Lorraine
@lorraineh17.bsky.social
UK based, interested in Politics and Photography. Want a better world for my
“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
Albert Pine
“What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”
Albert Pine
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(h/t: @the.language.nerds)
February 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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hey quick question does Goliath win in that story
February 2, 2025 at 6:06 PM
hey quick question does Goliath win in that story
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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✨ Dreams do come true! This wonderful lady wished for a magic show, and our amazing Year 6’s delivered with a spellbinding performance! 🎩✨ We even gifted her a magic kit to learn her own tricks! Huge thanks to The Hidey Hole in Cleveleys for sponsoring this magical moment! 🪄❤️ #DareToDream🌟
January 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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WOW! You've got to watch all of this.
A priest just confronted Trump's fascism to his face. She's so incredibly brave.
A priest just confronted Trump's fascism to his face. She's so incredibly brave.
January 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
WOW! You've got to watch all of this.
A priest just confronted Trump's fascism to his face. She's so incredibly brave.
A priest just confronted Trump's fascism to his face. She's so incredibly brave.
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“We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King
- Dr. Martin Luther King
January 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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This is such a stupid time in human history that the villains aren’t even charismatic, entertaining, or articulate
We’re denied even that silver lining
We’re denied even that silver lining
January 18, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is such a stupid time in human history that the villains aren’t even charismatic, entertaining, or articulate
We’re denied even that silver lining
We’re denied even that silver lining
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This place has big coffee shop inside a bookstore vibes and I’m here for it
November 19, 2024 at 3:43 PM
This place has big coffee shop inside a bookstore vibes and I’m here for it
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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This place feels like moving into a new home and having to use a bowl to drink your first coffee because you haven’t found the mugs yet
But you love it and the mugs are around somewhere
But you love it and the mugs are around somewhere
November 15, 2024 at 10:28 AM
This place feels like moving into a new home and having to use a bowl to drink your first coffee because you haven’t found the mugs yet
But you love it and the mugs are around somewhere
But you love it and the mugs are around somewhere
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Word of the day is ‘catchfart’, from the 17th century, used of a servant who followed their master or mistress a little too closely.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
September 2, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Word of the day is ‘catchfart’, from the 17th century, used of a servant who followed their master or mistress a little too closely.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
In today’s terms, a catchfart is someone who fawns upon the boss or who follows the political wind.
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Extreme weather cost $2tn globally over past decade, report finds
Extreme weather cost $2tn globally over past decade, report finds
US suffered greatest economic losses, report commissioned by International Chamber of Commerce finds, followed by China and India
Violent weather cost the world $2tn over the past decade, a report has found, as diplomats descend on the Cop29 climate summit for a tense fight over finance.
The analysis of 4,000 climate-related extreme weather events, from flash floods that wash away homes in an instant to slow-burning droughts that ruin farms over years, found economic damages hit $451bn across the past two years alone.
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www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2024 at 4:14 AM
Extreme weather cost $2tn globally over past decade, report finds
It seems so much nicer over here. Thanks so much to my first followers for following back. I am feeling more positive already.
November 7, 2024 at 2:33 PM
It seems so much nicer over here. Thanks so much to my first followers for following back. I am feeling more positive already.