Julie D
@julie169.bsky.social
Retired, love Europe, baffled and worried by the nonsense happening everywhere.
Will someone please make it stop?
Will someone please make it stop?
Beautiful blue Christmas Eve sky in Surrey UK 🎄❤️🎄
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Beautiful blue Christmas Eve sky in Surrey UK 🎄❤️🎄
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Entertaining as this spat is, it contains not-a-flicker of recognition as to WHY this might be happening.
For 16 months, a tax-exile-oligarch-owned, mostly right-wing press, has abused the privilege of these exclusive private sessions, to misrepresent the gov't on every issue. This is the FO stage.
For 16 months, a tax-exile-oligarch-owned, mostly right-wing press, has abused the privilege of these exclusive private sessions, to misrepresent the gov't on every issue. This is the FO stage.
Broadcaster backs televised briefings shocker
See the Government followed @lewisgoodall.com advice.. 👍🏻
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Entertaining as this spat is, it contains not-a-flicker of recognition as to WHY this might be happening.
For 16 months, a tax-exile-oligarch-owned, mostly right-wing press, has abused the privilege of these exclusive private sessions, to misrepresent the gov't on every issue. This is the FO stage.
For 16 months, a tax-exile-oligarch-owned, mostly right-wing press, has abused the privilege of these exclusive private sessions, to misrepresent the gov't on every issue. This is the FO stage.
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Today is International Migrants Day.
The immigration debate has become increasingly toxic - so we asked the public what they think.
Watch and share if you agree 🔁
The immigration debate has become increasingly toxic - so we asked the public what they think.
Watch and share if you agree 🔁
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Today is International Migrants Day.
The immigration debate has become increasingly toxic - so we asked the public what they think.
Watch and share if you agree 🔁
The immigration debate has become increasingly toxic - so we asked the public what they think.
Watch and share if you agree 🔁
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*Screams endlessly in infrastructure* Just build stuff! Just build it now! We've got so much cheaper and quicker light rail tech now, the whole country should look like a tram line.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leeds-Bradford £2.5bn tram plan delayed after government review
West Yorkshire's mayor says she is confident the trams will be running
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
*Screams endlessly in infrastructure* Just build stuff! Just build it now! We've got so much cheaper and quicker light rail tech now, the whole country should look like a tram line.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
One benefit of a 68-yr-old bladder is to be astonished at the blackness of the sky with a rising crescent moon and have the joy of spying 3 shooting stars in 3 minutes. #geminids #astronomy #darkskies 🌠🌠🌠
December 14, 2025 at 3:23 PM
One benefit of a 68-yr-old bladder is to be astonished at the blackness of the sky with a rising crescent moon and have the joy of spying 3 shooting stars in 3 minutes. #geminids #astronomy #darkskies 🌠🌠🌠
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Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.
WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
December 14, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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This!
🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This!
I've got something in my eye..... ❤️🥲
I had fun reading to some Burke Elementary students at the Chicago Public Library today. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll have a new branch of the library for the community to enjoy.
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I've got something in my eye..... ❤️🥲
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Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
December 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Enough to power 23 million homes!
U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.
Insanity! We NEED these people to look after us and do the jobs our own populace refuse to do! 😠
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Insanity! We NEED these people to look after us and do the jobs our own populace refuse to do! 😠
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One of my favourite questions of the series appears in tonight’s Only Connect - I’d better not tell you the whole thing, but it starts “A village in Norway, annually.”
And if you can get it from that, I’ll see you next series!
8pm on BBC Two
And if you can get it from that, I’ll see you next series!
8pm on BBC Two
December 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One of my favourite questions of the series appears in tonight’s Only Connect - I’d better not tell you the whole thing, but it starts “A village in Norway, annually.”
And if you can get it from that, I’ll see you next series!
8pm on BBC Two
And if you can get it from that, I’ll see you next series!
8pm on BBC Two
As a child (early 60s) EVERYONE got measles and many died or had lifelong damage from the complications. Our children had several vaccinations including ones that saved babies from being damaged in utero (rubella). Thanks to science. I despair of the ignorance of ppl 🤦🏼♀️
I’m from the generation that remembers when these diseases ran rampant. Perhaps we need to be reminded with a dose of repeated history
December 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
As a child (early 60s) EVERYONE got measles and many died or had lifelong damage from the complications. Our children had several vaccinations including ones that saved babies from being damaged in utero (rubella). Thanks to science. I despair of the ignorance of ppl 🤦🏼♀️
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“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
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Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
Thou Shalt Not Murder Fishermen While Pardoning Drug Lords
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reposting this everyday until Pete Hagueseth faces justice for his crimes against humanity.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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#GVerse The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by #Shit4Brain's administration. #Shitface is lying about everything.
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#GVerse The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by #Shit4Brain's administration. #Shitface is lying about everything.
Be very afraid. He is a very dangerous man.
Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Nigel Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Women’s bodies are the new battleground as Nigel Farage aligns with the US hard-right. His link to the group that toppled Roe v. Wade puts UK reproductive freedom at serious risk, writes columnist…
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Be very afraid. He is a very dangerous man.
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Disgraceful! A patriotic flag shagger who dedicated his time to illegally putting up 64 flags is being charged £2,300 for the cost of taking them down. If it wasn't so funny I'd be furious.
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Disgraceful! A patriotic flag shagger who dedicated his time to illegally putting up 64 flags is being charged £2,300 for the cost of taking them down. If it wasn't so funny I'd be furious.
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
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Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
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Illegal migration isn't tearing this country apart, but our obsession with it is. It's an obsession fuelled by our media and politicians. Both profit from blowing the problem out of all proportion. It's been happening for decades, but never more so than now
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Illegal migration isn't tearing this country apart, but our obsession with it is. It's an obsession fuelled by our media and politicians. Both profit from blowing the problem out of all proportion. It's been happening for decades, but never more so than now
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Please follow Eloise on TikTok at @CheeringForChange.
At only 14yo, her political insight videos are fantastic! And if the majority of her >100k followers are in her age group, the future looks bright!
The kids are gonna be alright.
But only *if* we do our part NOW.
2/2
At only 14yo, her political insight videos are fantastic! And if the majority of her >100k followers are in her age group, the future looks bright!
The kids are gonna be alright.
But only *if* we do our part NOW.
2/2
a cartoon of people holding signs that say we are the future
Alt: a cartoon of young people holding signs that say “we are the future”
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Please follow Eloise on TikTok at @CheeringForChange.
At only 14yo, her political insight videos are fantastic! And if the majority of her >100k followers are in her age group, the future looks bright!
The kids are gonna be alright.
But only *if* we do our part NOW.
2/2
At only 14yo, her political insight videos are fantastic! And if the majority of her >100k followers are in her age group, the future looks bright!
The kids are gonna be alright.
But only *if* we do our part NOW.
2/2