GritterintheSky
@gritterinthesky.bsky.social
Inwardly screaming about why so many people can't, or won't, just see sense.
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Translation from the French of an unprecedented and shocking statement from the AFP news agency, saying that its journalists in Gaza are almost too weak to work anymore and are starving to death.
July 21, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Translation from the French of an unprecedented and shocking statement from the AFP news agency, saying that its journalists in Gaza are almost too weak to work anymore and are starving to death.
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Unsafe cladding means sky-high insurance costs, mounting service charges, and living in fear of the worst happening. I want to hear from you about your experiences with unsafe cladding in Milton Keynes Central.
Fill in our survey here: survey.labour.org.uk/fkffe8j0bf0e...
Fill in our survey here: survey.labour.org.uk/fkffe8j0bf0e...
July 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Unsafe cladding means sky-high insurance costs, mounting service charges, and living in fear of the worst happening. I want to hear from you about your experiences with unsafe cladding in Milton Keynes Central.
Fill in our survey here: survey.labour.org.uk/fkffe8j0bf0e...
Fill in our survey here: survey.labour.org.uk/fkffe8j0bf0e...
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I have still not recovered…. BUT I raised £2,151 for the RAF Association so it was worth it!
Please enjoy watching my terror and do consider donating (which you can still do!) here: www.justgiving.com/page/emily-d...
Please enjoy watching my terror and do consider donating (which you can still do!) here: www.justgiving.com/page/emily-d...
July 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I have still not recovered…. BUT I raised £2,151 for the RAF Association so it was worth it!
Please enjoy watching my terror and do consider donating (which you can still do!) here: www.justgiving.com/page/emily-d...
Please enjoy watching my terror and do consider donating (which you can still do!) here: www.justgiving.com/page/emily-d...
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The Met Office has warned that extreme weather is the new normal in the UK.
Meanwhile, newly elected Reform politicians are busy denying the science.
Climate science denial is dangerous, irresponsible and a betrayal of the very communities they claim to represent.
Meanwhile, newly elected Reform politicians are busy denying the science.
Climate science denial is dangerous, irresponsible and a betrayal of the very communities they claim to represent.
July 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
The Met Office has warned that extreme weather is the new normal in the UK.
Meanwhile, newly elected Reform politicians are busy denying the science.
Climate science denial is dangerous, irresponsible and a betrayal of the very communities they claim to represent.
Meanwhile, newly elected Reform politicians are busy denying the science.
Climate science denial is dangerous, irresponsible and a betrayal of the very communities they claim to represent.
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I see we are having a/c discourse today
my friends, respectfully, this is 101 level climate discourse
staying cool saves lives and you do not need to feel guilty about it. promise. no one benefits from your a/c guilt, least of all the planet
also heat pumps that both heat and cool are so great
my friends, respectfully, this is 101 level climate discourse
staying cool saves lives and you do not need to feel guilty about it. promise. no one benefits from your a/c guilt, least of all the planet
also heat pumps that both heat and cool are so great
July 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I see we are having a/c discourse today
my friends, respectfully, this is 101 level climate discourse
staying cool saves lives and you do not need to feel guilty about it. promise. no one benefits from your a/c guilt, least of all the planet
also heat pumps that both heat and cool are so great
my friends, respectfully, this is 101 level climate discourse
staying cool saves lives and you do not need to feel guilty about it. promise. no one benefits from your a/c guilt, least of all the planet
also heat pumps that both heat and cool are so great
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🇫🇷Rapturous applause for Macron in Parliament!
"Let's fix it. Let's work together in order to facilitate the exchange of students, researchers, intellectuals, artists.This is so important."
"Let's allow our children to have the same opportunities as the one we had."
🇫🇷Rapturous applause for Macron in Parliament!
"Let's fix it. Let's work together in order to facilitate the exchange of students, researchers, intellectuals, artists.This is so important."
"Let's allow our children to have the same opportunities as the one we had."
July 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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🇫🇷Rapturous applause for Macron in Parliament!
"Let's fix it. Let's work together in order to facilitate the exchange of students, researchers, intellectuals, artists.This is so important."
"Let's allow our children to have the same opportunities as the one we had."
🇫🇷Rapturous applause for Macron in Parliament!
"Let's fix it. Let's work together in order to facilitate the exchange of students, researchers, intellectuals, artists.This is so important."
"Let's allow our children to have the same opportunities as the one we had."
"if significant harm is found, the responsible online services should publish the actions they will take to address these harms. Ofcom should be given the power to serve penalty notices to services that fail to comply, either 10% of the company’s worldwide revenue, or £18 million"
Let's see this!
Let's see this!
Are social media companies responsible for the content on their platforms?
Is enough being done to tackle the spread of misinformation?
Should recommendation algorithms be made transparent?
Read the report from the Science, Innovation & Tech Committee
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
Is enough being done to tackle the spread of misinformation?
Should recommendation algorithms be made transparent?
Read the report from the Science, Innovation & Tech Committee
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
July 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"if significant harm is found, the responsible online services should publish the actions they will take to address these harms. Ofcom should be given the power to serve penalty notices to services that fail to comply, either 10% of the company’s worldwide revenue, or £18 million"
Let's see this!
Let's see this!
🚨 BREAKING. This behaviour is small. 🚨
Perhaps the coverage hasn't given the full picture, but with the work Rayner has done on workers' rights more broadly, and the fact that she doesn't work at Brum City Council, pointing the finger at her personally is really very small, and utterly meaningless.
