@secrettrekkie.bsky.social
Roller derby player in training mostly falling over and crashing into things 😅
Loves Star Trek
Very much a lefty
I love electric cars “except Tesla’s 🤢🤮” Currently own an electric ID. Buzz and Fiat 500e ⚡️
2 kids Odin & Freja
Sheffield, UK
Loves Star Trek
Very much a lefty
I love electric cars “except Tesla’s 🤢🤮” Currently own an electric ID. Buzz and Fiat 500e ⚡️
2 kids Odin & Freja
Sheffield, UK
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
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Thousands of speeding fines could be cancelled after ‘technical issue’
Thousands of speeding fines could be cancelled after ‘technical issue’
A software update is thought to have created a problem with some variable speed cameras, meaning motorists were incorrectly penalised
Thousands of speeding fines could be cancelled after a “technical issue” triggered some speed cameras in England to incorrectly penalise motorists.
National Highways has apologised for the error, which meant a “very small number” of drivers had been wrongly fined since 2021. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Thousands of speeding fines could be cancelled after ‘technical issue’
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After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
After taking over housing and healthcare, private equity is now buying up software used by volunteer fire departments — making it even harder for rural communities to respond to emergencies.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
The only winners from private equity's price-gouging spree are wealthy investors.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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"The traditional image of land ownership in Scotland is one of a tweed-clad laird with their wealthy friends, hunting, shooting and fishing on a sprawling heather covered moors. Who Owns Scotland website reports that half of Scotland’s rural land is owned by just 432 landowners."
Community Land Scotland launches their 2026 manifesto
Scotland goes to the polls in 2026, and Community Land Scotland reminds all aspiring MSPs that Scotland faces multiple and overlapping issues
bylines.scot
December 2, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"The traditional image of land ownership in Scotland is one of a tweed-clad laird with their wealthy friends, hunting, shooting and fishing on a sprawling heather covered moors. Who Owns Scotland website reports that half of Scotland’s rural land is owned by just 432 landowners."
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The CEO of Google admits that Google search provides more accurate information that the company’s AI.
He acknowledges that Google search is "more grounded in providing accurate information."
He acknowledges that Google search is "more grounded in providing accurate information."
December 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The CEO of Google admits that Google search provides more accurate information that the company’s AI.
He acknowledges that Google search is "more grounded in providing accurate information."
He acknowledges that Google search is "more grounded in providing accurate information."
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Is this snowman on the nice list?
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Is this snowman on the nice list?
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These space suits from Star Trek ToS effin rule!
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
These space suits from Star Trek ToS effin rule!
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Are you shopping Amazon, Target, or Home Depot today? Read this first.
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...
Are you shopping Amazon, Target, or Home Depot today? Read this first.
We’re joining a nationwide Cyber Monday boycott. Here’s why we’re skipping Amazon, Target, and Home Depot and what to do instead.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Are you shopping Amazon, Target, or Home Depot today? Read this first.
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...
open.substack.com/pub/50501/p/...
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Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.
I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
October 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Early voting is underway for Prop 50 in California.
I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
I urge anyone in the state to vote yes.
This isn’t a race to the bottom. It’s a means of avoiding the bottom. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-blue-states-should-do-when-red
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
October 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
ICE will reportedly hire contractors to surveil social media platforms 24/7 to target people for deportations.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
The information would then be funneled into an existing ICE database built by Palantir (founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel).
"The party of small government,” folks.
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British passport holders – as well as other “third-country nationals”, from US, Canada, Australia & elsewhere – are about to become subject to European Union’s digitalentry-exit system (EES) from Sun 12 Oct
All you need to know about handling the Schengen area entry-exit system
All you need to know about handling the Schengen area entry-exit system
I am travelling to the EU on or after 12 October. What is changing?
