Darren
@opaka.bsky.social
57 yr old, retired from the Ambulance Service (NWAS) following a stroke, originally from Bradford now living in Norham village in Northumberland on the Scottish/English border 🏳️🌈🏴🏴
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We’re relying on foodbanks to fill the gaps left by a shrinking welfare state. This article by Community Organisers CEO Nick Gardham explains why that risks normalising deprivation.
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Normalising deprivation – when charity is the default response to poverty
The rise of foodbanks shows how charity has filled the gaps of a failing system and now risks normalising hardship
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
We’re relying on foodbanks to fill the gaps left by a shrinking welfare state. This article by Community Organisers CEO Nick Gardham explains why that risks normalising deprivation.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @nickgardham.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @nickgardham.bsky.social
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Am I breedable chat? O.O 🤍✨️
✨️🤍 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙮!! 🤍✨️
✨️🤍 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙮!! 🤍✨️
December 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Am I breedable chat? O.O 🤍✨️
✨️🤍 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙮!! 🤍✨️
✨️🤍 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙮!! 🤍✨️
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trumpf Presidential seal
December 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
trumpf Presidential seal
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BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV has said the only solution to Israel-Palestine must include a Palestinian state, reaffirming the Vatican’s position.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
BREAKING: Pope Leo XIV has said the only solution to Israel-Palestine must include a Palestinian state, reaffirming the Vatican’s position.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/kaiji6
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Forever and always. 😈
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Forever and always. 😈
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This has got to be the most idiotic policy I’ve ever heard.
Why not let everyone just pay a quid and then abolish tax altogether?
Close all the schools, hospitals and just hope for the best?
Or maybe just fuck off?
Why not let everyone just pay a quid and then abolish tax altogether?
Close all the schools, hospitals and just hope for the best?
Or maybe just fuck off?
June 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This has got to be the most idiotic policy I’ve ever heard.
Why not let everyone just pay a quid and then abolish tax altogether?
Close all the schools, hospitals and just hope for the best?
Or maybe just fuck off?
Why not let everyone just pay a quid and then abolish tax altogether?
Close all the schools, hospitals and just hope for the best?
Or maybe just fuck off?
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"🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Just HOURS after Putin slammed the US for bombing Iran, the Iranian Foreign Minister is now heading to Moscow for an emergency meeting. Trl didn’t just start a war - he may have united two of America’s greatest enemies.
This is a global nightmare."
www.threads.com/@calltoactiv...
This is a global nightmare."
www.threads.com/@calltoactiv...
June 23, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Just HOURS after Putin slammed the US for bombing Iran, the Iranian Foreign Minister is now heading to Moscow for an emergency meeting. Trl didn’t just start a war - he may have united two of America’s greatest enemies.
This is a global nightmare."
www.threads.com/@calltoactiv...
This is a global nightmare."
www.threads.com/@calltoactiv...
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Local leaders accuse Reform MP of stoking fear with 'incorrect' claims
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/hal...
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/hal...
Halton and Runcorn leaders criticise Reform MP
Local leaders accuse Reform MP of stoking fear with 'incorrect' claims
northwestbylines.co.uk
June 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Local leaders accuse Reform MP of stoking fear with 'incorrect' claims
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/hal...
northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/hal...
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
I signed this petition to tell Barclays to cut ties with JBS — one of the world’s worst offenders for animal suffering and environmental destruction. Will you do the same? action.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/tell-barclay...
Tell Barclays to stop funding animal cruelty
Barclays is the UK’s biggest investor in factory farming, using their customers’ money to pour billions into JBS, the world’s largest meat producer and one of the worst offenders for animal cruelty an...
action.worldanimalprotection.org.uk
June 21, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I signed this petition to tell Barclays to cut ties with JBS — one of the world’s worst offenders for animal suffering and environmental destruction. Will you do the same? action.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/tell-barclay...
Block Trump from speaking in parliament during his state visit. Sign the petition to stop this national embarrassment:
June 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Block Trump from speaking in parliament during his state visit. Sign the petition to stop this national embarrassment:
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June 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.
June 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.
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Conor McGregor - Make Ireland Cocaine Fueled Murder Again 2025
BREAKING: When asked about footage of him assaulting a man in an Ibiza nightclub, presidential hopeful Conor McGregor replied:
“FUCK OFF. I’LL KILL YOU. GIVE ME COCAINE.”
“FUCK OFF. I’LL KILL YOU. GIVE ME COCAINE.”
June 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Conor McGregor - Make Ireland Cocaine Fueled Murder Again 2025
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