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JADE - Plastic Box (Official Video)
YouTube video by JADEVEVO
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Gonna start a thread of songs I’m enjoying because why not
Jade - Plastic Box
youtu.be/Vn4mni6GJD0?...
Jade - Plastic Box
youtu.be/Vn4mni6GJD0?...
Oh cool it’s just one of those days where it doesn’t get light AT ALL is it
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Oh cool it’s just one of those days where it doesn’t get light AT ALL is it
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Please do chip into the National Trust’s crowdfunder to help manage the land around the Cerne Giant for chalk wildflowers and butterfly species like Duke of Burgundy here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
Donate to the Cerne Abbas Nature Appeal
Donate to the Cerne Abbas Appeal so together, we can help restore the land, habitats and species that live there.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Please do chip into the National Trust’s crowdfunder to help manage the land around the Cerne Giant for chalk wildflowers and butterfly species like Duke of Burgundy here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/support-us/a...
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"Foodbanks are at breaking point this winter.. [Trussell] expect to hand out an emergency food parcel every 10 seconds over the next 3 months"
The UK has the sixth largest economy in the world #GMB
The UK has the sixth largest economy in the world #GMB
December 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"Foodbanks are at breaking point this winter.. [Trussell] expect to hand out an emergency food parcel every 10 seconds over the next 3 months"
The UK has the sixth largest economy in the world #GMB
The UK has the sixth largest economy in the world #GMB
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it's called a TRANSition team not a CISition team.
Mamdani appoints trans woman to transition team and right-wingers are predictably outraged
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/zohran-mamdani-abby-stein-trans/?utm_content=1764360022&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/28/zohran-mamdani-abby-stein-trans/?utm_content=1764360022&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
November 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
it's called a TRANSition team not a CISition team.
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Sought and found asylum in the UK
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Sought and found asylum in the UK
It’s my Grandma’s funeral tomorrow, and the ceremony sounds like it will be lovely. However there will be an option to view her in an open casket, something which I haven’t done before, and I’m really not sure whether I should?
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
It’s my Grandma’s funeral tomorrow, and the ceremony sounds like it will be lovely. However there will be an option to view her in an open casket, something which I haven’t done before, and I’m really not sure whether I should?
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
Why do they always make trains so warm? The heating does notttt need to be this high avanti
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Why do they always make trains so warm? The heating does notttt need to be this high avanti
Reading about the fire in Hong Kong, it’s completely awful
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reading about the fire in Hong Kong, it’s completely awful
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So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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dream blunt rotation
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
dream blunt rotation
That’s the second time I got off the subway stop BEFORE mine in two days 🤦♂️
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
That’s the second time I got off the subway stop BEFORE mine in two days 🤦♂️
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Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!
This is gonna sound pathetic but I’ve got to leave the house at 8am for the first time since … I actually do not remember and I’m freaking out 😬
November 27, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is gonna sound pathetic but I’ve got to leave the house at 8am for the first time since … I actually do not remember and I’m freaking out 😬
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NEW: BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
NEW: BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Was trying to watch them play their last match of the round robin on the BBC but there’s tech difficulties 🙃
Team Scotland are the first team to qualify for the 2025 European Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland after an amazing unbeaten record in this year's round-robin stage!
The men’s team, who are the current World Champions, haven’t put a foot wrong, with eight wins from eight 💙
The men’s team, who are the current World Champions, haven’t put a foot wrong, with eight wins from eight 💙
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Was trying to watch them play their last match of the round robin on the BBC but there’s tech difficulties 🙃
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i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
i’m so happy for him
6music keep advertising a show with a DJ called ‘Big Ange’ and all I can think about is this guy with headphones on
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
6music keep advertising a show with a DJ called ‘Big Ange’ and all I can think about is this guy with headphones on
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This is an incredibly powerful article by Peter Ettedgui. I hope people listen to him and to the others who are brave enough to come forward.
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This is an incredibly powerful article by Peter Ettedgui. I hope people listen to him and to the others who are brave enough to come forward.
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Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society
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Honestly, I think the average British citizen might actually be shocked to hear how many visit visas are refused for things like births, graduations, funerals, weddings - things that they themselves would never stand for if it happened to their British families…
one of the most endlessly petty "we don't think you'll leave" visit visa refusals imaginable. see also: funerals, weddings
Great-grandmother denied visa to attend Christening in Reading
Tutu Melaku says it is an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Honestly, I think the average British citizen might actually be shocked to hear how many visit visas are refused for things like births, graduations, funerals, weddings - things that they themselves would never stand for if it happened to their British families…
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There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
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the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
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Since at least 2018, right-wing extremist Christians have been quite open that trans people were the thin point of the wedge. This lawfare will not stop, even when they get a favourable judge. It’s death by a thousand cuts. This is what happens when the shite side has millions to burn in legal fees
In the Sheriff Appeal Court, an Edinburgh man's case against Natwest claiming £35,000 in damages for breaches of the Equality Act as a result of his "phobia of Pride-related paraphernalia" has been dismissed. www.scotcourts.gov.uk/media/ygvbue...
www.scotcourts.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Since at least 2018, right-wing extremist Christians have been quite open that trans people were the thin point of the wedge. This lawfare will not stop, even when they get a favourable judge. It’s death by a thousand cuts. This is what happens when the shite side has millions to burn in legal fees