Katieboo
@k8tshires.bsky.social
My life in France
"everything will be OK in the end and if it's not OK it's not the end" John Lennon.
Shitposting, both serious and unserious stuff. I do like to respond if somebody is kind enough to comment. Manners you see.
Liberté Egalité Fraternité
"everything will be OK in the end and if it's not OK it's not the end" John Lennon.
Shitposting, both serious and unserious stuff. I do like to respond if somebody is kind enough to comment. Manners you see.
Liberté Egalité Fraternité
Pinned
Seasons greetings of goodwill to all men/women. ⤵️ @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Apologies for posting this again but Kemi Badenoch's take on Christianity reminded me.
#Viz
#Viz
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Seasons greetings of goodwill to all men/women. ⤵️ @mrjamesob.bsky.social
aaand.......... there it is 🕵️♀️
Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
aaand.......... there it is 🕵️♀️
I know it's the Scum, however... chateau on the outskirts of Aunay-sur-Odon, near Caen, bought after Brexshit ref. in 2017. Raving fucking hypocrite. Where does his money come from?
www.thesun.co.uk/news/4436653...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/4436653...
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I know it's the Scum, however... chateau on the outskirts of Aunay-sur-Odon, near Caen, bought after Brexshit ref. in 2017. Raving fucking hypocrite. Where does his money come from?
www.thesun.co.uk/news/4436653...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/4436653...
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‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 AM
‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
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Reminder: G20 leaders knew last weekend that Trump was going to try and oust South Africa from next year's summit. That's why this final paragraph of the Jo'burg Summit Declaration was so very carefully worded. The "Miami" Summit (at Trump's golf club in Doral) is now very unlikely to happen.
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Reminder: G20 leaders knew last weekend that Trump was going to try and oust South Africa from next year's summit. That's why this final paragraph of the Jo'burg Summit Declaration was so very carefully worded. The "Miami" Summit (at Trump's golf club in Doral) is now very unlikely to happen.
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Vanguard plans to buy more gilts as UK Budget calms investor nerves - FT.
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Vanguard plans to buy more gilts as UK Budget calms investor nerves - FT.
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🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
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This is such important news. Hundreds of thousands of children taken out of poverty with the stroke of a pen.
Two-child benefit limit is officially scrapped in Budget 2025
Rachel Reeves confirms policy that restricts what benefits families can receive will be removed
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is such important news. Hundreds of thousands of children taken out of poverty with the stroke of a pen.
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Decent move - but why wait till 2029? Too many tax exemptions apply to pensions, it’s part of our regressive tax regime - the more money you have the more exemptions you get.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Decent move - but why wait till 2029? Too many tax exemptions apply to pensions, it’s part of our regressive tax regime - the more money you have the more exemptions you get.
Salary sacrifice... good to see the back of it. It was a perk for the higher paid and did not benefit those living from week to week/month to month struggling to make ends meet on poor/low pay. Good to hear Shelagh Fogharty complaining about it.... because??
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Salary sacrifice... good to see the back of it. It was a perk for the higher paid and did not benefit those living from week to week/month to month struggling to make ends meet on poor/low pay. Good to hear Shelagh Fogharty complaining about it.... because??
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BREAKING⚡️
🇷🇺🇺🇸It has become known that the so-called American "peace agreement"—its 28 points—was actually drafted by Kirill Dmitriev and Yury Ushakov, but was presented by Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s administration as an American peace document.
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🇷🇺🇺🇸It has become known that the so-called American "peace agreement"—its 28 points—was actually drafted by Kirill Dmitriev and Yury Ushakov, but was presented by Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s administration as an American peace document.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
BREAKING⚡️
🇷🇺🇺🇸It has become known that the so-called American "peace agreement"—its 28 points—was actually drafted by Kirill Dmitriev and Yury Ushakov, but was presented by Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s administration as an American peace document.
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🇷🇺🇺🇸It has become known that the so-called American "peace agreement"—its 28 points—was actually drafted by Kirill Dmitriev and Yury Ushakov, but was presented by Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s administration as an American peace document.
