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Mrs. G

@janbellina.bsky.social
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Old Englishwoman, loves the outdoors/seas, especially my islands. Sad about the planet. Don’t expect cohesive themes; just what’s on my mind.

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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 2h
Reminds me of when my kids were young; "No! It's Mother's Day, you sit down and put your feet up." Me the next day:
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Spongebob's Multitasking Housework
Alt: Spongebob's Multitasking Housework.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 6h
At the H&W pub, Wichelstowe, Swindon. It's less than 8 years old. New things don't have to be 💩.
Interior of pub done out with old wood, barrels, industrial victoriana and a re-purposed narrowboat.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 8h
The sort of thing you stumble across if you're daft enough to step your way across the Purbeck stone on the seafront to the Shell Bay - Sandbanks Ferry, Dorset.
Mrs. G places a hand on the giant stone hand among the anti-erosion boulders between the ferry car park and the sea; for scale, her hand just about covers the ring finger's knuckle.
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George McGavin @georgemcgavin.bsky.social · 14h
With a powerful tail containing 47 vertebrae giving them exceptional agility, the long-tailed #pangolin of #WestAfrica is a rainforest icon! Help them survive don't buy Chinese medicine ☠️❌ scales and #Boycottpalmoil 🌴❌#Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-beZ2
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Long-tailed Pangolin Phataginus tetradactyla Palm Oil Detectives
Long-tailed pangolins AKA African black-bellied pangolins are Vulnerable from bushmeat and traditional medicine along with palm oil deforestation. Take action!
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PoliticsJOE @politicsjoe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Trump is living in a 1960s time warp." Jeremy Corbyn explains how Donald Trump is using Cuba to hide his complete failure as US President.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What a pity Ernest Marples, Road-building magnate and Tory Transport Minister under Harold Macmillan, eviscerated our rail network with the Beeching cuts back in the 1960s. He tore down stations & bridges and tore up rails, so the service has never recovered. So now we depend on USA diesel supplies.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NO! Prices would fall, for a moment. GOP may win the mid-terms on the back of that price fall. Trump would continue to prosecute his illegal war. Gulf Straits would remain blocked. Price of diesel would soar again. No-one in Trump's administration would go to jail. Corruption & ICE would continue.
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EXCLUSIVE: Europe weighs new diesel stocks release after US pressure, sources say
The discussions underscore growing pressure on ​Europe as President Donald Trump considers a potential ban on US diesel exports to help lower domestic fuel prices.
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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
BBC website. Me me me it’s all about me Chris Mason. Mason has deliberately turned a none issue over Burhan’s comments about Man City into a major event when no such issue existed. Mason is a snivelling little runt who should be sacked.He’s a nasty little man.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Private health company failed to deliver supplies, leaving patient to boil and re-use his syringe. @weownit.org.uk @everydoctor.org.uk
bbc.co.uk
Swindon patient reused syringe after HCRG supply delay
Man says he reused a syringe and woman waited hours for help as concerns mount over HCRG.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Releasing EU diesel reserves would reduce prices in the USA. This would make it more likely that Republicans would retain control, and Trump's Iran War would soon see diesel prices rocket again. Not releasing stocks would keep vital supplies available in Europe and enable an end to the blockade.
bbc.co.uk
US pressures Europe to release diesel reserves as Trump threatens export ban
President Donald Trump has threatened to ban diesel exports in a bid to ease prices in the US ahead of the November elections.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
American English is funny. I just heard the tourist industry referred to as "losing visitation" (in Britain, visitations are what ghosts do). And I regularly hear transport referred to as transportation (this is the word the British used for shipping convicts across the world, back in the day).
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I love this! #library #bannedbooks #uncensored #Minecraft #journalism
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Meanwhile, victims of domestic violence wait in terror, as their attackers and tormentors are released from prison due to overcrowding.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Merseyside Police arrested more than 150 people, the vast majority of those peacefully protesting, during the Labour Party Conference. This brings the total arrests, since the proscription last year of Palestine Action under anti-terror legislation, to almost 4,000.
Palestine action OAP protester being arrested by several police officers outside the Labour Party Conference, Liverpool,  September 2026. Caption: Why we need more prison space.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Farage says Brexit was a disaster because of Boris Johnson’s deal? Please MEDIA point out that at the time Farage supported his Brexit deal.
