GinGoddess
@gingoddess.bsky.social
Edits things; WSET Diploma student (very lapsed); knitter; food and wine lover. A worrier. Also dances a bit.
This is a fairly terrifying read, particularly if you have any knowledge of how the NHS tries to function. Just those six words: Flu has come five weeks early.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/the-punish...
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/the-punish...
The Punishment Model of Government
League tables, political cruelty and the quiet fear spreading through the NHS this winter.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is a fairly terrifying read, particularly if you have any knowledge of how the NHS tries to function. Just those six words: Flu has come five weeks early.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/the-punish...
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/the-punish...
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Can I please ask all my followers in the US (a surprising number from Kansas for some reason, which is epic) to pass two messages on for your orange grievance merchant in chief?
First - Leave the BBC out of your lying mouth.
Second - #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles.
Please and thank you.
First - Leave the BBC out of your lying mouth.
Second - #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles.
Please and thank you.
Trumplethinskin Goes After the BBC - Because Facts Keep Hurting His Feelings
The man who demanded people "fight like hell" now insists the real injury was a slightly compressed quote on Panorama.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Can I please ask all my followers in the US (a surprising number from Kansas for some reason, which is epic) to pass two messages on for your orange grievance merchant in chief?
First - Leave the BBC out of your lying mouth.
Second - #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles.
Please and thank you.
First - Leave the BBC out of your lying mouth.
Second - #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles.
Please and thank you.
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“My whole life, my real life, unfolded here. This is home, heart and bone.”
A beautiful, uplifting thread.
Shame on you, Shabana Mahmood
A beautiful, uplifting thread.
Shame on you, Shabana Mahmood
I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.
A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“My whole life, my real life, unfolded here. This is home, heart and bone.”
A beautiful, uplifting thread.
Shame on you, Shabana Mahmood
A beautiful, uplifting thread.
Shame on you, Shabana Mahmood
What Hannah said.
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
What Hannah said.
Gah! Order a jacket. Check website sizing carefully against another garment because 'women's clothes'. Arrives: too small. To return it I have to pay the return fee BEFORE I get a refund. And I can't get to a shop selling this brand and I live in a major city.
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Gah! Order a jacket. Check website sizing carefully against another garment because 'women's clothes'. Arrives: too small. To return it I have to pay the return fee BEFORE I get a refund. And I can't get to a shop selling this brand and I live in a major city.
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Very important article to read.
And there will be more. So get ahead of the coming storm.
And there will be more. So get ahead of the coming storm.
When Power Is Untouchable: The Legal Abyss Facing Harrods Survivors
Survivors of abuse connected to Mohamed Al Fayed’s Harrods empire are discovering what it really means when Britain says “no one is above the law.” Sometimes justice stops at the shop door.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Very important article to read.
And there will be more. So get ahead of the coming storm.
And there will be more. So get ahead of the coming storm.
My GP practice seems to have had its repeat prescription service amended for it - again. More confusing than ever. I don't blame the doctors at all, but the software suppliers
November 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My GP practice seems to have had its repeat prescription service amended for it - again. More confusing than ever. I don't blame the doctors at all, but the software suppliers
I'm glad to see Roscoe is taking his CEO duties seriously.
Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum.
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”…
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm glad to see Roscoe is taking his CEO duties seriously.
I know zip about these kind of games, but he seems a nice guy
If you see this post, help me spread the word.
Comment, respost, like.
Anything to help a small and independant ttrpg publisher ^^
Comment, respost, like.
Anything to help a small and independant ttrpg publisher ^^
Alright, it's time...
This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
Light on rules, bound to the dark.
100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available!
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
This is Voidlight: A rules-bright sci-fi horror dungeon crawl where your only safety is a beam of light that shrinks every ten minutes.
Light on rules, bound to the dark.
100 playtesters battle tested this game and it's finally available!
farirpgs.itch.io/voidlight
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know zip about these kind of games, but he seems a nice guy
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Bear is on point as ever.
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
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No, Sarah Pochin - There Aren’t “Too Many” Brown People on TV
When racists start citing research, you know the point’s been lost. The “evidence” used to defend Pochin proves the exact opposite of what they think.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Bear is on point as ever.
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
open.substack.com/pub/iratusur...
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Let's hope 2025 turns out to be an annus horribilis for this horrible anus of a man...
A week of racism scandals, phantom audits, public meltdowns in Kent, and a Russia problem that just won’t die - it’s been a hell of a time for Reform UK.
Meanwhile, the government quietly admits Brexit’s to blame for the mess.
Nigel’s very bad week indeed.
Meanwhile, the government quietly admits Brexit’s to blame for the mess.
Nigel’s very bad week indeed.
Nigel and the Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Week
From racist MPs to phantom audits, Reform UK’s revolution is starting to look less “take back control” and more “lost the password again.”
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Let's hope 2025 turns out to be an annus horribilis for this horrible anus of a man...
What we were discussing earlier, @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Just a shame that Britain has gutted its local newspaper industry so there's nobody to investigate Reform councils, or tell voters just how fucking useless, dangerous and dysfunctional Reform are when in power...
If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.
October 15, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What we were discussing earlier, @yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
‘Rescued’ random older couple on train. Booked 1st class from Stonehaven to MCR airport. Only told at York - where they expected to change - train went to Man Victoria and they would need to make their way from there.
We all opted for the Wythenshawe tour tram - got us here but slow
We all opted for the Wythenshawe tour tram - got us here but slow
September 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
‘Rescued’ random older couple on train. Booked 1st class from Stonehaven to MCR airport. Only told at York - where they expected to change - train went to Man Victoria and they would need to make their way from there.
We all opted for the Wythenshawe tour tram - got us here but slow
We all opted for the Wythenshawe tour tram - got us here but slow
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As one of the world’s oldest parliamentary democracies, we might have to accept that we can’t take our country back, and if we do, they’ll just give us vouchers.
September 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
As one of the world’s oldest parliamentary democracies, we might have to accept that we can’t take our country back, and if we do, they’ll just give us vouchers.
Had to call HMRC. Hold 25+ minutes. Two cheeful, helpful staff members. Query answered. If it doesn't work, just give us a call back and we'll have a look.
My guess is they are chronically understaffed which is why the wait time.
My guess is they are chronically understaffed which is why the wait time.
September 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Had to call HMRC. Hold 25+ minutes. Two cheeful, helpful staff members. Query answered. If it doesn't work, just give us a call back and we'll have a look.
My guess is they are chronically understaffed which is why the wait time.
My guess is they are chronically understaffed which is why the wait time.
I wrote something. Doesn't happen often.
If you get a chance to see this, I really would. It's good.
If you get a chance to see this, I really would. It's good.
✍️ To Kill a Mockingbird review
Killing a mockingbird is a sin, because they are innocents – Aaron Sorkin’s wonderful adaption brings new life to this story racism, class and mob rule
By Ginny Gilmore
@gingoddess.bsky.social
Killing a mockingbird is a sin, because they are innocents – Aaron Sorkin’s wonderful adaption brings new life to this story racism, class and mob rule
By Ginny Gilmore
@gingoddess.bsky.social
To Kill a Mockingbird review
Killing a mockingbird is a sin, because they are innocents – Aaron Sorkin’s wonderful adaption brings new life to this story racism, class and mob rule
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I wrote something. Doesn't happen often.
If you get a chance to see this, I really would. It's good.
If you get a chance to see this, I really would. It's good.
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In London, hate will never win.
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As Chair, here is our cross-party joint statement from the Parliamentary Black Caucus, regarding the rising threat of racism and violence from the far-right.👇🏾
September 14, 2025 at 12:31 PM
As Chair, here is our cross-party joint statement from the Parliamentary Black Caucus, regarding the rising threat of racism and violence from the far-right.👇🏾
It’s a good way of preserving carrots - if you can get them out of the glass afterwards
September 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
It’s a good way of preserving carrots - if you can get them out of the glass afterwards
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This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
This context is important. Images of him grandstanding - again - are not
The airport is next to Campsfield House, the former immigration removal centre being reopened by the current Government.
Reform UK has one councillor on Oxfordshire's councils, after the LibDems (137), Labour (58), Conservatives, Greens, Independent Oxford Alliance and Henley Residents' Group.
Reform UK has one councillor on Oxfordshire's councils, after the LibDems (137), Labour (58), Conservatives, Greens, Independent Oxford Alliance and Henley Residents' Group.
August 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This context is important. Images of him grandstanding - again - are not
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fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you
August 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
fundamentally the problem is that if you think "hotels are where I stay on holiday and I like being on holiday so living in a hotel must be fun and it's not fair others get to do it and not me" then you have the intellectual reasoning of a little child and it's going to be hard to engage with you