Penny Powers
@ppowerscat.bsky.social
Cats & coffee rule #hiking #running #Yorkshire
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Sign up to our new email list so you never miss a Led By Donkeys intervention >> www.ledbydonkeys.org/signup/
November 15, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Sign up to our new email list so you never miss a Led By Donkeys intervention >> www.ledbydonkeys.org/signup/
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Very easy to share news stories here on Bluesky
Follow Sean’s @drownedinsound.org simple steps
Please repost to share
Follow Sean’s @drownedinsound.org simple steps
Please repost to share
Seen a few people grumble about lack of Bluesky share buttons on websites
📲 If you have an iPhone, here’s how to easily share links to Bluesky
Step one - click the share button at bottom centre in Safari
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📲 If you have an iPhone, here’s how to easily share links to Bluesky
Step one - click the share button at bottom centre in Safari
🧵
November 19, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Very easy to share news stories here on Bluesky
Follow Sean’s @drownedinsound.org simple steps
Please repost to share
Follow Sean’s @drownedinsound.org simple steps
Please repost to share
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can all the protesting farmers bog off back to the countryside in their tractors and pay their taxes like everyone else please now
November 16, 2024 at 3:08 PM
can all the protesting farmers bog off back to the countryside in their tractors and pay their taxes like everyone else please now
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King Charles charges this RNLI lifeboat station to launch its boat because he owns the beach. And they’re not the only charity he’s rinsing
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
CHARLES, STOP FLEECING BRITAIN
YouTube video by Led By Donkeys
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 2:15 PM
King Charles charges this RNLI lifeboat station to launch its boat because he owns the beach. And they’re not the only charity he’s rinsing
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
(Location: Sennen Cove, Cornwall)
youtu.be/pocnThE3nHc
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Exclusive: Kim Leadbeater tells us she is “disappointed” by Wes Streeting’s comments on her assisted dying bill
The Labour MP says the Health Secretary's remarks earlier today "suggest he hasn't read the bill"
Story @siennarodgers.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Labour MP says the Health Secretary's remarks earlier today "suggest he hasn't read the bill"
Story @siennarodgers.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Kim Leadbeater “Disappointed” By Wes Streeting’s Assisted Dying Comments
Exclusive: Labour MP Kim Leadbeater has said she is “disappointed” by Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s comments on her assisted dying bill.
www.politicshome.com
November 13, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Exclusive: Kim Leadbeater tells us she is “disappointed” by Wes Streeting’s comments on her assisted dying bill
The Labour MP says the Health Secretary's remarks earlier today "suggest he hasn't read the bill"
Story @siennarodgers.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
The Labour MP says the Health Secretary's remarks earlier today "suggest he hasn't read the bill"
Story @siennarodgers.bsky.social
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Pensions policy making waves today: major reforms coming to how local government and DC pensions are run & therefore invested
But we won’t hear anything about HOW MUCH people should be saving. The Budget has diminished the prospect of urgent action on this front
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
But we won’t hear anything about HOW MUCH people should be saving. The Budget has diminished the prospect of urgent action on this front
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Reeves to announce ‘megafunds’ shake-up of local government pension scheme
Chancellor to tell City leaders of Canada-style plan to pool assets for benefit of long-term investment
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Pensions policy making waves today: major reforms coming to how local government and DC pensions are run & therefore invested
But we won’t hear anything about HOW MUCH people should be saving. The Budget has diminished the prospect of urgent action on this front
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
But we won’t hear anything about HOW MUCH people should be saving. The Budget has diminished the prospect of urgent action on this front
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Wes Streeting plans to publish a football-style league table of the best- and worst-performing hospitals in England has prompted fury from NHS bosses and staff at the prospect of struggling trusts being “named and shamed”
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Streeting’s hospital league table plan riles NHS medics and bosses
Health secretary says controversial scheme for trusts in England is necessary to raise standards
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 6:57 AM
Wes Streeting plans to publish a football-style league table of the best- and worst-performing hospitals in England has prompted fury from NHS bosses and staff at the prospect of struggling trusts being “named and shamed”
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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and not much out there.
Men. We need to step it up dudes!
seriously.
Women had long FOUGHT besides us thru it all.
We need to up our game and do our part.
Men. We need to step it up dudes!
seriously.
Women had long FOUGHT besides us thru it all.
We need to up our game and do our part.
November 13, 2024 at 4:48 AM
and not much out there.
Men. We need to step it up dudes!
seriously.
Women had long FOUGHT besides us thru it all.
We need to up our game and do our part.
Men. We need to step it up dudes!
seriously.
Women had long FOUGHT besides us thru it all.
We need to up our game and do our part.
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me: i'm sad
cat: shut the fuck up and serve me food
cat: shut the fuck up and serve me food
November 12, 2024 at 4:19 PM
me: i'm sad
cat: shut the fuck up and serve me food
cat: shut the fuck up and serve me food
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"Until now, the first black voter in Britain was thought to be the composer Charles Ignatius Sancho. But a chance discovery at the British Library by Dr Gillian Williamson, a historian researching lodgers in Georgian London, reveals a black man voted in an election 25 years earlier."
Britain’s first black voter was in 1749, 25 years earlier than thought, and ran a pub
John London, a landlord, paid rates so could take part in Westminster byelection despite being called a ‘blackamoor’
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2024 at 5:12 PM
"Until now, the first black voter in Britain was thought to be the composer Charles Ignatius Sancho. But a chance discovery at the British Library by Dr Gillian Williamson, a historian researching lodgers in Georgian London, reveals a black man voted in an election 25 years earlier."
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This is a brilliant list of all the "usual" political peeps who are now transferring from X to Bluesky....all in one handy parcel thanks to @adambienkov.bsky.social
Cheers Adam
Pls repost
Let's get this party started 👍🏼👍🏼
Cheers Adam
Pls repost
Let's get this party started 👍🏼👍🏼
To all the newly-arrived Twitter refugees, I've created a starter pack of UK political journalists, experts, commentators and politicos to follow here
go.bsky.app/2CwmVfN
go.bsky.app/2CwmVfN
November 12, 2024 at 6:28 PM
This is a brilliant list of all the "usual" political peeps who are now transferring from X to Bluesky....all in one handy parcel thanks to @adambienkov.bsky.social
Cheers Adam
Pls repost
Let's get this party started 👍🏼👍🏼
Cheers Adam
Pls repost
Let's get this party started 👍🏼👍🏼
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15M people on Bluesky!!! 💫
The Verge beat us to our own announcement — that's the beauty of an open network with public stats!
The Verge beat us to our own announcement — that's the beauty of an open network with public stats!
Bluesky crosses the 15 million user mark
Bluesky crosses the 15 million user mark
Bluesky’s latest signup surge continues.
buff.ly
November 13, 2024 at 3:43 PM
15M people on Bluesky!!! 💫
The Verge beat us to our own announcement — that's the beauty of an open network with public stats!
The Verge beat us to our own announcement — that's the beauty of an open network with public stats!
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The plot thickens …
November 14, 2024 at 12:46 AM
The plot thickens …
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hey bluesky, on my way to work today I went to a coffee shop today to buy coffee and there was a lady with a baby in a stroller leaving so I said 'can I grab the door for you?' She said yes so I did then another person said 'can I give you a platypus sticker cuz you were nice?'
November 12, 2024 at 11:53 PM
hey bluesky, on my way to work today I went to a coffee shop today to buy coffee and there was a lady with a baby in a stroller leaving so I said 'can I grab the door for you?' She said yes so I did then another person said 'can I give you a platypus sticker cuz you were nice?'
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The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. (John F. Kennedy)(Google photo)
Happy Wednesday, everyone.
Happy Wednesday, everyone.
November 13, 2024 at 12:12 PM
The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all. (John F. Kennedy)(Google photo)
Happy Wednesday, everyone.
Happy Wednesday, everyone.
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Good morning, Bluesky!☕
November 12, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Good morning, Bluesky!☕
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Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections
Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections
A majority of pro-book ban school board candidates lost in Texas, but education advocates are worried about other election results.
www.lonestarlive.com
November 13, 2024 at 5:14 PM
Most Texas school board candidates who support book bans lost their elections