CeciliaIsSmart
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On today’s @jamesobrien.bsky.social @lbc post-analysis of PMQs Political Editor Natasha Clarke insisted PM @keirstarmer said those demanding an inquiry into historical grooming gangs were following a right-wing agenda.
JOB rapidly and repeatedly reminded Clarke this was not true
JOB rapidly and repeatedly reminded Clarke this was not true
January 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
On today’s @jamesobrien.bsky.social @lbc post-analysis of PMQs Political Editor Natasha Clarke insisted PM @keirstarmer said those demanding an inquiry into historical grooming gangs were following a right-wing agenda.
JOB rapidly and repeatedly reminded Clarke this was not true
JOB rapidly and repeatedly reminded Clarke this was not true
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January 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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#RecipeOfTheDay is Butternut and Sweet Potato Curry – a blaze of colour, and bold flavour to match, to bring cheer and bright sustenance in this grey and dismal weather! It’s also #vegan, by the way www.nigella.com/recipes/butt...
Butternut and Sweet Potato Curry
This is a rambunctiously vibrant curry, both to look at and eat. It is rich, sweet and hearty, with tomatoes providing a balancing acidity and the curry paste bringing uncompromising fire. I like the ...
www.nigella.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is Butternut and Sweet Potato Curry – a blaze of colour, and bold flavour to match, to bring cheer and bright sustenance in this grey and dismal weather! It’s also #vegan, by the way www.nigella.com/recipes/butt...
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X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
X has ~18m daily USA users. @bsky.app, ~1.5m.
Is it worth 20 MINS a day to proactively recruit and bring your friends, neighbors,relatives, businesses, anyone who is or could be a user, to @bsky.app?
If Bluesky ends up with more users than the others, you destabilize musk, zuck, trump.
January 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Boris Johnson, who wasted billions of taxpayers £ on useless PPE, making a sick "joke" about a mass murderer for clicks.
What an appalling little man.
What an appalling little man.
December 21, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Boris Johnson, who wasted billions of taxpayers £ on useless PPE, making a sick "joke" about a mass murderer for clicks.
What an appalling little man.
What an appalling little man.
Profound implications within neurolinguistics and second-language acquisition studies
Newborns whose mothers speak two languages appear to have distinct brain responses to speech compared with those born to monolingual mothers, supporting the idea that language acquisition begins in the uterus www.newscientist.com/article/2421...
Babies with bilingual mothers have distinct brainwaves at 1 day old
Newborns whose mothers speak two languages appear to have distinct brain responses to speech compared with those born to monolingual mothers, supporting the idea that language acquisition begins in th...
www.newscientist.com
December 21, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Profound implications within neurolinguistics and second-language acquisition studies
“Sometimes it's the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine” Christopher Morcom
Paraphrased in “The Imitation Game” to reflect genius, but rather more apt when considering the list of ordinary men capable of sexual sadism in the Giséle Pelicot trial
Paraphrased in “The Imitation Game” to reflect genius, but rather more apt when considering the list of ordinary men capable of sexual sadism in the Giséle Pelicot trial
December 20, 2024 at 2:13 PM
“Sometimes it's the very people who no one imagines anything of who do the things no one can imagine” Christopher Morcom
Paraphrased in “The Imitation Game” to reflect genius, but rather more apt when considering the list of ordinary men capable of sexual sadism in the Giséle Pelicot trial
Paraphrased in “The Imitation Game” to reflect genius, but rather more apt when considering the list of ordinary men capable of sexual sadism in the Giséle Pelicot trial
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In Europe, people can have nice solar things because their govs don't fight progress as much.
Santiago Vernetta: “The beauty of the solar balconies is they are flexible, cheap and plug straight into the domestic network via a converter." Stephen Burgen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Santiago Vernetta: “The beauty of the solar balconies is they are flexible, cheap and plug straight into the domestic network via a converter." Stephen Burgen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off
Balcony solar panels can save 30% on a typical household’s electricity bill and, with vertical surface area in cities larger than roof space, the appeal is clear
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:21 PM
In Europe, people can have nice solar things because their govs don't fight progress as much.
