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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3d

"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."

I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.

It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral

The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · 11d

Until our charger gets fitted next week, I am having to spend time in Starbucks while my car charges, so it costs me in tea and cakes as well as electricity. Long drive tomorrow, so need a full battery. Moving to electric is going to take some getting used to.

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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 11d

Forced to share pins, left open to fraud!

1 in 5 with mental health conditions risk financial abuse by sharing pins as banks don't offer carers cards, 3rd party notifications or controls. We want to change that. Full info www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2025/10...

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Rhianna Pratchett @rhi.bsky.social · 18d

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 18d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · 22d

Misogyny is alive and well at Sky News in the 21st Century I see...

Adam Goldstone @adamgoldstone.co.uk · 22d

Click through to the article and you even get her husband's name first

Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 25d

I’m opening a movie theater in which I show recently released films that I ripped from the internet but the studios are welcome to opt out if they wish.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 25d

Exclusive: OpenAI is planning to release a new version of its Sora video generator, which creates videos featuring copyrighted material unless copyright holders opt out of having their work appear.

OpenAI’s New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out

Executives at the startup notified talent agencies and studios over the last week.

on.wsj.com

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · 27d

I have no interest in golf, but I am enjoying the overnight score in the Ryder Cup. All that uncouth behaviour from the home fans seems to be getting it's cumuppance 😁

Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · 27d

A friend's teenage daughter has made an animated video for one of my songs. It's got a live premier on Youtube at 8pm tonight, so if you're free for 4 mins at 8pm, you can join the live and send some encouragement to her in the chat.

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · 28d

Because it's in Wales and people forget we exist and aren't just a county of England most of the time, sadly. ( @quietriotpod.bsky.social being a welcome exception). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 28d

A story that’s attracted surprisingly little attention in our media:

Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · Sep 23

What do you mean 'when trump reads the Bible'? That man couldn't even name one book in the Bible when asked about it and holds it upside down. He doesn't read anything, and surely doesn't read the Bible.

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Minnie Rahman @minnierahman.bsky.social · Sep 22

Farage's proposal here would crash the economy. An economy already struggling as a result of Brexit. Not only are the numbers false but it takes rights away from migrants who have lived and worked in the UK for years. Many who have British partners and children born in the UK.

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Sep 22

Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)

Farage pledges to expel hundreds of thousands of migrants
Reform says mass deportation would save £234bn as it warns ‘Boriswave’ of migration will take critical toll on welfare system

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · Sep 14

Nearly Monday. Let's hope the world this coming week is less 🦇💩 crazy and altogether depressing than last week. Not sure I'm particularly optimistic about that, but surely it can't be any worse? If the autocrats and racists could just pipe down and give us all some respite, I'd really appreciate it.

Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · Sep 2

Not one to listen to within earshot of kids due to discussions about sexual violence against women and girls, but well worth a listen for the grown ups. These are always educational and entertaining in equal measures and stay in the mind for the rest of the week as you mull things over.

Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · Sep 1

🐍 MEDUSA - Here's Looking At You, Kid 🪦

Before Medusa was monstrous, she was beautiful. And before she was beautiful, she was powerful. She is a riddle that defies solution, from a time before the shape of things was settled.

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MEDUSA - Here's Looking at You, Kid

Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 01/09/2025 · 1h 35m

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · Sep 2

Minute Cryptic - 2 September, 2025
"Anonymous tip: awesome puzzle book finally sent around to stores" (5)
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I scored: 1 under par
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Fluke.

Minute Cryptic

Solve a clue with a hidden meaning

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · Sep 1

Well this was back in the 90s. I definitely got the impression it was full of people who were perfectly aware how rich they were!

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · Aug 31

Aaaaaaaaaaaaggggghhhh!!!!

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · Aug 31

During my gap year I interviewed for a job as a cleaner at retirement home in Sussex that makes that look decidedly shabby. It was part stately home, part 5 star hotel. I turned the job down for a job with more hours in a more down to earth establishment.

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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · Aug 31

Headed up by no other than the snake oil salesman Farage the Brexshit mouthpiece.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Aug 26

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · Aug 26

I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up.

Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · Aug 26

Keep fighting the good fight, @sturdyalex.bsky.social

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ElJeffo nature lover & budding Luddite. @eljeffo.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Only when the last tree has been cut, the last river has been poisoned & the last fish been caught will they realize that they can't eat money" old Cree proverb

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Olwen Ringrose 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎼🧶🐈 @olwenringrose.bsky.social · Aug 21

"You can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress".

I'm sorry, what?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 21

White House official Lindsey Halligan: "While slavery is obviously a horrible aspect of our nation's history, you can't really talk about slavery honestly unless you also talk about hope and progress ... we need to stop focusing so much on the lack of progress."

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