A Rachel for all seasons
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Posting about languages, UK politics, faith/church, London, general stuff
Ecclesiastes 12:12
Ecclesiastes 12:12
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Dispatches from the #GortonandDenton by-election: local community Facebook groups are being flooded with some really dodgy 💩.
One for my neighbours in Levy and for investigative journalists - not sure whom to talk to about it.
See a few screenshots here, and 🧵on why I think it's sus below.
One for my neighbours in Levy and for investigative journalists - not sure whom to talk to about it.
See a few screenshots here, and 🧵on why I think it's sus below.
February 16, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Dispatches from the #GortonandDenton by-election: local community Facebook groups are being flooded with some really dodgy 💩.
One for my neighbours in Levy and for investigative journalists - not sure whom to talk to about it.
See a few screenshots here, and 🧵on why I think it's sus below.
One for my neighbours in Levy and for investigative journalists - not sure whom to talk to about it.
See a few screenshots here, and 🧵on why I think it's sus below.
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Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door https://theonion.com/bookseller-scrambles-to-hide-all-the-classics-after-seeing-emerald-fennell-approaching-door/
February 16, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Bookseller Scrambles To Hide All The Classics After Seeing Emerald Fennell Approaching Door https://theonion.com/bookseller-scrambles-to-hide-all-the-classics-after-seeing-emerald-fennell-approaching-door/
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Since we're all talking about Wuthering Heights right now, here's a post I did about terrible Wuthering Heights book covers: www.stuckinabook.com/awful-book-c...
Awful book covers: Wuthering Heights
Well, after my previous post, I couldn’t resist doing my own hunt for dreadful covers – and Wuthering Heights seemed like the sort of book which would oblige. There are actua…
www.stuckinabook.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Since we're all talking about Wuthering Heights right now, here's a post I did about terrible Wuthering Heights book covers: www.stuckinabook.com/awful-book-c...
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you should only be able to obtain social media by asking the surly guy at Tesco to get it from inside the weird glass cabinet thingy
February 16, 2026 at 4:50 PM
you should only be able to obtain social media by asking the surly guy at Tesco to get it from inside the weird glass cabinet thingy
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When I see anyone taking a selfie…
February 15, 2026 at 3:16 PM
When I see anyone taking a selfie…
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One thing I find mind-boggling is just how quickly we went from "live and let live" and "mind your own business" to "get up in everyone else's business in case they have the temerity to be living in a way you don't like"
do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh
"if they socially transition too early we think they can get locked onto a trajectory that may not have been the correct natural trajectory for them"
Direct quote.
Direct quote.
February 16, 2026 at 5:52 PM
One thing I find mind-boggling is just how quickly we went from "live and let live" and "mind your own business" to "get up in everyone else's business in case they have the temerity to be living in a way you don't like"
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[an olympic skating pair finishes their routine]
me: wow that was amazing
the commentator: what a shame
me: wow that was amazing
the commentator: what a shame
February 16, 2026 at 2:36 PM
[an olympic skating pair finishes their routine]
me: wow that was amazing
the commentator: what a shame
me: wow that was amazing
the commentator: what a shame
There’s an adorable Roman glass snail in a museum somewhere - I’ve forgotten where it lives, but it’s a great Just A Little Guy
If you could do a successful heist of any museum or gallery which would you choose and what would you take
February 16, 2026 at 2:50 PM
There’s an adorable Roman glass snail in a museum somewhere - I’ve forgotten where it lives, but it’s a great Just A Little Guy
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hi hi! reposting this to say that I currently have extremely little planned for March so do please get in touch if you'd like to commission me for.....something? or even just have a chat about commissions in general - keen to get out of my routine a bit this year and work on new things!
Hello! Obligatory pinned post to say that I'm a freelance journalist and you can find my portfolio at marieleconte.com and my newsletter at youngvulgarian.substack.com, and you can contact me on [email protected]. Always looking for fun/interesting work so do get in touch!
February 16, 2026 at 10:42 AM
hi hi! reposting this to say that I currently have extremely little planned for March so do please get in touch if you'd like to commission me for.....something? or even just have a chat about commissions in general - keen to get out of my routine a bit this year and work on new things!
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Yes, this feels like the sort of thing the most respected opposition figure in the United States should be talking about at the moment....
Obama says aliens 'are real' - but he hasn't seen any
Obama says aliens 'are real' - but he hasn't seen any
Barack Obama has said aliens are "real" in an interview, before later taking to social media to clarify his comments.
news.sky.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Yes, this feels like the sort of thing the most respected opposition figure in the United States should be talking about at the moment....
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What happens when a driverless vehicle commits a road traffic offence. The government isn't sure, but they promise they're working on it.
February 16, 2026 at 11:24 AM
What happens when a driverless vehicle commits a road traffic offence. The government isn't sure, but they promise they're working on it.
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If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
‘It’s the most urgent public health issue’: Dr Rangan Chatterjee on screen time, mental health – and banning social media until 18
The hit podcaster, author and former GP says a failure to regulate big tech is ‘failing a generation of children’. He explains why he quit the NHS and why he wants a ban on screen-based homework
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 AM
If children were more politically active they would be quite pissed to be told that their screen time is “the most urgent public health issue” while the largest measles outbreak since the vaccine sweeps their schools because of conspiracies that the adults in their life believed from social media.
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While sudden cliff falls at Birling Gap (near my home town of Eastbourne) are no joke, I really love how much it looks like we’ve roused a grumpy, sleepy sea-wizard.
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 PM
While sudden cliff falls at Birling Gap (near my home town of Eastbourne) are no joke, I really love how much it looks like we’ve roused a grumpy, sleepy sea-wizard.
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Great proposal this. Continues to be incredibly funny and incredibly stupid that for years we've *banned* bus and rail operators "colluding" to make their timetables integrate with each other.
Fantastic to see my Mini Switzerland idea covered by the BBC.
It captures so many people’s imaginations because it’s both obvious, simple and yet - from where we are today - unspeakably radical.
Please share!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It captures so many people’s imaginations because it’s both obvious, simple and yet - from where we are today - unspeakably radical.
Please share!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Mini Switzerland' plan for Peak District transport network
The idea would see buses arriving before trains pull into stations to improve connectivity.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 11:53 AM
Great proposal this. Continues to be incredibly funny and incredibly stupid that for years we've *banned* bus and rail operators "colluding" to make their timetables integrate with each other.
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"It is not: people stopped going. It is: pubs became collateral in leveraged buyouts, debt costs were passed down as higher rents and lower investment, and the pubs that couldn’t sustain the extraction closed, while the ones that could were reshaped into higher-margin branded £££ concepts"
My brother wanted a London pub crawl. The result? My new Substack post: "Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?" How private equity reshaped the local, which pubs are most at risk and most importantly what to do about it.
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?
How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.
open.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:09 PM
"It is not: people stopped going. It is: pubs became collateral in leveraged buyouts, debt costs were passed down as higher rents and lower investment, and the pubs that couldn’t sustain the extraction closed, while the ones that could were reshaped into higher-margin branded £££ concepts"
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Negative: freezing!
0 to 10: Cold!
10 to 20: Mild!
20 to 30: Pleasant!
Above 30: hot!
The American mind cannot comprehend this.
0 to 10: Cold!
10 to 20: Mild!
20 to 30: Pleasant!
Above 30: hot!
The American mind cannot comprehend this.
Celsius is the scientist temperature measurement in that it’s the most conceptually coherent , Fahrenheit is the engineer temperature measurement in that it’s actually optimized to be useful for it’s main use case of communicating everyday temperatures.
February 16, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Negative: freezing!
0 to 10: Cold!
10 to 20: Mild!
20 to 30: Pleasant!
Above 30: hot!
The American mind cannot comprehend this.
0 to 10: Cold!
10 to 20: Mild!
20 to 30: Pleasant!
Above 30: hot!
The American mind cannot comprehend this.
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I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
February 16, 2026 at 1:14 AM
I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
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God bless the Dutch for this
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
God bless the Dutch for this
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A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
February 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM
A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...
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SOS save the #bbcworldservice
‘Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world”in the 20th century’: Kofi Annan.
Money runs out in 7 weeks. No plan.
Pls lobby YvetteCooperMP Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer John Healey MP
Please Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
‘Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world”in the 20th century’: Kofi Annan.
Money runs out in 7 weeks. No plan.
Pls lobby YvetteCooperMP Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer John Healey MP
Please Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
SOS save the #bbcworldservice
‘Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world”in the 20th century’: Kofi Annan.
Money runs out in 7 weeks. No plan.
Pls lobby YvetteCooperMP Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer John Healey MP
Please Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
‘Perhaps Britain’s greatest gift to the world”in the 20th century’: Kofi Annan.
Money runs out in 7 weeks. No plan.
Pls lobby YvetteCooperMP Lisa Nandy, Keir Starmer John Healey MP
Please Email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
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To show the tone of the coverage, this story which is apparently about her leaving the NHS is almost entirely giving Sandie Peggie's side to the case with quotes from supporters, refers to Beth Upton solely by her surname and Sandie Peggie only by her first name www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 AM
To show the tone of the coverage, this story which is apparently about her leaving the NHS is almost entirely giving Sandie Peggie's side to the case with quotes from supporters, refers to Beth Upton solely by her surname and Sandie Peggie only by her first name www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...
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Roses are red
Candy's there to be devoured
Candy's there to be devoured
February 14, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Roses are red
Candy's there to be devoured
Candy's there to be devoured
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MMR rates in Hackney (not far from the Enfield schools with the current outbreak) are at a shockingly low 60 per cent. It's seriously worrying
This matters because London has among the lowest vaccination rates for measles in England - there are many pockets of unvaccinated communities that could be at significant risk from a runaway outbreak:
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Health officials are racing to contain a growing measles outbreak in London, which has struck down dozens of young children and affected 7 schools and a nursery.
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
UKHSA has warned an outbreak across London could see 40,000 - 160,000 cases:
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
February 14, 2026 at 7:01 PM
MMR rates in Hackney (not far from the Enfield schools with the current outbreak) are at a shockingly low 60 per cent. It's seriously worrying