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Collie Colleen
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Valuer of authenticity. Equity for all. Owned by 3 chihuahuas. Animal lover. Seeker of the spirituality of horses, wisdom of cats, love of dogs.
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National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To bring awareness to the day, the Up First newsletter is sharing some stories from readers about how their pet has impacted their lives.
From dogs to rabbits, NPR readers share how adopting shelter pets impacted them
National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day is on April 30. To bring awareness to the day, the Up First newsletter is sharing some stories from readers about how their pet has impacted their lives.
www.npr.org
April 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM
All children and young people referred to #NHS #gender clinics in England will undergo screening for #autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions, in line with the #CassReview’s call for holistic, evidence-based, and individualised care
April 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Just this …
April 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
April 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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April 2, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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In a first, hummingbird baby found using caterpillar disguise to scare predators interestingengineering.com/science/uniq...
Hummingbird baby uses caterpillar-like feathers to scare predators
The first nest of a unique hummingbird species was found exhibiting a hatched egg mimicking a dangerous caterpillar.
interestingengineering.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Bonnie's is it Monday already look! 🙁 have an amazing week ahead everyone ❤️🐾🐶
#westie
#dogsofbluesky
March 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
“In the darkness, she carries the cosmos in her soul.” Unknown
March 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A cat’s eyes are liquid mysteries, glowing with the quiet poetry of dreams and shadows.
March 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“The eyes of a cat are windows that can see into another world.” Irish Proverb
March 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“The calm of a sleeping cat is like a lullaby for the weary soul.” Unknown
March 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
“Dogs have a way of finding the people who need them and filling an emptiness we didn’t even know we had.” Thom Jones
March 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.” Ernest Hemingway
March 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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“Devastating benefits bill” says Starmer
Yet it’s the lowest in Europe and 42% of the ‘Welfare’ spend is on Pensions 🤔
Welfare spending as a percentage of GDP.

- France: 31% of GDP.
- Finland: 29%.
- Belgium: 28.9%.
- Italy: 28%.
- Germany: 26%.
- Spain: 25%.
- Denmark: 25%.
- Sweden: 25%.
- Norway: 25%.
- Japan: 22%.
- United Kingdom: 21%.

This is before £5 Billion of Labour cuts!
March 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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While Starmer and Reeves
keep telling us
there isn't any money
while refusing to
#TaxTheRich

via Leighton Lewis
March 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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🙏Thank you to CND Vice-President @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social for supporting EDM 925, opposing military spending hikes in the upcoming budget! #BenefitsNotBombs

Has your MP signed? It's time to demand better!

✍️Write to them today using our lobby tool: cnd.eaction.org.uk/EDM925Milita...
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Starmer urged to introduce wealth tax instead of cutting disability benefits – UK politics live
Starmer urged to introduce wealth tax instead of cutting disability benefits – UK politics live
Diane Abbott says a wealth tax of 2% on people with assets over £10m would raise £24bn a year Peter Walker has more from Diane Abbott’s interview on the Today programme this morning. Good morning. “You want me to cut £1bn. Shall I take £100 each off 10…
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Keir Starmer repeatedly insisted, just last week, that there will be "no return to austerity" under his government
March 20, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Starmer the “Savage”
March 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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March 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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it's been very much underplayed of late how Reeves and McSweeney (and Starmer himself, to the extent that Starmer actually believes in anything) just outright *want* to cut disability benefit.
🚨"Whether we had £10 or £10 billion headroom, we would still be doing this stuff"

How Keir Starmer plans to face down his Labour critics - including in his own cabinet - to force through welfare cuts.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-s...
Keir Starmer Will Face Down Labour Rebels To Slash Billions From Welfare Budget
"Whether we had £10 or £10 billion headroom, we would still be doing this stuff," said an ally of the PM.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#PhysicianAssociates lack the training and expertise required for the high-stakes, split-second decision-making in #A&E. Patients deserve care from fully qualified doctors, especially in life-or-death situations. #PatientSafety #NHS
December 5, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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November 27, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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If this is what waits to greet you everyday when you come home, you’re a very lucky person and so very dearly loved.
❤️
November 27, 2024 at 5:03 AM