Liz
@lizeaurouge.bsky.social
Leftie onetime lawyer and political exile in Tory heartland | history nerd | F1 obsessive | proudly half-Irish | also 🐶🎹📚📻⚽️🎾
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Another terrible misstep by Labour - effectively limiting IB to private schools with no consultation. My daughter’s school is one of the affected and is being forced to switch to A levels from next year.
Labour is axing funding for the International Baccalaureate in state schools - seems an odd decision that will only widen the gap between state and private sector observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Labour cuts funding for state school IB diplomas
The sudden decision may mean the IB program is only available in private schools
observer.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk Another terrible misstep by Labour - effectively limiting IB to private schools with no consultation. My daughter’s school is one of the affected and is being forced to switch to A levels from next year.
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In his first Sunday address at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible⤵️
"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible⤵️
May 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
In his first Sunday address at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine.
"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible⤵️
"I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainian people. Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible⤵️
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Love a curveball meme. Bet it’s all kicking off on Airforce One.
Milei looks like a 70’s Welshman who passed out drunk on his nephew’s stag do in Brynamman RFC & mysteriously woke up in the Vatican
April 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Love a curveball meme. Bet it’s all kicking off on Airforce One.
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one from last week
![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[Scene is just a close up of Keir Starmer talking to someone off-scene]
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STARMER:
Mr President, thank you so much for agreeing to meet me
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STARMER:
It's great to talk to you so we can work together to maintain global economic stability at this challenging time.
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[We see who Starmer is talking to - it is a small penguin low down in an empty panel]
PENGUIN:
Уuр.
[Thge penguin has coiffed gray hair like Starmer]
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[Wider view, show them both together now. they are on a cold, desolate island with lots of other penguins in the back=ground. Starmer's helicopter and pilot is also in the distance.]
STARMER:
So have you spoken to him then?
PENGUIN:
Who
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STARMER:
Donald Trump
PENGUIN:
The orange thing?
STARMER:
Yes
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PENGUIN:
Yeah I had a Zoom with him yesterday
STARMER:
Oh...really...
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PENGUIN:
Yeah I told him: look, it's a bit weird that you've put McDonald Island on this
'tariff list', but whatever
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PENGUIN:
I mean, we're just a cold, miserable island... isolated from the world, forgotten by humanity...
We don't even *make* anything let alone export it to *America*...
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PENGUIN:
In a way it's flattering anybody remembers us enough to put us on a list...
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STARMER [looking thoughtfully at the ground]:
Mm.
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PENGUIN:
Hey- is the word 'Keir' some sort of trade term?
He kept calling me 'Keir'.
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[Wide view of the desolate, cold scene, Starmer standing talking to a penguin]
PENGUIN:
I'm new to all this.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreifjmpdstecrs47ux6d5ojzrztwwvzwt7e2yak63wbpsp4njqcsaoq@jpeg)
April 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
one from last week
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Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
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Strongly recommend. What a talent. What a loss. And so strong the political resonances (and the need for voices like theirs) today
April 14, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Strongly recommend. What a talent. What a loss. And so strong the political resonances (and the need for voices like theirs) today
Kris Jenner without a hint of irony advises the astronauts to be present and not to look at life through a phone.
April 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Kris Jenner without a hint of irony advises the astronauts to be present and not to look at life through a phone.
I appear to have stumbled across a Black Mirror episode where the Kardashians are providing commentary before a rocket launch.
April 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I appear to have stumbled across a Black Mirror episode where the Kardashians are providing commentary before a rocket launch.
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NEW: Multiple reports of Russian missiles pouring into Ukraine tonight, targeting civilians.
The US has shut off the intelligence Ukraine needs to protect itself.
This hotel in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih took a direct hit.
Trump has the blood on his hands of every Ukrainian casualty tonight.
The US has shut off the intelligence Ukraine needs to protect itself.
This hotel in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih took a direct hit.
