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Hey BlueSky, especially #science peeps. Looking for Xmas gifts for the 12yr old. He loves his circuit kit and reading nonfiction. Are there good engineering/electrics reference books out there? He does uni-level maths with his dad, so they can be complex..more about the tone being engaging?
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hey BlueSky, especially #science peeps. Looking for Xmas gifts for the 12yr old. He loves his circuit kit and reading nonfiction. Are there good engineering/electrics reference books out there? He does uni-level maths with his dad, so they can be complex..more about the tone being engaging?
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
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November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Some Brits protest hotel refugees, others hold Santa grotto's for their kids...
This is my friend Suzi. If you can help her Mum with this event, please do:
This is my friend Suzi. If you can help her Mum with this event, please do:
My mum is President of a local Rotary Club & she’s holding a Santa’s grotto for the 250 children of a hotel housing refugees. They need help fundraising. If you’d like to help you can donate with this info:
Business Name: Rotary Benevolent
Sort: 30-97-17
Acc No: 39241560
Ref: Refugees Presents
Business Name: Rotary Benevolent
Sort: 30-97-17
Acc No: 39241560
Ref: Refugees Presents
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Some Brits protest hotel refugees, others hold Santa grotto's for their kids...
This is my friend Suzi. If you can help her Mum with this event, please do:
This is my friend Suzi. If you can help her Mum with this event, please do:
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This started pretty much immediately, I have already heard several examples, as well as people looking to withdraw change of conditions applications and decideling not to apply. Families will be left destitute
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement
A low-paid carer from Ghana has cancelled all the benefits she is legally entitled to, including the disability allowance one of her children receives, owing to fears about her immigration status after the policy changes announced by the home secretary.
The radical changes to legal migration announced by Shabana Mahmood on 20 November will penalise those who are living and working legally in the UK, but who claim benefits. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This started pretty much immediately, I have already heard several examples, as well as people looking to withdraw change of conditions applications and decideling not to apply. Families will be left destitute
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EXC: Denmark's hardline asylum policy has led to more racism and a surge in support for the far-right, Danish politicians say. They urged the UK to drop plans to copy it, warning it only encouraged even worse attitudes towards immigrants
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
www.mirror.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
EXC: Denmark's hardline asylum policy has led to more racism and a surge in support for the far-right, Danish politicians say. They urged the UK to drop plans to copy it, warning it only encouraged even worse attitudes towards immigrants
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 AM
It's also an example of the underlying problem being the same cruelty that they now think will solve it!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
The reason for expensive taxis is that they restricted bus travel to appease the same people!
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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Somewhat more urgently requesting signal boosts and testimonials this round, as my unemployment officially ran out today; and I continue to send out job applications like letters in bottles, with roughly the same rate of response.
WRITERS! Want to troubleshoot, level up your work or learn a new medium? Bring joy back to your writing practice or come back from burnout?
I have openings for coaching clients! Drop a line to jay.edidin(at)gmail(dot)com with the subject COACHING QUERY for a free consultation!
I have openings for coaching clients! Drop a line to jay.edidin(at)gmail(dot)com with the subject COACHING QUERY for a free consultation!
Coaching for Writers
Want to troubleshoot a sticky project? Level up your work or learn to tell stories in a new medium? Bring joy back to your writing practice, push past a block, or come back from burnout? Establish …
edidin.wordpress.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Somewhat more urgently requesting signal boosts and testimonials this round, as my unemployment officially ran out today; and I continue to send out job applications like letters in bottles, with roughly the same rate of response.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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We are live!!!
www.youtube.com/live/cdXYY8y...
www.youtube.com/live/cdXYY8y...
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We are live!!!
www.youtube.com/live/cdXYY8y...
www.youtube.com/live/cdXYY8y...
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- COMMISSIONS OPEN -
I offer a lot of YCH including the autism creature, sickos, custom clippy, and a custom emote
Thank you so much for the support!
ko-fi.com/kannaistvar/...
I offer a lot of YCH including the autism creature, sickos, custom clippy, and a custom emote
Thank you so much for the support!
ko-fi.com/kannaistvar/...
October 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
- COMMISSIONS OPEN -
I offer a lot of YCH including the autism creature, sickos, custom clippy, and a custom emote
Thank you so much for the support!
ko-fi.com/kannaistvar/...
I offer a lot of YCH including the autism creature, sickos, custom clippy, and a custom emote
Thank you so much for the support!
ko-fi.com/kannaistvar/...
