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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 8h

Fabulous cleavage. I’m in awe.

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 1d

Some great examples here for @secondmentions.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes

Facing protests and scandal, Argentina’s ‘rock star president’ performs in Buenos Aires, saying: ‘I’m human’

www.theguardian.com

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for sharing. I loved it too.

Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 1d

What a perfect way to start a day!

Well done that man.

Conor Smith @conorsmith.ie · 2d

Gavin has shown himself unfit to be President. This is why we should let our current President take a third term, despite his age. Who cares what the constitution says.

Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 1d

And I just opened a drawer in my den to stuff some paperwork away while my laptop restarts and I've found two chocolate bars in there!!

(I should buy a lottery ticket!)

Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 1d

Also - bless the darlings at HMRC for working this out - HMRC owes me about £85. So I’m starting the day in a pretty fine mood!

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently the existence of autumn is news now, but I guess it’s nice to see a cheery headline.

Pretty picture of colourful autumn leaves reflected in a lake next to the headline:
Gardens
‘Fiery and spectacular’ rainbow of autumn colour set to bloom across UK.
Surprise!

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 2d

The Apollo at Hammersmith is my favourite and my best gig venue. Been coming here for 40+ years!

Stage at Hammersmith Apollo being set up for Ethel Cane...

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 2d

You know, it reminds me of medieval cathedrals at this point. Huge edifices that took literal generations to complete, a vast investment of resources: time, materials, money, even lives. All for the glory of god, because people thought (as they always do) they were living in the End Times.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 2d

OpenAI’s planned data centers will use more power than New York City & San Diego use at their peak consumption, combined. More power than the entire nations of Switzerland & Portugal combined. And San Altman’s buddies in this administration have been cutting all of our energy infrastructure upgrades

Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’ | Fortune

Andrew Chien told Fortune he’s been a computer scientist for 40 years but we’re close to “some seminal moments for how we think about AI and its impact on society.”

fortune.com

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 2d

Aha! It's here. Black opaques day.

🥶

No more legs till spring.

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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 3d

"If something's not working..." my SKETCH of the unassailably, frankly unreasonably confident Kemi Badenoch.

If something’s not working, you should stop it | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“If something’s not working, you should stop it.” Say what you like about Kemi Badenoch, no one can match her when it comes to giving a straight-faced delivery of a self-undermining line.

thecritic.co.uk

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 3d

I love this for you! That’s an accomplishment that will bring you (and everyone else) joy every time you deploy it!

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 19d

Refugees and migration books for children and teens, featuring books by Erika Meza, Na’ima B. Robert, Brian Bilston, Eoin Colfer, Onjali Q. Raúf, Sita Brahmachari, Armin Greder, Michael Rosen, Ele Fountain and Malcolm Duffy. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/refug... #teachertwitter #kidlit

Refugees and migration books for children and teens

Refugees and migration books for children and teens including titles by Onjali Q. Raúf, Sita Brahmachari, Michael Rosen & Malcolm Duffy.

schoolreadinglist.co.uk

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 4d

This is a very enjoyable rock+ rabbit hole to go down.

Declan Gaffney @greyskiesthinking.bsky.social · 4d

Milestones was Miles Davis's 12th album.

Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 4d

In defense of Taylor Swift...what's the best 12th album anyone has ever made?

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 4d

Life in the shoe:

Thinking of more innocent times when Soviet spaceware seemed a little less hellbent on mutually assured destruction.

Today in 1957 USSR launched Sputnik 1, which Difford's Guide marks with a Sputnik cocktail.

🍸🧚🏼‍♂️

#confinedcocktails

A carton of orange juice next to bottles of light rum, cognac and sugar syrup, all lined up behind a rocks glass containing a Sputnik cocktail, over ice and garnished with an orange slice.

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 4d

I think this is super-interesting and would love to take some time to turn the wisdom here into a menu rotation that feeds my family in a way that suits me (as a cook) and them (as happy eaters).

It looks mostly doable - except for the low cheese levels. 😢

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds

Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries

www.theguardian.com

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 4d

First class Guardian Blind Date this week:

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Sounds like a fun night out and rewards two people with realistic expectations and warm, non-judgmental attitudes.

Blind date: ‘As she was trying to show me something on her phone, there was a guy’s fully nude video on there’

Jenny, 31, a lash technician, meets Nova, 27, a master’s student

www.theguardian.com

Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 4d

Life in the shoe:

One of those fat boi house spiders moved into the bathtub overnight. 😬🕷️

I guess he lives here now.

A huuuge spider looking rather small in the corner of a bathtub.

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Child Poverty Action Group @cpaguk.bsky.social · 7d

To reduce child poverty, government must scrap the two-chid limit. And that means fully scrapping it – no benefit cap, no tapers, no new limit. All children deserve the best start in life, and messing around the edges of this policy won’t cut it. 2/2

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 10d

I went for the first episode of 9 Bodies in a Mexican Morgue and it went batshit so fast I then binge-watched all six. Happy Sunday!

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 10d

Could someone not coax these fuckwits into a cage-fight in outer space?

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10d

The Musk-Zuckerberg tech rivalry—once headed to the Colosseum for a cage fight—could be one for the ages thanks to AI and robotics.

A New Front Opens Between Zuckerberg and Musk Over Robots

The rivalry could be one for the ages—right up there with the feud between Bill Gates and the late Steve Jobs.

on.wsj.com

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 10d

Sensible, knowledgeable, despair-inducing thread.

Stuart Hoddinott @stuarthoddinott.bsky.social · 10d

The govt published its strategy to revitalise local communities last week

There is a heavy focus on directing funding to high streets and community spaces, which is part of the reason for declining "pride in place"

But it seems misguided for a few reasons

Short thread

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Pride in Place Strategy

The Pride in Place Strategy will help build stronger communities, create thriving places and empower local people.

www.gov.uk

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you. She is very much enjoying all the fuss!

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 12d

I’m not even a gadget tester.

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Itsmotherswork @itsmotherswork.bsky.social · 12d

You’ve just reminded me … a few months back I had a binging thing somewhere in the house randomly irritating/waking me over and over. It went on for weeks. I never discovered what it was. But it’s not still happening now, so yay!

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