Judy
@judetheconfused.bsky.social
🇮🇪 📚 Old: Irish; tries to be green🍀 and woke but tends to fall asleep; any further education via WEA & Radio 4
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The bad: Cutting ECO without sufficient clarity on the replacement - it looks like a substantial overall budget cut for efficiency programmes; EV pay per mile feels premature in 2028 and will hit sales; fuel duty freeze continues; practically nothing on nature, climate resilience, innovation, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The bad: Cutting ECO without sufficient clarity on the replacement - it looks like a substantial overall budget cut for efficiency programmes; EV pay per mile feels premature in 2028 and will hit sales; fuel duty freeze continues; practically nothing on nature, climate resilience, innovation, etc.
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The good: Levy reforms will cut electricity bills - this is much better than mooted cut to VAT; a bit more funding for the Warm Homes Plan; £1.5bn boost for EV grant scheme and charging networks; warm words on nuclear, renewables, low carbon industry, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The good: Levy reforms will cut electricity bills - this is much better than mooted cut to VAT; a bit more funding for the Warm Homes Plan; £1.5bn boost for EV grant scheme and charging networks; warm words on nuclear, renewables, low carbon industry, etc.
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From a green perspective, the Budget followed a classic good, the bad, and the ugly format. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522404...
Chancellor moves to cut energy bills and boost EV funding
But green groups warn decision to axe ECO energy efficiency scheme and plans for new pay-per-mile EV levy are sending mixed signals to the green economy
www.businessgreen.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
From a green perspective, the Budget followed a classic good, the bad, and the ugly format. www.businessgreen.com/news/4522404...
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A fishing Spotted Redshank today Rye Harbour at the west end of the Salt Pool. It caught 2 fish in 5 minutes, but sadly not in this video.
Lovely light on a sparkling bird.
Video at half speed.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#wader
Lovely light on a sparkling bird.
Video at half speed.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#wader
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A fishing Spotted Redshank today Rye Harbour at the west end of the Salt Pool. It caught 2 fish in 5 minutes, but sadly not in this video.
Lovely light on a sparkling bird.
Video at half speed.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#wader
Lovely light on a sparkling bird.
Video at half speed.
@sussexwildlife.bsky.social
@sussexornitholo.bsky.social
#wader
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"No, I don't know who he is either but he's handy for drying towels."
from The Book of Hours of Jean de Montauban."
from The Book of Hours of Jean de Montauban."
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"No, I don't know who he is either but he's handy for drying towels."
from The Book of Hours of Jean de Montauban."
from The Book of Hours of Jean de Montauban."
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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25th November 2025 13.37
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
25th November 2025 13.37
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But, most exciting of all, it’s 110 years since General Sir Eyre Coote faced a charge of improper and indecent conduct after paying schoolboys to allow him to flog them, and then getting them to flog him. And he might have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn’t been for that pesky nurse...
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 AM
But, most exciting of all, it’s 110 years since General Sir Eyre Coote faced a charge of improper and indecent conduct after paying schoolboys to allow him to flog them, and then getting them to flog him. And he might have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn’t been for that pesky nurse...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
Repeated problems at North Cork Creameries came to light during investigation into Blackwater fish kill
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
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We are delighted to welcome bestselling novelist Kit de Waal (@kitdewaal.com ), literary translator Vineet Lal, pioneering writer Maggie Gee and literary biographer and head of Persephone Books Nicola Beauman, to the SoA’s honorary body of 56 existing Fellows.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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The "Department of Government Efficiency" has disbanded eight months early.
DOGE sowed chaos throughout the government and disrupted services relied upon by millions, while finding hardly any savings.
Here's what you should know about damage that DOGE leaves behind.
DOGE sowed chaos throughout the government and disrupted services relied upon by millions, while finding hardly any savings.
Here's what you should know about damage that DOGE leaves behind.
The DOGE Damage Elon is Leaving Behind
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The "Department of Government Efficiency" has disbanded eight months early.
DOGE sowed chaos throughout the government and disrupted services relied upon by millions, while finding hardly any savings.
Here's what you should know about damage that DOGE leaves behind.
DOGE sowed chaos throughout the government and disrupted services relied upon by millions, while finding hardly any savings.
Here's what you should know about damage that DOGE leaves behind.
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The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with 'illegal orders." n.pr/480zD6s
Pentagon investigates Democrat senator for telling troops to refuse 'illegal orders'
The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with 'illegal orders."
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The Pentagon says it's opening an investigation into Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly in the wake of a video of Democratic lawmakers urging servicemembers not to comply with 'illegal orders." n.pr/480zD6s
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Painted in 1897, 'Les messieurs en noir,' is a strikingly modern picture for its time yet steeped in an artistic tradition that stretches back to the 17thC. Dutch genre painting with its modest subjects and bold contrasts of light and dark was a key influence on Èdouard Vuillard.
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Painted in 1897, 'Les messieurs en noir,' is a strikingly modern picture for its time yet steeped in an artistic tradition that stretches back to the 17thC. Dutch genre painting with its modest subjects and bold contrasts of light and dark was a key influence on Èdouard Vuillard.
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720 neurologists in the UK
4,400 neurologists in Poland (about 1/2 the population of the UK I believe)
4,400 neurologists in Poland (about 1/2 the population of the UK I believe)
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... An NHS Trust made a decision to close an innovative service for people with Parkinson’s in July but waited until November to tell patients. “A complete failure of communications coupled with discourtesy” says one patient
Patients left in the dark after Home Based Care closure
Innovative Parkinson's scheme closed - patients told months later
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:39 AM
720 neurologists in the UK
4,400 neurologists in Poland (about 1/2 the population of the UK I believe)
4,400 neurologists in Poland (about 1/2 the population of the UK I believe)
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🔁 "The contradiction could hardly be sharper."
🟢 "While Reform rails against Net Zero targets and has pledged to scrap local climate-resilience programmes, its own councils sit in some of England’s most flood-exposed zones."
https://bit.ly/4poJQPV
🟢 "While Reform rails against Net Zero targets and has pledged to scrap local climate-resilience programmes, its own councils sit in some of England’s most flood-exposed zones."
https://bit.ly/4poJQPV
Drowning in Denial: One in Five Homes in Reform UK Heartlands Could Be Under Water Within 25 Years
As Nigel Farage's party scraps climate schemes around the country, new data shows flood risk surging across the ten councils it leads
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🔁 "The contradiction could hardly be sharper."
🟢 "While Reform rails against Net Zero targets and has pledged to scrap local climate-resilience programmes, its own councils sit in some of England’s most flood-exposed zones."
https://bit.ly/4poJQPV
🟢 "While Reform rails against Net Zero targets and has pledged to scrap local climate-resilience programmes, its own councils sit in some of England’s most flood-exposed zones."
https://bit.ly/4poJQPV
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A reminder that 25% of all original sales from the website will go immediately to @newcastlefoodbank.org
www.mickoxley.com/fresh-paint
www.mickoxley.com/fresh-paint
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A reminder that 25% of all original sales from the website will go immediately to @newcastlefoodbank.org
www.mickoxley.com/fresh-paint
www.mickoxley.com/fresh-paint
Interesting/alarming piece
A black turtleneck placed in an Irish clothes bank ended up in Pakistan, dumped or destroyed
A black turtleneck placed in an Irish clothes bank ended up in Pakistan, dumped or destroyed
One turtleneck top travelled from Ireland to Latvia, Poland and finally Pakistan, where researchers believe it was not reused
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Interesting/alarming piece
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When I was in care many of my housemates were Kosovan refugees.
The home sought to get them into local colleges, many had counselling as they had seen their own parents killed. We shared our stories and trauma trying to make community.
Now, the government wants anyone in the way to disappear
The home sought to get them into local colleges, many had counselling as they had seen their own parents killed. We shared our stories and trauma trying to make community.
Now, the government wants anyone in the way to disappear
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
When I was in care many of my housemates were Kosovan refugees.
The home sought to get them into local colleges, many had counselling as they had seen their own parents killed. We shared our stories and trauma trying to make community.
Now, the government wants anyone in the way to disappear
The home sought to get them into local colleges, many had counselling as they had seen their own parents killed. We shared our stories and trauma trying to make community.
Now, the government wants anyone in the way to disappear
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24th November 2025 07.45
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
24th November 2025 07.45
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'La Cantina.' (c1937) Famed for his huge murals across North America and Mexico, by the time of this work, Diego Rivera had dedicated himself almost exclusively to easel painting. There's a feeling of serenity in this picture, of ease; appropriate given the subject.
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
'La Cantina.' (c1937) Famed for his huge murals across North America and Mexico, by the time of this work, Diego Rivera had dedicated himself almost exclusively to easel painting. There's a feeling of serenity in this picture, of ease; appropriate given the subject.
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Final check of the Ethnographic Museum texts.
This photo struck me.
From the late 19th century, it shows tourists travelling on rafts through the Dunajec Gorge to Szczawnica.
I've been on this raft journey 2 or 3 times - it really is something special travelling through the gorge.
This photo struck me.
From the late 19th century, it shows tourists travelling on rafts through the Dunajec Gorge to Szczawnica.
I've been on this raft journey 2 or 3 times - it really is something special travelling through the gorge.
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Final check of the Ethnographic Museum texts.
This photo struck me.
From the late 19th century, it shows tourists travelling on rafts through the Dunajec Gorge to Szczawnica.
I've been on this raft journey 2 or 3 times - it really is something special travelling through the gorge.
This photo struck me.
From the late 19th century, it shows tourists travelling on rafts through the Dunajec Gorge to Szczawnica.
I've been on this raft journey 2 or 3 times - it really is something special travelling through the gorge.
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*brews another pot*
November 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
*brews another pot*