Dee
@deeruddock.bsky.social
🧑🏻🦳I am a: daughter, sister, wife & auntie; avid reader, shower singer, over-thinker, coffee drinker
📖 currently reading We Solve Murders (R. Osman) & The Ritual Effect (M. Norton)
📍 W.Sussex
hoping to curate a positive & interesting feed
📖 currently reading We Solve Murders (R. Osman) & The Ritual Effect (M. Norton)
📍 W.Sussex
hoping to curate a positive & interesting feed
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Dee
@deeruddock.bsky.social
· Aug 20
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What's happened to council tax over the last 30 years? Has it really doubled?
Yes. Here's how, and here's why: buff.ly/7HSGJij
Yes. Here's how, and here's why: buff.ly/7HSGJij
Has council tax really gone up? The evidence.
We strip out inflation to show how UK council tax has changed in real terms, and explain how funding cuts and social care drove the rise.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What's happened to council tax over the last 30 years? Has it really doubled?
Yes. Here's how, and here's why: buff.ly/7HSGJij
Yes. Here's how, and here's why: buff.ly/7HSGJij
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In unrelated news, fellow night owls, we are VINDICATED: www.huffpost.com/entry/what-t...
Sleep Scientist Says Starting Work At 10 A.M. Is What Nature Intended
Getting up any earlier is basically torture.
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In unrelated news, fellow night owls, we are VINDICATED: www.huffpost.com/entry/what-t...
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Key findings from the module 2 report of the UK Covid Inquiry:
- Government scientists underestimated how quickly the virus was spreading in the early days
1/6
- Government scientists underestimated how quickly the virus was spreading in the early days
1/6
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Key findings from the module 2 report of the UK Covid Inquiry:
- Government scientists underestimated how quickly the virus was spreading in the early days
1/6
- Government scientists underestimated how quickly the virus was spreading in the early days
1/6
love all of these! 🏡
If you enjoy looking at insane photos that estate agents have used on property listings, check out my new account where I will be uploading the wildest pics from around the property sites 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
@semidetachedreality on #Instagram 📸
#property #housing #photos
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@semidetachedreality on #Instagram 📸
#property #housing #photos
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November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
love all of these! 🏡
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If you enjoy looking at insane photos that estate agents have used on property listings, check out my new account where I will be uploading the wildest pics from around the property sites
@semidetachedreality on #Instagram
#property #housing #photos
www.instagram.com/semidetached...
@semidetachedreality on #Instagram
#property #housing #photos
www.instagram.com/semidetached...
November 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
If you enjoy looking at insane photos that estate agents have used on property listings, check out my new account where I will be uploading the wildest pics from around the property sites
@semidetachedreality on #Instagram
#property #housing #photos
www.instagram.com/semidetached...
@semidetachedreality on #Instagram
#property #housing #photos
www.instagram.com/semidetached...
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Removing asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Removing asylum support. Seizing belongings. Deporting entire families, including children.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
Labour are not just paving the path to a Reform government. Reform may as well already be in power.
This government has no moral compass — and it should be ashamed of its inhumanity.
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Shabana Mahmood tells MPs that "it is not the policy of this government to confiscate jewelry from those who are... accessing asylum accommodation."
This is the opposite of what the Home Office minister Alex Norris said this morning
This is the opposite of what the Home Office minister Alex Norris said this morning
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Shabana Mahmood tells MPs that "it is not the policy of this government to confiscate jewelry from those who are... accessing asylum accommodation."
This is the opposite of what the Home Office minister Alex Norris said this morning
This is the opposite of what the Home Office minister Alex Norris said this morning
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There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
November 16, 2025 at 5:28 PM
There were 93 homicides in London last year: population 9 million
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
In New York - population 8.5 million - there were
391.
London's homicide figure is 6 times lower than LA, 9 times lower than Miami, 17 times lower than Chicago.
