Nick Rosenthal
@nickrosenthal.bsky.social
Translator. Crime fiction fan. Cyclist. Ancien du PBP
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November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows
Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
England homelessness grown by a fifth since 2022, now 300,000.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
Successive govts cut local authority funding in real terms, cut real wages/benefits, no curbs on profiteering, lack of social housing.
Cheaper to build social housing than using temporary accommodation.
Misery is a political choice.
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In 2024, the UK had the lowest taxes on an average employee of any G7 country.
UK taxes for lower earners were also the lowest in the G7.
But the UK's position might change in 2025.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/4ppe7Q8
UK taxes for lower earners were also the lowest in the G7.
But the UK's position might change in 2025.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/4ppe7Q8
November 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In 2024, the UK had the lowest taxes on an average employee of any G7 country.
UK taxes for lower earners were also the lowest in the G7.
But the UK's position might change in 2025.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/4ppe7Q8
UK taxes for lower earners were also the lowest in the G7.
But the UK's position might change in 2025.
Read more 👉 buff.ly/4ppe7Q8
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So relevant again today:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
So relevant again today:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist.”
― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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“At least 96 Jews were killed and hundreds more injured; more than 1,000 synagogues were burned and almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed…”
Paul Sullivan on the day the Nazis committed the worst pogrom Germany had seen since the Middle Ages…
www.slowtravelberlin.com/nov-9-1938-k...
Paul Sullivan on the day the Nazis committed the worst pogrom Germany had seen since the Middle Ages…
www.slowtravelberlin.com/nov-9-1938-k...
November 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“At least 96 Jews were killed and hundreds more injured; more than 1,000 synagogues were burned and almost 7,500 Jewish businesses were destroyed…”
Paul Sullivan on the day the Nazis committed the worst pogrom Germany had seen since the Middle Ages…
www.slowtravelberlin.com/nov-9-1938-k...
Paul Sullivan on the day the Nazis committed the worst pogrom Germany had seen since the Middle Ages…
www.slowtravelberlin.com/nov-9-1938-k...
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Is Manchester finally getting an underground network?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PADr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PADr...
Is Manchester finally getting an underground network?
YouTube video by CityEd.
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Is Manchester finally getting an underground network?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PADr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PADr...
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Petition to stop the closures of the music and MFL courses at Nottingham. It worked for Cardiff, so do sign. c.org/nBXSCSYSfV
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
c.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Petition to stop the closures of the music and MFL courses at Nottingham. It worked for Cardiff, so do sign. c.org/nBXSCSYSfV
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Amazon here, targeting the market consisting of people who for some reason buy books but don't actually like books, or writers, or reading.
(Authors, please have nothing to do with this slop-dispenser, which will mangle your prose and put translators — your allies — out of work.)
(Authors, please have nothing to do with this slop-dispenser, which will mangle your prose and put translators — your allies — out of work.)
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Amazon here, targeting the market consisting of people who for some reason buy books but don't actually like books, or writers, or reading.
(Authors, please have nothing to do with this slop-dispenser, which will mangle your prose and put translators — your allies — out of work.)
(Authors, please have nothing to do with this slop-dispenser, which will mangle your prose and put translators — your allies — out of work.)
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To think it all started with Marx and Engels researching together at Chetham’s Library, Manchester.
FACT OF THE DAY. 7 November 1917 (Gregorian calendar). The Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin stormed the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg to begin the Russian Revolution.
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
To think it all started with Marx and Engels researching together at Chetham’s Library, Manchester.
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"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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As a small charity, we rely on the generosity of people who believe in what we do, but we can only continue with your support. That might be fundraising, booking training, buying cards or T-shirts, volunteering, sharing posts, or simply telling others about us. Your support makes a real difference.
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
As a small charity, we rely on the generosity of people who believe in what we do, but we can only continue with your support. That might be fundraising, booking training, buying cards or T-shirts, volunteering, sharing posts, or simply telling others about us. Your support makes a real difference.
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Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Someone just shared this with me: 1967, 3,000 publicans marching against introducing breath tests for drivers.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
Barbara Castle MP got this introduced and speed limits and seatbelts as mInister for transport, and faced the standard opposition.
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Cycling UK are campaigning for infrastructure which is safe for everyone to use, noting that women often feel least safe in existing infrastructure. Safe cycling (and active travel) is a social and environmental justice issue.
cyclingUK.org/myrideourright
@davewalker.bsky.social
cyclingUK.org/myrideourright
@davewalker.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Cycling UK are campaigning for infrastructure which is safe for everyone to use, noting that women often feel least safe in existing infrastructure. Safe cycling (and active travel) is a social and environmental justice issue.
cyclingUK.org/myrideourright
@davewalker.bsky.social
cyclingUK.org/myrideourright
@davewalker.bsky.social
Looking forward to presenting a 2-hour webinar with two colleagues for @ndtihello.bsky.social today. We'll be discussing "What service commissioners need to know and understand about autism", with people who work across health and social care. Valuable stuff!
