AlisonC
@alisonharpy.bsky.social
Vegan, opera lover, alcohol-free champagne socialist
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Enter a parallel universe where Lucy Connolly is a Bradford-based Muslim man called Usman Farooq who has tweeted that people should "set fire to all the f*cking churches full of the bastards", and the Telegraph would call him a terrorist who should be locked up immediately.
"I was Keir Starmer's political prisoner?"
"Really? And what politics got you imprisoned?"
"I publicly advocated for vulnerable people to be burned alive"
"Really? And what politics got you imprisoned?"
"I publicly advocated for vulnerable people to be burned alive"
This felt inevitable: an interview with Allison Pearson given top billing in the Telegraph.
Connolly suggests Starmer should relearn what freedom of speech means and "what the laws are in this country".
I think he knows but Connolly/Pearson clearly don't. No lessons have been learned in prison.
Connolly suggests Starmer should relearn what freedom of speech means and "what the laws are in this country".
I think he knows but Connolly/Pearson clearly don't. No lessons have been learned in prison.
August 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Enter a parallel universe where Lucy Connolly is a Bradford-based Muslim man called Usman Farooq who has tweeted that people should "set fire to all the f*cking churches full of the bastards", and the Telegraph would call him a terrorist who should be locked up immediately.
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"That Wales is known as the land of song is increasingly ironic, as its musical life edges ever closer to collapse."
Strong words in this week's Private Eye:
Strong words in this week's Private Eye:
February 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"That Wales is known as the land of song is increasingly ironic, as its musical life edges ever closer to collapse."
Strong words in this week's Private Eye:
Strong words in this week's Private Eye:
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Got my Flower Garden quilt back from longarm expert Carolyn @sewsuffolkquilts - just need to hand sew the binding.
January 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Got my Flower Garden quilt back from longarm expert Carolyn @sewsuffolkquilts - just need to hand sew the binding.
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Poor material living conditions have been such a persistent and pervasive reality that, for much of human history, it was unimaginable that they could ever be different.
Poverty did not change and so it was easy to believe that poverty was unchangeable.
Poverty did not change and so it was easy to believe that poverty was unchangeable.
December 11, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Poor material living conditions have been such a persistent and pervasive reality that, for much of human history, it was unimaginable that they could ever be different.
Poverty did not change and so it was easy to believe that poverty was unchangeable.
Poverty did not change and so it was easy to believe that poverty was unchangeable.
No surprise. Please let your MP know how you feel.
How dark money, and astroturfed 'concerned citizens' groups, are driving opposition to assisted dying...
Revealed: ‘Grassroots’ campaigns opposed to assisted dying financed by conservative Christian pressure groups
Religious lobbyists are secretly coordinating and funding bodies that claim to be led by disabled people and health workers
buff.ly
November 21, 2024 at 12:45 AM
No surprise. Please let your MP know how you feel.
Recruit your pals?
Bluesky is gaining 1000 new users per minute, a million a day. At this rate it’ll overtake X next year.
Ok, I said “at this rate”.
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
Ok, I said “at this rate”.
bsky.jazco.dev/stats
Atlas - Engagement-Based Social Graph for Bluesky by Jaz (jaz.bsky.social)
bsky.jazco.dev
November 17, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Recruit your pals?
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A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman bowl made of translucent amber-coloured glass.
A bowl full of sunshine in a blue sky! ☀️
British Museum 📷 my own
#Archaeology
A bowl full of sunshine in a blue sky! ☀️
British Museum 📷 my own
#Archaeology
November 14, 2024 at 8:32 AM
A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman bowl made of translucent amber-coloured glass.
A bowl full of sunshine in a blue sky! ☀️
British Museum 📷 my own
#Archaeology
A bowl full of sunshine in a blue sky! ☀️
British Museum 📷 my own
#Archaeology
Hello @arachnidm.bsky.social and anyone else that can see this. Gosh, it does look a lot like you-know-what doesn't it?
Thanks for the invitation, Manda. I'll have a hunt later for more people I know.
Thanks for the invitation, Manda. I'll have a hunt later for more people I know.
October 30, 2023 at 10:25 AM
Hello @arachnidm.bsky.social and anyone else that can see this. Gosh, it does look a lot like you-know-what doesn't it?
Thanks for the invitation, Manda. I'll have a hunt later for more people I know.
Thanks for the invitation, Manda. I'll have a hunt later for more people I know.