Stef
@announcer-stef.bsky.social
I’m the son of a refugee. Proud and privileged to be Nottingham Panthers ice hockey match announcer
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The formula we use to feed orphaned rhinos is tailored specifically to their nutritional needs – and different from what we give orphan elephants. We've successfully hand-raised 20 rhinos to date – this critically endangered youngster is Chamboi (filmed in 2024). Meet him: swt.bio/chamboi
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The formula we use to feed orphaned rhinos is tailored specifically to their nutritional needs – and different from what we give orphan elephants. We've successfully hand-raised 20 rhinos to date – this critically endangered youngster is Chamboi (filmed in 2024). Meet him: swt.bio/chamboi
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Motörhead x 9
The Cramps
Everley Brothers
Slade
John Otway x infinity
The Cramps
Everley Brothers
Slade
John Otway x infinity
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
The Undertones
Gregory Isaacs
Al Green
Euros Childs
Cabaret Voltaire
The Undertones
Gregory Isaacs
Al Green
Euros Childs
Cabaret Voltaire
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
The Kinks
Get Down Services
Collapsed Lung
Adult DVD
The Bodysnatchers
The Kinks
Get Down Services
Collapsed Lung
Adult DVD
The Bodysnatchers
November 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Motörhead x 9
The Cramps
Everley Brothers
Slade
John Otway x infinity
The Cramps
Everley Brothers
Slade
John Otway x infinity
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Shockingly, our local greengrocer doesn’t label his trees as ‘Christmas’. Which maybe because he is a woke Tibetan intent on destroying our sacred traditions, or possibly because no-one needs it explaining to them why there’s suddenly a pile of fir trees outside his shop at the end of November.
Social media posts have claimed that Tesco is not celebrating Christmas, because it has described one of its trees as an “evergreen” tree.
This is misleading—the retailer sells other artificial trees labelled as Christmas trees.
This is misleading—the retailer sells other artificial trees labelled as Christmas trees.
Tesco hasn’t rebranded all its Christmas trees to ‘evergreen trees’ – Full Fact
Claims that Tesco is not celebrating Christmas because it is selling an “evergreen” tree are missing context.
fullfact.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Shockingly, our local greengrocer doesn’t label his trees as ‘Christmas’. Which maybe because he is a woke Tibetan intent on destroying our sacred traditions, or possibly because no-one needs it explaining to them why there’s suddenly a pile of fir trees outside his shop at the end of November.
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If you have even just a passing interest in the legal system, read this thread. 🧵⬇️
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you have even just a passing interest in the legal system, read this thread. 🧵⬇️
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I've just updated the available cats page, we have some REALLY special kitties in and some of them have been waiting ages. Their forever home might be on your timeline, please share? 🥰
Moggies looking for homes
After hearing 50,000 times that we should put the available cats on the website, we’ve made a page! Hooray! However, it is still just me doing most of the work in the shelter. So there’…
hollysmerrymoggies.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I've just updated the available cats page, we have some REALLY special kitties in and some of them have been waiting ages. Their forever home might be on your timeline, please share? 🥰
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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This is a fascinating & disturbing article that raises some thorny questions about medical innovation & long-term patient support.
It also reminded me that @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social's latest book about a groundbreaking WW1 plastic surgeon (The Facemaker) is still sitting in my TBR pile!
It also reminded me that @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social's latest book about a groundbreaking WW1 plastic surgeon (The Facemaker) is still sitting in my TBR pile!
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Face transplants promised hope. Patients were put through the unthinkable
Twenty years after the first face transplant, patients are dying, data is missing, and the experimental procedure’s future hangs in the balance
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is a fascinating & disturbing article that raises some thorny questions about medical innovation & long-term patient support.
It also reminded me that @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social's latest book about a groundbreaking WW1 plastic surgeon (The Facemaker) is still sitting in my TBR pile!
It also reminded me that @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social's latest book about a groundbreaking WW1 plastic surgeon (The Facemaker) is still sitting in my TBR pile!
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Post Mortem, by Private Eye’s Richard Brooks, chronicling how the Post Office scandal and cover-up developed and later unravelled, is on sale now at all good bookshops.
➡️ Available at: www.private-eye.co.uk/books
➡️ Available at: www.private-eye.co.uk/books
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Post Mortem, by Private Eye’s Richard Brooks, chronicling how the Post Office scandal and cover-up developed and later unravelled, is on sale now at all good bookshops.
➡️ Available at: www.private-eye.co.uk/books
➡️ Available at: www.private-eye.co.uk/books
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The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The latest evidence that America is becoming a land of idiots:
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I have sent off my edits. Partly done with a broken shoulder! So please do buy it out of pity when it's out 😂
a cat laying on the floor with the words finally done written on it
ALT: a cat laying on the floor with the words finally done written on it
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I have sent off my edits. Partly done with a broken shoulder! So please do buy it out of pity when it's out 😂
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I'm still really angry about all the pre-Budget leaking.
Hugely damaging to the UK. The exit tax rumours in particular. The uncertainty didn't end with the Budget - I expect an ongoing impact on business confidence and domestic/foreign investment.
Indefensible.
Hugely damaging to the UK. The exit tax rumours in particular. The uncertainty didn't end with the Budget - I expect an ongoing impact on business confidence and domestic/foreign investment.
Indefensible.
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 AM
I'm still really angry about all the pre-Budget leaking.
Hugely damaging to the UK. The exit tax rumours in particular. The uncertainty didn't end with the Budget - I expect an ongoing impact on business confidence and domestic/foreign investment.
Indefensible.
Hugely damaging to the UK. The exit tax rumours in particular. The uncertainty didn't end with the Budget - I expect an ongoing impact on business confidence and domestic/foreign investment.
Indefensible.
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Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Even @channel4news.bsky.social opens its budget coverage by asking "What will this do for Labour's position in the polls?"
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
Polls are not even a good predictor of future elections. They're certainly not a test by which budgets should be measured.
We have to break their cold, dead grip on politics.
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Good morning!
A) we have some special new products AND reduced products for Christmas up on my online shop > sophiegreenfineart.com/other
B) if you would like to receive your print order in time for Christmas, I highly recommend ordering in the next week or so! artbasket.co.uk/prints?tag=Sophie
A) we have some special new products AND reduced products for Christmas up on my online shop > sophiegreenfineart.com/other
B) if you would like to receive your print order in time for Christmas, I highly recommend ordering in the next week or so! artbasket.co.uk/prints?tag=Sophie
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Good morning!
A) we have some special new products AND reduced products for Christmas up on my online shop > sophiegreenfineart.com/other
B) if you would like to receive your print order in time for Christmas, I highly recommend ordering in the next week or so! artbasket.co.uk/prints?tag=Sophie
A) we have some special new products AND reduced products for Christmas up on my online shop > sophiegreenfineart.com/other
B) if you would like to receive your print order in time for Christmas, I highly recommend ordering in the next week or so! artbasket.co.uk/prints?tag=Sophie
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I'm pretty sold on need to phase in EV taxation, but not entirely sure why gvmnt hasn't adopted the simple Norwegian approach - which clearly hasn't stopped world-leading conversion rates - of a daily levy added to insurance bills (currently 66p per day for an EV, so comparable to planned UK rate).
November 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm pretty sold on need to phase in EV taxation, but not entirely sure why gvmnt hasn't adopted the simple Norwegian approach - which clearly hasn't stopped world-leading conversion rates - of a daily levy added to insurance bills (currently 66p per day for an EV, so comparable to planned UK rate).
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Three things to bear in mind about yesterday’s #budget.
1) Our overall tax take is still proportionally less than other Western European peer countries.
2) Brexit
3) Liz Truss
1) Our overall tax take is still proportionally less than other Western European peer countries.
2) Brexit
3) Liz Truss
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Three things to bear in mind about yesterday’s #budget.
1) Our overall tax take is still proportionally less than other Western European peer countries.
2) Brexit
3) Liz Truss
1) Our overall tax take is still proportionally less than other Western European peer countries.
2) Brexit
3) Liz Truss
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You matter.
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
You matter.
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News report, Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
News report, Guardian
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The pointlessness of immigration policy when nobody actually knows the facts.
Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved.
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The pointlessness of immigration policy when nobody actually knows the facts.
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Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved.
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Most of the public think net migration increased last year, when in fact numbers halved.
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
New findings from the Ipsos/British Future Immigration Attitudes Tracker show that 56% of the public thinks immigration increased last year. Just 1 in 6 realise it was down
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Friends! Mr Penguin sang to the Triplets! They didn’t run away, and were quite intrigued, although perhaps not as impressed as they should be. Baby Dog was so happy to hear the singing! I feel I have given Percy long enough in the Sleigh - if he doesn’t vacate it today, SleighGate 🛷 might begin!
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Friends! Mr Penguin sang to the Triplets! They didn’t run away, and were quite intrigued, although perhaps not as impressed as they should be. Baby Dog was so happy to hear the singing! I feel I have given Percy long enough in the Sleigh - if he doesn’t vacate it today, SleighGate 🛷 might begin!
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More often than not, speed doesn't matter. So your neighbours have already brought out the Xmas lights? The ironing needs done, or the cupboard dusted? Life's no competition or race. It's fine to just get there. You do you. Your life, your time, your schedule.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
More often than not, speed doesn't matter. So your neighbours have already brought out the Xmas lights? The ironing needs done, or the cupboard dusted? Life's no competition or race. It's fine to just get there. You do you. Your life, your time, your schedule.
#GoodMorning, everyone
#GoodMorning, everyone
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It’s carrot crunch time for rescue cow Widget
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It’s carrot crunch time for rescue cow Widget
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Young bookworm at the window of John Smith & Son bookshop, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, 1962, photo by Oscar Marzaroli.
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Young bookworm at the window of John Smith & Son bookshop, St Vincent Street, Glasgow, 1962, photo by Oscar Marzaroli.
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Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes
centralbylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe