JuneSim63 💚
@junesim63.bsky.social
Retired researcher living in Nottinghamshire, England. Native of Hull.
#Socialism #Politics #Cats #Gardening #ClassicalMusic #Environment #GreenParty
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THREAD.
A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text.
1. Weeping Fence Banshee.
A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text.
1. Weeping Fence Banshee.
December 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
THREAD.
A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text.
1. Weeping Fence Banshee.
A selection of haunting encounters I have had with folk horror creatures and ghosts during walks in the British countryside.
You will find the full descriptions of these disturbing incidents in the alt text.
1. Weeping Fence Banshee.
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"The question is whether political leaders are brave enough to speak the truth?
Immigration is good for this country and that we have a clear, moral responsibility to protect those failed by global injustice and political neglect."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Immigration is good for this country and that we have a clear, moral responsibility to protect those failed by global injustice and political neglect."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Calais exposes our moral failure on migration. We can and...
A visit to the French town’s makeshift migrant encampments made it clear that we need a new vision for the new year
observer.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"The question is whether political leaders are brave enough to speak the truth?
Immigration is good for this country and that we have a clear, moral responsibility to protect those failed by global injustice and political neglect."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Immigration is good for this country and that we have a clear, moral responsibility to protect those failed by global injustice and political neglect."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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President Trump announces details of his new Ukraine peace plan.
Watch ‘An Evening with Private Eye 2025’ in full, on Private Eye’s YouTube channel now.
Watch ‘An Evening with Private Eye 2025’ in full, on Private Eye’s YouTube channel now.
December 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
President Trump announces details of his new Ukraine peace plan.
Watch ‘An Evening with Private Eye 2025’ in full, on Private Eye’s YouTube channel now.
Watch ‘An Evening with Private Eye 2025’ in full, on Private Eye’s YouTube channel now.
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Things you can get for £20 these days:
10.6 litres of unleaded petrol.
21 hours of rent of a one bedroom flat in York.
A new, sealed long-playing record, reduced in a bargain bin.
A round of drinks for four, in one of the UK's cheaper pubs.
Full access to a year of my writing... www.tom-cox.com
10.6 litres of unleaded petrol.
21 hours of rent of a one bedroom flat in York.
A new, sealed long-playing record, reduced in a bargain bin.
A round of drinks for four, in one of the UK's cheaper pubs.
Full access to a year of my writing... www.tom-cox.com
Tom Cox
New writing by bestselling author Tom Cox.
www.tom-cox.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Things you can get for £20 these days:
10.6 litres of unleaded petrol.
21 hours of rent of a one bedroom flat in York.
A new, sealed long-playing record, reduced in a bargain bin.
A round of drinks for four, in one of the UK's cheaper pubs.
Full access to a year of my writing... www.tom-cox.com
10.6 litres of unleaded petrol.
21 hours of rent of a one bedroom flat in York.
A new, sealed long-playing record, reduced in a bargain bin.
A round of drinks for four, in one of the UK's cheaper pubs.
Full access to a year of my writing... www.tom-cox.com
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Zack Polanski, migration, the Greens, and an economics of care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
Zack Polanski, migration, the Greens, and an economics of care
Zack Polanski issued a Christmas message yesterday that demanded the country solve the problem of small boats crossing the English Channel.
As he pointed out, quite fairly, France is not a safe place ...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
December 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Zack Polanski, migration, the Greens, and an economics of care www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/12...
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Deer numbers have been rocketing in the UK and Ireland, causing *massive* damage to nature and society.
The solutions?
Eat wild venison instead of farmed meat, and reintroduce missing native predators like lynx.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The solutions?
Eat wild venison instead of farmed meat, and reintroduce missing native predators like lynx.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why Britain has a deer problem
Deer numbers have rocketed over the last 40 years and particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic.
www.bbc.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Deer numbers have been rocketing in the UK and Ireland, causing *massive* damage to nature and society.
The solutions?
Eat wild venison instead of farmed meat, and reintroduce missing native predators like lynx.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The solutions?
Eat wild venison instead of farmed meat, and reintroduce missing native predators like lynx.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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I hope the BBC's lawyers are taking notes
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I hope the BBC's lawyers are taking notes
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As a Jew, it’s fun watching the administration post Christian nationalist messages while also saying they are doing everything they can to curb antisemitism.
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As a Jew, it’s fun watching the administration post Christian nationalist messages while also saying they are doing everything they can to curb antisemitism.
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Watching the total donations shooting up after the Xmas Day Message is so beautiful.
Thank you all! 💚🎄
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Thank you all! 💚🎄
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
December 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Watching the total donations shooting up after the Xmas Day Message is so beautiful.
Thank you all! 💚🎄
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
Thank you all! 💚🎄
www.justgiving.com/campaign/tog...
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The Guardian accused me of hubris because I dared post at 3pm.
The Calais Appeal donations are shooting up.
Maybe the King might like to donate too? Or maybe the Government could actually implement a fair & managed migration system?
A Christmas miracle!
The Calais Appeal donations are shooting up.
Maybe the King might like to donate too? Or maybe the Government could actually implement a fair & managed migration system?
A Christmas miracle!
December 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Guardian accused me of hubris because I dared post at 3pm.
The Calais Appeal donations are shooting up.
Maybe the King might like to donate too? Or maybe the Government could actually implement a fair & managed migration system?
A Christmas miracle!
The Calais Appeal donations are shooting up.
Maybe the King might like to donate too? Or maybe the Government could actually implement a fair & managed migration system?
A Christmas miracle!
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December 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Goodbye, Monkey Cage - not as infinite as I imagined
December 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Goodbye, Monkey Cage - not as infinite as I imagined
Merry Catmas from Mr Copper, who would like to inform you that his Christmas Dinner ISNT THERE!
#CatsOfBluesky #Catmas #MerryChristmas
#CatsOfBluesky #Catmas #MerryChristmas
December 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Merry Catmas from Mr Copper, who would like to inform you that his Christmas Dinner ISNT THERE!
#CatsOfBluesky #Catmas #MerryChristmas
#CatsOfBluesky #Catmas #MerryChristmas
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George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
George Michael died on Christmas Day in 2016.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
He will be remembered for his incredible songwriting talent, his gorgeous vocals and for the greatest non-apology video of all time, following his arrest for cottaging.
Ooh, great pressie! I can scrub it off my wishlist.
December 25, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Ooh, great pressie! I can scrub it off my wishlist.
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Seventy years ago, Jonas Salk and his team worked in a lab between a morgue and a darkroom to develop the world’s first successful polio vaccine.
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
The world risks forgetting one of humanity’s greatest triumphs as polio nears global eradication − 70 years after Jonas Salk developed the vaccine in a Pittsburgh lab
Polio may finally be defeated in the next 5 years. Will the world recognize what an extraordinary achievement that is?
buff.ly
December 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Seventy years ago, Jonas Salk and his team worked in a lab between a morgue and a darkroom to develop the world’s first successful polio vaccine.
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
A filmmaker who made a documentary on Salk’s work explains why forgetting life before vaccines has real consequences: buff.ly/VYpqOy4
#vaccineswork
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If there's a hell below, we are all going to go, but particularly people who go into physical bookshops and find a book they want then look it up on Amazon and buy it cheaper there instead.
December 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
If there's a hell below, we are all going to go, but particularly people who go into physical bookshops and find a book they want then look it up on Amazon and buy it cheaper there instead.
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Gaza on Christmas Eve.
Israeli troops blow up homes of displaced Palestinian families today
Reminder: The ceasefire went into effect more than 2 months ago.
Israeli troops blow up homes of displaced Palestinian families today
Reminder: The ceasefire went into effect more than 2 months ago.
December 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Gaza on Christmas Eve.
Israeli troops blow up homes of displaced Palestinian families today
Reminder: The ceasefire went into effect more than 2 months ago.
Israeli troops blow up homes of displaced Palestinian families today
Reminder: The ceasefire went into effect more than 2 months ago.
"Bloody Christmas here again.
Let us raise a loving cup,
Peace on earth, goodwill to men,
And make them do the washing up."
Wendy Cope
#MerryChristmas
Let us raise a loving cup,
Peace on earth, goodwill to men,
And make them do the washing up."
Wendy Cope
#MerryChristmas
December 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
"Bloody Christmas here again.
Let us raise a loving cup,
Peace on earth, goodwill to men,
And make them do the washing up."
Wendy Cope
#MerryChristmas
Let us raise a loving cup,
Peace on earth, goodwill to men,
And make them do the washing up."
Wendy Cope
#MerryChristmas
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"For my third Christmas behind bars, I proposed a new tradition to my friends: a holiday feast. Our sources of income varied from legitimate jobs to various side hustles, and together we pooled what we could from the canteen and kitchen."
Why That Christmas Feast in Prison Mattered So Much
A DIY feast transformed a time of isolation into a moment of community.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"For my third Christmas behind bars, I proposed a new tradition to my friends: a holiday feast. Our sources of income varied from legitimate jobs to various side hustles, and together we pooled what we could from the canteen and kitchen."
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"Capitalism has a notorious tendency to periodically come spinning apart. Each time it does, those who profit from it have to convince everyone there is really no choice but to dutifully paste it all back together again, in something like the original form."
- David Graeber
- David Graeber
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Capitalism has a notorious tendency to periodically come spinning apart. Each time it does, those who profit from it have to convince everyone there is really no choice but to dutifully paste it all back together again, in something like the original form."
- David Graeber
- David Graeber