MaryLou2
@marylou2.bsky.social
Formerly a worker; an athlete & artist, carer & disability advocate. All round listener with opinions.
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Vote Reform, get The Handmaid's Tale.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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February 7, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Vote Reform, get The Handmaid's Tale.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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📌 ICYMI — Jeffrey Epstein ‘Co-Owned’ Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-epstein-and-peter-thiel-co-owned-venture-fund-as-thiels-palantir-entered-uk-government/
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-epstein-and-peter-thiel-co-owned-venture-fund-as-thiels-palantir-entered-uk-government/
Jeffrey Epstein 'Co-Owned' Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund with Peter Thiel, now embedded in Britain’s most critical infrastructure with the help of Peter Mandelson
bylinetimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:00 AM
📌 ICYMI — Jeffrey Epstein ‘Co-Owned’ Venture Fund with Palantir Founder as it Entered UK Government
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-epstein-and-peter-thiel-co-owned-venture-fund-as-thiels-palantir-entered-uk-government/
The Russian connected convicted sex trafficker co-owned a fund…
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/02/04/jeffrey-epstein-and-peter-thiel-co-owned-venture-fund-as-thiels-palantir-entered-uk-government/
#FirstBirdofMyDay
My garden was empty as I looked out, mug of tea warming my hands & then all at once a squadron of #housesparrows flew in for their breakfast & the Black Cap was flying in their flock.
#birdsofbluesky #birds #gardenecology #BlackCap #birder
My garden was empty as I looked out, mug of tea warming my hands & then all at once a squadron of #housesparrows flew in for their breakfast & the Black Cap was flying in their flock.
#birdsofbluesky #birds #gardenecology #BlackCap #birder
February 1, 2026 at 8:40 AM
#FirstBirdofMyDay
My garden was empty as I looked out, mug of tea warming my hands & then all at once a squadron of #housesparrows flew in for their breakfast & the Black Cap was flying in their flock.
#birdsofbluesky #birds #gardenecology #BlackCap #birder
My garden was empty as I looked out, mug of tea warming my hands & then all at once a squadron of #housesparrows flew in for their breakfast & the Black Cap was flying in their flock.
#birdsofbluesky #birds #gardenecology #BlackCap #birder
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“Paris, long known for traffic jams and crowded boulevards, has rapidly transformed into a city defined by bikes. In just five years, cycling’s modal share in the French capital has more than doubled, rising from 5% to 11%…This surge didn’t happen by accident…” via @momentummag.bsky.social
What the world can learn from Paris’s cycling revolution
The Paris cycling change did not happen by accident. It was driven by political will, strategic use of data, and a willingness to rethink street space.
momentummag.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:04 PM
“Paris, long known for traffic jams and crowded boulevards, has rapidly transformed into a city defined by bikes. In just five years, cycling’s modal share in the French capital has more than doubled, rising from 5% to 11%…This surge didn’t happen by accident…” via @momentummag.bsky.social
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We don’t want Trump’s dangerous policies here.
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-plans-for-a-british-ice/
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-plans-for-a-british-ice/
Reform UK's Plans For a British ICE
Key figures in Nigel Farage's party are demanding a UK version of Trump's immigration enforcement agency, in the wake of
bylinetimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:50 AM
We don’t want Trump’s dangerous policies here.
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-plans-for-a-british-ice/
https://bylinetimes.com/2026/01/30/reform-uk-nigel-farage-plans-for-a-british-ice/
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Here's the time it takes to get utility scale electricity production up and running.
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Here's the time it takes to get utility scale electricity production up and running.
