Elizabeth Liddle
@pingu1.bsky.social
Part-time boat-dweller, cognitive psychologist and viol player, aging cat lady with ADHD. Trans Inclusive Cis Feminist. Pronouns she/her.
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This is a heartening post, do read. Funny that @naomialderman.bsky.social mentions Letraset, I was remembering using it (when laying out magazine pages in the 80s) it made me think about productivity and the physical side of work...
I wrote this yesterday about what to tell young people who are worried about what work will be in the age of AI:
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/preparing-...
preparing for the working world in the age of AI
or: seven things to tell your kids when they ask what they should study now, or what the point of studying is
naomialderman.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This is a heartening post, do read. Funny that @naomialderman.bsky.social mentions Letraset, I was remembering using it (when laying out magazine pages in the 80s) it made me think about productivity and the physical side of work...
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The frivolity of evil.
November 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM
The frivolity of evil.
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This while the ableist culture won't shut up about HIM needing to be in an institution. They just don't get that he's the one who's the threat who's harming the real people most vulnerable to institutionalization. Why? Because they still don't care about us. Not a single bit.
So it's very clear from the way Trump talks about mental institutions & people in mental institutions as society's refuse that he wants nothing good for people in them. But he plans to institutionalize more than ever including many homeless. He's a real sadist. I think this is true psychopathy.
November 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This while the ableist culture won't shut up about HIM needing to be in an institution. They just don't get that he's the one who's the threat who's harming the real people most vulnerable to institutionalization. Why? Because they still don't care about us. Not a single bit.
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My kids are carrying their tribal cards but ICE is just going to call them fake so now my anxiety has escalated.
As if the "agents" can't buy their little cosplay costumes on esty or Amazon.
Make it stop.
As if the "agents" can't buy their little cosplay costumes on esty or Amazon.
Make it stop.
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
My kids are carrying their tribal cards but ICE is just going to call them fake so now my anxiety has escalated.
As if the "agents" can't buy their little cosplay costumes on esty or Amazon.
Make it stop.
As if the "agents" can't buy their little cosplay costumes on esty or Amazon.
Make it stop.
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This. The morality lies in doing policies that lead to shared wellbeing and social justice. Which those are should be based on evidence.
labour seem to be describing everything as a 'moral mission' lately.
must be the latest phrasing handed down from marketing.
it's such a dangerous way to phrase shit. government's should have evidence-based policies.
must be the latest phrasing handed down from marketing.
it's such a dangerous way to phrase shit. government's should have evidence-based policies.
November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This. The morality lies in doing policies that lead to shared wellbeing and social justice. Which those are should be based on evidence.
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the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.
they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
November 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.
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THe more things change
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
THe more things change
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Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Things move quickly in politics. The idea of a Sunday broadsheet dedicating it's entire front page to @greenparty.org.uk is huge, and let's be honest, a sign of changing times.
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
People are sitting up and noticing @zackpolanski.bsky.social
join.greenparty.org.uk
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Starmer is well aware of what needs to be done. Here is what he said when voting for Johnson's UK-EU deal.
Services "a gaping hole", "lack of ambition", "Imperfect", "thin", "a basis to build on".
Share, to show the PM that you back him going further and faster to improve our deal with the EU. ~AA
Services "a gaping hole", "lack of ambition", "Imperfect", "thin", "a basis to build on".
Share, to show the PM that you back him going further and faster to improve our deal with the EU. ~AA
February 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Starmer is well aware of what needs to be done. Here is what he said when voting for Johnson's UK-EU deal.
Services "a gaping hole", "lack of ambition", "Imperfect", "thin", "a basis to build on".
Share, to show the PM that you back him going further and faster to improve our deal with the EU. ~AA
Services "a gaping hole", "lack of ambition", "Imperfect", "thin", "a basis to build on".
Share, to show the PM that you back him going further and faster to improve our deal with the EU. ~AA
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Fifteen years of ideological choices to strangle & gut the public realm - NHS to schools to social services to local museums - is what underlies the anger "tearing our country apart"; immigration is simply the scapegoat that the far right are pushing people toward.
Why can't Labour just say this?
Why can't Labour just say this?
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Fifteen years of ideological choices to strangle & gut the public realm - NHS to schools to social services to local museums - is what underlies the anger "tearing our country apart"; immigration is simply the scapegoat that the far right are pushing people toward.
Why can't Labour just say this?
Why can't Labour just say this?
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Hello #rstats! 👋 Do you have an #rstats package or skill or strategy you love and would be willing to share with the @rladies.org community? We are looking 👀 for a couple more speakers 🔊 for the 2025–2026 R-Ladies St. Louis season. Reply here and we will contact you to find a date! 💜 💜 💜
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Hello #rstats! 👋 Do you have an #rstats package or skill or strategy you love and would be willing to share with the @rladies.org community? We are looking 👀 for a couple more speakers 🔊 for the 2025–2026 R-Ladies St. Louis season. Reply here and we will contact you to find a date! 💜 💜 💜
And never was more apposite than now.
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
And never was more apposite than now.
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This is the cycle that fuels populist. It perpetuate policy failure while encouraging a narrative of scapegoating. The prime minister came to power promising to address it. Instead he now supports it.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This is the cycle that fuels populist. It perpetuate policy failure while encouraging a narrative of scapegoating. The prime minister came to power promising to address it. Instead he now supports it.
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Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Plans to leave refugees in a state of perpetual uncertainty about where and if they can rebuild their lives are not just performative cruelty, they are counterproductive to integration and the economy. It doesn’t have to be like this - 1/2
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I struggle to see why turning ourselves into a society so unwelcoming that even those afraid for the lives are deterred from coming is something we would actually *want*.
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I struggle to see why turning ourselves into a society so unwelcoming that even those afraid for the lives are deterred from coming is something we would actually *want*.
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Thought the plan was to smash the smuggling gangs not emulate them.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Thought the plan was to smash the smuggling gangs not emulate them.
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Reeves should risk it all on one last roll of the dice.
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Reeves in Zugzwang
Incremental politics no longer works
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Reeves should risk it all on one last roll of the dice.
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
Raise income tax, break the triple lock, slay the deficit, spend the money on the things she believes in.
It may not work - but better than waiting for doom to overtake her.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith/p...
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I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This is NOT a “both sides” issue- it’s a David & Goliath one!
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This is NOT a “both sides” issue- it’s a David & Goliath one!