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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 1d

Be very careful in cleaning or washing them. My much loved cashmere shrank to unwearable.

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 1d

The price of deliberately deceiving customers grows for two major lenders bit.ly/472BUwf the biggest offender Lloyds Bank made £6bn profit before tax in 2024 and £7.5bn in 2023, and that was after some provision for this redress. So the £2bn now feared is a payable price

Lloyds and Close Brothers warn of extra costs for motor finance scandal

Lenders says current provisions not enough to cover compensation for millions of customers

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d

UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.

40% of Unis in financial crisis.

Major exporter destroyed by successive govts

Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.

How will the UK compete with other nations?

Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens

University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 1d

Get a 'SAD' light that wakes you up with an artificial sunrise. If all else it will make you feel better when you are up. October is that start of the Seasonal Affective Disorder season & it gets worse until March & Spring.

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Hendrik Klaassens #FBPE #FBR #NAFO @aurorablogspot.bsky.social · 1d

Why isn't this news getting more attention? An attack was being planned on the Prime Minister of a European country!

A suspected terrorist cell was dismantled by Belgium's federal prosecutor's office on Thursday, believed to have been planning an attack on Prime Minister Bart De Wever.

Suspected terror cell said to be planning attack on Belgian PM broken

Local media reported that investigators discovered a homemade explosive which the suspects were reportedly planning to attach to a drone to carry out the attack.

www.euronews.com

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 1d

⚡️Russia killed a 7-year-old boy in Zaporizhzhia — the son of a Ukrainian soldier just freed after three years in Russian captivity.

The father is in critical condition, and the family’s new home lies in ruins.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 1d

Russia launched an overnight strike on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, marking the anniversary of its first wave of energy terror in 2022. Over 450 drones and 30+ missiles were used, causing power outages across Kyiv, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Odesa, and more. Kyiv's left bank is without power.

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@s4r4h-l @s4r4h-l.bsky.social · 1d

#FlutterbyFriday with those seen this last week in #Lancashire & #NorthYorkshire red admiral, small copper, comma, and speckled wood. @savebutterflies.bsky.social #joy

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 1d

"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"

on.ft.com/43eYeRZ

@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.

It's not just AI. And education still matters

What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong

People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts

on.ft.com

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Dr. Marissa Civic @stemfactually.com · 1d

Don't forget your flu shot this year! Vaccines are safe and effective - talk to your doctor for answers to questions.
#vaccinate #vaccine #noflu 🧪🧬🍎🥽👩‍🔬

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 2d

How about approaching this from the other side- how do we incentivise employers to make the adjustments necessary to help people with disabilities into work. Rather than suggesting that if sick people just tried a bit harder they could not be sick, which is what this looks like

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d

And here is a great article about the work by @helentbiz.ft.com

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/str...

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 2d

Another British own-goal on the environment, exporting plastic waste to countries like Indonesia which has its own huge plastic pollution problems. Shameful & a waste of circular economy materials.

Britain missing out on potential £2bn recycling industry by exporting plastic waste

Exclusive: Government failure to close loophole allows 600,000 tonnes to be shipped elsewhere each year

www.theguardian.com

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 2d

I know 😭.

Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 2d

There are no words for how absolutely disgusting Putin's continuation of the Ukraine war is. This 👇 is literally life threatening for Ukrainians.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d

A series of massive Russian air strikes in the past week has disabled nearly 60% of Ukraine’s gas production, raising fears of winter shortages. on.ft.com/42wx3lq

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 2d

The genius of McSweeney and Glasman

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Seat Projection:

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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 2d

Crypto’s dirty secret: How mining it is hurting the planet — and farms
Bitcoin’s energy use per dollar generated now exceeds that of mining copper or gold
https://gulfnews.com/your-money/cryptocurrency/cryptos-dirty-secret-how-mining-it-is-hurting-the-planet-and-farms-1.500299583

Crypto’s dirty secret: How mining it is hurting the planet — and farms

Bitcoin’s energy use per dollar generated now exceeds that of mining copper or gold

gulfnews.com

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.

n.pr

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Climate Centre @climatecentreuk.bsky.social · 2d

Earth’s strongest ocean current is slowing down.

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current moves 173m cubic metres of water a second, but melting ice is weakening the “ocean conveyor belt” that moves heat, nutrients and carbon, a University of Melbourne study finds.

www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

Earth's strongest ocean current is slowing down due to climate change

Earth's strongest ocean current is slowing down due to climate change with potentially disastrous consequences, scientists have warned.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election.

To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #RebootGB #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 2d

Glad you are having a lovely time.

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David JW Bailey @davidjwbailey.bsky.social · 2d

Nik from Revolut moved to Dubai. This will save him about $8bn in taxes if Revolut IPOs.

I’d like to see him in the stocks in Trafalgar Square explaining why he is taking 80 hospitals or 400 schools away from the UK.

The man is an absolute traitor to the UK and should be a pariah.

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Nine Job Nigel

Nigel Farage earns over £1 million from 'second jobs' - check your MP's earnings

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

#NineJobNigel

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 2d

'Europe should hold large US tech firms accountable for anti-competitive market rigging, snooping on Europeans, and preying on our children. Europe must progressively replace all non-EU “big tech” platforms and cloud services with homegrown alternatives.'

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The EU has a secret weapon to counter Trump’s economic bullying. It’s time to use it | Johnny Ryan

The anti-coercion instrument, or ‘trade bazooka’, is designed to shield against foreign pressure, says civil liberties campaigner Johnny Ryan

www.theguardian.com

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