EmBrooks-ish
@emvicw.bsky.social
Fidget. Experimental poet. Lover of sewing, interiors, design in all forms, history, reading, Orkney and complex human life.
I wrote a new poem, inspired by Trump's executive order on plastic straws.
February 18, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I wrote a new poem, inspired by Trump's executive order on plastic straws.
Watching The Dog House ... A pooch appears (cocker-cross) with a waggle bum. "Oh it's another waggle bum!" Says the hubby. Cue our own waggle bum waking, and jumping on the sofa to see why we are calling him .🤣
February 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Watching The Dog House ... A pooch appears (cocker-cross) with a waggle bum. "Oh it's another waggle bum!" Says the hubby. Cue our own waggle bum waking, and jumping on the sofa to see why we are calling him .🤣
This feels an important take. Is the US essentially changing sides after 75 years?
February 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This feels an important take. Is the US essentially changing sides after 75 years?
Good idea. It's frankly unproductive and a deterrent to professional government.
BBC News - MPs call for end to booing and jeering in Commons
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - MPs call for end to booing and jeering in Commons
www.bbc.com/news/article...
MPs call for crackdown on booing and jeering in Commons
"Antiquated" jargon and poor behaviour is restricting access to politics, says a committee of MPs.
www.bbc.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Good idea. It's frankly unproductive and a deterrent to professional government.
BBC News - MPs call for end to booing and jeering in Commons
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - MPs call for end to booing and jeering in Commons
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Excellently informative thread.
Here's why Trump's "VAT is a tariff" claim is beyond stupid. But also why America's *lack* of VAT puts it at an unfair disadvantage.
February 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Excellently informative thread.
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Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.
Elon Musk’s Toxicity Could Spell Disaster for Tesla
Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.
www.wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Staggering sales drops, swastika-daubed EVs, companies culling fleet models, and fan-forum owners selling their cars—Elon Musk's alt-right antics are seriously impacting his electric car business.
These people who say they are the defenders of sovereignty... When it comes to the crunch they will sell anyone down the river 👏👏👏👏👏💥
“there are Neville Chamberlain’s in every generation”
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
George Monbiot’s takedown of Matt Goodwin and the Reform party is a thing of beauty 👏 #bbcqt
February 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
These people who say they are the defenders of sovereignty... When it comes to the crunch they will sell anyone down the river 👏👏👏👏👏💥
Thinking it's weird that I've seen no reporting of the impact on US unemployment stats of all these DOGE layoffs. Surely that'll bite them with the electorate in a month?
February 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Thinking it's weird that I've seen no reporting of the impact on US unemployment stats of all these DOGE layoffs. Surely that'll bite them with the electorate in a month?
Is it just me who thinks Haribo jelly babies look like little Medieval pilgrims?
February 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Is it just me who thinks Haribo jelly babies look like little Medieval pilgrims?
Omg please tell me this isn't real???
The Telegraph once again nails the most pressing issue of the day for most people.
February 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Omg please tell me this isn't real???
How so? Because they are brown skinned not Eastern European? Or because escaping a war zone is only a thing down to a certain latitude?
February 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
How so? Because they are brown skinned not Eastern European? Or because escaping a war zone is only a thing down to a certain latitude?
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Here’s an interesting and important study on how fact-checking social media can lead to accusations of bias against right wing discourse - but it’s actually because that discourse is more likely to contain misinformation to start with. Paging @sheencr.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Here’s an interesting and important study on how fact-checking social media can lead to accusations of bias against right wing discourse - but it’s actually because that discourse is more likely to contain misinformation to start with. Paging @sheencr.bsky.social
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Badenoch: “The govt is recruiting a new chief inspector of borders, who lives in Finland & wants to WFH, this is not serious”
Starmer: “He was appointed in 2019 by the last govt, he then worked from Finland. He’ll now be working from the UK full time”
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
Starmer: “He was appointed in 2019 by the last govt, he then worked from Finland. He’ll now be working from the UK full time”
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
February 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Badenoch: “The govt is recruiting a new chief inspector of borders, who lives in Finland & wants to WFH, this is not serious”
Starmer: “He was appointed in 2019 by the last govt, he then worked from Finland. He’ll now be working from the UK full time”
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
Starmer: “He was appointed in 2019 by the last govt, he then worked from Finland. He’ll now be working from the UK full time”
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
Powerful long read.
February 12, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Powerful long read.
There's got to be a middle ground between US media being completely in the pocket of government and UK media never having anything good to say. Neither is actually supportive of informed democracy.
🔴Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over recent weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over recent weeks
bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
bylinetimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
There's got to be a middle ground between US media being completely in the pocket of government and UK media never having anything good to say. Neither is actually supportive of informed democracy.
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Despite the fact that Reform MPs are always shouting about immigration, not one of them could be arsed to turn up for the debate on the Border Security Bill last night. Probably exhausted after a hard day cosplaying at being farmers.
February 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Despite the fact that Reform MPs are always shouting about immigration, not one of them could be arsed to turn up for the debate on the Border Security Bill last night. Probably exhausted after a hard day cosplaying at being farmers.
93,000...
🔥 Well... this is now over 88,000 signatures!
Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not!
Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Just one final push to get it over that magic 100,000 and get a parliamentary debate? Why not!
Link --> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
February 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
93,000...
I emailed the data privacy team at YouGov to execute my right to get all the data they hold on me deleted. I emailed in English. The reply is in German??
February 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I emailed the data privacy team at YouGov to execute my right to get all the data they hold on me deleted. I emailed in English. The reply is in German??
So that Nobel peace prize people tried to reassure us he really really wanted (to the point, we were told, it would moderate his behaviour...) that goal is parked, right? Hideous statements. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Trump says Gaza ceasefire should be cancelled unless all Israeli hostages freed - live updates
The US president says Israel should let
www.bbc.co.uk
February 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
So that Nobel peace prize people tried to reassure us he really really wanted (to the point, we were told, it would moderate his behaviour...) that goal is parked, right? Hideous statements. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
🤣🤣🤣 Just read a post on linkedin from a Comms person using Zuckerberg's "cool" transformation as a best practice case study. 🤣🤣🤣
February 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
🤣🤣🤣 Just read a post on linkedin from a Comms person using Zuckerberg's "cool" transformation as a best practice case study. 🤣🤣🤣
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Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory
February 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Today, we at Google have a new product: what if you could could ask an app a question? Oh, we do that already? Well, what if we were a little bit worse at it? What if we also sometimes gave you egregiously wrong information? And what if it cost a billion dollars? Still not interested? It's mandatory
England wins the Netball Nations Cup... And the BBC sports story is about another country's league game in a sport we don't even play/follow here. WTF. Back women's sports already!
www.englandnetball.co.uk/report/final...
www.englandnetball.co.uk/report/final...
February 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
England wins the Netball Nations Cup... And the BBC sports story is about another country's league game in a sport we don't even play/follow here. WTF. Back women's sports already!
www.englandnetball.co.uk/report/final...
www.englandnetball.co.uk/report/final...
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I will never understand how US news agencies are SO RELUCTANT to call people outwardly being nazis "Nazis"
like.. you know what you call a "group with Nazi flags"?
"A group of Nazis"
like.. you know what you call a "group with Nazi flags"?
"A group of Nazis"
February 10, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I will never understand how US news agencies are SO RELUCTANT to call people outwardly being nazis "Nazis"
like.. you know what you call a "group with Nazi flags"?
"A group of Nazis"
like.. you know what you call a "group with Nazi flags"?
"A group of Nazis"