El
@turquoisespiff01.bsky.social
Perimenopausal autistic bookworm 🪱with a couple of bonus chronic conditions and oh the brain fog. LGBTQIA+ ally 🩷🏳️⚧️🩵🏳️🌈 (she/her)
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A reminder that Streeting is making 18,000 NHS staff redundant without any clear business case or purpose
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A reminder that Streeting is making 18,000 NHS staff redundant without any clear business case or purpose
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If I were a doctor with a massive house, I would definitely name it Bedside Manor
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If I were a doctor with a massive house, I would definitely name it Bedside Manor
Son works as an outdoor instructor and most staff have to leave in November. He was repeatedly asked to apply for next year and told the job was his if he wanted it. Today he got a message to say he has no job next year. Too late to apply elsewhere. I feel a mix of furious and sad on his behalf.
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Son works as an outdoor instructor and most staff have to leave in November. He was repeatedly asked to apply for next year and told the job was his if he wanted it. Today he got a message to say he has no job next year. Too late to apply elsewhere. I feel a mix of furious and sad on his behalf.
Looking forward to when the mainstream media picks up and publicises this story.
🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Looking forward to when the mainstream media picks up and publicises this story.
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Sorry, am I genuinely being asked to believe that the BBC is biased in favour of trans people?
I cannot remember the last time a trans person was given a voice on the BBC. It's as if they don't exist. They are talked about on the BBC, not talked to.
This entire debate is just fucking stupid.
I cannot remember the last time a trans person was given a voice on the BBC. It's as if they don't exist. They are talked about on the BBC, not talked to.
This entire debate is just fucking stupid.
November 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Sorry, am I genuinely being asked to believe that the BBC is biased in favour of trans people?
I cannot remember the last time a trans person was given a voice on the BBC. It's as if they don't exist. They are talked about on the BBC, not talked to.
This entire debate is just fucking stupid.
I cannot remember the last time a trans person was given a voice on the BBC. It's as if they don't exist. They are talked about on the BBC, not talked to.
This entire debate is just fucking stupid.
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'people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological ageing than are those who speak just one language.'
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Want a younger brain? Learn another language
A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
'people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological ageing than are those who speak just one language.'
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
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One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Here’s the same data, but with trust broken down by political views (circles are trust among people on the left, +s the right).
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
It’s not just that the BBC is widely consumed — it also has solid trust on both left & right, whereas trust in the biggest US media brands is hugely polarised.
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One nice detail that can easily be lost in this graph - even right wingers trust the BBC more than the right wing tabloids
Challenging day again so I am having a cuppa and watching Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles. Yet another fantastic piece of broadcasting from the BBC. They do so much right it would be tragic to lose them.
November 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Challenging day again so I am having a cuppa and watching Hamza's Hidden Wild Isles. Yet another fantastic piece of broadcasting from the BBC. They do so much right it would be tragic to lose them.
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Did you know that from 15th October to 10th November, and at other festive periods, traders without license - like supermarkets - can sell fireworks? 💥
Fireworks are dangerous explosives, they should not be marketed like toys in the same spot as the sweets and crisps.
Fireworks are dangerous explosives, they should not be marketed like toys in the same spot as the sweets and crisps.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Did you know that from 15th October to 10th November, and at other festive periods, traders without license - like supermarkets - can sell fireworks? 💥
Fireworks are dangerous explosives, they should not be marketed like toys in the same spot as the sweets and crisps.
Fireworks are dangerous explosives, they should not be marketed like toys in the same spot as the sweets and crisps.
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Just to get this straight in my head, we've gone from "BBC badly edited a piece about Trump, but was accurate overall", to the "BBC isn't transphobic enough and is all woke", and we're still arguing, regardless of the myriad of issues with the BBC, whether there's a genuine right wing attack on it?
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Just to get this straight in my head, we've gone from "BBC badly edited a piece about Trump, but was accurate overall", to the "BBC isn't transphobic enough and is all woke", and we're still arguing, regardless of the myriad of issues with the BBC, whether there's a genuine right wing attack on it?
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A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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Thought for the day:
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
November 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thought for the day:
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
On Bluesky, it's "nice" to "Like", but it's (more) effective to Repost. Be effective. (You can also be nice).
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This is horrific:
“n the past three months, a mosque was set alight in East Sussex; in Merseyside the windows of a mosque were shot with an air gun while children were inside; in Greater Manchester, a paving slab was thrown at a window; and in Glasgow, a window was smashed with a metal pole.”
