Ruth
@ruthybeth12.bsky.social
60, fed up & foul-mouthed. Scouser exiled in Manc. Wife. Mother. Friend. #LFC #JFT97 #GenX #Music #Veggie #AmWriting #AmReading. I miss the seaside 🦀
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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…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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…
🧵1/9
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Pencil Sharpeners Throughout History
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Pencil Sharpeners Throughout History
I nabbed these from my parents’ empty house before my sisters clear everything out. My mother bought them in the 70s. A bit of research and it seems that they’re #Embroidered #CigaretteCards from the 1930s!
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I nabbed these from my parents’ empty house before my sisters clear everything out. My mother bought them in the 70s. A bit of research and it seems that they’re #Embroidered #CigaretteCards from the 1930s!
STOP PAINTING EVERYTHING GREY YOU DULL, TASTELESS TOSSERS
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
STOP PAINTING EVERYTHING GREY YOU DULL, TASTELESS TOSSERS
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The Telegraph is worried that feeding themselves is a blue tit's personal responsibility and that feeding the creates dependency, removing the incentive for birds to work and improve themselves, and thus perpetuate the problem of hunger amongst blue tits
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The Telegraph is worried that feeding themselves is a blue tit's personal responsibility and that feeding the creates dependency, removing the incentive for birds to work and improve themselves, and thus perpetuate the problem of hunger amongst blue tits
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
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Art history A-level is extinct in Scotland and Wales and nearly extinct in England. The UK has the third-biggest art market in the world ($11bn-ish), if you need a business case to prove its value.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Art history A-level is extinct in Scotland and Wales and nearly extinct in England. The UK has the third-biggest art market in the world ($11bn-ish), if you need a business case to prove its value.
Funnily enough, both my grandmothers divorced both my grandfathers! And the one I remember had a lovely time aftewards!
Do you have a divorce in your family tree? Historically, Britain's divorce laws were complex and usually biased against women. However, some couples did obtain a divorce. Here's how to find your ancestors' divorce records:
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Funnily enough, both my grandmothers divorced both my grandfathers! And the one I remember had a lovely time aftewards!
FFS
a judge sitting in front of an american flag
Alt: a judge sitting in front of an american flag
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
FFS
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Moving back from the country due to a previously undiagnosed peach allergy
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Moving back from the country due to a previously undiagnosed peach allergy
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some of the budget reaction says that if people get a pay rise it pushes inflation up and ruins businesses.
But, curiously, this apparently obvious law of economics only applies to the poor and the young.
Better-off and older people can get richer without any problem at all.
But, curiously, this apparently obvious law of economics only applies to the poor and the young.
Better-off and older people can get richer without any problem at all.
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
some of the budget reaction says that if people get a pay rise it pushes inflation up and ruins businesses.
But, curiously, this apparently obvious law of economics only applies to the poor and the young.
Better-off and older people can get richer without any problem at all.
But, curiously, this apparently obvious law of economics only applies to the poor and the young.
Better-off and older people can get richer without any problem at all.
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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Just seen a reel of an American eating a Chocolate Orange by just…..biting into it. Like an apple.
I need a lie down.
I need a lie down.
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Just seen a reel of an American eating a Chocolate Orange by just…..biting into it. Like an apple.
I need a lie down.
I need a lie down.
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There is a startling level of cultural illiteracy involved in complaining that a school's Christmas play has a plot about refugees from the Middle East. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Inverness school's Christmas show cancelled after 'racist' abuse
Highland Council says some of the online messages were directed at staff at the primary.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There is a startling level of cultural illiteracy involved in complaining that a school's Christmas play has a plot about refugees from the Middle East. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
That hideous man was just on my telly again! 😡
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
That hideous man was just on my telly again! 😡
Imagine building a machine that's burning the world just so you can get it to insult people on your behalf 🤷♀️
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Imagine building a machine that's burning the world just so you can get it to insult people on your behalf 🤷♀️
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Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Vingt rues de Paris avant / après en une minute
Another day, another stew and dumplings!
It’s DrK’s 60th birthday today so this is a special one, just for him.
It’s DrK’s 60th birthday today so this is a special one, just for him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Another day, another stew and dumplings!
It’s DrK’s 60th birthday today so this is a special one, just for him.
It’s DrK’s 60th birthday today so this is a special one, just for him.
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