Amanda
@mandflea.bsky.social
Here for the non-aggressive echo chamber
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2001 Leeds supertram approved
2005 Leeds supertram cancelled
2012 Leeds trolleybus approved
2016 Leeds trolleybus cancelled
2024 Plans for 2 tram routes by early 2030s
2025 Plans delayed until late 2030s
Meanwhile, we all struggle with a congested, polluted city.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2005 Leeds supertram cancelled
2012 Leeds trolleybus approved
2016 Leeds trolleybus cancelled
2024 Plans for 2 tram routes by early 2030s
2025 Plans delayed until late 2030s
Meanwhile, we all struggle with a congested, polluted city.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leeds-Bradford £2.5bn tram plan delayed after government review
West Yorkshire's mayor says she is confident the trams will be running
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
2001 Leeds supertram approved
2005 Leeds supertram cancelled
2012 Leeds trolleybus approved
2016 Leeds trolleybus cancelled
2024 Plans for 2 tram routes by early 2030s
2025 Plans delayed until late 2030s
Meanwhile, we all struggle with a congested, polluted city.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
2005 Leeds supertram cancelled
2012 Leeds trolleybus approved
2016 Leeds trolleybus cancelled
2024 Plans for 2 tram routes by early 2030s
2025 Plans delayed until late 2030s
Meanwhile, we all struggle with a congested, polluted city.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
November 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The BBC Scotland commentary for Kenny McLean’s halfway line goal is glorious. Stuff of dreams. 🔥
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
Congratulations #Scotland, see you at the World Cup.
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Attention Norfolk folk.
If the kids come round Trick or Treating tonight, and you don't want to open the door, just shout 'Prince Andrew Lives here now' through the letterbox to them and problem solved.
If the kids come round Trick or Treating tonight, and you don't want to open the door, just shout 'Prince Andrew Lives here now' through the letterbox to them and problem solved.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Attention Norfolk folk.
If the kids come round Trick or Treating tonight, and you don't want to open the door, just shout 'Prince Andrew Lives here now' through the letterbox to them and problem solved.
If the kids come round Trick or Treating tonight, and you don't want to open the door, just shout 'Prince Andrew Lives here now' through the letterbox to them and problem solved.
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Love this! 😂😂😂
October 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Love this! 😂😂😂
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“Ooh, can you put it on speaker? I want to hear 911 laugh at you.”
September 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“Ooh, can you put it on speaker? I want to hear 911 laugh at you.”
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Less than one percent of seats in Parliament. But featured in a quarter of news bulletins.
That's some impartiality right there BBC 👀
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/12/bbc-under-fresh-pressure-over-extent-of-reform-uk-nigel-farage-coverage
That's some impartiality right there BBC 👀
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/12/bbc-under-fresh-pressure-over-extent-of-reform-uk-nigel-farage-coverage
BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage
Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Less than one percent of seats in Parliament. But featured in a quarter of news bulletins.
That's some impartiality right there BBC 👀
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/12/bbc-under-fresh-pressure-over-extent-of-reform-uk-nigel-farage-coverage
That's some impartiality right there BBC 👀
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/sep/12/bbc-under-fresh-pressure-over-extent-of-reform-uk-nigel-farage-coverage
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Amazing story: one of the organisers of the group putting Union Flags up around Manchester previously did time for being part of a people smuggling gang.
manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...
manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...
Manchester’s chief flag-raiser has put his people smuggling days behind him
Flags protesting unchecked immigration have gone up across the city, led by a man caught smuggling migrants into the country in the back of a van
manchestermill.co.uk
August 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Amazing story: one of the organisers of the group putting Union Flags up around Manchester previously did time for being part of a people smuggling gang.
manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...
manchestermill.co.uk/manchester-f...
Clouds, clouds, clouds #perseidmeteorshower
August 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Clouds, clouds, clouds #perseidmeteorshower
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When anyone asks me what’s the most satisfying element about what I do for a living I show them this video.
August 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
When anyone asks me what’s the most satisfying element about what I do for a living I show them this video.
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I’m not sure how many days it took in the end to turn the garden shed into a bar, maybe 7? It was a huge hit. Can’t find the photo of it in use on the day though
August 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I’m not sure how many days it took in the end to turn the garden shed into a bar, maybe 7? It was a huge hit. Can’t find the photo of it in use on the day though
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Catastrophic subtitling on the 1941 movie "Love on the Dole".
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
August 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Catastrophic subtitling on the 1941 movie "Love on the Dole".
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
(It should read "She's a strange lass, is our Sal"...)
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‘Killed it on the spot’: Infant bites cobra to death after it coiled around his hands
Infant bites to death cobra that coiled around his hands
Boy fainted and was rushed to a primary health care centre after biting snake
www.independent.co.uk
July 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
‘Killed it on the spot’: Infant bites cobra to death after it coiled around his hands
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My mouth is hanging open. This is a *file transfer* service. Who want to steal anything you transfer.
July 15, 2025 at 6:53 AM
My mouth is hanging open. This is a *file transfer* service. Who want to steal anything you transfer.
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Bye forever, WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Bye forever, WeTransfer.
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WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
July 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
WeTransfer just changed their TOS giving themselves permission to train AI on any content you transfer and produce derivative works based on content you transfer that they are allowed to monetize and you are not allowed payment for.
Stop using WeTransfer.
Stop using WeTransfer.
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Harrison Ford is 82.
He’s the world’s second most famous carpenter after Jesus Christ.
He’s the world’s second most famous carpenter after Jesus Christ.
July 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Harrison Ford is 82.
He’s the world’s second most famous carpenter after Jesus Christ.
He’s the world’s second most famous carpenter after Jesus Christ.
July 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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I followed you on Twitter for ages & I recall my shock at this. I hope it helps to know a stranger knew of you, Agnes, Henry & your love & your absolutely shattering loss x
June 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I followed you on Twitter for ages & I recall my shock at this. I hope it helps to know a stranger knew of you, Agnes, Henry & your love & your absolutely shattering loss x
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This, by @jonnelledge.bsky.social, is unbelievably beautiful and agonisingly sad
open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/t...
open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/t...
Jonn Elledge (@jonnelledge.bsky.social)
#1 Sunday Times bestselling author, because apparently that matters. New Statesman, New World, Oh God What Now, The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, Paper Cuts (RIP). Not an American.
jonnelledge.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This, by @jonnelledge.bsky.social, is unbelievably beautiful and agonisingly sad
open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/t...
open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/t...
Well I'm going to have a glass of wine - this tennis is fantastic - be damned work tomorrow
June 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Well I'm going to have a glass of wine - this tennis is fantastic - be damned work tomorrow