Caroline Pitcher Johnson
@lineynell.bsky.social
Writer, reader, lover of Greece and Derbyshire
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Another depressingly tone-deaf performance by Badenoch at #PMQs. Our continent is threatened from East and West, and Kemi wants to talk Westminster gossip. Rarely have I seen anyone as witless, be so pleased with themselves. Truss springs to mind. Johnson. Cameron.
WAIT - I think I see a pattern.
WAIT - I think I see a pattern.
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Another depressingly tone-deaf performance by Badenoch at #PMQs. Our continent is threatened from East and West, and Kemi wants to talk Westminster gossip. Rarely have I seen anyone as witless, be so pleased with themselves. Truss springs to mind. Johnson. Cameron.
WAIT - I think I see a pattern.
WAIT - I think I see a pattern.
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It's fascinating and disgraceful at the same time, how there's a near blackout in the British media over the hungerstrike of a group of Palestine Action remand prisoners.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
It's fascinating and disgraceful at the same time, how there's a near blackout in the British media over the hungerstrike of a group of Palestine Action remand prisoners.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
It's over a month in now and they are being hospitalised, but crickets on the TV or the papers.
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A racist, an antisemite, a Russian stooge, an election fraudster and a tax dodger walk into a bar. The barman says "Good evening Mr Farage".
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A racist, an antisemite, a Russian stooge, an election fraudster and a tax dodger walk into a bar. The barman says "Good evening Mr Farage".
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December 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
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I so adore #RecipeOfTheDay, it’s hard not to sound unattractively boastful when I talk about it. But truly, this Luscious Vegan Gingerbread does have something miraculous about it. It’s dark, sumptuous, squidgy and simply divine – I named it luscious for a reason! www.nigella.com/recipes/lusc...
Luscious Vegan Gingerbread
I am preposterously proud of this squidgy gingerbread, and I don't mind who knows it. It's everything you want out of a gingerbread — sticky, spicy, deeply aromatic — and you would never miss the butt...
www.nigella.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I so adore #RecipeOfTheDay, it’s hard not to sound unattractively boastful when I talk about it. But truly, this Luscious Vegan Gingerbread does have something miraculous about it. It’s dark, sumptuous, squidgy and simply divine – I named it luscious for a reason! www.nigella.com/recipes/lusc...
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"The Widower" came out in 2014, I don't watch TV so missed it then.
I watched it last night.
Phenomenal
@reeceshearsmith.bsky.social is an incredible actor, terrifying with a slight change of expression and muscle twitch.
It's a dark subject but therapeutic watch.
www.netflix.com/gb/title/801...
I watched it last night.
Phenomenal
@reeceshearsmith.bsky.social is an incredible actor, terrifying with a slight change of expression and muscle twitch.
It's a dark subject but therapeutic watch.
www.netflix.com/gb/title/801...
Watch The Widower | Netflix
A charming husband hides dangerous secrets as financial deceit and staged accidents unravel a real-life story of manipulation, betrayal and murder.
www.netflix.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"The Widower" came out in 2014, I don't watch TV so missed it then.
I watched it last night.
Phenomenal
@reeceshearsmith.bsky.social is an incredible actor, terrifying with a slight change of expression and muscle twitch.
It's a dark subject but therapeutic watch.
www.netflix.com/gb/title/801...
I watched it last night.
Phenomenal
@reeceshearsmith.bsky.social is an incredible actor, terrifying with a slight change of expression and muscle twitch.
It's a dark subject but therapeutic watch.
www.netflix.com/gb/title/801...
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The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
December 9, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The Thing (1982, John Carpenter)
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Is this one of those
“Roses are pricey, violets are cheaper” type headlines
“Roses are pricey, violets are cheaper” type headlines
We don’t do court reports, especially when it comes to violent crime, but there’s always an exception.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Is this one of those
“Roses are pricey, violets are cheaper” type headlines
“Roses are pricey, violets are cheaper” type headlines
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Solidarity with the staff at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social, the people who actually make the place work, in the face of wretched management.
Due to ongoing strike action, all St Pancras Reading Rooms will be closed today (8 December). We are also likely to have to close our Reading Rooms for the rest of the week and will update if this is the case. Please make sure you check our service updates before you visit: bit.ly/StrikeAction...
Planned strike action in St Pancras
We have been notified of planned strike action taking place between Monday 8 and Friday 12 December 2025.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Solidarity with the staff at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social, the people who actually make the place work, in the face of wretched management.
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Even as a Tory I must admit Reform MPs are devoted to serving their constituencies. For example Lee Anderson selling his ‘funny’ 30p football shirts in Ashdown & Nigel Farage’s outstanding work in Clacton.
Oh & here is Richard Tice working hard in his constituency of Skegness.
📃
Oh & here is Richard Tice working hard in his constituency of Skegness.
📃
December 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Even as a Tory I must admit Reform MPs are devoted to serving their constituencies. For example Lee Anderson selling his ‘funny’ 30p football shirts in Ashdown & Nigel Farage’s outstanding work in Clacton.
