Gillian Ottaway
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
Guys, I’m beginning to suspect the #Farage protests are not about protecting women and children
Moskowitz: Do you think the Epstein list should come out?
Farage: I have no opinion on it.
Raskin: It’s been reported that he’s called for it to be released
Moskowitz: I have it here. Do you agree with yourself?
Farage: I have no opinion on it.
Raskin: It’s been reported that he’s called for it to be released
Moskowitz: I have it here. Do you agree with yourself?
September 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Guys, I’m beginning to suspect the #Farage protests are not about protecting women and children
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Kemi Badenoch hates ppl who break rules so much she accused a fellow pupil of cheating during an exam at school and got them expelled👇🏼🙄
Oddly she didn’t say a word about #ToriesPartyingAsPeopleDied breaking Covid Rules❌
That she broke the law and hacked Harriet Harman’s website❌
#KemiThickAsS*t 🙄
Oddly she didn’t say a word about #ToriesPartyingAsPeopleDied breaking Covid Rules❌
That she broke the law and hacked Harriet Harman’s website❌
#KemiThickAsS*t 🙄
Kemi Badenoch reveals how she told on exam cheat as teenager
The Tory leader speaks about her background and values in an interview with the BBC's Amol Rajan.
www.bbc.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Kemi Badenoch hates ppl who break rules so much she accused a fellow pupil of cheating during an exam at school and got them expelled👇🏼🙄
Oddly she didn’t say a word about #ToriesPartyingAsPeopleDied breaking Covid Rules❌
That she broke the law and hacked Harriet Harman’s website❌
#KemiThickAsS*t 🙄
Oddly she didn’t say a word about #ToriesPartyingAsPeopleDied breaking Covid Rules❌
That she broke the law and hacked Harriet Harman’s website❌
#KemiThickAsS*t 🙄
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I am generally a big fan of the BBC - but this is a truly terrible 'both sides' *push notification* to send out to people in this country about this news event
August 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I am generally a big fan of the BBC - but this is a truly terrible 'both sides' *push notification* to send out to people in this country about this news event
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In 2016, Ghislaine Maxwell falsely stated, under oath, that she was not aware that Jeffrey Epstein recruited underage girls for sex (you know, the ones she was actually recruiting on his behalf). She was charged with two counts of perjury for this.
Remind me why we give a shit what she says now?
Remind me why we give a shit what she says now?
August 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM
In 2016, Ghislaine Maxwell falsely stated, under oath, that she was not aware that Jeffrey Epstein recruited underage girls for sex (you know, the ones she was actually recruiting on his behalf). She was charged with two counts of perjury for this.
Remind me why we give a shit what she says now?
Remind me why we give a shit what she says now?
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🫗Southern Water nearly doubled their CEO's salary, despite causing 12,000 hours of sewage spills in 2024.
With Lib Dem colleagues and I have written to the Secretary of State and Minister for Water and Flooding, urging them to dismantle Ofwat and hold Southern accountable.
With Lib Dem colleagues and I have written to the Secretary of State and Minister for Water and Flooding, urging them to dismantle Ofwat and hold Southern accountable.
August 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🫗Southern Water nearly doubled their CEO's salary, despite causing 12,000 hours of sewage spills in 2024.
With Lib Dem colleagues and I have written to the Secretary of State and Minister for Water and Flooding, urging them to dismantle Ofwat and hold Southern accountable.
With Lib Dem colleagues and I have written to the Secretary of State and Minister for Water and Flooding, urging them to dismantle Ofwat and hold Southern accountable.
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Numerous varieties of trees at Winkworth Arboretum.
#Scape
#Treescape
#LandscapePhotography
#ForestFriday
#Surrey
#Scape
#Treescape
#LandscapePhotography
#ForestFriday
#Surrey
August 1, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Numerous varieties of trees at Winkworth Arboretum.
#Scape
#Treescape
#LandscapePhotography
#ForestFriday
#Surrey
#Scape
#Treescape
#LandscapePhotography
#ForestFriday
#Surrey
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Also buried in all the coverage is the fact that Trump is using the office of the presidency to promote his personal business.
Absolutely nauseating level of corruption, and it's a shame Starmer (and von der Leyen) agreed to participate in it by appearing there.
