PhedUpWithBrexitPhuquits
@graphy.bsky.social
@graphy on X - for now.
Woke. Work in IT. Pro-Europe but no longer rabid about it.
Woke. Work in IT. Pro-Europe but no longer rabid about it.
RIP Quincy Jones 😢
November 4, 2024 at 9:50 AM
RIP Quincy Jones 😢
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🔥 NEW: UK snubs EU over rejoining Erasmus exchange scheme…
…but new polling finds a majority of the public support rejoining it, with only 15% against.
What is this government thinking? Where’s the “change”?
…but new polling finds a majority of the public support rejoining it, with only 15% against.
What is this government thinking? Where’s the “change”?
UK snubs EU over rejoining Erasmus exchange scheme
A government spokesperson says the U.K. has ‘no plans’ to rejoin European program.
www.politico.eu
August 28, 2024 at 7:20 AM
🔥 NEW: UK snubs EU over rejoining Erasmus exchange scheme…
…but new polling finds a majority of the public support rejoining it, with only 15% against.
What is this government thinking? Where’s the “change”?
…but new polling finds a majority of the public support rejoining it, with only 15% against.
What is this government thinking? Where’s the “change”?
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‘America doesn’t have a gun problem ‘says the idiot standing behind bullet proof glass.
August 22, 2024 at 7:51 PM
‘America doesn’t have a gun problem ‘says the idiot standing behind bullet proof glass.
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A former police officer who subjected three women to a campaign of controlling, violent, and sexual abuse has been jailed for almost four years.
How TF has this man got less jail time than the Just Stop Oil protesters?
The justice system needs a complete overhaul 😡
news.sky.com/story/ex-pol...
How TF has this man got less jail time than the Just Stop Oil protesters?
The justice system needs a complete overhaul 😡
news.sky.com/story/ex-pol...
Ex-police officer jailed after inflicting 'unimaginable trauma' on women he controlled and abused
Christopher Ferguson, 31, repeatedly assaulted three women during a campaign of abuse that spanned 14 years. One victim fell down a flight of stairs during an attack, while another was choked to her i...
news.sky.com
August 21, 2024 at 5:31 PM
A former police officer who subjected three women to a campaign of controlling, violent, and sexual abuse has been jailed for almost four years.
How TF has this man got less jail time than the Just Stop Oil protesters?
The justice system needs a complete overhaul 😡
news.sky.com/story/ex-pol...
How TF has this man got less jail time than the Just Stop Oil protesters?
The justice system needs a complete overhaul 😡
news.sky.com/story/ex-pol...
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In case useful to others, here is a starter pack of some UK journalists who tend to cover politics (who I've spotted on here): go.bsky.app/FyYJsot
(With apologies to those missed/mischaracterised, and that I can't stop the list creator being on there)
(With apologies to those missed/mischaracterised, and that I can't stop the list creator being on there)
August 19, 2024 at 4:20 PM
In case useful to others, here is a starter pack of some UK journalists who tend to cover politics (who I've spotted on here): go.bsky.app/FyYJsot
(With apologies to those missed/mischaracterised, and that I can't stop the list creator being on there)
(With apologies to those missed/mischaracterised, and that I can't stop the list creator being on there)
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Thames Water have a bloody nerve for even asking us to fund their ineptitude.
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
Thames Water barred from billing customers for pension shortfall
Company faces scramble for funds after Ofwat says deficit is for managers and shareholders alone to deal with
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Thames Water have a bloody nerve for even asking us to fund their ineptitude.
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
www.theguardian.com/business/art...
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Elon Musk has made Twitter as much of an open sewer as our privatised water companies have made our waterways and seas.
August 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Elon Musk has made Twitter as much of an open sewer as our privatised water companies have made our waterways and seas.
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In which I rant about the plastic windows on pasta boxes:
If you're following @lisalsong.bsky.social's reporting on plastics "recycling," check out the latest episode of On Point:
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024...
www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024...
