Karen D
@kardray.bsky.social
Very tired Yorks/Strayan recluse living in South Devon. Pathological reader with enough books (I’m re-reading). Somewhat scattered in my interests with an overdeveloped sense of the ridiculous and an abiding interest in politics.
She/her
She/her
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I think it's massively unfair that only certain, selected, people get to punch him.
Not that I'm a fighter, but I could've rushed on and lamped him with a chair when he down.
When's Farage getting into the ring?
Not that I'm a fighter, but I could've rushed on and lamped him with a chair when he down.
When's Farage getting into the ring?
December 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
I think it's massively unfair that only certain, selected, people get to punch him.
Not that I'm a fighter, but I could've rushed on and lamped him with a chair when he down.
When's Farage getting into the ring?
Not that I'm a fighter, but I could've rushed on and lamped him with a chair when he down.
When's Farage getting into the ring?
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Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
December 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Rare footage of St Paul’s Cathedral testing its giant flamethrower
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“i have to use AI because i’m bad at drawingggg 😭😭😭”
August 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“i have to use AI because i’m bad at drawingggg 😭😭😭”
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Still time for the perfect present for anyone suffering from PTSD from the last two years. ‘The Bonfire of the Insanities’ by yours truly.
December 21, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Still time for the perfect present for anyone suffering from PTSD from the last two years. ‘The Bonfire of the Insanities’ by yours truly.
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Summer solstice Australia.
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Summer solstice Australia.
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Rupert Murdoch’s Times? A war on women? The guy who published Page 3 until 2015? Who employed Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly? And has funded Piers Morgan who regularly interviews Andrew Tate, Christiano “out of court settlement” Ronaldo, and backs anti-trans ideology etc?
I. Am. Shocked. 🤪
I. Am. Shocked. 🤪
December 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Rupert Murdoch’s Times? A war on women? The guy who published Page 3 until 2015? Who employed Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly? And has funded Piers Morgan who regularly interviews Andrew Tate, Christiano “out of court settlement” Ronaldo, and backs anti-trans ideology etc?
I. Am. Shocked. 🤪
I. Am. Shocked. 🤪
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Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
Until the mid-1970’s, a man could not be convicted of rape in New York State based solely on the testimony of the woman he raped. A second witness was required because the female rape victim was deemed unreliable.
Feminism has not failed women.
Feminism has not failed women.
December 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Attacks on feminism are similar to attacks on vaccines. We begin to take for granted a world where women have rights and most children live to see adulthood, and then, over time, we begin to forget, neglect, and (now) reject the movements and innovations that brought us here.
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This is the second story in three days The Times has carried arguing against misogyny lessons in schools, which it describes as "some weird feminist attack on male children".
December 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is the second story in three days The Times has carried arguing against misogyny lessons in schools, which it describes as "some weird feminist attack on male children".
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🚨 This is now unavoidable
In Nov last year, Blue Labour founder Lord Glasman said Brexit was a great move and Labour should embrace Trump.
Now Trump aligns with Russia, attacks EU, undermines Ukraine.
Labour has to choose:
🇪🇺 Europe & democracy
or
🇺🇸 Brexit-Trump dependency.
You can’t do both.
In Nov last year, Blue Labour founder Lord Glasman said Brexit was a great move and Labour should embrace Trump.
Now Trump aligns with Russia, attacks EU, undermines Ukraine.
Labour has to choose:
🇪🇺 Europe & democracy
or
🇺🇸 Brexit-Trump dependency.
You can’t do both.
December 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🚨 This is now unavoidable
In Nov last year, Blue Labour founder Lord Glasman said Brexit was a great move and Labour should embrace Trump.
Now Trump aligns with Russia, attacks EU, undermines Ukraine.
Labour has to choose:
🇪🇺 Europe & democracy
or
🇺🇸 Brexit-Trump dependency.
You can’t do both.
In Nov last year, Blue Labour founder Lord Glasman said Brexit was a great move and Labour should embrace Trump.
