Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Every so often, I am left appalled at what 'life style' editors seemingly perceive to be our disposable income. 👇 #AnnalisaBarbieri, uses Island's chocolate for her brioches. Island's 2kg chocolate button bag is £65. So, how many bags will we be buying 🤔 www.theguardian.com/food/2026/oc...theguardian.comHeart-meltingly good: the best cooking chocolate to buyThose cookies and cakes will only be as tasty as the chocolate you use in their baking. Here are my favourites 000
Reposted by Karen WindleDuncan Hothersall @dhothersall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The Northern Ireland Assembly yesterday voted in favour of progressing with a bill that would ban conversion practices, with no religious exemption. A long way to go before this is law, but NI is now further ahead on delivering this key protection for LGBT people than Scotland, England or Wales.humanists.ukVictory! Northern Ireland Conversion Practices Ban Bill passes key voteThe Northern Ireland Assembly has voted to pass the Conversion Practices (Criminalisation) Bill at Second Stage. MLAs voted 46 in favour and 29 against, with 15 abstentions. Northern Ireland Humanists... 24516
Reposted by Karen WindleParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Racist organisation set up by a racist to appeal to racists is somehow being taken over by racists. 38844203
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026As I pull the last wash out of the machine, I am heartened that all over the country, many, many people are doing the same; all looking at their laundry and wondering how and if it will dry by tomorrow. 020
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I remain confused by 35 Orange men wanting to march down Garvaghy Road *in silence* (after 30 years). From listening to some of the comments, it would seem that this is their ‘culture’. We used to have a culture of slavery, but then we realised that intimidating and owning communities was horrific. 1102
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Sheer bloody guess. 👇 No puzzling and writing lists of different words required. But fun. 😊 Wordle 1,925 2/6 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 000
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Had plums that were near going over. Made some plum pickle (fridge pickle). Plums, balsamic vinegar (2tbs), maple syrup (2tsp), cinnamon, nutmeg, (pinch), salt(pinch), soy sauce (bit) water (2tbs), 25 minutes on the hob. Tastes good. Lasts 7-9 days in fridge. 010
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Who is the absolutely hideous American on #Radio4AQ. Is she a female orange tyrd? 000
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I'm sure Mr Ambani has delivered all thsoe activities required for a Professorial appointment e.g., sustained international excellence, academic leadership, high-impact papers, external grant capture and proven student supervision. It surely can't be his money🤔 www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comBacklash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle UniversityRole for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity 010
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026And over a quarter of those in prisons across the UK identify as from minoritised communities, with over 1 in 10 (12%) Black or Black British. Perhaps the brothers will have a word with him. 🙂 120
Reposted by Karen Windle🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 123123385250
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026She simply is vile. And, perhaps more importantly is neither interested in the actual evidence-base (rather than cherry-picking a single study which she hasn’t read) nor in understanding the evidence-base. 0290
Reposted by Karen WindleJay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted. 563910736
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The only good thing about all these horrific, obtuse, and dangerously banal racists outing themselves is that it gives a map of places to be avoided. Listening in to #R4AA to start a geographical listing. 000
Reposted by Karen WindleDee Lomas @deelomas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I bring worse news. That poor woman who lives in Piddington & who @vicderbyshire.bsky.social interviewed after that ridiculous election has had her address leaked to Tommy Robinson & the Pink Ladies & she’s been doxxed by both of them. Wtaf is going on. These people all need to be proscribed now. 46910322
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This man really is a complete fucking idiot. It would be laughable if he wasn’t holding sensible and appropriate health policy hostage. 010
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just been looking up how much 1,000 litres of oil costs; a total of £1,067. Last time I bought a 1,000 litres in January 2026 (just before the orange tyrd's unnecessary attacks) it was £564. It has almost doubled. I'm lucky, I can afford this hit. What of those not working or retired? 000
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Bloody love the West Wing, favourite series. Fabulous writing, every single line just sung and amazing acting. If only the gravitas, intelligence, empathy and simple wish to improve peoples lives was reality. Now the bar is so low with the 🍊 c*nt, I fear we’ll never get anywhere near such values. 000
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 12/09/2026#R4AQ Andrew Fisher - “If people are raising mobs just because some brown people went into a hotel, we’re in a very dangerous state”. Quite. 010
Reposted by Karen WindleUna Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 12/09/2026“Trump is a bully and a braggart, a self-confessed sexual predator and a purveyor of racial slurs... Most people would not welcome such a man into their home, and the majority of Irish people will not welcome this visit.” Irish Times editorial on Trump in Ireland.irishtimes.comThe Irish Times view on Trump’s visit: a less than welcome guestMost people would not welcome such a man into their home but political leaders must make a different calculation 22942337
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The world would be healthier, more economically prosperous and more united without the orange tyrd and his henchman. 001
