Imogen Forster
@imogenforster.bsky.social
Poet and former translator, living in Edinburgh, publishing here and there.
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My mum ordered a new freezer from AO and when the delivery van came, it did not have a tail lift - apparently the company won't pay for them
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My mum ordered a new freezer from AO and when the delivery van came, it did not have a tail lift - apparently the company won't pay for them
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
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Another magisterial piece by @jamesmeek.bsky.social applying both investigative journalism and historical perspective to a very British crisis of economy, identity, and, yes, spirit, in the NE town of Blyth.
‘It’s always been odd that Faragism, a tendency that is bound to make small gods out of Nelson and Raleigh, should have such a hysterical loathing of wind power.’
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on Reform and the green energy transition, published online early:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on Reform and the green energy transition, published online early:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Meek · Ten-Foot Chopsticks: The North-East Transition
The ghost of the industrial revolution haunts Britain. The language of today’s politicians, of unlocking and...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Another magisterial piece by @jamesmeek.bsky.social applying both investigative journalism and historical perspective to a very British crisis of economy, identity, and, yes, spirit, in the NE town of Blyth.
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good morning from the river Thames
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
good morning from the river Thames
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This is a very amateur way of putting together a publication on the part of Deloitte, and betrays their lack of knowledge of how reputable and dependable knowledge and scholarship are put together.
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This is a very amateur way of putting together a publication on the part of Deloitte, and betrays their lack of knowledge of how reputable and dependable knowledge and scholarship are put together.
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‘Fresh from the triumph’
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Fresh from the triumph’
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"The Woke Brigade going and calling everyone fascists when we're only wearing black shirts and violently protesting about minorities."
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"The Woke Brigade going and calling everyone fascists when we're only wearing black shirts and violently protesting about minorities."
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Every day is a battle to reclaim pieces of our life. Your hand can be the start of a new sunrise for us and our children 💔🌅 - “If you can, please donate through the link and the story on my page… your support brings us hope.”
@meganought.bsky.social
@imogenforster.bsky.social
@meganought.bsky.social
@imogenforster.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Every day is a battle to reclaim pieces of our life. Your hand can be the start of a new sunrise for us and our children 💔🌅 - “If you can, please donate through the link and the story on my page… your support brings us hope.”
@meganought.bsky.social
@imogenforster.bsky.social
@meganought.bsky.social
@imogenforster.bsky.social
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I don't think I can talk any more than I do about how I make almost no money from any of my creative projects, yet I still have people who know me IRL assume I'm living off writing.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I don't think I can talk any more than I do about how I make almost no money from any of my creative projects, yet I still have people who know me IRL assume I'm living off writing.
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Good study from KCL: “Terms like 'bots' or 'trolls' no longer capture the full variety of online manipulation. Today, we observe a spectrum of actors ranging from fully automated accounts to 'cyborgs'…co-ordinated troll farms, and loyalist users who…become part of orchestrated campaigns.”
This is useful recent research on how the “bot” category breaks down into people and actual bots - “inauthentic participation” is the unifier www.kcl.ac.uk/orchestrated...
Orchestrated Crowds: Rethinking Inauthentic Participation in Digital…
What is driving online communication today?
www.kcl.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Good study from KCL: “Terms like 'bots' or 'trolls' no longer capture the full variety of online manipulation. Today, we observe a spectrum of actors ranging from fully automated accounts to 'cyborgs'…co-ordinated troll farms, and loyalist users who…become part of orchestrated campaigns.”
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In keeping with the Pope's anathema on clickbait, I offer this article about Reform, Jeremy Corbyn, Shakespearan railways, batteries, jobmaking and the Northumbrian town of Blyth
‘It’s always been odd that Faragism, a tendency that is bound to make small gods out of Nelson and Raleigh, should have such a hysterical loathing of wind power.’
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on Reform and the green energy transition, published online early:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@jamesmeek.bsky.social on Reform and the green energy transition, published online early:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Meek · Ten-Foot Chopsticks: The North-East Transition
The ghost of the industrial revolution haunts Britain. The language of today’s politicians, of unlocking and...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
In keeping with the Pope's anathema on clickbait, I offer this article about Reform, Jeremy Corbyn, Shakespearan railways, batteries, jobmaking and the Northumbrian town of Blyth
@richardmortimer.bsky.social Fruitbowl with apple, banana, kiwi and quince(s).
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
@richardmortimer.bsky.social Fruitbowl with apple, banana, kiwi and quince(s).
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It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4
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This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This has happened against my wishes, and I’m genuinely dismayed by it.
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
Not because people can’t disagree with my words, but because self-censorship driven by fear (Trump threatening to sue the BBC) should concern all of us. /3
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This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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So it begins.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So it begins.
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Aquest dijous, dia 27 novembre, al Campus URV de #Tortosa
"Antologia incompleta de la poesia catalana antifranquista”, un espectacle que transforma en cançó poemes d’autors com Salvador Espriu, Maria Mercè Marçal, Vicent Andrés Estellés, Marc Granell o Joan Margarit.
"Antologia incompleta de la poesia catalana antifranquista”, un espectacle que transforma en cançó poemes d’autors com Salvador Espriu, Maria Mercè Marçal, Vicent Andrés Estellés, Marc Granell o Joan Margarit.
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Aquest dijous, dia 27 novembre, al Campus URV de #Tortosa
"Antologia incompleta de la poesia catalana antifranquista”, un espectacle que transforma en cançó poemes d’autors com Salvador Espriu, Maria Mercè Marçal, Vicent Andrés Estellés, Marc Granell o Joan Margarit.
"Antologia incompleta de la poesia catalana antifranquista”, un espectacle que transforma en cançó poemes d’autors com Salvador Espriu, Maria Mercè Marçal, Vicent Andrés Estellés, Marc Granell o Joan Margarit.
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100% this.
"It’s ludicrous that aviation doesn’t pay fuel tax, especially now that Rachel Reeves is making noises about a tax on electric vehicles. If we’re looking for easy wins for revenue, just look to the skies."
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
~ Flight Free UK Director Anna Hughes in the Guardian today 👇
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
100% this.
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I wish I could go to this. Lynette Roberts is a wonderful and underrated poet.
On Wednesday 26 November, join us at 6.30pm at Manchester Poetry Library, where @francescabrooks.bsky.social and Martin Kratz will be introducing the life and work of Lynette Roberts, after Carcanet's recent publication of her Collected Poems.
Find out more:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-who-...
Find out more:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poets-who-...
Poets Who Stopped: Lynnette Roberts
Join us as we explore the life and work of poet Lynnette Roberts, delving into why she stopped writing and the impact of her legacy.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I wish I could go to this. Lynette Roberts is a wonderful and underrated poet.
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Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire
Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire
‘The world thinks Palestinians don’t need help any more,’ aid organiser says, despite desperate need as winter nears
Fundraisers collecting for Palestinian civilians in Gaza are seeing a “catastrophic” drop-off in donations since the ceasefire was announced in October.
Donations collected by volunteers and funnelled to needy families living in temporary shelters and struggling with illness, hunger and malnutrition have been harder to raise since then, according to organisers, many of whom have been running volunteer initiatives for Palestinians in Gaza on third-party crowdfunding platforms over the past two years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Fundraisers warn of ‘catastrophic’ drop in donations to Gaza since ceasefire
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This is exactly what I said would happen when I analysed the NHS 10 year plan. Clever words are hiding the reality-people are agitating to pull as many services out of hospitals as possible. Why? Because it’s a lot easier to privatise services that way🚨
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
This is exactly what I said would happen when I analysed the NHS 10 year plan. Clever words are hiding the reality-people are agitating to pull as many services out of hospitals as possible. Why? Because it’s a lot easier to privatise services that way🚨
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...