Mary Mary
@livalab.bsky.social
dog lover but no dog, reader, sad, - all of these - that will do for now
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Thousands may lose out as Post Office closes main Horizon compensation scheme.
Scandalous.
Capture IT System scandal yet to be addressed.
No attention paid to DWP prosecution of postmasters.
No culprit charged for wrongful prosecutions of postmasters.
No contribution to compensation by Fujitsu.
Scandalous.
Capture IT System scandal yet to be addressed.
No attention paid to DWP prosecution of postmasters.
No culprit charged for wrongful prosecutions of postmasters.
No contribution to compensation by Fujitsu.
Thousands may lose out as Post Office closes main Horizon compensation scheme
Hundreds of claims still arriving each month, raising fears eligible operators will lose out on redress
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Thousands may lose out as Post Office closes main Horizon compensation scheme.
Scandalous.
Capture IT System scandal yet to be addressed.
No attention paid to DWP prosecution of postmasters.
No culprit charged for wrongful prosecutions of postmasters.
No contribution to compensation by Fujitsu.
Scandalous.
Capture IT System scandal yet to be addressed.
No attention paid to DWP prosecution of postmasters.
No culprit charged for wrongful prosecutions of postmasters.
No contribution to compensation by Fujitsu.
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Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster services in England, ‘bleeding the sector of money’.
Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.
Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.
Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster ser...
Three London firms are now the biggest players in the provision of foster carers in England
observer.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster services in England, ‘bleeding the sector of money’.
Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.
Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
Profits margins of 19%. Money extracted in interest payments, intragroup charges. Children suffer.
Ban profit-taking entities from foster services.
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February 2, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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Old photo: I'm no expert, but I'm told this beautiful thing is probably a eucalyptus tree. I found it in the marvellous Inverewe Garden in Poolewe, Wester Ross.
February 2, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Old photo: I'm no expert, but I'm told this beautiful thing is probably a eucalyptus tree. I found it in the marvellous Inverewe Garden in Poolewe, Wester Ross.
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and how their friendships developed, and the impact his death had on them. If you’ve ever wondered what Jack was like, this is a good place to start. Please share x
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 PM
and how their friendships developed, and the impact his death had on them. If you’ve ever wondered what Jack was like, this is a good place to start. Please share x
Well said
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Well said
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Canongate Burgh School was built with parish funds in 1836 and funded locally, but with contributions from the Edinburgh Town Council. It was never taken over by the School Board due to the religious element of its teaching and closed in 1893, becoming a Sunday School for the next-door Kirk.
A former student recorded a childhood memory of the Canongate Burgh school on this old Canongate Tolbooth postcard.
He most likely attended the school in the 1870’s. #Edinburgh
He most likely attended the school in the 1870’s. #Edinburgh
January 30, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Canongate Burgh School was built with parish funds in 1836 and funded locally, but with contributions from the Edinburgh Town Council. It was never taken over by the School Board due to the religious element of its teaching and closed in 1893, becoming a Sunday School for the next-door Kirk.
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I don't know who needs to hear this, probably me a few years back, but if you look after anyone with even moderate #dementia, where there are carpets, and can possibly afford it, GET A CARPET WASHING MACHINE. It is NOT an extravagance. Spills are not thrills.
January 25, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, probably me a few years back, but if you look after anyone with even moderate #dementia, where there are carpets, and can possibly afford it, GET A CARPET WASHING MACHINE. It is NOT an extravagance. Spills are not thrills.
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CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
What a great expression
The best way of describing someone who’s all talk and no action that I’ve ever heard in the UK, by far, is “they’re all wardrobe and no Narnia.”
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
* read on for fun ways of saying “all talk and no action” in other languages (a thread)
January 22, 2026 at 1:23 PM
What a great expression
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In November of this year (2026) Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, will be one light-day away from Earth. The first ever spacecraft to reach this historic milestone. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is currently exploring interstellar space 15.8 billion miles away. #Aerospace #Voyager1
January 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
In November of this year (2026) Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, will be one light-day away from Earth. The first ever spacecraft to reach this historic milestone. Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is currently exploring interstellar space 15.8 billion miles away. #Aerospace #Voyager1
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Priceless.
January 12, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Priceless.
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Old photo: the passage of millions of years has let the carboniferous sandstone of Brimham Rocks, near Harrogate, erode gradually into weird and wonderful shapes.
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Old photo: the passage of millions of years has let the carboniferous sandstone of Brimham Rocks, near Harrogate, erode gradually into weird and wonderful shapes.
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Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
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Dangerous times...
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Dangerous times...
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The United States is the cruelest place on earth. It has the wealth to care for millions upon millions in need and it chooses not to.
October 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The United States is the cruelest place on earth. It has the wealth to care for millions upon millions in need and it chooses not to.
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🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🫢 😳 😧 🤢 🤮 😡
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
I have an even worse feeling about THIS:
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Group 5 - Brian Whittle now proposing 4 amendments that community bodies which own a large landholding should be subject to stricter obligations than anyone else (eg by being required to implement a managament plan) whilst Tories voted against similar requirements for private landowners.
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Group 5 - Brian Whittle now proposing 4 amendments that community bodies which own a large landholding should be subject to stricter obligations than anyone else (eg by being required to implement a managament plan) whilst Tories voted against similar requirements for private landowners.
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According to Inverness Council, they were not consulted about using local barrackes. Was Holyrood consulted?
October 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
According to Inverness Council, they were not consulted about using local barrackes. Was Holyrood consulted?
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“Shilpit, I am informed, sir, signifies stunted, undergrown. As to ‘wee’, that is, of course, current in English as well as in…” he paused for a second “…the Northern dialects. Nyaff, an insignificant person, a pip-squeak.”
—from “McAuslan’s Court-Martial”, by George MacDonald Fraser
#Scotstober
💙📚
—from “McAuslan’s Court-Martial”, by George MacDonald Fraser
#Scotstober
💙📚
October 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Shilpit, I am informed, sir, signifies stunted, undergrown. As to ‘wee’, that is, of course, current in English as well as in…” he paused for a second “…the Northern dialects. Nyaff, an insignificant person, a pip-squeak.”
—from “McAuslan’s Court-Martial”, by George MacDonald Fraser
#Scotstober
💙📚
—from “McAuslan’s Court-Martial”, by George MacDonald Fraser
#Scotstober
💙📚
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I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
October 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.
Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?
Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk
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Sam Coates and Chris Mason are part of the same breed of political journalists. They both see their job as more court correspondent than in depth analysis.
Their ability to shamelessly tickle the tummy of Farage and Reform is remarkable.
Their ability to shamelessly tickle the tummy of Farage and Reform is remarkable.
September 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Sam Coates and Chris Mason are part of the same breed of political journalists. They both see their job as more court correspondent than in depth analysis.
Their ability to shamelessly tickle the tummy of Farage and Reform is remarkable.
Their ability to shamelessly tickle the tummy of Farage and Reform is remarkable.
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I have defended the BBC again and again.
No more.
No more.
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
September 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I have defended the BBC again and again.
No more.
No more.
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UK banks, building societies required to get savers NI number, make it easier for HMRC to tax.
Won't apply to the same to wealthy receiving income from dividends, share buybacks, bonds, stock market gambles, assets stashed offshore.
State surveillance of low/middle income people, not the rich.
Won't apply to the same to wealthy receiving income from dividends, share buybacks, bonds, stock market gambles, assets stashed offshore.
State surveillance of low/middle income people, not the rich.
www.independent.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
UK banks, building societies required to get savers NI number, make it easier for HMRC to tax.
Won't apply to the same to wealthy receiving income from dividends, share buybacks, bonds, stock market gambles, assets stashed offshore.
State surveillance of low/middle income people, not the rich.
Won't apply to the same to wealthy receiving income from dividends, share buybacks, bonds, stock market gambles, assets stashed offshore.
State surveillance of low/middle income people, not the rich.
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I think the people we should be really worried about are those who have been radicalised by The Daily Mail and The S**-Pouring lies and bile into people's minds for decades and the promotion of their distortions of the news on #r4today in the frequent press reviews must be considered.
September 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I think the people we should be really worried about are those who have been radicalised by The Daily Mail and The S**-Pouring lies and bile into people's minds for decades and the promotion of their distortions of the news on #r4today in the frequent press reviews must be considered.