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MsPottingShed
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Gardener, reader, observer, dreamer. Married to Mr Oh-I-Thought-It-Was-a-Weed.
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Here’s what you won’t hear from some commentators on social media: in the year to October, London recorded 10,000 fewer violent crimes leading to injury than it did in the twelve months before I was elected.

More on the progress we’re making ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'London is world's best city - people claiming it's lawless hate its success'
'The fact that London has again been crowned greatest city in the world disproves everything our critics claim, and they can’t stand it', the London Mayor Sadiq Khan writes
www.mirror.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Went to see family in Herts. Had lovely time but I really struggle now with the big gaps (and height) between platform and train. It's becoming too risky for me. Next time I'm going to book ahead for accessibility ramps to help me on and off each train (one change each way). Hope the system works!
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Train worker Samir Zitouni has been discharged from hospital after suffering critical injuries in the Huntingdon attack

In a statement via the police,his family said: “We are so grateful for the outpouring of support from the public, and very touched by all the kind words about Sam’s brave actions"
November 15, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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OTD in 1976 I want to see the Sex Pistols for the first time. Notre Dame Hall, just off Leicester Square, being filmed for LWT. A media event - felt Warholian with the lights cameras and people wearing weird clothes acting out. I am at left back with the beret, moving in. Photo by Jonh Ingham
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Yikes! 🤮

The McDonald’s at 148-150 Dalton Road, Barrow-in Furness, has been given a one-star food hygiene rating…

…and has been told that ‘major improvement is necessary’ to appease health inspectors.
McDonald’s in Dalton Rd, Barrow: 1* food hygiene rating
Dalton Rd, Barrow McDonalds rated as ‘major improvement necessary’ in 1* from a health inspector
northwestbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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There's this story about how CS Lewis was out with a friend and stopped to give a vagrant some money. Lewis's friend chided him, saying "you know he's just to buy liquor with it, right?"

Lewis responded, "Well, so was I."
The right's obsession with SNAP recipients buying popsicles is a modern version of a centuries-old tradition of scolding the poor for what they eat. It mimics verbatim Victorian complaints about the poor indulging in tea and sugar, mistaking consumption as a cause of poverty instead of a symptom.
POP(SICLE) PSYCHOLOGY | Gin and Tacos
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November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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1966, Paris. Folk duo Tony & Siegrid, AKA Mr & Mrs Tony Visconti & Siegrid Berman, have a NYC area 'hit' with 'Long Hair'. It sees them tour with The Mamas & The Papas & play Paris opening for Liza Minnelli
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Oh wow! A London Underground station being officially Listed is always great news - this one especially so. Southwark station, 1999 by MacCormac Jamieson Prichard, has just been Listed at Grade 2. Now for the other JLE stations. @c20society.bsky.social

historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.

And they're marked by St George's flags

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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How do you care for an ageing parent – when they want none of it? | Barry J Jacobs
How do you care for an ageing parent – when they want none of it? | Barry J Jacobs
Supporting my mother as she grew older meant facing pride, minimization and resistance. The key to a healthier relationship was empathy
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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I’m a committed introvert – but no AI will take away the joy I get from other people | Emma Beddington
I’m a committed introvert – but no AI will take away the joy I get from other people | Emma Beddington
While it might be soothing to think you could replace social interactions like book clubs with ChatGPT, subcontracting human thought out to a bot will never bring happiness, writes Emma Beddington
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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David Bowie, Hollywood Athletic Club, 1997, by Jim Steinfeldt.

EART HL I NG Tour.
November 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Only watched this like 30 times.
Both the dog’s cool confidence and the cat’s bitchiness are hilarious.
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
‘The ward felt like a prison. What had I let them do?’: how my daughter was crushed by a health service meant to help her
Ruth was 14 years old and being treated for an eating disorder when she died after being detained under the Mental Health Act. She wasn’t allowed to see her family for more than a few hours a week. How did the system we trusted – and I worked for as a GP – fail us so tragically?
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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When I was first elected, evidence showed it would take 193 years to bring London's air pollution within legal limits.

Due to our policies, we've done it in 9.

In Brazil this week, we showed that cities are giving the world reason to hope when it comes to tackling the climate emergency.
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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A massive JAMA Internal Medicine study of 1.8M Americans found last season’s COVID booster still packs a punch—especially against severe illness and death.

The data are clear:

📉 Infection risk ↓ 45% at 4 weeks, 36% at 10 weeks,

#BlueSky #MedSky #SciSky #IDSky #NurseSky #EMSky
Opinion | How long does covid booster protection last? A new study offers answers.
More evidence highlighting the benefit, and limitations, of covid-19 vaccines
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November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”

I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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It’s nice to see Heroes in person
Berlin this evening - Carlos Alomar and George Murray brought the ‘76 - ‘80 era roaring back to life
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Angela Rayner's work is starting to pay off, after leaving office (as is often the way)
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Mayors to lead the charge for thousands of new social homes
Mayors outside of London to be given greater influence over the government's historic £39 billion Social and Affordable Homes Programme.
www.gov.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The Scottish government provides every family with a newborn with a ‘baby box’ of essentials to help them get started.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is bringing the boxes to NY.

Why can’t we have obviously good & nice things like this under a Labour government UK wide?
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Jean Rosemary Shrimpton AKA "The Shrimp". Born OTD in 1942, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM