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A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A gentle reminder if you've received an invoice from a Freelancer/Self employed person which is due before Christmas.
Be a love, and pay it today.
Be a love, and pay it today.
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It is once again that time of year when every Books Dad gets absolutely bodied by Molesworth.
December 11, 2024 at 9:03 AM
It is once again that time of year when every Books Dad gets absolutely bodied by Molesworth.
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Most definitively ruled myself out of contention of visiting the US in the next three years by saying what trade folk and I suspect most in UK government know, that any trade deal with Trump could be renounced by him tomorrow. Worry that some are still naive. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’
Exclusive: Health select committee chair says UK government’s ‘naive belief’ Trump is a good faith actor ‘could cost UK taxpayer billions’
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Most definitively ruled myself out of contention of visiting the US in the next three years by saying what trade folk and I suspect most in UK government know, that any trade deal with Trump could be renounced by him tomorrow. Worry that some are still naive. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I love dogs so so much!
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I love dogs so so much!
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This Is a really good read on Labour’s changes to planning policy, the biggest in 80 years.
Labour are finally taking the housing shortage seriously
Is the new National Planning Policy Framework Labour’s biggest pro-growth move?
www.samdumitriu.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This Is a really good read on Labour’s changes to planning policy, the biggest in 80 years.
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“Dear Bluesky community, what Friedrich Merz is doing here is impressive. Finally. Against Trump, Putin and the European wobblers. The risk is high, all the more deserves respect.”
Liebe Bluesky-Gemeinde, was Friedrich Merz hier macht, ist beeindruckend. Endlich. Gegen Trump, Putin und die europäischen Wackler. Das Risiko ist hoch, um so mehr verdient das Respekt.
December 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
“Dear Bluesky community, what Friedrich Merz is doing here is impressive. Finally. Against Trump, Putin and the European wobblers. The risk is high, all the more deserves respect.”
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(For those of you who don’t know, my 5 and 8 yo girls both carry epi pens for milk, egg and peanut between them. We manage fine now, but the fear of letting go as they get older is palpable…. If this could just be available before they launch into adult life, the relief would be unbelievable)
December 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
(For those of you who don’t know, my 5 and 8 yo girls both carry epi pens for milk, egg and peanut between them. We manage fine now, but the fear of letting go as they get older is palpable…. If this could just be available before they launch into adult life, the relief would be unbelievable)
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Today in Definitely Not A Bubble, Everything Is Fine
December 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Today in Definitely Not A Bubble, Everything Is Fine
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I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
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Happy Advent to you and your kin! And everyone else's kin too, come to that. As every December so far this decade, I'm going to do an Advent Calendar of beautiful and brilliant carols, with each day's added to a YouTube playlist and also to the ongoing Spotify one, now in its sixth(!) year.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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December 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Happy Advent to you and your kin! And everyone else's kin too, come to that. As every December so far this decade, I'm going to do an Advent Calendar of beautiful and brilliant carols, with each day's added to a YouTube playlist and also to the ongoing Spotify one, now in its sixth(!) year.
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
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I want to do a boast.
I finished my MA in Classics and I just found out this week that I got a distinction. I am very very proud of myself.
My dissertation was on women in Ancient Rome who wore the toga. Ask me anything. Really anything (about my subject, or I'll try more broadly in Classics).
I finished my MA in Classics and I just found out this week that I got a distinction. I am very very proud of myself.
My dissertation was on women in Ancient Rome who wore the toga. Ask me anything. Really anything (about my subject, or I'll try more broadly in Classics).
December 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I want to do a boast.
I finished my MA in Classics and I just found out this week that I got a distinction. I am very very proud of myself.
My dissertation was on women in Ancient Rome who wore the toga. Ask me anything. Really anything (about my subject, or I'll try more broadly in Classics).
I finished my MA in Classics and I just found out this week that I got a distinction. I am very very proud of myself.