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Very depressing.
rte.ie
Swiss glaciers suffer 'catastrophic' melt in 2026
Switzerland's glaciers, which are disproportionately impacted by climate change, have lost nearly 20% of their mass in five years, experts have said, with 2026 registering the second-biggest melt on r...
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They should be fined one twelfth of the value of the previous 12 months' catch for even entering the zone with nets down. Every offence.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm... Green Party's Rachel Millward faces questions from BBC local radio stations. @greenparty.org.uk
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Green Party's Rachel Millward faces questions from BBC local radio stations
The Green Party deputy leader is in the hot seat as she prepares for the party's 2026 autumn conference in Brighton.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
It's a great day for using newspaper headlines to show school kids how much the news they encounter is laced with opinion. Which ones respect their readers enough to provide a neutral take on Andy Burnham's Labour Party Conference speech? Which don't?
bbc.co.uk
Newspaper headlines: 'Burnham's triple shock' and 'City face expulsion'
Every front page on Wednesday is dominated by Prime Minister Andy Burnham's speech at the Labour Party conference.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I get these at least monthly, from my union, selling a dental care plan with incentives, pretending to be an NHS service. #NHS #Dentist #healthcare
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join me on GB News where I will be lying about what Andy Burnham said, pretending to give a shit about pensioners and definitely not mentioning any £5m gifts, illegal donations or police investigations.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@bluesky.bsky.social is not responding.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Evening walk, Avebury Henge & Stone Circle, Wiltshire, England.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I hope the government can see the ironic ridiculousness of this arrest.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Never mind the legal action; why is the UK partnering with Israel in speculative oil drilling anywhere on this burning planet? 🔥
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Argentina threatens UK with legal action over Falklands oil exploration
President Javier Milei sets a two-week deadline for drilling to stop on the Sea Lion project, a joint venture between Israeli and British companies.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is beautiful! www.instagram.com/reel/DdxMUz2... A toddler learning to ride a bicycle in Denmark, safely and confidently.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The British state pension 'triple-lock' was introduced because of this (graph). Article: BBC News - Why Andy Burnham could finally drop the triple lock pension pledge. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Graph from 6 years ago, showing UK pension as the lowest in NW europe
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ai. An analogy.
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Mike Harding (@churchcat72)
50 years ago I was on this coral atoll in the Maldives. It’s called Gan. I was playing the guitar and telling jokes to the RAF who were stationed there because the Islands were a staging route for wha...
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think it would be a mistake to give the vampires the thumb. Just saying! 👀
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/inter... Includes map showing where protests are planned.
amnesty.org.uk
People vs Palantir – International Day of Action
On Thursday 1st October, patients, NHS workers and activists across England are taking action to say NO to Palantir in our NHS. Join a local action near you!
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Witty article, ranking campsite notices. I thought it deserved a wider audience. Read if you're having a bad day. Or a good day.
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The official ranking of campsite notices from mildly helpful to deeply threatening
Ben Cooper ranks campsite notices from useful reminders to deeply alarming warnings, with dogs, washing lines and stolen flowerpots included.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We must reverse #HighStreet decay. We need #Hospitality/experience #venues where non-consumables used to be sold. But #emptybuildings remain due to complex or foreign ownership. Councils need to set time limits, buy up and renovate empty properties. Research where People prefer, where they go & why.
bbc.co.uk
My hometown shows that high streets have to change or die
Aberdeen is launching an ambitious bid to revive its struggling centre. Could it offer lessons for other high streets?
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh, THAT Sir Jim Ratcliffe!
Is the Sir Jim Ratcliffe who declared he has "no confidence in the UK" because it's got a "bit of a green eye towards wealth" the same Sir Jim Ratcliffe who's lived in Monaco since 2020 to avoid paying £4billion to the UK in taxes, while his companies received £70million in subsidies from the UK taxpayer between 2020 and 2024? And who begged for, and got, an additional £50million grant in 2025 to keep his Grangemouth plant open?

