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Jack: UK based retired public and third sector worker. Former immigrant, married to another.
Mainly into gardening, reading, history, politics, and travel on here.
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Piccadilly Circus
The Ladybird book of London,
1961
Artist: John Berry
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Pictures that explain things.
Making pompoms

(More things to Make, 1973)
Artist: Eric Winter
November 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.

And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The Mary Rose is over 500 years old, so her timbers need to be monitored to make sure they're not moving too much.

This total station rotates regularly, shooting lasers at reflectors all over the ship to see if anything has moved.

maryrose.org/discover/con...

#Museum30 #Moving
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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My youngest son has sent me photographic evidence of an abomination.
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Instead of plunging some of the country’s elite learning institutions into financial chaos and ruin, could the Treasury please consider taxing Starbucks more than £7m a year.

(Same applies for all American mega-corporations operating in U.K.)
These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.

What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?

White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%

Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%

yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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🤣
November 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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"Sir Keir told the BBC: 'Every minute that is spent talking about anything other than cost-of-living is a wasted minute in my book.'"

OK, so why does his government keep banging on about immigration?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Judge me at next election, Keir Starmer tells doubters
The PM tells the BBC he has made
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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It’s not a “US plan”, it’s Moscow’s plan, dictated to guilty men in the White House. Setting aside the injustices being pushed on Ukraine, this would be a disaster for European security & guarantee a war with 🇷🇺 in a few years, in which, presumably, 🇺🇸 and 🇷🇺 are on the same side.

on.ft.com/3LYajoR
US plan for Ukraine-Russia peace calls on Kyiv to cede land under its control
Ukrainian officials say President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is being pressed to agree to terms negotiated by the US and Russia
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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How do you do that with paint?
The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield.
‘Cherries’
Picture Book (1973)
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Assassination Custard, Dublin "is so gloriously, Irishly, casual that it makes me want to sing the national anthem.”
https://bit.ly/3M9THdQ
Assassination Custard, Dublin: ‘Precisely chaotic and singularly wonderful’ | The Observer
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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In an unhinged dissent in our Texas redistricting victory, a GOP appointed judge seems to believe that George Soros and I did...well, I'm not sure what...but he is very mad. Bigly.
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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🎵 …couldn’t bescape if I bonted to 🎶
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Ladybird things I really, really wanted, part 25.
A dress with a sticky-out skirt

Artist: Kenneth Inns
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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By mimicking Reform to win back support, the Labour government is making a serious mistake. This race to the bottom emboldens Farage, punishes vulnerable people, amplifies racism, and undermines those working to hold communities together.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Stopped twice on motorway & had a look from this tower.
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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👋 Hi Bluesky!

The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.

Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
School of Advanced Study
Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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I forgot to post this photo of a local pub whose wholehearted commitment to commemorating Remembrance Sunday extended to erecting a Cenotaph on the roof
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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#Wordpress folks of Bluesky...we are hiring for a developer at Third Sector Lab.

Remote (UK based)

£35-37k

You'll have the chance to build sites for incredible charities.

Closes midnight 23 Nov 2025.

www.linkedin.com/safety/go?me...
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November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Ahem.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.

And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*

Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM