Catherine Carlin
@kittycarlin.bsky.social
Linguist and Europhile. I like books, telly, food and wine.
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The most shameful language point about school kids in the U.K. is not the number who speak English as a second language, but the number who don’t speak any language other than English.
Even more, the number of adults who don’t.
Even more, the number of adults who don’t.
December 12, 2025 at 9:16 AM
The most shameful language point about school kids in the U.K. is not the number who speak English as a second language, but the number who don’t speak any language other than English.
Even more, the number of adults who don’t.
Even more, the number of adults who don’t.
Not good. 😔
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
tcnv.link
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Not good. 😔
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We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
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Google AI doesn't understand that in Europe a decimal point is a comma and a comma is a "thousand" marker.
10/3 is "approximately 3 333 thousand 333."
1000*3 is "three point oh oh oh."
Google Assistant used to be brilliant. AI fucks everything it touches.
10/3 is "approximately 3 333 thousand 333."
1000*3 is "three point oh oh oh."
Google Assistant used to be brilliant. AI fucks everything it touches.
November 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Google AI doesn't understand that in Europe a decimal point is a comma and a comma is a "thousand" marker.
10/3 is "approximately 3 333 thousand 333."
1000*3 is "three point oh oh oh."
Google Assistant used to be brilliant. AI fucks everything it touches.
10/3 is "approximately 3 333 thousand 333."
1000*3 is "three point oh oh oh."
Google Assistant used to be brilliant. AI fucks everything it touches.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
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Poor Josh won’t be able to save more than £12k a year tax free! However will he cope?
Josh Hall, 20, is 'worried' about how the cash ISA allowance cut announced in Wednesday’s Budget will affect his long-term savings plans
➡#Read More: trib.al/UPCzygg
➡#Read More: trib.al/UPCzygg
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Poor Josh won’t be able to save more than £12k a year tax free! However will he cope?
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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From Google Maps: Good to see Google taking cow privacy seriously... 🐄🤣🤣
#towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals
#towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals
November 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
From Google Maps: Good to see Google taking cow privacy seriously... 🐄🤣🤣
#towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals
#towpathtalk #canals #canalsandrivers #narrowboat #rivers #waterways #lifeonthecut #boating #boats #canallife #canallifeuk #UKCanals
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November 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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“I bought it ten years ago for a mil, it must be worth 2 mil by now”…nope!
There are about 30 million homes in the UK. Considerably fewer than 100,000 of them will be worth £2m+.
There are about 30 million homes in the UK. Considerably fewer than 100,000 of them will be worth £2m+.
November 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
“I bought it ten years ago for a mil, it must be worth 2 mil by now”…nope!
There are about 30 million homes in the UK. Considerably fewer than 100,000 of them will be worth £2m+.
There are about 30 million homes in the UK. Considerably fewer than 100,000 of them will be worth £2m+.
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I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
November 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I actually really don't think it much matters that Farage was a racist idiot at school, really. What matters is how he a) reflects on that behaviour now, and b) what he's learned and c) done in the 40 years since.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
And, well... a) Badly, b) Nothing and c) Been a fascist-enabling spiv.
We know why they’re really doing it.
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 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We know why they’re really doing it.
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"Compared with other European countries, the UK received the fifth largest number of asylum seekers in the year ending March 2025, and the seventeenth largest intake when measured per head of population" - Home Office data
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"Compared with other European countries, the UK received the fifth largest number of asylum seekers in the year ending March 2025, and the seventeenth largest intake when measured per head of population" - Home Office data
www.gov.uk/government/s...
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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It is just false to say that " We have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
Opposition parties should write to the Permanent Secretary and National Statistician about this
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Opposition parties should write to the Permanent Secretary and National Statistician about this
www.gov.uk/government/s...
How many people claim asylum in the UK?
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It is just false to say that " We have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
Opposition parties should write to the Permanent Secretary and National Statistician about this
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Opposition parties should write to the Permanent Secretary and National Statistician about this
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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Refugees and "controlled immigration" are seperate issues. The first is a humanitarian issue, the second is an economic one. As different issues, they need different policies. The only ones throwing them into one pot should be the far-right.
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Refugees and "controlled immigration" are seperate issues. The first is a humanitarian issue, the second is an economic one. As different issues, they need different policies. The only ones throwing them into one pot should be the far-right.
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Refugees & asylum seekers are largely a vulnerable, traumatised & disadvantaged group of people so to keep demonising & scapegoating them for political gain is disgusting & despicable. The end doesn’t justify this punching down means & in any case the end here seems to be the propaganda itself.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Refugees & asylum seekers are largely a vulnerable, traumatised & disadvantaged group of people so to keep demonising & scapegoating them for political gain is disgusting & despicable. The end doesn’t justify this punching down means & in any case the end here seems to be the propaganda itself.
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Chasing the xenophobic vote has destroyed the Conservative Party, why would Labour think it will work for them?
November 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Chasing the xenophobic vote has destroyed the Conservative Party, why would Labour think it will work for them?
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A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
November 12, 2025 at 7:37 PM
A man has been found guilty of writing a stream of consciousness novel. He is about to start a 4 year sentence.
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The BBC have always been biased against me. As I explained in detail during my 38 appearances on BBC Question Time.
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The BBC have always been biased against me. As I explained in detail during my 38 appearances on BBC Question Time.
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If BBC News was a hotbed of left-wing wokery producing *systemically* biased coverage Jeremy Corbyn may well have been elected Prime Minister in 2019.
It’s not. He wasn’t.
And we got Boris Johnson instead.
It’s not. He wasn’t.
And we got Boris Johnson instead.
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If BBC News was a hotbed of left-wing wokery producing *systemically* biased coverage Jeremy Corbyn may well have been elected Prime Minister in 2019.
It’s not. He wasn’t.
And we got Boris Johnson instead.
It’s not. He wasn’t.
And we got Boris Johnson instead.
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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Joe said Cat
Nick said Joe
So did Dave
What a blow
The pouches cast
The fire glowed green
Alan smirked
A nation screamed
Nick said Fuck
David sighed
Claudia winked
And Alan cried
Nick said Joe
So did Dave
What a blow
The pouches cast
The fire glowed green
Alan smirked
A nation screamed
Nick said Fuck
David sighed
Claudia winked
And Alan cried
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Joe said Cat
Nick said Joe
So did Dave
What a blow
The pouches cast
The fire glowed green
Alan smirked
A nation screamed
Nick said Fuck
David sighed
Claudia winked
And Alan cried
Nick said Joe
So did Dave
What a blow
The pouches cast
The fire glowed green
Alan smirked
A nation screamed
Nick said Fuck
David sighed
Claudia winked
And Alan cried
My thoughts exactly.
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
My thoughts exactly.