Oeste
@paolaoeste.bsky.social
Northerner. Big ol’ lefty. Yarn botherer. Bookish. Trans rights are human rights. She/her.
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· Aug 8
Innit. If, in the world of Us and Them you think you’re Us, then you’re just a patsy. You sign away someone else’s rights, yours are next. And you were always Them to the people manipulating your fears to structure power.
Just proving to myself I still can.
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Just proving to myself I still can.
I am reading LITERATURE. It is *excellent*.
November 23, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I am reading LITERATURE. It is *excellent*.
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1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
1) good, they should be prosecuted, they are responsible for countless deaths
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
2) always very funny when these people realize the extent to which their billionaire patrons could not possibly give less of a shit about them
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i think about stuff like this wrt translating ancient languages where it’s like “we call this the uhhhh Dative of Unexpectedness? i guess? it was used two times ever and we’re not really sure why”
Seeing people write things like “on accident” (rather than by accident) makes my lexicography senses tingle. It seems on the one hand obviously wrong and yet clearly makes sense to the person writing it and I want to grasp why?
November 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
i think about stuff like this wrt translating ancient languages where it’s like “we call this the uhhhh Dative of Unexpectedness? i guess? it was used two times ever and we’re not really sure why”
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UK immigration consultation. Designed terribly and probably intentionally to make it difficult to disagree, but worth doing if you do.
Here's the link if you would like to have a go:
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
UK immigration consultation. Designed terribly and probably intentionally to make it difficult to disagree, but worth doing if you do.
I am very keen to go to bed.
an elderly woman is crying and says `` still waiting ... it 's been 84 years ... ``
ALT: an elderly woman is crying and says `` still waiting ... it 's been 84 years ... ``
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I am very keen to go to bed.
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
Me as a Bluesky therapist…
November 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Me as a Bluesky therapist…
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It's here.
The greatest thread of all time.
The greatest thread of all time.
What are the pros/cons to an Olympic swimmer of holding in their farts?
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It's here.
The greatest thread of all time.
The greatest thread of all time.
Ooh! I could give him the Latronico because he spent a year living in Leipzig so it would be kind of apposite.
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Ooh! I could give him the Latronico because he spent a year living in Leipzig so it would be kind of apposite.
My friend’s mid-twenties son is coming up for Xmas - finding him a book will be a challenge because I don’t know him well. It has to be a Proper Book, none of this toilet-book novelty crap b
November 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My friend’s mid-twenties son is coming up for Xmas - finding him a book will be a challenge because I don’t know him well. It has to be a Proper Book, none of this toilet-book novelty crap b
I have done my Xmas shopping. Now only Jólabókaflóðið for a couple of friends which I have shamelessly appropriated from the Icelandic because it is genius.
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I have done my Xmas shopping. Now only Jólabókaflóðið for a couple of friends which I have shamelessly appropriated from the Icelandic because it is genius.
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The hardest part isn’t the loss, but pretending we’re okay while we’re broken inside. I’m trying for my family. h@lp us rebuild piece by piece your donation brings hope. 💔
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I’m Mahmoud from Gaza
🍉a Software Engineer and father of 3.
We lost so much but not our hope. My Family still dream of school and safety. Help me make that dream real again PLZ don@te to give them a future. 💔
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🍉a Software Engineer and father of 3.
We lost so much but not our hope. My Family still dream of school and safety. Help me make that dream real again PLZ don@te to give them a future. 💔
Please consider donating💚
✅Verified by #Molly_Shah
gofund.me/4a1deff15
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The hardest part isn’t the loss, but pretending we’re okay while we’re broken inside. I’m trying for my family. h@lp us rebuild piece by piece your donation brings hope. 💔
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Well that was fucking incredible. He cast a charm spell on the most odious man alive.
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Well that was fucking incredible. He cast a charm spell on the most odious man alive.
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A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
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Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Ukraine is on the brink of an historic betrayal by Trump to Putin.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Keir Starmer must bring our European allies together to back Zelensky, starting by seizing frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
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Since I was elected leader of the Green Party, 100,000 new people have joined.
In just over two months:
170,000 people ready to make hope normal again.
This is only the beginning.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
In just over two months:
170,000 people ready to make hope normal again.
This is only the beginning.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Join the Green Party
Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Since I was elected leader of the Green Party, 100,000 new people have joined.
In just over two months:
170,000 people ready to make hope normal again.
This is only the beginning.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
In just over two months:
170,000 people ready to make hope normal again.
This is only the beginning.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
From the CWS ARCHIVE. 22nd March 2022.
Full of anti-histamines I am still itching and sneezing but now I also feel like zombie.
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Full of anti-histamines I am still itching and sneezing but now I also feel like zombie.
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This is absolutely the type of hard hitting reporting I want to see in my local news. Dive deep. Tell us everything.
Walter de Staplecat, Simpkin IV, Teabag, Balthasar and Benny D Cat take the stage as we meet the college cats of Oxford. And, of course, Magdalen’s Ozymandias. Read on for our photo special. (Includes a cat map.) oxfordclarion.uk/college-cats...
College cats of Oxford
Once upon a time, we featured an image of Magdalen's kitten, Ozymandias, in our newsletter. We figured it might be a gentle contrast to our regular diet of planning and local politics.
The grey ball ...
oxfordclarion.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This is absolutely the type of hard hitting reporting I want to see in my local news. Dive deep. Tell us everything.
The IG algorithm is gaslighting me into wanting this t-shirt.
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The IG algorithm is gaslighting me into wanting this t-shirt.
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'When the Wolves Were Running', the first episode of The Box of Delights, was originally broadcast on this day in 1984.
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
'When the Wolves Were Running', the first episode of The Box of Delights, was originally broadcast on this day in 1984.
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When I wrote about the ancient Zanclean megaflood filling the Mediterranean in as little as 12-18 months (!), it was wistfully.
I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
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I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
1/
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When I wrote about the ancient Zanclean megaflood filling the Mediterranean in as little as 12-18 months (!), it was wistfully.
I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
1/
I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
1/