Rachel 🛼
@raegun.bsky.social
a hag for all seasons
ADHD, roller skating, libraries, waging eternal war against First Buses Leeds
ADHD, roller skating, libraries, waging eternal war against First Buses Leeds
Not sure what it says about the quality of my hangovers these days that my first reaction to this was "want that" despite having been vegetarian for ~25 years & finding McDonald's generally repulsive 😔
Finally, Trump's diet! Oh my god. The piece closes with RNC Chair Joe Gruters saying he was "shocked" to witness Trump eat "french fries, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger, a Big Mac and a Filet-O-Fish" in one sitting (5/6)
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Not sure what it says about the quality of my hangovers these days that my first reaction to this was "want that" despite having been vegetarian for ~25 years & finding McDonald's generally repulsive 😔
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it’s all i’ve got
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
it’s all i’ve got
Tim is seeing in the new year with a rerun of September's WORLD TRAM DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP on YouTube & he's getting very excited about it all and I love him a very stupid amount
January 1, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Tim is seeing in the new year with a rerun of September's WORLD TRAM DRIVER CHAMPIONSHIP on YouTube & he's getting very excited about it all and I love him a very stupid amount
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Calls for individuals to be stripped of their citizenship to protect public safety are going to turn into calls for entire sections of the populace to get the same treatment so fast, it will make your head spin.
December 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Calls for individuals to be stripped of their citizenship to protect public safety are going to turn into calls for entire sections of the populace to get the same treatment so fast, it will make your head spin.
Bf has put on the Ridley Scott Robin Hood and it's basically A Knight's Tale Gone Boring, isn't it
December 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Bf has put on the Ridley Scott Robin Hood and it's basically A Knight's Tale Gone Boring, isn't it
Managed to get through making Christmas lunch with the chronic back pain, but got overwhelmed by it before we'd finished eating. Has taken over most of my afternoon/evening, as is becoming the norm. 6 months since 1st physio appt, pain is worsening and no one can tell me what's wrong.
December 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Managed to get through making Christmas lunch with the chronic back pain, but got overwhelmed by it before we'd finished eating. Has taken over most of my afternoon/evening, as is becoming the norm. 6 months since 1st physio appt, pain is worsening and no one can tell me what's wrong.
God bless our local microbakery and their decision to do Xmas eve croissants and mince pies. Look at these beauties.
December 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
God bless our local microbakery and their decision to do Xmas eve croissants and mince pies. Look at these beauties.
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The problem is not any specific words, phrases, flags or symbols. The problem is saying truthfully that successive British governments have been complicit in genocide. There is no way you can say that will ever be acceptable and we will always get exactly this response, no matter what we do.
December 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The problem is not any specific words, phrases, flags or symbols. The problem is saying truthfully that successive British governments have been complicit in genocide. There is no way you can say that will ever be acceptable and we will always get exactly this response, no matter what we do.
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Frankly this doesn’t pass the smell test at a moment when the government is literally considering excluding the term “Islamophobia” from its definition of “anti-Muslim hatred” (against the opinion of the APPG on British Muslims among many others)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Frankly this doesn’t pass the smell test at a moment when the government is literally considering excluding the term “Islamophobia” from its definition of “anti-Muslim hatred” (against the opinion of the APPG on British Muslims among many others)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.
I was seven when we moved up here, adults were all excited about vague plans for trams, then disruption to our bus route along Hunslet Rd as the prep work was done. Then splat, fuck off, you get nothing. The the bendy buses, then the Trolleybus campaign. Then this. I'll be forty next year.
Remember when HS2 to Leeds was cancelled by the NIC's shitty maths and fundamental lack of expertise, and Leeds was thrown the bone of "you'll get trams" and I said those would never be delivered?
Yeah, as I was saying...
Yeah, as I was saying...
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I was seven when we moved up here, adults were all excited about vague plans for trams, then disruption to our bus route along Hunslet Rd as the prep work was done. Then splat, fuck off, you get nothing. The the bendy buses, then the Trolleybus campaign. Then this. I'll be forty next year.
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If I were the Greens and Brabin tried to defect I'd tell her to sling her fucking hook as she's done bugger all.
What's more interesting here is how furious a source or two of mine says Brabin was and is with Alexander. I need all of that juice in my ears, because if I was her I'd instantly defect to the Greens. This is an utter betrayal that isn't dampened by its inevitability.
December 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
If I were the Greens and Brabin tried to defect I'd tell her to sling her fucking hook as she's done bugger all.
Waking up this morning to the Leeds tram news
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Waking up this morning to the Leeds tram news
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I’d urge you to consider just how extreme a person’s views would have to be, for them to stand up and tell a crowd “I went to genocidal fascism Disneyland, and I was blown away by all the freedom and equality” in 2025.
December 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I’d urge you to consider just how extreme a person’s views would have to be, for them to stand up and tell a crowd “I went to genocidal fascism Disneyland, and I was blown away by all the freedom and equality” in 2025.
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Yes, again, none of “democracy or freedom and equality” are compatible with systematically destroying a subject populace of non-people who have no rights, that you have conquered and now rule over and murder with total impunity.
December 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Yes, again, none of “democracy or freedom and equality” are compatible with systematically destroying a subject populace of non-people who have no rights, that you have conquered and now rule over and murder with total impunity.
Signed off Elvanse titration today. Five years since first referral but we got here. Hasn't been a radical transformation but it's created enough of a shift to make space for some actual functioning and habit-building. Wesley Streeting eat my dust.
December 8, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Signed off Elvanse titration today. Five years since first referral but we got here. Hasn't been a radical transformation but it's created enough of a shift to make space for some actual functioning and habit-building. Wesley Streeting eat my dust.
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An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1
April 2025
www.england.nhs.uk
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...
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you know what the sharp end of "mental health" is? suicide. society seems to want to pretend it's having blue hair and feeling a bit sad or whatever but this is life and death and he's going to lean on the scales towards death
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
you know what the sharp end of "mental health" is? suicide. society seems to want to pretend it's having blue hair and feeling a bit sad or whatever but this is life and death and he's going to lean on the scales towards death
Vibes-based healthcare planning, that'll do it Wesley.
Considering Streeting's well stated belief autism, ADHD etc, along with mental health issues, are "overdiagnosed", I won't hold my breath for this doing anything other than being used to cut support, along with opportunities for diagnosis, for people who need it. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Streeting orders review into mental health and ADHD diagnosis
The health secretary said the aim was to tackle a rising demand for services and the increased pressure on the NHS.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Vibes-based healthcare planning, that'll do it Wesley.
A fella with lower limb loss started coming to local roller skating classes, he got pretty good! No idea if he receives PIP but very obvious that being able to move in a specific way in a specific context for a limited amount of time tells you bog all about day-to-day functioning
The guy's literally got one leg, but that's apparently one too many for the DWP to consider him disabled www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-fi...
DWP demands £36k PIP back from one-legged dad filmed playing cricket
Shaun Rigby lost a leg when he was a child
www.mirror.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
A fella with lower limb loss started coming to local roller skating classes, he got pretty good! No idea if he receives PIP but very obvious that being able to move in a specific way in a specific context for a limited amount of time tells you bog all about day-to-day functioning
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Disgraced former anti corruption minister Tulip Siddiq saying her trial in Bangladesh was unfair as it was heard by one judge lmfao
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Disgraced former anti corruption minister Tulip Siddiq saying her trial in Bangladesh was unfair as it was heard by one judge lmfao
Made the mistake showing this to my other half just before bed last night, now bog-eyed from lack of sleep after the red mist & ranting took over us both til long past bedtime. My primary school teachers would have pulled me in for A Chat in like Year 3 for shit like this.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Made the mistake showing this to my other half just before bed last night, now bog-eyed from lack of sleep after the red mist & ranting took over us both til long past bedtime. My primary school teachers would have pulled me in for A Chat in like Year 3 for shit like this.
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Gotta say, having lived through the 2010-2024 period where Rachel Reeves was one of those opposition politicians that gets treated by the media like some great lost cause, an incredible talent wasted by mediocre rivals, this whole 'I've been underestimated my whole life' bit is ... weird?
“I’ll show the media, I’ll show the Tories, I’ll not let them beat me. I’ll be there on Wednesday, I’ll be there next year & I’ll be back the year after that” - Rachel Reeves urges Labour MPs to back budget @jessicaelgot.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves urges Labour MPs to back her make-or-break budget
Chancellor tells parliamentary party they might not like every measure but promises budget will be ‘fair’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Gotta say, having lived through the 2010-2024 period where Rachel Reeves was one of those opposition politicians that gets treated by the media like some great lost cause, an incredible talent wasted by mediocre rivals, this whole 'I've been underestimated my whole life' bit is ... weird?
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Absolutely embarrassing to be making this case as the bubble is set to burst and after the release of studies showing that using AI makes you learn less, but maybe I am just mad that the plagerism machine stole all my work.
NEW on Wonkhe: There are legitimate use-cases for AI that deliver efficiency, but for Nick Jennings and Sam Grogan the real prize is active development of AI learning partnership skills buff.ly/UriccMh
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Absolutely embarrassing to be making this case as the bubble is set to burst and after the release of studies showing that using AI makes you learn less, but maybe I am just mad that the plagerism machine stole all my work.
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Remember the rule, folks – if it's outside a politician's home, it's "toxic behaviour", but if it's outside a so-called 'asylum hotel' it's a "reasonable concern" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 5, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Remember the rule, folks – if it's outside a politician's home, it's "toxic behaviour", but if it's outside a so-called 'asylum hotel' it's a "reasonable concern" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...