Cheetara Swift
@cheetaraswift.bsky.social
Servant to a rescue greyhound. Unapologetic leftie.
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NEW: London has recorded its lowest homicide rate since records began.
The evidence is clear - our approach to tackling violent crime is working.
The evidence is clear - our approach to tackling violent crime is working.
January 12, 2026 at 9:26 AM
NEW: London has recorded its lowest homicide rate since records began.
The evidence is clear - our approach to tackling violent crime is working.
The evidence is clear - our approach to tackling violent crime is working.
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Seeing as it's Bod night, have the long lost 2000ad Special youtu.be/CFVq7vPtWno?...
Judge Dredd - The Bod TV special
YouTube video by HappyToast
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December 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Seeing as it's Bod night, have the long lost 2000ad Special youtu.be/CFVq7vPtWno?...
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With words attributed to Victor Hugo.
The sun will rise, the days will get longer, the light will return.
I LOVE the winter solstice - the summer solstice fills me with sadness. The Winter solstice fills me with hope.
The sun will rise, the days will get longer, the light will return.
I LOVE the winter solstice - the summer solstice fills me with sadness. The Winter solstice fills me with hope.
December 21, 2025 at 8:11 AM
With words attributed to Victor Hugo.
The sun will rise, the days will get longer, the light will return.
I LOVE the winter solstice - the summer solstice fills me with sadness. The Winter solstice fills me with hope.
The sun will rise, the days will get longer, the light will return.
I LOVE the winter solstice - the summer solstice fills me with sadness. The Winter solstice fills me with hope.
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Words DO MATTER.
This is deeply moving.
This is deeply moving.
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Words DO MATTER.
This is deeply moving.
This is deeply moving.
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HO HO HO here’s a bit of #behindthescenes fun at CBBC with Hacker T Dog
December 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
HO HO HO here’s a bit of #behindthescenes fun at CBBC with Hacker T Dog
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"In a House" - my oil painting
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"In a House" - my oil painting
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Maybe no one heard me, 20% off sale on happytoast.co.uk today and all weekend. Hell, I'll include commissions in that too.
Prints
Artwork you can buy on paper!
happytoast.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Maybe no one heard me, 20% off sale on happytoast.co.uk today and all weekend. Hell, I'll include commissions in that too.
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Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
This is the Observer's coverage of the Reform Russian Spie Scandal... 600 words on page 22 of the printed newspaper.
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More MEPs investigated in Russian bribe probe | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Dear Bluesky,
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners.
We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!
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This is where I live - the Marshwood Vale here in Dorset, England. No snow today but a frost that's permeated my toes.
'In the Bleak Midwinter'. A poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti. Published as 'A Christmas Carol' in 1872.
Beautiful words.
#womensart #womenspoetry
'In the Bleak Midwinter'. A poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti. Published as 'A Christmas Carol' in 1872.
Beautiful words.
#womensart #womenspoetry
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
This is where I live - the Marshwood Vale here in Dorset, England. No snow today but a frost that's permeated my toes.
'In the Bleak Midwinter'. A poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti. Published as 'A Christmas Carol' in 1872.
Beautiful words.
#womensart #womenspoetry
'In the Bleak Midwinter'. A poem by the English poet Christina Rossetti. Published as 'A Christmas Carol' in 1872.
Beautiful words.
#womensart #womenspoetry
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What a difference 30 days makes.
I think Stormzy has doubled in size. Look at him go!
I think Stormzy has doubled in size. Look at him go!
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 AM
What a difference 30 days makes.
I think Stormzy has doubled in size. Look at him go!
I think Stormzy has doubled in size. Look at him go!
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I wish that I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being. Hafiz
And I'm only posting this now as he looks so comfy cuddled up and I wish I was still asleep too.
Sunday alarm clocks are grim.
And I'm only posting this now as he looks so comfy cuddled up and I wish I was still asleep too.
Sunday alarm clocks are grim.
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I wish that I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being. Hafiz
And I'm only posting this now as he looks so comfy cuddled up and I wish I was still asleep too.
Sunday alarm clocks are grim.
And I'm only posting this now as he looks so comfy cuddled up and I wish I was still asleep too.
Sunday alarm clocks are grim.
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I'll be sending this Guillermo Del Toro 'endorsed'* Frankenstein poster off to the fancy printers first thing Monday, to do their Giclee ink on heavy art paper magic. So if you want one of these ultra limited edition A3 prints DM me sharpish.
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*reposted :D
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I'll be sending this Guillermo Del Toro 'endorsed'* Frankenstein poster off to the fancy printers first thing Monday, to do their Giclee ink on heavy art paper magic. So if you want one of these ultra limited edition A3 prints DM me sharpish.
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*reposted :D
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Over the moon to win Regional Journalist of the Year at the national Media Freedom Awards in London last night.
November 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Over the moon to win Regional Journalist of the Year at the national Media Freedom Awards in London last night.
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Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
Save NHS dentistry now!
I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...
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I don’t know much about this channel, but this short video of teaching an octopus is very moving youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
I taught an octopus piano (It took 6 months)
YouTube video by Mattias Krantz
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I don’t know much about this channel, but this short video of teaching an octopus is very moving youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
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YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
![[Scene is the entrance cabin to a NATIONAL TRUST PROPERTY AND GARDENS]
1
NATIONAL TRUST EMPLOYEE [inside cabin]:
Hello there
2
[A young family - two parents two kids - have arrived at the front desk].
DAD:
Hi - do you have an activity trail, for the kids?
3
NT EMPLOYEE:
Of course – you’re just in time for the Autumn Gammon Trail!
4
MUM:
That sounds fun, doesn’t it kids?
5
NT EMPLOYEE [handing an activity sheet and pencils to the kids]:
Every autumn, the Reform Trust gammons flock back to the National Trust for the AGM. Just follow the trail round the grounds, and see how many you can spot!
6
NT EMPLOYEE [hearing something in the gardens]:
Listen - that's their call
[Calls emanating from the landscape]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
7
NT EMPLOYEE [showing the family an apparently empty fenced enclosure with some bushes in]:
They are extremely sensitive and fragile...
But you can bring them out of hiding if you put a little sign down mentioning slavery.
8
KIDS [pointing]:
There they are!
[Some little red faced PEOPLE wearing Barbour jackets and gilets emerge cautiously from the bushes. They are creeping towards a TINY SIGN in the middle of the enclosure].
[Little people noises]:
woke-woke
tut-tut
woke-woke
9
[Close-up of the TINY SIGN - we can read that it says]:
Slavery had a bit to do with building this massive house.
[Noises from the little people again as they inspect the tiny sign]:
tut-tut
woke-woke
10
MUM [pointing]:
What's that one doing there?
NT EMPLOYEE:
Oh, that's so sweet…
11
[We see that one of the people is sat on a rock, with a little laptop open on a tree stump, and they are furiously typing away].
NT EMPLOYEE:
I think he's writing a column for the Daily Telegraph…
12
[We see close up to the little person’s screen, it is a word document reading]:
Are National Trust scones secretly WOKE?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
If you're a National Trust member, it's that time of year again: Midnight tonight is the deadline. It's a shame people have to keep doing this to keep a toehold on historical truth in this country, but here we are. Voting link: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...
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Rumi — 'I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses.I too have been covered with thorns.'
And
'For the rest of my life I will search for moments full of you.'
Both watercolours. Both with either gold or silver gouache.
Hand lettering by me too. No AI.
And
'For the rest of my life I will search for moments full of you.'
Both watercolours. Both with either gold or silver gouache.
Hand lettering by me too. No AI.
October 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Rumi — 'I will soothe you and heal you, I will bring you roses.I too have been covered with thorns.'
And
'For the rest of my life I will search for moments full of you.'
Both watercolours. Both with either gold or silver gouache.
Hand lettering by me too. No AI.
And
'For the rest of my life I will search for moments full of you.'
Both watercolours. Both with either gold or silver gouache.
Hand lettering by me too. No AI.
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I fact checked this Wikipedia. It’s true!
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I fact checked this Wikipedia. It’s true!
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I've been working with the team to save little Storm all week in the background.
Wasn't confident enough to share him until today.
What a little fighter he is ❤️
Wasn't confident enough to share him until today.
What a little fighter he is ❤️
October 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I've been working with the team to save little Storm all week in the background.
Wasn't confident enough to share him until today.
What a little fighter he is ❤️
Wasn't confident enough to share him until today.
What a little fighter he is ❤️
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3 weeks since he was shot 5 times. Today he was out running with me.
Only 21 days to go until I take on the Marathon challenge to help more dogs like him.
Look at him go ❤️
Only 21 days to go until I take on the Marathon challenge to help more dogs like him.
Look at him go ❤️
October 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
3 weeks since he was shot 5 times. Today he was out running with me.
Only 21 days to go until I take on the Marathon challenge to help more dogs like him.
Look at him go ❤️
Only 21 days to go until I take on the Marathon challenge to help more dogs like him.
Look at him go ❤️
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It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Log In
Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.
secure.cesvotes.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October
Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.
Then share. Thank you.
secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...
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Nottinghamshire Reform led County Council is spaffing £75,000 on new flags and flag poles... even as council tax is set to rise by almost 5%
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform-led council slammed over plan to spend £75,000 on flags
The 164 flags are set to be displayed across 82 locations, costing Nottinghamshire council £475 each
www.independent.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Nottinghamshire Reform led County Council is spaffing £75,000 on new flags and flag poles... even as council tax is set to rise by almost 5%
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Hey @reuters.com What a journalistic FAIL. Bottom of the class
You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk
Who writes this junk?
You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk
Who writes this junk?
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Hey @reuters.com What a journalistic FAIL. Bottom of the class
You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk
Who writes this junk?
You’d never in a million years think that Plaid Cymru won from your headlining - not ReFuk
Who writes this junk?