Kathryn
@oraclekate.bsky.social
Love working with Oracle APEX. Dislike the office and the world of corporate office culture. Former geologist now concerned about climate change, the state of politics and the lack of connection between the two. Knit/frog as therapy.
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Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
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I'd recommend a visit to Bastogne in Belgium and the scene of the Battle of the Bulge.
One of the last big battles of WW2, where US troops destroyed the remnants of the Wehrmarcht making victory inevitable.
The gentleman is a fine example of the courage of the US army.
One of the last big battles of WW2, where US troops destroyed the remnants of the Wehrmarcht making victory inevitable.
The gentleman is a fine example of the courage of the US army.
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I'd recommend a visit to Bastogne in Belgium and the scene of the Battle of the Bulge.
One of the last big battles of WW2, where US troops destroyed the remnants of the Wehrmarcht making victory inevitable.
The gentleman is a fine example of the courage of the US army.
One of the last big battles of WW2, where US troops destroyed the remnants of the Wehrmarcht making victory inevitable.
The gentleman is a fine example of the courage of the US army.
These cricketing nicknames are so imaginative no? Stokesy, jacksy, let me guess, rooty?
December 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
These cricketing nicknames are so imaginative no? Stokesy, jacksy, let me guess, rooty?
December 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
These cricketing nicknames are so imaginative no? Stokesy, jacksy, let me guess, rooty?
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From today, over 96,000 unpaid carers in Scotland will receive a £293.50 Carer’s Allowance Supplement payment - extra support that’s only available here in Scotland.
Dignity and fairness in action. That’s what you get with an SNP government.
Dignity and fairness in action. That’s what you get with an SNP government.
December 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
From today, over 96,000 unpaid carers in Scotland will receive a £293.50 Carer’s Allowance Supplement payment - extra support that’s only available here in Scotland.
Dignity and fairness in action. That’s what you get with an SNP government.
Dignity and fairness in action. That’s what you get with an SNP government.
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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.
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Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
December 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Bike-lanes don’t cause traffic congestion.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
Car dependency, dumb land-use sprawl, too many (& bigger) cars being driven too much taking up too much space, highly subsidized driving costs, and not enough choices in how to get around, ALL cause traffic congestion.
Think about it. THAT’S common sense.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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🚨NEW POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨NEW POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
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The Co-op is backing the government, supporting the people in our country and our farming industry.
In news totally ignored by all major news outlets the Co-op has said "Today’s Budget provides the clarity & certainty that small shops and local communities have been waiting for".
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In news totally ignored by all major news outlets the Co-op has said "Today’s Budget provides the clarity & certainty that small shops and local communities have been waiting for".
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Co-op to cut prices of 1,000 products after Autumn Budget announced
The grocer has announced major plans for the chain
www.birminghammail.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The Co-op is backing the government, supporting the people in our country and our farming industry.
In news totally ignored by all major news outlets the Co-op has said "Today’s Budget provides the clarity & certainty that small shops and local communities have been waiting for".
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In news totally ignored by all major news outlets the Co-op has said "Today’s Budget provides the clarity & certainty that small shops and local communities have been waiting for".
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There's going to be a lot more pain – and regrettably there *needs* to be a lot more pain – for Farage supporters before this is out.
The Farage way is costly. That's the lesson. And you will damn well learn it.
The Farage way is costly. That's the lesson. And you will damn well learn it.
Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year...
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
Council tax shock for thousands of Durham’s poorest – thanks to Reform UK
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
There's going to be a lot more pain – and regrettably there *needs* to be a lot more pain – for Farage supporters before this is out.
The Farage way is costly. That's the lesson. And you will damn well learn it.
The Farage way is costly. That's the lesson. And you will damn well learn it.
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Children are dead because of this idiot. HE IS NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!!! He went yo law school then spent a decade or so addicted to heroine.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
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RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
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RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines - NewsBreak
A Kennedy adviser said he wants to preserve the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The health secretary's anti-vaccine allies prefer it collapse.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Children are dead because of this idiot. HE IS NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL!!! He went yo law school then spent a decade or so addicted to heroine.
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
share.newsbreak.com/g4e2gzr5
RFK Jr. is overhauling the program that helps preserve Americans' access to vaccines
Source: POLITICO
share.newsbreak.com/g4e2gzr5
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Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
November 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Posts about urban biking in Dutch cities are routinely replied to with comments like “well, they have the big advantage of being relatively flat.”
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
The Dutch also have the big advantage of not constantly making excuses about why they can’t make clearly smarter city-making decisions. #Leadership
Great thread!
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Great thread!
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Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
November 28, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Why do so many prominent Brexiteers live in France? Nigel Lawson; Andrew Neil; and former Brexit Party & UKIP MEP David Coburn. Asked to account for himself in the Nathan Gill story it turns out he lives in a French chateau. The brazen hypocrisy of this lot is just staggering!
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Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
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‘Malcolm’, York from the Outsiders project. He said he became homeless 15 years ago when the police raided the B&B where he was living. They closed it down and threw everyone out with no arrangements for alternative accommodation, so he became homeless and has been homeless ever since.
November 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
‘Malcolm’, York from the Outsiders project. He said he became homeless 15 years ago when the police raided the B&B where he was living. They closed it down and threw everyone out with no arrangements for alternative accommodation, so he became homeless and has been homeless ever since.
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When your past finally catches up, what do you do? What do you do?
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
When your past finally catches up, what do you do? What do you do?
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
When the record shows you voted against every measure meant to help working people—what do you do? What do you do?
When stories about your ties to Russia won’t disappear, what do you do? What do you do?🤨👇
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Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'