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Still astonished and horrified by yesterday's intervention from the Leader of the Opposition. In a normal country, at any normal time, it would be a resigning matter - immediately. Yet it just blows past, like everything else. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Kemi Badenoch: Don’t blame boys for misogyny
The Conservative leader said Labour had the wrong priorities and should stop ‘people who come from cultures that don’t respect women’ from entering the country
www.thetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Still astonished and horrified by yesterday's intervention from the Leader of the Opposition. In a normal country, at any normal time, it would be a resigning matter - immediately. Yet it just blows past, like everything else. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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A new Dark Age being pushed by our strategic competitor, the United States. www.denverpost.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump moves to shut down Boulder climate research lab NCAR, drawing rebukes from Colorado officials
Federal lawmakers called the planned NCAR closure “deeply dangerous” and “blatantly retaliatory.” Gov. Jared Polis said: “If true, public safety is at risk and science…
www.denverpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
A new Dark Age being pushed by our strategic competitor, the United States. www.denverpost.com/2025/12/17/t...
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What do I want for Christmas?
A mysterious manor in the Scottish countryside, a library of vintage novels, a collection of the world’s rarest wines, an owl to deliver and retrieve my post, a butler with a mysterious backstory, and my own personal pastry chef.
I'm really not that hard to shop for.
A mysterious manor in the Scottish countryside, a library of vintage novels, a collection of the world’s rarest wines, an owl to deliver and retrieve my post, a butler with a mysterious backstory, and my own personal pastry chef.
I'm really not that hard to shop for.
December 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
What do I want for Christmas?
A mysterious manor in the Scottish countryside, a library of vintage novels, a collection of the world’s rarest wines, an owl to deliver and retrieve my post, a butler with a mysterious backstory, and my own personal pastry chef.
I'm really not that hard to shop for.
A mysterious manor in the Scottish countryside, a library of vintage novels, a collection of the world’s rarest wines, an owl to deliver and retrieve my post, a butler with a mysterious backstory, and my own personal pastry chef.
I'm really not that hard to shop for.
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60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
60,000 is the *low end* estimate.
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okay so the second and arguably even funnier part of this story is: so my dad was a university president, right? And there’s another university in that town. heated sports rivals, etc, etc, you know how it is
One time the local Staples (office supply store) went out of business and had a liquidation sale and my sister’s boyfriend and a couple of his friends went and bought about a thousand boxes of post it notes for 10 bucks total and six months later they did this to my dads office
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
okay so the second and arguably even funnier part of this story is: so my dad was a university president, right? And there’s another university in that town. heated sports rivals, etc, etc, you know how it is
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Really looking forward to having to prove my sex repeatedly in a restaurant, in the event I want to do something outrageous like order food or go to the lav
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Really looking forward to having to prove my sex repeatedly in a restaurant, in the event I want to do something outrageous like order food or go to the lav
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These were people already approved to be naturalized, yet they were stopped solely because of their countries of origin. MAGA keeps saying, “If they wanted to be in this country, they should have done it the right way.” Well, they did. And the administration still blocked them. Cruelty is the point.
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
These were people already approved to be naturalized, yet they were stopped solely because of their countries of origin. MAGA keeps saying, “If they wanted to be in this country, they should have done it the right way.” Well, they did. And the administration still blocked them. Cruelty is the point.
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The Trump administration pulled legal immigrants at the last minute before their naturalization ceremony. Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled out of line by USCIS officials moments before taking the oath.
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The Trump administration pulled legal immigrants at the last minute before their naturalization ceremony. Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled out of line by USCIS officials moments before taking the oath.
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Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment.
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out!
It’s a mess and a disgrace.
Lift it up!!
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Our 2025 Toys and Teens Christmas Gift Appeal launched today! Find all the information you need to support us here:
www.readingfamilyaid.org/toys-teens-a...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our 2025 Toys and Teens Christmas Gift Appeal launched today! Find all the information you need to support us here:
www.readingfamilyaid.org/toys-teens-a...
www.readingfamilyaid.org/toys-teens-a...
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If you cave in to the bigots, guess what that makes you!
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
If you cave in to the bigots, guess what that makes you!
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You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
Two brothers killed in Israeli drone strike on Gaza
Fadi Abu Assi, 11, and Goma Abu Assi, eight, were gathering firewood at the time, their uncle said.
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM
You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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Three weeks ago I marked nine years on Testosterone.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Three weeks ago I marked nine years on Testosterone.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
I didn't celebrate it then because I was in the middle of a multi-month battle to be allowed to stay on it, despite not producing my own hormones and simply wanting to remain on the exact prescription I'd had for nine years without any problems.
This November started with a full weekend and ends with a full weekend. I don't know why, but this is somehow very satisfying.
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
This November started with a full weekend and ends with a full weekend. I don't know why, but this is somehow very satisfying.
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Overseas pressure groups targeting civil society in the UK is something that urgently needs more scrutiny. The National Trust has frequently been campaigned against via a group whose directors and funders are thousands of miles away.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Overseas pressure groups targeting civil society in the UK is something that urgently needs more scrutiny. The National Trust has frequently been campaigned against via a group whose directors and funders are thousands of miles away.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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There's the depth, but also nobody wants to raise a ship that looks like it's giving you the finger.
Because the Titanic is 3,800m (12,500ft, or 20,833 fathoms) deep, so it's a LOT harder to get at!
April 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
There's the depth, but also nobody wants to raise a ship that looks like it's giving you the finger.
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fun fact, criminals and undocumented ppl also do not deserve to be disappeared into a foreign gulag
April 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
fun fact, criminals and undocumented ppl also do not deserve to be disappeared into a foreign gulag
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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we call it two-sheep verification
March 25, 2025 at 11:39 AM
we call it two-sheep verification
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It's so amazing, thank you. We love your books. My two year old is a huge fan of the Bear series and Lights on Cotton Rock.
The piano is bringing a lot of joy to the shop!
Coincidentally I dressed as the Bear for WBD this year. One to repeat next year I think.
The piano is bringing a lot of joy to the shop!
Coincidentally I dressed as the Bear for WBD this year. One to repeat next year I think.
Congratulations to @fourbearsbooks.bsky.social who won the @quartokids.bsky.social competition and are now the proud owners of this hand painted (by me) mini piano to celebrate the release of the 10 Year Anniversary Edition of ‘The Bear & The Piano’ ….🐻🎹
March 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
It's so amazing, thank you. We love your books. My two year old is a huge fan of the Bear series and Lights on Cotton Rock.
The piano is bringing a lot of joy to the shop!
Coincidentally I dressed as the Bear for WBD this year. One to repeat next year I think.
The piano is bringing a lot of joy to the shop!
Coincidentally I dressed as the Bear for WBD this year. One to repeat next year I think.