Reposted by Helen HillWe Own It @weownit.org.uk · 07/10/2026Calls to remove profiteering from children’s social care are growing. But if we’re serious about tackling profiteering, we need to ask: when a council pays for a child’s care, where does the money go? Children’s care should be about children, not profit.themj.co.ukCracking down on profiteeringFollowing our focus on sector concerns at national efforts to curb the use of unregistered children’s care placements in last week’s edition, this week The MJ examines the challenge of removing profiteering from the care service. Paul Marinko reports. 26132
Reposted by Helen HillThe English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver 39714
Reposted by Helen HillTeaching with my eyes shut @eyesshutteacher.bsky.social · 30/09/2026My mum told a similar tale about a hand she found under her miniskirt in a crowded tube train. 0131
Reposted by Helen HillSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: 18-year-old Arya Satheesh from Ireland has developed a plant-based plastic that can biodegrade and release an enzyme that helps break down other plastic waste. A plastic that could actually help clean up plastic waste. 13353411645
Reposted by Helen HillAdrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 28/09/2026September 1997. Music for Montserrat at the Royal Albert Hall. Paul McCartney plays the great finale of Abbey Road. The last music The Beatles ever recorded. How big must you be to get Mark Knopfler *and* Eric Clapton as guests!? Not to mention George Martin conducting... youtu.be/3xJlkrI3DLA?...youtu.beGolden Slumbers - Carry That Weight - The EndYouTube video by AYA-K 2276
Reposted by Helen HillOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none. 23132721209
Reposted by Helen HillDaily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Council by-election result: New Bradwell, Milton Keynes, 24/09/2026. Labour hold. Labour 54.2% (+20) Reform UK 23.4% (-3) Green 9.3% (-12) Conservative 8.5% (-3) Liberal Democrats 4.6% (-2) Changes on 2026. Milton Keynes council: Conservative 12, Labour 19, Liberal Democrats 20, Reform UK 9. 0156
Reposted by Helen HillSteve the Muppet Wrangler @beardog63.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I am writing a book about all the things I should be doing in my life. It's an oughtobiography. 3568090
Reposted by Helen HillSam Strickland @strickomaster.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The first review of my new book Behaving and Belonging is in. It’s a corker and a 5 star rating. Get your copy here amzn.eu/d/02OefHlV 042
Reposted by Helen HillJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians (c. 870 – 918) ruled Mercia in the English Midlands from 911 until her death. She was the eldest daughter of Alfred the Great, king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and his wife Ealhswith. #CelebratingWomen 1117937
Reposted by Helen HillBremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 24/09/2026A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why have so few British front pages? 30839337
Reposted by Helen HillHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026While waiting for Trump to enter the signing of the US-Denmark-Greenland agreement at the UN, they chose “Send in the Clowns” as the background music. Yes, it’s real. 35543621477
Reposted by Helen Hill🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Long-eared Owls chicks 4 weeks old leave the nest at 26 days and climb and huddle together on branches fed by their parents. They develop flight feathers and are able to take short flights at 5 weeks of age. They will be 15 cm when full grown. Live across the North America, Europe, Asia, N Africa 793532584
Reposted by Helen HillLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it 392895537
Reposted by Helen HillOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026What surprises me more is that the media happily trot out their words and opinions without pointing this essential paradox out. 381175211
Reposted by Helen HillLaura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Interesting question from someone musing re school refusal. Well-meaning answers would be appreciated, I think. 7123
Reposted by Helen HillRae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think I'm in love with Kevin 😻 #Caturday 372111312002
Reposted by Helen HillLomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@seanjones.org Sean, any chance you could RT this link for donations to Cornwall Islamic Centre after their place has been vandalised, car driven through gates & oil thrown everywhere ? 🙏 www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...paypal.comSUPPORT CORNWALL ISLAMIC COMMUNITY CENTREOur centre has recently been targeted in an possibly arson attack. At approximately 11:25pm, a small vehicle was seen reversing into the entrance gate of the Cornwall Islamic Community Centre. The ve... 22827
Reposted by Helen HillJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428121170
