Maureen Millar
@maureenmillar.bsky.social
Ordinary and mediocre.
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight
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Once again Nigel Farage has been denied a knighthood. Still eligible for a white hood.
December 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Once again Nigel Farage has been denied a knighthood. Still eligible for a white hood.
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Sign & share to stop the US food the orange fascist wants to send here. #Brexit disaster.
💥Recombinant bovine growth hormone
💥Ractopamine-Tainted Meat
💥Brominated Vegetable Oil
💥Chlorinated Chicken to cover up the bugs
💥GMA Crops
💥No Country of Origin Labelling
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/No-chlor...
💥Recombinant bovine growth hormone
💥Ractopamine-Tainted Meat
💥Brominated Vegetable Oil
💥Chlorinated Chicken to cover up the bugs
💥GMA Crops
💥No Country of Origin Labelling
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/No-chlor...
Keir Starmer: Stand firm in protecting British food and animal welfare standards in trade deals
I just signed the campaign calling Keir Starmer to stand firm in protecting British food and animal welfare standards in trade deals
act.38degrees.org.uk
December 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Sign & share to stop the US food the orange fascist wants to send here. #Brexit disaster.
💥Recombinant bovine growth hormone
💥Ractopamine-Tainted Meat
💥Brominated Vegetable Oil
💥Chlorinated Chicken to cover up the bugs
💥GMA Crops
💥No Country of Origin Labelling
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/No-chlor...
💥Recombinant bovine growth hormone
💥Ractopamine-Tainted Meat
💥Brominated Vegetable Oil
💥Chlorinated Chicken to cover up the bugs
💥GMA Crops
💥No Country of Origin Labelling
act.38degrees.org.uk/act/No-chlor...
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Featuring some absolute banging actors, and filmed across various locations in Wales, England and the USA, I probably watch this recording of Under Milk Wood at least once a year. It’s the dog’s dangly dooglies.
youtu.be/g1JaaJlRxX0?...
youtu.be/g1JaaJlRxX0?...
Under Milk Wood (BBC)
YouTube video by Culture Vulture Rises
youtu.be
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Featuring some absolute banging actors, and filmed across various locations in Wales, England and the USA, I probably watch this recording of Under Milk Wood at least once a year. It’s the dog’s dangly dooglies.
youtu.be/g1JaaJlRxX0?...
youtu.be/g1JaaJlRxX0?...
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“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
“So it was, on that misty morning, that Brenda set off for the capital. She knew not what she would find there, only that the time had come to move on - away from small-minded rural attitudes and people who called her ‘Oreo’ and ‘the wide panda’ - to seek a more fulfilling life.”
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Just a little something for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to read when they sweep my social media if I mistakenly get on a plane to the States…
December 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just a little something for U.S. Customs and Border Protection to read when they sweep my social media if I mistakenly get on a plane to the States…
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This is as good as everyone says. And putting the particular party to one side, I hope it might show there is appetite to read about local government more generally and that newspapers should invest in this. I’d read a weekly column portraying a different council each week…
What happens when Reform UK takes over your local council? I’ve been keeping very close tabs on Lancashire County Council since May for this magazine piece www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Infighting, broken promises and insisting on the national anthem: what seven months of Reform UK in charge actually looks like
Nigel Farage’s party is gunning for power – so what is it like in the places where they’ve already got it? We embedded with Lancashire county council to find out what happens when rhetoric meets reali...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is as good as everyone says. And putting the particular party to one side, I hope it might show there is appetite to read about local government more generally and that newspapers should invest in this. I’d read a weekly column portraying a different council each week…
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YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
Exclusive: More than 150 anonymous channels using cheap AI tools to spread false stories about Keir Starmer, study finds
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos have amassed more than a billion views this year, as opportunists attempt to use AI-generated content to profit from political division in the UK.
More than 150 channels have been detected in the last year that promote anti-Labour narratives, as well as outright fake and inflammatory accusations about Keir Starmer. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
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‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism
Research shows that the British colonial wealth extraction system still influences the region’s tourist industry
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Very few things as nice and heartwarming as Tracy Chapman's smile when she realises the Grammy audience are cheering for her song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLfH...
Tracy Chapman & Luke Combs - Fast Car Grammy Performance
YouTube video by Lady Mia
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Very few things as nice and heartwarming as Tracy Chapman's smile when she realises the Grammy audience are cheering for her song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLfH...
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Private security guards, tankerloads of water, and the Trump-supporting billionaire Steven Schwarzman
A brilliant short film from @paulwhitewick.bsky.social about his recent experiences walking on public highways around Schwarzman's 2,500-acre Conholt Park Estate:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgOA...