Oh & here is Richard Tice working hard in his constituency of Skegness.
📃
Oh & here is Richard Tice working hard in his constituency of Skegness.
📃
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Tony Blair reportedly dropped from Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’ shortlist - what? they don't want a war criminal?
December 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Tony Blair reportedly dropped from Trump’s Gaza ‘board of peace’ shortlist - what? they don't want a war criminal?
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No Prince Philip either
With this there would have been no Mo Farah. No Freddie Mercury. No Lenny Henry. No George Michael. No Meera Syal. No Sadiq Khan. No Sajid Javid. No Salman Rushdie. No Hanif Kureishi.
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 PM
No Prince Philip either
anyoneinracks
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
anyoneinracks
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And 100% of Labour MPs are doing fuck all about it.
Listen to your remaining members Labour.
Listen to your remaining members Labour.
💷 Three-quarters of Labour members point to Tory austerity and Brexit as being responsible for Britain's economic woes
Labour members blame austerity and Brexit for economic problems – poll – LabourList
Labour members believe Coalition-era austerity and Britain's departure from the EU are the two main factors behind the UK's economic woes, exclusive polling for LabourList…
labourlist.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
And 100% of Labour MPs are doing fuck all about it.
Listen to your remaining members Labour.
Listen to your remaining members Labour.
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So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
So love wobbegongs. Everything is good about the wobbegong. Its name. Its flattened Oscar the Grouch face. Its frondy bits. Its lazy life as a hungry rug. And it’s a shark. Outstanding animal 10/10
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Another hell hole pig fHarm 👺Pigs covered with and lying in their own excrements 😱Why are you still consuming animal flesh? Why are you still supporting this? #LiveVegan stop the abuse in your name 🙏
December 8, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Another hell hole pig fHarm 👺Pigs covered with and lying in their own excrements 😱Why are you still consuming animal flesh? Why are you still supporting this? #LiveVegan stop the abuse in your name 🙏
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Our opening of the #PoetryByHeart advent calendar continues with our Festive Showcase! Today's poem is Doherty's 'The Sky Is Black Tonight' - enjoy the wonderful sound play of 'A bell-wish, a well-wish' 🔔🎄 Head to our website for tips on performing the poem!
poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/the-sk...
poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/the-sk...
December 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Since the 1970s there has been a 71% decline in shark and ray species
Shark finning is the cruel practice of removing any fins from a shark (including the tail) before discarding the remainder of the shark at-sea to die a cruel miserable death
Photo Antony Dickson
www.msc.org/what-we-are-...
Shark finning is the cruel practice of removing any fins from a shark (including the tail) before discarding the remainder of the shark at-sea to die a cruel miserable death
Photo Antony Dickson
www.msc.org/what-we-are-...
December 8, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Since the 1970s there has been a 71% decline in shark and ray species
Shark finning is the cruel practice of removing any fins from a shark (including the tail) before discarding the remainder of the shark at-sea to die a cruel miserable death
Photo Antony Dickson
www.msc.org/what-we-are-...
Shark finning is the cruel practice of removing any fins from a shark (including the tail) before discarding the remainder of the shark at-sea to die a cruel miserable death
Photo Antony Dickson
www.msc.org/what-we-are-...
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But still the MSM scream about how good he is. How bad Labour are doing & Nigel will save the country. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. It’s brainwashing. We all know how bad it will be if Farage comes to power. However, most of the electorate are brain dead anyway. As you said, they voted for Boris
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
But still the MSM scream about how good he is. How bad Labour are doing & Nigel will save the country. 24 hours a day. 7 days a week. It’s brainwashing. We all know how bad it will be if Farage comes to power. However, most of the electorate are brain dead anyway. As you said, they voted for Boris
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If Christopher Harborne can afford to hand fascist Nigel Farage £9million he can afford to pay more tax, the little fucking parasite.
December 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If Christopher Harborne can afford to hand fascist Nigel Farage £9million he can afford to pay more tax, the little fucking parasite.
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Americans will no longer get free entry to federal parks on Martin Luther King Day.
They will, however, on Trump’s June 14 birthday.
Literally the sort of thing dictators do.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
They will, however, on Trump’s June 14 birthday.
Literally the sort of thing dictators do.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Americans will no longer get free entry to federal parks on Martin Luther King Day.
They will, however, on Trump’s June 14 birthday.
Literally the sort of thing dictators do.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
They will, however, on Trump’s June 14 birthday.
Literally the sort of thing dictators do.
www.sfgate.com/national-par...
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My favourite! Here’s another fabulous ‘berserker ’ chomping away at the National Museum of Scotland
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
My favourite! Here’s another fabulous ‘berserker ’ chomping away at the National Museum of Scotland
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The Lewis Chessmen
These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀
From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀
From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
December 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The Lewis Chessmen
These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀
From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
These 12th-century chess pieces are packed with personality, and have such charmingly expressive eyes! ♟️ 👀
From a large gaming hoard discovered on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology