Claire Vaughan
@pixieglas.bsky.social
🏳️🌈📽️ 'A puffed-up orb of a woman with a gaping mouth'.
Enthusiast. She / her / hi.
Shift Cardiff // Reframed Film // Chapter Cinema Cardiff.
Views personal are mine alone. No SWERFs or TERFs or Tories os gwelwch yn dda.
Enthusiast. She / her / hi.
Shift Cardiff // Reframed Film // Chapter Cinema Cardiff.
Views personal are mine alone. No SWERFs or TERFs or Tories os gwelwch yn dda.
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the next couple of days are going to see a hell of a lot of "the rich declare themselves poor"
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
the next couple of days are going to see a hell of a lot of "the rich declare themselves poor"
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Andrea Kowch, contemporary US painter #WomensArt #Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Andrea Kowch, contemporary US painter #WomensArt #Thanksgiving
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Whatever you think of the oil and gas sector, it's obvious that the "just transition" is failing. The accelerated decline of fossil fuels is not being matched with clean industries being scaled up quick enough. Without a renewables manufacturing base, green jobs are not being created fast enough.
📰 Good morning! Here is the front page of The Scotsman for Thursday.
November 27, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Whatever you think of the oil and gas sector, it's obvious that the "just transition" is failing. The accelerated decline of fossil fuels is not being matched with clean industries being scaled up quick enough. Without a renewables manufacturing base, green jobs are not being created fast enough.
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
Hairspray (1988) is a gift to fat kids always being told they are worth less. This joyous film made me believe that I could be the obnoxious, self-righteous, talented beauty that I am today.
What movie are you most thankful for? (not necessarily your favorite!)
November 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Hairspray (1988) is a gift to fat kids always being told they are worth less. This joyous film made me believe that I could be the obnoxious, self-righteous, talented beauty that I am today.
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Space photographer Andrew James McCarthy @ajamesmccarthy.bsky.social has captured many epic images of celestial bodies, but this may be his greatest: a perfectly timed photo of a skydiving friend with the sun behind him (shot w/ equipment revealing great solar detail).
Behold "The Fall of Icarus."
Behold "The Fall of Icarus."
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Space photographer Andrew James McCarthy @ajamesmccarthy.bsky.social has captured many epic images of celestial bodies, but this may be his greatest: a perfectly timed photo of a skydiving friend with the sun behind him (shot w/ equipment revealing great solar detail).
Behold "The Fall of Icarus."
Behold "The Fall of Icarus."
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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Badenoch: "HIKING TAXES TO PAY FOR WELFARE!"
Er. Yes. You see, you take money from people who have money, and use it to pay for things for everyone and help people who have too little money. That's... the whole point?
Er. Yes. You see, you take money from people who have money, and use it to pay for things for everyone and help people who have too little money. That's... the whole point?
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Badenoch: "HIKING TAXES TO PAY FOR WELFARE!"
Er. Yes. You see, you take money from people who have money, and use it to pay for things for everyone and help people who have too little money. That's... the whole point?
Er. Yes. You see, you take money from people who have money, and use it to pay for things for everyone and help people who have too little money. That's... the whole point?
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#OnThisDay in 1645, Sir Richard Grenville wrote a letter to Prince Charles, Duke of Cornwall proposing the withdrawal of Kernow from the Civil War by establishing it as a de facto independent polity. 380 years of calls for Cornish devolution! 〓〓
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#OnThisDay in 1645, Sir Richard Grenville wrote a letter to Prince Charles, Duke of Cornwall proposing the withdrawal of Kernow from the Civil War by establishing it as a de facto independent polity. 380 years of calls for Cornish devolution! 〓〓
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Psssst!
Hey! You!
THE SECRET AGENT is great. Pass it on.
Hey! You!
THE SECRET AGENT is great. Pass it on.
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Psssst!
Hey! You!
THE SECRET AGENT is great. Pass it on.
Hey! You!
THE SECRET AGENT is great. Pass it on.
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Sorry, everyone. I think we've gone and done a thoughtful, balanced episode on #Budget2026, that is more about the economics and the politics, rather than the gossippy nonsense that gets hacks excited. #NotSorry
🆕 SPOILER ALERT - Unpicking the Budget 📈
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Unpicking the most-leaked Budget in history, with Vicky Pryce
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 26/11/2025 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Sorry, everyone. I think we've gone and done a thoughtful, balanced episode on #Budget2026, that is more about the economics and the politics, rather than the gossippy nonsense that gets hacks excited. #NotSorry
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Might be worth asking anyone who is slagging the Budget off how much their house is worth.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Might be worth asking anyone who is slagging the Budget off how much their house is worth.
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I don't care if you think you're middle class or whatever. Your house is worth £2m? Lucky you. Shut up and pay up.
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I don't care if you think you're middle class or whatever. Your house is worth £2m? Lucky you. Shut up and pay up.
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Okay so why is Ofcom allowing blatant racists on our TVs? Lest they need reminding we have no “First Amendment” for people to hide behind here.
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Okay so why is Ofcom allowing blatant racists on our TVs? Lest they need reminding we have no “First Amendment” for people to hide behind here.
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When we will see the long overdue investment that is needed in the valleys?