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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Does anyone know of an artist who has closable realistic ceramic cardboard boxes for sale? Something that looks exactly like a cardboard box but made of clay, has a top, and is actually for sale - not a long ago gallery show or whatever.
Looking for specific leads pls, not "did u try etsy/google".
Looking for specific leads pls, not "did u try etsy/google".
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Does anyone know of an artist who has closable realistic ceramic cardboard boxes for sale? Something that looks exactly like a cardboard box but made of clay, has a top, and is actually for sale - not a long ago gallery show or whatever.
Looking for specific leads pls, not "did u try etsy/google".
Looking for specific leads pls, not "did u try etsy/google".
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🩵 🩷 🤍 TRANS MISSION 🤍 🩷 🩵
We’re incredibly excited for the announcement of Trans Mission!
A solidarity concert for one night only, with an amazing lineup, raising funds for us and Not A Phase – sign up for tickets here 👇 ✨
https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
We’re incredibly excited for the announcement of Trans Mission!
A solidarity concert for one night only, with an amazing lineup, raising funds for us and Not A Phase – sign up for tickets here 👇 ✨
https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🩵 🩷 🤍 TRANS MISSION 🤍 🩷 🩵
We’re incredibly excited for the announcement of Trans Mission!
A solidarity concert for one night only, with an amazing lineup, raising funds for us and Not A Phase – sign up for tickets here 👇 ✨
https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
We’re incredibly excited for the announcement of Trans Mission!
A solidarity concert for one night only, with an amazing lineup, raising funds for us and Not A Phase – sign up for tickets here 👇 ✨
https://www.transmissionlive.uk/
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A laser-like focus on growth you say?
bsky.app/profile/jdpo...
bsky.app/profile/jdpo...
One big risk to the OBR forecasts has already materialised -migration is falling more quickly than their projections and that will hit growth and tax revenue.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration drops sharply to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration fell by around two-thirds - from 649,000 in the year to June 2024 to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A laser-like focus on growth you say?
bsky.app/profile/jdpo...
bsky.app/profile/jdpo...
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Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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artists -
I feel a bit like I'm stagnating. have any of you ever bought a course from Proko? are they worth the money?
I feel a bit like I'm stagnating. have any of you ever bought a course from Proko? are they worth the money?
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
artists -
I feel a bit like I'm stagnating. have any of you ever bought a course from Proko? are they worth the money?
I feel a bit like I'm stagnating. have any of you ever bought a course from Proko? are they worth the money?
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“Benefit fraud is tiny in relation to the absolute spend; back office paper pushers are actually absolutely necessary to free up user-facing staff; most decisions governments make are generally a trade off”
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“Benefit fraud is tiny in relation to the absolute spend; back office paper pushers are actually absolutely necessary to free up user-facing staff; most decisions governments make are generally a trade off”
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Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
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Today @rutgerbregman.com posted a transcript of his Reith Lecture showing that the version that BBC aired removed the line about Trump's world-historical corruption.
BBC emailed me: "we made the decision to remove one sentence from the lecture on legal advice.”
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC emailed me: "we made the decision to remove one sentence from the lecture on legal advice.”
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Today @rutgerbregman.com posted a transcript of his Reith Lecture showing that the version that BBC aired removed the line about Trump's world-historical corruption.
BBC emailed me: "we made the decision to remove one sentence from the lecture on legal advice.”
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC emailed me: "we made the decision to remove one sentence from the lecture on legal advice.”
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
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🎁 For this holiday season, consider gifting COLOR TASTE TEXTURE! It’s a great primer for people of all ages with little to no experience cooking. If you have some neurodivergent friends and family, or parents of littles, they might love this! It’s not just a cookbook, it’s a new approach to food. 🎁
I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.
Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
🎁 For this holiday season, consider gifting COLOR TASTE TEXTURE! It’s a great primer for people of all ages with little to no experience cooking. If you have some neurodivergent friends and family, or parents of littles, they might love this! It’s not just a cookbook, it’s a new approach to food. 🎁
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Just got fired from the job I've been at for over 5 years because the new owners' profits are down 30%✌️surely I was the problem
Anyways, if anyone needs a commission, I've got a lot more free time
Anyways, if anyone needs a commission, I've got a lot more free time
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Just got fired from the job I've been at for over 5 years because the new owners' profits are down 30%✌️surely I was the problem
Anyways, if anyone needs a commission, I've got a lot more free time
Anyways, if anyone needs a commission, I've got a lot more free time