Victoria
@beaniest.bsky.social
Yorkshire
Likes: outside, making, beer, F1 and Neighbours
Dislikes: futility
Location: Sheffield/York/Derbyshire/M1/bed
Likes: outside, making, beer, F1 and Neighbours
Dislikes: futility
Location: Sheffield/York/Derbyshire/M1/bed
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No sales in 10 days, which makes this a particularly good day to buy a book from us
A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours. Recent hardbacks include Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour' (you'll also receive a free 'Inventory' pamphlet). Order here:
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November 14, 2025 at 11:11 AM
No sales in 10 days, which makes this a particularly good day to buy a book from us
Puppy needs a poo but would appreciate it if I could turn the weather off. Or take him to the other outside because the garden is grim.
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Puppy needs a poo but would appreciate it if I could turn the weather off. Or take him to the other outside because the garden is grim.
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Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Trump's attack can rescue the BBC
The BBC should use the threat of legal action to strike a blow for press freedom
www.newstatesman.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
"This is presumably on the Beetlejuice principle that if you say something three times it somehow appears"
😂
😂
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"This is presumably on the Beetlejuice principle that if you say something three times it somehow appears"
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Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
🧵On our revelations today about the BBC Coup and the Prescott Dossier.
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
The leaked ‘BBC Bias’ memo Trump used to attack the BBC was authored by Michael Prescott — a Hanover lobbyist paid by US tech/media giants tied to Trump. Full story: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b... 1/12
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Lots of stuff here that you won't read in most of the legacy media which seems completely uninterested in the backgrounds, associations and possible motivations of those behind the BBC crisis.
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
Why was the BBC having its homework marked by a lobbyist who hasn't worked as a journalist for 20 years?
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Hey everyone! So, time to give my little shop a shout out! There’s lots of stuff there, including artwork, personalised cartoons, and maps and stuff! Come on in and check it all out! instachaaz.shop
November 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Hey everyone! So, time to give my little shop a shout out! There’s lots of stuff there, including artwork, personalised cartoons, and maps and stuff! Come on in and check it all out! instachaaz.shop
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This does feel like key information tbh. Wonder why budding tyrant Donald Trump would want to muzzle a trusted independent news source 🤔
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
This does feel like key information tbh. Wonder why budding tyrant Donald Trump would want to muzzle a trusted independent news source 🤔
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Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Quick thread on the BBC and the political and societal significance of recent developments:
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
One of the main reasons the UK has historically been so much less polarised than the US, is that Britain has a shared source of information, consumed and trusted by most people regardless of their politics.
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Since we’re in the mood for strict accuracy in broadcast news, worth noting that a rival channel had a pundit - unchallenged - say asylum seekers in hotels committed 44% of sexual offences in one county, seemingly because she cannot understand basic maths.
Oh god, how to be very cold whilst drinking warm beer 🤢
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Oh god, how to be very cold whilst drinking warm beer 🤢
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And they say there are no new sitcom ideas
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 AM
And they say there are no new sitcom ideas
My puppy is teething and has been crying and howling* since 6am. It's exhausting. Is there such a thing as puppy calpol?
*his little baby howl is very cute
*his little baby howl is very cute
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My puppy is teething and has been crying and howling* since 6am. It's exhausting. Is there such a thing as puppy calpol?
*his little baby howl is very cute
*his little baby howl is very cute
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Really heartening to see so many people out today in Sheffield standing up to the ukip fascists.
Loved the chanting: "There's more of us then there are of you"
Loved the chanting: "There's more of us then there are of you"
November 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Really heartening to see so many people out today in Sheffield standing up to the ukip fascists.
Loved the chanting: "There's more of us then there are of you"
Loved the chanting: "There's more of us then there are of you"
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There weren't 100s of ukip supporters probably less than 50
The anti ukip protest was peaceful, good natured and between 600 to 1000. Massively outnumbering the fascists by at least 10:1.
If this was supposed to be about who owns the streets of Sheffield the they are ours.
The anti ukip protest was peaceful, good natured and between 600 to 1000. Massively outnumbering the fascists by at least 10:1.
If this was supposed to be about who owns the streets of Sheffield the they are ours.
November 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There weren't 100s of ukip supporters probably less than 50
The anti ukip protest was peaceful, good natured and between 600 to 1000. Massively outnumbering the fascists by at least 10:1.
If this was supposed to be about who owns the streets of Sheffield the they are ours.
The anti ukip protest was peaceful, good natured and between 600 to 1000. Massively outnumbering the fascists by at least 10:1.
If this was supposed to be about who owns the streets of Sheffield the they are ours.
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At the UKIP demonstration at Tudor Square in Sheffield.
Maybe around 100 here at the most, although lots of those seem to be YouTubers.
Maybe around 100 here at the most, although lots of those seem to be YouTubers.
November 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
At the UKIP demonstration at Tudor Square in Sheffield.
Maybe around 100 here at the most, although lots of those seem to be YouTubers.
Maybe around 100 here at the most, although lots of those seem to be YouTubers.
To the UKIP protest in Sheffield today...
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
To the UKIP protest in Sheffield today...
Why is Katherine Ryan's poppy vomiting crystals?
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Why is Katherine Ryan's poppy vomiting crystals?
My puppy is losing his puppy fluff 😭
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My puppy is losing his puppy fluff 😭
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Amazing
My mum just said to me "You should be hung like a horse". When I challenged her over saying such a thing, it transpires she thought it was a punishment horses got. Turns out she's been incorrectly using the phrase since the 90s in various settings
November 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Amazing
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