Jan Davies
@jandavies.bsky.social
Retired headteacher & education adviser, Labour member and wildlife gardener.
Heartbreaking: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Killed women count: 80 women allegedly killed by men in UK in 2024
Throughout the year the Guardian aimed to report on every woman whose death has led to a man being charged
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Heartbreaking: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
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6/ Incredibly, over the last few years around £200,000 has been raised for homeless charities as a result of this thing. So, this year, if you're enjoying the pix, you could fling a few quid to Centrepoint via this link: gofund.me/637d21d0
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 14th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024
gofund.me
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
6/ Incredibly, over the last few years around £200,000 has been raised for homeless charities as a result of this thing. So, this year, if you're enjoying the pix, you could fling a few quid to Centrepoint via this link: gofund.me/637d21d0
Kennedy assassination in 63, then Churchill's funeral, England winning the World Cup and then the Aberfan disaster.
What's the first major news story you remember as a child?
Challenger for sure. After that the next one I remember vividly was the Berlin Wall. Then the invasion of Kuwait. Obviously other things happened between those but I'm talking off the top of my head.
Really curious about Ukrainian answers.
Challenger for sure. After that the next one I remember vividly was the Berlin Wall. Then the invasion of Kuwait. Obviously other things happened between those but I'm talking off the top of my head.
Really curious about Ukrainian answers.
What's the first major news story you remember as a child?
The Challenger explosion. I remember watching the footage on the little B&W TV that only came out of the closet for space shuttle launches and presidential speeches.
The Challenger explosion. I remember watching the footage on the little B&W TV that only came out of the closet for space shuttle launches and presidential speeches.
December 17, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Kennedy assassination in 63, then Churchill's funeral, England winning the World Cup and then the Aberfan disaster.
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Easily the best description of him I’ve ever read.
December 14, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Easily the best description of him I’ve ever read.
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Gisele Pelicot should named as the Time person of the year. For bravely waiving her anonymity in one of the most horrific rape cases the world has seen, to take a stand for survivors and shame the perpetrators.
Instead they’re featuring Trump, a rapist, for the second time. Obviously.
Instead they’re featuring Trump, a rapist, for the second time. Obviously.
December 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Gisele Pelicot should named as the Time person of the year. For bravely waiving her anonymity in one of the most horrific rape cases the world has seen, to take a stand for survivors and shame the perpetrators.
Instead they’re featuring Trump, a rapist, for the second time. Obviously.
Instead they’re featuring Trump, a rapist, for the second time. Obviously.
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So many people think 'oh it'll all be okay'. Just like so many people thought 'oh, Dems will pull it out in the end, the other side are loopy'. Nope, and... nope. It might not be okay. Just like it wasn't okay in November.
The lawyer helping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pick federal health officials for the incoming Trump administration has petitioned the government to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine, which for decades has protected millions of people from a virus that can cause paralysis or death.
Kennedy’s Lawyer Has Asked the F.D.A. to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine
Aaron Siri, who specializes in vaccine lawsuits, has been at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s side reviewing candidates for top jobs at the Department of Health and Human Services.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:55 PM
So many people think 'oh it'll all be okay'. Just like so many people thought 'oh, Dems will pull it out in the end, the other side are loopy'. Nope, and... nope. It might not be okay. Just like it wasn't okay in November.
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Be right back. Just setting up Labour Friends of Lunch.
December 12, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Be right back. Just setting up Labour Friends of Lunch.
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Unintended consequences of scrapping hereditary peerages (from the Earl of Shrewsbury)
December 12, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Unintended consequences of scrapping hereditary peerages (from the Earl of Shrewsbury)
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I've no doubt she was trying to be funny but she sounds like a fucking madman.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-wi...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-wi...
December 12, 2024 at 10:31 AM
I've no doubt she was trying to be funny but she sounds like a fucking madman.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-wi...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/i-wi...
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John is a man of vast experience in international affairs and I am but a man with an Adobe subscription but this does seem to me to have a touch of "the Krays were good to their mum" about it.
December 8, 2024 at 11:25 AM
John is a man of vast experience in international affairs and I am but a man with an Adobe subscription but this does seem to me to have a touch of "the Krays were good to their mum" about it.
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Well done to Plymouth’s Labour-run council for their plan to plant 2,000 trees this winter. It’s welcome that more are older and taller so we can get benefit faster from them. Let’s have more like this as we seek to tackle the climate and nature crisis.
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
More than 2,000 new trees to be planted in Plymouth this winter
They will be in parks, residential streets and outside housing developments
www.plymouthherald.co.uk
December 8, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Well done to Plymouth’s Labour-run council for their plan to plant 2,000 trees this winter. It’s welcome that more are older and taller so we can get benefit faster from them. Let’s have more like this as we seek to tackle the climate and nature crisis.
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
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"The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions," says Kemi Badenoch, who has previously admitted to hacking and vandalising a Labour MP's website, which was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison #pmqs
December 4, 2024 at 12:11 PM
"The country needs conviction politicians, not politicians with convictions," says Kemi Badenoch, who has previously admitted to hacking and vandalising a Labour MP's website, which was an offence carrying a sentence of up to five years in prison #pmqs
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MONTHS AFTER Joe said he would not pardon Hunter, Trump won the election & appointed a man as FBI Director who has spent the last 4 years on every right-wing podcast ranting that he was going to go after Hunter. Obsessed with him. Were you aware of that, critics? Not relevant?
December 2, 2024 at 5:39 PM
MONTHS AFTER Joe said he would not pardon Hunter, Trump won the election & appointed a man as FBI Director who has spent the last 4 years on every right-wing podcast ranting that he was going to go after Hunter. Obsessed with him. Were you aware of that, critics? Not relevant?
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Young women working in the media often have zero power to call out harassment. I can remember being groped on a doc shoot by a contributor and not saying anything in case it scuppered the doc or my job in it.
With age comes power & security. I can’t wait to reach “a certain age”.
With age comes power & security. I can’t wait to reach “a certain age”.
December 1, 2024 at 12:09 PM
Young women working in the media often have zero power to call out harassment. I can remember being groped on a doc shoot by a contributor and not saying anything in case it scuppered the doc or my job in it.
With age comes power & security. I can’t wait to reach “a certain age”.
With age comes power & security. I can’t wait to reach “a certain age”.
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Maybe because middle class women of a certain age are in a position to call out this shit without fear of losing a salary they need. And can do it on behalf of young women starting out in their careers who are just as sick of this shit but can’t say anything because they need to earn a living.
December 1, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Maybe because middle class women of a certain age are in a position to call out this shit without fear of losing a salary they need. And can do it on behalf of young women starting out in their careers who are just as sick of this shit but can’t say anything because they need to earn a living.
I'm an atheist who loves carols and this thread is brilliant! Thank you @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social 🎄🔔🎶
Due to a series of events, it's December again. And for the fifth year, I'm going to do an advent calendar of carols. Sub-category: Ones I particularly like. Something old, something new, nothing cheeky, nothing blue. I'll link to them all in this thread and do a YouTube playlist as well.
December 1, 2024 at 12:39 PM
I'm an atheist who loves carols and this thread is brilliant! Thank you @mrchrisaddison.bsky.social 🎄🔔🎶
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If only Louise Haigh had repeatedly kicked her partner…
Or been arrested for numerous sexual assault charges
Or been found to have frequently bullied her staff
Then maybe she’d still be in her position.
Or been arrested for numerous sexual assault charges
Or been found to have frequently bullied her staff
Then maybe she’d still be in her position.
November 29, 2024 at 11:45 AM
If only Louise Haigh had repeatedly kicked her partner…
Or been arrested for numerous sexual assault charges
Or been found to have frequently bullied her staff
Then maybe she’d still be in her position.
Or been arrested for numerous sexual assault charges
Or been found to have frequently bullied her staff
Then maybe she’d still be in her position.
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Controlling women’s bodies is always vital to the far right exercise of controlling populations.
Interesting that the far right in this country are now putting abortion top of their agenda. Always has been part of it, as my book states, but I wondered when this would start ramping up…
November 29, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Controlling women’s bodies is always vital to the far right exercise of controlling populations.
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Kemi Badenoch, "Perhaps he can show concern for the 1,100 people who found out yesterday that they could lose their jobs at Vauxhaul's plant in Luton" #PMQs
Keir Starmer, "The EV mandate was introduced by the last government.. She was the Business Secretary that introduced them"
Keir Starmer, "The EV mandate was introduced by the last government.. She was the Business Secretary that introduced them"
November 27, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Kemi Badenoch, "Perhaps he can show concern for the 1,100 people who found out yesterday that they could lose their jobs at Vauxhaul's plant in Luton" #PMQs
Keir Starmer, "The EV mandate was introduced by the last government.. She was the Business Secretary that introduced them"
Keir Starmer, "The EV mandate was introduced by the last government.. She was the Business Secretary that introduced them"
If you don't have enough to live on this winter, please see this bulletin or pass it on. #Devon
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November 28, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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Woo and indeed Hoo it’s #BakeOff final day and to celebrate let’s have your best #BakeOffSongs, I’ll start with -
I Want That Flan - Debbie Harry
I Want That Flan - Debbie Harry
November 26, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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It's almost as though Bluesky is a platform that actually works for the sharing of news content...
November 26, 2024 at 7:21 PM
It's almost as though Bluesky is a platform that actually works for the sharing of news content...
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Under-appreciated election fact...
Number of MPs with majority greater than 10,000:
Labour: 115
Lib Dem: 25
Conservative: 5
Green: 2
Plaid: 2
Number of MPs with majority greater than 10,000:
Labour: 115
Lib Dem: 25
Conservative: 5
Green: 2
Plaid: 2
November 26, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Under-appreciated election fact...
Number of MPs with majority greater than 10,000:
Labour: 115
Lib Dem: 25
Conservative: 5
Green: 2
Plaid: 2
Number of MPs with majority greater than 10,000:
Labour: 115
Lib Dem: 25
Conservative: 5
Green: 2
Plaid: 2