Charlie Hooson-Sykes
@thepickledginger.co.uk
Writer, blogger, lifter of heavy things (PL British European and World Champion. Holder of Records). Fat bird.
Drinks a bit. Eats a lot. Often Sweary.
Contributor: Canal Street Media, Woman and Home.
Blogger: https://thepickledginger.co.uk/
Drinks a bit. Eats a lot. Often Sweary.
Contributor: Canal Street Media, Woman and Home.
Blogger: https://thepickledginger.co.uk/
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they should have a separate color of the year for people who haven’t lost the will to live
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
they should have a separate color of the year for people who haven’t lost the will to live
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Research visa restrictions mean UK is “shooting itself in the foot” says Royal Society’s new President, Sir Paul Nurse in an interview with BBC News. 🧪Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy www.bbc.com/news/article...
Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy
Prof Sir Paul Nurse says the UK is "shooting itself in the foot" with its visa system for researchers.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Research visa restrictions mean UK is “shooting itself in the foot” says Royal Society’s new President, Sir Paul Nurse in an interview with BBC News. 🧪Top UK scientist says research visa restrictions endanger economy www.bbc.com/news/article...
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The very lovely Melinda has got us to £104.50. We’re over a third there to our target of £300. Thank you ALL for support. Please keep sharing. pay.collctiv.com/stockbridge-...
Stockbridge Village Christmas Support | Collctiv
Knowsley food aid organisations have been badly hit by the demise of the Knowsley Foodbank distributer. We are raising ££ to help the Stockbridge Village pantry give people a nicer Christmas.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The very lovely Melinda has got us to £104.50. We’re over a third there to our target of £300. Thank you ALL for support. Please keep sharing. pay.collctiv.com/stockbridge-...
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ABBEYDALE BREWERY 🤝 HENDOS! We've teamed up with Henderson's Relish, a true Sheffield icon, as the first of our 30th anniversary plans 🥳 This little beauty is currently only available from our onsite shop, so if you want one to splash in your gravy then come and see us on Aizlewood Road!
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
ABBEYDALE BREWERY 🤝 HENDOS! We've teamed up with Henderson's Relish, a true Sheffield icon, as the first of our 30th anniversary plans 🥳 This little beauty is currently only available from our onsite shop, so if you want one to splash in your gravy then come and see us on Aizlewood Road!
Knitted booties for the CDT baby born a couple of weeks ago.
Just found out another one of the lads is going to be a dad next year.
I've done this to myself haven't I? I'm now going to be forever knitting booties.
Just found out another one of the lads is going to be a dad next year.
I've done this to myself haven't I? I'm now going to be forever knitting booties.
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Knitted booties for the CDT baby born a couple of weeks ago.
Just found out another one of the lads is going to be a dad next year.
I've done this to myself haven't I? I'm now going to be forever knitting booties.
Just found out another one of the lads is going to be a dad next year.
I've done this to myself haven't I? I'm now going to be forever knitting booties.
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All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
December 3, 2025 at 9:53 PM
All super rich guys sound the same now. It’s all “I sleep four hours a night and spend the other twenty hours a day developing a product that’s going to bring us the best widespread poverty anyone’s ever seen.”
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Exclusive: a confidential report has found that senior officers at Manchester Council engaged in “sleazy” behaviour towards young female staff at an awards ceremony last year.
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-se...
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-se...
Exclusive: Senior council officials engaged in ‘sleazy’ behaviour towards young female staff
Confidential report tells how an awards ceremony descended into bar-hopping and sexual misconduct
manchestermill.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Exclusive: a confidential report has found that senior officers at Manchester Council engaged in “sleazy” behaviour towards young female staff at an awards ceremony last year.
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-se...
manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-se...
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I came across a clip from yesterday from LBC of John Sopel and Emily Maitlis talking to Shelagh Fogarty about what's happening at the BBC and they all conceded the complainant DID have a point about the BBC's pro-trans bias and it was just three people being transphobic for a couple of minutes.
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I came across a clip from yesterday from LBC of John Sopel and Emily Maitlis talking to Shelagh Fogarty about what's happening at the BBC and they all conceded the complainant DID have a point about the BBC's pro-trans bias and it was just three people being transphobic for a couple of minutes.
I'm tired:
Prospective student: Is x an acceptable form of certification for your course?
Me: here is the link to all the accepted forms of certification.
PS: But can I upload this?
Me (in my head): Mate, you can upload what the fuck you want. Is it on the list? No. So will be it accepted? No.
Prospective student: Is x an acceptable form of certification for your course?
Me: here is the link to all the accepted forms of certification.
PS: But can I upload this?
Me (in my head): Mate, you can upload what the fuck you want. Is it on the list? No. So will be it accepted? No.
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I'm tired:
Prospective student: Is x an acceptable form of certification for your course?
Me: here is the link to all the accepted forms of certification.
PS: But can I upload this?
Me (in my head): Mate, you can upload what the fuck you want. Is it on the list? No. So will be it accepted? No.
Prospective student: Is x an acceptable form of certification for your course?
Me: here is the link to all the accepted forms of certification.
PS: But can I upload this?
Me (in my head): Mate, you can upload what the fuck you want. Is it on the list? No. So will be it accepted? No.
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People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.
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“His main theme was that the country was fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote. He seems to think it happened in a world in which he played no part.”
Farage - the foghorn of failure.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage - the foghorn of failure.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nige is no longer laughing at himself as he ‘performs’ yet another big speech | John Crace
Reform leader is trying to make it as a mainstream politician – which involves contradicting himself and gaslighting voters
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 AM
“His main theme was that the country was fucked. Largely because of Brexit. Weirdly, he has no memory of being the main architect behind the Brexit vote. He seems to think it happened in a world in which he played no part.”
Farage - the foghorn of failure.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage - the foghorn of failure.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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even when far rightwingers are having an extremely positive experience on all fronts they’re still able to hallucinate a situation where they’re the victim
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
even when far rightwingers are having an extremely positive experience on all fronts they’re still able to hallucinate a situation where they’re the victim
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
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YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
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A few hours later and as far as I can tell the deadly hurricane is entirely off all three home pages
www.gravityisgone.com/the-long-tai...
www.gravityisgone.com/the-long-tai...
November 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A few hours later and as far as I can tell the deadly hurricane is entirely off all three home pages
www.gravityisgone.com/the-long-tai...
www.gravityisgone.com/the-long-tai...
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Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found.
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/raise-the-co...
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/raise-the-co...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.glasgowbell.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found.
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/raise-the-co...
www.glasgowbell.co.uk/raise-the-co...
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
Three more cuttings taken from my silver inch plant.
And yet it still looks like it wants to take over the office.
And yet it still looks like it wants to take over the office.
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Three more cuttings taken from my silver inch plant.
And yet it still looks like it wants to take over the office.
And yet it still looks like it wants to take over the office.
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The inaugural Women in Beer Awards ceremony has taken place, at Eko Brewery and Taproom in London, celebrating the women shaping the beer industry beertoday.co.uk/2025/10/29/w... #beer #beernews #womeninbeer #beerawards @tipplemarketing.bsky.social
Melissa Cole is first Women in Beer Industry Icon - Beer Today
The inaugural Women in Beer Awards ceremony has taken place, at Eko Brewery and Taproom in London, celebrating the women shaping the beer industry
beertoday.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The inaugural Women in Beer Awards ceremony has taken place, at Eko Brewery and Taproom in London, celebrating the women shaping the beer industry beertoday.co.uk/2025/10/29/w... #beer #beernews #womeninbeer #beerawards @tipplemarketing.bsky.social
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CALLOUT: I'm working on a piece about pregnant people or those with newborns/infants who rely on SNAP/WIC, and I'd like to add personal stories to it. If you or someone you know is experiencing this right now or has relied on this program in the past with children, can you send me a DM? Thanks!
October 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
CALLOUT: I'm working on a piece about pregnant people or those with newborns/infants who rely on SNAP/WIC, and I'd like to add personal stories to it. If you or someone you know is experiencing this right now or has relied on this program in the past with children, can you send me a DM? Thanks!
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Oh fuck yeah, time to hire the Justin Baldoni/Johnny Depp crisis PR team (they both used the same PR team, no big deal) and spend $$$$$ on destroying this woman publicly so the world will see how nice you are to women.
October 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Oh fuck yeah, time to hire the Justin Baldoni/Johnny Depp crisis PR team (they both used the same PR team, no big deal) and spend $$$$$ on destroying this woman publicly so the world will see how nice you are to women.
A friend is on facebook celebrating two years with her fella.
They're cute. It's adorable.
I just noticed today that they both have wonky smiles in opposite directions, so when they stand together, their smiles tilt towards each other.
They're cute. It's adorable.
I just noticed today that they both have wonky smiles in opposite directions, so when they stand together, their smiles tilt towards each other.
October 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A friend is on facebook celebrating two years with her fella.
They're cute. It's adorable.
I just noticed today that they both have wonky smiles in opposite directions, so when they stand together, their smiles tilt towards each other.
They're cute. It's adorable.
I just noticed today that they both have wonky smiles in opposite directions, so when they stand together, their smiles tilt towards each other.