2025-in-the-uk-so-far
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Still one of the best things that has ever been on TV.
The Messiah really did't see it coming.
The Messiah really did't see it coming.
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Still one of the best things that has ever been on TV.
The Messiah really did't see it coming.
The Messiah really did't see it coming.
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Trump is sueing the BBC. I really, really hope the BBC do not settle. Drag him through court and let everything he has said come out.
And then make him fund the BBC for decades.
And then make him fund the BBC for decades.
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Trump is sueing the BBC. I really, really hope the BBC do not settle. Drag him through court and let everything he has said come out.
And then make him fund the BBC for decades.
And then make him fund the BBC for decades.
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Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
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Yes! #GoodNews for Ukraine! And the world!
Very good news for Ukraine--and very bad news for Putin. It means Ukraine will have the means to fight the war indefinitely even without any US support. www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Europe’s Emerging Plan: Give Ukraine $200 Billion in Russian Money
The loan—which likely wouldn’t be paid back—represents a creative way to tap Moscow’s frozen assets without legally confiscating them.
www.wsj.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Yes! #GoodNews for Ukraine! And the world!
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Reform UK Party Ltd spent £700,000 on a 2-page spread — one page being just an image of Farage and the other a letter, meaning he spent £350,000 on pictures of himself.
The average UK house price is £272,000.
Also, the ‘full English’ is badly photoshopped on — it's tiny!
The average UK house price is £272,000.
Also, the ‘full English’ is badly photoshopped on — it's tiny!
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Reform UK Party Ltd spent £700,000 on a 2-page spread — one page being just an image of Farage and the other a letter, meaning he spent £350,000 on pictures of himself.
The average UK house price is £272,000.
Also, the ‘full English’ is badly photoshopped on — it's tiny!
The average UK house price is £272,000.
Also, the ‘full English’ is badly photoshopped on — it's tiny!
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Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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This is part one of my series on what it's like to be involved in the ICB Sussex investigation. unsilentmum.substack.com/p/part-one-l...
Part One: Living Through the ICB Sussex Investigation
The reality of what care at WellBN was really like for my child
unsilentmum.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is part one of my series on what it's like to be involved in the ICB Sussex investigation. unsilentmum.substack.com/p/part-one-l...
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Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...