Now Trump aligns with Russia, attacks EU, undermines Ukraine.
Labour has to choose:
🇪🇺 Europe & democracy
or
🇺🇸 Brexit-Trump dependency.
You can’t do both.
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One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
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Happy Winter Solstice everyone.
One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work.
Lighter days ahead.
One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work.
Lighter days ahead.
December 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Happy Winter Solstice everyone.
One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work.
Lighter days ahead.
One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work.
Lighter days ahead.
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Upon my sickle
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
December 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Upon my sickle
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
I catch the sun
And by my power
I cast it on
Across the sky
The light to bring
To rouse the gods
To send the spring
#WinterSolstice #Solstice #Midwinter #PlaymobilInfestation
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Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
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Perfect for coffee... And fighting crime in big jumpers and flares.
He's Starsky. I'm Hutch.
@tokyosexwhale.bsky.social Nice work.
He's Starsky. I'm Hutch.
@tokyosexwhale.bsky.social Nice work.
December 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Perfect for coffee... And fighting crime in big jumpers and flares.
He's Starsky. I'm Hutch.
@tokyosexwhale.bsky.social Nice work.
He's Starsky. I'm Hutch.
@tokyosexwhale.bsky.social Nice work.
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Yay! The shirts arrived in time for Christmas, courtesy of @tokyosexwhale.bsky.social. Nice fit, good quality heavy 100% organic cotton. The second one is a gift for the brother-in-law.
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Yay! The shirts arrived in time for Christmas, courtesy of @tokyosexwhale.bsky.social. Nice fit, good quality heavy 100% organic cotton. The second one is a gift for the brother-in-law.
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Roofscape, Whitby, north Yorkshire, 1959, photo by Edwin Smith (1912-71). Noted for capturing the spirit of the places he photographed.
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Roofscape, Whitby, north Yorkshire, 1959, photo by Edwin Smith (1912-71). Noted for capturing the spirit of the places he photographed.
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Plea to stop using prehistoric monuments & peoples as a sub for present-day national identities. Past peoples are not ‘ancestors’, they had no idea of the concept of a nation-state & this archipelago has seen a lot of traffic since the last ice age
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Plea to stop using prehistoric monuments & peoples as a sub for present-day national identities. Past peoples are not ‘ancestors’, they had no idea of the concept of a nation-state & this archipelago has seen a lot of traffic since the last ice age
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From 2021. Worth revisiting
westcountryvoices.co.uk/i-dont-want-...
westcountryvoices.co.uk/i-dont-want-...
I don't want a Metaverse, I want a planet Earth
I was surely not alone in feeling nausea and dread watching Mark Zuckerberg’s promo video for Facebook’s new incarnation (not to mention disgust at Nick Clegg trotting out insultingly complacent plati...
westcountryvoices.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
From 2021. Worth revisiting
westcountryvoices.co.uk/i-dont-want-...
westcountryvoices.co.uk/i-dont-want-...
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A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Chappell Rohan
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Sex Bomb-adil.
December 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
A Lord of the Rings cover band called Flock of Smeagols
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
December 11, 2024 at 2:40 AM
This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
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What I did not vote for was the steady normalisation of migrant scapegoating, a welfare stance that treats poverty as a moral failure, an NHS approach that feels technocratic at best and negligent at worst.
December 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
What I did not vote for was the steady normalisation of migrant scapegoating, a welfare stance that treats poverty as a moral failure, an NHS approach that feels technocratic at best and negligent at worst.
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For those of you who might not be aware Farage is part of the group AWH - Action on World Health. Populists must stop interfering in Science.
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
WHO accuses Nigel Farage of spreading misinformation about pandemic treaty
Draft deal aims to improve global cooperation against outbreaks as rightwingers deny they are making false claims UK will lose decision-making powers
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For those of you who might not be aware Farage is part of the group AWH - Action on World Health. Populists must stop interfering in Science.
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...