Mary Wombat
@littlemavis.bsky.social
UK. English. Northern. Old, grumpy, opinionated lefty Yorkshirewoman. Passionate about fairness. Retired scientist, admin person, IT bod, teacher.
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The Covid inquiry’s findings are shocking but unsurprising now, so the main thing it left me thinking is that without a vaccine we wd’ve been utterly screwed. & if you worked round the clock to make a thing that saved millions of lives globally, to see that legacy trashed by anti-vaxxers…
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Covid inquiry’s findings are shocking but unsurprising now, so the main thing it left me thinking is that without a vaccine we wd’ve been utterly screwed. & if you worked round the clock to make a thing that saved millions of lives globally, to see that legacy trashed by anti-vaxxers…
He might have boasted he did that but Kettering Hospital said they had no Covid patients
The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
November 20, 2025 at 8:23 PM
He might have boasted he did that but Kettering Hospital said they had no Covid patients
What the fuck is he on about now?
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
What the fuck is he on about now?
I bought myself some jelly babies in Tesco. Own brand. Can recommend.
November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I bought myself some jelly babies in Tesco. Own brand. Can recommend.
Dinner is in the oven. I need to sort out the next wash load. I just want to sit here though
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Dinner is in the oven. I need to sort out the next wash load. I just want to sit here though
I looked up the writer of this hit piece. Apparently she specialises in "pop culture" Well she can bloody well pop off. Some of us like inoffensive. We don't want a constant diet of rude entitled people behaving appallingly, or violence or sex. Just, nice.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
A Man on the Inside season two review – Ted Danson’s despicably bland show is everything wrong with TV
Only our current tech hellscape could create a comedy so insidiously inoffensive. Prepare to be pummelled into submission as your time is siphoned off by OK entertainment
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I looked up the writer of this hit piece. Apparently she specialises in "pop culture" Well she can bloody well pop off. Some of us like inoffensive. We don't want a constant diet of rude entitled people behaving appallingly, or violence or sex. Just, nice.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The inclusion of "Marketplace" items without a way of excluding them on Tesco's website has made it pretty much useless for checking to see if something is actually available in one of their shops
November 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The inclusion of "Marketplace" items without a way of excluding them on Tesco's website has made it pretty much useless for checking to see if something is actually available in one of their shops
I've been trying not to say this but every time I see the photo I notice the resemblance again
November 20, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I've been trying not to say this but every time I see the photo I notice the resemblance again
I remember at the time assuming that this applied to take away meals & was actually shocked when I found out it meant people should actually sit in restaurants
Sunak and Johnson sent people out to 'save the economy', knowing that they would probably spread the covid virus.
Then, when people started to die as a direct result of Eat Out to Help Out, Matt Hancock covered it up.
None of these things is a crime, apparently.
#CovidInquiry #r4today
Then, when people started to die as a direct result of Eat Out to Help Out, Matt Hancock covered it up.
None of these things is a crime, apparently.
#CovidInquiry #r4today
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
I remember at the time assuming that this applied to take away meals & was actually shocked when I found out it meant people should actually sit in restaurants
Good morning Bluesky
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Good morning Bluesky
Are we sure this Calgie bloke isn't a parody? Because he really sounds like one
What actually happened is the opposite of "woke". There is a turkey shortage because of bird flu.
You know the sort of thing animal welfare regulations and consumer protections might have prevented if not for decades of deregulation.
You know the sort of thing animal welfare regulations and consumer protections might have prevented if not for decades of deregulation.
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Are we sure this Calgie bloke isn't a parody? Because he really sounds like one
I hate it when I *know* where something is then find that it isn't when I try to get it.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I hate it when I *know* where something is then find that it isn't when I try to get it.
Watching Bargain Hunt. Said they're not in Sale room but haven't told us why.
This is weirdly irritating
This is weirdly irritating
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Watching Bargain Hunt. Said they're not in Sale room but haven't told us why.
This is weirdly irritating
This is weirdly irritating
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Does he even own a suit?
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Does he even own a suit?
I could the school Michael to knit of course, except I've lost my needles. Loads of them that used to be my grandma's & my mum's
Now it's too late, here's a list of things I never got round to but really wish I had.
Joining a choir.
Playing the flute.
Visiting Brighton.
Owning more dogs.
Gliding.
Walking the Yorkshire Wolds Way.
Meeting even more online friends.
Archery.
Learning to knit.
Visiting a load more countries.
Joining a choir.
Playing the flute.
Visiting Brighton.
Owning more dogs.
Gliding.
Walking the Yorkshire Wolds Way.
Meeting even more online friends.
Archery.
Learning to knit.
Visiting a load more countries.
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I could the school Michael to knit of course, except I've lost my needles. Loads of them that used to be my grandma's & my mum's
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It’s so cold today that there are teenagers wearing coats.
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It’s so cold today that there are teenagers wearing coats.
Just turned on LBC. James O'Brien is talking about our defences. I've got way too much to worry about personally to give a thought to world political problems
November 19, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Just turned on LBC. James O'Brien is talking about our defences. I've got way too much to worry about personally to give a thought to world political problems
How is this man a Labour peer? In what way is he even remotely on the left?
Fresh from advising Morgan McSweeney last week, Labour peer Maurice Glasman addressed the annual conference of a pro-Reform group that has spread myths about the Covid vaccine and has claimed Starmer is "destroying Britain".
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
📝 New @desmog.com story 👇
Influential Labour Peer Maurice Glasman Addressed Pro-Reform Conspiracy Group’s Conference
High-profile Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman was one of the keynote speakers at the annual conference of the Together Declaration, a conspiracy theory group with ties to Reform UK. Together held its ...
www.desmog.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
How is this man a Labour peer? In what way is he even remotely on the left?
Nothing demonstrates the need for a cup of tea more aptly than pouring boiling water into the teapot & discovering you forgot to put the tea in it first
November 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Nothing demonstrates the need for a cup of tea more aptly than pouring boiling water into the teapot & discovering you forgot to put the tea in it first
Good morning bluesky
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Good morning bluesky
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He’s have an inconvenient journalist chopped up with a bone saw in a nanosecond if he could.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
Q: Why wait for Congress to release the Epstein files? Why not just do it now?
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
TRUMP: It's not the question that I mind. It's your attitude. I think you're a terrible reporter. It's the way you ask these questions. You start off with a man who's highly respected asking him an insubordinate question
November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
He’s have an inconvenient journalist chopped up with a bone saw in a nanosecond if he could.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
Just like the gurning psychopath sitting next to him did.
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Trump just called an ABC reporter "insubordinate" and said "I think the license should be taken away from ABC."
Insubordinate? The press doesn't work for you, asshole.
Insubordinate? The press doesn't work for you, asshole.
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Trump just called an ABC reporter "insubordinate" and said "I think the license should be taken away from ABC."
Insubordinate? The press doesn't work for you, asshole.
Insubordinate? The press doesn't work for you, asshole.
I've found 2 jars of (shop bought) chutney dated bbe June 2024.
Eat or chuck?
Eat or chuck?
November 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I've found 2 jars of (shop bought) chutney dated bbe June 2024.
Eat or chuck?
Eat or chuck?
I suppose I ought to get dressed rather than sitting in a dressing gown with a blanket on my knee but I don't want to. It's cold
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I suppose I ought to get dressed rather than sitting in a dressing gown with a blanket on my knee but I don't want to. It's cold
Good morning bluesky
November 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Good morning bluesky