Philippa
@eunoia26.bsky.social
ME might be kicking my butt, but I will kick back when I’m stable enough
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Excellent and courageous investigative journalism.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
“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...
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 4:12 PM
Excellent and courageous investigative journalism.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
The fact that it is (apparently) legal to do this to people is utterly disgusting.
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Here's how you ACTUALLY fix the £30bn black-hole:
Sell The Falklands (£30bn)
Sell an overpriced Serco App to Elon Musk (£37.5bn)
Produce a one-off Pay-Per-View event where we just sit & watch Boris Johnson get clubbed round the head with a wet haddock for 2 hours (£10bn)
Sell The Falklands (£30bn)
Sell an overpriced Serco App to Elon Musk (£37.5bn)
Produce a one-off Pay-Per-View event where we just sit & watch Boris Johnson get clubbed round the head with a wet haddock for 2 hours (£10bn)
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Here's how you ACTUALLY fix the £30bn black-hole:
Sell The Falklands (£30bn)
Sell an overpriced Serco App to Elon Musk (£37.5bn)
Produce a one-off Pay-Per-View event where we just sit & watch Boris Johnson get clubbed round the head with a wet haddock for 2 hours (£10bn)
Sell The Falklands (£30bn)
Sell an overpriced Serco App to Elon Musk (£37.5bn)
Produce a one-off Pay-Per-View event where we just sit & watch Boris Johnson get clubbed round the head with a wet haddock for 2 hours (£10bn)
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November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Step 1: Sign up for a FREE library card at your local library today.
Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities.
Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.
Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities.
Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.
fry from futurama says " and it 's all thanks to the books at my local library .. "
ALT: fry from futurama says " and it 's all thanks to the books at my local library .. "
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Step 1: Sign up for a FREE library card at your local library today.
Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities.
Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.
Step 2: Enter a world of possibilities.
Step 3: Share some of the library joy that is sure to come.
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I don't think this was actually deliberately published as ragebait, but the entitlement contained within is remarkable and a classic example of the sort of sentiment governments sometimes just have to face down inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...?
We were hit with a £148k inheritance tax bill when mum died at 97 - it's disgusting
Jill Lemon has labelled inheritance tax as 'cruel', 'horrible' and 'unfair'
inews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I don't think this was actually deliberately published as ragebait, but the entitlement contained within is remarkable and a classic example of the sort of sentiment governments sometimes just have to face down inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...?
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6 hours left to back welsh folklore themed Run From the Dark, an RPG where you play 'Walkers', those brave or foolish enough to travel the wilderness between the few communities that still exist & keep the flames, or at least embers, of civilisation glowing
read about it + these lil round lads here
read about it + these lil round lads here
Squatter's Rites
Welsh folklore, little rotund space lads, what more could you want?
wyrd.science
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
6 hours left to back welsh folklore themed Run From the Dark, an RPG where you play 'Walkers', those brave or foolish enough to travel the wilderness between the few communities that still exist & keep the flames, or at least embers, of civilisation glowing
read about it + these lil round lads here
read about it + these lil round lads here
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Real power is being able to cut them off from their revenue stream.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What is the latest Black Friday boycott – and will it work?
While others scramble for deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, activists hope to leverage shopping behavior for societal change
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Real power is being able to cut them off from their revenue stream.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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There is so much messed up about this front page Express story today.
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There is so much messed up about this front page Express story today.
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
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As Trump and Putin work to crush Ukraine and destabilise Europe and Farage’s ally gets sentenced to 10yrs for taking Russian bribes, it’s a good time to revisit this excellent report on how the British rightwing has betrayed us all.
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It
Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain
bylinetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
As Trump and Putin work to crush Ukraine and destabilise Europe and Farage’s ally gets sentenced to 10yrs for taking Russian bribes, it’s a good time to revisit this excellent report on how the British rightwing has betrayed us all.
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
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David Clayton. NC-05
Watch him.
The breed of Democrat that is entering the political arena.
Watch him.
The breed of Democrat that is entering the political arena.
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 AM
David Clayton. NC-05
Watch him.
The breed of Democrat that is entering the political arena.
Watch him.
The breed of Democrat that is entering the political arena.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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One of those "the public came to that conclusion all by themselves" things given the uniparty/media coverage
People mostly understand *far* better than either the media or politicians give them credit for. Our media is, as usual, letting us down.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
One of those "the public came to that conclusion all by themselves" things given the uniparty/media coverage
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Removing Trump would be awesome if Peter Thiel’s sugar baby JD Vance wasn’t so much fucking worse.
