Beth Portwood 🏳️🌈
@bethportwood.bsky.social
Woke lefty, feminist killjoy living in Manchester with my cat and stitching things.
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Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week
Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week
More than 5,000 workers to benefit from reduced hours with no loss of pay
Two hundred UK companies have signed up for a permanent four-day working week for all their employees with no loss of pay, in the latest landmark in the campaign to reinvent…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Two hundred UK companies sign up for permanent four-day working week
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Shirley Baker, Hulme, 1965, UK photographer known for her street photography around Greater Manchester,UK #WomensArt
January 27, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Shirley Baker, Hulme, 1965, UK photographer known for her street photography around Greater Manchester,UK #WomensArt
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Glad to see Laura Kuenssberg has Nadhim Zahawi on. It's so important to hear the views of someone who claimed £6,000 to heat his stables, hid £27m offshore to avoid tax and threatened to sue anyone who asked questions.
January 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Glad to see Laura Kuenssberg has Nadhim Zahawi on. It's so important to hear the views of someone who claimed £6,000 to heat his stables, hid £27m offshore to avoid tax and threatened to sue anyone who asked questions.
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It's been quite something to watch supposedly 'patriotic' British newspapers actively cheerleading on a foreign administration that is openly working against our interests.
January 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
It's been quite something to watch supposedly 'patriotic' British newspapers actively cheerleading on a foreign administration that is openly working against our interests.
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Many people doubted Fergus. “He’ll never fit in that box!” they said. But I never doubted him. 🏆
January 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Many people doubted Fergus. “He’ll never fit in that box!” they said. But I never doubted him. 🏆
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Sinéad O'Connor, 1992 by UK photographer Jane Bown, taken during a rehearsal backstage #WomensArt
January 16, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Sinéad O'Connor, 1992 by UK photographer Jane Bown, taken during a rehearsal backstage #WomensArt
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The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood
January 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood
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RIP the Magic Bus. You took me home from poptastic at 3am with a spicy wing meal in hand more times than I can remember ✌🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Manchester's Magic Bus does disappearing trick after 30 years
The low-fare Manchester bus popular with students bows out after almost 30 years in service.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
RIP the Magic Bus. You took me home from poptastic at 3am with a spicy wing meal in hand more times than I can remember ✌🏻 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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adding this to my Dream Wedding moodboard on Pinterest. #TheTraitors #Traitors
January 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
adding this to my Dream Wedding moodboard on Pinterest. #TheTraitors #Traitors
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January 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Not to be over dramatic or anything but, at a checkout in a shop, if the person in front of you doesn’t put a divider down for you when they’ve finished putting their shopping on the conveyer belt then you should be allowed to stamp on their fingers.
January 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Not to be over dramatic or anything but, at a checkout in a shop, if the person in front of you doesn’t put a divider down for you when they’ve finished putting their shopping on the conveyer belt then you should be allowed to stamp on their fingers.
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And it’s Friday! But anyway, it’s always cause for jubilation when Salt and Vinegar Potatoes are #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/salt...
Salt and Vinegar Potatoes
While steaming then roasting potatoes may seem rather a fandango, one bite of these will convince you that it's utterly worth it; besides, it's not as if you have to do anything while they either stea...
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January 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
And it’s Friday! But anyway, it’s always cause for jubilation when Salt and Vinegar Potatoes are #RecipeOfTheDay! www.nigella.com/recipes/salt...
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A Minute of Silence for those traumatized by inclusivity.
January 11, 2025 at 3:45 AM
A Minute of Silence for those traumatized by inclusivity.
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i don’t understand how, psychologically, a person gets to a place where they interpret sign language as some kind of attack or imposition on their life. like, what the fuck is wrong with you?
January 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
i don’t understand how, psychologically, a person gets to a place where they interpret sign language as some kind of attack or imposition on their life. like, what the fuck is wrong with you?
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I’m sick of living through Wikipedia entries.
January 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’m sick of living through Wikipedia entries.
