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Dr Laura Edwards

@lauraedwards33.bsky.social
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Clinical Psychologist. Exploring psychology, theology, politics & inequality. Wife. Mum. Working class. Church Planting. All opinions my own.

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Toss @stevenspoints.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I really cannot think of a greater honor than to have the Muppets say this about you upon your passing
Instagram post from the official Muppets account: Few humans have earned the title of honorary Muppet more than the legendary Tim Curry. As a performer he was unparalleled - witty, charming, unnerving, and deeply funny. We will always consider it one of our greatest treasures to have been part of Long John Silver’s crew. Thank you for everything, Tim.
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Rebecca Buxton @rebeccabuxton.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
FULLY FUNDED PHDs IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely! philjobs.org/job/show/30997
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PhD in Political and Social Philosophy, University of Bristol - PhilJobs:JFP PhD in Political and Social Philosophy, University of Bristol
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
could you imagine how great a Claudia Winkleman commentary version of the series would be, her sitting there with a barrel of wine, laying into what’s going on. I ask the bbc to release the Winkleman Cut #TheTraitors
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 30/08/2025
“Bourdain freely acknowledged that part of the reason he continued to work at such a frantic pace might have been a fear about where his mind might go if he ever sat still,” Patrick Radden Keefe wrote, in 2018.
newyorker.com
Travels with Anthony Bourdain
Tony will be remembered for his infectious enthusiasms and his brash exuberance, but I was most inspired by his capacity for reinvention.
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Dr Laura Edwards @lauraedwards33.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Why is my Bluesky feed suddenly riddled with bizarre smut? Particularly since I *haven’t* completed age verification 🤷‍♀️
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Rule-breaking ministers to lose exit pay-outs www.bbc.com/news/article... Really good news introduced by a Labour government. I had to really hunt to find it.
bbc.com
Rule-breaking ministers to lose exit pay-outs
The rule change is part of a package of measures which will come into effect in October.
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Dr Laura Edwards @lauraedwards33.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Some cute & calming ‘bees munching lavender’ content - last week on the Wirral 🐝
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tichodroma @feathertrail.net · 17/07/2025
broad-tailed hummingbirds built a nest atop a tea light on a friend's front porch. one bird fledged yesterday, and one kiddo (who I saw flying, too) was hanging around for more food from mom #birds
tiny hummingbird nest made of detritus atop the bulb of a tea light. a juvenile broad-winged hummingbird is hunkered down in it
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Dr Laura Edwards @lauraedwards33.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Beautiful but tragic.
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I appreciate the optimism of this parking validation machine
Photo of the screen of a parking validation machine that says "please pay displayed amount: five dollars", and underneath that, "change is possible."
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Neil Pettinger @kurtstat.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
It was good to see @samfr.bsky.social say today that "the main reason for lengthy A&E waiting times is the lack of hospital beds for people who need admitting, which gums up the whole system as they have to keep being treated by emergency staff." samf.substack.com/p/optimism-o... #rstats #ggplot2
Two scatterplots side by side. The chart on the left shows the relationship - or - rather - the lack thereof - between the number of A&E attendances per day and each day's four-hour compliance. The chart on the right shows the (quite strong) relationship between the level of crowding in the A&E each day and each day's four-hour compliance.
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Bylines Scotland @bylines.scot · 02/07/2025
Histotripsy uses powerful ultrasound waves to destroy liver tumours without surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation | Dr Alan Porter
bylines.scot
Targeted destruction of liver cancers with high-intensity ultrasound
Histotripsy uses powerful ultrasound waves to destroy liver tumours without surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation
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Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Allowing assisted dying while savagely cutting PIP is telling disabled people they're allowed to die with dignity but not to live with dignity
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Matt Gallagher @mattmgallagher.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Two related stats: • Three companies control 90% of the UK's national newspaper market • Only 13% of Brits say they deeply trust the press Glad to have co-authored this little guide offering a better way forward – thanks for a great launch! 👉 subscribe.bylinetimes.com/product/the-...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
We need systems that rebuild epistemic resilience from the ground up: - Teach verification and critical thinking from an early age - Rewire institutions to operate transparently in an open-source world - Reinvest in investigative infrastructure that spans journalism, law, and education
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Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Some good news 👏👏 All pupils in families receiving Universal Credit will now be eligible for free school meals. Our research shows this change will keep 135,000 fewer children from facing severe hardship. This is a HUGE step forward.
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Archie Bland @archiebland.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit. Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The boy who came back: the near-death, and changed life, of my son Max
It was, we were told, a case of sudden infant death syndrome interrupted. What followed would transform my understanding of parenting, disability and the breadth of what makes a meaningful life
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Dr Laura Edwards @lauraedwards33.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Why are Serie A stealing Jamie & Aurelia’s love song? 😡😂
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Take Back Water @takebackwater.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Thames Water plans to pay out MILLIONS in bonuses to bosses – using funding from emergency £3 billion loan. These are the bosses who've led the utility into £20 billion of debt, hiked bills for customers and keep dumping sewage in our rivers. Private ownership at its finest!
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Marina Purkiss, "We have a declining birthrate, an aging population, we either have immigrants and have NHS and social care, or we don't" "I can't believe Labour are making it more difficult for the social care sector to hire people. We have 131,000 vacancies"
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
2025: Keir Starmer suggests that pressure on housing and public services is because of migrants 2020: Keir Starmer, "Poor housing, poor public services are not the fault of the migrants, they're political failure"
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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
The reporter cannot conceive that this child has not been brainwashed to want an entire nation destroyed. It’s inconceivable to him that nationalist media propaganda might disintegrate so rapidly when it meets integrity and empathy. Most of the adults around me can’t even be compared to this child.
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The Canary @thecanaryuk.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Water boss tells public to 'ration water' after selling off reservoirs for millions In just five years, water companies like Southern Water sold off 35 reservoirs for £26 million. Now they are blaming the public for water shortages. www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
thecanary.co
Water boss tells public to 'ration water' after selling off reservoirs for millions
In just five years, water companies like Southern Water sold off 35 reservoirs for £26 million. Now they are blaming the public.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Baron Prem Sikka, "The poorest pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest" Labour, "We are increasing the incomes of the poorest people in society by increasing minimum wage"
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Dr Laura Edwards @lauraedwards33.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Petition to rename the ‘Bio-psycho-social model’ the ‘Social-bio-psycho-bio-social model’ Aetiological accuracy 👌🏼
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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
If you think Star Wars doesn’t take creative risks, you’re not paying attention
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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Breaking news…
Pope Goma I
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GONZO the Ca'at @gonzo.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Behaviores Report: 90% goode 5% trespaced on hellocobber shelve 5% kikt remotecontroles to tha floore (5 plus saltshakkir)
Orange and white cat on a shelf. His behavior report is 90% good, 5% trespassed on the helicopter shelf, 5% knocked the remotes (plus a salt shaker) to the floor
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Possibly the best interview of all-time
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Rachael Talibart @rachaeltalibart.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A softer sky for today. West Wittering, the beach of my childhood. It felt like we could run forever.
A vertical-format photo of a soft, pink cloud formation over a sandy beach with pools of seawater. Horizontal below centre.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Full monthly state pension for post-2016 UK retiree is £997.75. Only 27% receive it. Elsewhere: Luxembourg £5,426 Norway £1,839 Switzerland £1,657 Denmark £1,486 Sweden £1,373 Belgium £1,338 Netherlands £1,322 France £1,254 Spain £1,238 UK GDP spend on pension is less than OECD average.
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Pension Breakeven Index: How the UK State Pension Compares to Europe
We've compared the UK's pension system to the rest of Europe’s countries to see which one offers the most to retirees. Check it out here.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Shut down the youth clubs. Sell off the playing fields. Put up "no ball games" signs. Make public places hostile to teenagers. Then: "Young people, eh? Always indoors looking at their phones."
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 11/04/2025
Lawrence Wright follows the spiritual journey of the women condemned to Texas’s death row—and the nuns who minister to them.
newyorker.com
The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row
Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The story of a powerful spiritual alliance.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
In case you missed it ... Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
UK businesses pay the highest electricity price in the developed world, Twice the EU average, 2.6 times that of Korea, four times more than the US and China Profiteering by energy companies is destroying households and businesses. Yet govts do nothing. Nationalise energy.
leftfootforward.org
With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership
The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken
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Dr Laura Edwards @lauraedwards33.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
MAFS has a really nasty habit of indirectly shaming the victims.. everyone so excited to get to the dinner party and spill the tea publicly (usually at the expense of both perp & victim). ‘He said this about you’. Poor example of community but gets the ratings I guess.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Via No Context Brits
GETTING THE FRONT SEAT UPSTAIRS ON A DOUBLE DECKER BUS
HIGH
EXCITEMENT

CHILD
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ADULT
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
"We tax income, goods, services, business profits, oil and gas revenues, fuel, tobacco, alcohol, capital gains, inheritances, residential and commercial properties... However, we do not effectively tax multinational tech companies, profits hidden in in tax havens, wealth, or windfall profits."
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Tax facts – ten tax truths that you need to know
Tax myths cloud public debate, but the truth is clear: fair taxes on the rich can prevent attacks on the poor. Here are 10 key facts!
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Dr Laura Edwards @lauraedwards33.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Mortimer is king 👑
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It wasn't mentioned in the Chancellor's speech, but the Spring Statement papers contain a major suite of anti-tax avoidance proposals, probably the toughest ever introduced. Thread:
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
However the new anti-avoidance proposals are excellent, and should be welcomed by everyone who wishes to see the tax avoidance industry ended.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Our new webapp lets you see how some UK companies use tax haven holding companies to hide their true ownership. There are, you'll be unsurprised to hear, thousands.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
UK Chancellor Reeves goes full Trump, 'to slash 50,000 civil service jobs', cut spending by £2 billion per year. So, there is less money in the economy. Knock-on effect? Loss of tax revenues? Pressure on families, welfare benefits and public services? Austerity because govt won't tax the rich.
lbc.co.uk
Reeves 'to slash 50,000 civil service jobs' as she pushes to cut spending by £2 billion per year
Rachel Reeves' spending plans are likely to mean 50,000 job losses in the civil service, a trade union has warned.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Has anyone kept a tally of how many times Farage has been to Clacton?
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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 21/03/2025
The #ECHR hasn’t prevented anyone being deported because of #ChickenNuggets, explains @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social 👇 🔗 rozenberg.substack.com/p/who-needs-it According to Factiva, this how many times chicken nuggets and the ECHR have recently been mentioned together in the print/online media 👇
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Actual good news! The Welsh NHS longest waits have fallen by 10% in a month. Those waiting over 2 years have fallen from 23,621 to 21,087 from December to January. Obviously there is a hell of a long way to go but at least there is some movement after a year of stagnation.
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