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
Wind: 6-12 months
Solar: 3-12 months
Natural Gas: 2-3 years
Coal: 4-6 years
Nuclear: 5-12+ years
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Groundhog Day
Reform withdraws support for candidate over posts
Reform UK withdraws support for Redcar candidate over posts
A council by-election candidate resigns from the party over "racist, antisemitic, xenophobic" posts.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Groundhog Day
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Remember the thousands of people who went without water for days in the south east? South East Water is putting up bills by 7% (while the boss is paid £400,000 a year)
The profiteering private water companies across England and Wales are putting up bills by an average of 5.4%
The profiteering private water companies across England and Wales are putting up bills by an average of 5.4%
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Remember the thousands of people who went without water for days in the south east? South East Water is putting up bills by 7% (while the boss is paid £400,000 a year)
The profiteering private water companies across England and Wales are putting up bills by an average of 5.4%
The profiteering private water companies across England and Wales are putting up bills by an average of 5.4%
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We need a politics of care. Right now, we have a poverty of care.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
The poverty of care
The latest poverty data from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is already being met with a familiar shrug. The BBC appears not to have noticed the report. Politicians are not debating it. And the headlin...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:15 AM
We need a politics of care. Right now, we have a poverty of care.
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/01...
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“My message to you is clear, plain, and simple. Never trust a Tory. Did you get that? I’ll repeat it. Never trust a Tory. They will always let you down, they will always betray you, Reform UK are the real deal.”
Farage has welcomed 26 current or former Tory MPs to Reform.
Farage has welcomed 26 current or former Tory MPs to Reform.
January 29, 2026 at 5:45 AM
“My message to you is clear, plain, and simple. Never trust a Tory. Did you get that? I’ll repeat it. Never trust a Tory. They will always let you down, they will always betray you, Reform UK are the real deal.”
Farage has welcomed 26 current or former Tory MPs to Reform.
Farage has welcomed 26 current or former Tory MPs to Reform.
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Braverman’s Reform move sparks an Emily Maitlis takedown of Tory turncoats, as she blasts the Tories’ defections as a whiff of desperation. #UKNews
January 28, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Braverman’s Reform move sparks an Emily Maitlis takedown of Tory turncoats, as she blasts the Tories’ defections as a whiff of desperation. #UKNews
Children will suffer & long term consequences are horrid, needlessly, as the vaccine is well tried tested & works at population level.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK loses measles elimination status
Decision made after outbreaks in 2024, when there were nearly 3,000 cases in England and Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Children will suffer & long term consequences are horrid, needlessly, as the vaccine is well tried tested & works at population level.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I know I keep writing about this,but the level of delusion is staggering. How do so many people think Reform will 'save the country' when it’s led by defected Tories from the worst cabinet in UK history?It’s not change, just same failures,new logo,and people cheering like it’s a revival,not a rerun.
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I know I keep writing about this,but the level of delusion is staggering. How do so many people think Reform will 'save the country' when it’s led by defected Tories from the worst cabinet in UK history?It’s not change, just same failures,new logo,and people cheering like it’s a revival,not a rerun.
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Home is where the heartless are.
2026: Former Conservative Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK, "I feel like I've come home"
2024: Suella Braverman, "I'm not going to defect to Reform UK"
2024: Suella Braverman, "I'm not going to defect to Reform UK"
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Home is where the heartless are.
#FirstBirdofmyDay
After careful observation & listening + double checking the books; I’m not imagining it, a very bold m. Black Cap sharing black sunflower seeds & fat balls in the garden feeder, with a Coal Tit.
#blackcap #coaltit #birdsofblueky #ukbirds #birder #conservation #gardenecology
After careful observation & listening + double checking the books; I’m not imagining it, a very bold m. Black Cap sharing black sunflower seeds & fat balls in the garden feeder, with a Coal Tit.
#blackcap #coaltit #birdsofblueky #ukbirds #birder #conservation #gardenecology
January 26, 2026 at 10:03 AM
#FirstBirdofmyDay
After careful observation & listening + double checking the books; I’m not imagining it, a very bold m. Black Cap sharing black sunflower seeds & fat balls in the garden feeder, with a Coal Tit.