Santiago Vernetta: “The beauty of the solar balconies is they are flexible, cheap and plug straight into the domestic network via a converter." Stephen Burgen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Santiago Vernetta: “The beauty of the solar balconies is they are flexible, cheap and plug straight into the domestic network via a converter." Stephen Burgen
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Your friendly local Muslim & lawyer here to remind you Islamic Sharia permits abortion to 120 days, for rape/incest, when fetus is non-viable, to save the mother’s life—as a decision between a woman & her Dr
Stop using our faith as your punchline. MAGA abortion bans are 100% ‘Christian’ nationalism
Stop using our faith as your punchline. MAGA abortion bans are 100% ‘Christian’ nationalism
December 18, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Your friendly local Muslim & lawyer here to remind you Islamic Sharia permits abortion to 120 days, for rape/incest, when fetus is non-viable, to save the mother’s life—as a decision between a woman & her Dr
Stop using our faith as your punchline. MAGA abortion bans are 100% ‘Christian’ nationalism
Stop using our faith as your punchline. MAGA abortion bans are 100% ‘Christian’ nationalism
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WRT Farage, when I see any image of him, I remember: “You're a vile one, You got termites in your smile
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile”
I cannot help but imagine thousands of insects nesting in his unhealthy, toothy, and overly smug grin.
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile”
I cannot help but imagine thousands of insects nesting in his unhealthy, toothy, and overly smug grin.
December 12, 2024 at 12:42 PM
WRT Farage, when I see any image of him, I remember: “You're a vile one, You got termites in your smile
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile”
I cannot help but imagine thousands of insects nesting in his unhealthy, toothy, and overly smug grin.
You have all the tender sweetness
Of a seasick crocodile”
I cannot help but imagine thousands of insects nesting in his unhealthy, toothy, and overly smug grin.
Farage’s grin is menacing and he doesn’t laugh. He cackles
Does Nigel Farage's constant smiling and laughing make you feel uneasy? It should. Out-of-context smiling and laughing are crucial red flags. Ignore these behaviors at your peril. #BodyLanguageExpert
December 19, 2024 at 7:35 AM
Farage’s grin is menacing and he doesn’t laugh. He cackles
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I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
December 19, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I think a lot about this quote from Anaïs Nin’s diary from 1939-1944:
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
“America is in even greater danger because of its cult of toughness, its hatred of sensitivity, and someday it may have to pay a price for this, because atrophy of feeling creates criminals”.
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December 17, 2024 at 5:04 AM
😂😂😂
The NFL: we are going to give you TWO Monday night football games
Us: will either one be watchable and fun
The NFL: no
Us: will either one be watchable and fun
The NFL: no
December 17, 2024 at 10:49 AM
😂😂😂
Totalitarianism book review of essential reading for the next 4 years in the US.
All of these titles are worthy of a position in a Xmas stocking!
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All of these titles are worthy of a position in a Xmas stocking!
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TikTok - Make Your Day
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December 12, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Totalitarianism book review of essential reading for the next 4 years in the US.
All of these titles are worthy of a position in a Xmas stocking!
vm.tiktok.com/ZGdMTUeMD/
All of these titles are worthy of a position in a Xmas stocking!
vm.tiktok.com/ZGdMTUeMD/
The media manufactured consent for Capitalism is really nostalgia for Socialism
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December 12, 2024 at 10:22 AM
The media manufactured consent for Capitalism is really nostalgia for Socialism
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In that entire debate yesterday, only one MP made a cheap political point - trying to link winter fuel payments with assisted dying. But he's new and it was an intervention, so I didn't know him or what right-wing party he's from.
Well, meet Adnan Hussain - one of Corbyn's 'Independent Alliance'. 😶
Well, meet Adnan Hussain - one of Corbyn's 'Independent Alliance'. 😶
November 30, 2024 at 10:11 AM
In that entire debate yesterday, only one MP made a cheap political point - trying to link winter fuel payments with assisted dying. But he's new and it was an intervention, so I didn't know him or what right-wing party he's from.
