UKLillyBR
@melangeofthoughts.bsky.social
Brazilian-British
Posto em Português
I post in English
A melange of thoughts
Uma mistura de pensamentos
Posto em Português
I post in English
A melange of thoughts
Uma mistura de pensamentos
Mr. Lammy wants to clear the court backlog by killing the Jury Trials, so that more can be sent to prison and then get the revolving doors? The whole thing is such a farce! #UKLabourBrokeMyHeart
December 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Mr. Lammy wants to clear the court backlog by killing the Jury Trials, so that more can be sent to prison and then get the revolving doors? The whole thing is such a farce! #UKLabourBrokeMyHeart
Once again #LabourUK manages to break my heart!
Can I just say right now this digital ID, if ever starts being developed will end up being a failure, with millions of pounds being wasted when it should gone to more important parts of society 💔🥀
Can I just say right now this digital ID, if ever starts being developed will end up being a failure, with millions of pounds being wasted when it should gone to more important parts of society 💔🥀
September 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Once again #LabourUK manages to break my heart!
Can I just say right now this digital ID, if ever starts being developed will end up being a failure, with millions of pounds being wasted when it should gone to more important parts of society 💔🥀
Can I just say right now this digital ID, if ever starts being developed will end up being a failure, with millions of pounds being wasted when it should gone to more important parts of society 💔🥀
Another reason to be #DisappointedByTheLabourParty 🥀
Not in a million years I would ever read these headlines.
It's heartbreaking to see this government blocking their eyes and ears to workers fighting for their rights.
#SolidarityBirminghamBinStrikers ✊
Not in a million years I would ever read these headlines.
It's heartbreaking to see this government blocking their eyes and ears to workers fighting for their rights.
#SolidarityBirminghamBinStrikers ✊
Unite votes to suspend Rayner's membership over bin strikes
The union says it is re-examining its relationship with Labour over the long-running dispute.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Another reason to be #DisappointedByTheLabourParty 🥀
Not in a million years I would ever read these headlines.
It's heartbreaking to see this government blocking their eyes and ears to workers fighting for their rights.
#SolidarityBirminghamBinStrikers ✊
Not in a million years I would ever read these headlines.
It's heartbreaking to see this government blocking their eyes and ears to workers fighting for their rights.
#SolidarityBirminghamBinStrikers ✊
I wasn't asked in this YouGov poll, and it's awful Wes is using it in such vile way, but NHS junior doctors will always have my support.
And it's like he already forgot who actually lost the public support in the last local elections!
#DisappointedByUKLabourParty 🥀
And it's like he already forgot who actually lost the public support in the last local elections!
#DisappointedByUKLabourParty 🥀
Wes Streeting: Striking junior doctors have lost public’s support
The health secretary hopes NHS doctors will settle for reforms to improve working conditions and career progression as polling shows a decline in support
www.thetimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I wasn't asked in this YouGov poll, and it's awful Wes is using it in such vile way, but NHS junior doctors will always have my support.
And it's like he already forgot who actually lost the public support in the last local elections!
#DisappointedByUKLabourParty 🥀
And it's like he already forgot who actually lost the public support in the last local elections!
#DisappointedByUKLabourParty 🥀
Aside great things about being an older mum, what brings me down from time to time is that with the family passing the age of getting married, the chances of kiddos being in a wedding party as children are minimal. I was a flower girl twice, and it was so great, it's sad to think they'll miss it.
May 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Aside great things about being an older mum, what brings me down from time to time is that with the family passing the age of getting married, the chances of kiddos being in a wedding party as children are minimal. I was a flower girl twice, and it was so great, it's sad to think they'll miss it.
I resigned my Labour membership with a heavy heart a few days ago. I cannot bring myself to financially support the party or to campaign for them - as I actively did in the last elections - with the current policies and lack of principles. Not that the party cares if I stay or leave, really.
April 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I resigned my Labour membership with a heavy heart a few days ago. I cannot bring myself to financially support the party or to campaign for them - as I actively did in the last elections - with the current policies and lack of principles. Not that the party cares if I stay or leave, really.
Felling like I'm the only one in the company not excited about AI. It would be mainly to spout out documents and plans, but it does look it doesn't save any time between preparing input and checking output. The impact to the environment really makes me resist it. Am I missing anything?
Power struggle: will Brazil’s booming datacentre industry leave ordinary people in the dark?
While millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing – piling pressure on an already fragile system
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Felling like I'm the only one in the company not excited about AI. It would be mainly to spout out documents and plans, but it does look it doesn't save any time between preparing input and checking output. The impact to the environment really makes me resist it. Am I missing anything?
On a sea of despairing news, hope is found www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... It will be great to read about the day we realize how kind we are and enjoy the comfort of such data. Thanks #BBC (which is still refusing to join BlueSky)
Strangers twice as kind as we think, happiness study suggests
Experts release this year's World Happiness Report - which also ranks the world's happiest countries.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
On a sea of despairing news, hope is found www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... It will be great to read about the day we realize how kind we are and enjoy the comfort of such data. Thanks #BBC (which is still refusing to join BlueSky)
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Do you have some @book_tokens to hand?
'cos if you use them in an indie bookshop before the end of February, and then go to their website, you could win £500!
And yeah, you can use them on our website, and it counts. AND then we send the book to you, for FREE
'cos if you use them in an indie bookshop before the end of February, and then go to their website, you could win £500!
And yeah, you can use them on our website, and it counts. AND then we send the book to you, for FREE
a man and a woman are sitting on a couch with the words this is good news
Alt: a man and a woman are sitting on a couch with the words this is good news
media.tenor.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Do you have some @book_tokens to hand?
'cos if you use them in an indie bookshop before the end of February, and then go to their website, you could win £500!
And yeah, you can use them on our website, and it counts. AND then we send the book to you, for FREE
'cos if you use them in an indie bookshop before the end of February, and then go to their website, you could win £500!
And yeah, you can use them on our website, and it counts. AND then we send the book to you, for FREE
Sharing my latest music discovery #FantasticNegrito, thanks to my favourite Brazilian radio, 89FM A Radio Rock 🤘
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Son of a Broken Man - YouTube
youtube.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Sharing my latest music discovery #FantasticNegrito, thanks to my favourite Brazilian radio, 89FM A Radio Rock 🤘
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Dilema, after a big reorg and several colleagues don't make the cut in the redundancy rounds, should I reach out asking those who I work with in the past and hold most dearly asking how they're feeling, and asking if I can help, or does it feel like being nosey if they didn't contact me? 🤔
February 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Dilema, after a big reorg and several colleagues don't make the cut in the redundancy rounds, should I reach out asking those who I work with in the past and hold most dearly asking how they're feeling, and asking if I can help, or does it feel like being nosey if they didn't contact me? 🤔
Such a shame that most headlines in the #CMHW2025 phrased "banning phones from schools don't improve Children's mental health or test results". The point was very clear that banning *alone* has no impact. A very important detail.
Well done @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Well done @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
School phone bans alone do not improve grades or wellbeing, says UK study
Researchers say bans need to be part of wider strategy to tackle negative impact of mobile use on children
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Such a shame that most headlines in the #CMHW2025 phrased "banning phones from schools don't improve Children's mental health or test results". The point was very clear that banning *alone* has no impact. A very important detail.
Well done @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Well done @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Here I was thinking that my very 80s reference to Trump + Musk = Pinky + Brain was very original.
But in a way I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing it, maybe those US voters will see the errors of their ways next time.
www.reddit.com/r/AnythingGo...
But in a way I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing it, maybe those US voters will see the errors of their ways next time.
www.reddit.com/r/AnythingGo...
From the AnythingGoesNews community on Reddit: pinky and the brain. Trump and Musk? who's who?
Explore this post and more from the AnythingGoesNews community
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February 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here I was thinking that my very 80s reference to Trump + Musk = Pinky + Brain was very original.
But in a way I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing it, maybe those US voters will see the errors of their ways next time.
www.reddit.com/r/AnythingGo...
But in a way I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing it, maybe those US voters will see the errors of their ways next time.
www.reddit.com/r/AnythingGo...
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they want to erase us completely. do not let them, we will outlive these fascists. create art, take pictures of yourself or your trans friends, make something lasting. we will outlast them forever
‼️ The State Department has REMOVED TQIA+ on their page of recommendations for queer travelers. This page yesterday said "LGBTQIA+" and now just says "LGB".
The federal government is trying to erase trans people from existence.
The federal government is trying to erase trans people from existence.
January 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
they want to erase us completely. do not let them, we will outlive these fascists. create art, take pictures of yourself or your trans friends, make something lasting. we will outlast them forever
Loving this tune. Not sure they'd like to know a middle age woman is rocking up to it though. But, if you take my kids (who also are loving it) and do our average, you get a cool 19 year old, hope that makes up for it 🤭
APT, Rosé (feat. Bruno Mars) 🎶
youtu.be/ekr2nIex040?...
APT, Rosé (feat. Bruno Mars) 🎶
youtu.be/ekr2nIex040?...
ROSÉ & Bruno Mars - APT. (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by ROSÉ
youtu.be
December 13, 2024 at 9:51 AM
Loving this tune. Not sure they'd like to know a middle age woman is rocking up to it though. But, if you take my kids (who also are loving it) and do our average, you get a cool 19 year old, hope that makes up for it 🤭
APT, Rosé (feat. Bruno Mars) 🎶
youtu.be/ekr2nIex040?...
APT, Rosé (feat. Bruno Mars) 🎶
youtu.be/ekr2nIex040?...
Urgh, got emotional in a call, with camera on, after being bombarded by 4 people with aggressive language virtually. It happened in the morning, I was shaking for an hour afterwards and my eyes are still sore. The joys of working from home. I wonder if they'd do the same in person. 🧵
November 22, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Urgh, got emotional in a call, with camera on, after being bombarded by 4 people with aggressive language virtually. It happened in the morning, I was shaking for an hour afterwards and my eyes are still sore. The joys of working from home. I wonder if they'd do the same in person. 🧵
It's strange I feel like co-pilot is male. It should be an "it" being completely honest, but it annoys me I didn't instinctively think of it as a female. For now, I'll make the conscious decision of calling it "them".
November 7, 2024 at 7:07 PM
It's strange I feel like co-pilot is male. It should be an "it" being completely honest, but it annoys me I didn't instinctively think of it as a female. For now, I'll make the conscious decision of calling it "them".
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Friends, what are we eating today? Truly nothing sounds appealing but I know I need to eat *something*
November 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Friends, what are we eating today? Truly nothing sounds appealing but I know I need to eat *something*
The host of a call today (in UK) giggled when asking an America (joining from US) what they made of the elections result. People in the room laughed as if it was a joke, I cringed from my camera. The answer given in a sober way: They were still digesting it.
Not one the host's best moments, imo.
Not one the host's best moments, imo.
November 6, 2024 at 6:00 PM
The host of a call today (in UK) giggled when asking an America (joining from US) what they made of the elections result. People in the room laughed as if it was a joke, I cringed from my camera. The answer given in a sober way: They were still digesting it.
Not one the host's best moments, imo.
Not one the host's best moments, imo.
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Right, don’t fall for the “backlash” framing that absolves these people of agency.
They chose this, they will always bear the most responsibility for it.
They chose this, they will always bear the most responsibility for it.
I genuinely don’t have any blame or recriminations to share, and I’m not angry at anyone who wants to stop fascism in whatever way they can. Yes, we should learn from mistakes, but the fault for the rise of fascism lies with the fascists. Always and forever.
November 6, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Right, don’t fall for the “backlash” framing that absolves these people of agency.
They chose this, they will always bear the most responsibility for it.
They chose this, they will always bear the most responsibility for it.
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You are allowed to celebrate good things that are happening today: your birthday, a book coming out, new baby, new puppy, seeing your favorite piece of art in person, etc.
Joy is the knife that stabs into the heart of despair & apathy.
Feel your joys, big & small, & share them widely & loudly.
Joy is the knife that stabs into the heart of despair & apathy.
Feel your joys, big & small, & share them widely & loudly.
November 6, 2024 at 1:25 PM
You are allowed to celebrate good things that are happening today: your birthday, a book coming out, new baby, new puppy, seeing your favorite piece of art in person, etc.
Joy is the knife that stabs into the heart of despair & apathy.
Feel your joys, big & small, & share them widely & loudly.
Joy is the knife that stabs into the heart of despair & apathy.
Feel your joys, big & small, & share them widely & loudly.
Solidarity to all Americans who campaigned, donate or simply voted for Harris. We really appreciate you, and your will to make the world a better place. Although this is a dark day for you, I wish hope will be back in your lives soon enough. 💙✊🌹🫏
November 6, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Solidarity to all Americans who campaigned, donate or simply voted for Harris. We really appreciate you, and your will to make the world a better place. Although this is a dark day for you, I wish hope will be back in your lives soon enough. 💙✊🌹🫏
The beauty of my BSky timeline. I couldn't make it up 😅
A perfect timing to get "The F-word book" by @jessesword.com www.amazon.co.uk/F-Word-4e-Sh... cover with it's most recent use - to me - relatively.
A perfect timing to get "The F-word book" by @jessesword.com www.amazon.co.uk/F-Word-4e-Sh... cover with it's most recent use - to me - relatively.
November 5, 2024 at 4:54 PM
The beauty of my BSky timeline. I couldn't make it up 😅
A perfect timing to get "The F-word book" by @jessesword.com www.amazon.co.uk/F-Word-4e-Sh... cover with it's most recent use - to me - relatively.
A perfect timing to get "The F-word book" by @jessesword.com www.amazon.co.uk/F-Word-4e-Sh... cover with it's most recent use - to me - relatively.
Even if it is for the best, the fact that a celebrity pushes NHS to review their advice and guidance is worrying in my point of view. Another reason why I don't rate Wes Streeting. We had enough pandering to the famous, rich and important under the Tories. 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sir Chris Hoy: NHS to review prostate cancer testing after cyclist calls for change
The Olympic cycling champion, who has terminal cancer, wants more younger men to get checked.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Even if it is for the best, the fact that a celebrity pushes NHS to review their advice and guidance is worrying in my point of view. Another reason why I don't rate Wes Streeting. We had enough pandering to the famous, rich and important under the Tories. 🧵
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Next in the "words I learnt from The Guardian" series: fronds.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
‘If I had the power I’d destroy the whole thing’: what went wrong with the ghost town of Disney-style castles?
It was meant to be a dream development but, 13 years on, it remains unfinished – a microcosm of Turkey’s scandal-hit construction sector under Erdoğan
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Next in the "words I learnt from The Guardian" series: fronds.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/o...