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Today 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.
January 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today 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.
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I think we all need to get dramatic portraits like this done with our cats. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.
January 7, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I think we all need to get dramatic portraits like this done with our cats. Postcard from my collection, no date/info.
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Let them be mad.
Let them judge you.
Let them misunderstand you.
Let them gossip about you.
Let them ignore you.
Let them be right.
Let them doubt you.
Let them hate you.
Let them run your name in the ground.
Let them make you out to be the villain.
But never let them make you question your worth.
Let them judge you.
Let them misunderstand you.
Let them gossip about you.
Let them ignore you.
Let them be right.
Let them doubt you.
Let them hate you.
Let them run your name in the ground.
Let them make you out to be the villain.
But never let them make you question your worth.
January 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Let them be mad.
Let them judge you.
Let them misunderstand you.
Let them gossip about you.
Let them ignore you.
Let them be right.
Let them doubt you.
Let them hate you.
Let them run your name in the ground.
Let them make you out to be the villain.
But never let them make you question your worth.
Let them judge you.
Let them misunderstand you.
Let them gossip about you.
Let them ignore you.
Let them be right.
Let them doubt you.
Let them hate you.
Let them run your name in the ground.
Let them make you out to be the villain.
But never let them make you question your worth.
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Lindsay Reade. Gillian Gilbert. Ang Matthews. Cath Carroll. DJ Paulette. Stella Hall. Linder Sterling. Kay Carroll. So many brilliant women played a pivotal role in Factory’s story. Thanks for acknowledging & amplifying some of their voices @ophiraophira.bsky.social @manchestermill.bsky.social
"The question is not one of whether women were involved in the label’s success, but rather why it’s taken just under half a century for their involvement to be recognised."
@ophiraophira.bsky.social on the forgotten women of Factory, for today's weekend read.
manchestermill.co.uk/p/she-helped...
@ophiraophira.bsky.social on the forgotten women of Factory, for today's weekend read.
manchestermill.co.uk/p/she-helped...
She helped build Factory Records from the ground up. So how did Lindsay Reade get cut out of the story?
‘What is this with all these men? You know? What about me?’
manchestermill.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Lindsay Reade. Gillian Gilbert. Ang Matthews. Cath Carroll. DJ Paulette. Stella Hall. Linder Sterling. Kay Carroll. So many brilliant women played a pivotal role in Factory’s story. Thanks for acknowledging & amplifying some of their voices @ophiraophira.bsky.social @manchestermill.bsky.social
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It’s Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas in Ireland. Traditionally it was a day off for women who had worked to make Christmas great for their families. Nowadays it’s also a time to remember + celebrate women.
So here’s a funny podcast on Gráinne O Malley I was in.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
So here’s a funny podcast on Gráinne O Malley I was in.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
BBC Radio 4 - You're Dead to Me, Grainne O’Malley
Greg Jenner takes us to 16th-century Ireland to meet pirate queen Grainne O’Malley.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It’s Nollaig na mBan or Women’s Christmas in Ireland. Traditionally it was a day off for women who had worked to make Christmas great for their families. Nowadays it’s also a time to remember + celebrate women.
So here’s a funny podcast on Gráinne O Malley I was in.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
So here’s a funny podcast on Gráinne O Malley I was in.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
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After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
New French guidelines show doctors overwhelmingly support gender-affirming care - LGBTQ Nation
The medical guidelines contradict numerous conclusions from the UK's infamous Cass Review.
www.lgbtqnation.com
January 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
After extensive review, France has established very positive gender affirming care guidelines, and they’ve rejected the highly politicized Cass Report as simply false.
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/12/new-...
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Compare the sheer scale of the coverage handed by the BBC this morning to Nigel Farage and his party, with its grand total of five MPs, to its coverage of other similarly small parties.
January 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Compare the sheer scale of the coverage handed by the BBC this morning to Nigel Farage and his party, with its grand total of five MPs, to its coverage of other similarly small parties.