Small Catty (he)
@shirleycrabtree.bsky.social
Typical middle-aged remoaner centrist cat. Interested in utility cycling and worrying about climate change. Type 1 diabetic. Likes mid to late 80s pop and early 90s indie music. Bonus points if you can identify the location in the picture.
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The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The CURRENT sitting MP for Clacton earns £511,000 as a presenter for GB News and took £281,000 as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
So maybe sit this one out, you rancid herring.
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The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
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The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The worst you can accuse Panorama of doing is making a misleading edit – and I’d dispute that! – to make *a point that was true*.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
The programme aired without anyone seeing any issues with the edit. It was on iPlayer for a year without complaints. Donald Trump *did* incite Jan 6th.
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In response to some of the comments:
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
Information underpins democracy and the BBC is a key part of that.
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Information underpins Democracy – why the BBC must be defended
Recent events at the BBC have wide-reaching implications for our democracy - and the sooner we realise it, the better
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In response to some of the comments:
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
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Information underpins democracy and the BBC is a key part of that.
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Information underpins Democracy – why the BBC must be defended
Recent events at the BBC have wide-reaching implications for our democracy - and the sooner we realise it, the better
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Information underpins democracy and the BBC is a key part of that.
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat:
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@bmj.com, a renowned health journal, slams car bloat:
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
"Cars are becoming steadily larger, [and] with this comes potential harms to health...Action is needed locally, nationally, and internationally to curb sales of new SUVs and to reduce their presence in urban areas."
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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When people & campaign organisations oppose floating bus stops, this is who they are opposing
Protected cycle tracks are not just for cyclists, they allow more freedom for those with mobility issues
November 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
When people & campaign organisations oppose floating bus stops, this is who they are opposing
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Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Former Miss Hawaii Cheryl Bartlett is legally blind and depends on her husband Rogerio Araujo, a native of Brazil, for her care. They've struggled for 17 years to get US citizenship for him, and he was recently kidnapped by ICE and faces deportation.
‘Very painful,’ former Miss Hawaii fights to stop her husband from being deported
Cheryl Bartlett, Miss Hawaii 1986, plans to hold a peaceful rally after her husband, a native of Brazil, was taken by ICE agents a week ago.
www.hawaiinewsnow.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Former Miss Hawaii Cheryl Bartlett is legally blind and depends on her husband Rogerio Araujo, a native of Brazil, for her care. They've struggled for 17 years to get US citizenship for him, and he was recently kidnapped by ICE and faces deportation.
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“ICE agents in Illinois tackled a 53-year-old man off his bike, choked him, and repeatedly beat him his head until he ended up in the hospital.
Then they prevented his family from seeing him. His name is Ricardo Rodriguez. He builds homes for a living.”
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Then they prevented his family from seeing him. His name is Ricardo Rodriguez. He builds homes for a living.”
substack.com/@dissentinbl...
Dissent in Bloom 🌼 (@dissentinbloom)
NEWS: ICE agents in Illinois tackled a 53-year-old man off his bike, choked him, and repeatedly beat him his head until he ended up in the hospital. Then they prevented his family from seeing him. His...
substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:54 AM
“ICE agents in Illinois tackled a 53-year-old man off his bike, choked him, and repeatedly beat him his head until he ended up in the hospital.
Then they prevented his family from seeing him. His name is Ricardo Rodriguez. He builds homes for a living.”
substack.com/@dissentinbl...
Then they prevented his family from seeing him. His name is Ricardo Rodriguez. He builds homes for a living.”
substack.com/@dissentinbl...
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Saving the planet is not optional.
This would be about the stupidest nothing labour could do.
We need to be pushing harder on environmentally friendly actions.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This would be about the stupidest nothing labour could do.
We need to be pushing harder on environmentally friendly actions.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills
Exclusive: Chancellor hopes to save up to £170 from average bill but industry insiders say move would be ‘disastrous’
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Saving the planet is not optional.
This would be about the stupidest nothing labour could do.
We need to be pushing harder on environmentally friendly actions.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This would be about the stupidest nothing labour could do.
We need to be pushing harder on environmentally friendly actions.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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@dublonde.bsky.social any idea when you will be on stage at 93 Feet East on Thursday? Coming up from Bournemouth to celebrate a big birthday with your gig - really looking forward to it!!
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
@dublonde.bsky.social any idea when you will be on stage at 93 Feet East on Thursday? Coming up from Bournemouth to celebrate a big birthday with your gig - really looking forward to it!!
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November 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Wait. This was the play that “injured” Payton McNabb??? Trump and the right made it up???? I am shocked a shit spewer spewed shit. SHOCKED.
March 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wait. This was the play that “injured” Payton McNabb??? Trump and the right made it up???? I am shocked a shit spewer spewed shit. SHOCKED.
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Overshooting 1.5°C wasn't 'inevitable.'
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We've been pushed by fossil fuel giants & governments that pander to them.
Every delay, every oil field, every broken promise made this crisis worse.
Keir Starmer, will you promise to leave Rosebank undeveloped?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.
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This is an easy to read succinct statement of Stancilism renewal.org.uk/blog/all-tha...
All that is solid melts into posts: an interview with Will Stancil
In recent years, the American researcher (and committed social media poster) Will Stancil has emerged as one of the most prominent and vociferous critics of materialist theories of politics, and of th...
renewal.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is an easy to read succinct statement of Stancilism renewal.org.uk/blog/all-tha...
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I’m so glad to hear Tom has had a job offer from Asda after Waitrose behaved appallingly. But it shouldn’t take a national backlash for disabled people to be treated decently. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Asda hires autistic man who was let go by Waitrose after years of volunteering
Waitrose asked Tom Boyd not to return when he asked for a few hours of paid work after years as unpaid shelf stacker
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I’m so glad to hear Tom has had a job offer from Asda after Waitrose behaved appallingly. But it shouldn’t take a national backlash for disabled people to be treated decently. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...