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Hobby crafter, Pratchett fan, Sci-Fi nerd, music lover (indie chick at heart but also love EDM) and IT bod.
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The Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge is a 102.4 mi viaduct on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway. It is the longest bridge in the world. Located on the rail line betw Shanghai & Nanjing in the Yangtze River Delta where the geography is characterized by lowland rice paddies, canals, rivers & lakes
January 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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Reform council that promised cuts has handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.

Investigation by @ollyhaynes.bsky.social:
https://goodlaw.social/kip5
Reform council that promised cuts delivers payday for party backer
Reform councils have increased spending and handed out a £30,000 contract to a company owned by a party supporter which was involved with 10 serious pollution incidents in 2024.
goodlaw.social
January 7, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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If you’d like to know more about the extraordinary life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft, I hosted this BBC podcast episode about her (TW: it’s mostly funny, but tragically sad in places too)

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
January 7, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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Our other Specialist Discussion Meeting on Friday also looks at artificial intelligence, focusing on new tools and techniques being used in astronomy and astrophysics. 🤖🔭

To book a place in person or online, please scan the QR code on the graphic. 🤳🎟️
January 7, 2026 at 3:19 PM
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Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 2, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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So great to see Yorkshire Content Fund supported production Reunion, named in The Guardian’s top TV picks for 2025! Brilliant to see Warp Films’ Adolescence featured too. Huge year for Yorkshire storytelling.  https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jun/09/the-best-tv-of-2025-in-the-uk-so-far
June 10, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Still one of the best things that has ever been on TV.

The Messiah really did't see it coming.
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Trump is sueing the BBC. I really, really hope the BBC do not settle. Drag him through court and let everything he has said come out.
And then make him fund the BBC for decades.
December 16, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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Would this have happened to a white resident? Asking for the First Nations.
November 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Yes! #GoodNews for Ukraine! And the world!
October 2, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Reform UK Party Ltd spent £700,000 on a 2-page spread — one page being just an image of Farage and the other a letter, meaning he spent £350,000 on pictures of himself.

The average UK house price is £272,000.

Also, the ‘full English’ is badly photoshopped on — it's tiny!
November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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This is part one of my series on what it's like to be involved in the ICB Sussex investigation. unsilentmum.substack.com/p/part-one-l...
Part One: Living Through the ICB Sussex Investigation
The reality of what care at WellBN was really like for my child
unsilentmum.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.

Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!

Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️‍⚧️

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Sheffield next to sell out

Low tickets on a couple of others www.gigsandtours.com/tour/the-cha...
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?

H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
November 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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"It's really important to us: we piloted it in Glasgow a few years ago, we've been to Belfast too, and now Sheffield"

We spoke to Deb Grant and Nathan Shepherd of BBC Radio 6 Music's New Music Fix about their South Yorkshire residency taking place all this week.

#6Music #NewMusicFix
BBC Radio 6 Music's New Music Fix - "It's important for us to get under the skin of Sheffield and its music culture"
The showcase for emerging talent has landed in our city for a week-long residency.
nowthenmagazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

6music and radio Sheffield DJing event at Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield! Throwing shapes
Radio 6 Music - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio 6 Music on BBC Sounds
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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I shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday
- It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself.

One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend

Love you Mani x x
Never to be forgotten
November 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Mani RIP
November 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Nobody cares that Paul Givan ordered schools to (illegally) discriminate against trans kids.
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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"Zealously Pro Palestinian party"

Genocide is bad actually.
November 11, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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🎯 exactly
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Don't lose sight of the role that Robbie Gibb has played in this.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM