Elizabeth Rimmer
@burnedthumb.bsky.social
Poet, (Four collections, Red Squirrel Press) editor, occasional translator, blogs about place, plants, poetry, woke lefty grandmother. https://linktr.ee/Burnedthumb. Scouse, Scottish and Woke AF #placeplantspoetry
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It's incredibly unsurprising to see Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Farage and Brexit mentioned in the same line in the Epstein docs. Fyi the UK government knew all of this but covered up the Russia Report regardless. We're being governed by an insidious cartel
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November 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It's incredibly unsurprising to see Johnson, Rees-Mogg, Farage and Brexit mentioned in the same line in the Epstein docs. Fyi the UK government knew all of this but covered up the Russia Report regardless. We're being governed by an insidious cartel
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If 11 year old me had to learn how to introduce a bishop to a knight and a baronet to my Mum, then 50 year old you can absolutely learn which pronouns to use.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If 11 year old me had to learn how to introduce a bishop to a knight and a baronet to my Mum, then 50 year old you can absolutely learn which pronouns to use.
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This week has been a good reminder for all the calculated bbc lies and scaremongering during the Indyref1 campaign
🏴 The next time the people of Scotland will be ready for the bbc, and all their scheming 🇬🇧🥊
🏴 The next time the people of Scotland will be ready for the bbc, and all their scheming 🇬🇧🥊
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This week has been a good reminder for all the calculated bbc lies and scaremongering during the Indyref1 campaign
🏴 The next time the people of Scotland will be ready for the bbc, and all their scheming 🇬🇧🥊
🏴 The next time the people of Scotland will be ready for the bbc, and all their scheming 🇬🇧🥊
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I've been waiting for happy news for my first post. I'm thrilled and surprised to have won the Laurie Lee Prize for Writing. I read my entry at Sunday's award ceremony to an attentive audience. My piece is a poetic memoir about my relationship with my father and my journey of grief after he died.
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I've been waiting for happy news for my first post. I'm thrilled and surprised to have won the Laurie Lee Prize for Writing. I read my entry at Sunday's award ceremony to an attentive audience. My piece is a poetic memoir about my relationship with my father and my journey of grief after he died.
“Here’s the new 007 - James Bond”
“Eh?”
“007 is always James Bond , Moneypenny, you know that “
And on we go.
And the secretary is always Moneypenny while we’re at it.
“Eh?”
“007 is always James Bond , Moneypenny, you know that “
And on we go.
And the secretary is always Moneypenny while we’re at it.
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
“Here’s the new 007 - James Bond”
“Eh?”
“007 is always James Bond , Moneypenny, you know that “
And on we go.
And the secretary is always Moneypenny while we’re at it.
“Eh?”
“007 is always James Bond , Moneypenny, you know that “
And on we go.
And the secretary is always Moneypenny while we’re at it.
This is the big one. So big, that's why the traffickers got away with it. Time to get some light on all of this.
Tick-frucking-tock......
18,000 released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo account confirm that prosecutors opened a money-laundering investigation running parallel to the #Epstein rape trafficking.
It was shut down by US officials to prevent exposure of major institutions and individuals. #OpDeathEaters #3E 🧵
It was shut down by US officials to prevent exposure of major institutions and individuals. #OpDeathEaters #3E 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is the big one. So big, that's why the traffickers got away with it. Time to get some light on all of this.
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This rules
Got a player who can't always make it reliably? Well, now there's a class where their absence is a feature. Sort of.
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The Leaper
Every Table has that one friend who wants to play, and we want them to play, but their awful schedule makes committing to anything nearly im...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This rules
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How many thousands of people see the false figures and how many see the corrections or even notice them, BBC doesn't care as the damage to the SNP govt is done.
