Sara @jitterbugss.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This is one of the best pieces I've read on addiction. As someone who was addicted to hard drugs for a decade, I'm always surprised that no one talks about the emptiness and that quitting leaves you with, especially in the beginning. Glad to know it's not just me. 170
Reposted by SaraOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Once again - this is not what millions of us voted for. We wanted better and those most in need NEEDED better and if labour don't understand how bad all of this looks then they're in deep and dire straits 86700211
Sara @jitterbugss.bsky.social · 26/03/2025I am so disappointed, and frankly disgusted with this Labour government. 001
Reposted by SaraLarry Tenney @larrytenney.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Trump wants to restore gun rights to man who lost them when he was convicted of domestic violence When a DOJ official said, hell no, Trump had her fired That's because the man convicted of domestic violence is his pal Mel Gibson www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/u...nytimes.comJustice Dept. Official Says She Was Fired After Opposing Restoring Mel Gibson’s Gun RightsElizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing. 32391194
Reposted by SaraSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 10/03/2025UPDATE The richest 10 people in the world have now lost $63.4 billion today. Musk has lost $20.6 billion. 60840129
Reposted by SaraAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 08/03/2025"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies" From Graeme Wood www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comA Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian MilitaryA Ukrainian military source believes that Russia’s long-range strikes are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies. 35055042896
Reposted by SaraTuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Tusk is really rising to the occasion www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w... 8244131154
Reposted by SaraThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/03/2025Three UK-based Bulgarians found guilty of spying for Russiatheguardian.comThree UK-based Bulgarians found guilty of spying for RussiaJury convicts Katrin Ivanova, Vanya Gaberova and Tihomir Ivanchev over alleged plots around Europe * The spymaster, the ringleader and the ‘minions’: who’s who of the spy ring trial * ‘Dumbest thing I’ve ever done’: spy trial’s tales of scheming,… 2024973
Reposted by SaraAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Standing there proudly in a Union Jack suit, while your leader vigorously defends a foreign politician who has just dismissed Britain as a "random country" that hasn't fought a war in forty years, is quite something 1301302301
Reposted by SaraMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 03/03/2025US Sec of State Marco Rubio has thanked British Foreign Secretary David Lammy “for the UK’s role in encouraging Europe to provide for its own defence and push for peace in Ukraine”. Rubio also confirmed the US is ready to negotiate to end the war and will continue working with the UK towards peace. 158412
Reposted by SaraIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Proud to be British this evening. 873079349
Reposted by SaraGarry Kasparov @garrykasparov.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America. 283158684257
Sara @jitterbugss.bsky.social · 26/02/2025There aren't enough words in the dictionary to describe how gross this is. 🤬 000
Sara @jitterbugss.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Has anyone else (UK) just had the emergency alert alarm go off on their phone? 110
Reposted by SaraJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Bookmark this. Kemi Badenoch's spokesman told journalists this afternoon that the entire Shadow Cabinet will remain in post for the next four years... 🍿 2320540
Reposted by SaraDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 15/01/2025Fully shameless sense of entitlement at Thames Water Responding to public unhappiness on sewage, UK govt plans clamp down on management bonuses Response from failing water companies? we'll raise salaries Monumental regulatory & policy failure over decades led to this www.ft.com/content/6b6e...ft.comThames Water plans executive pay rise to circumvent bonus capsUK’s debt-laden utility warns it will raise salaries if bonus restrictions are enforced by regulator Ofwat 89455
Reposted by SaraPrivate Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 13/01/2025Number crunching: Hike in water bills for Southern Water customers v CEO salary. From the new Private Eye, in shops now. 36969484
Reposted by SaraThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 12/01/2025A quick look on the racism site shows that Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick is apparently outraged at the delays in the criminal justice system. Y’know, the ones caused by the policies that he consistently supported. The ones that he was absolutely fine with when he was in government. 362046485
Reposted by SaraMychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 11/01/2025Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚 Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚 247130295902
Reposted by SaraIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Imagine the response of this meeting had taken place in a building in Europe rather than America. www.reuters.com/world/musk-e...reuters.comMusk discussed ways to oust British PM Starmer before next election, FT reportsBillionaire Elon Musk has held private discussions with allies about removing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer from his position before the next general election, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. 701001341
Reposted by SaraDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference. 4343607110385
Reposted by SaraRory McCarthy @roryisconfused.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Understand the growing political polarisation between males and females – or the right-wing radicalisation of young men – as a crisis 47722
Reposted by SaraLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 08/01/2025It really is difficult to fully comprehend the shamelessness of MPs who did nothing on an issue for 14 long years when their party was in government only to express moral outrage on that same issue months into a new government. These people are everything that’s wrong with our politics. 22965232
Reposted by SaraFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Here's Gary Gibbon #C4News explaining that the Conservatives amendment which was defeated was never about winning It was so Conservatives could campaign on doorsteps asking voters why Labour didn't support another inquiry Conservatives politicising child abuse - disgusting 23954296
Reposted by SaraAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Today Conservative MPs will seek to block a piece of legislation that will actually help protect vulnerable children from abuse, in order to gain a few retweets from a far-right billionaire. 451951729
Reposted by SaraJess Phillips @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Just in from mammoth interview session to two bits of news. One that a DV perp got locked up because of something I did and that a vulnerable constituent had a a massive wrongful debt written off after our intervention. This is why I came to politics, this is why I'll just keep cracking on. 1020130951434
Reposted by SaraIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Today is an object lesson in the radicalisation of the British right-wing press. Britain is being disparaged and insulted by a foreign far-right conspiracy theorist. But the Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and even the Times choose focus their criticisism on the British prime minister instead. 17851001514
Reposted by SaraNazir Afzal @nazirafzal.bsky.social · 06/01/2025I first learnt of grooming gangs from @theTimes in Jan 2011 I became chief prosecutor May 2011 I authorised charging Rochdale grooming gang June 2011 After convictions (May 2012) Starmer put me in charge of national response Far Right thugs attacked my home 1000s of rapists were brought to justice 322053709
Reposted by SaraSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Derbyshire police stop use of X news.sky.com/story/police...news.sky.comPolice force steps away from X over 'quality and quantity of interactions'Derbyshire Police says its communities are no longer on X and has asked people to instead follow it on Instagram and Facebook. 481417344