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vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
Last year, the EU adopted its first-ever law to fight violence against women and domestic violence.

But this is not the end of the story.

Tonight, Europe shines orange as a reminder of our responsibility:

To ensure every woman can live without fear.

#OrangeTheWorld
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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carlbovisnature.bsky.social
What it looks like when a Blue Tit flies straight at you! 😳😁😍🐦

Taken yesterday at RSPB Greylake in Somerset. 😊
#birds 🪶
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A Blue Tit flying straight towards the camera with wings and legs tucked in like a dart
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
llark.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
The driver "managed to contact the control centre at Network Rail and get the train diverted onto the slow line", Calder says. "That was absolutely crucial because this train was scheduled to be travelling through Huntingdon station on the tracks with no platform at 125mph." "It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere, which would have been very difficult." Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest possible way" thanks to the "incredible professionalism from the driver and the police". Train drivers are trained on how to take appropriate action, he adds,
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
llark.bsky.social
This thread is certainly worth reading.
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 25d
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.

Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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majnouna.com
Is there anyone on Bsky who remembers this book? It's been out of print for a while, because it needs revising in the light of 5 more years of research & experience (including a proper translation of Umdat ul-Kuttab). Being unpaid work, I've simply not been able to prioritise this, so I've decided…
Cover of "Inks & Paints of the Middle East: A handbook of Abbasid Art Technology", with a geometric composition displaying some of the main pigments involved, with brushes and paint pans made of walnut shells.
October 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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rorycj.bsky.social
Great piece with Mark Mardell on the Today programme about Turkish Airlines chucking him off a flight because of his Parkinson’s. Read the full grisly story here www.facebook.com/share/p/19C1...
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October 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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rorycj.bsky.social
Airline strands ex-BBC editor, citing Parkinson's www.bbc.com/news/article... Don’t travel with Turkish Airlines- they discriminate against people with Parkinson’s
'My sin was having Parkinson's': Presenter left stranded
Mark Mardell was left feeling 'humiliated' after he was told he could not board a flight.
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
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.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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rorycj.bsky.social
www.facebook.com/share/p/19C1...
My friend Mark Mardell was chucked off his Turkish Airlines flight at the weekend because he had Parkinson’s and his son had asked for assistance for him. (He’s written about it as a public post on Facebook but the link is proving hard to share outside,)
October 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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eddavey.libdems.org.uk
People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.

I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
llark.bsky.social
Worth a moment of your thoughts.
October 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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kojamf.bsky.social
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
50 doctor who had visited Gaza were asked about children shot in the head. Most (35/50) had seen it themselves…

…and some reported a single bullet to the head as being the only injury on the child.
October 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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bearlypolitics.co.uk
This is a fantastic read by @itsjoelvin.bsky.social that perfectly describes the rigmarole and absurdity of applying for and living up to ILR - and to note, this was well before things like “the hostile environment” and massive Increases in fees that came about in the early 2010s.
When the Home Office wanted to deport me
I keep hearing that it's easy to just stroll into Britain. My experience was a little different.
open.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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darrennc.bsky.social
I thought that was the whole point of going to University!!!!
September 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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theguardian.com
‘Running from death to death’: Gaza City residents face impossible choice
‘Running from death to death’: Gaza City residents face impossible choice
IDF has launched its Gaza City ground offensive, displacing people south – but many will stay despite the risks * Middle East crisis – live updates The bombardment of Gaza City has been growing louder and more deadly for weeks, but in the early hours of Tuesday it felt like an earthquake that would never stop. “Even when the bombings are not right next to us, we can clearly hear them, and the ground shakes beneath us with the intensity of the explosions,” said Fatima al-Zahra Sahweil, 40. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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bylinesnetwork.co.uk
The urgent case for a national play strategy in England

Across England, young people are being denied the play opportunities they need for healthy physical growth, mental wellbeing, and social development

By Natalie Bennett

@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
From closed pools to lost parks: the urgent case for a national play strategy in England
Across England, young people are being denied the play opportunities they need for healthy physical growth, mental wellbeing, and social development
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
llark.bsky.social
Some good sense coming from a dedicated and effective MP.
chriswebbmp.bsky.social Chris Webb MP @chriswebbmp.bsky.social · Sep 9
🗞️ New deputy Labour leader must be Northerner who understands life outside Westminster 🗞️

