Sally
@sallyapiacere.bsky.social
Musician, piano teacher, reader, big sister.
Old Labour; absolutely horrified.
Old Labour; absolutely horrified.
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A second BBC has hit the BBC
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A second BBC has hit the BBC
Well that was peculiar - an entire #newsnight based around a leadership challenge that hasn’t happened, with 3 panellists who couldn’t be more peripheral - and 1 enormous elephant sitting in the room.
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well that was peculiar - an entire #newsnight based around a leadership challenge that hasn’t happened, with 3 panellists who couldn’t be more peripheral - and 1 enormous elephant sitting in the room.
Not now, Universe.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Universe expansion may be slowing, not accelerating, study suggests
Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel prize-winning theory and suggest universe could end in ‘big crunch’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Not now, Universe.
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
*How* does testing 8yos improve their literacy? How does *telling* teachers to provide enrichment activity *enable* them to fund it? This sounds like McSweeney playing to the union-bashing gallery + checking Starmer's Music 'to do' item. @lucympowell.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
*How* does testing 8yos improve their literacy? How does *telling* teachers to provide enrichment activity *enable* them to fund it? This sounds like McSweeney playing to the union-bashing gallery + checking Starmer's Music 'to do' item. @lucympowell.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Now that's what i call a treat-ise.
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Now that's what i call a treat-ise.
In Peterborough Cathedral today, unexpectedly, I found heart-wrenching poetry by children from Gaza. Part of a project by (I think) @handsupproject.bsky.social. One is about (our) silence being worse than war so i thought I'd share, even tho' people may know about this @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
In Peterborough Cathedral today, unexpectedly, I found heart-wrenching poetry by children from Gaza. Part of a project by (I think) @handsupproject.bsky.social. One is about (our) silence being worse than war so i thought I'd share, even tho' people may know about this @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Amazing light! Looks like a demented giant woodpecker is rapping its beak on the railway bridge.
October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Amazing light! Looks like a demented giant woodpecker is rapping its beak on the railway bridge.
Oh please. Make it stop.
BREAKING | Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
Truck hauling monkeys carrying hepatitis C, herpes and Covid overturns in Mississippi
www.independent.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Oh please. Make it stop.
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I'm driven mad by the over-representation of Reform MPs and spokespeople in the media.
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 AM
I'm driven mad by the over-representation of Reform MPs and spokespeople in the media.
Just did an income-tax-rise calculator thing that shows I'd be £16.06 worse off a month if Rachel Reeves puts up income tax by a penny. So we'd all be £16.06 better off. Do it! Do it!
#ProgressiveTaxation
#ProgressiveTaxation
October 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Just did an income-tax-rise calculator thing that shows I'd be £16.06 worse off a month if Rachel Reeves puts up income tax by a penny. So we'd all be £16.06 better off. Do it! Do it!
#ProgressiveTaxation
#ProgressiveTaxation
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I sense Jess Phillips is becoming the new Angela Rayner, a strong recognisable Labour voice – a strong recognisable FEMALE Labour voice – who is the focus of an orchestrated campaign by others to neuter the government.
We won't even mention "Rachel from Accounts".
The next target – Lucy Powell.
We won't even mention "Rachel from Accounts".
The next target – Lucy Powell.
October 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I sense Jess Phillips is becoming the new Angela Rayner, a strong recognisable Labour voice – a strong recognisable FEMALE Labour voice – who is the focus of an orchestrated campaign by others to neuter the government.
We won't even mention "Rachel from Accounts".
The next target – Lucy Powell.
We won't even mention "Rachel from Accounts".
The next target – Lucy Powell.
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Margaret Atwood writing The Handmaid’s Tale, West Berlin, 1984
(Photo by Isolde Ohlbaum)
(Photo by Isolde Ohlbaum)
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Margaret Atwood writing The Handmaid’s Tale, West Berlin, 1984
(Photo by Isolde Ohlbaum)
(Photo by Isolde Ohlbaum)
"“Our solidarity with Palestinians is not a betrayal of Judaism, but a fulfillment of it... We shall not rest until this ceasefire carries forward into an end of occupation and apartheid.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Jewish figures across the globe call on UN and world leaders to sanction Israel
Exclusive: In an open letter, Israeli ex-officials, artists and intellectuals say ‘unconscionable’ actions in Gaza amount to genocide
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"“Our solidarity with Palestinians is not a betrayal of Judaism, but a fulfillment of it... We shall not rest until this ceasefire carries forward into an end of occupation and apartheid.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Still triggering to hear Boris Johnson spluttering in unbearably smug Etonianese.
October 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Still triggering to hear Boris Johnson spluttering in unbearably smug Etonianese.
Two tots fighting in the pub today reminded me of me and my brother - except that I would allow a temporary ceasefire if an airplane flew overhead, for my brother to enjoy. Then ours eyes would lock and we'd resume. Geneva Convention for kids.
October 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Two tots fighting in the pub today reminded me of me and my brother - except that I would allow a temporary ceasefire if an airplane flew overhead, for my brother to enjoy. Then ours eyes would lock and we'd resume. Geneva Convention for kids.
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Show a cartoon you will always love
October 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Show a cartoon you will always love
Dumb ABRSM aural test: ‘Did the music get louder suddenly or gradually?’
Clever 10yo pianist Ben: 'Suddenly – in the great scheme of things'.
Clever 10yo pianist Ben: 'Suddenly – in the great scheme of things'.
October 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Dumb ABRSM aural test: ‘Did the music get louder suddenly or gradually?’
Clever 10yo pianist Ben: 'Suddenly – in the great scheme of things'.
Clever 10yo pianist Ben: 'Suddenly – in the great scheme of things'.
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“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”
Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.
Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
“Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar”
Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.
Never forget or forgive that Trump, Rubio, & Musk *chose* to inflict this monumental level of death and suffering on the poorest & most vulnerable people.
I just realised who Nick Watt reminds me of when he's in manic mode: Ben Elton. Except he's not funny. #newsnight
October 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I just realised who Nick Watt reminds me of when he's in manic mode: Ben Elton. Except he's not funny. #newsnight
The Sound of Music. I was 6 when it came out and I have never seen it - except for the opening sequence. I burst into tears when Julie Andrews reached the top of the hill, flung her arms out and sang, 'The hills are alive, with the sound of music...'. I had to leave the room.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Sound of Music. I was 6 when it came out and I have never seen it - except for the opening sequence. I burst into tears when Julie Andrews reached the top of the hill, flung her arms out and sang, 'The hills are alive, with the sound of music...'. I had to leave the room.
This is Andy Burnham in a nutshell. Big headline! Yay! Bold! Then the inevitable caveat: He wants to rejoin the EU "in his lifetime". He's 55 ffs. He wasn't the answer in 2015 and he's not the answer now. He's just as timorous as Starmer. He just talks better. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Andy Burnham: I want to rejoin the EU
The Manchester mayor made some fairly concrete proposals for what he would do as prime minister
www.newstatesman.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
This is Andy Burnham in a nutshell. Big headline! Yay! Bold! Then the inevitable caveat: He wants to rejoin the EU "in his lifetime". He's 55 ffs. He wasn't the answer in 2015 and he's not the answer now. He's just as timorous as Starmer. He just talks better. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...