LSBowden
@gracedarling.bsky.social
Woke wife, mum, stepmum, gran and slave to the cat. Happily retired.Yorkshire born, now living in Cornwall.
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The 5th aviation incident since President Musk and deputy Trump fired 400 FAA senior officials, the TSA head & 3000 air traffic controllers. I’d advise people not to fly to (or in) the US for at least four years. They’ll probably say the pilot was a black drag queen. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Alaska authorities search for missing small plane - BBC News
The craft carrying 10 people was on flight from Unalakleet to Nome when "its position was lost".
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The 5th aviation incident since President Musk and deputy Trump fired 400 FAA senior officials, the TSA head & 3000 air traffic controllers. I’d advise people not to fly to (or in) the US for at least four years. They’ll probably say the pilot was a black drag queen. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams
January 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Dear BlueSkyers. Sadly I'm getting many reports of scammers pretending to be me here, incl messaging people with 'investments' . Pls share/help me spread word that, as you know, THIS IS MY ONLY BLUE SKY account (proved as my handle is an official MoneySavingExpert one). All others are scams
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Left: Daily Mail reports that with the help of Elon Musk, Demonic Cummings is 'in a plot to sabotage UK politics"
Right: Cummings laughed when he admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that Vote Leave misled with the £350 million for the NHS on the side of the bus
Right: Cummings laughed when he admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that Vote Leave misled with the £350 million for the NHS on the side of the bus
January 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Left: Daily Mail reports that with the help of Elon Musk, Demonic Cummings is 'in a plot to sabotage UK politics"
Right: Cummings laughed when he admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that Vote Leave misled with the £350 million for the NHS on the side of the bus
Right: Cummings laughed when he admitted to Laura Kuenssberg that Vote Leave misled with the £350 million for the NHS on the side of the bus
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Was Rachel Reeves’ budget solely to blame for the economic woes of the present? Chris May explains the real causes behind our economic slowdown | Chris May
Is Rachel Reeves’ budget the real cause of the latest economic slowdown?
Was Rachel Reeves’ budget solely to blame for the economic woes of the present? Chris May explains the real causes behind our economic slowdown
northwestbylines.co.uk
January 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Was Rachel Reeves’ budget solely to blame for the economic woes of the present? Chris May explains the real causes behind our economic slowdown | Chris May
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Hey, it’s one of those Mexican firefighters who came over here to take our jobs. And save our kittens.
January 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Hey, it’s one of those Mexican firefighters who came over here to take our jobs. And save our kittens.
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We don’t have to choose this fate. But I fear we will.
January 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We don’t have to choose this fate. But I fear we will.
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Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote.
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d
January 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Under the GOP's SAVE Act, Tribal IDs would NO LONGER be accepted as valid identification to register to vote.
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d
This is a direct attack on the voting rights of Native American communities.
#StopTheSAVEAct social.demcast.com/s/EC9Y1x2d
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A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
January 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A single 400-year-old ancient oak produces 234,000 litres of oxygen a year while soaking up carbon dioxide, and can support more than 2,000 species of bird, insect, fungus, and lichen. Nature is amazing - we need more of it, not less. Please repost if you agree 🌳
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Badenoch’s brain is such a spaghetti bowl of contradiction
January 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Badenoch’s brain is such a spaghetti bowl of contradiction
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This is the colleague that the likes of Cleverly, Badenoch & Jenrick are refusing to defend...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Please watch this speech by Jess Phillips in the HoC to guage how pationate she is about the victims of Child Sex Abuse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C6...
Please watch this speech by Jess Phillips in the HoC to guage how pationate she is about the victims of Child Sex Abuse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C6...
Jess Phillips is a Legend
YouTube video by Max Brockbank
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is the colleague that the likes of Cleverly, Badenoch & Jenrick are refusing to defend...
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Pete Hegseth now claims he didn't say the thing he said on camera a month ago
December 10, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Pete Hegseth now claims he didn't say the thing he said on camera a month ago
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“The UK asylum system is one of the most painful processes anyone can go through”
In 2022 the average waiting time for initial decisions for asylum applications was 20 months - with asylum seekers living on Home Office support relying on £7 per day with no work opportunities.
In 2022 the average waiting time for initial decisions for asylum applications was 20 months - with asylum seekers living on Home Office support relying on £7 per day with no work opportunities.
How hard is life for asylum seekers in the UK?
A look at some of the experiences refugees and asylum seekers have gone through while in the UK.
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 10:08 AM
“The UK asylum system is one of the most painful processes anyone can go through”
In 2022 the average waiting time for initial decisions for asylum applications was 20 months - with asylum seekers living on Home Office support relying on £7 per day with no work opportunities.
In 2022 the average waiting time for initial decisions for asylum applications was 20 months - with asylum seekers living on Home Office support relying on £7 per day with no work opportunities.
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‘Don’t man up….
Instead
‘…talk, cry, scream’
This is so important & very poignant from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on men taking their ow lives
Instead
‘…talk, cry, scream’
This is so important & very poignant from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on men taking their ow lives
December 8, 2024 at 1:48 PM
‘Don’t man up….
Instead
‘…talk, cry, scream’
This is so important & very poignant from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on men taking their ow lives
Instead
‘…talk, cry, scream’
This is so important & very poignant from @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social on men taking their ow lives
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First they come for trans 🏳️⚧️ children’s healthcare and I did not speak because I did not have a trans child.
Then they came for women’s healthcare and I did not speak, because I am not a woman.
