Jackie
@jackiebradshaw.bsky.social
Personal account and not related to my job 🙂
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Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
December 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Your annual reminder that if you want someone to chat or have a laugh with over the Christmas period there will be lots of folk on the #JoinIn and #DuvetKnowItsChristmas threads. 🎄
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We know that not everyone enjoys the festive season.
There's a wealth of information and advice available if you need support with your mental health and wellbeing.
Click the link to find out more.
🔗 https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/embrace-a-meaningful-christmas/
There's a wealth of information and advice available if you need support with your mental health and wellbeing.
Click the link to find out more.
🔗 https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/embrace-a-meaningful-christmas/
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We know that not everyone enjoys the festive season.
There's a wealth of information and advice available if you need support with your mental health and wellbeing.
Click the link to find out more.
🔗 https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/embrace-a-meaningful-christmas/
There's a wealth of information and advice available if you need support with your mental health and wellbeing.
Click the link to find out more.
🔗 https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/embrace-a-meaningful-christmas/
I adored Tony ❤️
I so enjoy Tom Cox's writing and as we celebrate the solstice I owe him a debt of thanks for sharing this video of Tony Hart creating a (mostly) pastel image of Stonehenge. An absolute trip down a time tunnel for those of us in the UK of a certain vintage. I'm sure I was absolutely gripped
1987: TONY HART creates a pastel STONEHENGE | Hartbeat | Children's Television | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I adored Tony ❤️
I saw those pants and thought Tunnocks Tea Cakes 😋
When you're told 'no more chocolates' but it's okay because you've got deep pockets...
Painting: Captain Sir Thomas Dutton, circa 1605-1615, artist unknown. From the collection at Sherborne Park Estate in Gloucestershire.
Painting: Captain Sir Thomas Dutton, circa 1605-1615, artist unknown. From the collection at Sherborne Park Estate in Gloucestershire.
December 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I saw those pants and thought Tunnocks Tea Cakes 😋
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Do you remember this?
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Do you remember this?
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
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“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
“Why are folks getting dumber?” Because they don’t read. “Why aren’t men as romantic & poetic as they used to be?” Because they don’t read. “Why are people so vulnerable to propaganda?” “Why is everyone a conspiracy theorist?” Because they don’t read. Because they don’t read.
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It’s Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. Take care of basic needs like food and shelter and people begin to flourish & grow.
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It’s Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. Take care of basic needs like food and shelter and people begin to flourish & grow.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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Faith schools in the UK are a problem. As @profaliceroberts.bsky.social says here, every child deserves the chance to explore the world through evidence and reason. But the divisive and discriminatory nature of faith schools is failing thousands of children. 🧵
www.justgiving.com/page/nofaith...
www.justgiving.com/page/nofaith...
November 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Faith schools in the UK are a problem. As @profaliceroberts.bsky.social says here, every child deserves the chance to explore the world through evidence and reason. But the divisive and discriminatory nature of faith schools is failing thousands of children. 🧵
www.justgiving.com/page/nofaith...
www.justgiving.com/page/nofaith...
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Please share this job opportunity here in Liverpool. Thank you v much.
www.rootstowork.org/jobs/?job_id...
www.rootstowork.org/jobs/?job_id...
Project Manager: Queen of Greens | Roots To Work
The Queen of Greens Project Manager will join our existing team to support the management and development of the mobile greengrocer service and ensure that the needs of our community-based customers a...
www.rootstowork.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Please share this job opportunity here in Liverpool. Thank you v much.
www.rootstowork.org/jobs/?job_id...
www.rootstowork.org/jobs/?job_id...
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Big thanks in advance to anyone sharing this. It's my attempt to help get the book back into the world after my ex-publisher collapsed, putting it out of print for many months, and taking away my earnings from it (& six other books) in the process.
Hills, rivers, ghosts, psychedelic music & more.
Hills, rivers, ghosts, psychedelic music & more.
I love maps so I'm giving away TWO signed paperbacks of my psychedelic/folkloric novel Villager each with these fantastic maps my dad illustrated of the fictional village in the book.Just repost this/reply below for a chance to win.
Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
Here's an extract from the book: www.tom-cox.com/the-village-...
October 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Big thanks in advance to anyone sharing this. It's my attempt to help get the book back into the world after my ex-publisher collapsed, putting it out of print for many months, and taking away my earnings from it (& six other books) in the process.
Hills, rivers, ghosts, psychedelic music & more.
Hills, rivers, ghosts, psychedelic music & more.
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Schools should open young minds, not close them. That’s why we’re continuing our campaign against faith schools. Want to know more about faith schools? Read our blog: Six hard-hitting facts about faith schools. humanists.uk/2024/10/11/s...
Six hard-hitting facts about faith schools
Faith schools in the UK are a problem, and now the evidence is piling up. We’re not going to sugarcoat it. Faith schools are causing religious indoctrination, segregation, and division in this country...
humanists.uk
October 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Schools should open young minds, not close them. That’s why we’re continuing our campaign against faith schools. Want to know more about faith schools? Read our blog: Six hard-hitting facts about faith schools. humanists.uk/2024/10/11/s...
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💰 PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE
⚖️ But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
https://goodlaw.social/f2e9
⚖️ But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
https://goodlaw.social/f2e9
PPE Medpro must repay £122m for breach of contract | Good Law Project
The company Michelle Mone landed on the Tories’ unlawful VIP Lane has 14 days to repay £122m for gowns supplied during the pandemic and never used.
goodlaw.social
October 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
💰 PPE Medpro must repay £122m for supplying defective PPE
⚖️ But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
https://goodlaw.social/f2e9
⚖️ But it doesn’t stop with Baroness Mone. When will the ministers who referred their cronies onto the VIP Lane face consequences?
https://goodlaw.social/f2e9
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Every time I walk through a village or town & see English flags - which is every time I walk through a village or town in England right now - I wonder why no other European flags make me think instantly of racism and threats of violence, but also "England has remarkably shit ugly flags, doesn't it?"
September 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Every time I walk through a village or town & see English flags - which is every time I walk through a village or town in England right now - I wonder why no other European flags make me think instantly of racism and threats of violence, but also "England has remarkably shit ugly flags, doesn't it?"
September 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
September 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.
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A humanist is a non-religious person who shapes their own life in the here and now, because they believe it’s the only life they have. They try to do good for its own sake, without expectation of reward after death. How humanist are you? Take our quiz!
humanists.uk/humanism/how...
humanists.uk/humanism/how...
How humanist are you?
Take our quiz and find out. Many people are humanists without even knowing it. If you are non-religious and look to science, reason, empathy, and compassion in order to live an ethical and meaningful ...
humanists.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A humanist is a non-religious person who shapes their own life in the here and now, because they believe it’s the only life they have. They try to do good for its own sake, without expectation of reward after death. How humanist are you? Take our quiz!
humanists.uk/humanism/how...
humanists.uk/humanism/how...
September 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Two very important graphs.
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
September 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Two very important graphs.
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Net migration reached record levels in 2023 - and has since halved.
The vast majority of arrivals comprises students and workers.
Arrivals in small boats and asylum seekers - less than 5%.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I sent more than 70 of these yesterday via Royal Mail tracked 24, so hopefully a few of you have received yours today?
These books are free to anyone who wants them. They come from my late ex-publisher. If you want one, let me know in the replies (there are 200 in total).
If you can afford the postage, brilliant. If not, no problem. I'll still sign & post one to you tomorrow.
P.S. Stephen Fry called it "hilarious"
If you can afford the postage, brilliant. If not, no problem. I'll still sign & post one to you tomorrow.
P.S. Stephen Fry called it "hilarious"
September 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I sent more than 70 of these yesterday via Royal Mail tracked 24, so hopefully a few of you have received yours today?
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These books are free to anyone who wants them. They come from my late ex-publisher. If you want one, let me know in the replies (there are 200 in total).
If you can afford the postage, brilliant. If not, no problem. I'll still sign & post one to you tomorrow.
P.S. Stephen Fry called it "hilarious"
If you can afford the postage, brilliant. If not, no problem. I'll still sign & post one to you tomorrow.
P.S. Stephen Fry called it "hilarious"
September 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM
These books are free to anyone who wants them. They come from my late ex-publisher. If you want one, let me know in the replies (there are 200 in total).
If you can afford the postage, brilliant. If not, no problem. I'll still sign & post one to you tomorrow.
P.S. Stephen Fry called it "hilarious"
If you can afford the postage, brilliant. If not, no problem. I'll still sign & post one to you tomorrow.
P.S. Stephen Fry called it "hilarious"