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Ashok Karri
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Teacher, love music, books and tech...and I listen
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✨ M13 Youth Project works with young people in their local communities to enrich their lives; through co-creating life-enhancing relationships, conversations, safe places and activities that foster fun, learning, action and transformation.

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M13 Youth Project | The UK Youth Fund: Thriving Minds
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November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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This #YouthWorkWeek, we’re proud to celebrate the power of youth work in building brighter futures.
November 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Adventures Away from Home is underway! 🌿

30,000 young people across England are building confidence and life skills through outdoor learning — funded by the UK Government and managed by UK Youth. 💙

#YouthWorkWeek
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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This #YouthWorkWeek, we’re celebrating the people and spaces that make youth work so powerful. 💙

From Building Aspirations to outdoor learning, every story shows how youth work builds brighter futures. 🌟

Read more & hear reflections from young people + our staff: www.ukyouth.org/2025/11/cele...
Celebrating Youth Work: The People and Places Shaping Brighter Futures  - UK Youth
Each November, Youth Work Week shines a light on the people, spaces, and partnerships that make youth work such a vital part of our communities. This year’s theme — “Building Brighter Futures” — celeb...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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🚨 Youth services have been cut by over £1 billion since 2010.

New figures from YMCA reveal that local authority spending on youth services in England has dropped by 73% since 2010-11—a real-term cut of £1.2 billion. In Wales, funding has fallen by 27% (£16.6m). 🧵👇
January 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Brilliant
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It's one of the most famous rock songs ever — Bohemian Rhapsody — and now, for the first time, it's been translated with Queen's blessing into Zulu.
Queen's Classic 'Bohemian Rhapsody' finds a new voice in Zulu
It's one of the most famous rock songs ever — Bohemian Rhapsody — and now, for the first time, it's been translated with Queen's blessing into Zulu.
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September 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Every year, the books chosen for #Pulitzer Prizes add up to a specially curated reading list, and the winners of the 2025 Pulitzer Prizes, are no exception.

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Here's a guide for your next great read.

#BookRecommendations
May 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Good news. The American empire is falling. Bad news. I’m an American
April 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Is twitter dead? Outage?
March 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Carney, who doesn’t currently sit in the House of Commons, will lead the Liberals into this year’s federal election - which must be held by October 20.

His main rival will be Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, who had held a commanding poll lead until the Trump tariff standoff.
March 10, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Watching Gaga say "Trans people aren't invisible" and then it cuts to shots of the biggest stars on earth applauding and rising, I started crying. Somebody actually sees what's happening to us.
Come on, Gaga! Finally someone talking about what the trans community is facing. Love ha!
February 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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We'll be up bright and early tomorrow for the Oscar Nominations presentation!

Join me and let's discuss (and react) in real time on livestream as the 2025 Oscar nominees are announced!

Hit the link and set your reminders! We'll be live at 5:20 PST/8:20 EST! #FilmSky

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2025 Oscar Nominations REACTION!
YouTube video by ChillyBoy Productions
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January 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
January 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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BREAKING:

Spain's PM Pedro Sanchez accuses Elon Musk of interfering in European politics, undermining democracy, and inciting hatred.
January 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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I still can't believe the ravana analog in the super fashy ramayana-retelling copera movie singham again is called ... Danger Lanka
January 6, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Julian Lennon: ‘I’m not part of the Beatles inner circle – I never have been’
Julian Lennon: ‘I’m not part of the Beatles inner circle – I never have been’
The musician and photographer on escaping the shadow of his father, writing a memoir with a difference, and why his days of wallowing are over Born in Liverpool, Julian Lennon, 61, was raised almost solely by his mother Cynthia, but has spent his adult…
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January 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Fascinating read...
January 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Delighted that The Hindu has featured The Sentence as one of its top fiction books of 2024!

You can get your copy here: www.amazon.in/gp/aw/d/9360...
December 26, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Never did like the coconut trees, planted in neat little rows, but still...Ayyo😵‍💫
Coconut trees uprooted on Visakhapatnam beach due to rough seas caused by low pressure system over Bay of Bengal.
📷K.R Deepak
December 25, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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its taken me 17 years in active journalism to realise a dream, and here we go!

a front page lead story in the Indian Express for me was a hallowed space to crack. its happened! 😅
December 22, 2024 at 5:51 AM
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My voyage of good cheer around Finland – the world’s happiest country
My voyage of good cheer around Finland – the world’s happiest country
With clean air, vast green spaces and more saunas than cars, Finns have plenty of reasons to be cheerful According to the World Happiness Report, the cheeriest country in the world is one nature-loving Nordic nation – Finland. On paper, it’s not hard to…
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December 22, 2024 at 7:13 AM