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DianeRay

@dianeray.bsky.social
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Eighty years old...Not ga-ga yet, but working on it. Sorry but no DMs. I won't answer them....

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 09/01/2025
Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 25% (-1) RFM: 25% (=) CON: 20% (-3) GRN: 11% (+2) LDM: 11% (=) Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 8 Jan. Changes w/ 11 Dec.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Dear God, they really should've sorted this and got rid of her. The problem isn't that she's Brexiter. It's that she's an idiot.
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Emma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Know all these Tories screaming about a second public inquiry? It’s a racist dog whistle. They know full well there’s already been an inquiry, it ran for 7 years, cost £200m and the Tory govt didn’t implement a single recommendation. So that’s what you remind them every time they lie.
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Nanny Ogg @nanny-ogg.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
'Isn't that nice? The supermarket built a special little carport, especially for me!'
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Please please let this end up in court. Please.
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Esheru @esherukweku.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I love Scousers
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/12/2024
‘The woman was frantic – it hadn’t eaten or pooed’: what happened when a hat bobble was brought to a hedgehog rescue centre?
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‘The woman was frantic – it hadn’t eaten or pooed’: what happened when a hat bobble was brought to a hedgehog rescue centre?
The good Samaritan’s error became a viral sensation. Now, the charity says it needs support for our real prickly friends March 2024: a fever dream of Tory budgets, Princess of Wales conspiracy theories and, er, hedgehogs that turned out to be hat…
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Liverpool ECHO @liverpoolecho.co.uk · 31/12/2024
Perfect walks to blow away the cobwebs www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/rev...
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I live on the Wirral & here are my favourite New Year's Day walks
It's perfect for getting rid of a hangover
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/12/2024
Icelandic sheepdog, breed mentioned by Shakespeare, is a pedigree at last
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Icelandic sheepdog, breed mentioned by Shakespeare, is a pedigree at last
Kennel Club finally recognises breed believed to be more than 1,000 years old that featured in Icelandic Sagas A dog breed that was namechecked in one of William Shakespeare’s plays and is believed to be more than 1,000 years old is to be finally…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/12/2024
Killed women count: 80 women allegedly killed by men in UK in 2024
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Killed women count: 80 women allegedly killed by men in UK in 2024
Throughout the year, the Guardian aimed to report on every woman whose death has led to a man being charged Throughout 2024, the Guardian aimed to report on every woman allegedly killed by a man, drawing on the work of campaigns such as Counting Dead…
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HuffPost UK @huffpost.co.uk · 31/12/2024
"Delighted with the news about Sir Sadiq Khan. Olympic-level gammon trolling."
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Social Media Rushes To Sadiq Khan's Defence As Critics Slam His New Knighthood
"Delighted with the news about Sir Sadiq Khan. Olympic-level gammon trolling."
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 31/12/2024
"Lawyer up, Mark. Nobody is above the law. January 20th is coming."
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'Sounds like treason': MAGA attorney tells ex-Trump General Mark Milley to 'lawyer up'
A MAGA attorney who has threatened numerous foes of President-elect Donald Trump in recent months turned his gaze onto Gen. Mark Milley on Monday night — suggesting the former Trump administration off...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/12/2024
The famed Hogmanay street party on New Year’s Eve in Edinburgh was called off as forecasters warned of rain, strong winds and snow across Britain.
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New Year’s Eve Hogmanay Street Party Canceled in Edinburgh
The outdoor Hogmanay festivities were called off in Scotland’s capital as forecasters warned of rain, strong winds and snow across Britain.
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Manchester Evening News @manchestereveningnews.co.uk · 31/12/2024
From a bus revolution to George Galloway: The big political moments of 2024 in Greater Manchester
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The big political moments of 2024 in Greater Manchester
It's been a hell of year in politics. Here are the biggest moments for Greater Manchester.
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Metro UK @metro.co.uk · 31/12/2024
George Bush thought of the Iraq War as a ‘mission from God’, according to a top US official who tried to persuade Tony Blair to give the president a ‘dose of reality’.
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George Bush thought Iraq war was 'mission from God' and wanted to 'kick ass'
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Assigned Media @assignedmedia.org · 31/12/2024
BAPTIST NEWS [Dec 26] -- Publisher Mark Wingfield: "Taking away their rights & health care, shaming & scapegoating them—this is a death sentence. If you gave a damn you would speak up...If Jesus were among us today, he would be eating dinner with some trans folks..." [@rikiwilchins.bsky.social‬]
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What will it take for you to care about transgender people?
Of all the people justifiably living in fear of the incoming Trump administration, there is one group that stands out for its vulnerability and, to quote the late Tony Campolo, you don’t give a damn. ...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/12/2024
Arise Sir Sadiq Khan, and enjoy your knighthood. As for the Tories in a rage – ignore them | Hugh Muir
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Arise Sir Sadiq Khan, and enjoy your knighthood. As for the Tories in a rage – ignore them | Hugh Muir
There’s a very rightwing furore over the London mayor’s appearance on the new year honours list. But if not him, who? Let’s start with an impression. Move towards the window, shake your fist and yell “Aaaaargh”. Then “Waaaaaaaah!” Now scream…
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 31/12/2024
‘I could work every day of the week’: the life of a UK pet detective as thefts rise
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‘I could work every day of the week’: the life of a UK pet detective as thefts rise
Colin Butcher and his dog Molly are increasingly in demand as bereft owners hunt for missing cats and dogs On a chilly December morning, Colin Butcher and his dog, Molly, are on the streets of Haywards Heath in West Sussex. But Molly is not out for a…
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States Newsroom @statesnewsroom.com · 31/12/2024
Since the last legislative session, the Nevada cities of Reno, Las Vegas, Henderson and Sparks along with Clark, Washoe and Nye counties have passed or expanded various punitive measures to restrict where those experiencing homelessness can sleep or camp. Via @nevadacurrent.com
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Anti-homeless camping bans marked by procedural pitfalls and counterproductive criminalizing
Well before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal court ruling that prevented cities from punishing unhoused people and paved the way for a national rise in anti-homeless camping bans, Nevada l...
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 31/12/2024
"Those who think this is just a passing spat are ignoring a fundamental truth about the Silicon Valley plutocrats: They are a selfish bunch who have shown time and again that what interests them most is themselves."
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'Lost its lunch': Tech expert sees MAGA in panic after waking up to hostile takeover
Adam Lashinsky, a former executive editor at Fortune and the author of an insider book about Apple, has a warning for Trump supporters who are just waking up to the fact that their movement is facing ...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/12/2024
Thanks to the Republican Congress, and a tsunami of lies from Musk and others, the only US agency dedicated to tracking and exposing Russian and Chinese propaganda around the world ceases to exist www.france24.com/en/live-news...
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US agency focused on foreign disinformation shuts down
A leading US government agency that tracks foreign disinformation has terminated its operations, the State Department said Tuesday, after Congress failed to extend its funding following years of Repub...
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I posted something pushing back against the Carter-as-failed-president narrative yesterday, but in today's Cup of Coffee newsletter (which, if you're a baseball fan, you should definitely subscribe to) @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social put it much more eloquently than I did:
I think that's wrong. I think that Jimmy Carter set a pretty damn great example as a president. That's the case even if he lost in 1980 and even if we automatically default to casting losing politicians as failures.

Jimmy Carter was the last guy to lead this country who spoke to us like grownups. He was the last guy who unambiguously asked for at least some amount of shared sacrifice. He was the last president who did not accept the premise that government is the enemy of everyday people as opposed to the vehicle via which people manage their country and at least try to make each other's lives better. Even the three Democrats who have held the presidency since him have accepted that premise and have blown a lot of political capital on working around it in an effort not to offend the political right. Those three may have accomplished some things Carter never could have by doing so, but by catering to anti-government framing they, perversely, limited the ability of government to solve problems and improve people's lives by agreeing to Republicans' definition of what is and what is not acceptable for government to do.

I'm not going to go to the mat to defend the Carter presidency, as (a) it was certainly not wonderful; and (b) I know damn well that I won't convince more than a handful of people that anything matters in politics beyond "scoreboard." But I consider America being given the Crisis of Confidence speech specifically and being presented with Jimmy Carter's civic and moral example in general, only to abandon virtually everything about them wholesale, to be the point when Americans turned their backs on what truly made this country great. It was at that point that the country decided that it was not just OK but it was virtuous to be selfish and to reject even the suggestion of sacrifice. It was at that point in which our history of collective action and national unity was effectively discredited or even erased in favor of a myth of self-reliance and near reli…
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
JUST LAUNCHED! Help us to investigate the links between the private healthcare sector and MPs🚨, and to speak up for NHS patients and staff. EveryDoctor is working our socks off and we need your help please 🤞 www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-conti...
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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 29/12/2024
There’s a reason people generally feel like life is getting harder ifs.org.uk/living-stand...
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BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Raise your hand if you'd LOVE to see President Biden declare January 20th as "Jimmy Carter Remembrance Day," so that people could spend the day thinking about President Carter, and ignoring Felon 47.🤚💙 It would make a nice middle finger to trump on the way out the door.😏
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🅱️oofessor Killosk 👻🔪 @professorkiosk.wtf · 30/12/2024
they’ve mastered regrowing human teeth but not as fangs which is a grave oversight imo
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Tyron @tyron.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
look, it might well be a useful, revealing - perhaps even illuminating! - exercise asking councillors to give their party's MPs a score out of 0-100 on the left-right scale and revealing the average scores, but it's clearly not an actual analytical study of where their politics sit on that spectrum
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
2024 ends tomorrow. Here are this year’s gun violence stats for the US: Killed: 16,574 Injured: 31,403 Mass shootings: 529 School shootings: 112 (42 students/staff killed, 115+ wounded). It seems the right day to share this Jimmy Carter quote on gun violence & children, tragically still relevant👇
On children and gun violence
“Every day in the United States, seventeen children are killed by gunfire. That’s about 6,000 children each year who are killed by guns, as compared, for example, with about 3,000 a year who died at the height of the polio epidemic of the 1950s. We rose up as a society to fight against polio. Why do we not act more forcefully to halt today’s even greater scourge?”