Trump has the blood on his hands of every Ukrainian casualty tonight.
March 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
NEW: Multiple reports of Russian missiles pouring into Ukraine tonight, targeting civilians.
The US has shut off the intelligence Ukraine needs to protect itself.
This hotel in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih took a direct hit.
Trump has the blood on his hands of every Ukrainian casualty tonight.
The US has shut off the intelligence Ukraine needs to protect itself.
This hotel in the southern city of Kryvyi Rih took a direct hit.
Trump has the blood on his hands of every Ukrainian casualty tonight.
After the repugnant scenes in the White House yesterday, this is so moving. Thank goodness we have a decent, brave and deeply honourable PM.
BREAKING: 'You have full backing across the United Kingdom'
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer tells Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 'We stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take' 👏
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer tells Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 'We stand with you and Ukraine for as long as it may take' 👏
March 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
After the repugnant scenes in the White House yesterday, this is so moving. Thank goodness we have a decent, brave and deeply honourable PM.
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Keir Starmer is tonight the leader of the free world
#slavaukraine
#slavaukraine
March 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Keir Starmer is tonight the leader of the free world
#slavaukraine
#slavaukraine
Very keen to go to a Myles Smith gig.
March 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Very keen to go to a Myles Smith gig.
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3/1/2025- The Meeting www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...
February 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
3/1/2025- The Meeting www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/fe...
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Garry Kasparov is right, I’m afraid: they are breaking everything so quickly even though it’s unpopular, because they never expect to face real elections again.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
March 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Garry Kasparov is right, I’m afraid: they are breaking everything so quickly even though it’s unpopular, because they never expect to face real elections again.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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God, can't believe it's *still* January.
February 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
God, can't believe it's *still* January.
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Anyone flying to the US soon?
Another way the dictatorship might kill you. This is from a friend who is a retired air traffic controller.
February 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Anyone flying to the US soon?
I’m an ardent geek watcher of WW2 films and Number 24 (on Netflix) of one of the very best. Intense, authentic and thought provoking. What would Gunnar Sønsteby make of the world now?
February 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’m an ardent geek watcher of WW2 films and Number 24 (on Netflix) of one of the very best. Intense, authentic and thought provoking. What would Gunnar Sønsteby make of the world now?
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I wrote about the dominant creed of American life — the Gospel of Stuff and Status — and argue that these false idols are making millions of people avoidably miserable. www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-false-...
The False Gospel of Stuff and Status
We have become disciples of a flawed creed. To chase passion and value people is a much wiser way to live; or Ikigai, Detectorists, and the real meaning of life.
www.forkingpaths.co
February 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I wrote about the dominant creed of American life — the Gospel of Stuff and Status — and argue that these false idols are making millions of people avoidably miserable. www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-false-...
Deep dive into BBC music tonight. Sir Jools Holland. Make it so.
February 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Deep dive into BBC music tonight. Sir Jools Holland. Make it so.
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The thing to remember about Elon is that he is playing America like it’s a zero-sum video game, with all the lack of care for citizens he would have if NPCs got hurt in a session of Diablo.
@wired.com under @katie-drummond.bsky.social is distinguishing itself as a rare news organization that’s meeting the moment.
Update from WIRED head @katie-drummond.bsky.social.
We're hosting a webinar for subscribers w/ our reporters and editors next Thursday, Feb 13 @ 1pm ET.
We're hosting a webinar for subscribers w/ our reporters and editors next Thursday, Feb 13 @ 1pm ET.
February 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The thing to remember about Elon is that he is playing America like it’s a zero-sum video game, with all the lack of care for citizens he would have if NPCs got hurt in a session of Diablo.
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This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.
January 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This Cybertruck did not crash. It made a heartfelt and perhaps ill-advised gesture that, in the moment, might have been misinterpreted as a crash, but we should not rush to judgement.
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Donald Trump. An Apology.
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
January 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Donald Trump. An Apology.
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now