#BiasedBroadcastingCorporation
#StatePropagandaBBC
#BiasedBroadcastingCorporation
#StatePropagandaBBC
Davie reigns nut in Scotland:-
BBC Scotland has had to issue yet another correction after giving out false figures relating to drug deaths. We've lost count of the corrections and apologies the BBC has had to make after broadcasting false claims. The falsehoods always negatively impact the SNP.
BBC Scotland has had to issue yet another correction after giving out false figures relating to drug deaths. We've lost count of the corrections and apologies the BBC has had to make after broadcasting false claims. The falsehoods always negatively impact the SNP.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
How many thousands of people see the false figures and how many see the corrections or even notice them, BBC doesn't care as the damage to the SNP govt is done.
#BiasedBroadcastingCorporation
#StatePropagandaBBC
#BiasedBroadcastingCorporation
#StatePropagandaBBC
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Please repost if you agree that the BBC is institutionally biased in favour of Nigel Farage.
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Please repost if you agree that the BBC is institutionally biased in favour of Nigel Farage.
I think when we assumed the problem was Trump’s negligent response to the insurrection, that edit read very differently from now we think he organised and paid for the thing. And considering the delay objecting to it, I bet Trump thinks so too.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I think when we assumed the problem was Trump’s negligent response to the insurrection, that edit read very differently from now we think he organised and paid for the thing. And considering the delay objecting to it, I bet Trump thinks so too.
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EXPLAINED: Over the coming days, The National is making a small change to its front pages – our editor explains why 👇
Explained: Why we have a white poppy on the front page
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November 7, 2025 at 8:41 AM
EXPLAINED: Over the coming days, The National is making a small change to its front pages – our editor explains why 👇
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I wouldn't start with these files. Follow the money and the people you fish up will give you the Epstein files on a plate.
However damning you may believe the #EpsteinFiles are for Donald Trump, indications are that the reality is much, much worse than you could possibly imagine. #ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFilesNOW #SwearInAdelitaGrijalva www.rawstory.com/doj-tells-re...
DOJ tells Republicans that Epstein files even worse for Trump than they thought: report
Several House Republicans have reportedly heard from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that the unreleased Jeffrey Epstein documents are especially compromising for President Donald Trump.That's accordi...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I wouldn't start with these files. Follow the money and the people you fish up will give you the Epstein files on a plate.
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
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Wrote about this slow, miserable drift away from modern languages for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social last year.
This week's curriculum review won't help either.
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This week's curriculum review won't help either.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/losing-the-p...
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Wrote about this slow, miserable drift away from modern languages for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social last year.
This week's curriculum review won't help either.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/losing-the-p...
This week's curriculum review won't help either.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/losing-the-p...
I think I found my mission:
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Herbs and Poetry for Reclaiming What Was Lost | Burnedthumb
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November 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I think I found my mission:
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Bog lovers! PEAT IS ..... please complete this phrase in whatever way you wish - be it scientific fact, hope or fear, place name, memory, sensory observation, species of creature or fauna, wild image or metaphor ..... and type it into the comments!
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Bog lovers! PEAT IS ..... please complete this phrase in whatever way you wish - be it scientific fact, hope or fear, place name, memory, sensory observation, species of creature or fauna, wild image or metaphor ..... and type it into the comments!
THANK YOU!
THANK YOU!
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" #NHS #Scotland staffed & equipped to complete 98% of more than 25 000 operations in September 2025 despite 12% increase in demand is deeply impressive "
In today's day & age, this is an incredible achievement.
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In today's day & age, this is an incredible achievement.
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NHS Scotland staffed and equipped to complete 98% of more than 25 000 operations in September 2025 despite 12% increase in demand is deeply impressive
Professor John Robertson OBA From Cancelled planned operations Month ending 30 September 2025, published today: There were 25,322 operations planned to take place across NHSScotland. This is 12.1% …
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November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
" #NHS #Scotland staffed & equipped to complete 98% of more than 25 000 operations in September 2025 despite 12% increase in demand is deeply impressive "
In today's day & age, this is an incredible achievement.
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In today's day & age, this is an incredible achievement.
