Megan Farr
@meganfarr.bsky.social
Children’s Rights are Human Rights. Feminist. Disabled. Knitter. Opinionated. LLM student. Opinions my own etc. Retweets not endorsement. 🇳🇿🏴
Until 2010 NZ had only scored 2 goals at any World Cup. Against Scotland. Who still won 5-2.
In 2010 NZ went out in the group round.
As did Italy in the same group.
But NZ were unbeaten.
That time I was on my way to France on holiday - with my son’s half Italian godmother!
In 2010 NZ went out in the group round.
As did Italy in the same group.
But NZ were unbeaten.
That time I was on my way to France on holiday - with my son’s half Italian godmother!
OMG. That’s NZ *and* Scotland in the World Cup for the first time since I was 6 years old.
Bet they’re in the same group again.
Bet they’re in the same group again.
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Until 2010 NZ had only scored 2 goals at any World Cup. Against Scotland. Who still won 5-2.
In 2010 NZ went out in the group round.
As did Italy in the same group.
But NZ were unbeaten.
That time I was on my way to France on holiday - with my son’s half Italian godmother!
In 2010 NZ went out in the group round.
As did Italy in the same group.
But NZ were unbeaten.
That time I was on my way to France on holiday - with my son’s half Italian godmother!
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
OMG. That’s NZ *and* Scotland in the World Cup for the first time since I was 6 years old.
Bet they’re in the same group again.
Bet they’re in the same group again.
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
OMG. That’s NZ *and* Scotland in the World Cup for the first time since I was 6 years old.
Bet they’re in the same group again.
Bet they’re in the same group again.
I actually went to France 98. With my mother. No matches. Kind of failed to realise the Coupe de Monde was happening. A few days in Paris where a friend of hers was celebrating her 40th then a week in the Ardeche - close enough to Marseilles for there to be a decent contingent of Scotland fans.
November 18, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I actually went to France 98. With my mother. No matches. Kind of failed to realise the Coupe de Monde was happening. A few days in Paris where a friend of hers was celebrating her 40th then a week in the Ardeche - close enough to Marseilles for there to be a decent contingent of Scotland fans.
Supporting Scotland but silently judging the pronunciation of the Danish players’ names.
November 18, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Supporting Scotland but silently judging the pronunciation of the Danish players’ names.
Brian Burnett on Radio Scotland tonight. Theme is best debut album.
First song after the news at 7 was Raintown.
Suspect I’m not the only one now listening to the album instead of Radio Scotland.
First song after the news at 7 was Raintown.
Suspect I’m not the only one now listening to the album instead of Radio Scotland.
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Brian Burnett on Radio Scotland tonight. Theme is best debut album.
First song after the news at 7 was Raintown.
Suspect I’m not the only one now listening to the album instead of Radio Scotland.
First song after the news at 7 was Raintown.
Suspect I’m not the only one now listening to the album instead of Radio Scotland.
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If the government chooses to keep the 2 child limit and spend money on vouchers and parenting programmes instead, child poverty will rise and this will be a conscious and deliberate political choice in defiance of all the evidence
Scrapping the cap entirely is both good policy *and* good politics.
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Half measures will "save" some money short-term, but will piss *everybody* off and still leave very large numbers of children suffering from a policy designed to make them poorer.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Food vouchers, free milk and two-child cap: Reeves weighs up help for families
Ministers' long-awaited child poverty strategy is due this month - and it's closely tied to the Chancellor's Budget
inews.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If the government chooses to keep the 2 child limit and spend money on vouchers and parenting programmes instead, child poverty will rise and this will be a conscious and deliberate political choice in defiance of all the evidence
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This would be an important development. This summer, @commissionerhr.coe.int highlighted that the 2-child limit was "an outlier in Europe and beyond" and that scrapping it was "among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
This would be an important development. This summer, @commissionerhr.coe.int highlighted that the 2-child limit was "an outlier in Europe and beyond" and that scrapping it was "among the most effective and urgent steps to lift children out of poverty"
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
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Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Donald Trump is not going to sue the BBC for $1 billion
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
The real story today is both Reform/Farage and the Conservatives/Badenoch talking today about radically changing the BBC
This is the real agenda
Oh Holger. I feel your pain.
November 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Oh Holger. I feel your pain.
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This story continues to scale new heights of such perfect Frenchness that you should only be able to read it on Minitel.
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This story continues to scale new heights of such perfect Frenchness that you should only be able to read it on Minitel.
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I love this country
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I love this country
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"Without the Convention, we would still have progress, but not the same protection. We would still have institutions, but not the same trust. We would still have Europe, but not the same soul."
In a speech marking 75 years of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos has hailed the #ECHR as "the most powerful act of imagination in our continent's history".
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1009...
More on PACE and the #ECHR:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/eur...
More:
pace.coe.int/en/news/1009...
More on PACE and the #ECHR:
pace.coe.int/en/pages/eur...
A Convention born of ‘fire and sorrow’ that has protected Europeans for 75 years
In an address at a solemn ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the signature of the European Convention on Human Rights, PACE President Theodoros Rousopoulos hailed the Convention as “the most pow...
pace.coe.int
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"Without the Convention, we would still have progress, but not the same protection. We would still have institutions, but not the same trust. We would still have Europe, but not the same soul."
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#OnThisDay, 75 years ago, the European Convention on Human Rights was opened for signature in Rome.
The European Convention on Human Rights impacts over 700 million people in Europe, safeguarding our fundamental freedoms.
Happy anniversary, #ECHR!
The European Convention on Human Rights impacts over 700 million people in Europe, safeguarding our fundamental freedoms.
Happy anniversary, #ECHR!
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
#OnThisDay, 75 years ago, the European Convention on Human Rights was opened for signature in Rome.
The European Convention on Human Rights impacts over 700 million people in Europe, safeguarding our fundamental freedoms.
Happy anniversary, #ECHR!
The European Convention on Human Rights impacts over 700 million people in Europe, safeguarding our fundamental freedoms.
Happy anniversary, #ECHR!
I’ve had agonising neck pain by half way through the week for months.
Got a new office chair on Wednesday. Access to work specialist one because I have a lower spinal injury.
No pain tonight despite two desk days in a row!
Old chair wasn’t actually level anymore it turns out.
Got a new office chair on Wednesday. Access to work specialist one because I have a lower spinal injury.
No pain tonight despite two desk days in a row!
Old chair wasn’t actually level anymore it turns out.
October 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’ve had agonising neck pain by half way through the week for months.
Got a new office chair on Wednesday. Access to work specialist one because I have a lower spinal injury.
No pain tonight despite two desk days in a row!
Old chair wasn’t actually level anymore it turns out.
Got a new office chair on Wednesday. Access to work specialist one because I have a lower spinal injury.
No pain tonight despite two desk days in a row!
Old chair wasn’t actually level anymore it turns out.
Jeezo I had aunts and uncles who weren’t even relatives, they just emigrated on the same boat.
Whole of Ireland goes ”what do you mean a relative like that isn’t his aunt, of course it’s his aunt”
lmao
October 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Jeezo I had aunts and uncles who weren’t even relatives, they just emigrated on the same boat.
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Weirdly, I think I know at least twenty people who will be into this. If that's you, go for it.
And today I learned that in 1962 the BBC let Jaquetta Hawkes imagine the archaeology of apocalyptic Britain. As a short film 👀10/10 Will weird your day youtu.be/c8yEIe69M4k?...
1962: What Was Britain Like Before the Apocalypse? | Monitor: The Lonely Shore | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Weirdly, I think I know at least twenty people who will be into this. If that's you, go for it.
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Today's wikipedia page (their traffic is down due to people using LLM chatbots boo) is the history of paper, because your Sunday scaries might require an absorbing distraction.
Fun fact: US letter size is related to Dutch papermakers having a 44" arm span.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
Fun fact: US letter size is related to Dutch papermakers having a 44" arm span.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
History of paper - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Today's wikipedia page (their traffic is down due to people using LLM chatbots boo) is the history of paper, because your Sunday scaries might require an absorbing distraction.
Fun fact: US letter size is related to Dutch papermakers having a 44" arm span.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
Fun fact: US letter size is related to Dutch papermakers having a 44" arm span.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...
Saw this and thought it was the Sellafield prototype AGR for a second.
A very offline cousin sent this to fam group chat. This story is breaking containment.
October 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Saw this and thought it was the Sellafield prototype AGR for a second.
My new special ergonomic chair has been ordered and I am *so* looking forward to it. Finally figure out the old one is broken enough to be on a lean and that was causing excrutiating neck pain if I did more than 2 days in a row sitting at my desk.
October 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My new special ergonomic chair has been ordered and I am *so* looking forward to it. Finally figure out the old one is broken enough to be on a lean and that was causing excrutiating neck pain if I did more than 2 days in a row sitting at my desk.
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🇨🇦 Canada is sending out agents into the streets of Toronto to deal with foreigners
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🇨🇦 Canada is sending out agents into the streets of Toronto to deal with foreigners
When you see this headline and pic, but you're from Auckland.
October 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
When you see this headline and pic, but you're from Auckland.