Is it the same Ratcliffe whose firm INEOS halted new investment in the UK to avoid taxes in North Sea oil and gas production?

Is it the same "patriotic" Ratcliffe whose company INEOS redirected £3billion in investments towards the US, denouncing Britain's "unstable fiscal regime"?

The UK hasn't got an "immigration problem". It's got an expat billionaire problem.

Sasha Simic, Hackney, East London
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who’s ready for No Kings? We’re getting an early start on making signs! ✊💚
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good. The UK is not nearly as broke as it was at the end of WW2, when charges were reintroduced for dentistry and optician care, but its owners (Thanks, Maggie Thatcher) are ten times as avaricious. I'd think we (the wealth-creators) were beginning to win if those were made free again, too.
bbc.co.uk
Andy Burnham proposes NHS-style social care system for England
The prime minister told the BBC that social care in England is "as unfair as American healthcare".
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dear newspapers, publications, bulletins etc. I like reading you, but I don't subscribe because I pick the one that takes my fancy on a given day. Now you have all pay-walled your publications to a subscription. I won't pay it. Charge me for today's news and I will pay. Subscribe? No. So you get £0.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
www.instagram.com/p/DdygqmCGU5... My nephew's summary of the flooding in his local area in Bangkok.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Unsurprisingly, there are almost no Russian-made components in Russia's new Geran-4 drone. While Chinese parts surprise no one, how a Texas Instruments onboard computer got there is a major question. #cdnpoli
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
2001 A Space Osyssey. Hal says no. This film was made in 1968. #AI
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HAL 9000: "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that"
YouTube video by KlingonSpider
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Replace short haul and intra-European flights with a comprehensive, easy-to-use, affordable rail and ferry network. Oh, and a safe cycle network along all roads metalled for drivers to the exclusion of more vulnerable road users. I have spoken.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Where are they getting the sellotape?
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The classist conclusions this article draws are ridiculous. Vibrant styles and colours are for all classes, whether nails, hats or full outfits. So are demure looks. There will always be those so insecure they only wear what the fashion industry tells them, but that's a different issue.
bbc.co.uk
Classy or classist? How bare nails became a hot issue
Bare nails - or nails that appear that way - are a growing trend. But is it as innocent as it seems?
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Savernake Forest walk.
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PoliticsJOE @politicsjoe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Your boss is a credulous dolt who will give your job to an AI that can't do it." The truth about AI is dumber than you think, according to Cory Doctorow. @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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PoliticsJOE @politicsjoe.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cory Doctorow reckons the AI Bubble is about to burst. Is he right? @doctorow.pluralistic.net
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Want to create family, friends and colleagues wish lists, but not on Amazon? I use www.thingstogetme.com because I can add anything I like. I have a bucket list on there as well as suggestions for my birthday. You can add links or images or whatever. Happy Christmas or whatever.
thingstogetme.com
Free Online Wishlist - Create & Share a Wish List - Things To Get Me
Create your online wish-list for receiving gifts and collecting cash. Our online wish-list service is completely independent and not tied to any shops. No sign-up required and it's completely free.
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The RNLI would have done the same if it had been Daniel Thomas (aka Danny Tommo), and they knew it. I hope the man they rescued makes a full recovery; it was a long fall.
plymouthplus.co.uk
Seriously injured man rescued by RNLI after falling 40ft onto Plymouth Hoe rocks
A seriously injured man was rescued by the RNLI after falling approximately 40ft onto rocks at Plymouth Hoe.
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Jonathan Pie @jonathanpienews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Mrs. G @janbellina.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is good news, but threatened by data centres and politicians warming to the idea of extracting new fossil fuel sources because price increases from Trump's Iran war might cost votes.
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