Elsa
@elsabenedict.bsky.social
Northumberland, Vegan, Books, Alpacas, Cats
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Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
December 24, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Remember the 1920s when nobody was left-handed
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Usual crap from entitled twats in their rural piles
Tearing apart defenceless animals for fun has nothing whatsoever to do with rural life, except for a few chinless wonders and their obnoxious supporters
Country living is about celebrating life not death
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tearing apart defenceless animals for fun has nothing whatsoever to do with rural life, except for a few chinless wonders and their obnoxious supporters
Country living is about celebrating life not death
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour ‘alienating rural people’ with plan to ban trail hunting, says Countryside Alliance
Poll released as people gather for Boxing Day hunts finds 65% of respondents think government neglects rural areas
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Usual crap from entitled twats in their rural piles
Tearing apart defenceless animals for fun has nothing whatsoever to do with rural life, except for a few chinless wonders and their obnoxious supporters
Country living is about celebrating life not death
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Tearing apart defenceless animals for fun has nothing whatsoever to do with rural life, except for a few chinless wonders and their obnoxious supporters
Country living is about celebrating life not death
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Turning the clocks back pt 3845 “Women were more likely to be depicted doing laundry and men more likely to be shown having fun experiences such as holidays”
www.thetimes.com/article/df63...
www.thetimes.com/article/df63...
Top adverts are starting to send women back to the kitchen
John Lewis rejects that its ‘rave dad’ Christmas ad reinforces stereotypes — but it’s far from the only one to put women in domestic roles
www.thetimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Turning the clocks back pt 3845 “Women were more likely to be depicted doing laundry and men more likely to be shown having fun experiences such as holidays”
www.thetimes.com/article/df63...
www.thetimes.com/article/df63...
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They call everyone else snowflakes, but they're one long blizzard of self-loathing and everything triggers them. Strange and inadequate people.
Harrison Pitt accuses the King of treachery. Pitt is a Senior Policy Fellow for Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain, who also regularly co-hosts podcasts with his ally Tomlinson (who advocates banning all ethnic and faith minorities from public office). Like Lowe, Pitt is keen to dissolve boundaries/norms
December 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
They call everyone else snowflakes, but they're one long blizzard of self-loathing and everything triggers them. Strange and inadequate people.
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Oh FFS, Today Christmas guest editors, tax dodger James Dyson an ex Tory PM and head of AI from Microsoft…. Why not get some genuinely interesting people? Someone who volunteers in a food bank, a doctor who works in a&e, a Welsh hill farmer…. BBC has completely lost its way.
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Oh FFS, Today Christmas guest editors, tax dodger James Dyson an ex Tory PM and head of AI from Microsoft…. Why not get some genuinely interesting people? Someone who volunteers in a food bank, a doctor who works in a&e, a Welsh hill farmer…. BBC has completely lost its way.
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Every billionaire is also a policy failure, as an Oxfam report put it a couple of years ago. My (old) words on that:
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buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
The case for a 100% tax bracket for billionaires
I was looking through my photos, stumbled upon this image, and realized that I had to get out a seasonal newsletter today with a wish for 2025. Caption....
buttondown.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Every billionaire is also a policy failure, as an Oxfam report put it a couple of years ago. My (old) words on that:
buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
buttondown.com/surekhadavie...
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Gordon Brown is one of the driving forces behind multibanks – hubs providing what should be basic products to those struggling to afford them.
Gordon Brown: 'This can't go on – 4.3 million people in poverty is unsustainable'
www.bigissue.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Gordon Brown is one of the driving forces behind multibanks – hubs providing what should be basic products to those struggling to afford them.
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Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
December 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Tesla doesn't recongise Trade Unions.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
Apple doesn't recognise unions.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
The big corporations are not on your side.
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'We don’t really know how AI reaches its conclusions – even the programmers admit as much. Nor can we verify its reasoning against clear, objective criteria. So when we follow AI’s advice, we are not guided by reason. We are back in the realm of faith.'
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
'We don’t really know how AI reaches its conclusions – even the programmers admit as much. Nor can we verify its reasoning against clear, objective criteria. So when we follow AI’s advice, we are not guided by reason. We are back in the realm of faith.'
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A Christmas message.
December 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A Christmas message.
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Et Joyeux Noël à celles et ceux qui fêtent, moi je suis en train de perdre toute foi en l'humain en lisant cela et la dégueulasserie fasciste que deviennent les US.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
December 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Et Joyeux Noël à celles et ceux qui fêtent, moi je suis en train de perdre toute foi en l'humain en lisant cela et la dégueulasserie fasciste que deviennent les US.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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It's also amazing to consider that this virus has plagued humans for at least 45,000 years
and now we have a vaccine.
Science, it works bitches!
and now we have a vaccine.
Science, it works bitches!
Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus
Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species
www.science.org
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
It's also amazing to consider that this virus has plagued humans for at least 45,000 years
and now we have a vaccine.
Science, it works bitches!
and now we have a vaccine.
Science, it works bitches!
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'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a... dormouse?
December 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a... dormouse?
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Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 15th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2025
www.gofundme.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Unbelievably, #DuvetKnowItsChristmas generates such good will on social media that over the years we've raised somewhere approaching a quarter of a million quid for homeless charities. If you can spare a bob or two, sling some to Centrepoint, and here's the link: www.gofundme.com/f/duvet-know...
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The arrest of Greta Thunberg for peacefully opposing genocide and supporting those on hunger strike is wrongful and disturbing.
This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
December 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The arrest of Greta Thunberg for peacefully opposing genocide and supporting those on hunger strike is wrongful and disturbing.
This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
This is yet another shocking example of the UK’s broad terrorism laws being used to target those exercising their right to freedom of expression and assembly rights.
