Rory
@rorystoves.bsky.social
Sunderland fan, Palestinian Brit 🇬🇧🇵🇸, live & work in SE1. Work in PR for the London Fire Brigade. Views are mine alone.
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i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
i cannot believe that “mamdani calls a close adult relative an ‘aunt’ even if they are not literally their parent’s sister” is what counts as a “scandal” these days
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the Colorado school shooter from the same day that Charlie Kirk was killed posted himself holding his gun on Twitter / X where he followed multiple far right accounts
weird how you wouldn't call on Elon Musk too to testify at an online radicalization hearing
weird how you wouldn't call on Elon Musk too to testify at an online radicalization hearing
September 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
the Colorado school shooter from the same day that Charlie Kirk was killed posted himself holding his gun on Twitter / X where he followed multiple far right accounts
weird how you wouldn't call on Elon Musk too to testify at an online radicalization hearing
weird how you wouldn't call on Elon Musk too to testify at an online radicalization hearing
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Fire Service, Police, RNLI, Ambulance, LONSAR, Council, @ London Bridge City Estate, The Queens Walk, SE1.
(Beside HMS Belfast)
Safety advice from all agencies (subject to attendance)
#southwark
#community
#safety
#together
#youth
#engagement
#advice
(Beside HMS Belfast)
Safety advice from all agencies (subject to attendance)
#southwark
#community
#safety
#together
#youth
#engagement
#advice
August 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Fire Service, Police, RNLI, Ambulance, LONSAR, Council, @ London Bridge City Estate, The Queens Walk, SE1.
(Beside HMS Belfast)
Safety advice from all agencies (subject to attendance)
#southwark
#community
#safety
#together
#youth
#engagement
#advice
(Beside HMS Belfast)
Safety advice from all agencies (subject to attendance)
#southwark
#community
#safety
#together
#youth
#engagement
#advice
The BBC (and others) have let the Conservatives blame Labour for being irresponsible with national finances in the wake of the 2008 banking crash for 17 years but Labour blaming the Conservatives less than a year on from the general election is newsworthy apparently.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Labour is still blaming the Conservatives
A year on from the election, the government needs to demonstrate delivery to claw back some popularity.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The BBC (and others) have let the Conservatives blame Labour for being irresponsible with national finances in the wake of the 2008 banking crash for 17 years but Labour blaming the Conservatives less than a year on from the general election is newsworthy apparently.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We aren’t anti-events, says a group cancelling events because they are in their local park. Classic Nimbyism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cancelling Brockwell Park festivals would be a 'devastating blow'
Thousands of people will be affected if Brockwell Park's festivals are called off, the NTIA warns.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 5:02 AM
We aren’t anti-events, says a group cancelling events because they are in their local park. Classic Nimbyism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Or in other words, discrimination.
How much of a difference, if any, do you think people's accents can have on how they are treated and the opportunities they have in the UK?
Great deal: 19%
Fair amount: 49%
Not very much: 19%
None at all: 4%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Great deal: 19%
Fair amount: 49%
Not very much: 19%
None at all: 4%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
April 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Or in other words, discrimination.
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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
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Firefighters are responding to a fire on Queensway, #Bayswater.
A number of roads have been closed as crews responds, and traffic will be heavily impacted.
Find out more about this incident www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/20...
A number of roads have been closed as crews responds, and traffic will be heavily impacted.
Find out more about this incident www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/20...
April 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Firefighters are responding to a fire on Queensway, #Bayswater.
A number of roads have been closed as crews responds, and traffic will be heavily impacted.
Find out more about this incident www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/20...
A number of roads have been closed as crews responds, and traffic will be heavily impacted.
Find out more about this incident www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/20...
Classic example of how out of touch journalists and people are with corporate Britain.
This is an everyday occurrence, one which I’m sure even the journalist of this piece will have benefited from.
Either you go after all corporate hospitality or none of it.
The half way house is unseemly.
This is an everyday occurrence, one which I’m sure even the journalist of this piece will have benefited from.
Either you go after all corporate hospitality or none of it.
The half way house is unseemly.
There is no suggestion ‘Busy Woman’ Reeves has broken any rules – and is expected to follow ‘Good Graces’ and declare the gift. However, it threatens to reignite the row over the ‘Taste’ of ministers receiving free hospitality
🔴 Exclusive by Arj Singh and Kitty Donaldson
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🔴 Exclusive by Arj Singh and Kitty Donaldson
🔗 trib.al/xgqHxvj
March 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Classic example of how out of touch journalists and people are with corporate Britain.
This is an everyday occurrence, one which I’m sure even the journalist of this piece will have benefited from.
Either you go after all corporate hospitality or none of it.
The half way house is unseemly.
This is an everyday occurrence, one which I’m sure even the journalist of this piece will have benefited from.
Either you go after all corporate hospitality or none of it.
The half way house is unseemly.
Current media reporting on the economy really does encourage short termism.
Not everything should be disaster, disaster, disaster.
Small changes should be reported as such.
Not everything should be disaster, disaster, disaster.
Small changes should be reported as such.
March 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Current media reporting on the economy really does encourage short termism.
Not everything should be disaster, disaster, disaster.
Small changes should be reported as such.
Not everything should be disaster, disaster, disaster.
Small changes should be reported as such.
If people want public sector jobs (nurses, junior doctors, firefighters) to get paid more, they have to accept higher rates of tax, at all levels.
Can’t keep asking government for inflation-linked (or greater) pay rises, without understanding the money has to come from somewhere.
Can’t keep asking government for inflation-linked (or greater) pay rises, without understanding the money has to come from somewhere.
March 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If people want public sector jobs (nurses, junior doctors, firefighters) to get paid more, they have to accept higher rates of tax, at all levels.
Can’t keep asking government for inflation-linked (or greater) pay rises, without understanding the money has to come from somewhere.
Can’t keep asking government for inflation-linked (or greater) pay rises, without understanding the money has to come from somewhere.
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Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.
March 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Imagine this: On the evening of March 8, you and your spouse unlock the door to your apartment building. As you step inside, two men—not in uniform—push their way in behind you. They tell you your visa has been revoked and that they are there to deport you.
Following years of stagnant wages, which still hasn't seen the average wage return to pre-2009 levels, this is welcome news. Don't pay attention to those that say otherwise.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK wages continue to outpace inflation, figures show
Pay outstripped price rises by 3.4% between October and December while the unemployment rate remains unchanged.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Following years of stagnant wages, which still hasn't seen the average wage return to pre-2009 levels, this is welcome news. Don't pay attention to those that say otherwise.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What a surprise it has nothing to do with principles and all to do with selling shit. t.co/6FwD3hXnUr
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-13/trump-tells-europe-to-buy-american-weapons-to-keep-nato-strong
t.co
February 14, 2025 at 8:49 AM
What a surprise it has nothing to do with principles and all to do with selling shit. t.co/6FwD3hXnUr
Would both parties be baying that this was outrageous if the applicants were Israeli's?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer pledges to close loophole that let Gazan family settle in UK
The family won an appeal to come to the UK, after originally applying through a scheme for Ukrainians.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Would both parties be baying that this was outrageous if the applicants were Israeli's?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If you want people in the office more, then maybe the solution is higher wages and lower profits. Rather than complaining about it to politicians.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Working from home risks 'hollowing out' London - Sir Sadiq Khan
London's mayor outlined concerns about the decline in office working while speaking at an event.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
If you want people in the office more, then maybe the solution is higher wages and lower profits. Rather than complaining about it to politicians.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
January 24, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The Welsh told the Saxons this hill was called "pen" (meaning "hill"). The Saxons added their word for hill, "tor," and called it Torpen (hill hill).
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
Later the Norse added their world for hill. So it became Torpen Haugr (Hill Hill Hill).
Now the English call it Torpenhow Hill (Hill Hill Hill Hill)
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A week ago I was being told to apologize for saying Trump would be worse for Gaza because he faked a temporary pause/pretend ceasefire to coincide with his inauguration.
Now he’s just openly endorsing/encouraging ethnic cleansing.
Now he’s just openly endorsing/encouraging ethnic cleansing.
On Air Force One from Las Vegas to Miami, President Trump says Palestinians in Gaza should be relocated.
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
“I’d like Egypt to take people. I’d like Jordan to take people,” he tells reporters.”We just clean out that whole thing.”
January 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A week ago I was being told to apologize for saying Trump would be worse for Gaza because he faked a temporary pause/pretend ceasefire to coincide with his inauguration.
Now he’s just openly endorsing/encouraging ethnic cleansing.
Now he’s just openly endorsing/encouraging ethnic cleansing.
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The U.S. Air Force has removed a video about the Tuskegee Airmen from its basic training curriculum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland following Trump’s executive order banning federal DEI initiatives. The Tuskegee Airmen were pioneering Black pilots renowned for their service during World War II.
January 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The U.S. Air Force has removed a video about the Tuskegee Airmen from its basic training curriculum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland following Trump’s executive order banning federal DEI initiatives. The Tuskegee Airmen were pioneering Black pilots renowned for their service during World War II.
All this noise about Akpom being a target just feels like absolute nonsense. Just doesn't fit the profile of player we have been signing over recent years.
#Sunderland
#Sunderland
January 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
All this noise about Akpom being a target just feels like absolute nonsense. Just doesn't fit the profile of player we have been signing over recent years.
#Sunderland
#Sunderland
Happened across The Battle of Cable Street Mural this week, near Shadwell station.
Seemed appropriate given what’s been happening on the world stage.
#resist
Seemed appropriate given what’s been happening on the world stage.
#resist
January 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Happened across The Battle of Cable Street Mural this week, near Shadwell station.
Seemed appropriate given what’s been happening on the world stage.
#resist
Seemed appropriate given what’s been happening on the world stage.
#resist
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Juuuuuust a bit outside...
RIP Bob Uecker 💙🕊
RIP Bob Uecker 💙🕊
January 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Juuuuuust a bit outside...
RIP Bob Uecker 💙🕊
RIP Bob Uecker 💙🕊
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London Fire Commissioner, Andy Roe KFSM, has advised Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, of his intention to retire after five years in the role.
Read the full statement here: london-fire.gov.uk/news/2025-ne...
Read the full statement here: london-fire.gov.uk/news/2025-ne...
January 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
London Fire Commissioner, Andy Roe KFSM, has advised Mayor of London, Sir Sadiq Khan, of his intention to retire after five years in the role.
Read the full statement here: london-fire.gov.uk/news/2025-ne...
Read the full statement here: london-fire.gov.uk/news/2025-ne...