Echo
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· Nov 28
Same. I think the rise of Reform is being underestimated.
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
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Are we really at a stage in public education where we consider it OK to have literally Google-branded schoolchildren whose learner identities are tied to being "responsible AI" users of private for-profit technologies?
November 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Are we really at a stage in public education where we consider it OK to have literally Google-branded schoolchildren whose learner identities are tied to being "responsible AI" users of private for-profit technologies?
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Feeling queasy now I've learned that Google is not only now offering Gemini ambassador certificates to teachers but also awarding students and *children* to be corporate AI mascots. Coercive normalization of commercialized digital education. blog.google/outreach-ini...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Feeling queasy now I've learned that Google is not only now offering Gemini ambassador certificates to teachers but also awarding students and *children* to be corporate AI mascots. Coercive normalization of commercialized digital education. blog.google/outreach-ini...
Got to be up there for one of the most tender songs ever written.
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Got to be up there for one of the most tender songs ever written.
My my, the moon is looking fancy. Quick! Catch it before the sun steals its glow...
November 17, 2025 at 5:48 AM
My my, the moon is looking fancy. Quick! Catch it before the sun steals its glow...
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One person caring about you 100 percent is worth so much more than millions caring for you by fractions. Fame always derails those who don’t find this
November 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
One person caring about you 100 percent is worth so much more than millions caring for you by fractions. Fame always derails those who don’t find this
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At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Social class is about the choices people have and the trade-offs they make. The higher up the classes a person is, the less they think about (or need to make...) any trade-offs.
November 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Social class is about the choices people have and the trade-offs they make. The higher up the classes a person is, the less they think about (or need to make...) any trade-offs.
Docks looked resplendent this afternoon and there is hope on the horizon
November 13, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Docks looked resplendent this afternoon and there is hope on the horizon
Watching episode 3 of @davidolusoga.bsky.social's Empire series and we're up to the partition that created India/Pakistan.
'The violence that accompanied it became part of the histories of many people'
'The violence that accompanied it became part of the histories of many people'
November 10, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Watching episode 3 of @davidolusoga.bsky.social's Empire series and we're up to the partition that created India/Pakistan.
'The violence that accompanied it became part of the histories of many people'
'The violence that accompanied it became part of the histories of many people'
Thought-provoking segment on ITV News this eve re immigration and social cohesion. My takeaway is @sathnam.bsky.social's comment:
"What we've got in Britain is the most successful multicultural living in the world"
(That, and chicken tikka kebab)
"What we've got in Britain is the most successful multicultural living in the world"
(That, and chicken tikka kebab)
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Thought-provoking segment on ITV News this eve re immigration and social cohesion. My takeaway is @sathnam.bsky.social's comment:
"What we've got in Britain is the most successful multicultural living in the world"
(That, and chicken tikka kebab)
"What we've got in Britain is the most successful multicultural living in the world"
(That, and chicken tikka kebab)
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My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
Only seen episode 1 of this but for me it joins up the idea of empire across the globe and how the areas interrelated/rose and fell based on each other, which I've not thought about before.
My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Only seen episode 1 of this but for me it joins up the idea of empire across the globe and how the areas interrelated/rose and fell based on each other, which I've not thought about before.
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Don’t forget to watch this much needed and long overdue series on the British Empire. Remarkably, it’s not based on the opinions of a travelling ‘personality’, but on what historians who’ve actually researched it say!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Two - Empire with David Olusoga, Series 1, Episode 1
David Olusoga tells the story of the beginnings of the British Empire under Elizabeth I.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Don’t forget to watch this much needed and long overdue series on the British Empire. Remarkably, it’s not based on the opinions of a travelling ‘personality’, but on what historians who’ve actually researched it say!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Tonight's poem is very apt #Parenthood
November 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Tonight's poem is very apt #Parenthood
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In the UK, you literally cannot access benefits without the Internet. In addition they will dock your benefits on the basis that you are not committed to looking for work.
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 AM
In the UK, you literally cannot access benefits without the Internet. In addition they will dock your benefits on the basis that you are not committed to looking for work.
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Never owned a smart phone. Discriminated against because of that fact. How the hell have people like me survived?😱
November 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Never owned a smart phone. Discriminated against because of that fact. How the hell have people like me survived?😱
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Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
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This is only the latest version of a recurring pattern. In the 1930s it was ‘if they are so poor how can they afford to go to the cinema?’ The response is that poverty is revealed not in choices but the cost of choices. What do they have to sacrifice to do or have things others take for granted?
Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
“If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???”
Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is luxury, survive a month without it.
November 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This is only the latest version of a recurring pattern. In the 1930s it was ‘if they are so poor how can they afford to go to the cinema?’ The response is that poverty is revealed not in choices but the cost of choices. What do they have to sacrifice to do or have things others take for granted?
Not heard of Madison Cawein before but glad to have stumbled across her work.
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Not heard of Madison Cawein before but glad to have stumbled across her work.
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A new report calls for a rethink of how we design our new towns.
Treating faith and belief as partners in planning can reduce loneliness and build more resilient communities through trusted networks providing support and care.
Read the report's findings ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Treating faith and belief as partners in planning can reduce loneliness and build more resilient communities through trusted networks providing support and care.
Read the report's findings ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Report: Britain’s new towns must build in space for faith
A new report urges planners to treat faith and belief communities as full partners in shaping Britain’s new towns
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A new report calls for a rethink of how we design our new towns.
Treating faith and belief as partners in planning can reduce loneliness and build more resilient communities through trusted networks providing support and care.
Read the report's findings ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Treating faith and belief as partners in planning can reduce loneliness and build more resilient communities through trusted networks providing support and care.
Read the report's findings ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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We must make racism disgraceful again. This kind of shameless ugly inadequacy from Pochin should be career-ending, not career-enhancing. Honestly… the Little England nastiness is repulsive.
October 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
We must make racism disgraceful again. This kind of shameless ugly inadequacy from Pochin should be career-ending, not career-enhancing. Honestly… the Little England nastiness is repulsive.
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Exactly the kind of sentiment I want to see more of. Especially puncturing the stereotype of the Grim North
Yay. Priceless. The right column at the right time. And a gleefully English two fingers to the haters.
October 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Exactly the kind of sentiment I want to see more of. Especially puncturing the stereotype of the Grim North
Apparently, some families do a four present Christmas such as 'something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read'.
Love this idea!
Love this idea!
October 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Apparently, some families do a four present Christmas such as 'something you want, something you need, something to wear and something to read'.
Love this idea!
Love this idea!