A brilliant short film from @paulwhitewick.bsky.social about his recent experiences walking on public highways around Schwarzman's 2,500-acre Conholt Park Estate:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgOA...
Why I Am No Longer Welcome HERE
YouTube video by Paul Whitewick
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Private security guards, tankerloads of water, and the Trump-supporting billionaire Steven Schwarzman
A brilliant short film from @paulwhitewick.bsky.social about his recent experiences walking on public highways around Schwarzman's 2,500-acre Conholt Park Estate:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgOA...
A brilliant short film from @paulwhitewick.bsky.social about his recent experiences walking on public highways around Schwarzman's 2,500-acre Conholt Park Estate:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgOA...
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Conversation, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15906
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15906
October 25, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Conversation, 1912
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15906
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/15906
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“The earth makes a sound as of sighs and the last drops fall from the emptied cloudless sky. A small boy, stretching out his hands and looking up at the blue sky, asked his mother how such a thing was possible. Fuck off, she said.”
―from ‘The End’ by Samuel Beckett
―from ‘The End’ by Samuel Beckett
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“The earth makes a sound as of sighs and the last drops fall from the emptied cloudless sky. A small boy, stretching out his hands and looking up at the blue sky, asked his mother how such a thing was possible. Fuck off, she said.”
―from ‘The End’ by Samuel Beckett
―from ‘The End’ by Samuel Beckett
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
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Meera Sodha’s recipe for za’atar roast vegetables with whipped feta | Meera Sodha recipes
Meera Sodha’s recipe for za’atar roast vegetables with whipped feta | Meera Sodha recipes
Toss spiced roast veg with creamy butter beans, fresh mint and zesty lemon, then pile it all high on a big platter
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Meera Sodha’s recipe for za’atar roast vegetables with whipped feta | Meera Sodha recipes
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I always loved this picture.
October 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I always loved this picture.
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“From Russian bribes to Musk beaming onto big screens advocating violence, we can’t go on pretending that this isn’t happening. That there are not powerful interests, state and private, East and West, pouring billions into destabilising our democratic processes and institutions.”
🌹Keir as Crystal: Time to Call Things by Their Names 🐸
Labour Conference
Starmer Speech
Farage Tantrum
BBC Bias
Reform Russian Bribes
Moldova Election
Ukraine Pushback
Wokey Dokey
All this AND @annettedittert.bsky.social!
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/3out...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Labour Conference
Starmer Speech
Farage Tantrum
BBC Bias
Reform Russian Bribes
Moldova Election
Ukraine Pushback
Wokey Dokey
All this AND @annettedittert.bsky.social!
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/3out...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Keir as Crystal - Time to Call Things by Their Names
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 02/10/2025 · 1h 11m
podcasts.apple.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
“From Russian bribes to Musk beaming onto big screens advocating violence, we can’t go on pretending that this isn’t happening. That there are not powerful interests, state and private, East and West, pouring billions into destabilising our democratic processes and institutions.”
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Timeline cleanser 🐈
September 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Timeline cleanser 🐈
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Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration
September 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Truly impressive number of birds migrating tonight. More than 800 MILLION birds up in the air right now❗ #BirdMigration
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You can look up your area's migration with
birdcast.info/migration-to...
birdcast.info/migration-to...
Migration Dashboard - BirdCast
Explore nightly migration data in your region.
birdcast.info
September 25, 2025 at 5:38 AM
You can look up your area's migration with
birdcast.info/migration-to...
birdcast.info/migration-to...
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Stop using Meta products and stop your children from using them too.
- Facebook
- Instagram
- Threads
- Whatsapp
Ditch them, uninstall them from your children's phones too.
Other alternatives exist. Especially since Meta aren't listening and are doing scummy things.
- Threads
Ditch them, uninstall them from your children's phones too.
Other alternatives exist. Especially since Meta aren't listening and are doing scummy things.
Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man
Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Stop using Meta products and stop your children from using them too.
- Facebook
- Instagram
- Threads
- Whatsapp
Ditch them, uninstall them from your children's phones too.
Other alternatives exist. Especially since Meta aren't listening and are doing scummy things.
- Threads
Ditch them, uninstall them from your children's phones too.
Other alternatives exist. Especially since Meta aren't listening and are doing scummy things.
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I would also read this. It's a brilliant starting point.
I would also read this. It's a brilliant starting point.
Vitamin B12
### What you need to know
Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a water soluble vitamin required for several physiological processes, including normal nervous system functioning, and red blood cell development ...
doi.org
September 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
doi.org/10.1136/bmj-...
I would also read this. It's a brilliant starting point.
I would also read this. It's a brilliant starting point.