EmmaC
@emmacarps.bsky.social
Fifty, female and furious - it just can’t be that hard to be a decent human but somehow the worst people seem to be the most amplified (looking at Trump/Farage etc)
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@emmacarps.bsky.social
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The government today announced a review of foreign financial interference in UK politics
-It won't look at past cases
-It won't look at individual cases
-It is less than a half-measure that achieves nothing
-Many will get away with treason
Tell your MP we demand a full public inquiry—nothing less
-It won't look at past cases
-It won't look at individual cases
-It is less than a half-measure that achieves nothing
-Many will get away with treason
Tell your MP we demand a full public inquiry—nothing less
You signed & shared the inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition, but you want to do more?
Excellent!!!
***Email your MP***
• Tell them why you signed
• Ask them to speak for you if it's debated
❕Include postal address & phone no.
members.parliament.uk/members/Comm...
Excellent!!!
***Email your MP***
• Tell them why you signed
• Ask them to speak for you if it's debated
❕Include postal address & phone no.
members.parliament.uk/members/Comm...
December 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
No words 😢
December 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
No words 😢
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Here’s Zia Yusuf mocking Conservatives for telling everyone how “dumb everything they did in power was”.
He was a member of the Conservatives until August 2024… so through the whole time of them being in power.
How “dumb”.
He was a member of the Conservatives until August 2024… so through the whole time of them being in power.
How “dumb”.
December 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Here’s Zia Yusuf mocking Conservatives for telling everyone how “dumb everything they did in power was”.
He was a member of the Conservatives until August 2024… so through the whole time of them being in power.
How “dumb”.
He was a member of the Conservatives until August 2024… so through the whole time of them being in power.
How “dumb”.
Hard agree that only qualified vets should be included charge of the practices. I’m lucky I have a great vet but the stories I’ve heard from friends about rip off prices - Disgusting 🤬
Private equity firms preying on vets practices.
6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance.
Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them.
Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.
6 firms control 60% of UK practices. Same firms control pet food, insurance.
Wages down, fees up. Pet owners skipping meals to cover costs, hand pets to rescue organisations or euthanising them.
Change law. Only qualified vets to own vet practices.
‘Fat cats’ preying on veterinary practices
Senedd hears private equity firms have been accused of collaring the market in a corporate 'feeding frenzy' that has seen local, independent vets…
www.southwalesargus.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Hard agree that only qualified vets should be included charge of the practices. I’m lucky I have a great vet but the stories I’ve heard from friends about rip off prices - Disgusting 🤬
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Good Christmas card from Ed Davey this year
December 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Good Christmas card from Ed Davey this year
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Very normal Friday looking at photos of sex toys as part of a government photo dump into a sex crime conspiracy involving the sitting president.
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Very normal Friday looking at photos of sex toys as part of a government photo dump into a sex crime conspiracy involving the sitting president.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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The EU just decided to indefinitely immobilise Russian assets.
This ensures that up to €210 billion in Russian funds stay on EU soil, unless Russia fully pays reparations to Ukraine for the damage it has caused. (1/2)
This ensures that up to €210 billion in Russian funds stay on EU soil, unless Russia fully pays reparations to Ukraine for the damage it has caused. (1/2)
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The EU just decided to indefinitely immobilise Russian assets.
This ensures that up to €210 billion in Russian funds stay on EU soil, unless Russia fully pays reparations to Ukraine for the damage it has caused. (1/2)
This ensures that up to €210 billion in Russian funds stay on EU soil, unless Russia fully pays reparations to Ukraine for the damage it has caused. (1/2)
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My ancestors trusted the stars to guide them across the sea. I use my GPS and still miss the turn twice.
December 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
My ancestors trusted the stars to guide them across the sea. I use my GPS and still miss the turn twice.
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Show @togetheralliance.bsky.social some love and give them a follow.
Next year we march.
Next year we march.
A new campaign against the far right - to bring us TOGETHER against division and racism.
Could not be more urgently needed 🙏❤️
Could not be more urgently needed 🙏❤️
Unity is stronger than division.
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
That’s why we’ve formed Together Alliance with 50+ organisations and thousands of individuals — all pushing back against the far right.
#Together we show where this country really stands.
Join us: togetheralliance.org.uk
December 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Show @togetheralliance.bsky.social some love and give them a follow.
Next year we march.
Next year we march.
Thank you for your attention to this matter
December 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Thank you for your attention to this matter
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Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Shamina Begum must be held accountable for her actions when she was 15. Whereas I should not, because I was a mere child.
Well that’s a gut punch
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Well that’s a gut punch
❤️
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
❤️
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Compare the YouTube thumbnail with the actual scene in the video.
December 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Compare the YouTube thumbnail with the actual scene in the video.
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This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is as good as this stuff will ever be, this is the phase where we're all supposed to be getting hooked in to this disruptive new thing. Once the free money dries up and they have to turn a profit, it will inevitably get worse and worse
Powerful (and correct) words from Macron. We will look back at this time and wonder why the hell we let the genie out with nothing in place to put it back.
This is the wild west.
Not free speech.
100% agree with the French President Emmanuel Macron.
Not free speech.
100% agree with the French President Emmanuel Macron.
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Powerful (and correct) words from Macron. We will look back at this time and wonder why the hell we let the genie out with nothing in place to put it back.
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Britain:
American taxes and Scandinavian public services for the old.
Scandinavian taxes and American public services for the young.
American taxes and Scandinavian public services for the old.
Scandinavian taxes and American public services for the young.
having gone to university as the last cohort of the 3k/year system never fails to give me a brief taste of that "last chopper out of Saigon" feeling boomers and, to an extent, Gen Xers have been getting for most of the past fifteen years or so
Student loan repayment thresholds frozen for a further three years.
More debt burden falling on graduates.
And even more reason to cut university places by 20-30%.
More debt burden falling on graduates.
And even more reason to cut university places by 20-30%.
November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Britain:
American taxes and Scandinavian public services for the old.
Scandinavian taxes and American public services for the young.
American taxes and Scandinavian public services for the old.
Scandinavian taxes and American public services for the young.
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Most genocidal dictators never 'directly' killed countless innocent people, but we still consider them to be guilty.
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Most genocidal dictators never 'directly' killed countless innocent people, but we still consider them to be guilty.
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NEW: This is worth your time.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
NEW: This is worth your time.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
@thenerve_news has the receipts.
A comprehensive timeline of Nathan Gill & Nigel Farage’s pro-Kremlin influencing activities & 2 other MEPs, David Cobourn & Jonathan Arnott.
Please read & share.
Yep
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Yep
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.