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NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
A message to America: we are not your enemy
Last night, the US launched an all-out assault on the "global censorship industrial complex", I respond with some deep breaths, solidarity and a vibey video (it's all I have)
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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We reported on how US Christian Right cash has started pouring into the UK.
This story prompted a major @nytimes.com investigation into the ties between Reform and the US Christian Right 💥
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...
This story prompted a major @nytimes.com investigation into the ties between Reform and the US Christian Right 💥
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...
US anti‑abortion cash floods UK free speech frontlines
Democracy for Sale investigation finds US anti‑abortion lawyer funding Toby Young’s Free Speech Union, while Alliance Defending Freedom’s UK spending soars.
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We reported on how US Christian Right cash has started pouring into the UK.
This story prompted a major @nytimes.com investigation into the ties between Reform and the US Christian Right 💥
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...
This story prompted a major @nytimes.com investigation into the ties between Reform and the US Christian Right 💥
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...
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Good grief: a genuine, senior Reform candidate saying we should force Jews and Muslims to commit blasphamy to 'prove their sincerity to Christians'.
This is just straight up racism and the fact Reform can't disown him says everything.
This is just straight up racism and the fact Reform can't disown him says everything.
Reform candidate slammed over 'bacon' religion comment as Farage faces pressure
A senior Reform UK candidate faces fresh criticism over 'unacceptable' comments suggesting non-Christians should eat 'bacon' to prove their sincerity to the religion
www.mirror.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Good grief: a genuine, senior Reform candidate saying we should force Jews and Muslims to commit blasphamy to 'prove their sincerity to Christians'.
This is just straight up racism and the fact Reform can't disown him says everything.
This is just straight up racism and the fact Reform can't disown him says everything.
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Final paragraph here is brutally astute.
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Final paragraph here is brutally astute.
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This is what Reform UK does.
“These closures are nothing short of a betrayal of local people and staff.”
“Derbyshire county council did not stand before the electorate last May pledging to shut care homes."
https://bit.ly/4pOeD9h
“These closures are nothing short of a betrayal of local people and staff.”
“Derbyshire county council did not stand before the electorate last May pledging to shut care homes."
https://bit.ly/4pOeD9h
Reform council's plan to shut eight care homes ‘a betrayal of local people'
Announcement after proposed sale falls through prompts backlash and union says more than 200 jobs at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is what Reform UK does.
“These closures are nothing short of a betrayal of local people and staff.”
“Derbyshire county council did not stand before the electorate last May pledging to shut care homes."
https://bit.ly/4pOeD9h
“These closures are nothing short of a betrayal of local people and staff.”
“Derbyshire county council did not stand before the electorate last May pledging to shut care homes."
https://bit.ly/4pOeD9h
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This is what the ENTIRE GOP is trying to hide.
Again, Congress has been briefed on this. Congress knows this, has known this for some time. The entire GOP is covering this up. They know. They do not care about victims. They are accomplices after the fact and they all belong in prison next to Trump
Again, Congress has been briefed on this. Congress knows this, has known this for some time. The entire GOP is covering this up. They know. They do not care about victims. They are accomplices after the fact and they all belong in prison next to Trump
“He raped me.”
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
“Donald J Trump had raped her along with Jeffrey Epstein.”
“She was found with her head ‘blown off’… there was no way it was a suicide.”
Now we’re starting to see why Trump was hiding the Epstein files, and it probably gets much worse.
December 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is what the ENTIRE GOP is trying to hide.
Again, Congress has been briefed on this. Congress knows this, has known this for some time. The entire GOP is covering this up. They know. They do not care about victims. They are accomplices after the fact and they all belong in prison next to Trump
Again, Congress has been briefed on this. Congress knows this, has known this for some time. The entire GOP is covering this up. They know. They do not care about victims. They are accomplices after the fact and they all belong in prison next to Trump
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Inheritance tax is one of the fairest systems of taxation, and everything was in place to protect working farms, so this just looks pathetic frankly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government waters down farm inheritance tax plan
The government has now said it will lift the intended threshold from £1m to £2.5m.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Inheritance tax is one of the fairest systems of taxation, and everything was in place to protect working farms, so this just looks pathetic frankly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“… the thunder of women’s voices continues to roll.”
Thank you @trudymorgancole.bsky.social for this fantastic review of “Voices of Thunder”. It means so much to me that you see the connections between the women I write about and the ongoing struggle for women’s voices to be heard
#earlymodern
Thank you @trudymorgancole.bsky.social for this fantastic review of “Voices of Thunder”. It means so much to me that you see the connections between the women I write about and the ongoing struggle for women’s voices to be heard
#earlymodern
A Review of Voices of Thunder: Radical Religious Women of the Seventeenth Century, by Naomi Baker - Spectrum Magazine
Almost 500 years ago, English women were preaching, prophesying, having ecstatic visions, and travelling the world as missionaries. Are their stories still relevant to us today?
spectrummagazine.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
“… the thunder of women’s voices continues to roll.”
Thank you @trudymorgancole.bsky.social for this fantastic review of “Voices of Thunder”. It means so much to me that you see the connections between the women I write about and the ongoing struggle for women’s voices to be heard
#earlymodern
Thank you @trudymorgancole.bsky.social for this fantastic review of “Voices of Thunder”. It means so much to me that you see the connections between the women I write about and the ongoing struggle for women’s voices to be heard
#earlymodern
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For this week’s recommender, British-Turkish author Elif Shafak shares her recent cultural favourites.
December 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
For this week’s recommender, British-Turkish author Elif Shafak shares her recent cultural favourites.
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England water company CEO says long-term water security is under threat.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Suffolk water boss says new reservoirs needed to address demand
Water company says it needs two new reservoirs and a recycling plant to cope with demand in Suffolk.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
England water company CEO says long-term water security is under threat.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.