All you need to know about handling the Schengen area entry-exit system
www.independent.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 8:24 AM
British passport holders – as well as other “third-country nationals”, from US, Canada, Australia & elsewhere – are about to become subject to European Union’s digitalentry-exit system (EES) from Sun 12 Oct
All you need to know about handling the Schengen area entry-exit system
All you need to know about handling the Schengen area entry-exit system
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The fake patriots always attack London. They say there’s ’no go areas’. They same it’s ’crime ridden’ - It’s not. They just hate the fact it’s hugely diverse and its mayor happens to be a British Muslim
Data from the Office of National Statistics shows Londoners are less likely to be violent crime victims (26.4 offences per 1,000 pop) than the rest of England & Wales (31.9 offences). Violent crime has fallen in every London borough in the past year.
September 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The fake patriots always attack London. They say there’s ’no go areas’. They same it’s ’crime ridden’ - It’s not. They just hate the fact it’s hugely diverse and its mayor happens to be a British Muslim
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The global shift toward renewable energy is challenging current power structures. Renewable energy resources promise to become the new basis for geopolitical influence. #auspol #renewables #geopolitics
Goodbye petrostates, hello ‘electrostates’: How the clean energy shift is reshaping the world order
For more than a century, global geopolitics has revolved around oil and gas. Countries with big fossil fuel reserves, such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, have amassed significant wealth and foreign influence, helping shape the world order.
johnmenadue.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The global shift toward renewable energy is challenging current power structures. Renewable energy resources promise to become the new basis for geopolitical influence. #auspol #renewables #geopolitics
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Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!
September 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!
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Oregon Governor Tina Kotek in Portland: "I will not be approving utilization of the Oregon national Guard. The President does not have the authority to deploy federal troops on State soil."
September 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek in Portland: "I will not be approving utilization of the Oregon national Guard. The President does not have the authority to deploy federal troops on State soil."
September 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Starbucks is closing stores and cutting 900 jobs in a restructuring move.
1,100 jobs were slashed earlier this year.
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
1,100 jobs were slashed earlier this year.
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
September 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Starbucks is closing stores and cutting 900 jobs in a restructuring move.
1,100 jobs were slashed earlier this year.
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
1,100 jobs were slashed earlier this year.
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
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#Privatisation - a few profit and the rest of us pay. And only those few - and their agents - could possibly _still_ be promoting it
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Fears of new PFI-style ‘disaster’ as firms handed £6m to advise on using private funds for NHS clinics
Exclusive: Consultants and lawyers hired to advise on using public-private partnerships to build ‘neighbourhood health centres’ in England
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#Privatisation - a few profit and the rest of us pay. And only those few - and their agents - could possibly _still_ be promoting it
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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No. No they should not. And California has had it with unaccountable, anonymous federal officers.
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
No. No they should not. And California has had it with unaccountable, anonymous federal officers.
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👏👏 Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has told Sir Keir Starmer it is “time to look at rejoining” the EU to ease the country’s economic woes and get a grip on small boat crisis.
Kinnock, led Labour 1983 to 1992, said UK could no longer afford the “huge self-inflicted losses” created by leaving EU
Kinnock, led Labour 1983 to 1992, said UK could no longer afford the “huge self-inflicted losses” created by leaving EU
Kinnock tells Starmer to consider rejoining the EU to tackle small boats crisis
Lord Kinnock says he understand it would not be easy but ‘if we really want sustained economic growth, we have to be part of a body of the single market with our nearest neighbours’
www.independent.co.uk
September 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
👏👏 Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock has told Sir Keir Starmer it is “time to look at rejoining” the EU to ease the country’s economic woes and get a grip on small boat crisis.
Kinnock, led Labour 1983 to 1992, said UK could no longer afford the “huge self-inflicted losses” created by leaving EU
Kinnock, led Labour 1983 to 1992, said UK could no longer afford the “huge self-inflicted losses” created by leaving EU
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Celebrities including Cillian Murphy, Joaquin Phoenix, Steve Coogan, Billie Eilish, Finneas and Peter Gabriel are holding a Benefit tonight at 7pm for Palestine at OVO Wembly Arena.
Free Palestine, end the Genocide.
Free Palestine, end the Genocide.
September 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Celebrities including Cillian Murphy, Joaquin Phoenix, Steve Coogan, Billie Eilish, Finneas and Peter Gabriel are holding a Benefit tonight at 7pm for Palestine at OVO Wembly Arena.
Free Palestine, end the Genocide.
Free Palestine, end the Genocide.