@marykmac.bsky.social
You just died. The sixth picture in your camera roll is what killed you.
(screenshot from a video, but— fair, I guess.)
(screenshot from a video, but— fair, I guess.)
November 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
You just died. The sixth picture in your camera roll is what killed you.
(screenshot from a video, but— fair, I guess.)
(screenshot from a video, but— fair, I guess.)
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Secondly, the convention that student loans repayments are structured as a regressive graduate tax, but are never discussed as a tax. Half the population under 35 is effectively paying a 29% mid-rate of tax on income between £29-50k, and it's just never discussed as a factor in the economy.
November 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Secondly, the convention that student loans repayments are structured as a regressive graduate tax, but are never discussed as a tax. Half the population under 35 is effectively paying a 29% mid-rate of tax on income between £29-50k, and it's just never discussed as a factor in the economy.
I think this is actually two trends converging: minimum wage has been steadily rising for a decade and a half, but mid- and median wages haven't. Minimum wage has already converged with entry-level professional salaries and is increasingly converging with mid-level professional salaries.
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I think this is actually two trends converging: minimum wage has been steadily rising for a decade and a half, but mid- and median wages haven't. Minimum wage has already converged with entry-level professional salaries and is increasingly converging with mid-level professional salaries.
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The closest analogy is from gay marriage. Just because someone opposes gay marriage (also a protected belief) it would be unreasonable not to use a married name or to insist on calling a married lesbian Miss. For a barrister to do this in court in the UK would violate the Equal Treatment Bench Book.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The closest analogy is from gay marriage. Just because someone opposes gay marriage (also a protected belief) it would be unreasonable not to use a married name or to insist on calling a married lesbian Miss. For a barrister to do this in court in the UK would violate the Equal Treatment Bench Book.
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Asked about funding balance, Smith demonstrates how irrevocably we all live in George Osborne's world.
She just says its not their problem. "We might take a view."
I'm stopping now, this is simply the British state shrugging its shoulders about a profound aspect of our society. That's all it is.
She just says its not their problem. "We might take a view."
I'm stopping now, this is simply the British state shrugging its shoulders about a profound aspect of our society. That's all it is.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Asked about funding balance, Smith demonstrates how irrevocably we all live in George Osborne's world.
She just says its not their problem. "We might take a view."
I'm stopping now, this is simply the British state shrugging its shoulders about a profound aspect of our society. That's all it is.
She just says its not their problem. "We might take a view."
I'm stopping now, this is simply the British state shrugging its shoulders about a profound aspect of our society. That's all it is.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The main interpretation I have of this is that the less association you have with Starmer’s government, the higher your chances. it’s not just “starmer’s awful”, it’s that everyone he works with is awful too.
Very funny that even after several weeks of "gosh, isn't Wes an impressive operator" from all and sundry, he still has functionally zero chance of winning a leadership election
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The main interpretation I have of this is that the less association you have with Starmer’s government, the higher your chances. it’s not just “starmer’s awful”, it’s that everyone he works with is awful too.
I really want to start the Petite Knits Hannah jumper, but in order to do that I would have to choose a yarn and a colour and I seem to have forgotten how to do that.
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I really want to start the Petite Knits Hannah jumper, but in order to do that I would have to choose a yarn and a colour and I seem to have forgotten how to do that.
how have we even accepted that the equality act mandates who can use toilets, i don’t get it
November 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
how have we even accepted that the equality act mandates who can use toilets, i don’t get it
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if someone can show me where the automatic settlement and citizenship exists, can we have our fourteen grand in fees back please
genuinely infuriating www.gov.uk/government/n...
November 20, 2025 at 7:45 AM
if someone can show me where the automatic settlement and citizenship exists, can we have our fourteen grand in fees back please
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It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
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"a lot of the people we are seeing [with malnutrition] are carers. By the time they've taken care of everyone else, they have nothing left to feed themselves"
Carers in England get £83 a week for "at least" 35 hours of work.
Carers in England get £83 a week for "at least" 35 hours of work.
Rise in number of people in the UK facing hunger, says charity
More than 14.1 million people experienced food insecurity last year, warns the Trussell Trust.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"a lot of the people we are seeing [with malnutrition] are carers. By the time they've taken care of everyone else, they have nothing left to feed themselves"
Carers in England get £83 a week for "at least" 35 hours of work.
Carers in England get £83 a week for "at least" 35 hours of work.
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To quote: ‘Dr Sarah Ruggins, the current outright record holder for riding from John o’ Groats to Land’s End and back.’
She declined the award also
road.cc/content/news...
She declined the award also
road.cc/content/news...
Several winners of Cycling UK 100 Women in Cycling prize decline award due to exclusion of trans women
Cycling UK say the decision was made following legal advice but that the rule change "doesn't alter our commitment to transgender and non-binary people"
road.cc
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 PM
To quote: ‘Dr Sarah Ruggins, the current outright record holder for riding from John o’ Groats to Land’s End and back.’
She declined the award also
road.cc/content/news...
She declined the award also
road.cc/content/news...
big issue in the 2020 election was that young people's votes are overwhelmingly concentrated in towns and cities, and so proportionally worth less because an urban leftwing candidate winning by 80-90% has half as much power in FPTP as a two rural rightwing candidates winning on 45% each.
The Greens are winning the support of around half of 18 to 24 year olds.
Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!
