Annelise Jespersen
@abysstalks.bsky.social
Content designer/editor. Living at intersection of Spurs, healthcare and politics. Hoping to look at the world from the back of a motorbike.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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Here's my plea to the government, media and everyone else to stop treating NHS administrators as a problem to be eliminated, rather than the glue which holds the whole organisation together.
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Here's my plea to the government, media and everyone else to stop treating NHS administrators as a problem to be eliminated, rather than the glue which holds the whole organisation together.
See, this is where the Beeb goes wrong, thinking we need to know the evidence-free opinion of Larry from Bristol because it 'balances' the other view.
![Extract from BBC website: Over on BBC Radio 5 Live this morning.
Nicky Campbell has been fielding callers opinions on Trump's threat of legal action against the BBC. Here's a whip-round of what you told us:
"If we have to pay a penny to Trump, I'm sorry, but I'm not going to pay my TV licence,'' says Simon from Truro. He thinks the BBC needs to "stand up" to Trump.
Larry, from Bristol, says Trump "covered all bases" in his letter threatening to sue the BBC for $1bn.
"I don't think the BBC has got any out in this other than [paying] the appropriate amount of compensation," he says.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kynqzjjwncd5ehmbfnkuujde/bafkreidroppc4qsn6ysz7e2rf7judhoqkysn6fkr67b4auc5gz7dzx2g2m@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
See, this is where the Beeb goes wrong, thinking we need to know the evidence-free opinion of Larry from Bristol because it 'balances' the other view.
The only solution is for every BBC news programme to include a verbatim quote of the most incoherent and deranged thing Trump has uttered that day.
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The only solution is for every BBC news programme to include a verbatim quote of the most incoherent and deranged thing Trump has uttered that day.
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Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Stephen really does have the best take on this. It’s not clear that the BBC Board or indeed the rest of the News team really understood the message of the previous reviews, which were about getting detail right. Instead they wanted to know what was ‘biased’ or not like they were blotting out stains.
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And if we think it’s bad now, imagine what it could look like, say, two months from a U.K. general election?
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
And if we think it’s bad now, imagine what it could look like, say, two months from a U.K. general election?
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
Could imagine huge sums in US far right cash flooding in, much of what would only be declared after the election (our electoral rules really are a jape)
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I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.
November 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I can't imagine a job i'd like to do less. Managing an organisation held to a ludicrous standard by roaring idiots on a daily basis, while the main mediums it uses are all in decline and it's starved of resources.
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One more time for this.
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City of Immigrants by Patti Griffin, Steve Earle, Joan Baez, James McMurtry and The Mastersons
YouTube video by Michael Hess
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November 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
One more time for this.
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I'm mad. Please put in the newspaper that I'm mad.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I'm mad. Please put in the newspaper that I'm mad.
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Too early for final results, but we're seeing — once again — losses for conservatives in school board races in multiple states. Stay tuned.
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Too early for final results, but we're seeing — once again — losses for conservatives in school board races in multiple states. Stay tuned.
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the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
Thomas Frank: Micky needs to score more with his head.
Micky van de Ven:
Micky van de Ven:
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Thomas Frank: Micky needs to score more with his head.
Micky van de Ven:
Micky van de Ven:
I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I love the smell of onions and mustard in the morning.
A movie you've seen more than 777 times with a gif.
November 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A movie you've seen more than 777 times with a gif.
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Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
November 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”
One of the most odious things about Anderson's attacks on disabled people is that his wife had cystic fibrosis and a lung transplant, and he once spoke well about the impact of lung disease and the financial costs of it. So he will have known many people for whom PIP/Motability was a life-changer.
The path from abusing foreigners to abusing the disabled is well-trodden. I I hope this nugget is bright enough to reflect on who else has walked it.
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson wants to bring back the ‘invalid carriage’.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
One of the most odious things about Anderson's attacks on disabled people is that his wife had cystic fibrosis and a lung transplant, and he once spoke well about the impact of lung disease and the financial costs of it. So he will have known many people for whom PIP/Motability was a life-changer.
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Then head on over to our website!
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October 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Looking for Christmas cards? Or a calendar for 2026?
Want to support women and children in Afghanistan?
Then head on over to our website!
Order at lindanorgrovefoundation.org/shop/
Want to support women and children in Afghanistan?
Then head on over to our website!
Order at lindanorgrovefoundation.org/shop/
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I would read the hell out of a deeply reported piece on how the media/political elite addiction to Twitter is shaping their views, which in turn shape the views of millions of people. It's a total reality-warper.
i’m increasingly convinced that many people in d.c. are just suffering from x dot com brain rot
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I would read the hell out of a deeply reported piece on how the media/political elite addiction to Twitter is shaping their views, which in turn shape the views of millions of people. It's a total reality-warper.
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The fact that an Afghanistan women's refugee team is now playing in a FIFA-sanctioned tournament is that little glint of light that we all need.
It's testament to some incredible, courageous and persistent women who will not let Afghan women be erased from sport.
www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/...
It's testament to some incredible, courageous and persistent women who will not let Afghan women be erased from sport.
www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/...
Afghan women’s football team makes international return after four years
Afghanistan women's refugee team played their first match in a FIFA-organised four-team friendly competition in Morocco.
www.aljazeera.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The fact that an Afghanistan women's refugee team is now playing in a FIFA-sanctioned tournament is that little glint of light that we all need.
It's testament to some incredible, courageous and persistent women who will not let Afghan women be erased from sport.
www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/...
It's testament to some incredible, courageous and persistent women who will not let Afghan women be erased from sport.
www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/...
Someone tell Jamie Redknapp that in the last two seasons Spurs scored the third most goals from corners in the premier league.
October 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Someone tell Jamie Redknapp that in the last two seasons Spurs scored the third most goals from corners in the premier league.
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Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
Having just spent the week with my 93 year old mum, and wondering what I'll struggle with at that age that I now find straightforward, this is a timely and very good read.
Loving your country means loving it as it is — not as you wish it were.
Britain is getting old. Instead of fearing it, we should lead the world in how to live longer, better.
My new piece on making the most of an ageing society is out.
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/we-must-lo...
Britain is getting old. Instead of fearing it, we should lead the world in how to live longer, better.
My new piece on making the most of an ageing society is out.
howtorunacountry.substack.com/p/we-must-lo...
We must love the country we are
How to make the most of an ageing society
howtorunacountry.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Having just spent the week with my 93 year old mum, and wondering what I'll struggle with at that age that I now find straightforward, this is a timely and very good read.