Read more here: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/new-deputy-labour-leader-must-35876992
September 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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theguardian.com
Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize? | Sidney Blumenthal
Need I list all the reasons why Trump shouldn’t get a Nobel peace prize? | Sidney Blumenthal
Trump has been an enabler of war, famine, disease and death
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
llark.bsky.social
Missed seeing the total lunar eclipse by an hour as we are too busy eating.
September 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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colinelves.bsky.social
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Smajo Beso • Follow 3d • © I started school in Newcastle in Year 5 without knowing a word of English. I was nine years old and had arrived as a refugee from Bosnia just a couple of months earlier. I was one of those strangers our politicians often speak about. I missed my grandparents and friends. I was having awful nightmares, and I would wake up screaming every single night. I hated going to school. I would sit in my chair, look out of the window, and spend my day daydreaming about ways to run back to Bosnia. I didn't want to be here. After a couple of weeks at school, my teacher, Miss Webster, and my classmates did something special to help me settle, something that made me feel less of a stranger. That was the first day I went home with a smile on my face. I have shared this story before, but as tomorrow is start of the new school year, I thought I would share it again. ** Miss Webster was amazing, but I couldn't understand a word she was saying. She had this ritual where, at the end of each day, we would all sit on the floor around her, she would play the guitar, and we would all sing a song together. I couldn't understand what they were singing, but I could see she would sing one part of the song, then she would say someone's name or point to them. The next part of the song would be sung with that person's name in it, and they would get to go home first. My classmates loved this, but I hated it. It annoyed me because I couldn't understand what they were singing, but if I am honest, l hated it mainly because of how happy they all were. I definitely wasn't happy. I cried myself to sleep nearly every night. I eventually started having separate English lessons, which I enjoyed more because it took me out of the classroom. It was always daunting coming to school because I felt everyone was looking at me or speaking about me. For months, my dad would stand with me outside the school gates in the morning until it was time to go in. One day I came back into the classroom from my English lesson. We sat down, and everyone was extra-excited, looking at me more than usual for some reason. Of course, I thought it was because I was a refugee, because I couldn't speak English, or because they couldn't pronounce my name. I was bracing myself for another afternoon of my classmates encouraging me to sing. This was probably the closest I came to running out. So we were all sitting on the floor around Miss Webster. She was holding her guitar, ready to sing. I remember the sun shining through the tall, narrow windows as I slowly drifted into a daydream of being back in Bosnia. She began playing the guitar, my classmates joined in, but this time, everything was different. I froze. I understood what they were signing. Not because I had miraculously learned English in one afternoon, but because they were singing in Bosnian for me. I looked around in shock, and they were all smiling at me, and for a moment I thought I was daydreaming. While I was having separate English lessons, Miss Webster had taught our entire class to sing this song for me in Bosnian. They sang it terribly, but it was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard. I skipped home that day with a huge smile on my face. For the first time, I looked forward to going back to school the next day. I have often imagined Miss Webster and my classmates rehearsing, struggling with the strange Bosnian words and laughing at themselves. For me, that effort was the ultimate recognition, an act of peace that felt like the opposite of everything I had known during the war. It was special. I do not know if they realised it then, but that moment helped to give me back my dignity, my belonging, and, for the first time in a long time, I didn't feel like I was just a refugee or an outsider. I was home.
September 3, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴Kemi Badenoch’s ‘Free Speech’ Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference

The ban on covering the party’s annual gathering came despite Badenoch’s repeated commitment to “fight” for free speech and a free press

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/04/k...
Kemi Badenoch's 'Free Speech' Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Party Conference
The ban on covering the party's annual gathering came despite Badenoch's repeated commitment to "fight" for free speech and a free press
bylinetimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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susiedent.com
Word of the day is ‘tamalou’: a French name for an older person who no longer greets their friends with ‘how was your holiday?, but with ‘t’as mal où ?’, ‘where does it hurt?’. There follows an enthusiastic account of aches and pains and doctor’s appointments.
September 4, 2025 at 8:35 AM