BarefootBagLady
@lynneasaurus.bsky.social
From Scotland with Love
Handmade Bags & Accessories
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BarefootBagLady
@lynneasaurus.bsky.social
· Jan 12
Where are all the sewing folks? Need to get the algorithm algorithming.... pics of some makes for tax 😘 #quiltsky #sewsky #bagmaker #sewist #madeinscotland
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But have three children and need some support and the UK government will punish you.
Have a spare bedroom and they tax you.
Have a spare bedroom and they tax you.
State support for UK banks
Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England
Who else gets this level of state support?
Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England
Who else gets this level of state support?
Why the banking industry is not a paragon of free markets, efficiency, or honesty
Despite making record profits and paying record returns to shareholders it resents paying taxes.
leftfootforward.org
November 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
But have three children and need some support and the UK government will punish you.
Have a spare bedroom and they tax you.
Have a spare bedroom and they tax you.
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On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
October 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.
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Might consider buying some formula, diapers, and baby food and donating it if you have room in your budget.
Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks.
Government shutdown threatens WIC food aid for millions of moms and children
Experts say a food aid program that helps 6 million low-income mothers and young children will run out of federal money unless the government shutdown ends within two weeks.
www.wmur.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Might consider buying some formula, diapers, and baby food and donating it if you have room in your budget.
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the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans
October 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans
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Thou shalt worry less about Tylenol causing autism and more about Donold causing fascism.
September 28, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thou shalt worry less about Tylenol causing autism and more about Donold causing fascism.
"America sneezes, and we get the flu" is the quote that runs through my mind frequently. Right now I'd guess that the Uk are at the part where you're feeling a bit iffy, but it's probably just a cold. Someone needs to sit our leaders down and read them the riot act, before we become unsalvageable
September 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"America sneezes, and we get the flu" is the quote that runs through my mind frequently. Right now I'd guess that the Uk are at the part where you're feeling a bit iffy, but it's probably just a cold. Someone needs to sit our leaders down and read them the riot act, before we become unsalvageable
What in the actual fuck is this?
Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."
September 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
What in the actual fuck is this?
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Some gorgeous handmade Harris tweed coin/card pouches. I love making them 💞
August 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Some gorgeous handmade Harris tweed coin/card pouches. I love making them 💞
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"What radicalized you?"
Nothing. I refuse to bow to the framing that my beliefs are "radical."
Kids should be fed not bombed or shot
Schools should be safe places.
Reading is an unalloyed good.
The world is amazing and should be cherished.
Science and medicine is star stuff understanding itself.
Nothing. I refuse to bow to the framing that my beliefs are "radical."
Kids should be fed not bombed or shot
Schools should be safe places.
Reading is an unalloyed good.
The world is amazing and should be cherished.
Science and medicine is star stuff understanding itself.
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"What radicalized you?"
Nothing. I refuse to bow to the framing that my beliefs are "radical."
Kids should be fed not bombed or shot
Schools should be safe places.
Reading is an unalloyed good.
The world is amazing and should be cherished.
Science and medicine is star stuff understanding itself.
Nothing. I refuse to bow to the framing that my beliefs are "radical."
Kids should be fed not bombed or shot
Schools should be safe places.
Reading is an unalloyed good.
The world is amazing and should be cherished.
Science and medicine is star stuff understanding itself.
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🔴 Macron's face says it all ‼️
He is so done with Don's BS 🐥
He is so done with Don's BS 🐥
August 19, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🔴 Macron's face says it all ‼️
He is so done with Don's BS 🐥
He is so done with Don's BS 🐥
I pretty much bagged my dream job! Trial run, unit to furnish and we are good to go 🥰 I am absolutely buzzing! Never thought I'd have an opportunity to use my skills, after years of being the main caregiver for my wee mum and brother. Can't help but think they're somehow making things happen 🪡 🧵
August 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I pretty much bagged my dream job! Trial run, unit to furnish and we are good to go 🥰 I am absolutely buzzing! Never thought I'd have an opportunity to use my skills, after years of being the main caregiver for my wee mum and brother. Can't help but think they're somehow making things happen 🪡 🧵
Have a meeting today for what could potentially be my dream job! Asking the universe to make it so 🤞🏻 🪡 🧵
August 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Have a meeting today for what could potentially be my dream job! Asking the universe to make it so 🤞🏻 🪡 🧵
Happy Exam Results Day, here in Scotland anyway! Four A's and two B's and one incredibly proud mother 😊 Bring on the Highers!
August 5, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Happy Exam Results Day, here in Scotland anyway! Four A's and two B's and one incredibly proud mother 😊 Bring on the Highers!
You know when us sewists say 'this is my most favourite thing I've ever made'? Well this will take some beating to knock off the top spot! Sometimes it's little things that make you the happiest 🥰
August 3, 2025 at 10:11 PM
You know when us sewists say 'this is my most favourite thing I've ever made'? Well this will take some beating to knock off the top spot! Sometimes it's little things that make you the happiest 🥰
*sigh* those couple of days turned into I don't know how long. But, the top is finished 😆 still to baste, quilt and bind. Not giving good odds on a finishing time... #quilt
July 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
*sigh* those couple of days turned into I don't know how long. But, the top is finished 😆 still to baste, quilt and bind. Not giving good odds on a finishing time... #quilt
So, hypertension seems to have crashed into my life. This aging business is a minefield of random smacks in the face! Only discovered because I'm changing meds for chronic migraines, thankfully to a blood pressure medication that should help lessen my symptoms 🤪
July 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So, hypertension seems to have crashed into my life. This aging business is a minefield of random smacks in the face! Only discovered because I'm changing meds for chronic migraines, thankfully to a blood pressure medication that should help lessen my symptoms 🤪
I've wanted to make a quilt like this for years, got the last blocks done today. When life throws you a curveball, make a quilt 🙃
July 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I've wanted to make a quilt like this for years, got the last blocks done today. When life throws you a curveball, make a quilt 🙃
I cut my one and only peony flower, it was about to break. After seven years of nothing I'm so pleased I finally have one 🥰
June 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I cut my one and only peony flower, it was about to break. After seven years of nothing I'm so pleased I finally have one 🥰
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If you’ve never seen one before, this is a strawberry finch.
June 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you’ve never seen one before, this is a strawberry finch.
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If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.
June 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If you think it can’t happen here, remember that it already did. In 1942 soldiers came with rifles to our home and ordered us out. They put us in internment camps. Most of us were citizens.
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🏴 Delighted that the Scottish Languages Bill was just passed by Parliament!
It means more support for Gaelic and Scots, the chance for parents to ask for Gaelic schools in their area, and a big step in keeping our national languages alive and growing.
It means more support for Gaelic and Scots, the chance for parents to ask for Gaelic schools in their area, and a big step in keeping our national languages alive and growing.
June 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
🏴 Delighted that the Scottish Languages Bill was just passed by Parliament!
It means more support for Gaelic and Scots, the chance for parents to ask for Gaelic schools in their area, and a big step in keeping our national languages alive and growing.
It means more support for Gaelic and Scots, the chance for parents to ask for Gaelic schools in their area, and a big step in keeping our national languages alive and growing.
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Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
June 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Dear USA
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Deploying troops against civilians will not go well.
Yours
Great Britain and Northern Ireland