#blackcap #coaltit #birdsofblueky #ukbirds #birder #conservation #gardenecology
After careful observation & listening + double checking the books; I’m not imagining it, a very bold m. Black Cap sharing black sunflower seeds & fat balls in the garden feeder, with a Coal Tit.
#blackcap #coaltit #birdsofblueky #ukbirds #birder #conservation #gardenecology
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Nigel Farage, has proposed a mass deportation plan called "Operation Restoring Justice," which includes creating a "UK Deportation Command" modelled on the U.S. ICE.
Don't vote Reform unless you want innocent blood on UK streets like we see in the USA.
Don't vote Reform unless you want innocent blood on UK streets like we see in the USA.
January 24, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Nigel Farage, has proposed a mass deportation plan called "Operation Restoring Justice," which includes creating a "UK Deportation Command" modelled on the U.S. ICE.
Don't vote Reform unless you want innocent blood on UK streets like we see in the USA.
Don't vote Reform unless you want innocent blood on UK streets like we see in the USA.
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If the UK media now do not apply equal harsh measures to Nigel Farage than they did to Angela Raynor, then they are complicit in
a) a Mysoginist narrative where men are forgiven and women 'should have known better' and
b) are actively saying they are okay with Farage in charge.
a) a Mysoginist narrative where men are forgiven and women 'should have known better' and
b) are actively saying they are okay with Farage in charge.
January 21, 2026 at 11:48 AM
If the UK media now do not apply equal harsh measures to Nigel Farage than they did to Angela Raynor, then they are complicit in
a) a Mysoginist narrative where men are forgiven and women 'should have known better' and
b) are actively saying they are okay with Farage in charge.
a) a Mysoginist narrative where men are forgiven and women 'should have known better' and
b) are actively saying they are okay with Farage in charge.
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Let's not blow this out of proportion. It was just an admin error. Two admin errors. A few admin errors. Seventeen admin errors worth £380,000.
… including payments for promoting gold, presenting on GB News and from his friend George Cottrell, within 28 days.
Reform UK leader apologised for what he described as administrative errors by his team.
Reform UK leader apologised for what he described as administrative errors by his team.
January 21, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Let's not blow this out of proportion. It was just an admin error. Two admin errors. A few admin errors. Seventeen admin errors worth £380,000.
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A pretty unambiguous top line judgement in the UK's "National security assessment on global ecosystems" report, released today:
"Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity" Confidence: high.
Time to speed up action, then?
www.gov.uk/government/p...
"Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity" Confidence: high.
Time to speed up action, then?
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.
www.gov.uk
January 20, 2026 at 9:36 PM
A pretty unambiguous top line judgement in the UK's "National security assessment on global ecosystems" report, released today:
"Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity" Confidence: high.
Time to speed up action, then?
www.gov.uk/government/p...
"Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity" Confidence: high.
Time to speed up action, then?
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.
Why are you voting for Farage?
Why are you voting for Farage?
January 13, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.
Why are you voting for Farage?
Why are you voting for Farage?
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This is another big blow to Reform UK. Starmer may be unpopular but he beats Nigel Farage by seven points on who would make the best Prime Minister.
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
This is another big blow to Reform UK. Starmer may be unpopular but he beats Nigel Farage by seven points on who would make the best Prime Minister.
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Nadhim Zahawi would be frightened to live in a country run by Nigel Farage.
Zahawi has deleted it, but it is too late.
Zahawi has deleted it, but it is too late.
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Nadhim Zahawi would be frightened to live in a country run by Nigel Farage.
Zahawi has deleted it, but it is too late.
Zahawi has deleted it, but it is too late.
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How totally predictable. Anyone curious about voting for Reform should pay close attention to what is happening at the various councils they run and just how many promises they are breaking
January 6, 2026 at 10:45 AM
How totally predictable. Anyone curious about voting for Reform should pay close attention to what is happening at the various councils they run and just how many promises they are breaking