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This site is a bunch of interesting folks but also the last hanger-ons to the idea that progress happens through snarky pile-ons. May they one day form a completely disconnected cluster
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This site is a bunch of interesting folks but also the last hanger-ons to the idea that progress happens through snarky pile-ons. May they one day form a completely disconnected cluster
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Sir Richard Branson has announced the death of his wife of 50 years, Lady Joan, at the age of 80
Sir Richard Branson’s wife, Joan, dies aged 80
Joan Templeman was married to the Virgin founder for 50 years. Announcing her death, he described her as “my best friend”
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Sir Richard Branson has announced the death of his wife of 50 years, Lady Joan, at the age of 80
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We were honoured to have economist Jayati Ghosh join a high-level discussion we hosted with OxfamSA at the G20 in Johannesburg ast week.
In this clip, Jayati explains why a global minimum tax on the super-rich is essential to tackling rising wealth inequality and wealth extremism. #TaxTheSuperRich
In this clip, Jayati explains why a global minimum tax on the super-rich is essential to tackling rising wealth inequality and wealth extremism. #TaxTheSuperRich
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We were honoured to have economist Jayati Ghosh join a high-level discussion we hosted with OxfamSA at the G20 in Johannesburg ast week.
In this clip, Jayati explains why a global minimum tax on the super-rich is essential to tackling rising wealth inequality and wealth extremism. #TaxTheSuperRich
In this clip, Jayati explains why a global minimum tax on the super-rich is essential to tackling rising wealth inequality and wealth extremism. #TaxTheSuperRich
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Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
I have questions....
This absolute monster salmon was just trapped in Snæfellsnes. They took his sperm for deep freezing and let it go again.
Svakalegur lax á Snæfellsnesi - Vísir
Jóhannes Sturlaugsson fiskifræðingur veiddi nýverið sannkallaðan risalax í búr í Haffjarðará á sunnanverðu Snæfellsnesi. Jóhannes telur að um sé að ræða stærsta Atlantshafslax sem veiðst hefur í háf.
www.visir.is
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I have questions....
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
This is a very interesting and eye opening read. Recommend.
electrek.co/2025/11/21/e...
electrek.co/2025/11/21/e...
Electricity is about to become the new base currency and China figured it out
As we accelerate into an all-electric, all-digital age, the ultimate representation of productive capacity becomes the kilowatt-hour (kWh).
electrek.co
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is a very interesting and eye opening read. Recommend.
electrek.co/2025/11/21/e...
electrek.co/2025/11/21/e...
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Jonathan Weil, the WSJ reporter who wrote this story, was the first to question Enron's accounting practices. Pay attention here.
This feels like one of those stories you're going to look at a year from now and say to yourself, "Why didn't I move more of my portfolio into cash?" **
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Jonathan Weil, the WSJ reporter who wrote this story, was the first to question Enron's accounting practices. Pay attention here.
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Friday: "Sign this by Thanksgiving or it's all over for you."
Saturday: "This is nothing to do with us, some other boys wrote it."
Sunday: "By 'some other boys wrote it', of course I meant some other boys wrote the denial that we wrote it. Here's my lunch money."
Saturday: "This is nothing to do with us, some other boys wrote it."
Sunday: "By 'some other boys wrote it', of course I meant some other boys wrote the denial that we wrote it. Here's my lunch money."
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Friday: "Sign this by Thanksgiving or it's all over for you."
Saturday: "This is nothing to do with us, some other boys wrote it."
Sunday: "By 'some other boys wrote it', of course I meant some other boys wrote the denial that we wrote it. Here's my lunch money."
Saturday: "This is nothing to do with us, some other boys wrote it."
Sunday: "By 'some other boys wrote it', of course I meant some other boys wrote the denial that we wrote it. Here's my lunch money."
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Rochdale chippy owners Jimmy and Elsie Greenwood with their coal-fired fryer, May 1973.
November 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Rochdale chippy owners Jimmy and Elsie Greenwood with their coal-fired fryer, May 1973.
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"The war in Ukraine can only be ended if the conditions are acceptable to Ukraine and Europe." - Friedrich Merz to Donald Trump.
November 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
"The war in Ukraine can only be ended if the conditions are acceptable to Ukraine and Europe." - Friedrich Merz to Donald Trump.
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I know there is lot going on but Witkoff got rolled by the Russians again. A bunch of R Senators said hold up today (including Graham) and Rubio just threw the clown car in reverse. Total shit show.
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I know there is lot going on but Witkoff got rolled by the Russians again. A bunch of R Senators said hold up today (including Graham) and Rubio just threw the clown car in reverse. Total shit show.