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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Feel like he’s breaking the 4th wall bc he realized this is kinda f’d up
Richard scarry image of pigs eating hot dogs
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
We need urgent DEYANKIFICATION in the UK to end our dependence on the Fascistic Trump regime! @ukstoptrump.bsky.social
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The world's richest 0.1% took just three days to exhaust their annual carbon budget The UK’s richest 1% produced more carbon pollution in eight days than the poorest 50% used in a year. We can't afford the rich - they produce corruption, poverty, environmental degradation; destroy democracy.
theguardian.com
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
So disappointed to see the usual early exit of black and brown contestants in the latest series of The Traitors. It's so painfully obvious but no one seems to reflect on it. Glad at least one person is talking about it in the media. We need a bigger discussion. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
independent.co.uk
People of colour keep leaving Traitors early. We need to talk about why
Yet again, minority ethnic players are being booted off in the early stages of ‘The Traitors’. Micha Frazer-Carroll looks at why this is becoming a bleakly predictable pattern
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
My daughter has stopped saying now. I'm hopeful it's over.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I loved the film when I was young. One of those films you watch on repeat in childhood because you'd taped it off the TV.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I thought the top ones were Jaffa cakes.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I'm reading this right now and am loving it.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
She seems to have mostly been replaced by Stewart Lee on that show.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
This one ticks all the boxes.
Photo from 1980s children's BBC series Maid Maria And Her Merry Men
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Jelena @jelenawrites.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Roses are red, Sunlight is bright
BBC headline "pig tempted out of ditch with Turkish delight"
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Another day of scratching my head til it bleeds trying to work out who is controlling this Labour government - today’s preposterous replies to questions on abducting a President to gain control of oil is typical of a party that seemed to pretend they’d never heard of Mamdani when he won in New York
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
I should have realised when they deselected good candidates right before the election.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Darren Jones saying repeatedly the Labour Government won't comment on a hypothetical. It's not hypothetical - Trump is saying very loudly repeatedly what he's done and boasting about it. And yet the UK Government won't even say it's a breach of international rules. Shameful.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Not one word of condemnation by our government of Trump's illegal act of war in Venezuela. Not one word.
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
All it takes for evil to thrive is for mediocre world leaders to say “I’d rather not say”
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Same.
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Durrell @durrell.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised. Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken. Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn. Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
theguardian.com
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
...that's my traditional Christmas greeting
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Schieße den Fenster
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
This is disgusting: water companies have been dumping toxic sewage sludge on UK farms. This sludge is polluting our rivers and contaminating the soil that grows our food. We need the government to clamp down on this immediately. Will you join me in signing this petition? act.gp/4kMJRuy
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Sign the petition
Water companies MUST pay to fix their mess and stop contaminating our soil!
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
As a former police officer, who had to watch the courts allow very violent people out on bail, why she and the others are on remand and not on bail is unbelievable.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Finally the answer to why my skin was so dry when I worked in a book shop. Also, the paper cuts....so so many.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
It's AI....see Snopes.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Is it wrong that I'd actually buy this?
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
I say this all the time...so glad someone else agrees!
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I was hoping someone would have already posted up some Lois Duncan. I was obsessed with her books at school.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
What a novel.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Way way too young. I read the whole series at my grandma's one summer. Maybe books should come with an age rating.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
In the UK a lot of people use the word "trump" to mean a fart. My children think it's hilarious that there is a President Fart.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Woohoo!
Very heavy rain predicted in London this week.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Balmy
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
It was quite nice today actually.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
I was saying this in my head as I read it.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
That's called being British. Except for the first one, that's way too personal.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
MPs should be barred from having second jobs. They should also be barred from investing in stocks and shares (other than generic ISA funds etc.). That would stop those wishing to exploit the system becoming an MP and encourage those that want to only be public servants. Does any party support this?
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Ditto with the Simon Schama
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Yeah in the UK he'd be considered a light to average drinker.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Two of my favourite literary characters: Cayce Pollard and Oedipa Maas. I wonder what they would make of each other?
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
She's playing the Royal Albert Hall! I saw her play there a fair few years ago and of course it was incredible.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
More context in this article. First and second cousin marriages in the UK are predominantly within the Pakistani community. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Cousin marriage: The new evidence about children's ill health
A major study has found first cousin-parentage may have wider consequences than previously thought.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I've been saying for years, the reason why people like Farage, Johnson and Trump became so powerful is because they made "good TV" or were easy to write about. It's true that there is no bad publicity. It's why the western world is the way it is now, sacrificed for better ratings.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
I'm in the UK and the very early report I read at the time (it was either the BBC or the Guardian I think) said that he'd been cut by glass but then it was never mentioned again.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I still have mine after 27 years. I use it when I can't be bothered to spell out my usual email address. Being so old it's only four letters...that's email gold right there.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Other than writing to our MPs what can we do?
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
You could look at dates from London, UK. We've had a congestion charge since 2003
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Agree. It is interesting how he shows absolutely no emotion when he's speaking.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
My 11 year old son has recently diagnosed with autism and it has really helped him understand why he is the way he is. He has been excited to let everyone know. I can tell how much it means to him as he rarely speaks about himself to others.
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claregestalt.bsky.social @claregestalt.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Yes you are right I went by myself. It was quite uncomfortable but not too bad. Hope the surgery goes well.
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