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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · 15d

I have contacted Battersea to adopt a cat. That is all.

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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · 17d

Spotted in Hackney today - and shared without comment. Though for clarity, I have no objection to anyone flying flags.

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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · 21d

Having just been in the Lake District … ‘Hi, I’m Beatrix Potter, and I write and illustrate beautiful stories of animals for children. I then use the money earned to save swathes of this glorious part of the world from greedy developers.’ no yes yes.

Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · 21d

Yes, yes, yes - a thousand times over.

Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 22d

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · Sep 10

Only last week?

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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · Sep 7

Totally agree. Though his ‘Piopi’ diet wasn’t quite keto, but more Mediterranean diet.

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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · Sep 7

Malhotra used to be worth listening to on certain things, but he (and others) have gone right down the rabbit hole since the onset of the pandemic.

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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hackney, this morning. Designated parking space - plus pavement parking by selfish a-holes.

Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · Sep 6

Just photographed this in Hackney. Not a rarity. There’s a pedestrian crossing just to the left as you look at this photo. Uber Lime is a parasitic business, enabling entitled, antisocial behaviour.

Four Lime bikes blocking a pavement in east London

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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · Sep 6

What utter dickheads we are…

Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal

Farage and his MPs voted it down

Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty

Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on

The mega wealthy win again.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Jul 28

I will never not understand how a minority of people have decided that wind farms - significantly prettier than pylons, coal power plants, nuclear power plants, and almost certainly fusion power plants - are ugly. In terms of energy generation, what else are you hoping for that is better?

Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · Jul 27

On holiday, I notice that there are wind turbines on the shore of Lake Garda, which very much makes me think that residents with a view of some incredibly mid Cotswold or other can put a sock in it.

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Shea the Spirited🏳️‍⚧️🌻🍉🏴 @dementiadoula-us.bsky.social · Jul 26

Oh, look! It's not a drag queen or a transgender person.

#AnotherChristian
#NOTaDragQueen
#NOTaTransPerson

Jason Yates, former CEO of My Faith Votes, pleads guilty to child porn possession

Former My Faith Votes CEO Jason Yates, a prominent conservative Christian activist, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography, months after he was arrested

www.christianpost.com

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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · Jul 26

The test cricket at Old Trafford … OMG!

Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · Jul 26

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Photo of the late comic and activist Janey Godley holding a placard saying “Trump is a cunt”, while a police officer looks on, at Turnberry in 2016.

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Jul 12

Word of the day is ‘swullocking’, from 19th-century East Anglian dialect: sultry, sweltering, and sudiferous (sweat-inducing).

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · Jul 12

Liz Truss has warned the British Museum against losing its marbles. Ironic, really.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jul 11

WTF?!? Border Czar Tom Homan claimed that ICE and Border Patrol agents don’t need probable cause to detain people they suspect are undocumented, saying they can do so based on factors like physical appearance. This is straight-up racial profiling, not law enforcement.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · Jul 11

The Telegraph today carries a news story about someone paying £7.4 million for a handbag (Hello, Lady Bracknell!). And an opinion piece describing a wealth tax as a ‘moral abomination’. What a time to be alive.

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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · Jul 10

Good.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympi...

Caster Semenya: South African double Olympic champion wins partial victory at European Court of Human Rights in her long legal battle over athletics' sex eligibility rules.

Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights in her long legal battle over athletics' sex eligibility rules.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · Jul 3

Wait until the silly season really gets going.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · Jul 3

Hospitals are supposed to be where the suffering stops.

In Gaza, they are where the killing continues.

Channel 4's Gaza: Doctors Under Attack has exposed a terror campaign that sends a horrifying message:

No One Is Safe.
Not Even Here.

No One Is Safe. Not Even Here.

The destruction of Gaza’s hospitals marks a terrifying breach in the idea that healthcare is ever off-limits.

www.bearlypolitics.co.uk

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Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · Jun 28

America at war

Subscribe to Private Eye: subsonline.co.uk

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Amanda Kendal @akendal.bsky.social · Jun 26

And never forget how some media published photos of him being carried off the pitch.

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Fifthcolumnblue @fifthcolumnblue.bsky.social · Jun 26

01/05/75 - 26/06/03

RIP big man.

#MCFC #CTID

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Jun 26

The proliferation of these groups is a bit odd given it's all the same people on all of them. (And they have fairly similar policy views to most of the existing right-wing think tanks).

Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · Jun 26

'Fix Britain', 'Anglo-Futurist Institute', 'Resolute 1850', 'Prosperity Institute' - feels like it's all happening quite fast

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