Don’t believe me?
Read it for yourselves.
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
Don’t believe me?
Read it for yourselves.
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas
Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Removing Trump would be awesome if Peter Thiel’s sugar baby JD Vance wasn’t so much fucking worse.
Don’t believe me?
Read it for yourselves.
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
Don’t believe me?
Read it for yourselves.
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
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ICE taze woman already detained in zip ties—throw her nonresponsive body into truck like a rag doll.
"Unfortunately, my children had to witness agents throw a woman to the ground and taze her," said witness.
"My daughter is traumatized... I feel so bad there was nothing I could do."
Oak Park,MI
"Unfortunately, my children had to witness agents throw a woman to the ground and taze her," said witness.
"My daughter is traumatized... I feel so bad there was nothing I could do."
Oak Park,MI
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
ICE taze woman already detained in zip ties—throw her nonresponsive body into truck like a rag doll.
"Unfortunately, my children had to witness agents throw a woman to the ground and taze her," said witness.
"My daughter is traumatized... I feel so bad there was nothing I could do."
Oak Park,MI
"Unfortunately, my children had to witness agents throw a woman to the ground and taze her," said witness.
"My daughter is traumatized... I feel so bad there was nothing I could do."
Oak Park,MI
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"The message is not that Trump is innocent, it's that *everyone is guilty.* Everyone assaults women, cheats on their taxes, uses public office for private gain. Propriety and following the rules? That stuff is for suckers. In a world of grift and graft, the most corrupt man should be king."
Why Trump can't make the Epstein scandal go away
His ordinary scandal management techniques are not working.
www.publicnotice.co
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"The message is not that Trump is innocent, it's that *everyone is guilty.* Everyone assaults women, cheats on their taxes, uses public office for private gain. Propriety and following the rules? That stuff is for suckers. In a world of grift and graft, the most corrupt man should be king."
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Both the Budget and the asylum bill are disintegrating before they've even been formally announced.
Absolutely dead government.
Absolutely dead government.
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Both the Budget and the asylum bill are disintegrating before they've even been formally announced.
Absolutely dead government.
Absolutely dead government.
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We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
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NEW! #FirstLastAnything ep 33: Stand-up and novelist Mark Watson (@watsoncomedian.bsky.social) joins me this week to talk about how music helped to inspire his crafts of writing and performing. Plus his first, last and wildcard purchases! Join us! firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/16/f...
FLA 33: Mark Watson (16/11/2025)
For over twenty years now, the writer-performer Mark Watson has sustained two parallel careers. In one of them, he has pursued stand-up comedy to great acclaim, both in live settings and via broadc…
firstlastanything.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NEW! #FirstLastAnything ep 33: Stand-up and novelist Mark Watson (@watsoncomedian.bsky.social) joins me this week to talk about how music helped to inspire his crafts of writing and performing. Plus his first, last and wildcard purchases! Join us! firstlastanything.co.uk/2025/11/16/f...
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Big scoop by my colleagues, this:
Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Big scoop by my colleagues, this:
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At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
At the same time the NY Times was hyping Hillary Clinton's emails, it had a reporter with emails from Jeffrey Epstein that were highly damaging to Trump.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
The more NYT apologists try to minimize this the clearer it becomes that they don't understand why much of the public doesn't trust legacy media.
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We have become careless of what matters. “Never again?” From east to west, bullies dominate. International institutions have been allowed to wither. In the US, powerful voices echo Nazi justifications for overriding democracy.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
In 1945 we said ‘never again’, yet already we’ve forgotten | The Observer
Eighty years ago this weekend, on Sunday 11 November 1945, King George VI joined the newly minted Labour prime minister Clement Attlee in laying wreaths on the Cenotaph in London’s Whitehall, the first time in seven years that the remembrance ceremony, introduced after the first world war, had taken place in peacetime. Across the nation, countless millions assembled at 11am to stand for two minutes in silence.
observer.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
We have become careless of what matters. “Never again?” From east to west, bullies dominate. International institutions have been allowed to wither. In the US, powerful voices echo Nazi justifications for overriding democracy.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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I think this might be the first story I have ever seen where every quote post is some variation on 'Good'. And there is a reason for that!
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs
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UK politics live – latest updates
The controversial system of police and crime commissioners is to be abolished by the government, the Guardian has learned.
Under the system, introduced under the Conservatives, all 43 police forces covering local areas across England and Wales had to answer to an elected official. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I think this might be the first story I have ever seen where every quote post is some variation on 'Good'. And there is a reason for that!