Perhaps the coverage hasn't given the full picture, but with the work Rayner has done on workers' rights more broadly, and the fact that she doesn't work at Brum City Council, pointing the finger at her personally is really very small, and utterly meaningless.
🚨 BREAKING. THIS IS BIG! 🚨 Unite conference votes to suspend Angela Rayner & Birmingham Council leader John Cotton from Unite membership & to re-examine relationship with Labour over Birmingham bins dispute
July 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
🚨 BREAKING. This behaviour is small. 🚨
Perhaps the coverage hasn't given the full picture, but with the work Rayner has done on workers' rights more broadly, and the fact that she doesn't work at Brum City Council, pointing the finger at her personally is really very small, and utterly meaningless.
Perhaps the coverage hasn't given the full picture, but with the work Rayner has done on workers' rights more broadly, and the fact that she doesn't work at Brum City Council, pointing the finger at her personally is really very small, and utterly meaningless.
Maybe the start of something...?
🚨🗳️ | New Guidance in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill confirms that Mayoral and PCC elections will return to the Supplementary Vote system.
July 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Maybe the start of something...?
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It's just 20,000 people and it's just 2% of wealth over 10 million pounds.
It's a sum of money they won't even miss, and yet it's 24 billion that we can spend on so many really important things and help so many people in our country.
It's a sum of money they won't even miss, and yet it's 24 billion that we can spend on so many really important things and help so many people in our country.
July 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
It's just 20,000 people and it's just 2% of wealth over 10 million pounds.
It's a sum of money they won't even miss, and yet it's 24 billion that we can spend on so many really important things and help so many people in our country.
It's a sum of money they won't even miss, and yet it's 24 billion that we can spend on so many really important things and help so many people in our country.
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@bjennings90.bsky.social with a powerful cartoon to commemorate 20 years since the 7/7 bombings.
Terrorism will never win. Diversity is our strength and we shall never be divided.
Terrorism will never win. Diversity is our strength and we shall never be divided.
July 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
@bjennings90.bsky.social with a powerful cartoon to commemorate 20 years since the 7/7 bombings.
Terrorism will never win. Diversity is our strength and we shall never be divided.
Terrorism will never win. Diversity is our strength and we shall never be divided.
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Every damn time someone says to me, a football fan, that surely now FIFA will move the World Cup, extensive rolling gives me another eyeball injury.
July 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Every damn time someone says to me, a football fan, that surely now FIFA will move the World Cup, extensive rolling gives me another eyeball injury.
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#Microplastics #NanoPlastics #PFAS - a chemical cocktail we're forcibly exposing children to through school uniforms. It has to stop
#PublicHealth #OneHealth #PlanetaryBoundaries
#PublicHealth #OneHealth #PlanetaryBoundaries
July 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
#Microplastics #NanoPlastics #PFAS - a chemical cocktail we're forcibly exposing children to through school uniforms. It has to stop
#PublicHealth #OneHealth #PlanetaryBoundaries
#PublicHealth #OneHealth #PlanetaryBoundaries
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Sure Start is coming back.
The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028.
They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services.
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The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028.
They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services.
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Government revives family services, supporting 500,000 more kids
Up to 1,000 Best Start Family Hubs to be rolled out across the country to provide wide-ranging help for families, such as parenting and early development.
www.gov.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Sure Start is coming back.
The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028.
They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services.
1/2
The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028.
They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services.
1/2
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At a big active travel conference in York, Chris Whitty is explaining how amazing physical activity is for health, and how it needs to be built into everyday life. Those who benefit most are those who currently do nothing, followed by those who do little, he says.
July 2, 2025 at 9:10 AM
At a big active travel conference in York, Chris Whitty is explaining how amazing physical activity is for health, and how it needs to be built into everyday life. Those who benefit most are those who currently do nothing, followed by those who do little, he says.
This is disgusting. #Badenoch
After a Treasury spokesperson says Rachel Reeves was upset at PMQs due to a personal matter, Kemi Badenoch's spokesman tells journalists that "something strange is going on" and insists the Chancellor immediately disclose what is happening in her personal life
July 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is disgusting. #Badenoch
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3rd interstellar object discovered? Maybe. There's a lot of buzz right now in the Astro community. More observations should come in tonight to confirm if A11pI3Z is from beyond the solar system.
July 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
3rd interstellar object discovered? Maybe. There's a lot of buzz right now in the Astro community. More observations should come in tonight to confirm if A11pI3Z is from beyond the solar system.
I don't like to pile on with the ad hominem stuff, but if Badenoch authorised those comments from her spokesperson, then she's simply a monster.
July 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I don't like to pile on with the ad hominem stuff, but if Badenoch authorised those comments from her spokesperson, then she's simply a monster.
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Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
June 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
It does beg the question, why would anyone want to oppose a law saying that news broadcasters can't lie anymore?
June 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It does beg the question, why would anyone want to oppose a law saying that news broadcasters can't lie anymore?
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Nothing but facts.
June 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Nothing but facts.
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Am I the only one who finds the endless talk of hypothetical election results and opinion polls in Britain deeply odd?
We’re up to 4 years out from a general election and polls are headline news
All feels post-Brexit sugar rush
We’re up to 4 years out from a general election and polls are headline news
All feels post-Brexit sugar rush
June 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Am I the only one who finds the endless talk of hypothetical election results and opinion polls in Britain deeply odd?
We’re up to 4 years out from a general election and polls are headline news
All feels post-Brexit sugar rush
We’re up to 4 years out from a general election and polls are headline news
All feels post-Brexit sugar rush
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Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage. Hello?
June 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage. Hello?