– 1997 book, "Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith"
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 30/12/2024
"If the federal investigations demonstrate deep connections to China and Russia, the federal government should consider revoking Mr. Musk’s security clearance."
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Elon Musk deemed a 'national security risk' by retired general
A retired general is warning the Trump administration that X owner Elon Musk is a "national security risk" whose ties to the Chinese government cannot be overlooked.Writing in the New York Times, Ret....
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 30/12/2024
⚡ US to send $15 billion to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets, PM says. The United States will provide Ukraine with $15 billion, backed by future revenues from frozen Russian assets, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Dec. 30.
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US to send $15 billion to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets, PM says
The United States will provide Ukraine with $15 billion, backed by future revenues from frozen Russian assets, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Dec. 30.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 30/12/2024
“There’s no modern precedent for a faction of a president’s power base being led by someone as rich, mercurial and powerful as Musk with immediate access to a mighty social media network."
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'Mutual destruction': Analyst claims Trump now realizes dumping Musk would doom himself
President-elect Donald Trump and his billionaire sidekick Elon Musk have locked themselves into a partnership that would be almost impossible to break without mutual destruction, a CNN columnist wrote...
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Newsweek @newsweek.com · 30/12/2024
The German government said Elon Musk is trying to influence its upcoming election with his posts in support of a right-wing party.
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Germany says Elon Musk trying to influence election: 'Greatest nonsense'
Elon Musk has voiced support for the AfD and written an opinion piece for a German newspaper in recent days.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/12/2024
My friend Jimmy Carter will be remembered long after other presidents are forgotten. Here’s why | Gordon Brown
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My friend Jimmy Carter will be remembered long after other presidents are forgotten. Here’s why | Gordon Brown
His rise to the Oval Office was meteoric. But what he did afterwards set the standard for statesmanship and public service * Gordon Brown was UK prime minister from 2007 to 2010 Though Jimmy Carter was, at the age of 100, the US president who had…
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NPR @npr.org · 30/12/2024
Handing control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. over to the Central American country was one of President Jimmy Carter's most controversial, and most overshadowed, foreign policy achievements.
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Jimmy Carter gave Panama control of the canal. It's one of his most controversial achievements
Handing control of the Panama Canal from the U.S. over to the Central American country was one of President Jimmy Carter's most controversial, and most overshadowed, foreign policy achievements.
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
And when they say it's high-res, they mean it!
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Sally-Anne Wherry @sawherry.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
*but not if you are the parent who does the emotional and organisational labour. I'm knackered and would love some stillness to think. Instead everyone's moods and needs seem to be my problem. Mine aren't even small kids!
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David #FBPE #FBSI 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 hateTrump hateMusk @areyouyesyet.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Some evidence that they may even have invented *candidates* in GE2024 - probably to get more Short Money from Westminster !! bylines.scot/politics/ref...
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Reform Scotland under further scrutiny -
As a Reform UK organiser admitted, “Many candidates were chosen last minute,” questions are raised about deeper issues within the campaign
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 30/12/2024
A few quotes from Carter on international affairs. On US's role in the world: "I would like to see our country be the champion of human rights and every American embassy looked upon as a haven for anyone who suffers from human rights abuse. I'd like our country to be the most generous on Earth."
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
I had the huge privilege of interviewing Jimmy Carter back in 2011 at his incredibly modest home in Plains, Georgia, with his wife, Rosalynn (who he bickered with in the most loving & curious way throughout the interview). An extraordinary man & legacy. RIP. www.theguardian.com/world/2011/s...
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Jimmy Carter: 'We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. We never went to war'
He may live a modest life in a one-horse town, but Jimmy Carter, now 86, retains his global vision. In Plains, Georgia, Carole Cadwalladr found the 39th US president full of energy… and determined to ...
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Remis Ramos @remisramos.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Elon looking at the dumpster fire he himself engineered into being
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a man in a suit is carrying three boxes of pizza into a doorway .
ALT: a man in a suit is carrying three boxes of pizza into a doorway .
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
“She thought she knew more about American government than did any American.” Jimmy Carter responding in 2015 to a then-Phd student studying Margaret Thatcher. Remarkable! 🗃️
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Allister Heath is Twat of the Year, but the Telegraph in general gets recognition for its sustained attempt to sabotage editorial standards
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Alan Rosenblatt @drdigipol.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
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𝑀𝒶𝓎𝓇𝒶°❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:・🫧 @lepapillonblue.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
I couldn’t say it better myself.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Elon Musk does not want you to donate to Wikipedia, which is itself a good reason to donate, but the much better reason is that it's Wikipedia. Just donated again last night.
Tweet from Robert J. Berger: "Elon Musk has ordered everyone to stop donating to Wikipedia..... donate.wikimedia.org is the link if anyone feels like disobeying a direct order from a billionaire jerkwad."
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