Reposted by Helen HillSheila @sheilattuned.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Letting the water decide A sort of floating reset! 043
Reposted by Helen HillJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026What on earth is happening? 23833101337
Reposted by Helen HillEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 15/09/2026The University of East Anglia has been recognised as one of the best in the world for research collaboration in a major new ranking | East Anglia Bylines eastangliabylines.co.ukUEA joins the global research eliteThe University of East Anglia has been recognised as one of the best in the world for research collaboration in a major new ranking 084
Reposted by Helen HillPapa Woof und Krampus und Bleaken @papawoof.bsky.social · 15/09/2026 12741171244
Reposted by Helen HillSean Woodcock MP @seanlwoodcock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Great announcement, that from 20th September, passengers whose trains are cancelled can use another operator’s service to complete their journey immediately, free of charge. This is thanks to Great British Railways, and it will end the passenger limbo and last-minute bills for replacement tickets. 0179
Reposted by Helen HillAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia. 5953725713393
Reposted by Helen HillHassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes 4059812392
Reposted by Helen HillLuca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026New statue spotted today in Dublin Ireland. Time to take out the trash 🚮! 🎥 AlternativeDublin 12657811566
Helen Hill @helenjmhill.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I learned as much from the comments as from the original post. Fascinating! 001
Reposted by Helen HillLaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 11/09/2026She was one of the great Chancellors. I won’t forget that. 109728
Reposted by Helen HillMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 10/09/2026London's homicide rate hit its lowest level since records began. Yet 40% of the public thought that murders had risen since 2019. That’s the danger of disinformation. We cannot accept it, and to defeat it, we’ve got to put pressure on the social media companies who profit from it. 32999360
Reposted by Helen HillThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 09/09/2026In the latest episode of “The Far-Right is Utterly Batshit”, Danny “Tommo”, Tiny-Tommy-Ten-Names’s Mate is currently stood outside the Daily Mail with 20 of his balaclava clad mates demanding that they… checks notes… Buy his mum a new house within 48 hours. You could not make this shit up. 49472162
Helen Hill @helenjmhill.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know these thugs do not speak for the rest of us. Add your name? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 022
Reposted by Helen HillAndy Hardy #JoinEU 🇲🇹 🇪🇺 @andyhardy40.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Want a way to really piss these fascists off. Dead easy…rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 035
Reposted by Helen HillJohn Nichols @nicholsuprising.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Dolly Parton logged a combined total of 115 years of union membership. Throughout her working life, the “9 to 5” singer/songwriter carried the union cards of two major unions: The American Federation of Musicians Local 257 in Nashville — for 58 years. SAG-AFTRA — for 57 years. HAPPY LABOR DAY!share.googleOpinion | Celebrate Dolly Parton's working-class solidarityJohn Nichols: She carried two union cards, sang Woody Guthrie songs and mocked the bosses in "9 to 5." 5280541830
Reposted by Helen HillJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Daniel Thomas' Patriot Platform are an organised paramilitary group with likely US funding who have been planning to block Dover and take control of British cities since June. Here is the evidence 🧵 - police should've been aware. 1013261
Reposted by Helen HillEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 03/09/2026Yellow legged Asian hornets & nests are being found, now in Somerset. These invasive, predatory insects devour bees at an alarming rate. Remain vigilant. Report sightings.eastangliabylines.co.ukAsian hornet invasion: a threat to honeybee survivalThe spread of the invasive Asian hornet to the UK endangers honeybees and ecosystems, requiring swift action to locate and destroy nests 22729
Reposted by Helen Hillamerica.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 03/09/2026😅😅🔥🇨🇦 #Canada #LakeOntario 47130393163
Reposted by Helen HillIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Go to sleep, Steve.... 418531
Helen Hill @helenjmhill.bsky.social · 01/09/2026His poetry will live on. This is one of my favourites. 030
Reposted by Helen HillLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 30/08/2026“Think dating is hard? Try being a male grebe. She's not easy to impress. She makes a move - he must match it instantly. A head shake, a turn. Every beat in sync. The tighter their rhythm, the better his chances. Then comes the gift: a clump of soggy weeds.” 💕 IG: @legable_grace 1062344448