And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
Reform are on 5%. So much for young people's turn to the right!
And the Young Greens now have 40,000 members - the biggest youth and students wing in British politics
November 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
big issue in the 2020 election was that young people's votes are overwhelmingly concentrated in towns and cities, and so proportionally worth less because an urban leftwing candidate winning by 80-90% has half as much power in FPTP as a two rural rightwing candidates winning on 45% each.
I got one of these kind of emails at work once, from someone who wanted to know how to parlay their "research" into the Illuminati into a PhD, and it looked exactly like this description. I am very fascinated by the idea that the the disordered thinking and the presentation style are connected.
The bigger change is presentation, historically, these emails were visually chaotic: sudden colour changes, ALL CAPS, screenshots pasted at random. Classic signs of disordered thinking. Now they’re neat, structured, and grammatically consistent. The delusion hasn't changed, but the formatting has.
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I got one of these kind of emails at work once, from someone who wanted to know how to parlay their "research" into the Illuminati into a PhD, and it looked exactly like this description. I am very fascinated by the idea that the the disordered thinking and the presentation style are connected.
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One of the things that the “immigration debate” in the UK really reveals is how little people actually know about how other people live. So much of immigration policy fails to work, even on its own terms, because it’s trying to solve problems that mostly exist in peoples heads
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
One of the things that the “immigration debate” in the UK really reveals is how little people actually know about how other people live. So much of immigration policy fails to work, even on its own terms, because it’s trying to solve problems that mostly exist in peoples heads
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why can they not just fix it
![[Scene is MCcDONALDS PICKUP POINT but for the most part we can only see the close up faces of tha CUSTOMER and the McDONALDS EMPLOYEE at the serving point].
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CUSTOMER:
Hi - I’m afraid this isn’t what I ordered
2
McDONALDS EMPLOYEE:
Number 187?
CUSTOMER:
Yes
3
CUSTOMER:
Maybe I pressed the wrong thing?
I just ordered one strawberry milkshake.
4
EMPLOYEE:
Oh - yeah sorry
5
EMPLOYEE:
The milkshake machine’s not working.
6
EMPLOYEE:
The only flavours we can do are vanilla, banana, and Labour Leader Pretending to be Nigel Farage.
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CUSTOMER:
Is that a new flavour?
EMPLOYEE:
Yeah
8
[We now see that the employee has placed a gigantic milkshake cup on the counter]
EMPLOYEE:
If you look inside, there’s a Labour leader pretending to be Nigel Farage.
9
[Customer looks inside the cup]
10
[Show Keir Starmer dressed as Nigel Farage inside the cup]
CUSTOMER:
So there is
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CUSTOMER:
Is that something people want, then?
EMPLOYEE:
No! No, not at all.
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EMPLOYEE:
It just keeps happening when we press banana.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
why can they not just fix it
this is genuinely common sense and the bare minimum required by GDPR!
The only place where anyone's physical sexual characteristics should be officially documented are their medical records where that's relevant to their care. Not on birth certificates, not on driving licences, not on passports, not on government ID of any kind
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
this is genuinely common sense and the bare minimum required by GDPR!
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In 2014, 87% of asylum claims were processed within 6 months.
At the start of 2017, that figure was still 70%.
By late 2018 it was 26%.
Smoking. Gun.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
At the start of 2017, that figure was still 70%.
By late 2018 it was 26%.
Smoking. Gun.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In 2014, 87% of asylum claims were processed within 6 months.
At the start of 2017, that figure was still 70%.
By late 2018 it was 26%.
Smoking. Gun.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
At the start of 2017, that figure was still 70%.
By late 2018 it was 26%.
Smoking. Gun.
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
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The only way you could believe implementing cruel racist policies will "unite the country" is if a) you don't count non-white people as part of the country and b) you think every white person in the country is cruel and racist
Is that what counts as patriotism these days?
Is that what counts as patriotism these days?
November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The only way you could believe implementing cruel racist policies will "unite the country" is if a) you don't count non-white people as part of the country and b) you think every white person in the country is cruel and racist
Is that what counts as patriotism these days?
Is that what counts as patriotism these days?
I am -- slightly irritated by the responses to this. People fleeing war *do* leave their children behind, if they believe they will be safer with relatives than crossing through dangerous routes. Some families send women and children ahead, some send men ahead, some send children, some send adults.
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I am -- slightly irritated by the responses to this. People fleeing war *do* leave their children behind, if they believe they will be safer with relatives than crossing through dangerous routes. Some families send women and children ahead, some send men ahead, some send children, some send adults.
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Labour's Stella Creasy asks Shabana Mahmood if she will "incarcerate children with their families as part of enforced return, or whether she intends to separate children from their mums and dads"?
Mahmood says she won't separate children, but doesn't say if they will be incarcerated
Mahmood says she won't separate children, but doesn't say if they will be incarcerated
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Labour's Stella Creasy asks Shabana Mahmood if she will "incarcerate children with their families as part of enforced return, or whether she intends to separate children from their mums and dads"?
Mahmood says she won't separate children, but doesn't say if they will be incarcerated
Mahmood says she won't separate children, but doesn't say if they will be incarcerated
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Women angry at male violence - as reported in Leeds Other Paper, 45 years ago this month.
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Women angry at male violence - as reported in Leeds Other Paper, 45 years ago this month.
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen
#ReclaimTheNight #EndViolenceAgainstWomen