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Great to see a new Lynette Roberts collected - a brilliant and undersung poet
📚 A Letter to the Dead by Lynette Roberts, hosted by Francesca Brooks - Tuesday 25 November, 7pm.
This new edition contains sixty-five unpublished poems by Roberts, and a new epilogue highlighting her importance to our understanding of twentieth-century poetry.
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This new edition contains sixty-five unpublished poems by Roberts, and a new epilogue highlighting her importance to our understanding of twentieth-century poetry.
www.carcanet.co.uk/events/a-let...
November 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Great to see a new Lynette Roberts collected - a brilliant and undersung poet
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Is that an eightsome reel?
I love Scottish country dancing at a ceilidh. Best when only two people in your set know what they are doing and direct everyone where to go. It’s the epitome of community. And so much fun. What a great way to make international friends across cultures.
I love Scottish country dancing at a ceilidh. Best when only two people in your set know what they are doing and direct everyone where to go. It’s the epitome of community. And so much fun. What a great way to make international friends across cultures.
A truly life affirming multi-cultural event in Glasgow yesterday organised by the #GlasgowEuropeanCitizensForum featuring Ukrainian, Italian, Irish Polish, Breton dancers
#PeopleMakeGlasgow
@festivalofeurope.bsky.social @stirling4europe.bsky.social
@glasgowwestend.bsky.social
Glasgow is European
#PeopleMakeGlasgow
@festivalofeurope.bsky.social @stirling4europe.bsky.social
@glasgowwestend.bsky.social
Glasgow is European
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Is that an eightsome reel?
I love Scottish country dancing at a ceilidh. Best when only two people in your set know what they are doing and direct everyone where to go. It’s the epitome of community. And so much fun. What a great way to make international friends across cultures.
I love Scottish country dancing at a ceilidh. Best when only two people in your set know what they are doing and direct everyone where to go. It’s the epitome of community. And so much fun. What a great way to make international friends across cultures.
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Thanks to Stuart Kelly for the review in #ScotlandonSunday today
November 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Thanks to Stuart Kelly for the review in #ScotlandonSunday today
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We are delighted to publish Issue 6 of Paperboats Zine, Nature's Voice.
Edited by @alexnye.bsky.social and Ian Grosz and featuring a host of wonderful writers and poets.
Brew yourself a cuppa and settle down for an inspiring and uplifting read.
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Edited by @alexnye.bsky.social and Ian Grosz and featuring a host of wonderful writers and poets.
Brew yourself a cuppa and settle down for an inspiring and uplifting read.
paperboats.org/category/zin...
November 1, 2025 at 12:09 PM
We are delighted to publish Issue 6 of Paperboats Zine, Nature's Voice.
Edited by @alexnye.bsky.social and Ian Grosz and featuring a host of wonderful writers and poets.
Brew yourself a cuppa and settle down for an inspiring and uplifting read.
paperboats.org/category/zin...
Edited by @alexnye.bsky.social and Ian Grosz and featuring a host of wonderful writers and poets.
Brew yourself a cuppa and settle down for an inspiring and uplifting read.
paperboats.org/category/zin...
Decided not to demand a performance from the guiders tonight. Some of them are very young and shy, and I just had a non verbal Dracula sign me a thank you. Halloween is for all of them!
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Decided not to demand a performance from the guiders tonight. Some of them are very young and shy, and I just had a non verbal Dracula sign me a thank you. Halloween is for all of them!
latest newsletter with a poem for this time of year, commemorating so many friends lost in or after the pandemic.
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The Day of the Dead - Samhain on the Hill of the Poets
Last week I heard the news of an old friend’s death - he was 94, so not really a surprise, but it brought home the feeling of this phase of autumn, that...
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October 31, 2025 at 10:09 AM
latest newsletter with a poem for this time of year, commemorating so many friends lost in or after the pandemic.
buttondown.com/Burnedthumb/...
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