Reposted by Karen WindleNancy Kelley @nancymk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026🧵Yesterday hundreds of trans people, family and friends queued for *hours* to exercise their democratic rights -lobbying their MPs to stand up for trans people's right to live as free and equal members of society. This is me and my wonderful friend Alex after a day of running (another) mass lobby 👇 5549
Reposted by Karen WindleProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I just signed this open letter to RNLI volunteers saying that Britain values their service. In case anyone else wants to sign 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... 10265152
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I now have a strong image of all Foley Artists wearing Louboutins while they rustle the hay in the background. 🤣. #TheArchers 040
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I’m on Anna’s side 😊 and also Anna is part of the almost 30% single household (aged 50+) that won’t have access to family carers (which is a whole other problem). #TheArchers 060
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The rather terrible syncronicity of my timeline. 011
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"[o]nly idiots or traitors can rejoice at the triumph of the AfD in Germany". Emmanuel Macron 010
Reposted by Karen WindleBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Just want to point out if people had been beaten up at the Green or SNP party conference and their leader had cheered it on. It wouldn't just have been on TV, it would have been on TV non-stop until the election. But for Reform, it barely got mentioned. 31926352
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026There are research papers that highlight how TERFs are more likely to vote for right or far-right extremists. For example: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comHands towards the right: UK gender–critical feminism and right-wing coalitionsThis paper examines the link between UK gender–critical feminism and the right-wing political ideas and organizations that constitute as ‘anti-gender’. The paper first reflects on the origins of an... 151
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Robert Jenrick is (and had always been) a complete shit. See, e.g., donation investigation 2026, Richard Desmond planning 2020. Jenrick will always benefit himself (just as Reform does). His reaction is expected. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/all...thelondoneconomic.comAll the times Robert Jenrick has faced corruption chargesThe London Economic - The MP announced that the government is ‘set to take over city of Liverpool’ amid a corruption probe - Politics 020
Reposted by Karen WindlePeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Someone should inform the BBC that for every one Reform MP there's nine Lib Dem MPs, fifteen Tory MPs and fifty Labour MPs. 10317115
Reposted by Karen WindleMark Mucci @mlmucci.bsky.social · 05/09/2026" 'Juden Raus' was a children’s board game ... The game’s visual features relied on antisemitic stereotypes and caricatures to depict Jews. ... The winner of the game was the one whose Jews 'scurried off' to Palestine." germanhistorydocs.org/en/nazi-germ... 17428
Reposted by Karen Windleelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 05/09/2026In the UK, blackshirts can get away with almost anything while elderly nuns get arrested for opposing the Gaza genocide 7362155
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I used to really enjoy Marina Hyde’s commentary. Then, she selects for her fantasy PM a bully, an individual always hitting downward on individuals or organisations who simply want to improve themselves and the world (Amnesty UK anyone?). I found it shocking. 000
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 05/09/2026These are the men that say they’re against immigration as they’re protecting women and children. 👇 010
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Good. These individuals are neither researchers nor polling experts. The push-me, pull-you shit they peddle should not overshadow appropriate research practice. 👇 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comInvestigations launched into polling firm at centre of Reform UK allegationsBritish Polling Council and Market Research Society announce inquiries into JL Partners, which has been accused of breaking transparency rules 010
Reposted by Karen WindleHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 04/09/2026Nigel Farage is very lucky that he didn't know what was being discussed at the lunch where he was discussing it 491635374
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026So, the vile Farage responds to the #Channel4 expose of illegal donations, "If you listen to what I said, I said, is this all above board? Is this all legal?". Two things that I never heard him say in the documentary. What I did hear him say was 'Thank you'. Farage lies when his lips move. 000
Reposted by Karen WindleUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 04/09/2026The general secretary is spot on here. Our own poll exposed Reform’s data and now this report has exposed the dodgy money that paid for it. 212573
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Following the #Channel4 documentary (Farage and illegal donors) I’m concerned with the ethics of JL Partners, the polling agency that seemingly structured questions to give the answers wanted and then passed these to MSM without saying who funded the poll. Simply piss poor practice. 041
Reposted by Karen WindleOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Tories f**cked Britain with austerity and Brexit then made it a whole lot worse by putting Truss in power to test out the batshit ideas of Tufton Street think tanks... They are not only a spent force but proven architects of decline who are in no position to lecture Burnham on anything ... 691619362
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026You forget quite how sanctimonious Pat is. #TheArchers 030
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026See Steven Wild is being prosecuted for sexual assault. That makes three (that we know off as most disciplinary matters are kept internal) Presidents of Conference that @methodist.org.uk have suspended for safeguarding issues (4% of all Presidents since 1980). And they’re the ones we know about. 011
Karen Windle @profwindle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Reminds me of the USSR in the 1980s, arguing blind that they had no cases of HIV or AIDS. The CDC is no operating straight out of the fascist playbook. 000