“n the past three months, a mosque was set alight in East Sussex; in Merseyside the windows of a mosque were shot with an air gun while children were inside; in Greater Manchester, a paving slab was thrown at a window; and in Glasgow, a window was smashed with a metal pole.”
November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is horrific:
“n the past three months, a mosque was set alight in East Sussex; in Merseyside the windows of a mosque were shot with an air gun while children were inside; in Greater Manchester, a paving slab was thrown at a window; and in Glasgow, a window was smashed with a metal pole.”
“n the past three months, a mosque was set alight in East Sussex; in Merseyside the windows of a mosque were shot with an air gun while children were inside; in Greater Manchester, a paving slab was thrown at a window; and in Glasgow, a window was smashed with a metal pole.”
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“in the future ai will provide the world with so much money that no-one will need to work and everyone will have what they need but RIGHT NOW i personally should not have to pay any taxes to pay for food for starving children” - every ai ceo
November 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“in the future ai will provide the world with so much money that no-one will need to work and everyone will have what they need but RIGHT NOW i personally should not have to pay any taxes to pay for food for starving children” - every ai ceo
Well, I hated that ending to #celebritytraitors and I am fuming that Alan got the sympathy of the faithful (brilliant) idiots with his crocodile tears. Joe, you were cheated.
November 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Well, I hated that ending to #celebritytraitors and I am fuming that Alan got the sympathy of the faithful (brilliant) idiots with his crocodile tears. Joe, you were cheated.
Work colleague to me today.
"You won't like this because it's AI. I got my friend this brilliant birthday present: I told them some things about her and gave a picture of her and it's written me a book to give her".
She's right. I don't like it.
"You won't like this because it's AI. I got my friend this brilliant birthday present: I told them some things about her and gave a picture of her and it's written me a book to give her".
She's right. I don't like it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Work colleague to me today.
"You won't like this because it's AI. I got my friend this brilliant birthday present: I told them some things about her and gave a picture of her and it's written me a book to give her".
She's right. I don't like it.
"You won't like this because it's AI. I got my friend this brilliant birthday present: I told them some things about her and gave a picture of her and it's written me a book to give her".
She's right. I don't like it.
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Man on the bus chomping his foil-wrapped breakfast loudly behind me, mouth open, smacking his lips with each bite. Me hanging on by a thread... #buslife #misophonia
November 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Man on the bus chomping his foil-wrapped breakfast loudly behind me, mouth open, smacking his lips with each bite. Me hanging on by a thread... #buslife #misophonia
On a rickety bus. It is at least 150 degrees and smells overpoweringly of chips with vinegar. I don't know if I am going to be sick, combust or both but the chances of me making it home are slim.
November 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM
On a rickety bus. It is at least 150 degrees and smells overpoweringly of chips with vinegar. I don't know if I am going to be sick, combust or both but the chances of me making it home are slim.
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If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
November 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
If you want to understand the emotional end intellectual malaise of British politics, this piece by @mjrobbins.com is a pretty good place to start. It effectively describes a country that has gone mad. open.substack.com/pub/martinro...
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'“Chatroom contributions are given equal status with serious academic work,” [Richard] Evans, an expert on the Third Reich, told the Guardian, after being invited to test out Grokipedia. “AI just hoovers up everything.”'
In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:47 AM
'“Chatroom contributions are given equal status with serious academic work,” [Richard] Evans, an expert on the Third Reich, told the Guardian, after being invited to test out Grokipedia. “AI just hoovers up everything.”'
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This thread just gets better. I particularly like how Liz Truss can travel in time.
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This thread just gets better. I particularly like how Liz Truss can travel in time.
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Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
This article makes an excellent point. It's far too rare to hear the word masculinity without the word toxic tacked on ahead of it. Some masculinity is toxic, but it's so damaging to generalise and overuse of the phrase alienates young men, leaving them vulnerable to negative influences.
This article made me think. Well penned, Josh.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I’m a teenager who was lured into the manosphere. Here’s how to reach young men like me | Josh Sargent
Masculinity is almost always presented as toxic on my feed – but we need constructive alternatives to give hope to those who feel lost, says Josh Sargent
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This article makes an excellent point. It's far too rare to hear the word masculinity without the word toxic tacked on ahead of it. Some masculinity is toxic, but it's so damaging to generalise and overuse of the phrase alienates young men, leaving them vulnerable to negative influences.