Then they came for my healthcare and there was no one left to speak for me.
Then they came for women’s healthcare and I did not speak, because I am not a woman.
Then they came for my healthcare and there was no one left to speak for me.
Egale Canada, Skipping Stone, and several Alberta families have launched a legal challenge against the AB government’s Bill 26, which limits youth access to gender-affirming health care, they say in a statement this morning: egale.ca/egale-in-act... #AbLeg #AbPoli #AbHealth
2SLGBTQI organizations and families take legal action against the Government of Alberta in response to anti-trans legislation - Egale Canada
For Immediate Release December 7, 2024 EDMONTON – Egale Canada, Skipping Stone, and several families in Alberta, represented by lawyers from McCarthy Tétrault LLP and Egale, have initiated litigation ...
egale.ca
December 8, 2024 at 12:23 AM
First they come for trans 🏳️⚧️ children’s healthcare and I did not speak because I did not have a trans child.
Then they came for women’s healthcare and I did not speak, because I am not a woman.
Then they came for my healthcare and there was no one left to speak for me.
Then they came for women’s healthcare and I did not speak, because I am not a woman.
Then they came for my healthcare and there was no one left to speak for me.
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Suspect we'll hear rather less about this than we did about all the prisoners the Government was forced to release early last month
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/l...
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/l...
'Litany of Failures' Exposed by Damning Report Revealing Huge Scale of Conservative Prisons Crisis Inherited by Keir Starmer
Just 5% of the additional prison places promised by Conservative ministers in 2016 have been delivered
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Suspect we'll hear rather less about this than we did about all the prisoners the Government was forced to release early last month
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/l...
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/04/l...
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If you imagine this is either isolated or doesn't have a knock-on effect, you're wrong. My own kids' schools cancelled all trips to the UK a few years ago and have done none since.
The UK can neither afford the reputational or financial losses.
The UK can neither afford the reputational or financial losses.
Brexit strikes again: 100 French schoolchildren turned away at the UK border over a minor paperwork error. A cancelled trip, heartbreak, and a tourism fail—another lose-lose for Britain.
#Brexit #UKTourism #EntenteCordiale
#Brexit #UKTourism #EntenteCordiale
Brexit strikes French school trip, blocking them from UK
A minor paperwork error left 100 French schoolchildren stranded, highlighting Brexit’s costly impact on UK tourism
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 8:41 AM
If you imagine this is either isolated or doesn't have a knock-on effect, you're wrong. My own kids' schools cancelled all trips to the UK a few years ago and have done none since.
The UK can neither afford the reputational or financial losses.
The UK can neither afford the reputational or financial losses.
Spot on
Definition of a woman of ‘a certain age’:
- Too old to be bullied & intimidated.
- Too young to be patronised & ignored.
Terrifying to men of a certain type.
- Too old to be bullied & intimidated.
- Too young to be patronised & ignored.
Terrifying to men of a certain type.
December 2, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Spot on
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“I spoke at length with two people who identified themselves as having contributed to the whistle-blower report. One of them said of Hegseth, ‘I’ve seen him drunk so many times. I’ve seen him dragged away not a few times but multiple times. To have him at the Pentagon would be scary.’”
Pete Hegseth was forced to step down from both of the nonprofit advocacy groups that he ran in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety, and personal misconduct, @janemayer.bsky.social reports.
Pete Hegseth’s Secret History
A whistle-blower report and other documents suggest that Trump’s nominee to run the Pentagon was forced out of previous leadership positions for financial mismanagement, sexist behavior, and being rep...
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2024 at 8:55 AM
“I spoke at length with two people who identified themselves as having contributed to the whistle-blower report. One of them said of Hegseth, ‘I’ve seen him drunk so many times. I’ve seen him dragged away not a few times but multiple times. To have him at the Pentagon would be scary.’”
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An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip killed five people, including employees of World Central Kitchen. The charity says it's “urgently seeking more details."
An Israeli strike in Gaza kills World Central Kitchen workers. Israel says 1 was an Oct. 7 attacker
An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip killed five people including employees of World Central Kitchen.
apnews.com
December 1, 2024 at 11:26 AM
An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip killed five people, including employees of World Central Kitchen. The charity says it's “urgently seeking more details."
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Has James mcmurdock resigned yet. Or has farage sacked him
November 30, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Has James mcmurdock resigned yet. Or has farage sacked him
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2024: Kemi Badenoch, "There's a petition out there asking Keir Starmer to go.. He's the one who doesn't know how things work"
2019: Kemi Badenoch, "country is run on elections, no petitions"
2019: Kemi Badenoch, "country is run on elections, no petitions"
November 30, 2024 at 8:55 AM
2024: Kemi Badenoch, "There's a petition out there asking Keir Starmer to go.. He's the one who doesn't know how things work"
2019: Kemi Badenoch, "country is run on elections, no petitions"
2019: Kemi Badenoch, "country is run on elections, no petitions"
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These really are bad people.
Reform UK skip debate on future of fishing after claiming they are only interested party
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Reform UK skip debate on future of fishing after claiming they are only interested party
Richard Tice was slapped with a Community Note on X after claiming that only Reform UK will protect and promote British fishing.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:08 AM
These really are bad people.
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Correction:
The revoke article 50 and remain in EU petition had 6.1m signatories…
The revoke article 50 and remain in EU petition had 6.1m signatories…
November 24, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Correction:
The revoke article 50 and remain in EU petition had 6.1m signatories…
The revoke article 50 and remain in EU petition had 6.1m signatories…