August 19, 2024 at 3:05 PM
In which I rant about the plastic windows on pasta boxes:
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This makes me want to do a huge crowd funder to buy LOADS of LGBTQAI books for any schools who want them. Be brave. Keep educating. Censorship of information is not ok & schools should fight it! #EduSky #LGBTQ #LibrarySkies
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hear...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hear...
Heartstopper among titles targeted as 53% of school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, study says
"I feel frightened, intimidated," one school librarian has said on her fear of stocking LGBTQ+ books
www.attitude.co.uk
August 19, 2024 at 3:06 PM
This makes me want to do a huge crowd funder to buy LOADS of LGBTQAI books for any schools who want them. Be brave. Keep educating. Censorship of information is not ok & schools should fight it! #EduSky #LGBTQ #LibrarySkies
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hear...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hear...
Please tell me there is an arcane regulation that stops him...
August 18, 2024 at 8:21 PM
Please tell me there is an arcane regulation that stops him...
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Elon Musk buys a pub
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl3t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl3t...
Elon Musk buys a pub
YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy
www.youtube.com
August 16, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Elon Musk buys a pub
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl3t...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl3t...
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@stopbrexit.bsky.social welcome to bluesky you legend!
August 16, 2024 at 11:26 AM
@stopbrexit.bsky.social welcome to bluesky you legend!
Received my degree award this week. I am now a BSc (Hons). So you can teach an old dog new tricks!
August 16, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Received my degree award this week. I am now a BSc (Hons). So you can teach an old dog new tricks!
Removing my mobile app for the other place. I am sick and tired of Elmo's flood of ads for me to pay for premium, along with all the other ads and the toxicity on the platform.
I can still access it via a browser, which seems to do a pretty good job of keeping the threads clean.
I can still access it via a browser, which seems to do a pretty good job of keeping the threads clean.
August 16, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Removing my mobile app for the other place. I am sick and tired of Elmo's flood of ads for me to pay for premium, along with all the other ads and the toxicity on the platform.
I can still access it via a browser, which seems to do a pretty good job of keeping the threads clean.
I can still access it via a browser, which seems to do a pretty good job of keeping the threads clean.
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Coming Soon… to a prison near you.
August 13, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Coming Soon… to a prison near you.
Already a stack of followers with zero posts *sigh*
August 16, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Already a stack of followers with zero posts *sigh*
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If Elon Musk buys this place I give up...
August 15, 2024 at 9:56 AM
If Elon Musk buys this place I give up...
If anyone deserves an ignominious defeat, it's Tugendhat.
August 15, 2024 at 4:00 PM
If anyone deserves an ignominious defeat, it's Tugendhat.
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Bad decision. Basically limiting exports to placate xenophobes.
Phillipson: international students make 'important contribution' to towns and cities, but no plan to lift Tory visa restrictions - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... stupid move by Labour
Phillipson praises foreign students but says Labour won’t remove Tory cap on numbers – UK politics live
Education secretary says they make ‘important contribution’ but new government has not yet seen the effects of restrictions
www.theguardian.com
August 15, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Bad decision. Basically limiting exports to placate xenophobes.
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Oh hey. Have we started using Bluesky to talk about things other than Bluesky and Twitter yet, or shall I give it another day or so?
August 15, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Oh hey. Have we started using Bluesky to talk about things other than Bluesky and Twitter yet, or shall I give it another day or so?
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X friends: Let’s connect on here too. Just getting set up but will get round to following back! Keen to replicate the community from there on here: we all know it may become a need not an optional extra. Pls repost so we can all find each other as it doesn’t seem as easy as on X.
August 14, 2024 at 7:01 PM
X friends: Let’s connect on here too. Just getting set up but will get round to following back! Keen to replicate the community from there on here: we all know it may become a need not an optional extra. Pls repost so we can all find each other as it doesn’t seem as easy as on X.