“The paper, by Dr Christopher Saville of Bangor University, …found that residents of areas of Wales with greater mining extent reported worse mental health.”
nation.cymru/news/study-r...
“The paper, by Dr Christopher Saville of Bangor University, …found that residents of areas of Wales with greater mining extent reported worse mental health.”
nation.cymru/news/study-r...
Study reveals stark impact of deindustrialisation on mental health in Wales
A study from a Welsh university has shed new light on the stark legacy of deindustrialisation in Wales and its impact on the mental health of the population. The paper, by Dr Christopher Saville of Ba...
nation.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 AM
When we will see the long overdue investment that is needed in the valleys?
“The paper, by Dr Christopher Saville of Bangor University, …found that residents of areas of Wales with greater mining extent reported worse mental health.”
nation.cymru/news/study-r...
“The paper, by Dr Christopher Saville of Bangor University, …found that residents of areas of Wales with greater mining extent reported worse mental health.”
nation.cymru/news/study-r...
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And that is a problem. Because from the perspective of the rich and powerful we need the poor. And we need them to be poor. Because all economics boil down to is the distribution of scarcity.
True power is the power to decide who starves tonight and who eats his fill.
True power is the power to decide who starves tonight and who eats his fill.
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
And that is a problem. Because from the perspective of the rich and powerful we need the poor. And we need them to be poor. Because all economics boil down to is the distribution of scarcity.
True power is the power to decide who starves tonight and who eats his fill.
True power is the power to decide who starves tonight and who eats his fill.
Microsoft continues to make my work life more difficult. Just found myself saying "what is this bullshit?" out loud whilst it switched me to a new layout mid-working on a document. They used to be a trusted system. I'm so tired.
November 26, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Microsoft continues to make my work life more difficult. Just found myself saying "what is this bullshit?" out loud whilst it switched me to a new layout mid-working on a document. They used to be a trusted system. I'm so tired.
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Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This is something that really bothers me in so much talk about benefits including from some policy wonks.
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Sorry, no, Motability was not about 'helping the most vulnerable' - it was about providing people who need modified vehicles modified vehicles!
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is something that really bothers me in so much talk about benefits including from some policy wonks.
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
Not everyone who is given something from the state is Oliver Twist, nor should they be.
The state should provide help to all sorts of people in different circs, not just gruel for the needy
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and again - literally just the hobby horse of some random anonymous Twitter accounts, enraging how quickly they managed to turn their horrid posting into actual government policy and rhetoric
“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
and again - literally just the hobby horse of some random anonymous Twitter accounts, enraging how quickly they managed to turn their horrid posting into actual government policy and rhetoric
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Bristol! I will see you soon!
BAD LANGUAGE launch in conversation with @noreenmasud.bsky.social
@bookhaus.bsky.social , 6pm
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/
BAD LANGUAGE launch in conversation with @noreenmasud.bsky.social
@bookhaus.bsky.social , 6pm
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/
Bookhaus Bristol – Author Talks, Readings & More
Discover upcoming events at Bookhaus Bristol, including author talks, book readings, and literary discussions.
www.bookhausbristol.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Bristol! I will see you soon!
BAD LANGUAGE launch in conversation with @noreenmasud.bsky.social
@bookhaus.bsky.social , 6pm
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/
BAD LANGUAGE launch in conversation with @noreenmasud.bsky.social
@bookhaus.bsky.social , 6pm
www.bookhausbristol.com/events/
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A racist might forget, but a victim of racism never does.
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
A racist might forget, but a victim of racism never does.
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In the hope people won't notice in the pre-Budget madness, the government has slipped out plans to slash jury trials.
Back in July I wrote about the crisis in the justice system, and why this looks like an answer
(I did not choose the gavel image!)
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
Back in July I wrote about the crisis in the justice system, and why this looks like an answer
(I did not choose the gavel image!)
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
Can jury-less trials save our justice system?
“Justice delayed is justice denied” – and our courts are clogged to the point where they barely function.
www.newstatesman.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
In the hope people won't notice in the pre-Budget madness, the government has slipped out plans to slash jury trials.
Back in July I wrote about the crisis in the justice system, and why this looks like an answer
(I did not choose the gavel image!)
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
Back in July I wrote about the crisis in the justice system, and why this looks like an answer
(I did not choose the gavel image!)
www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...
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It seems that 'donations'
from energy company lobbyists
to MPs and Ministers
is being repaid with interest
via Marguerita Brunt Seymour
from energy company lobbyists
to MPs and Ministers
is being repaid with interest
via Marguerita Brunt Seymour
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It seems that 'donations'
from energy company lobbyists
to MPs and Ministers
is being repaid with interest
via Marguerita Brunt Seymour
from energy company lobbyists
to MPs and Ministers
is being repaid with interest
via Marguerita Brunt Seymour
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Lovely job for @nationaltrust.org.uk Dinefwr: for every xmas they commission a local fibre artist to create tree decorations of the wildlife on site. But they realised they'd never told the public about the decorations. So they commissioned me to illustrate & create interpretation panels:
November 26, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Lovely job for @nationaltrust.org.uk Dinefwr: for every xmas they commission a local fibre artist to create tree decorations of the wildlife on site. But they realised they'd never told the public about the decorations. So they commissioned me to illustrate & create interpretation panels: