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'To thine own self be true.' U.K.-based academic, wife, mother, carer. Interested in politics, books, history, disability rights, music, gardening and plants. ‘Divine hag of the ashes’. Peer-reviewing my life choices. Follows & RTs not endorsements.No DMs.
Weaponising institutions and the police forces for personal matters.
A new video captures masked ICE agents in unmarked vehicles swarming the mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew before hauling her away. There’s no way this was random.
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Weaponising institutions and the police forces for personal matters.
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The United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C., now has Trump’s full name on its exterior. New signage shows “Donald J. Trump” positioned above the institute’s original lettering.
December 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The United States Institute of Peace building in Washington, D.C., now has Trump’s full name on its exterior. New signage shows “Donald J. Trump” positioned above the institute’s original lettering.
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GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
*this*
I won’t be sharing my Wrapped because I stopped using Spotify years ago when they stood by Joe Rogan. If that wasn’t enough of a reason to leave, they’ve made plenty more since.
Stop giving them money and start buying records again.
Stop giving them money and start buying records again.
‘Death to Spotify’: the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the music app
Musicians have long criticized the streaming service’s paltry payouts, but a new wave of boycotts is emerging
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
*this*
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Putin’s daughter caught in Paris.
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Putin’s daughter caught in Paris.
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"The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied Palestinian territory...
The resolution... was adopted with 151 countries voting in favour, 11 voting against and 11 abstaining..."
www.threads.com/@aljarmaq_ne...
The resolution... was adopted with 151 countries voting in favour, 11 voting against and 11 abstaining..."
www.threads.com/@aljarmaq_ne...
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied Palestinian territory...
The resolution... was adopted with 151 countries voting in favour, 11 voting against and 11 abstaining..."
www.threads.com/@aljarmaq_ne...
The resolution... was adopted with 151 countries voting in favour, 11 voting against and 11 abstaining..."
www.threads.com/@aljarmaq_ne...
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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First, you should know that Texas Tech’s chancellor, Brandon Creighton, is the author of the state’s bill overhauling higher education governance. He assumed office last month.
December 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
First, you should know that Texas Tech’s chancellor, Brandon Creighton, is the author of the state’s bill overhauling higher education governance. He assumed office last month.
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Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
c.org
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...
Jesus Christ
MSNBC reporter presents Trump's shameful racism towards Somalis as merely "a different view"
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Jesus Christ
At this stage this is just an excuse for a bunch of men to manhandle women. I’m sorry but this is a sexual pervert’s wet dream and I bet this demographic will be signing up in droves just to get off legally.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
At this stage this is just an excuse for a bunch of men to manhandle women. I’m sorry but this is a sexual pervert’s wet dream and I bet this demographic will be signing up in droves just to get off legally.
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
If I had Spotify I would be disappointed if my listening age wasn’t something like 455
December 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
If I had Spotify I would be disappointed if my listening age wasn’t something like 455
That means they speak more than one language, including English which they may be developing as a bilingual language as happens to children of immigrants. Enough with the “scaremongering for bigots” headlines!
December 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
That means they speak more than one language, including English which they may be developing as a bilingual language as happens to children of immigrants. Enough with the “scaremongering for bigots” headlines!
Putin won’t touch the food because he thinks everyone wants to poison him. Zelensky won’t touch the food because he knows Putin will poison him. And Trump just eats for three and falls asleep after dinner.
Journalist: "If you could host a dinner party with three people that are alive, who is coming to the table?"
Hegseth: "Trump, Putin and Zelensky. See what happens. That would be a dinner for peace."
Is he really this naive??
Hegseth: "Trump, Putin and Zelensky. See what happens. That would be a dinner for peace."
Is he really this naive??
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Putin won’t touch the food because he thinks everyone wants to poison him. Zelensky won’t touch the food because he knows Putin will poison him. And Trump just eats for three and falls asleep after dinner.
*this*
Honestly the most depressing part of the rapid death of the Humanities in UKHE is the sense that it's going to die in such abject silence.
December 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
*this*
So now that we see what is happening to Honduras as it gets invaded by the Prospera Network State...
Prospera is actually trying to expand into Africa, currently looking at 3 different potential countries there.
The same chaos, violence and imperialism will follow
Prospera is actually trying to expand into Africa, currently looking at 3 different potential countries there.
The same chaos, violence and imperialism will follow
December 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Elon Musk weighs in, with characteristic brevity and bravado, on the ongoing debate
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Elon Musk weighs in, with characteristic brevity and bravado, on the ongoing debate
@bodegacats.bsky.social we have a competitor!
All ass and no sass, though
www.axios.com/local/richmo...
All ass and no sass, though
www.axios.com/local/richmo...
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
@bodegacats.bsky.social we have a competitor!
All ass and no sass, though
www.axios.com/local/richmo...
All ass and no sass, though
www.axios.com/local/richmo...
This raccoon is the happiest living thing in the States right now. #Coping
Raccoon gets drunk at a Virginia liquor store and passes out in bathroom
Raccoon gets drunk at Ashland ABC store and passes out in bathroom
Talk about a trashed panda.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This raccoon is the happiest living thing in the States right now. #Coping
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This should be the main story on all TV news programmes. The University of Essex is closing its Southend campus because of the fall in the number of foreign students and the loss of income they provided for the University. www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2566689...
December 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This should be the main story on all TV news programmes. The University of Essex is closing its Southend campus because of the fall in the number of foreign students and the loss of income they provided for the University. www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2566689...
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Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon
President Donald Trump, who has painted himself as a fearsome warrior against illegal drugs, pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was serving a 45-year sentence after being convicted of conspiring to import tons of cocaine into the United States.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
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Every day I hear from my friends in care work that many children are unable to access IEPs or other accommodations when they have clear need for them. It's mostly because their families move around so much due to low wages and high housing costs.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Accommodation Nation
America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.
www.theatlantic.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Every day I hear from my friends in care work that many children are unable to access IEPs or other accommodations when they have clear need for them. It's mostly because their families move around so much due to low wages and high housing costs.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Rich people will do anything not to pay their fucking taxes.
Michael and Susan Dell to donate $6 billion to Trump accounts of 25 million US children reut.rs/445TD5c
Michael and Susan Dell to donate $6 billion to Trump accounts of 25 million US children
Michael Dell and his wife, Susan, will deposit $250 in the individual investment accounts of 25 million American children in a $6.25 billion philanthropic pledge as part of the Trump administration's Invest America initiative.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Rich people will do anything not to pay their fucking taxes.