Absolutely nauseating level of corruption, and it's a shame Starmer (and von der Leyen) agreed to participate in it by appearing there.
Starmer allowing Trump to "host" him at Trump's properties in the U.K. is like Sunak "interviewing" Musk at the U.K.-hosted AI summit. It demonstrates a lack of fluency in the semiotics of power.
July 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Also buried in all the coverage is the fact that Trump is using the office of the presidency to promote his personal business.
Absolutely nauseating level of corruption, and it's a shame Starmer (and von der Leyen) agreed to participate in it by appearing there.
Absolutely nauseating level of corruption, and it's a shame Starmer (and von der Leyen) agreed to participate in it by appearing there.
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For my nerdy crafty pals, this is clearly for you
TIL (on mastodon) that the US National Park Service has crochet patterns!
www.nps.gov/articles/000...
www.nps.gov/articles/000...
Halibut Crochet Pattern (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
July 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
For my nerdy crafty pals, this is clearly for you
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I am in WARWICK this Friday - fewer tickets sold than usual - it is always a joy to visit (and here is a grave that was winking at me)
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/war...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/war...
July 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I am in WARWICK this Friday - fewer tickets sold than usual - it is always a joy to visit (and here is a grave that was winking at me)
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/war...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/war...
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A British news channel has said it has nothing to apologise for after a right-wing commentator and comedian suggested the best way to cut the number of disabled people claiming benefits was to starve, or even shoot, them.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/gb-news-says...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/gb-news-says...
GB News says it has nothing to apologise for, after guest suggests starving disabled benefit claimants
A British news channel has said it has nothing to apologise for after a right-wing commentator and comedian suggested the best way to cut the number of disabled people claiming benefits was to star…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
July 4, 2025 at 6:45 AM
A British news channel has said it has nothing to apologise for after a right-wing commentator and comedian suggested the best way to cut the number of disabled people claiming benefits was to starve, or even shoot, them.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/gb-news-says...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/gb-news-says...
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The problem for those who make performative cruelty the centrepiece of their governing strategy is that you have to endlessly escalate he spectacle or your audience gets bored and starts to notice that for all your vicious sadism against the Other, you're not actually making THEIR lives any better.
July 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The problem for those who make performative cruelty the centrepiece of their governing strategy is that you have to endlessly escalate he spectacle or your audience gets bored and starts to notice that for all your vicious sadism against the Other, you're not actually making THEIR lives any better.
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I've never seen this story in any of the (many) things that have been written about the filming of 'Jaws'. But my source is pretty trustworthy, I think.
Anyway, if you haven't seen Ian Shaw's play "The Shark Is Broken", about his father and the making of 'Jaws', it is terrific.
Anyway, if you haven't seen Ian Shaw's play "The Shark Is Broken", about his father and the making of 'Jaws', it is terrific.
June 21, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I've never seen this story in any of the (many) things that have been written about the filming of 'Jaws'. But my source is pretty trustworthy, I think.
Anyway, if you haven't seen Ian Shaw's play "The Shark Is Broken", about his father and the making of 'Jaws', it is terrific.
Anyway, if you haven't seen Ian Shaw's play "The Shark Is Broken", about his father and the making of 'Jaws', it is terrific.
Add a hedgehog hole in the fence and get a lot more than you planned
June 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Add a hedgehog hole in the fence and get a lot more than you planned
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Party of the workers they said!
May 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Party of the workers they said!
“The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don’t like to open”
Hard relate 😂
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hard relate 😂
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden
Johan Helberg says he was
www.bbc.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don’t like to open”
Hard relate 😂
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hard relate 😂
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Morning Bluesky.
Lots of room for tactical voting in the UK mayoral elections to keep the Far Right out this week. Here for instance:
Hull & East Yorkshire Mayoral Voting Intention:
Campbell (RFM): 27%
Handley (CON): 24%
Ross (LDM): 22%
Pinder (LAB): 17%
Harrison (GRN): 7%
Halstead (Yorks): 4%
Lots of room for tactical voting in the UK mayoral elections to keep the Far Right out this week. Here for instance:
Hull & East Yorkshire Mayoral Voting Intention:
Campbell (RFM): 27%
Handley (CON): 24%
Ross (LDM): 22%
Pinder (LAB): 17%
Harrison (GRN): 7%
Halstead (Yorks): 4%
April 27, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Morning Bluesky.
Lots of room for tactical voting in the UK mayoral elections to keep the Far Right out this week. Here for instance:
Hull & East Yorkshire Mayoral Voting Intention:
Campbell (RFM): 27%
Handley (CON): 24%
Ross (LDM): 22%
Pinder (LAB): 17%
Harrison (GRN): 7%
Halstead (Yorks): 4%
Lots of room for tactical voting in the UK mayoral elections to keep the Far Right out this week. Here for instance:
Hull & East Yorkshire Mayoral Voting Intention:
Campbell (RFM): 27%
Handley (CON): 24%
Ross (LDM): 22%
Pinder (LAB): 17%
Harrison (GRN): 7%
Halstead (Yorks): 4%
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Sarah Neville in the FT on lunch with Amanda Pritchard: "The NHS contributes between 10 and 20 per cent to people’s health, she says — a figure I find startlingly low"
This widely quoted figure is startlingly low because it's probably wrong.🧵
www.ft.com/content/5cf4...
This widely quoted figure is startlingly low because it's probably wrong.🧵
www.ft.com/content/5cf4...
April 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Sarah Neville in the FT on lunch with Amanda Pritchard: "The NHS contributes between 10 and 20 per cent to people’s health, she says — a figure I find startlingly low"
This widely quoted figure is startlingly low because it's probably wrong.🧵
www.ft.com/content/5cf4...
This widely quoted figure is startlingly low because it's probably wrong.🧵
www.ft.com/content/5cf4...
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Amazing renewable energy technology. A simple solution, and a first in Europe.
Top work by the diving team.
Here’s my film - in two parts due to BlueSky time limits 🎬 🏴💧
#renewables #innovation #climate #greenenergy #netzero #scotland
Part 1
Top work by the diving team.
Here’s my film - in two parts due to BlueSky time limits 🎬 🏴💧
#renewables #innovation #climate #greenenergy #netzero #scotland
Part 1
December 4, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Amazing renewable energy technology. A simple solution, and a first in Europe.
Top work by the diving team.
Here’s my film - in two parts due to BlueSky time limits 🎬 🏴💧
#renewables #innovation #climate #greenenergy #netzero #scotland
Part 1
Top work by the diving team.
Here’s my film - in two parts due to BlueSky time limits 🎬 🏴💧
#renewables #innovation #climate #greenenergy #netzero #scotland
Part 1
This guy gets it 😂
I vote we bring him in as an intermediary with the ‘why don’t women date me’ guys
I vote we bring him in as an intermediary with the ‘why don’t women date me’ guys
April 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This guy gets it 😂
I vote we bring him in as an intermediary with the ‘why don’t women date me’ guys
I vote we bring him in as an intermediary with the ‘why don’t women date me’ guys
Throw back to March 2022 when I was isolating with Covid and my husband was making my meals
April 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Throw back to March 2022 when I was isolating with Covid and my husband was making my meals
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At least we all now know exactly what a woman is
A woman is someone a 61 year old male billionaire decides is worthy of a 10 minute ride in space as part of a publicity stunt. A very useful metric.
A woman is someone a 61 year old male billionaire decides is worthy of a 10 minute ride in space as part of a publicity stunt. A very useful metric.
April 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
At least we all now know exactly what a woman is
A woman is someone a 61 year old male billionaire decides is worthy of a 10 minute ride in space as part of a publicity stunt. A very useful metric.
A woman is someone a 61 year old male billionaire decides is worthy of a 10 minute ride in space as part of a publicity stunt. A very useful metric.
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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This cat. She looks like a rogue taxidermist has tried to sew a cat’s head to a polar bear’s body.
April 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This cat. She looks like a rogue taxidermist has tried to sew a cat’s head to a polar bear’s body.
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Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔
Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…
🧵1/22 (1/1)
Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…
🧵1/22 (1/1)
April 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Are Muslims really banning dogs in parks? 🤔
Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…
🧵1/22 (1/1)
Let’s look at this perfect example of how rage baiting works, and how disinformation spreads, sticks, and fuels division, even years after being debunked…
🧵1/22 (1/1)