And it's falling year on year despite the population increasing
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If MPs defected at the same rates as their voters, the Commons would look like:
Labour: 212 (-199)
Lib Dems: 110 (+38)
Conservatives: 99 (-22)
Greens: 87 (+83)
Reform UK: 86 (+81)
SNP/PC: 25 (+12)
Others: 31 (+7)
Labour: 212 (-199)
Lib Dems: 110 (+38)
Conservatives: 99 (-22)
Greens: 87 (+83)
Reform UK: 86 (+81)
SNP/PC: 25 (+12)
Others: 31 (+7)
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
If MPs defected at the same rates as their voters, the Commons would look like:
Labour: 212 (-199)
Lib Dems: 110 (+38)
Conservatives: 99 (-22)
Greens: 87 (+83)
Reform UK: 86 (+81)
SNP/PC: 25 (+12)
Others: 31 (+7)
Labour: 212 (-199)
Lib Dems: 110 (+38)
Conservatives: 99 (-22)
Greens: 87 (+83)
Reform UK: 86 (+81)
SNP/PC: 25 (+12)
Others: 31 (+7)
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A month ago I looked at what I called Labour's midlife crisis- an obsession with chasing socially conservative Reform-curious voters and ignoring groups of disaffected voters with social attitudes much closer to Labour voters. But some people thought there was method in their madness. Was there? 1/n
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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UK artist/printmaker Vanessa Lubach creates fascinating artworks via her intricate and highly skilled linocuts #WomensArt
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
UK artist/printmaker Vanessa Lubach creates fascinating artworks via her intricate and highly skilled linocuts #WomensArt
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
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November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
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On broken prisons, a besieged BBC and the problem of collective politics in a climate of mistrust www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s a missing link in British public life – and it underpins crises from the BBC to our prisons | Rafael Behr
A declining sense of collective identity is corroding trust in our institutions and undermining democratic politics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 AM
On broken prisons, a besieged BBC and the problem of collective politics in a climate of mistrust www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I became disabled literally overnight over 10 years ago.
I was already mildly disabled when it happened, but still living a pretty normal life until I woke up one morning racked with pain and having trouble walking because my legs were weak.
I'd been at a Women In Business lunch the day before.
I was already mildly disabled when it happened, but still living a pretty normal life until I woke up one morning racked with pain and having trouble walking because my legs were weak.
I'd been at a Women In Business lunch the day before.
People are in denial about how quickly they could become disabled, unhoused or food insecure
It can happen to anyone & it can happen in an instant
Folks act like those receiving assistance have failed
That they should “try harder”
The system is rigged. It’s failed us, not the other way around
It can happen to anyone & it can happen in an instant
Folks act like those receiving assistance have failed
That they should “try harder”
The system is rigged. It’s failed us, not the other way around
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I became disabled literally overnight over 10 years ago.
I was already mildly disabled when it happened, but still living a pretty normal life until I woke up one morning racked with pain and having trouble walking because my legs were weak.
I'd been at a Women In Business lunch the day before.
I was already mildly disabled when it happened, but still living a pretty normal life until I woke up one morning racked with pain and having trouble walking because my legs were weak.
I'd been at a Women In Business lunch the day before.
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Just published: a new study on the Integral Movement Method (IMM) for hypermobility!
Developed by Jeannie Di Bon, IMM offers a gentle, whole-body approach to movement for people with hEDS and HSD.
Participants felt safer, stronger, and more connected.
🔗 www.hypermobility.org/post/moving-...
Developed by Jeannie Di Bon, IMM offers a gentle, whole-body approach to movement for people with hEDS and HSD.
Participants felt safer, stronger, and more connected.
🔗 www.hypermobility.org/post/moving-...
October 31, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Just published: a new study on the Integral Movement Method (IMM) for hypermobility!
Developed by Jeannie Di Bon, IMM offers a gentle, whole-body approach to movement for people with hEDS and HSD.
Participants felt safer, stronger, and more connected.
🔗 www.hypermobility.org/post/moving-...
Developed by Jeannie Di Bon, IMM offers a gentle, whole-body approach to movement for people with hEDS and HSD.
Participants felt safer, stronger, and more connected.
🔗 www.hypermobility.org/post/moving-...
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Fatigue isn’t always fixed by sleep. Sometimes, what you really need is a moment to rest your mind, your senses, or your emotions. Learn about the seven types of rest and explore simple ways to restore your energy.
healthymonday.com/sleep/relax-...
#SleepWell #MentalHealth #StressManagement
healthymonday.com/sleep/relax-...
#SleepWell #MentalHealth #StressManagement
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Fatigue isn’t always fixed by sleep. Sometimes, what you really need is a moment to rest your mind, your senses, or your emotions. Learn about the seven types of rest and explore simple ways to restore your energy.
healthymonday.com/sleep/relax-...
#SleepWell #MentalHealth #StressManagement
healthymonday.com/sleep/relax-...
#SleepWell #MentalHealth #StressManagement
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Try and make space for patch of white dead nettles (Lamium album) in your garden, they flower throughout the year (mostly) providing nectar for late & early bumblebees. @lgspace.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Try and make space for patch of white dead nettles (Lamium album) in your garden, they flower throughout the year (mostly) providing nectar for late & early bumblebees. @lgspace.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social
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Plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence! It could help hedgehogs, bumblebees, blue tits, robins, frogs, bats, toads, dunnocks, butterflies, moths, blackbirds, solitary bees, wrens, hoverflies...
A quick guide to hedges:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/hed...
A quick guide to hedges:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/hed...
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence! It could help hedgehogs, bumblebees, blue tits, robins, frogs, bats, toads, dunnocks, butterflies, moths, blackbirds, solitary bees, wrens, hoverflies...
A quick guide to hedges:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/hed...
A quick guide to hedges:
littlegreenspace.org.uk/features/hed...
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Last youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal areas faces closure
Last youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal areas faces closure
Pie Factory Music in Ramsgate, Kent, runs creative projects and provides a range of support services, but the building that houses the centre is due to be sold off in February
The last remaining youth centre in one of the most deprived coastal areas of England is facing closure after a year-long campaign to try to save it was rejected by the council. The looming closure comes despite an independent report that estimated the centre is saving the council more than £500,000 a year in costs that include services in mental health, youth justice and social care.
Pie Factory Music in Ramsgate, Kent, is a social space for eight- to 25-year-olds that also offers services including counselling, employment advice, life skills sessions, assistance for young refugees, as well as creative and music projects. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Last youth centre in one of England’s most deprived coastal areas faces closure
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"The X algorithm prioritises sending new users right-wing leaning content", a Sky News Data and Forensics investigation reveals
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:15 AM
"The X algorithm prioritises sending new users right-wing leaning content", a Sky News Data and Forensics investigation reveals
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Speaking of taxidermy, one of my favorite museums is the Horniman in London. One of it's most famous artifacts is a stuffed walrus. The taxidermist didn't know what a live walrus looked like so it was stuffed so full that it looks like a dirigible. I love it.
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Speaking of taxidermy, one of my favorite museums is the Horniman in London. One of it's most famous artifacts is a stuffed walrus. The taxidermist didn't know what a live walrus looked like so it was stuffed so full that it looks like a dirigible. I love it.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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reposting for myself so I don’t lose this! 🦵
🎥 New video posted today 👉🏻Knee Conditioning Exercises
- Decrease risk of falls
- Reduce Pain
- Improve balance
- Restore Range of Motion
👉🏻 youtu.be/eN_Tx-NJSo4
#exercises #Knee #Arthritis #Fallsrisk
- Decrease risk of falls
- Reduce Pain
- Improve balance
- Restore Range of Motion
👉🏻 youtu.be/eN_Tx-NJSo4
#exercises #Knee #Arthritis #Fallsrisk
Exercises to STRENGTHEN your KNEES at Home
YouTube video by Dr. Andrea Furlan
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
reposting for myself so I don’t lose this! 🦵
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Newly published study offers hope to both males and females with #LongCovid - but in different ways 👇
It also explains why I don't have 'brain fog', but why my life is now like running a marathon on a flat battery.
Very useful.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#PostExertionalMalaise
It also explains why I don't have 'brain fog', but why my life is now like running a marathon on a flat battery.
Very useful.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#PostExertionalMalaise
Integrated immune, hormonal, and transcriptomic profiling reveals sex-specific dysregulation in long COVID patients with ME/CFS
Shahbaz et al. find that female long COVID patients with ME/CFS exhibit heightened
inflammation, altered hematopoiesis, disrupted hormone levels, and neuroinflammatory
gene signatures. In parallel, ou...
www.cell.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Newly published study offers hope to both males and females with #LongCovid - but in different ways 👇
It also explains why I don't have 'brain fog', but why my life is now like running a marathon on a flat battery.
Very useful.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#PostExertionalMalaise
It also explains why I don't have 'brain fog', but why my life is now like running a marathon on a flat battery.
Very useful.
www.cell.com/cell-reports...
#PostExertionalMalaise