November 5, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Looking forward to presenting a 2-hour webinar with two colleagues for @ndtihello.bsky.social today. We'll be discussing "What service commissioners need to know and understand about autism", with people who work across health and social care. Valuable stuff!
I thoroughly enjoyed delivering an autism training session for teaching staff at a specialist school yesterday. We had 80 staff there, and there was some really good discussion, exploring new ways of doing things, and recognising the excellence of what they already do!
November 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I thoroughly enjoyed delivering an autism training session for teaching staff at a specialist school yesterday. We had 80 staff there, and there was some really good discussion, exploring new ways of doing things, and recognising the excellence of what they already do!
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Der November zieht sich schon wieder viel zu lange hin.
November 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Der November zieht sich schon wieder viel zu lange hin.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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A glimpse into Berlin’s charming Nikolaiviertel …
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
A glimpse into Berlin’s charming Nikolaiviertel …
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Charles Coste, ancien cycliste et doyen mondial des champions olympiques, est mort à 101 ans
Charles Coste, ancien cycliste et doyen mondial des champions olympiques, est mort à 101 ans
Médaillé d’or en poursuite par équipes à Londres en 1948, le Varois a porté la flamme lors de la cérémonie d’ouverture des Jeux de Paris 2024. Il est mort jeudi 30 octobre, à l’âge de 101 ans.
www.lemonde.fr
November 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Charles Coste, ancien cycliste et doyen mondial des champions olympiques, est mort à 101 ans
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Die Übersetzerin Friederike Hofert erhält den BücherFrauen-Literaturpreis »Christine« 2025 – erstmals geht die Auszeichnung an eine Übersetzung!
Geehrt wird „Was Hortensia nicht mehr erzählen konnte“ von Dulce Chacón, erschienen 2024 im Verlag w_orten & meer.
www.buecherfrauen.de/branchendeba...
Geehrt wird „Was Hortensia nicht mehr erzählen konnte“ von Dulce Chacón, erschienen 2024 im Verlag w_orten & meer.
www.buecherfrauen.de/branchendeba...
Der BücherFrauen-Literaturpreis »Christine« 2025 wird erstmals an eine Übersetzung vergeben
Pressemitteilung der BücherFrauen
www.buecherfrauen.de
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Die Übersetzerin Friederike Hofert erhält den BücherFrauen-Literaturpreis »Christine« 2025 – erstmals geht die Auszeichnung an eine Übersetzung!
Geehrt wird „Was Hortensia nicht mehr erzählen konnte“ von Dulce Chacón, erschienen 2024 im Verlag w_orten & meer.
www.buecherfrauen.de/branchendeba...
Geehrt wird „Was Hortensia nicht mehr erzählen konnte“ von Dulce Chacón, erschienen 2024 im Verlag w_orten & meer.
www.buecherfrauen.de/branchendeba...
A very big thank you to the North West Translators Network for presenting me with the honour of a lifetime membership of NWTN at our 40th anniversary dinner in Manchester over the weekend. Merci, Laurence!
#translation #awards #celebration
#translation #awards #celebration
October 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A very big thank you to the North West Translators Network for presenting me with the honour of a lifetime membership of NWTN at our 40th anniversary dinner in Manchester over the weekend. Merci, Laurence!
#translation #awards #celebration
#translation #awards #celebration
Looking forward to seeing Fiddler on the Roof in Manchester tonight.
Fiddler on the Roof – Palace Theatre
This 2024 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production has been cleverly restaged for an extensive UK tour, landing at the grand old Palace Theatre on Oxford Road for a two week stay from this evening, Whilst retaining all of the energy that makes this one of the…
This 2024 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production has been cleverly restaged for an extensive UK tour, landing at the grand old Palace Theatre on Oxford Road for a two week stay from this evening, Whilst retaining all of the energy that makes this one of the…
Fiddler on the Roof – Palace Theatre
This 2024 Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production has been cleverly restaged for an extensive UK tour, landing at the grand old Palace Theatre on Oxford Road for a two week stay from this evening, Whilst retaining all of the energy that makes this one of the most popular and profitable musicals in theatre history, Director Jordan Fein manages to place a liberal and humanitarian message about the plight of refugees in amongst a fantastic evening’s entertainment.
northwestend.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Looking forward to seeing Fiddler on the Roof in Manchester tonight.