Catrin
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Pretending to know what I’m doing and hoping not to die. Still blames Thatcher. She/her.
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Aw reet!
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Aw reet!
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
As it’s #LancashireDay I’m going to give away a Northern Sky A4 unframed print. Inspired by my hometown of Blackburn and Nick Drake.
Repost and follow me to enter.
I’ll pick a winner after 9pm (27 Nov)
www.gailmyerscough.co.uk/product-page...
At the dentist to have a broken tooth looked at. Been quoted £1900 for a root canal and crown. By coincidence the receptionists are discussing rolexes.
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
At the dentist to have a broken tooth looked at. Been quoted £1900 for a root canal and crown. By coincidence the receptionists are discussing rolexes.
Translation….my mate Robbie sorted me out with a job and that’s how things are done in politics and media.
Lib Dem MP Cameron Thomas at DCMS committee: "Somebody you've described as a friend [Robbie Gibb] had a role in your appointment. You don't think that's unusual?"
Prescott: "If you operate in this country in the sphere of politics/media etc it's not that unusual to come across people that you know"
Prescott: "If you operate in this country in the sphere of politics/media etc it's not that unusual to come across people that you know"
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Translation….my mate Robbie sorted me out with a job and that’s how things are done in politics and media.
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ko-fi.com/s/5cf8328c9d Remember pals! There’s still time to buy my most recent painting!! Could make an ideal Christmas gift for the meat lover in your life! 🥩🎄🎁🎉
RAW - Haus Of Holly's Ko-fi Shop
An oil painting of a steak, unframed and unvarnished. Painted in oil paints and oil stick, on a canvas board measuring 20x25cm.
ko-fi.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
ko-fi.com/s/5cf8328c9d Remember pals! There’s still time to buy my most recent painting!! Could make an ideal Christmas gift for the meat lover in your life! 🥩🎄🎁🎉
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spot light
Losing my religion..
That’s me in the spot light
Losing my religion..
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 PM
That’s me in the corner
That’s me in the spot light
Losing my religion..
That’s me in the spot light
Losing my religion..
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Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand
In a normal world, this should be an immense scandal in Europe.
Le Monde has a long article describing the hellish life of Nicolas Guillou, a French judge at the ICC in The Hague, due to U.S. sanctions punishing him for authorizing arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant for war crimes in Gaza.
Guillou's daily existence has been transformed into a Kafkaesque nightmare. He cannot: open or maintain accounts with Google, Amazon, Apple, or any US company; make hotel reservations (Expedia canceled his booking in France hours after he made it); conduct online commerce, since he can't know if the packaging is American; use any major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex are all American); access normal banking services, even with non-American banks, as banks worldwide close sanctioned accounts; conduct virtually any financial transaction.
He describes it as being "economically banned across most of the planet," including in his own country, France, and where he works, the Netherlands.
That's the real shocking aspect of this: the Americans are:
- punishing a European citizen
- for doing his job in Europe
- applying laws Europe officially supports
- at an institution based in Europe
- that Europe helped create and fund
and Europe is not only doing essentially nothing to protect him, they're actively enforcing America's sanctions against their own citizen - European banks closing his accounts, European companies refusing him service, European institutions standing by while Washington destroys a European judge's life on European soil.
Again, in a normal world, European leaders and citizens should be absolutely outraged about this. But we've so normalized the hollowing out of European sovereignty that the sight of a European citizen being economically executed on European soil for upholding European law is treated, at best, as an unfortunate technical complication in transatlantic
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Anyone bought Office for Mac from groupon or wowcher? The Black Friday deal on Amazon is £62 for 12 months but on Wowcher there’s a perpetual licence of office 2016 home and business for £24. Is the version being older the only catch?
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Anyone bought Office for Mac from groupon or wowcher? The Black Friday deal on Amazon is £62 for 12 months but on Wowcher there’s a perpetual licence of office 2016 home and business for £24. Is the version being older the only catch?
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Interesting piece about someone at BBC who edited Trump speech
www.thenewworld.co.uk/contributor/...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/contributor/...
James Ball Archives
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Interesting piece about someone at BBC who edited Trump speech
www.thenewworld.co.uk/contributor/...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/contributor/...
How long until one of them suggests giving refugees little tattoos with their registration number etc? Either none of them has the sense to go “er, hang on…” or they all hate each other so much they’ll keep quiet whilst others make horrific mistakes.
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
How long until one of them suggests giving refugees little tattoos with their registration number etc? Either none of them has the sense to go “er, hang on…” or they all hate each other so much they’ll keep quiet whilst others make horrific mistakes.
In other news it has been announced that Cowboy Junkies are returning to the UK next year. The only confirmed date so far is Norwich on 14th May.
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
In other news it has been announced that Cowboy Junkies are returning to the UK next year. The only confirmed date so far is Norwich on 14th May.
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This is Archie. He's deaf and doesn't hear when his humans get home. Luckily, his little brother Frankie lets him know with a gentle nudge to make sure he doesn't miss the moment. 14/10 for both (TT: melissamilne)
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is Archie. He's deaf and doesn't hear when his humans get home. Luckily, his little brother Frankie lets him know with a gentle nudge to make sure he doesn't miss the moment. 14/10 for both (TT: melissamilne)
Best article I've read on this matter.
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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At a family wedding, my uncle was making introductions to the distant relatives. One cousin wore a red dress, my uncle says "and this is Aine, as you can see, she eats Special K"
November 12, 2025 at 12:39 PM
At a family wedding, my uncle was making introductions to the distant relatives. One cousin wore a red dress, my uncle says "and this is Aine, as you can see, she eats Special K"
Have to agree here. The BBC would not survive a Farage premiership so it needs to stop pandering to him. And raising editorial standards would fix a lot of its problems, including to some extent the transphobia.
Wrote about Robbie Gibb, Michael Prescott and their role in the war on the BBC www.thenerve.news/p/bbc-tim-da...
The BBC is the biggest prize in the information war – and the right may be about to destroy it
The corporation is always under attack. But this time it has been sabotaged by conservative ideologues deep within its heart. Is it time for the culture secretary to step in? By Dorian Lynskey
www.thenerve.news
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Have to agree here. The BBC would not survive a Farage premiership so it needs to stop pandering to him. And raising editorial standards would fix a lot of its problems, including to some extent the transphobia.
Quote with a 10/10 album
November 6, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Quote with a 10/10 album
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Top 10 Dog Halloween Costumes!
October 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Top 10 Dog Halloween Costumes!
Not sure what’s the worst thing I’ve watched tonight. The film Hounded on BBC2 or Liverpool’s performance against Crystal Palace.
October 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Not sure what’s the worst thing I’ve watched tonight. The film Hounded on BBC2 or Liverpool’s performance against Crystal Palace.
Bit of a boring question but what do people consider is a reasonable portion of pasta? The bag I used last night suggested 75g (dried) but that seems so small. I normally use 100g and never considered it was too much. If I was having 75g I’d want a starter and pudding!
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Bit of a boring question but what do people consider is a reasonable portion of pasta? The bag I used last night suggested 75g (dried) but that seems so small. I normally use 100g and never considered it was too much. If I was having 75g I’d want a starter and pudding!
Not one for action movies usually but The Dark Knight Rises wasn’t half bad.
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not one for action movies usually but The Dark Knight Rises wasn’t half bad.
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Decades after the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters, can politicians please not second-guess expert safety assessments for football stadiums.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
October 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Decades after the Heysel and Hillsborough disasters, can politicians please not second-guess expert safety assessments for football stadiums.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
Thank you.
An Aston Villa fan.
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Interview with @samseder.bsky.social
The Majority Report
A recording from @zelizer.bsky.social 's live video
open.substack.com/pub/julianze...
The Majority Report
A recording from @zelizer.bsky.social 's live video
open.substack.com/pub/julianze...
Interview with Sam Seder, The Majority Report
A recording from Julian Zelizer's live video
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Interview with @samseder.bsky.social
The Majority Report
A recording from @zelizer.bsky.social 's live video
open.substack.com/pub/julianze...
The Majority Report
A recording from @zelizer.bsky.social 's live video
open.substack.com/pub/julianze...
Invited to a friend’s house for dinner tonight and despite decades of practice I couldn’t find an excuse not to accept. Anyone had a nice bottle of wine recently? Can you remember what it was called and where you got it from?
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Invited to a friend’s house for dinner tonight and despite decades of practice I couldn’t find an excuse not to accept. Anyone had a nice bottle of wine recently? Can you remember what it was called and where you got it from?