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This is my pile of ten favourite fiction books. My starter stack. Other genre will follow
January 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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I've written to the Vice Chancellor of Coventry University and the Education Secretary to oppose the proposed unjust redundancies and exploitative fire and rehire practices at Coventry University.

Staff and students deserve fairness, job security and access to quality education.
January 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Extraordinary @theipaper piece: Ofwat has fined water companies a total of...£2 since 2021 for breaching regulations.
“Failure to regulate has contributed to catastrophic underinvestment in our sewage infrastructure & destruction of our rivers." (Nick Measham)
Damn right.
inews.co.uk/news/water-c...
Water companies fined just £2 for rule breaking despite record sewage
Ofwat has been accused of not acting quickly enough to issue fines against water companies for sewage dumping
inews.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 6:40 PM
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Currently on holiday in Arctic Circle and locals are telling us it is 20C above average temperature for this time of year. Feels like we are watching the end of a way of life that has existed for centuries.
As extreme weather batters the UK and the hottest year we’ve lived through (yet!) stories begin to run

It’s increasingly baffling that our news is filled with daily business and stock market updates, but rarely about the impact of that wealth extraction on people and those profits on our planet
Climate graphic of the week: First ice-free day in the Arctic Ocean may come before 2030, study shows 📊

https://www.ft.com/content/63fbcf2b-9acc-4ccb-ac12-9f3b78e85b68
December 7, 2024 at 7:25 AM
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In January, Israeli historian Lee Mordechai released a 124 page report with 1,400 footnotes detailing evidence of Israel’s genocide, which he continues to update. How many of you heard about it? witnessing-the-gaza-war.com/wp-content/u...
December 6, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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In the USA the richest country on earth they have convinced people that medical care is so expensive that everybody can't have it.

While in China a poorer country with far more people, medical care is available to all.
December 8, 2024 at 9:11 PM
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says

“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”

Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR

youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 4:04 PM
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December 7, 2024 at 7:32 AM
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It's my birthday today!
So I guess maybe it's time for asking (nicely) people to share my art?
(Hi, I'm Edouard and I am awkward around people. Ask me about my favorite painters or architectures and you'll see)
November 17, 2024 at 10:57 AM