Chickpea
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Sunday night watching jimmy mcgovern’s ‘the lakes’. It’s like the millennium never happened.
April 20, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Sunday night watching jimmy mcgovern’s ‘the lakes’. It’s like the millennium never happened.
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PT: because at THAT time, we still had virgin steel production at Scunthorpe, and PT isn't being lost completely, it's getting investment for a future.
GM: Far from last refinery in UK, so not critical UK infrastructure.
These stories are not the same.
GM: Far from last refinery in UK, so not critical UK infrastructure.
These stories are not the same.
April 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
PT: because at THAT time, we still had virgin steel production at Scunthorpe, and PT isn't being lost completely, it's getting investment for a future.
GM: Far from last refinery in UK, so not critical UK infrastructure.
These stories are not the same.
GM: Far from last refinery in UK, so not critical UK infrastructure.
These stories are not the same.
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I have lots of very rare Optikinetics cassettes.
They can help with many things...
The colours will make you happy.
They can help with many things...
The colours will make you happy.
April 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I have lots of very rare Optikinetics cassettes.
They can help with many things...
The colours will make you happy.
They can help with many things...
The colours will make you happy.
🙄 no shit Sherlock.
Training needs a lot of kit and therefore expensive, so profit driven FE & HE dropped or ‘fudged’ courses.
Training needs a lot of kit and therefore expensive, so profit driven FE & HE dropped or ‘fudged’ courses.
April 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🙄 no shit Sherlock.
Training needs a lot of kit and therefore expensive, so profit driven FE & HE dropped or ‘fudged’ courses.
Training needs a lot of kit and therefore expensive, so profit driven FE & HE dropped or ‘fudged’ courses.
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NEWS! Birmingham residents celebrate their council tax increase by climbing on rubbish piles and high-fiving rats
Birmingham residents celebrate their council tax increase by climbing on rubbish piles and high-fiving rats
It is revealed today that residents of Birmingham have been celebrating their council tax rises by climbing on massive piles of rubbish, jumping up and down, and high-fiving rats.
buff.ly
April 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
NEWS! Birmingham residents celebrate their council tax increase by climbing on rubbish piles and high-fiving rats
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UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting suggested he will increase NHS spending on social care but did not say by how much.
Must end privatisation of the NHS and social care.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.
Healthcare must not be a profit centre.
Must end privatisation of the NHS and social care.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.
Healthcare must not be a profit centre.
NHS plan will see funds allocated to social care, Health Secretary says
Wes Streeting suggested he will increase NHS spending on social care but did not say by how much.
www.independent.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 10:09 AM
UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting suggested he will increase NHS spending on social care but did not say by how much.
Must end privatisation of the NHS and social care.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.
Healthcare must not be a profit centre.
Must end privatisation of the NHS and social care.
30%-40% of public money vanishes in profits. Money buys less.
Healthcare must not be a profit centre.
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February 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Why Incompetent People Think They’re Amazing: An Animated Lesson from David Dunning (of the Famous “Dunning-Kruger Effect”)
Why Incompetent People Think They’re Amazing: An Animated Lesson from David Dunning (of the Famous “Dunning-Kruger Effect”)
The business world has long had special jargon for the Kafkaesque incompetence bedeviling the ranks of upper management. There is “the Peter principle,” first described in a satirical book of the same...
www.openculture.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Why Incompetent People Think They’re Amazing: An Animated Lesson from David Dunning (of the Famous “Dunning-Kruger Effect”)
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Sometimes it's useful to have a mug that can shut down that "special" person you find yourself having a coffee with... Get yours here >>> https://buff.ly/4go5TBr
February 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sometimes it's useful to have a mug that can shut down that "special" person you find yourself having a coffee with... Get yours here >>> https://buff.ly/4go5TBr
And the women responded ‘No shit, Sherlock’ for they have known this for a long long time.
Misogyny identified as breeding ground for extremism in leaked report
Misogyny identified as breeding ground for extremism in leaked report
The ‘manosphere’ and Hindu nationalism were also identified by report commissioned after last summer’s riots
Hindu nationalism, misogyny and the “manosphere” have been identified as breeding grounds for extremism in a leaked report commissioned by Yvette…
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
And the women responded ‘No shit, Sherlock’ for they have known this for a long long time.
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Misogyny identified as breeding ground for extremism in leaked report
Misogyny identified as breeding ground for extremism in leaked report
The ‘manosphere’ and Hindu nationalism were also identified by report commissioned after last summer’s riots
Hindu nationalism, misogyny and the “manosphere” have been identified as breeding grounds for extremism in a leaked report commissioned by Yvette…
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Misogyny identified as breeding ground for extremism in leaked report
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Inspired by all the Elon-bros leaping to defend him by blaming his behaviour on the fact that "he's autistic". The new Caughtism definition on a mug! Get yours here >>> https://buff.ly/40l7ZvM
January 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Inspired by all the Elon-bros leaping to defend him by blaming his behaviour on the fact that "he's autistic". The new Caughtism definition on a mug! Get yours here >>> https://buff.ly/40l7ZvM
Elvis 68 Comeback Special followed by Jailhouse Rock. Perfect way to wait for the snow to arrive.
January 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Elvis 68 Comeback Special followed by Jailhouse Rock. Perfect way to wait for the snow to arrive.
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UK Tory govt spent £50,000 to stop release of review into disabled man’s death.
DWP wrongly stopped his benefits, leaving him with no income.
He weighed 4.5 stone when body found, eight months after benefits were stopped.
Govt tried to conceal murder.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
DWP wrongly stopped his benefits, leaving him with no income.
He weighed 4.5 stone when body found, eight months after benefits were stopped.
Govt tried to conceal murder.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
DWP spent £50,000 trying to stop release of review into disabled man’s death
Previous government spent almost £1m trying to prevent release of documents in 56 legal cases
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
UK Tory govt spent £50,000 to stop release of review into disabled man’s death.
DWP wrongly stopped his benefits, leaving him with no income.
He weighed 4.5 stone when body found, eight months after benefits were stopped.
Govt tried to conceal murder.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
DWP wrongly stopped his benefits, leaving him with no income.
He weighed 4.5 stone when body found, eight months after benefits were stopped.
Govt tried to conceal murder.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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6/ Incredibly, over the last few years around £200,000 has been raised for homeless charities as a result of this thing. So, this year, if you're enjoying the pix, you could fling a few quid to Centrepoint via this link: gofund.me/637d21d0
Donate to Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024, organized by Rhodri Marsden
Unbelievably, it's the 14th year of this thing.
What is it?
Improbably, the nig… Rhodri Marsden needs your support for Duvet Know It's Christmas, 2024
gofund.me
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
6/ Incredibly, over the last few years around £200,000 has been raised for homeless charities as a result of this thing. So, this year, if you're enjoying the pix, you could fling a few quid to Centrepoint via this link: gofund.me/637d21d0
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1/ So, where were we? Oh yep, #duvetknowitschristmas. Firstly, some admin: Twitter/X has evidently been run into the ground by a preening, self-radicalised clot, so while there's a slim possibility that this annual celebration might be thriving over there, I won't know cos I won't be looking.
December 24, 2024 at 7:32 PM
1/ So, where were we? Oh yep, #duvetknowitschristmas. Firstly, some admin: Twitter/X has evidently been run into the ground by a preening, self-radicalised clot, so while there's a slim possibility that this annual celebration might be thriving over there, I won't know cos I won't be looking.