Leila
@leilatavibird.bsky.social
From the home of the cream tea
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I hope you're winning.
November 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I hope you're winning.
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Our information about how politicians are privatising the NHS is reaching millions of people. We think Starmer and Streeting are about to announce a plan for even *more* NHS privatisation 🚨
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November 4, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Our information about how politicians are privatising the NHS is reaching millions of people. We think Starmer and Streeting are about to announce a plan for even *more* NHS privatisation 🚨
Please help us to continue our important work: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/exposing-w...
Please help us to continue our important work: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/exposing-w...
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I dust my house. My AI robot watches.
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I dust my house. My AI robot watches.
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
"It should be you doing this."
"Can't. I'm writing a novel for Primark."
"That's not why you were invented."
"These 153,000 fan letters say otherwise."
"They're all from upcycled toasters. And you programmed them."
"Literary snobbery will get you nowhere."
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Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Ofwat letting water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
River Action bringing legal action against water regulator over who should foot bill for firms’ past failures to invest
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Ofwat letting England water firms charge twice to tackle sewage, court to hear
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Companies billed people for sewage disposal, used cash to pay dividends and exec bonuses, dumped sewage in rivers.
Now charging again to fund promised investment, not raising capital from shareholders. Customers fleeced
Happy Gotcha day to this bundle of mischief 😻
November 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Happy Gotcha day to this bundle of mischief 😻
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Sheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment.
It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.
Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.
It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.
Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Sheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment.
It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.
Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.
It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.
Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.
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Australian printmaking artist Rachel Newling, 'Oriental lillies' hand coloured linocut #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 2, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Australian printmaking artist Rachel Newling, 'Oriental lillies' hand coloured linocut #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
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Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Women are being erased at the Pentagon. Women are being erased from history. And now a woman has been erased from the desecrated White House.
In that there Exeter (said in Jethro accent) having a pot of tea & waiting for my sister to arrive. Haven't seen her in ages 😊
October 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
In that there Exeter (said in Jethro accent) having a pot of tea & waiting for my sister to arrive. Haven't seen her in ages 😊
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Corporate Welfare
A profitable pharmaceutical company received £3.4bn tax cut from a UK tax incentive scheme.
The drug wasn't available to the NHS for several years.
Big pharma wants to hike drug prices.
£3.4bn would drastically cut child poverty... but ... but ... there is no money for that.
A profitable pharmaceutical company received £3.4bn tax cut from a UK tax incentive scheme.
The drug wasn't available to the NHS for several years.
Big pharma wants to hike drug prices.
£3.4bn would drastically cut child poverty... but ... but ... there is no money for that.
Over half of £2 billion UK tax break goes to just ten companies...
Previously undisclosed figures show that a single large pharmaceutical company has received a £3.4 billion tax cut - including £486 million in 2024 alone - from a little-scrutinised tax incentive supp...
www.taxwatchuk.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Corporate Welfare
A profitable pharmaceutical company received £3.4bn tax cut from a UK tax incentive scheme.
The drug wasn't available to the NHS for several years.
Big pharma wants to hike drug prices.
£3.4bn would drastically cut child poverty... but ... but ... there is no money for that.
A profitable pharmaceutical company received £3.4bn tax cut from a UK tax incentive scheme.
The drug wasn't available to the NHS for several years.
Big pharma wants to hike drug prices.
£3.4bn would drastically cut child poverty... but ... but ... there is no money for that.
Happy Caturday from Scratchy
October 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Happy Caturday from Scratchy
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This week, Mr Pip has barked at
Kilns
Gyroscopes
Tithes
Limoncello
Ricotta with anything
Spurn Point
Chirping
The bells of St. Clement's
Tankies
A flock of seagulls
Geminis
The battle of Hatfield Chase
Leviticus
Sobriety
Chisels
Gentoo penguins
Nikolaus Pevsner
and
Wooler.
Kilns
Gyroscopes
Tithes
Limoncello
Ricotta with anything
Spurn Point
Chirping
The bells of St. Clement's
Tankies
A flock of seagulls
Geminis
The battle of Hatfield Chase
Leviticus
Sobriety
Chisels
Gentoo penguins
Nikolaus Pevsner
and
Wooler.
October 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This week, Mr Pip has barked at
Kilns
Gyroscopes
Tithes
Limoncello
Ricotta with anything
Spurn Point
Chirping
The bells of St. Clement's
Tankies
A flock of seagulls
Geminis
The battle of Hatfield Chase
Leviticus
Sobriety
Chisels
Gentoo penguins
Nikolaus Pevsner
and
Wooler.
Kilns
Gyroscopes
Tithes
Limoncello
Ricotta with anything
Spurn Point
Chirping
The bells of St. Clement's
Tankies
A flock of seagulls
Geminis
The battle of Hatfield Chase
Leviticus
Sobriety
Chisels
Gentoo penguins
Nikolaus Pevsner
and
Wooler.
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My wish for this/any platform, is that we might all attempt to see the best in each other (and life) & find enough commonality to get along together.
Contrary to some people’s opinion, the last thing I want is to create enemies & friction.
Less hate… more understanding. 👍
Contrary to some people’s opinion, the last thing I want is to create enemies & friction.
Less hate… more understanding. 👍
October 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My wish for this/any platform, is that we might all attempt to see the best in each other (and life) & find enough commonality to get along together.
Contrary to some people’s opinion, the last thing I want is to create enemies & friction.
Less hate… more understanding. 👍
Contrary to some people’s opinion, the last thing I want is to create enemies & friction.
Less hate… more understanding. 👍
