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Victoria
@beaniest.bsky.social
Yorkshire
Likes: outside, making, beer, F1 and Neighbours
Dislikes: futility
Location: Sheffield/York/Derbyshire/M1/bed
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Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.

Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.

The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Bob vs autumn
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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This does feel like key information tbh. Wonder why budding tyrant Donald Trump would want to muzzle a trusted independent news source 🤔
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:

One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.

This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.

Except... it's bollocks.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Oh god, how to be very cold whilst drinking warm beer 🤢
I for one will welcome our Chinese overlords #Beerjacket #China #Tsingtao
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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And they say there are no new sitcom ideas
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
My puppy is teething and has been crying and howling* since 6am. It's exhausting. Is there such a thing as puppy calpol?

*his little baby howl is very cute
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Really heartening to see so many people out today in Sheffield standing up to the ukip fascists.
Loved the chanting: "There's more of us then there are of you"
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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There weren't 100s of ukip supporters probably less than 50
The anti ukip protest was peaceful, good natured and between 600 to 1000. Massively outnumbering the fascists by at least 10:1.
If this was supposed to be about who owns the streets of Sheffield the they are ours.
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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At the UKIP demonstration at Tudor Square in Sheffield.

Maybe around 100 here at the most, although lots of those seem to be YouTubers.
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
To the UKIP protest in Sheffield today...
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Despite watching the #F1Sprint race, I feel like I didn't see most of it.
#F1 #BrazilGP
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why is Katherine Ryan's poppy vomiting crystals?
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My puppy is losing his puppy fluff 😭
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Amazing
My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Here's how to turn it off.

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November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
What a nasty piece of work he is.
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”

Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?

www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Dear god, the fireworks in my town have been relentless tonight. Five fucking hours. The air quality is so bad, I'm getting wheezy.
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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I’m afraid I’ve heard enough to take this seriously - No.10 is thinking of abolishing ECO, the main source of funding for upgrading fuel poor homes.

There’s no way to sugar coat this: it would be a disaster.
And it would mean this government spending less on upgrading homes than the last one
To be clear, what is being proposed here is to axe the main mechanism for getting Britain’s homes insulated - which is by FAR the best way to reduce household energy bills in the long term 🤦‍♂️

…and also, just incidentally, an absolute non-negotiable requirement for meeting UK climate targets 😬🥵☠️
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM