Amanda
@ajpickering.bsky.social
EU Loyalist 🇪🇺, amateur beer drinker, semi professional waffler and motorbike racing enthusiast. LUFC fan, film, TV and art lover. Librarian by day, opinions my own.
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Put community repair shops on every high street. Our work shows people love it, increases community interaction & helps people keep essential goods going for longer giving them more money to spend on food & utility bills It reduces waste and so reduces local authority costs. It is a win, win, win.
January 28, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Put community repair shops on every high street. Our work shows people love it, increases community interaction & helps people keep essential goods going for longer giving them more money to spend on food & utility bills It reduces waste and so reduces local authority costs. It is a win, win, win.
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Sorry but why the fuck would you *not* want to recreate 2006?Pre-financial crash, pre-austerity, pre-Brexit, pre-inflation. Britain's economically healthy, decent public services, largely competent government, fairly amiable political disputes. What kind of person prefers this period to that?
Kemi Badenoch says the Tories are "not trying to recreate 2006" which, to this 38 year old, is a pity
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Sorry but why the fuck would you *not* want to recreate 2006?Pre-financial crash, pre-austerity, pre-Brexit, pre-inflation. Britain's economically healthy, decent public services, largely competent government, fairly amiable political disputes. What kind of person prefers this period to that?
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If Matthew Goodwin is the very best Reform can muster for an eminently winnable by-election, the unfeasibly warm welcomes for the worst of Johnson & Truss's flotsam & jetsam suddenly make much more sense.
January 28, 2026 at 8:58 AM
If Matthew Goodwin is the very best Reform can muster for an eminently winnable by-election, the unfeasibly warm welcomes for the worst of Johnson & Truss's flotsam & jetsam suddenly make much more sense.
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Statement from the Obamas:
January 25, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Statement from the Obamas:
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Emily Thornberry MP:
"How dare this man, who's never seen any action, who somehow or other, when there was a draft for everybodyelse in the United States, managed to avoid it"
"And yet now is commander in Chief and knows nothing about how it is that America has been defended."
"How dare this man, who's never seen any action, who somehow or other, when there was a draft for everybodyelse in the United States, managed to avoid it"
"And yet now is commander in Chief and knows nothing about how it is that America has been defended."
January 23, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Emily Thornberry MP:
"How dare this man, who's never seen any action, who somehow or other, when there was a draft for everybodyelse in the United States, managed to avoid it"
"And yet now is commander in Chief and knows nothing about how it is that America has been defended."
"How dare this man, who's never seen any action, who somehow or other, when there was a draft for everybodyelse in the United States, managed to avoid it"
"And yet now is commander in Chief and knows nothing about how it is that America has been defended."
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Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
January 18, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.
Bluesky is complete! @imcmillan.bsky.social is here 😊
January 17, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Bluesky is complete! @imcmillan.bsky.social is here 😊
Crying 😂😂😂😂
I've made a medley of Diarrhoea songs! I've taken some of your "favourites" from the thread below, as well as added some new songs. youtu.be/qjvWPPhrNnU
January 16, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Crying 😂😂😂😂
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stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy.
January 16, 2026 at 11:55 AM
stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you joy.
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Robert has been fishing quite a bit but has yet to catch a fish.
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Robert has been fishing quite a bit but has yet to catch a fish.
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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I, I will be twix
And you, you will be the creme egg one
And you, you will be the creme egg one
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
I, I will be twix
And you, you will be the creme egg one
And you, you will be the creme egg one
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January 9, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Took a day off work to take the bastard cat to the vet for an exploratory investigation. Bastard cat will not get in the cat carrier. Having a pet is so relaxing
a black cat with horns is being held by a person and says evil laughter .
Alt: a black cat with horns is being held by a person and says evil laughter .
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January 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Took a day off work to take the bastard cat to the vet for an exploratory investigation. Bastard cat will not get in the cat carrier. Having a pet is so relaxing
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The Roger Stevens building - recent winner of a People's Choice architecture award leedscivictrust.org.uk/winners-of-t...
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The Roger Stevens building - recent winner of a People's Choice architecture award leedscivictrust.org.uk/winners-of-t...
100%. He can be a world class shot stopper, but indecision and poor kicking from Perri have cost us before today too. Might as well have played Meslier 😉 Certainly have more faith in Darlow
Daniel Farke pretty forthright on Lucas Perri's part in the goal.
#lufc
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/footba...
#lufc
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/footba...
Daniel Farke critical of decision for Man Utd goal but lauds Leeds mentality in draw
Daniel Farke saw his Leeds United side share a 1-1 draw with Manchester United at Elland Road.
www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
100%. He can be a world class shot stopper, but indecision and poor kicking from Perri have cost us before today too. Might as well have played Meslier 😉 Certainly have more faith in Darlow
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FT Liverpool 0-0 Leeds United
What a point. What a defensive performance. And a clean sheet, at Anfield. Unbeaten in six. Absolutely remarkable.
#lufc
What a point. What a defensive performance. And a clean sheet, at Anfield. Unbeaten in six. Absolutely remarkable.
#lufc
January 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
FT Liverpool 0-0 Leeds United
What a point. What a defensive performance. And a clean sheet, at Anfield. Unbeaten in six. Absolutely remarkable.
#lufc
What a point. What a defensive performance. And a clean sheet, at Anfield. Unbeaten in six. Absolutely remarkable.
#lufc
Not quite sure how the only thing Adingra has come away from that first half with is a goal. Second challenge on Rodon was 100% a booking #LUFC
December 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Not quite sure how the only thing Adingra has come away from that first half with is a goal. Second challenge on Rodon was 100% a booking #LUFC
Paddington really is such a wonderful film #MerryChristmas
December 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Paddington really is such a wonderful film #MerryChristmas
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Christmas giveaway time! I've got a 2026 Calendar in need of a good home. For a chance to win it just click Follow/Like/Retweet (and if you can spare a couple of quid a month & want to encourage me, sign up to my Patreon.com/happytoast - but that bit's not necessary to win)
December 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Christmas giveaway time! I've got a 2026 Calendar in need of a good home. For a chance to win it just click Follow/Like/Retweet (and if you can spare a couple of quid a month & want to encourage me, sign up to my Patreon.com/happytoast - but that bit's not necessary to win)