Well, meet Adnan Hussain - one of Corbyn's 'Independent Alliance'. 😶
Well, meet Adnan Hussain - one of Corbyn's 'Independent Alliance'. 😶
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This podcast on WEF and The Great Reset conspiracy theory propaganda is worth a revisit
This podcast on WEF and The Great Reset conspiracy theory propaganda is worth a revisit
Things Fell Apart - S2. Ep 7: You’ll Own Nothing and You’ll Be Happy - BBC Sounds
A strange incident at Chipping Norton Town Hall.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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This podcast on WEF and The Great Reset conspiracy theory propaganda is worth a revisit
This podcast on WEF and The Great Reset conspiracy theory propaganda is worth a revisit
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OMG this is amazing. From 2019:
“More than 10,000 people in the constituency of Saffron Walden have signed a petition to revoke Article 50 and remain the EU - the highest number of signatures in Essex - but MP Kemi Badenoch says ‘we run the country based on elections and not petitions’.” 🤣 😂 🤣
“More than 10,000 people in the constituency of Saffron Walden have signed a petition to revoke Article 50 and remain the EU - the highest number of signatures in Essex - but MP Kemi Badenoch says ‘we run the country based on elections and not petitions’.” 🤣 😂 🤣
November 27, 2024 at 10:27 PM
OMG this is amazing. From 2019:
“More than 10,000 people in the constituency of Saffron Walden have signed a petition to revoke Article 50 and remain the EU - the highest number of signatures in Essex - but MP Kemi Badenoch says ‘we run the country based on elections and not petitions’.” 🤣 😂 🤣
“More than 10,000 people in the constituency of Saffron Walden have signed a petition to revoke Article 50 and remain the EU - the highest number of signatures in Essex - but MP Kemi Badenoch says ‘we run the country based on elections and not petitions’.” 🤣 😂 🤣
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Saw an old friend last night. Back in 2016 our conversations got a little dicy when he became something of a fervent Brexiter...
In pub he suddenly volunteers to me: "Brexit was a shit idea wasn't it. I mean - a really shit idea."
I think we may be entering the time frame where people accept that.
In pub he suddenly volunteers to me: "Brexit was a shit idea wasn't it. I mean - a really shit idea."
I think we may be entering the time frame where people accept that.
November 27, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Saw an old friend last night. Back in 2016 our conversations got a little dicy when he became something of a fervent Brexiter...
In pub he suddenly volunteers to me: "Brexit was a shit idea wasn't it. I mean - a really shit idea."
I think we may be entering the time frame where people accept that.
In pub he suddenly volunteers to me: "Brexit was a shit idea wasn't it. I mean - a really shit idea."
I think we may be entering the time frame where people accept that.
Even as the ill-informed words tumbled from her gormless gob during #PMQs her own petard was dancing a jig around her neck
Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs: "We had a budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
November 27, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Even as the ill-informed words tumbled from her gormless gob during #PMQs her own petard was dancing a jig around her neck
“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” appeared on the surface of the Amazon blurb to be a petty, shallow, violently patriarchal version of all WW2 cultural meme, and therefore a film outside of my target audience demographic.
That said. I absolutely loved it.
That said. I absolutely loved it.
November 27, 2024 at 1:28 PM
“The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” appeared on the surface of the Amazon blurb to be a petty, shallow, violently patriarchal version of all WW2 cultural meme, and therefore a film outside of my target audience demographic.
That said. I absolutely loved it.
That said. I absolutely loved it.
He f*cked around. Let his ‘finding out’ be a lesson for the current intake of idiots
A whining Rudy Giuliani asked a judge for special treatment today, saying “I have no car, no credit card, no cash, everything I have is tied up, they have put stop orders on my business accounts, and I can’t pay my bills.”
I’m sorry, but boo f*cking hoo.
I’m sorry, but boo f*cking hoo.
November 27, 2024 at 12:21 PM
He f*cked around. Let his ‘finding out’ be a lesson for the current intake of idiots
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Did you know BlueSky only has 20 employees?
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
November 26, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Did you know BlueSky only has 20 employees?
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
We would like to say a huge THANK YOU to those 20 warriors (who are working 24/7 to keep up with the incredible growth) for giving us a space to share.
We escaped hell to be here.
Thank you, @bsky.app & Jay Graber CEO (not a billionaire)
I’ve just heard “Won’t You Stop the Cavalry”. Fuck. It’s Xmas, isn’t it? Bollocks
November 26, 2024 at 4:59 PM
I’ve just heard “Won’t You Stop the Cavalry”. Fuck. It’s Xmas, isn’t it? Bollocks