My dissertation was on women in Ancient Rome who wore the toga. Ask me anything. Really anything (about my subject, or I'll try more broadly in Classics).
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Here's @mrjohncrace.bsky.social on tip-top form.
Having nothing to say has never stopped Kemi holding a press conference | John Crace
Tory leader took on Brexit, benefits claimants and grooming gangs in a presser that probably should have been an email
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Here's @mrjohncrace.bsky.social on tip-top form.
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And here's the latest edition of MFN, in which I try to explain what a customs union is ... again.
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/customs-un...
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/customs-un...
Customs Union
What do you know? You know ...
mostfavourednation.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
And here's the latest edition of MFN, in which I try to explain what a customs union is ... again.
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/customs-un...
mostfavourednation.substack.com/p/customs-un...
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Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
December 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱
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“Europe’s task is not to fear abandonment. It is to take responsibility- for itself, Ukraine, and for its role in the wider struggle that defines our era. Europe is not alone. It is simply late. And history does not wait for latecomers”
By @vtchakarova.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/velinatc...
By @vtchakarova.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/velinatc...
Europe Is Not Alone. It Is Geopolitically Asleep.
Europe’s problem is not that it is alone. Europe’s problem Is that it is still in denial about the world it lives in.
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
“Europe’s task is not to fear abandonment. It is to take responsibility- for itself, Ukraine, and for its role in the wider struggle that defines our era. Europe is not alone. It is simply late. And history does not wait for latecomers”
By @vtchakarova.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/velinatc...
By @vtchakarova.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/velinatc...
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At some point politicians and commentators in Europe might want to start defending our system as really not too bad and far better than any realistic alternative notwithstanding frustration that we aren't all richer.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
At some point politicians and commentators in Europe might want to start defending our system as really not too bad and far better than any realistic alternative notwithstanding frustration that we aren't all richer.
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I think he has spelled it out pretty fucking clearly, he is using the words 'notably alien'.
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I think he has spelled it out pretty fucking clearly, he is using the words 'notably alien'.
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I never understand this mentality. To use an example that struck me as a child...how could Patrick Vieira look any more French? He's tall, haughty and has tremendous style. Are we meant to ignore all that just because he's black?
December 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I never understand this mentality. To use an example that struck me as a child...how could Patrick Vieira look any more French? He's tall, haughty and has tremendous style. Are we meant to ignore all that just because he's black?
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'Oh no, my city has become alien,' says man after seeing people of different colours in the Purcell Room for Thomas Tallis? It's pathetic!
December 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
'Oh no, my city has become alien,' says man after seeing people of different colours in the Purcell Room for Thomas Tallis? It's pathetic!
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I say this as a 44 year old born and raised Londoner (white British as far as it matters) who still lives in London and I love this city and it’s diversity and think these people forever slagging off London and Britain are the opposite of patriots and frankly can fuck off.
December 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I say this as a 44 year old born and raised Londoner (white British as far as it matters) who still lives in London and I love this city and it’s diversity and think these people forever slagging off London and Britain are the opposite of patriots and frankly can fuck off.
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incredible sheep thread
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
incredible sheep thread
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Gearing up for my annual “this is what a customs union does and doesn’t do” post or thread
December 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Gearing up for my annual “this is what a customs union does and doesn’t do” post or thread
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Get ready for Britain's newest action vengeance heroine... Liz Truss! Me in @theipaper.com on a former prime minister who can't let go.
inews.co.uk/opinion/...
inews.co.uk/opinion/...
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Get ready for Britain's newest action vengeance heroine... Liz Truss! Me in @theipaper.com on a former prime minister who can't let go.
inews.co.uk/opinion/...
inews.co.uk/opinion/...
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Tax and benefit measures announced this Parliament so far benefit children the most.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Tax and benefit measures announced this Parliament so far benefit children the most.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.
This is due to the abolition of the two-child limit, the expansion of Free School Meals to children in families receiving UC in England, and the above-inflation increases to the UC standard allowance.